SNEHA NGO

The Support for Network and Extension Help Agency (SNEHA) is an organisation dedicated and committed to providing extension support to empower the poor, and to networking among development agencies working with similar objectives. The organisation, which was started in 1999, works in the backward areas of Mysore and Chamrajnagar District of Karnataka and Erode District of Tamil nadu.

Objectives

• A network between various Development Agencies with the common objective of empowering the poor in India.
• Support for the poor and vulnerable in order to improve their economic status, natural resource management, education, health and sanitation.
• Social mobilisation to build and strengthen people’s organisations and assist in the training and capacity building of organisations at various levels.
• Improvements in the existing credit delivery system in order to empower the underprivileged sections of society, particularly in rural areas.

Vision

To sustainably improve living conditions for the poor and vulnerable, concentrating resources on the legitimate needs of the community.

Mission

• To facilitate the process of development and growth in rural communities by effectively and sustainably utilising both human and natural resources within the community.
• To work towards favourable changes for the rural poor by creating a network of institutions.
• To enhance participative planning, implementation and monitoring through people institutions.