SAMARTHAN - Centre For Development Support
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Mission Statement
Samarthan is a leading non-profit organization with significant presence in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. With a belief that a strong civil society is a key to socio-economic development, Samarthan started out in the year 1995 as a support organization building capacities and networks of voluntary organizations working at the grassroots. Gradually, Samarthan started working to promote and strengthen participatory rural and urban governance. We worked for strengthening the concept of citizenship in light of the rights and entitlements provided by the State.
About This Cause
We are working directly in 14 districts of Madhya Pradesh viz., Datia, Satna, Panna, Rewa, Dhar, Badwani, Jhabua, Seoni, Jabalpur, Damoh, Chhatarpur, Rewa, Sagar, Singroli, Chindwara, Tikamgarh and Sehore. Our head office is located in Bhopal and our regional offices in Sehore and Raipur. Our field offices are located in Panna, Jhabua and Jabalpur. In Chhattisgarh, our intervention is relatively new and we have been intensifying our activities in most of the districts. We work directly in 4 districts (Rajnandgaon, Durg, Kanker and Bastar) of the state, with our regional office in Raipur. In Sarguja, Bilaspur and Janjgir Champa, Jagdalpur, Dantewada,we work indirectly through a network of partner organisations. Our collaborative ventures and assignments take us beyond the ambits of these districts to partner with various organisations, institutions, individuals and other actors of the civil society. We work closely with 30 Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and through them have an indirect presence in the districts of Morena, Shivpuri, Tikamgarh, Chhattarpur, Sidhi, Balaghat, and Betul. Our alliance building efforts have helped us build strong relationships with various like-minded organizations and networks nationally and internationally. We are associated with Society of Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), New Delhi as a network member for promoting participatory process in the state of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. We work closely with CYSD in Odisha for capacity building and research initiatives. Our other NGO partners include Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), Centre for Youth and Social Development and Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA). Samarthan is also a part of a number of NGO networks. We are an active member of Voluntary Action Network in India (VANI), New Delhi a membership organisation promoting and protecting interest of voluntarism in India. Three well-recognised NGOs of India in which Samarthan is one of the members constitute the National Social Watch Coalition. Social Watch Coalition primarily works towards seeking accountability from the core institutions of Governance viz. parliament, judiciary, executive and local self-governance institutions. Other networks that Samarthan is a part of include Wada Na Todo and the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR). We work closely with Sahbahagi Shikshan Kendra (SSK), a support organisation having large presence in UP to promote issues of participatory governance and capacity building. We jointly conduct research and advocacy with our network partners on issues of common concern. We also participate in joint consultation workshops for analysis and consensus building. The ideas and evidence generated in these workshops are used to amplify voices of the poor, dalits, tribals and women in policy-making platforms and jointly engage in advocacy with the administration. These workshops also provide opportunity for knowledge sharing and mutual capacity building. The joint exercises with the network members have also helped in developing the strategic plan of Samarthan.