About Us

Give a helping hand for poor people

We are a non-profit organisation that works with the people in design and delivery of high impact programmes in health, livelihood and education sector, supporting innovations to ensure inclusive development and environmental sustainability.

We Aim

To create enabling environment for innovations through facilitation and integration of formaland informal knowledge, skills, learning and local resources for overall wellbeing of the people especially those living in poor and vulnerable areas.

We Support

To upscale innovative and successful local actions and provide relief & rehabilitation to the people affected by disasters. We tries to move from problem based programmes towards strengthening the solutions to be found in local communities, building upon existing strengths and initiatives; and supporting innovations to ensure inclusive development & environmental sustainability.

Our Values

  • Accountability and Reliability
  • Integrity and diversity
  • Excellence and collaboration
  • Empowerment and Respect

We Aim

to create enabling environment for innovations through facilitation and integration of formal and informal knowledge, skills, learning and local resources for overall ellbeing of the people especially those living in poor and vulnerable areas.

Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you Great.
- A P J Abdul Kalam

We Support

to upscale innovative and successful local actions and provide relief and rehabilitation to the people affected by disasters. We tries to move from problem based programmes towards strengthening the solutions to be found in local communities, building upon existing strengths and initiatives; and supporting innovations to ensure inclusive development and environmental sustainability.

Our Values

  • Accountability and Reliability

  • Integrity and diversity

  • Excellence and collaboration

  • Empowerment and Respect

Our Objectives

  • Facilitate people to transform their knowledge, skills and learning into innovative actions to overcome challenges in development sector.

  • Develop sustainable and innovative strategies to ensure overall community development in poor and vulnerable areas through various development initiatives.

  • Provide relief and rehabilitation in areas affected by disasters or civil conflict and help the affected to rebuild a better life for themselves.

  • Encourage and promote young entrepreneurs and business models in development sector for economic empowerment of the poor and vulnerable people.

Approaches

  • Supporting different senses by providing opportunities for further research and creativity.

  • Empowering learners to incubate their learning process in a supportive environment of mutual assistance, reflection and critiques.

  • Encouraging experimentation at various level and local contexts to develop innovative approaches to learning with added value in their environment.

  • Encouraging best practices exchange and networking, supporting documentation and share the innovative ideas developed and problems encountered in challenging environment.

  • Empowering poor and vulnerable people to identify, plan, implement and monitor their own development initiatives.

Our Team

We work with the people facing challenges in their lives in making a well being for themselves and their families especially those living in poor and vulnerable areas of rural and urban setting, suffering from poverty, affected by disasters or civil unrest. Our target groups includes but not limited to women, children, youths, socially excluded communities, people living with disabilities, HIV and AIDS.

William Khanna

CEO & Founder

Mr. Aladin

General Manager

Zummon Khan

Volunteer

Harista Pro

Volunteer

Our Partners and Associates

We work with individual and organization who believe in ideology and philosophy of CIDA and is open to collaborate and partner with any private, public, corporate and community based groups, national and international organisations, government and private agencies having similar objectives and intension to help the poor and vulnerable people in improving their overall wellbeing.

Previous partners and associates:

  • ANDSLITE Pvt. Ltd.
  • VAMA – Bal MahilaVikasSamiti, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
  • Abhivyakti Mahila Evam Bal Kalyan Manch, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Present associates:

  • Women and Child Development Department, Govt. Of Madhya Pradesh
  • Sightsavers International
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis
  • Non-Governmetnal Organisations