We are part of ActionAid International, an international development agency whose aim is to fight poverty and injustice. Since 1972, we have been working with the poor and marginalised people of India . We partner local NGOs, community based organizations (CBO) and people's movements to collectively address poverty, inequity and injustice.

Through our partner NGOs and community based organisations w e reach more than 5 million of the most poor and marginalised people, supporting them overcome their poverty and marginalisation by accessing their rights to food, shelter, work, education, healthcare, human security and a voice in the development decisions affecting their lives and livelihood.

Our vision is a world without poverty and injustice, one in which every woman, man and girl and boy enjoy the right to life with dignity.

We partner local organizations, who have the knowledge and experience and enjoy the confidence of the poor and marginalized communities we work with.

Our mission is to work with poor and excluded women, men and girls and boys to eradicate poverty, discrimination and injustice.

The people we work with include the dalit and tribal people, other sections of the rural and urban poor, women, children, and minorities. Within these groups, our focus is on people in vulnerable situations such as people living with chronic hunger, ill health, migrant and bonded workers, children out of education, urban homeless people, trafficked persons, persons with disability, displaced people and refugees, and people affected by natural and human-made disasters.

Our partners range from small community support groups to national alliances and international networks seeking food rights, education for all, trade justice, just and democratic governance, and action against HIV/AIDS. Our work with these national and international campaign networks highlights the issues that affect poor people and influences the way governments and international institutions think.

Our unique way of working :

• We support poor and marginalized people to strengthen their community organization, social institutions and capacity to fight poverty.
• We support processes that enable work just and democratic governance thus deepening democracy.
• We support women and girls to claim and enforce their rights and entitlements.
• We support poor and marginalized people in vulnerable situations to overcome their immediate distress by addressing their poverty needs.
• We support poor and marginalized people to explore and access financial resources they require to sustain their development efforts from the state and civil society.

We constantly seek new solutions and ask ourselves how we can make the greatest impact with our resources. We make the most of our skills and abilities by working at many levels - local, national, regional and international.

Our International Campaign Themes 2005-2010

In striving towards the goals above, our work will be driven by programmes and policies aimed at achieving the following rights based themes:

International Campaign Theme 1: Women's rights
International Campaign Theme 2: The right to education
International Campaign Theme 3: The right to food
International Campaign Theme 4: The right to human security during conflicts and emergencies
International Campaign Theme 5: The right to life and dignity in the face of HIV/AIDS
International Campaign Theme 6: The right to just and democratic governance

To read more about ActionAid India 's Program Strategy please read our CSP III: Rights First

[link to RIGHTS FIRST]

To read more about ActionAid International's Program Strategy please read our Rights to End Poverty

[link to RIGHTS TO END POVERTY]