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Centre for Development

Empowers vulnerable and needy communities through holistic initiatives, such as education, livelihood training, and community-led advocacy, to create a just and sustainable society

  • Bronze Certified 2023
  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
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  • Overview

  • PROGRAMS

  • People

  • ABOUT US

  • FIELD VISIT

Cause Area

Primary Sectors

Secondary Sectors

Financials

  • 2020

    Total Income
    Rs.8,366,401
    Total Expenses
    Rs.8,278,652
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.2,129,933
    Program Expenses
    Rs.6,148,719
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  • 2021

    Total Income
    Rs.9,713,271
    Total Expenses
    Rs.9,699,483
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.2,897,678
    Program Expenses
    Rs.6,801,805
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  • 2022

    Total Income
    Rs.35,332,694
    Total Expenses
    Rs.35,030,759
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.2,150,609
    Program Expenses
    Rs.32,880,150
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  • 2023

    Total Income
    Rs.14,926,822
    Total Expenses
    Rs.14,876,069
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  • 2024

    Total Income
    Rs.39,152,532
    Total Expenses
    Rs.38,786,484
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Geographies Served

Programs

  • Orphan Sponsorship Programme

    District

    State

    District

    Ahmedabad

    States

    Gujarat

    Consists of multiple initiatives focused on enabling needy children with access to education. It includes Education Centres to cater to drop-outs, a resource centre specifically assisting girls to complete their higher studies and a sponsorship programme aimed at supporting orphans with finance. All supported children are made part of “LitClubs” to impart life values enabling them to understand themselves and other around them.

  • Child Rights & Protection Programme

    District

    State

    District

    Ahmedabad

    States

    Gujarat

    This programme ventures to create children’s groups and train both rural and urban children to ask for their rights and know how to protect themselves. It also features a child help-desk, which, collaborating with another NGO, rescues destitute children found on the Kalupur railway platform to be brought back and rehabilitated.

  • Livelihood and Enterpreneurship Programmes

    District

    State

    District

    Ahmedabad

    States

    Gujarat

    Under the banner of Kruti Livelihood Programme CfD aims to train school drop-outs in trades such as sewing, mobile phone repairing, embroidery, beauticians and drivers etc. to enable them to attain self-sustenance. It helps needy women from the Valmiki Community by employing them to make cost-effective sanitary pads, which ensure that they sustain themselves and also learn to maintain sanitation and hygiene while menstruating.

  • Civil Society Engagement Programme

    District

    State

    District

    Ahmedabad

    States

    Gujarat

    CfD volunteers, as a way to help underserved children, go out to households to collect old newspapers and articles to be sold off later. The proceeds from these sales go to support needy children with school fees and nutrition. It engages with social activists, renowned academics and civil society in general in its efforts to come up with research, studies and reports to bring the issues faced by the marginalised to the forefront.

  • Community Led Governance Programme

    District

    State

    District

    Ahmedabad

    States

    Gujarat

    The organisation brings women together into groups to fight for gender rights and equality besides lending a helping hand to families displaced due to development projects by engaging with municipal bodies for relief measures and allocation of alternative living spaces. Partnering with the CEPT University it researches the effect of urbanisation on underserved populations.

Impact Metrics

  • Number of Children Rescued

    Program Name

    Child Rights & Protection Programme

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 396
    • 2020-21 117
    • 2022-23 332

  • Number of People Sensitized Through Outreach Activities

    Program Name

    Child Rights & Protection Programme

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2018-19 2890
    • 2019-20 89083
    • 2020-21 47735

Leadership Team

  • Rafi Malek

    Executive Director

  • Meera Rafiyuddin Malek

    President

  • Azad Khimjibhai Mehta

    Vice - President

  • Malek Taslimbanu Sadruddin

    Secretary

  • Sadhu Ramilaben Kandas

    Member

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAATC3988K

  • Registration Number

    F/5260

  • CSR Form 1

    Not Available

  • 80G

    AAATC9190RE20206

  • 12A

    AAATC9190RE20011

  • FCRA

    337800107

About

  • Headquarters

    Ranchi, Gujarat

  • Since

    2000

Impact

CfD has gotten 5,000 children back into schools, expanded operations to 10 slum areas of Ahmedabad and 100 villages in Gujarat, and established active community groups to implement capacity building projects.

Vision and Mission

CfD's mission is to work with vulnerable and marginalized groups in urban and rural Gujarat and empower them holistically. Its vision is to create a safe environment for these groups to overcome vulnerabilities and establish their identity in society.

Political & Religious Declarations

  • Political Affiliation

  • Religious Affiliation

Location

  • Headquarters

    2nd Floor, Mistry Chamber Beside Hotel Cama, Khanpur, Ranchi, Gujarat

    Directions
  • Offices in Cities

Other Details

  • Type

    Non-profit

  • Sub Type

    Trust

Website

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Technology Adoption

  • SOC 2 Compliant

    No

  • Financial Management

  • Beneficiary Management