Local Partners
Samarthan was established in 1995 as a support organisation in undivided Madhya Pradesh to address the challenges of poverty and underdevelopment through strengthening the grassroots civil society. The primary mission of Samarthan was to promote participatory development processes by challenging the conventional top down model of development. It was believed that small and medium size voluntary organization and well meaning individuals willing to work as voluntary organizations at the grassroots will transform the development paradigm from the poor and disadvantaged sections. Samarthan started working on building a strong base of the value based voluntary sector in undivided Madhya Pradesh. Today, we have a large network of grassroots groups (NGOs/CBOs) to demonstrate examples of participatory governance as well as to amplify voices of the poor, dalits, tribals and women in policy-making platforms. Samarthan is part of:
Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA)
Child Rights Observatory Madhya Pradesh (CROMP)
Madhya Pradesh Voluntary Action Network (MPVAN)
Dalit Adhikar Abhiyan
Jan Pahel
Madhya Pradesh Swa-shasan Abhiyan
Madhyanchal Forum
Bundelkhand Buniyadi Adhikar Manch
Garima Abhiyan
Dalit Aarthik Manch
Madhya Pradesh Jan Adhikar Manch (MPJAM)
Madhya Pradesh Bhu Adhikar Manch
Jan Shakti Sangathan
Madhya Pradesh Dalit Abhiyan Forum