Active India

The total population of India is more than 1 Billion. Out of this, 74% (740 Million) people are living in rural areas where per capita income is less than INR 1000 (US$ 20) per month. More than 55 Million people live in the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, one of the southern states of India. Khamman District of Andhra Pradesh is inhabited by more than 3 Million people whose monthly income in less than US$ 6. ACTIVE (Action for Collective Tribal Improvement & Vocational Education), a not for profit development organization, started by a group of social workers in 1987 with livelihood interventions in the remote, interior and poorly endowed tribal hamlets in Khammam.For the uplift of these under privileged people, living in inhuman conditions under abject poverty, ACTIVE is implementing the following programmes: -Community Organization-Supplementary Education-Community Health-Eco-restoration and Sustainable Development -Sustainable Agriculture & Tribal Self-Reliance-Water & SanitationOur major achievements during the last seventeen years are-3000 families organized into Village Level Sanghams-Introduced the concept of saving in the poor families thereby reducing the dependence on the money lenders-Enrolling of all the school going children in the primary schools-Woman empowerment in the villages-Full immunization achieved which resulted in no maternal deaths-Provided irrigation facilities to more than 5500 acres through the construction of water conservation structures-Horticulture gardens promoted in 800 acres.-Plantations raised in 3500 acres of Waste/Idle lands-Various health camps has been organized in the target villages, thereby improving the health condition of the populace