Adharshila
District : Lucknow
Theme :
Non-discriminatory access to the right to basic services through education, health and nutrition. |
The Adharshila project aims to ensure access and availability of health, education and nutrition rights and entitlements to the Safai Karmis (unorganised cleaners of public places).
The project's purpose is to enable a marginalised section of the urban poor to access quality basic services in the state capital, thus enabling them a dignified life.
The Adharshila project is working in 40 urban wards of Lucknow city. PACS is supporting the project for four years.
Adharshila aims
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Formation and strengthening of community based organisations (CBOs) comprising of the targeted population.
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CBOs to lead the campaign for claiming their rights and entitlements.
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Awareness building of the local communities on rights and entitlements under basic services and participation in the planning process of accessing entitlements.
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Regular interface with the service providers for better service delivery under education, health and nutrition.
About Adharshila
Adharshila was founded in 1995. The organisation works for the eradication of human rights violations in the form of manual scavenging and the rehabilitation of manual scavengers. It also works to empower women to access health, education and livelihood opportunities.
Adharshila has also been promoting formation of community based organisations (CBOs) of socially excluded communities and supporting them to claim their rights and entitlements.
The organisation has been supported by agencies like Action Aid, Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) and several other donors in its efforts to establish community based organisations and lead a campaign to free Safai Karmis (unorganised cleaners of public places) from the oppression of manual scavenging.
Find out more:
Lucknow - 226016,
Uttar Pradesh, India
