reach

About us

REACH have been involved in the process empowerment of rural poor since 1992.Since the beginning REACH has been working   with the rural communities, who are depending on natural resources. It started its activities in Kumaranahalli cluster of villages in Harapanahalli taluka District Davanagere by organizing the landless laborers through Krishi Karmikar Sangha & women through SHGs.For the first time in Karnataka it introduced and succeeded in natural regeneration of forest through “Social fencing”(banning grazing, putting fire lines, stopping mining, preventing cutting trees, seed dribbling and soil and water conservation measures). It has done a remarkable progress in ensuring the community right over NTFPs.The Kumaranahallli VFC organized by REACH has won the State level “Vanamitra” award from Karnataka Forest Department, Government of Karnataka under JFPM for the year 1998. Later on REACH has extended its activities to community health and education, children and women rights, empowerment of rural poor on Food Security Schemes especially PDS and employment under NREGA, women property rights and empowerment of Gram Sabhas and strengthening PRIs. OUR VISION Fostering a society wherein women are empowered enough to lead decent life, all children are healthy, happier and enjoy their childhood rights, especially with right to education and creating sustainable and humane society wherein all living being have access to resources and manage their livelihood OUR MISSION Plan and implement or join hands with government, donors, non government and other such bodies for implementing,development projects/program that operational our vision to awaken, organize, and strengthen the target families/communities with total capacities to manage their own development with ecologically sustainable development as a central theme of the development process.