1. State: MAHARASHTRA 2. NGO: Aawaaz-e-Niswaan 3. Year ...

1. State: MAHARASHTRA

2. NGO: Aawaaz-e-Niswaan

3. Year of establishment: 1985

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: ShehnaazShaikh

6. Leadership (2012): Hasina Khan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment b) Advocacy and training (Muslim personal law, minority rights) c) Education (non-formal education, literacy)

8. Location/Spread of work: Aawaaz-e-Niswaan worked in urban areas of Maharashtra (in 60 wards of Nagpur, Amravati, Mumbai,

Aurangabad, Nashik and Thane districts)

9. Total staff: 12

10. Female staff: 11

11. Muslim staff: 11

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 35,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Corporate Donor b) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details:

Hasina Khan 47/1, Sarabai Hasan Ali Roopwala, Moreshwar Patankar Marg, Kurla (W), Mumbai400070, Maharashtra, India +91 22-26523402, +91 22-26521825 [email protected] www.niswaan.org

Established by a group of Muslim women nearly three decades ago, Aawaaz-e-Niswaan worked in urban areas across 6 districts of Maharashtra. The founders, some of whom had been through their own personal struggles, sought to create an organization that would give Muslim women the space to voice their needs and aspirations, and support them to take control of their lives. Alongside working directly with women on development issues, including education and literacy, Aawaz-e-Niswaan did training and advocacy to create awareness and bring about change at the policy level. Among the issues it had taken up were gender inequality in Muslim Personal Law, issues of communal violence and justice, and development of minorities.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.niswaan.org/


2. NGO: Abdul Salam Pathan Rural Development Organisation


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Mohd.Rafik, Abdul Pathan, Abdul RazakMukter, Abdul Mazid, Yunus Khan, Mohd. Abdul Satar, Akhtar B., Sultana

6. Leadership (2012): Mohd.Pathan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (women and child health) b) Livelihood (SHGs) c) Democratic participation (training of Panchayati Raj Institution members)

8. Location/Spread of work: Abdul Salam Pathan Rural Development Organisationworked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra

(in 400 gram panchayats and 23 wards, including Aurangabad city, across 7 blocks of Aurangabad and Jalana districts).

9. Total staff: 35




13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government


RafikPathan 4-13-48 Khasgate, Near Jinsi Police Station, Jinsi Road, Aurangabad 431001, Maharashtra, India +91 9372504488, +91 240-6451112 [email protected], [email protected]

Founded in 1999, Abdul Salam Pathan Rural Development Organisation worked with all communities. It was only in 2004, when the governing body took a decision to this effect, that the organization started consciously working with Muslims. It had since innovated ways of working such as translating SHG information into Urdu so as to increase its accessibility to disadvantaged Muslims. Its attempt was to mainstream underprivileged sections of the community. It was selected as the implementing agency by the Government of Maharashtra for formation of SHGs among Muslim women accessing both general as well as special funds such as the Backward Region Fund for Marathwada and MahilaArthikVikasMahamandal (MAVIM) fund for Muslim SHGs.




2. NGO: AdarshMahilaGrihaUdyog


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: ChandrakalaBhargaw, SarlaUkha

6. Leadership (2012): ChandrakalaBhargaw

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (vocational training) b) Health (women’s health) c) Livelihood (SHGs and self employment)

8. Location/Spread of work:AdarshMahilaGrihaUdyog worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in 152 gram panchayats

across 3 blocks of Latur District, including Latur town)

9. Total staff: 20


11. Muslim staff: 0


13. Sources of funding: a) State Government b) Foreign Donor c) Individual / Family/ Private donations


ChandrakalaBhargaw Noopur, Saraswati Colony, Latur 413531, Maharashtra, India +91 9422013855, +91 2382-242699 [email protected]

AdarshMahilaGrihaUdyogwas founded in 1976 and was led by one of its founder members, ChandrakalaBhargaw. With the mission of improving the lives of poor women and making them self-reliant, the organization engaged with women from all communities. Muslims were a significant section of its target population. AdarshMahilaGrihaUdyog’s main emphasis was on economic development. It had set up women’s SHGs across its field area, and through them assisted disadvantaged women to access credit and self-employment opportunities. It also worked on vocational trainings and women’s health issues.



2. NGO: AhilyadeviShikshanPrasarak&BahuuddeshiyaMandal


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Narayan Lombhade, RamkrishnaMukhamate, Narayan Kolhe, ShantGawande, KantaVirkar, PushaChikurte

6. Leadership (2012): Narayan Lombhade, KantaVirkar

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s issues (shelter home) b) Education (vocational training for former child labourers) c) Rural development (watershed management)

8. Location/Spread of work: AhilyadeviShikshanPrasarak&BahuuddeshiyaMandal worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra

(in 90 gram panchayats and 18 wards across 8 blocks of Washim and Akola districts).

