MYRADA is a Non Governmental Organisation managing rural development programmes in 3 States of South India and providing on-going support including deputations of staff to programmes in 6 other States. It also promotes the Self Help Affinity strategy in Cambodia, Myanmar and Bangladesh

The Mission Statement 

• To foster a process of ongoing change in favour the rural poor in a way in which this process can be sustained by them through building and managing appropriate and innovative local institutions rooted in values of justice, equity and mutual support.

• To promote strategies and skills through which the livelihoods of poor families and the rights of women and children are secured.

• To promote systems that foster primary health care and reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS/STIs on the poor and vulnerable in a sustainable manner. To influence public policies in favour of the poor. 

• To strengthen networks and linkages between and among formal and informal institutions that can foster and sustain the impact of development initiatives.

The key words, which increasingly guide MYRADA's role, are:
"BUILDING POOR PEOPLE'S INSTITUTIONS"

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