Mission: empowering the poorest of the poor to create livelihoods, boost income and inspire positive permanent change
Founded in August 2011
India Registered Charity Number: Section 25 Licence number : 101564
FCRA Registered Charity Number: 147121023
Income Tax Exemption under 12 AA: DIT(E) 8E/409/2011-12/S37/2012-13/472-74
Income Tax Exemption under 80G: CIT(E) 10E/547/2016-17/G-0392/3925-27
PAN Number: AADCN7402P
Team – 5 Board of Directors, 1 Head of Livelihood Programmes, 1 Agricultural Certified expert, 1 Head of Finance, 1 General Assistant, 5 Supervisors, 30 Livelihood Service Providers
LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMMES
Nirdhan works across five (5) districts in West Bengal all within 100 kilometres from Kolkata except in Chhatna in Bankura which is more than 200 kilometres from Kolkata. We work in Sundia (South 24 Parganas), Kolaghat (East Medinipore), Krishnanagar (Nadia), Chhatna (Bankura) and Prantik (Birbhum)
Poultry Development Services (PDS): Giving families the skills, knowledge and tools to enter new industries and radically improve their earning power
Helped 18,000 women farmers directly, almost 72,000 people indirectly since we train whole families of 4-5 members in the household through our poultry programme
Agricultural Management Services (AMS): Getting big results from small plots of land: enhancing the poor’s agricultural yields through training and modernization. Already working with 14,000 farmers in 850 small Farmer Interest Groups (FIGs) in more than 400 villages
Goateries: In pilot phase since January 2016 with 27 families. Continued working with 344 additional households in 2018 and 2019 across 4 locations and stopped the programme in year 2021 after making 371 households completely independent with the permanent enterprise
Fish Farming: We started fish farming enterprise in year 2023 and we have currently helped 250 farmers across two locations, Sundia and Kolaghat. Fish farmers earn more than 20 times before and after our intervention and operate independently in 2 years
IMPACT
Livelihood Programmes – up to 30-40% increase in household income
Increased levels of empowerment amongst the farmers, especially women
Improved basic and financial literacy
Choices about how to spend their money including starting a second enterprise
Better, more nutritious meals
Increased access to proper medical care
Increased number of children in school as the families can afford the books and uniforms
