SSRDP - Sri Sri Rural Development Program
ABOUT SRI SRI RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Established in 2001 Sri Sri Rural Development Program Trust under the aegis of Art of Living operates with the single-minded focus of empowering Rural India. We aim at bringing together the best global practices, corporate thinking and accountability, the highest standards of corporate governance and transparency to create a model of sustainable development, which is benchmark in the industry and can be replicated at scale.
We believe in a holistic 360-degree development octagonal model with a focus on eight sides:
- Sri Sri Kaushal Vikas Kendra - Vocational Training
- Youth Leadership Training - Life Skills Training
- Light A Home - Rural Electrification & Energy Access
- Boond - Providing safe drinking water
- Shakti - Women Empowerment
- Community Of Rural Enterprise (CORE) - Promoting Rural Entrepreneurship
- Srijan - Prisoners/Militants Rehabilitation Program
- Shuddhi - Sanitation & Hygiene Program
Impact of our efforts
- Reached 36,557 villages with the 5H program - Health, Hygiene, Homes, Human Values, Harmony in Diversity
- Trained 16,546 rural youth in Youth Leadership Training Program
- Spent over 100 million man hours in developing full human potential
- Transformed the lives of over 200,000 prison inmates through Prison Programs globally
- Developed 50 model villages in India benefitting 100,000 people
- Conducted 49,500 hygiene camps and 25,950 medical camps benefitting 2.5 million people
- Running 22 Sri Sri Kaushal Vikas Kendras under which more than 5000 youths have been provided skills training during the last 2 years in the field of Electricals, Beauty Therapy, Computers, Mobile Repairing, Bar Bending & Mason work, Welding, Rural Technology and Renewable Energy.
- More than 200 rural women trained in Agarbatti rolling surrounding Bangalore Ashram.
- Over 5000 rural women trained and 258 SHGs formed in tailoring, embroidery & food processing under Project Shakti.
- Rehabilitated more than 3000 Surrendered Militants & Prison Inmates under Project Srijan providing them with skills training and employment.
- Provided Solar Energy to more than 12500 unelectrified households of Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Orissa and Bihar reaching out to more than 580000 individuals under Light A Home Project.
- 95 Yuvacharyas trained as Solar Engineers to install and service Home Lighting Systems under Light A Home Project.
- Set up 56 Battery Charging Stations and created 40 Solar Entrepreneurs in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam and UP.
- Trained 60 Rural Youths as Jal Sevaks to manufacture low cost Bio Sand Water Filters.
- Provided safe drinking water to more than 45000 individuals in Project Boond by setting up 4 community water filters and making 78 bore-wells.