9. Total staff: 33


11. Muslim staff: 6


13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Individual / Family/ Private donations


Narayan Lombhade Shukrwar Peth, Lamabhade Bhawan, Railway Station Road, Washim 444505, Maharashtra, India +91 9422163717 [email protected]

AhilyadeviShikshanPrasarak andBahuuddeshiyaMandal worked towards the vision of an exploitation-free world, where disadvantaged people, especially farmers, women and children, could participate in an equitable society. The organization worked with all excluded people from the start. Its engagement with the Muslim community began when it took up childlabour issues, since a large number of child labourers it encountered were Muslim. The organization ran a shelter home for women in need, provided vocational training to child labourers and did watershed management.



2. NGO: Ahl-e-Hadees Welfare Society


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Seath Mohammed Khalil

6. Leadership (2012): Dr. Faizee and Rashid

7. Main sector of work:Education (elementary education)

8. Location/Spread of work: Ahl–e-Hadees Welfare Society worked in urban Maharashtra (in Malegaon District).

9. Total staff: 100




13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Individual / Family/ Private donations


Dr.Faizee 172 Dar Ul Amaan, Fort Malegaon, Malegaon 423203, Maharashtra, India +91 9371239892 [email protected]

Ahl-e-Hadees Welfare Society believed that education is the key to development. With this as its guiding principle, the organization started its work in 1982, focusing on disadvantaged sections of the Muslim community. It gave support to children from poor families for educational purposes. In 1991, it established an Urdu school of its own.



2. NGO: Aishabai& Haji Abdul Charitable Trust


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Dr. A.K. Fazlani

6. Leadership (2012):Sadaf Husain

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education, higher education, vocational training) b) Health (medical aid)

8. Location/Spread of work: Aishabai and Haji Abdul Charitable Trust worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in 5 gram

panchayats and 18 wards across Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban and Pune districts).

9. Total staff: 150


11. Male staff: 25

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 1,00,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Individual / Family/ Private donations b) Personal contributionsfrom trustees


Sadaf Husain, CEO Gate No. 14, J.J. Compound, Byculla, Mumbai 400008, Maharashtra, India +91 22-23735954/55 ceo@aishabaitrust www.aishabaitrust.com

A trust established by Dr. A.K. Fazlani, the Aishabai& Haji Abdul Charitable Trust has been active in Maharashtra since 1980. TheTrust worked for the welfare of all disadvantaged and underserved populations including a large number of Muslims, primarily through education-support services. With the conviction that education is the key to socio-economic development of marginalized groups, the Trust puts the bulk of its resources into its education programme. This included interventions at various levels, from elementary to higher education and vocational training. Over the years, the Trust had developed a collaborative school support programme with the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) and had helped over 25,000 poor students in MCGM schools access quality education. There was also a counsellingcell which catered to the needs of the school students in the municipal schools. The Trust had also established the Fazlani Institute of Vocational Training at more than 5 locations in Mumbai, where both boys and girls were provided training in professional vocational courses. Scholarship support was provided to needy students trying to pursue higher education. Medical aid was also given on a case-by-case basis to patients who required dialysis, cardiac treatment or other high-cost medical interventions.


2. NGO: ASRA Foundation


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Muhammad ArshadAbidMulla,Abdul Rashid A.G. Sayyed, Iftekhar Yusuf Khot, MussaddiqueH.N .Majeed, MazharGulamHussainAgah, SaadNajmuddinKazi, NaseemZiauddinBahauddin, UsamaNajmuddinKazi,Nadeem Abbas Bhure

6. Leadership (2012): SaadNajmuddinKazi

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education, vocational training) b) Health (children’s health) c) Child rights d) Interest-free microfinance

8. Location/Spread of work: ASRA Foundation worked in rural and urban Maharashtra (in 4 wards in Thane District).

9. Total staff: 13




13. Sources of funding:

a) Community-funded Zakat: Indian b) Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact Details:

SaadNajmuddinKazi Zulekha, Ghass Bazar, Kalyan (W), Thane 421301, Maharashtra, India +91 9867590454, +91 251-2207705, +91 9892176841 [email protected] www.asrafoundation.net ASRA Foundation is a child rights organisation that worked in Thane district. While the organisation worked with all disadvantaged and vulnerable families, it hadgained credibility with the Muslim community, and worked with large numbers of Muslim children. ASRA Foundation reached out to underprivileged, destitute and orphaned children, addressing education and child rights. It ran a home for orphans.


