SOPAR-Bala Vikasa
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Mission Statement
We support and strengthen the development process of the poor communities in our world, particularly in India, by: Helping poor (particularly women) to help themselves through development programs; Building the capacity of the people at the grassroots, the Non Governmental Organizations and the Community Based Organizations, through participatory training; Providing technical support to agencies, institutions and government organizations involved in people’s development.
About This Cause
SOPAR-Bala Vikasa is a non-profit organization, founded in 1977, devoted to sustainable development in India. Our approach is to help communities help themselves by providing rural villagers with the tools and resources they need to transform their lives. We also encourage Canadians to get involved with international issues as global citizens. While SOPAR is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada with a new charitable initiative in the USA, Bala Vikasa has its head office and training center in Warangal, India. Together the these entities work as sister organizations pursuing the same vision and mission. A. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT: We manage a variety of development programs in rural communities in India’s South-East regions. All our activities follow a 360° Community Driven Development approach that encourages villagers to engage in their own development process and effect change on multiple levels: social, financial, environmental, physical and psychological. We emphasize the importance of a sense of unity, responsibility and leadership, and equal representation of men and women. As of 2018, more than 4 Million people in 6500 villages have benefited from our programs. Our main program sectors are: -WATER AND SANITATION: 6 500 bore wells have been constructed with manually-operated hand pumps in 3,750 villages. (1.27 million beneficiaries have access to these bore wells, ensuring easier access to water). 755 Water Purification Plants have been installed in as many villages in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra. (1.65 million beneficiaries are accessing purified water resulting in dramatically better health and productivity). 462 overhead tanks have been installed, benefiting 500 000 people with water directly into their homes. 22 590 family toilets have been constructed within their compounds to improve sanitation and health. -WOMEN AND WIDOWS: Empowering women through self-help group networks and bringing attitudinal change to society as a whole. Making them agents of change. 220 000 women are part of a network of 18 000 Self-Help Groups across 1 500 villages in 23 districts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and one district in Karnataka. 15 000 entrepreneurs; 41 800 literacy beneficiaries; 15 000 widows receive empowerment sessions and fighting for justice. -CHILDREN AND EDUCATION: Improving infrastructure of rural government schools; educational support for orphans, semi-orphans and rural poor children; capacity building for young adults. 100 000 + children in more than 450 rural public schools have received quality education facilities - classroom furniture, library infrastructure, water and sanitation facilities. 1 600 Vikasa (orphan) children have been identified through our Women’s Program and are being cared for and educated. Widows children and other poor children of women members also receive partial financial support for education. -FOOD SECURITY (Organic farming and Watershed): Promoting organic farming, providing alternate irrigation systems in drought prone areas and renovating irrigation tanks for improved water resource conservation. 500+ farmers are practicing organic cultivation, increasing their yield and profits while producing healthy and premium crop. 750 irrigation tanks have been de-silted, improving the water table in the surrounding areas and benefiting 55 295 farmers with silt fertilizer. -Humanitarian: Helping those who cannot help themselves. 1000 elderly and impoverished people receive monthly food and clothing for the year. Other projects include support Cataract operations, physically mentally disabled persons, etc. These series of programs that directly target the poorest communities in India, through Education, Women Development, Water Programs and Food Security. These efforts come together to build a sustainable and prosperous community. B. CAPACITY BUILDING COMPONENT (Through People development Training Center -PDTC) Capacity building is an integral component of SOPAR-Bala Vikasa’s 360° Community Driven Development approach. For people to take control over their own development and build their assets, they first must be transformed through attitudinal change, knowledge sharing and skill building. The PDTC was founded in 2002 as an anchor training center to facilitate capacity building for program beneficiaries, community leaders and change agents from local and international NGOs wishing to learn best practices in 360° Community Driven Development. The PDTC’s training modules are based on SOPAR-Bala Vikasa’s rich field experience and are designed to remain relevant and dynamic. http://www.sopar-balavikasa.org/what-we-do/capacity-building/ C. ENTREPRENEURSHIP and CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR): (Through Bala Vikasa International Training Center -BVIC) With the understanding that comprehensive and equitable progress can only come about with the active collaboration of multiple groups, Bala Vikasa is in the process of establishing its newest initiative: Bala Vikasa International Center, to be inaugurated soon in Hyderabad, Telangana. The state-of-the-art, international-standard center will facilitate the strengthening of the entrepreneurship sector, specifically social entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises. It will also actively promote business responsibility among companies and enable them to engage in meaningful CSR. http://bvic.in/who-we-are/