ASA
Action for Social Advancement (ASA)
ASA is a non profit development organization registered under The Gujarat Societies Registration Act, 1860 & The Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950.
It was founded in 1996 by a group of development professionals with considerable collective experience of working with the tribal people in the central part of India in participatory natural resources development. ASA has emerged as a prime and lead organisation in the sector of farm based livelihood for poor and natural resource management.
ASA currently works in nearly 1690 villages across 23 districts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand, directly reaching out to about 1,79,000 families or nearly 9,50,000 population. There are more than 140 professional staff in the organisation along with more than 170 para-professional staff.
There are 10 Area offices, 46 Team Offices, 5 Regional Offices and the ASA Head Office in Bhopal.
Mission:
Ensuring livelihoods of poor people through providing developmental services, in particular through natural resources development.
Core Values and Objectives
ASA’s approach to development is firmly founded upon participatory action at the community level. At the heart of the organisation is the aim of developing livelihood security, which is facilitated by an intensive participatory process of natural resources development and local institutional development. Particular emphasis is placed upon the poor and women.
Areas of Expertise
The key competencies of ASA can be broadly categorized into:
- Field implementation of projects of community based natural resources management sector which includes community mobilization and participatory implementation of NRM programs, financial inclusion, sustainable agriculture, promotion of farmer producer companies, capacity building of PRIs, etc,
- Development support (Technical support) to the NGOs, Government departments / projects and donor organizations in the areas of NRM including sustainable agriculture, farmer producer companies, project management and institutional development.
- Action Research, Training, consultancy and policy advocacy in the areas of NRM
Contact:
Regional Office: Action for Social Advancement (ASA),
House No.-128, Road No.-1,
Basant Vihar, Harmu,
Ranchi- 834002, Jharkhand, India
Mob:- +91-7781012645;
Email: jharkhand@asabhopal.org
Head Office:
E-5/A, Girish Kunj,
Above SBI-Shahpura,
Arera Colony, Bhopal-462016, (M.P);
Tel: +91-755-4057926;
Fax: +91-755-4057925;
Email : asa@asabhopal.org
Web: www.asaindia.org