http://www.asrafoundation.net/


2. NGO: Association of Muslim Professionals


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: AamirIdrisi, Mohd.Shahanshah Ansari, Ahmed Shaikh, Shanul Syed, Najeeb Syed, Javed Syed

6. Leadership (2012): AamirIdrisi

7. Main sectors of work: a) Career guidance (skill-development lectures, facilitating education among underprivileged students) b) Advocacy, networking, awareness-raising (in schools, colleges, community centres, masjids on minority development

concerns) c) Information dissemination (youth issues, employment, career guidance, government schemes for Muslims) d) Charity (scholarships, health camps, book donation etc) e) Research (development of the Muslim minority)

8. Location/Spread of work: Association of Muslim Professionals did not have a fixed field area. It worked through schools,

colleges, community centres and mosques all over Maharashtra. It also worked in 11 other states: Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Assam and Madhya Pradesh.

9. Total volunteers: 1000

10. Female volunteers: 50

11. Muslim volunteers: 1000


13. Sources of funding: a) Individual funding from members b) Sponsorship for specific projects


AamirIdrisi Association of Muslim Professionals, 68/69 Umar Manzil, 5th Road, Khar (W), Mumbai400052, Maharashtra, India +91 9323792205 [email protected] http://www.ampindia.org

Association of Muslim Professionals claimed a presence in several states of the country. In Maharashtra, it was based in Mumbai. The Association believed in a vision for a Muslim community that was educated, progressive, culturally vibrant, economically dynamic and politically influential. It saw an empowered Muslim community as beneficial for society and the nation as a whole. The organization worked through information sharing and networking. It organized lectures, conferences and events at educational institutions, masjids, and community centres and was active on the internet in social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google groups and Orkut. These events covered a range of issues – careercounselling, employment assistance and skills development. It also had an internship programme for students, a research fellowship and a mentorship programme. The Association served as a platform for networking on cross-cutting issues pertaining to the Muslim community. It was funded entirely by individual contributions from its members.


http://www.ampindia.org/

1. Name of the state: National-level network

2. Name of NGO: Bharatiya Muslim MahilaAndolan (BMMA)

3. Year of Establishment: 2007

4. Not Registered

5. Key founders: ZakiaSoman, NoorjahanSafiaNiaz

6. Leadership (2012): ZakiaSoman andNoorjahanSafiaNiaz

7. Main Sectors of work:

a) Building alternative platforms to enable Muslim women to voice their own concerns b) Promoting and actualizing full citizenship rights of the Muslim minority in terms of both development and justice

8. Location/Spread of work: Bharatiya Muslim MahilaAndolan worked in 12 states, including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Orissa, Delhi, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal

9. Total membership: 40, 000

10. Total volunteers: On average 20 volunteers per state, in 12 states

11. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 10,00,000-12,00,000 (approx.)

12. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Membership fees c) Grants d) Private donations/support from local communities


NoorjehanSafiaNiazand ZakiaSoman 35-B, Royal Hills Society, Near MHADA Colony, Near NNP 1 &2, Near Santosh Nagar, Goregaon East- Mumbai- 400063, Maharashtra, India. +91 022-28407874 [email protected] and [email protected]

Founded byZakiaSoman and NoorjehanSafiaNiaz in 2007 Bharatiya Muslim MahilaAndolan (BMMA) is a national level organization, with a presence in 12 states. It saw itself as an autonomous, secular, rights-based, non-party political and mass organization led by Muslim women working towards ameliorating the marginalisation of the Muslim community and Muslim women in particular. BMMA’s view was that Muslim women faced not only issues of belonging to a marginalisedminority community - poverty, lack of education, inequality, lack of opportunities - but also religious patriarchal forces from within the community. It campaigned on issues such as reform of the Muslim personal law and implementation of the Sachar Committee Report and worked on developing leadership in Muslim women at various levels, from the local to the national. In parallel it sought to help Muslim women address issues around concerns of their daily lives: education, health, livelihoods. Run entirely by volunteers, the organisation had a membership of over 40,000 women.



2. NGO: Citizens for Development and Peace


4. Not Registered

5. Key founders: AleemFaizee, Dr. A.B. Awwal, Dr.NavedMirza, Faizee Abdulla

6. Leadership (2012): AleemFaizee, TarikMohd.,Naved, Anwar

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health b) Advocacy (basic amenities)

8. Location/Spread of work: Citizens for Development and Peace worked in urban Maharashtra (in 72 wards of Malegaon District).

