Summary

Association for the Rural Development (ARD) was formed by likeminded group of dedicated social workers under the leadership of Shaik Basheer in the Year 2001, with a view to help the poor who were faced by numerous issues related to ignorance, illiteracy, ill health, migration( within the state and interstate),child labour and bonded system and despair, crime and exclusion from the mainstream of society. The status of women and children was most deplorable due to their total subjugation and dependence on the men-folk for their sustenance. The organization was convinced that the backwardness, exclusion, and poverty was mainly due to the lack of awareness among the target communities such as the Tribals, Dalits, fisher folk. The organization decided to work with the weaker sections of society and create awareness among them so that they would be able to liberate themselves and form a sociably just and gender equitable society where men, women and children can live with dignity.

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