We empower marginalized individuals to achieve self-reliance
The Ekalavya Foundation was founded in 2006 by Shri. P. Venu Gopal Reddy, an eminent social worker dedicated to helping marginalized communities become self-reliant. The Foundation’s pioneering work initially focused on tribal communities in Adilabad district and encompassed education, health, livelihoods, and agriculture activities. A crucial aspect of the Foundation’s approach is engaging local villagers as partners in the conception, planning, and execution of activities for long-term sustainability.
Today, the Ekalavya Foundation’s impact extends across 9 districts in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh benefiting more than 8000 farmers and 6000 students every year. The Foundation’s team is organized project-wise, with regular reporting to leadership at the cluster and headquarters level. With approximately 80+ employees and over 1000+ volunteers, the Foundation is active in various projects, including Natural Resource Management, People’s Collective, Agriculture, Education, Health, Livelihood.
Through its sustained efforts, the Ekalavya Foundation has made a significant contribution to improving the lives of marginalized communities and fostering self-reliance.
We empower marginalized individuals to achieve self-reliance
The Ekalavya Foundation was founded in 2006 by Shri. P. Venu Gopal Reddy, an eminent social worker dedicated to helping marginalized communities become self-reliant. The Foundation’s pioneering work initially focused on tribal communities in Adilabad district and encompassed education, health, livelihoods, and agriculture activities. A crucial aspect of the Foundation’s approach is engaging local villagers as partners in the conception, planning, and execution of activities for long-term sustainability.
Today, the Ekalavya Foundation’s impact extends across 9 districts in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh benefiting more than 8000 farmers and 6000 students every year. The Foundation’s team is organized project-wise, with regular reporting to leadership at the cluster and headquarters level. With approximately 80+ employees and over 1000+ volunteers, the Foundation is active in various projects, including Natural Resource Management, People’s Collective, Agriculture, Education, Health, Livelihood.
Through its sustained efforts, the Ekalavya Foundation has made a significant contribution to improving the lives of marginalized communities and fostering self-reliance.
Chairman's Message
Dear friends…
Ekalavya Foundation has been operating with the time tested principle of solving village level issues through collective action of the local communities from the past 16 years and it has been quite successful. We have established the ‘Village Development Committees (VDCs)’ in several villages and inculcated the culture of organizing monthly meetings for the same. Successfully running the meetings and participation of villagers in development activities in the project villages of Ekalavya Foundation shows their journey towards self-reliance. Nature has enough for our needs but not for our greed. We thought about utilizing resources properly and handing over them to future generations.
For improving soil, water and environment we are working on ‘Watershed’ programs. Till now 37,642 Acres of land in a single stretch impacted through our efforts. In villages, for 90% of the families’ agriculture is a source of livelihood. In order to make agriculture a gainful occupation, Ekalavya Foundation initiated promotion efforts and extension activities for “Organic Agriculture” in 2015. The objectives of this initiative are reducing cost of cultivation and indebtedness of farmers and enriching the soil fertility. Demonstration fields have been organized for organic agriculture to display its advantages in many villages.
Ekalavya Foundation also obtained the status of P.G.S. Regional Council for certification of organic farming practices. Our organization started the ‘Vidya Vahini’ program for recognizing brilliant students in government schools and encouraging them.
Ekalavya Foundation has crossed several milestones during its journey spanning more than a decade. The appreciations from the beneficiaries of our programmes and their happiness have become a source of enthusiasm for our trustees, advisors and staff. We sincerely acknowledge the support extended by our donors and take this opportunity and express our profound gratitude.