9. Total volunteers: Not available


11. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations


AleemFaizee 172 Dar Ul Amaan, Fort Malegoan, Malegoan423203, Maharashtra, India +91 9371239892 [email protected]

Led by a group of volunteers, Citizen for Development and Peace (CDP) worked on civic rights and amenities in Malegaon town. The organisation saw itself as a mediator between citizens and corporators, and as representing the interests of the poor. While working for all marginalized people, it worked in urban areas with large numbers of Muslim residents, where a majority of people lacked access to basic amenities. CDP had taken up concerns such as community toilets and health facilities. The organization was supported by private donations.



2. NGO: Committee of Resource Organizations for Literacy (CORO for Literacy)


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: MadhavChawan, MedhaKulkurni, Farida Lambay, BhimRaskar, Sanjay Lokhande, Shahane

6. Leadership (2012): SujataKhandekar, Vilas Salmarkar

7. Main sectors of work: a) Capacity-building (fellowship to grassroots leaders) b) Women’s empowerment (developing leadership of mahilamandals) c) Advocacy (access to basic amenities)

8. Location/Spread of work: CORO worked across MaharashtraState, including in Mumbai City.

9. Total staff: 51



12. Average annual budget: INR 1,20,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Foreign donor


SuryakantKamble CORO, Suman Nagar, Chembur, Mumbai 400071, Maharashtra, India +91 9221134402, +91 22-5295002 Email: [email protected]

CORO for Literacy worked for the development of grassroots-level leadership on rights and social change issues. With a presence in both rural and urban areas across the state, it worked at an advocacy and training level. Its largest programme was a fellowship for grassroots leaders –for people working on women’s issues, urban poverty and housing rights, public health, environmental issues, disaster relief; communal harmony or local self-government. It also acted as a voice for advocacy on women’s issues, basic amenities and education. CORO worked with all marginalized groups.



2. NGO: Deep Foundation


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: ChetanSubashPatil, Dr.NitinPatil, AlkaPatil, Sangita Patel

6. Leadership (2012): ChetanSubashPatil

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (women and child health) b) Child labour c) Livelihood (SHGs)

8. Location/Spread of work: Deep Foundation worked in rural areas of Maharashtra (in 350 gram panchayats across 4 blocks of Nandurbar District).

9. Total staff: 6

10. Female staff: 3

11. Muslim staff: 0


13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Individual / Family/ Private donations


ChetanPatil 196-B, Jaihind Colony, Taloda Road, Nandurbar 425412, Maharashtra, India +91 9923501521 [email protected]

Deep Foundation’s primary focus is health, particularly that of women and children. It worked with all socially excluded and deprived groups. Its involvement with the Muslim community grew because of the persistently low social and development indices among Muslims, and also as a result of engaging with child labourers in the area, many of whom were Muslims. Besides public health, Deep Foundation worked on livelihoods and skill development through SHGs, and on education, particularly of child labourers. The organization also worked on implementation of the National Rural Health Mission, environment issues, youth development, agriculture and on women and child development.



2. NGO: Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution (IPSCR)


4. Not Registered

5. Key founders: (Late) Dr.Asghar Ali Engineer, Dr. Ram Puniyani, Irfan Engineer

6. Leadership (2012): Irfan Engineer

7. Main sectors of work: a) Advocacy, awareness-raising, information dissemination (peace education, conflict resolution, rights of marginalized

groups like minorities, Dalits, Adivasis and women). b) Communal harmony and justice

8. Location/Spread of work: IPSCR did not have a fixed field area. It conducted advocacy events (trainings, workshops, seminars)

in both Maharashtra State and at the national level.

9. Total staff: 3

10. Female staff: 1

11. Muslim staff: 2


13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Foreign Donor


Irfan Engineer 603 New Silver Star, Prabhat Colony Road, Near Railway Bridge, Santacruz East, Mumbai 400055, Maharashtra, India +91 22-26149668, +91 22-26102089, +91 22-26135098 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] http://www.ipscr.org/

IPSCR was established to examine issues of peace and conflict going beyond the commonly understood ‘secular’ mandate (which focuses on the well-being of religious minorities in India) of its parent organization, the Center for the Study of Society and Secularism. IPSCR engaged with issues of conflict – understandingits genesis and promoting its resolution – throughtraining and advocacy from a broader perspective. It included within its purview caste-based conflict, conflict between socio-religious groups, gender-based conflict, as well as other axes of conflict. Its engagement with issues of development for Muslims emerged from its concern with minority rights, which included the right to equitable development. It approached the development rights of Muslims in India within the framework of minority rights as articulated in international legal instruments and in the Indian constitution. IPSCR believed that conflict resolution could not take place without all social groups having equitable rights and access to development. IPSCR organized events such as workshops all over the country in collaboration with other organizations, colleges, schools and communities and also did advocacy at the state and national level.




