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PLAN INTERNATIONAL: SAMUHA PLAN is a collaborative Integrated Rural Development project working with 9642 families from 91 villages of Raichur and Koppal district in Karnataka.

Swiss Development Cooperation/Inter Cooperation: The SAMUHA-Kanakanala project is part of the 3-district Indo-Swiss Participatory Watershed Development-Karnataka Project, and is a collaborative endeavor between the watershed communities and their institutions, SDC/IC, MYRADA, PRAWARDA and SAMUHA. The Kanakanala Watershed Project covers a total area of 13,402.42 hectares in 24 villages. The project is presently being implemented in two stages, which will develop 9,500 ha of this watershed.

MacArthur Foundation: The SAMRAKSHA-MacArthur Foundation HIV/AIDS programme works on Counseling, Care and Support for over 500 people living with HIV/AIDS and with over 1500 people affected by HIV/AIDS. It also caters to 1500 sex workers across Bangalore City through the Vulnerable People’s Protection programme. Women’s Reproductive Health is integral component of this programme.

University of California (San Francisco): The SAMRAKSHA-UCSF collaborative Research project on Gender, Power and Susceptibility to HIV/AIDS/STI, and the SAMUHA-UCSF collaborative Research project on Adolescents, Livelihoods and Susceptibility to HIV/AIDS/STI have been undertaken to understand issues that make women and adolescent girls vulnerable to HIV/AIDS/STI.

CBM International: CBM supports SAMUHA SAMARTHYA’s advocacy, therapeutic services, orthotic workshops and other disability services in Raichur district.

BasicNeeds India: BasicNeeds India works in partnership with local organisations to promote an innovative model of community mental health and development. The SAMARTHYA-BNI partnership is currently based on a Mental Health and Development programme in Raichur, Koppal and Uttara Kannada districts.

Indo-German Social Service Society: IGSSS supports Jana Sahayog’s project for improvement of living conditions in urban slums through the use of participatory legal intervention processes in 7 cities of Karnataka.

Oxfam GB: Oxfam GB supports SAMRAKSHA’s continuum of care services in Bangalore.

Skillshare International: Skillshare provides HIV/AIDS Technical Support to SAMRAKSHA.

SAMUHA Overseas Development Association: SODA, which was initiated by a volunteer physiotherapist who worked in building SAMARTHYA’s technical capabilities, is a non-profit society registered in British Columbia, Canada, for the purpose of supporting SAMARTHYA’s disability activities.

CAPART: The Disability Action Division of the Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology supports SAMARTHYA’s CBRD programme in Raichur district.

KSAPS: The Karnataka State Aids Prevention Society is currently supporting SAMRAKSHA’s Sex Worker Protection programme in Bangalore; Targeted Interventions on Commercial Sex Workers in Raichur and Koppal districts; the Healthy Highways Project along NH13 in Koppal district; and the 15-bedded community care centre for People Living With HIV/AIDS in Koppal district.

NABARD: The SAMUHA-NABARD watershed programme was initiated in the year 2000 and is presently operational in Raichur and Koppal districts of Karnataka. It covers 6000 Hectares through 6 micro-watersheds.

Inter-Church Organisation for Development Organisation: ICCO supports SAMUHA’s Pampa Nagara Mahila Abhivrudhi Project since 2000. This has helped organize a group of 45 former Devadasis into a People’ Development Organisation and undertake land development activities, a supplementary school for the children and dry land horticulture.

JRD Tata Trust: The JRD Tata Trust supports SAMRAKSHA’s women’s reproductive programme since 1996. This has helped us to mobilise support for community-based reproductive and sexual health promotion and run the Well Woman Clinic, its lab services and medication.

Women & Child Welfare Department, GOK: The Women and Child Welfare Department, GoK, in association with UNICEF-Hyderabad, is supporting the Community Monitoring Project, a pilot to involve women in the community in the monitoring of departmental programmes with implications on child survival and growth, maternal health, and early childhood stimulation and child development.

Others: New Entity for Social Action; Agriculture Man Ecology; Rotary International; Geoff Duncan; Christian Children’s Fund; MIBLOU; CIVIC….

 

 

 

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