Our Partners The list below is in two segments. The first details the community based organisations whose formation and strengthening has been facilitated by Myrada and who take the lead in executing programmes in the field. The second is a list of partners who support us with financial and capacity building resources that enable us to engage in development activities.
Community Based Organisations (CBOs) formed and strengthened with Myrada's facilitation ;
Community Based Organisations | | Self Help Affinity Groups (SAGs) | 10,363 | Watershed Institutions | 756 | SAG Federations | 387 | Watershed Federations | 9 | Village Devpt, Council | 14 | Children’s Clubs | 732 | Farmers Associations | 29 | School Improvement Committees | 438 | Village Health Committees | 82 | Information Centre | 4 | Village Forest Committees | 603 | Water & Sanitation Committees | 100 | Grama Sabhas | 14 | Community Resource Centres | 83 | Others | 78 | Total | 13,692 |
Partners supporting Myrada with finance and capacity building inputsNovib, The Netherlands
 Deutsche Welhungerhilfe, Germany
PLAN International, The United Kingdom (HQ)
HOPE International, Canada
Misereor, Germany
International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), Italy
IC-SDC, Switzerland
SDC, Switzerland
CDC, USA
LIFE, Japan
UNICEF, Chennai
Indian Council For Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Karnataka Watershed Development Department
Karnataka State Women's Development Corporation
Tamil Nadu State Women's Development Corporation
CAPART, Government of India
Karnataka Health Promotion Trust
Karnataka Watershed Development Society (KAWAD Society)
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Zilla Panchayaths/DRDAs/various Government Departments of several districts of Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Agriculture-Man-Ecology (AME)
Voluntary Health Association of Karnataka (VHAK)
Co-financing support from The Government of India, The European Commission, The World Bank, The DFID, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Canadian International Development Agency and the Asian Development Bank are gratefully acknowledged but their names have not been separately listed since such support is not directly given to Myrada but reaches Myrada through one or the other of the agencies named above.
We have been fortunate in our partnerships - they have been characterised by respect and confidence nurtured through disciplined systems of working and honest communication and strengthened by experiences jointly shared and lessons jointly learnt. They have enabled us to innovate, expand outreach, explore new approaches and areas of work, be included and heard in circles that influence policy, and above all, remain true to our Mission. |
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