http://www.ipscr.org/


2. NGO: Iqra International Women’s Alliance (Women’s wing of Iqra Education Foundation)


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: UzmaNaheed, IlyasGaffar, FarooqWaliullah, UsmanManiyar, Salman Ghazi

6. Leadership (2012): UzmaNaheed

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment b) Education (vocational training) c) Livelihood (SHGs)

8. Location/Spread of work: Iqra International Women’s Alliance worked in urban areas of Maharashtra (in Mumbai City)

9. Total staff: 4

10. Female staff: 3

11. Muslim staff: 4


13. Sources of funding: a) Community-funded Zakat: Indian b) Individual / Family/ Private donations


UzmaNaheed A-2 Firdaus Apartments, 24 Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim (W), Mumbai 400016, Maharashtra, India +91 22-24440494, +91 22-24440572 [email protected] www.iqraindia.org, www.iiwaindia.org

Associated with the Iqra International Network, Iqra International Women’s Alliance, Mumbai worked with Muslim women in poor areas of Mumbai City. While operating within a religious framework, the organization said it engaged in community developmental work with a rights perspective and that its emphasis was on empowering Muslim women. It strengthened their livelihoods through vocational skills training, SHGs and assistance with marketing and business development. It also counseled women on how to obtain justice using personal law, and it organized them to better access civic amenities and government schemes.


http://www.iqraindia.org/

http://www.iiwaindia.org/


2. NGO: Janwadi Gram VikasPratishtan, Pathari


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: JayantPatil, Desai, Deshmukh, Nanda Gaikawad, BalasahebGaikawad, AchutuPawar, Dr. Mohan Kchave

6. Leadership (2012): BalasahebGaikawad, Nanda Gaikawad

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education for child labourers, vocational training) b) Rural development (watershed development, agriculture) c) Health (HIV/AIDS awareness)

8. Location/Spread of work: Janwadi Gram VikasPratishtan worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in 75 gram

panchayats and 4 wards of Parbhani District, including the towns of Pathari and Manvat).

9. Total staff: 2

10. Female staff: 1

11. Muslim staff: 0


13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Individual / Family/ Private donations


BalasahebGaikawad Samata Niwas, Ekta Nagar, Mazalgoan Road, Pathari, Parbhani 431506, Maharashtra, India +91 9960375848 [email protected]

Janwadi Gram VikasPratishtan claimed a left ideological orientation and had been working on issues of social equity in Parbhani District since 1995. The organization’s association with the Muslim community goes back to when it initiated work in urban areas of Pathari, where a large number of the poor were Muslim. The organization worked in both urban and rural areas on rural development issues and sought to strengthen the participation of the marginalized in local self-governance through panchayatiraj institutions. It also worked on spreading awareness on HIV/AIDS and sought to provide basic education to child labourers. In addition to getting resources for its work from the State and Central governments and Indian donor agencies, it also raised contributions from the local community.



2. NGO: Jhansi Chi Rani Bahuddeshiya Gramin Vikas Sanstha


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Rehana Bailem, Bharti Lolge, Aruna Dahale, Sharda Alivakar

6. Leadership (2012): Rehana Bailem, Bharti Lolge

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (non-formal education) b) Health (women’s health) c) Women’s issues (counselling centre)

8. Location/Spread of work: Jhansi Chi Rani Sansthaworked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in 35 gram panchayats and

12 wards across 5 blocks of Yavatmal District).

9. Total staff: 4

10. Female staff: 4

11. Muslim staff: 3


13. Sources of funding: a) State Government b) Foreign Donor c) Individual / Family/ Private donations


Rehana Bailem Police Station Road, Old Weekly Bazar, At PO& Tal Arne, Yavatmal District 445103, Maharashtra, India +91 9423134867, +91 9850530221

Established by a group of women in 1998, Jhansi Chi Rani Bahuddeshiya Gramin Vikas Sanstha worked on women’s issues in rural and urban areas of Yavatmal. Having themselves experienced gender-based injustice, the founders were sensitive to the struggles women often face in their daily lives. Committed to women’s rights and a non-violent society, they took up work with all women, including Muslims. The organization addressed issues of education, women’s health and women’s empowerment. It ran a counselling centre for women and was funded by the State Government, UNICEF and private donations.


