Peoples Organisation for Rural Development (Pord)

Organization Vision: “Ensuring dignity of children through – uniting and strengthening of children from villages to Mandal level and enabling them Read moreto take up their issues, advocacy with government to protect child rights, making people and civil society take responsibility to protect child rights and through social justice, Gender equality to leads to a dignified life.”   Organization Mission: “The Marginal communities to take responsibility for crises of the deprived, Dalit, tribal women, children, and differently able people to motivate mobilize through sanghas to participate to assure their holistic rights, justice, equality, integrity and need of the communities “ Objectives of the Organization To sensitize and build the capacities of all the stakeholders to protect the rights of the children, especially right to Health, education and dignity. To ensure the quality of life and dignity without any barriers and prejudice for all the children with a special focus on girl children and disabled children. To conduct campaigns & Training for protections of child Rights To ensure convergence and collaboration between the community and other stakeholders for Child Rights To ensure enforcement of the right to survival, protection, development and participation of children through the strengthening of child collectives in the operational areas at all level. To strengthen community-based organizations to protect child Rights, women Rights and Disabled Rights etc. To strengthen local panchayathi governance systems  To conduct awareness campaigns on hygienic and sanitation To mobilize livelihood resources  from the Governments for the needy communities/people to improve economical status of marginalized communities. Improving the status of the community by enhancing the availability of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities with specific concerns for women and child in 5 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Activities Taken up Formation of Community-based Organizations and strengthening. Protection of Children's rights (Rejoining the Child labour, Dropouts, stop child marriage and Child Trafficking)     Linkages Sustainable livelihood programmes (MGNREGA).  Awareness on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programme, Menstrual Hygiene Management for Adolescent girls & Women                                                    Training & Meetings at Village, Mandal & District level Cultural Activities(Children's issues and awareness on Government schemes) Linkages with State-level network related to the child protection forums.