About Us

REACH have been involved in the process empowerment of rural poor since 1992.Since the beginning REACH has been working   with the rural communities, who are depending on natural resources. It started its activities in Kumaranahalli cluster of villages in Harapanahalli taluka District Davanagere by organizing the landless   laborers through Krishi Karmikar  Sangha (KKS) and women through Self Helf Groups  (SHGs). For the first time in Karnataka it introduced and succeeded in natural regeneration of forest through “Social fencing”(banning grazing, putting fire lines, stopping mining, preventing cutting trees, seed dribbling and soil and water  conservation measures). It has done a remarkable progress in ensuring the community right over Non- Timber Forest Produces (NTFPs). The Kumaranahallli VFC organized by REACH has won the State level “Vanamitra” award from Karnataka Forest Department, Government of Karnataka under Joint Forest Planning and Management (JFPM) for the year 1998.

Later on REACH has extended its activities to community health and education, children and women rights, empowerment of rural poor on Food Security Schemes especially Public Distribution System (PDS) and employment under NREGA, women property rights and empowerment of Gram Sabhas and strengthening PRIs. Following are the intervention of REACH to strengthen the rural poor communities.

a) Organizing rural poor landless women through Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Krishi Karmikar Sangha  (KKS);
b) Community involvement in management of local forest and common land through Village Forest Committees (VFCs) under JFPM Program;
c) Organizing women and children’s against trafficking /migration and to prevent violation against women and protection of women property rights through Action Committees;
d) Empowerment of beneficiaries for Food Security Schemes- Public Distribution System (PDS) and Employment under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) through Social Audit;
e) Empowerment of the rural poor through Community Learning Movement (CLM);
f) Capacity Building Training Program to Peoples Representatives under Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) for Empowerment of Gram Sabhas and strengthening  PRIs and
g) Protection of Children’s Rights and eradiation of bonded labour, child labour system and drop-outs;
h) People Empowerment Access Rights To Livelihood.

REACH has working mainly with the Target Groups Families –landless, small and, marginal farmers with priority to women and Dalits. REACH is  currently working in  six taluka of  three districts in Karnataka  covering  90 villages of  24 Gram Panchayats  and enabled  48,000  rural  families  and reached 1,28,000 rural population, among them  60% are women, 30% are children and 10% landless labourers.