2. NGO: KHOJ, a project of Sabrang Trust


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: TeestaSetalvad, JavedAnand, AmiliSetalvad, Ravi Kulkarni, Nakul Mehta, JavedAkhtar

6. Leadership (2012): TeestaSetalvad

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (curricular reform, teacher training, advocacy for secular education, promoting pluralism in schools) b) Using Right to Information Act (on implementation of government schemes for minorities and SCs/STs)

8. Location/Spread of work: KHOJ worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in Mumbai, Thane, Nanded, Nandurbar, Jalna,

Aurangabad, Dhule and Ratnagiri districts, including in Mumbai City).

9. Total staff: 19



12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: Not available

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Indian Donor Agency c) Individual / Family/ Private donations


TeestaSetalvad Sabrang Trust, Nirant, Juhu Tara Road, Mumbai 400049, Maharashtra, India Tel: +91 22-26603927 Fax: +91 22-26602288 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] http://www.sabrang.com, www.khojedu.net

Started in 1994 by journalist and social activist TeestaSetalvad and supported by colleague JavedAnand, KHOJ is a project of Sabrang Trust. KHOJ worked at multiple levels. It was involved in teacher-training and advocacy at the national level. Its own direct operations were in Maharashtra. It began as an individual response to the tension that gripped Mumbai post 1992-93, and was an attempt to expand the school-level social studies and history curriculum to address conflict and peace education as also explore the areas of the school curriculum that were exclusionary and address the lacunae. As it evolved, KHOJ also grew to include issues of class, caste and gender divisions. It operated through a network of schools. It was involved in supplementary curricular intervention (in 75 schools in 8 districts of Maharashtra indirectly and 25 schools directly), and in teacher training (in 320 schools at district levels and about a dozen private schools). It also pursued parent-student-teacher interaction to reinforce pluralism, and encouraged debate and questioning within the teaching-learning space. Additionally, the KHOJ team,as part of the Sabrang Trust, was involved in using the Right to Information Act to elicit and analyze information on representative governance and implementation of government schemes for minorities, women and Dalits.





http://www.sabrang.com/

http://www.khojedu.net/


2. NGO: Late ShriramAhirrao Memorial Trust


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Dr.Ahirrao Dinesh, NilambariAhirrao, MinabaiPawar, Sunanda Mali, L. Mali

6. Leadership (2012): Dr.Ahirrao Dinesh

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (women’s health and a de-addiction centre) b) Education (higher education, vocational training)

8. Location/Spread of work: Late ShriramAhirrao Memorial Trust worked in rural areas of Maharashtra (in 650 gram panchayats across 15 blocks of Dhule, Nandurbar, Nasik and Jalgaon districts).

9. Total staff: 177


11. Muslim staff: 1


13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Indian Corporate Donor e) Foreign Donor f) Individual / Family/ Private donations


Dr.Ahirrao Dinesh Betawas, Shindkheda Taluk, Dhule District 425403, Maharashtra, India +91 9422788421, +91 2566-228201, +91 2566-228801 [email protected]

Active since 1974, Late ShriramAhirrao Memorial Trust worked in 650 grampanchayats across the districts of Dhule, Nandurbar, Nasik and Jalgaon. Its emphasis was on improving the status of rural women from all social groups. Working in a region with a high Muslim population, the organization also worked with Muslim women, through programmes spanning a range of issues. These included reproductive health, education and vocational training. The Trust also ran a de-addiction treatment centre.



2. NGO: Learn MahilaKamgarSangathan


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: (Late) Nitin More

6. Leadership (2012): Banu B.

7. Main sectors of work: a) Advocacy (domestic workers issues) b) Health (women’s health) c) Livelihood (skill development)

8. Location/Spread of work: Learn MahilaKamgarSangathan worked in urban Maharashtra (in 22 wards across Mumbai, Nasik and

Solapur District).

9. Total staff: 13


11. Muslim staff: 7


13. Source of funding:Indian Donor Agency

14. Contact details: Banu B. / RaziaShaikh Ravi Shankar School, Dharavi Vike Wadi, T-Junction, Dharavi, Mumbai 400017, Maharashtra, India +91 9820784542, +91 9594106402

Learn MahilaKamgarSangathan worked with marginalized urban women to develop their leadership and enhance their livelihoods. A relatively young organization, it operated in Nasik,Solapur and Mumbai, and focused on domestic workers. Founded by the late Nitin More, the organization was run by women from its target community. The Sangathan worked for the rights of domestic workers, and was engaged in efforts to build a union of domestic workers. It was also involved in issues of urban poverty, access to basic amenities and services, women’s health, education and skill development for better livelihood opportunities.


