Agency for Development Awakening and Rural Self Help Associations (ADARSHA)

Agency for Development Awakening and Rural Self Help Associations (ADARSHA) was registered as a non-profit organization in the year 1999 under Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960. ADARSHA is a charitable organization aimed at promoting sustainable development of the disadvantaged people in the state of Karnataka.

Our Vision

Promote sustainable development of the disadvantaged people
Promote people’s associations and Community based structures
Community based rehabilitation of the disabled children
Helping the helpless and reaching the unreached people

Our Mission

We strive for the enablement of the weak and disadvantaged through animation, trainings linkages and other capacity building measures to gain confidence, knowledge and skills for self-reliant development initiatives.
Formation of groups, associations, unions, cooperatives, federations etc. of the weaker and unorganized sections of the society for their social empowerment and economic self-reliance.
We believe that disabled and special people especially children deserve a life of dignity, opportunity and equal place in the community and it is the duty of every family and community member to take special care and effort to help the special people to occupy their rightful space in the society.
We strive to help the very poor, widows, sickly and oppressed people to meet their basic needs of shelter, health and social welfare by mobilizing help from the community and from other agencies for financial and material assistance.