Centre For Tribal& Rural Development- CTRD
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide tribal and rural communities with the appropriate tools and knowledge to help themselves. The focus is on comprehensive and inclusive health, education and livelihood training in order to promote sustainable economic well-being, equality and basic human rights for all, regardless of gender, age and ability.
About This Cause
The Centre for Tribal and Rural Development(CTRD) Trust is a dedicated voluntary organization that was established in 1988. It is registered under the Indian Trust Act in the state of Tamil Nadu. For three decades we have been working on projects and programs that aim to promote and strengthen the livelihood, welfare and development of the marginalized and discriminated tribal and rural communities of the Nilgiri District. Hereby, we are both supporting livelihood programs (i.e.house constructions, infrastructure or health care improvements) and empowering their capabilities by introducing new possibilities of income generation and Self-Help Groups. Cooperating directly with the diverse communities, our professional team members use their skills, knowledge and long working experience to overcome the circumstances of poverty and marginalization. Every project is realized with a Help to Self-Help, holistic and Bottom-Up Approach in accordance to the tribal people’s resources, needs, cultures and traditions. Generally, our work is financed through donations and funding received from government bodies and civil society organizations from all around the world. In 1988 RS.Ranganathen founded CTRD in response to the impoverished socio-economic conditions which prevailed within the indigenous tribal and rural communities living in the remote Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, India. A lack of water supply, housing and sanitation facilities, food security, health services, education or regular income does only represent a small amount of the Adivasi’s daily struggles. At this time and even at present, no governmental program has been supporting the livelihood, welfare and development of the Adivasi. CTRD can be regarded as one of the prior NGOs which did not look away and took immediate action to improve the livelihood and bring basic human rights to these marginalized groups. Where We Work We are situated in the tea country which is the Nilgiri District of Tamil Nadu, at the junction between the states Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka which are also called the Blue Mountains. It can be regarded as a remote region being covered by hills, mountains, forests, tribal villages and tea estates with a cool climate. Geographically, our works takes place in the following four areas of the Nilgiris District: Gudalur, Ooty, Coonoor and Kotagiri. In these blocks, we support 4 municipalities, 11 town panchayat and 35 village panchayat of theNilgiris district. Target Groups CTRD works with five scheduled rural tribes: the Kurumba, Kattunayaka and Paniyas, Kotta and Erula, who consider themselves as Adivasi. Who are the Adivasi? Adivasi is a self-designed description referring to the claim that these groups are the descendants of the native inhabitants within the Indian subcontinent. The share of the total Adivasi population in India is approx. 8,6%. Being originally food gathers and hunters, the Adivasi have been practicing subsistence agriculture along with the careful conservation of natural resources and spirits for centuries. However, the rapid globalization, westernization and forced cultivation of tea and coffee resulted in immense marginalization and discrimination. Being excluded from society and governmental programs, the Adivasi have been driven in tremendous poverty. How We Work CTRD aims to support tribal and/or rural communities become self-sufficient and empowered, with improved living conditions that do not damage their cultural and environmental identity. We are committed to breaking the cycle of poverty, discrimination and ignorance that grips both tribal and rural communities. We believe that the only way to do this is to adopt a holistic and grassroots approach to our projects. Therefore both preparation and implementation of projects are always discussed with the specific target groups and developed in accordance to the tribal people’s needs, resources, cultures and traditions. In our opinion, only the development and empowerment of these groups into self-reliant and self-sufficient communities enables long-term sustainable enhancements of their welfare and livelihood, particularly after the project period.