2. NGO: LokVikasBahuuddeshiyaSanstha


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Suresh Patil, Dr. V.R. Patil, H.S. Patil, L.S. Patil, P.B. Patil, R.P. Patil, P.I. Patil

6. Leadership (2012): Suresh Patil

7. Main sectors of work: a) Child labour (rehabilitation) b) Education (for child labourers) c) Livelihood (SHGs)

8. Location/Spread of work: LokVikasBahuuddeshiyaSanstha worked in rural Maharashtra (across 50 gram panchayats of 3 blocks

of Nandurbar District).

9. Total staff: 5

10. Female staff: 3

11. Muslim staff: 0

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 85,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Individual / Family/ Private donations


Suresh Patil 19 Dattaguru Housing Society, Near Doordarshan Tower, Dongargaon Road, Shahada, Nandurbar 425409, Maharashtra, India +91 9421530094 [email protected]

LokvikasBahuuddeshiySanstha worked in rural Nandurbar District. Committed to the vision of an inclusive society, the organization focused on women and children from marginalized groups. It was its engagement with child labour issues that got the Sanstha involved with the Muslim community, since a large number of child labourers in the district were Muslim. LokVikasBahuddeshiyaSanstha worked on rehabilitation and education of child labour and on women’s issues, including livelihoods.



2. NGO: M.S. Naik Foundation


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Mohammed S.H. Naik andSaeeda M.S. Naik

6. Leadership (2012): Saeeda M.S. Naik

7. Main sectors of work:

a) Education (elementary education, higher education, access to government scholarships) b) Women’s empowerment (economic development) c) Empowerment of street children (childline)

8. Location/Spread of work: M.S. Naik Foundation works in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in 150 gram panchayats and 7

wards across 9 blocks in Ratnagiri District)

9. Total staff: 10

10. Female staff: 5

11. Muslim staff: 2


13. Sources of funding: a) State Government b) Central Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Personal contributions by foundation members


Saeeda M.S. Naik 2544 Dr Ambedkar Marg, Dhanjinaka, Ratnagiri 415612, Maharashtra, India +91 2352-220295 [email protected], [email protected] www.msnaikschool.edu.in

A grassroots development agency, M.S. Naik Foundation had been active in RatnagiriDistrict since 1985. Its work with marginalized communities, in rural and urban areas, had a special focus on women. M.S. Naik Foundation, founded by a professional social worker, believed education to be the key to development. It sought to mainstream the Muslim community through its school and educational programmes and by helping them access government scholarships for needy students. Central to its vision of women’s empowerment was economic development. It had plans to engage in agro-food processing as an income-generation enterprise for women. The Foundation ran a childline in Ratnagiri accessible at 1098.



http://www.msnaikschool.edu.in/


2. NGO: MahimaBahuuddeshiyaSevabhaviSanstha


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Sahara Shaikh, Mr.Shaikh

6. Leadership (2012): Sahara Shaikh

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (vocational training) b) Livelihood (SHGs, income-generation, marketing products, bank linkages)

8. Location/Spread of work: MahimaBahuuddeshiyaSevabhaviSanstha worked in rural and urban Maharashtra (in 15 gram

panchayats and 25 wards across 4 districts including Latur)

9. Total staff: 10

10. Female staff: 8


12. Current average annual budget: INR 4,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Self-sustaining activities


Sahara Shaikh India Nagar, Near Babu Furali, Latur 413531, Maharashtra, India +91 9822349537

MahimaBahuuddeshiyaSevabhaviSanstha operated in rural and urban areas in the districts of Latur, Usmanabad, Bid and Solapur. It saw economic development as the key to empowerment, and its focus was eradicating poverty by working with women from marginalized communities. Its economic programmes were organized around SHGs. It was through these groups that it facilitated access to bank linkages, skill-enhancement and marketing. It was planning to start a women’s cooperative and garment manufacturing unit.


2. NGO: ManodaySamajKalyanSanstha


4. Registered NGO Key founders: GajananBurghate, AyodhyabaiVyas, ArchanaBajare, Pravin Desai, AmitKokate, SuniTurkhede, ShuddhamatiPawar, RatnaKansule, ManoharGade

5. Leadership (2012): GajananBurghate, ArchanaBajare, AyodhyabaiVyas

6. Main sectors of work: a) Education (non-formal education) b) Health (women and child health) c) Rural development (watershed management, rights of agricultural labourers)

7. Location/Spread of work: ManodaySamajKalyanSanstha worked in rural Maharashtra (in 82 gram panchayats across 9 blocks of

Washim, Amravati and Akola districts).

