Gram Niyojan Kendra (GNK)
Districts: Kushinagar, Maharajganj
Theme :
Non-discriminatory access to livelihood rights through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).Non-discriminatory access to right to basic services through education, health and nutrition. |
The GNK project aims to improve the uptake of entitlements for 15,000 families belonging to socially excluded groups in 120 villages.
The project's purpose is to empower girls and women from socially excluded groups to acquire equity and secure their rights to basic resources and livelihoods.
The GNK project is working in 120 villages in the Maharajganj and Kushinagar districts of Uttar Pradesh. PACS is supporting the project for four years.
GNK aims
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Build awareness, knowledge, capacities and leadership skills of women and youths on livelihood and basic services.
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Organise knowledge and skills based capacity building training and exposure programmes for community based organisations (CBOs) and larger civil society.
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Proactive involvement of women and youths to address issues of social discrimination through direct action.
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Establish and develop strategic linkages with the government and other stakeholders and sensitising service providers in terms of entitlements.
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Strengthen CBOs formed by women and youths on issues of livelihood, basic services, Right to Information Act (RTI), Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
About Gram Niyojan Kendra (GNK)
Gram Niyojan Kendra was registered in 1977 under the Society Registration Act, 1860. GNK works for the welfare and development of underprivileged and excluded sections of society, including women, based on equality and justice.
In addition, GNK has been continuously working to support and strengthen emerging CSOs and building their capacities.
GNK is working in three districts in Uttar Pradesh: Ghaziabad, Naugaon and Maharajganj. It also works in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. In all these areas, the target groups are socially excluded and marginalised communities, mainly scheduled castes, tribes, and Muslims.
Network partners
PACS encourages projects to collaborate with like-minded organisations to deliver the best results in the designated project area. These collaborations are called network projects. GNK is implementing the project with the two network partners:
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Gram Bharti
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Vivekananda Yuva Vikas Sansthan.
Find out more:
Dasna -201302,
Ghaziabad,
Uttar Pradesh, India
