Rural and Environment Development Society

REDS is working in Anantapur, Sri Satya Sai, Annamayya and YSR Kadapa Districts in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its welfare activities are spread in several mandals covered in 4 districts. In all these geographies the organization is focusing the most essential sectors, i.e., Women Empowerment, Agriculture, Education and Health, with specific attention on Farmer Suicide Families, Trafficked women, Out of School Children. REDS is focusing on the issues of Women, with special attention on Single women. REDS is a staunch supporter and promoter of Millets in these drought-stricken district, where the climatic conditions very much suit for the cultivation of traditional millet crops. It is also promoting Natural Farming as a part of reducing input costs in agriculture, and promote soil health, and reduction of environmental pollution. The organization has formed 10 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) which includes 4 women FPOs exclusively, and 6 mixed FPOs having men and women as members. We are promoting value addition and promoting farmers as the entrepreneurs.

• To disseminate the useful knowledge among the members of the society.
• To undertake development programs in the field of agriculture, Health & Sanitation, Natural resources development and utilization of Eco-friendly system
• Common Pool Resources Development & Management by the MENREGA through user groups for their livelihood.
• To bring gender equity in all stages of Rural and Urban development activities.
• To protect Women & Child rights (violence against women, Children Education under RTE)
• To carry out all the projects and programs through concerned CBOs and its networks.
• To disseminate the useful knowledge among the members of the society.
• To Promote NRM & Sustainable Agriculture to develop natural resources
• To Promote Child Rights - rescuing and rehabilitating bonded labour and Orphan children
• To Promote Activities aimed at Prevention of HIV/AIDS among the high risk groups
• To make available distress mechanism to the women in distress through family counseling centre
• To frame activities through coordinating with various departments in Combating trafficking of women and children through empowerment of CVGs
• Environment protection and livelihoods through NTFP
• Protecting Human Rights by empowering women, Dalits & minorities
• Livelihoods, dignity of labour, equal and minimum wages by linking to the Govt. schemes.

• Awareness Campaign against Human Trafficking by involving communities, victims and allied government departments.
• Family counseling Centre run in Mahila Police Station, Anantapur
• Safe Village Programme–educating the communities, youth and school children and their families about human trafficking and allied aspects
• Women Farmers Empowerment Programme implemented in 6 villages in Anantapur rural mandal covering more than 550 women farmers.
• Mobilizing vulnerable women to get welfare support under Apathbandhu Scheme
• Extending support to victims of trafficking, farmers suicides, domestic violence and artisans for livelihoods
• Promotion of integrating millets into childrens food schemes, in a local production-local procurement-local consumption pilot model
• Revitalization of rainfed agriculture (RRA)
• Awareness programme to prevent farmer suicides
• Comprehensive revival of millets program–rainfed areas: Promotion of Traditional System of Millets cultivation in Kadiri area of Anantapur District.
• Capacity building programmes to FPO leaders–promoting women Farmer Producer Organizations, and creating marketing linkages to the agricultural produce for the women farmers.
• Community Kitchen–Providing mid-day meals for the poor children and senior citizens in Shikari Colony, Anantapur

FOUNDERS SPEAK

Smt. C.Bhanuja

I made my profession as fulltime Corporate Responsibility