Kadam

Empowers rural youth and women by improving their skills, self-employment/livelihood options mostly via handicrafts

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  • 80G
  • 12A
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About

  • Headquarters

    Kolkata, West Bengal

  • Since

    2021

KADAM is a NGO for Rural India, our vision is to tackle the roots and not the symptoms of poverty in rural areas leading to unskilled youth migration Read moreto urban cities. We thus empower the village communities- mainly women & youth by improving their skill level and thus self-employment/livelihood options mostly via handicrafts – the ancestral basic skill mostly all of them inherit.


Action

KADAM operates across six states in India, working to preserve ancient craftsmanship while offering sustainable alternatives to rural migration through skills training and market connections.

Demographies Served

Impact

KADAM has positively impacted over 10,000 artisans in its 18-year journey, increasing rural women's income by 10-33% and setting up 12 artisan-led enterprises.

Vision & Mission

KADAM's vision is to unleash the power of communities and earth's materials to build an equitable, sustainable, happy world. Its mission is to build resilient ecosystems at scale through the use of earth materials, innovation, sustainable practices, livelihood generation, and creation of products encouraging conscious consumption.

Milestones & Track Record

Key milestones include KADAM's founding in 2006, establishment of KADAM HAAT in 2008 to market artisan products, and expansion of operations across multiple states and crafts over the years.

Leadership Team

  • Payal Nath

    Co-Founder

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    21-50

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    No

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    No

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAAAK7998N

  • Registration ID

    S/1L/36404 OF 2006-2007

  • 12A

    AAAAK7998NE20214

  • 80G

    AAAAK7998NF20071

  • FCRA

    Not Available

  • CSR Registration Number

    Not Available

Location

  • Headquarters

    KADAM 44 B SYED AMIR ALI AVENUE, Kolkata, 700017

    Directions

Other Details

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Society