

Every year close to 514 illiterate women get educated, 529 get trained in vocational skills, 22 government schools are strengthened. With this support, the number of children going to school has increased and the water facilities in the villages that Assist works with have been renovated. They have taken the responsibility of the overall development of these rural areas as it undertakes programs to create awareness, economic and child development, women empowerment, community health, housing and sanitation, water provision etc. A unique feature of ASSIST is that they do not work for the people, but with the people in order to achieve the overall objective of making a community a viable unit for its own development.They come up with innovative and adaptable strategies to keep constant communication at the community level. They work for the development of the poor and marginalized communities in the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh. The organization was born in response to the social problems prevailing in the Prakasam and Guntur districts in AP. The mission of ASSIST is to create an ideal and equitable society by promoting rural development. Road, Chilakaluripet, Guntur 522616 Andhra Pradesh ASHA KIRAN works in 40 villages of coastal and Kolleru lake areas of West Godavari and Krishna Districts in Andhra Pradesh, India. 120 orphan and semi-orphan children have been receiving ration supplies every year. They provide food, shelter, medical care and education to the marginalized and the deprived sections so that they too can grow to their fullest. The various activities undertaken are children development, women empowerment, vocational training, community health, environmental programs and many more. Their vision is to create a just society where everyone lives peacefully.

They work to uplift the living status of all the discriminated sections of the society and improves their socioeconomic, health and environmental conditions by mobilization of resources with community participation. D.No: 20-8-4A, Bantumilli Road, Pedana, Krishna District 521366 Andhra PradeshĪsha Kiran was initiated to help the flood victims in Kolleru lake villages back in 1997 and is now an NGO committed to facilitating the self-reliant and sustainable development of coastal communities in Andhra Pradesh, India.
