Judaav Foundation is a not-for-profit, non-governmental development organization incorporated as a Company under section 8 of the Companies Act 2013 in India with CIN U85300RJ2019NPL066526, working in the Bundelkhand and Thar region. It is a small endeavor to mainstream the deprived communities of these regions by organizing, educating, and empowering them. The Organisation has been registered under section 12A and 80G of the IT Act and also with the NITI Aayog with Darpan ID RJ/2020/0252252 and GuideStar Number (GSN) 12680.

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Judaav is a Hindi word that means ‘Engagement / Connect’. We have started work in 25 villages in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. These are the most backward region and suffers extreme social and economic backwardness due to lack of resources, awareness, education, health, and on account poor gender status.

 

We believe that one of the best ways to transform communities is to empower people. We work with those who are socially and economically marginalized to support them to be better aware of their rights to become self-reliant and enable them to rebuild their hope.  We focus our efforts on the following four Global Development principles.

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Four Global Development Principles

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Support our Marginalized communities. We believe that issues of poverty and oppression occur when people become powerless due to existing social structures. Therefore, we strive to help communities identify the structural causes of poverty and oppression, and collaborate their efforts to address these issues.

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Raise awareness of rights. We also believe that in order to promote the rights of those vulnerable and marginalized within the community, it is important to identify those responsible for the protection and promotion of the same, such as the local government and community leaders, and to strengthen their capacity.

 

Empower people. People are empowered when they recognize and have the willingness and capacity to address social issues in solidarity with other community members. We work as facilitators within the community to create more opportunities for better interaction and cooperation and to ensure the participation and involvement of those marginalized in the decision-making process.

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Promote cooperation & solidarity.  Empowering people is not a short-term process. Therefore, we strive to pursue long-term partnerships to create a platform for cooperation and solidarity among people. Also, in order to encourage solidarity and cooperation, we believe that more people need to be involved in our activities; therefore we promote wider participation and sharing of information.

 

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