Strategic Orientation

Synergizing Peoples Organizations – People Institutions

Operational strategic orientation included the following:

PO/PI formation & facilitation
Convergence & Collaboration
CMP-Common Minimum Processes
From Giver to Facilitator
Inviting Volunteers
Alignment with SGDs & Climate Change
To work with Networks and alliances
Best Practices documentation and research
Demonstrations
Awareness and counselling
PRI strengthening

Our key strategic orientation is to build and strengthen People’s Organizations (PO) and People’s Institution (PI) which can work collectively on various issues faced by the communities towards sustainability. Through various methods and processes, YRA generates awareness among the needy and poor communities. We demonstrate for educating and training people for new selected development initiatives. Attitude change is the most critical area to intervene, where in YRA focuses. YRA believes that “Facilitating Change Process” is the key of all development interventions and practices the same.

Local potential youth and women are trained in various technical and scientific areas under the most experienced/ certified experts in respective fields such as youth development, education, health, employment, livelihood, women empowerment, tribal empowerment, sustainable agriculture, WASH, goatery, poultry, soil and water conservation etc. Community engagement is ensured in all interventions. Development process gets multi-fold speed if the beneficiary groups are organized and involved in their Pos and PIs. with ownership and sustainability.
We work with them because they are traditionally and culturally deprived, remained vulnerable, less educated and exploited, with no exposure for better life. They need facilitation, support, make aware of their needs and work collectively to fulfil those needs.

Experience has taught us that these organizations/institutions/committees play a very important role in the success of any rural livelihood initiatives. This experience has been echoed by various other NGOs/CSOs. People’s Organizations (FPOs, Mahila Vikas Parishads etc) are collectives that focus on rights-based issues. People’s Institutions (SHGs, WUGs etc.) focus on resources and their management, and have a mandate that emphasizes formalized legal, financial and practical implementation and actions (for example, opening a bank account or forming a business collective). Thus, type of support provided by POs or PIs varies according to the purpose and structure of the PO or PI.
One block level federation of these group will be form as PO (People’s Organisation) and slowly this federation to be given a shape of PI (Peoples Institution’s) so that the continuity of the PO remains as also the scope to expand also will be possible. Turning of PO in to PI may not leave their role as PO. But the shape of PI will strengthen and mainly sustain the model of PO and PI- that the real collective strength of the poor and marginalized communities.