8. Total staff: 10

9. Female staff: 4

10. Muslim staff: 1


12. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Foreign Donor e) Individual / Family/ Private donations


GajananBurghate Post Kamargaon, Taluka-Karanja (lad), WashimDistrict 444110, Maharashtra, India +91 7256-235470, +91 9923914056 [email protected]

ManodaySamajKalyanSanstha had been working in rural Maharashtra since 2001, and operated in 3 districts. It sought to work towards a society free from exploitation, where the marginalized – especiallychildren, women and the rural poor – hada voice. The organization’s work with the Muslim community had increased over the years on specific issues such as education of out-of-school children. ManodaySamajKalyanSanstha sought to increase people’s democratic participation in local self-government. It worked on the sustainable use of natural resources, on women and child health and on non-formal education for out-of-school children.



2. NGO: Marium Education Welfare Trust


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Abbas Shaikh, Ibrahim Shaikh, Adil Khan, Umar Shaikh

6. Leadership (2012): Abbas Shaikh

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (women and child health, running a clinic) b) Providing food rations to the needy

8. Location/Spread of work: Marium Education Welfare Trust worked in urban Maharashtra (in Kalyan town in Thane District).

9. Total staff: 8

10. Female staff: 6

11. Muslim staff: 8


13. Sources of funding: a) Individual / Family/ Private donations b) Self-sustaining activities


Adil Khan Saya Charitable Polyclinic, Opp. Gujarati Mandir, Govind Wadi, Kalyan (W), District Thane 421301, Maharashtra, India +91 9172040554

Marium Education Welfare Trust, established in 2010, was an organization working for the welfare of the Muslim community in Kalyan. It rana community clinic, which catered to all underprivileged people, though Muslims were the primary target group. The Trust’s work tried to fill the gap caused by the inefficient public health system. The Marium Trust provided subsidized health care to the poor, with a focus on women and children. It also had a programme that gave financial assistance to some poor Muslim families to purchase food rations.


2. NGO: Modern Educational Social and Cultural Organization (MESCO)


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Dr.Qureishi, S.A. Vohra, (Late) M. Faruq, Mr.Panjwani, (Late) GulamVohra, M.H. Khatkhatay, Dr Abbas Khatkhatay

6. Current Leadership: Dr.Qureishi, S.A. Vohra, Dr. Abbas Khatkhatay

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (scholarships, elementary education, higher education, vocational training) b) Health (mobile clinic)

8. Location/Spread of work: MESCO worked in urban areas of Maharashtra (in Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban and Thane Districts,

including cities of Mumbai and Thane)

9. Total staff: 41




13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Corporate donor b) Community-funded Zakat: Indian c) Individual / Family/ Private donations d) Self-sustaining activities


Dr. M.A.Khatkhatay Natalwala Building, 110 Veer Savarkar Road, Mahim, Mumbai400016, Maharashtra, India +91 22-24455365, +91 22-24441442 [email protected] www.mescotrust.org

Starting off as the Muslim Educational Social and Cultural Organization in 1968, MESCO was initially an informal group of old school friends who wanted to do something for the disadvantaged. The ‘M’ in the name was changed to ‘Modern’ when the organization was registered in 1977, signalling the founders’ desire to reach all communities. MESCO’s main work consisted of providing scholarships at all levels of education – school, college and professional courses. Stringent procedures were followed for the selection of scholarship beneficiaries, including house surveys. It conducted vocational training courses, ran several nursery schools and had started a high school. It also intervened in health, running mobile clinics as well as two dispensaries. Under its poverty-relief programme, it provided monthly ration assistance to the needy and helped widows and abandoned women with livelihood options. The organization’s first source of funds was through collection and sale of old newspapers, a tradition that continued. Its primary source, however, was zakat or community funds; it also received funding from institutions and donor agencies from India and abroad.


http://www.mescotrust.org/


2. NGO: Muslim GavaliSamaj


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: (Late) Prof.SubhanLaluwale, SalimHasanMirawale

6. Leadership (2012): SalimHasanMirawale

7. Main sectors of work: a) Advocacy and awareness-raising (rights of Muslim Gavalis) b) Access to government schemes & benefits (for Muslim Gavalis) c) Education (coaching for competitive exams, career counselling)

8. Location/Spread of work: Muslim GavaliSamaj worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in Amravati, Nagpur,

Chandrapur, Latur, Yavatmal, Aurangabad, Washim, Parbhani, Akola, Buldhana and Osmanabad districts, including in 12 towns).




12. Contact details: SalimHasanMirawale Ashiyana 50/351, Gawalipura, Faisarpura, Amravati 444601, Maharashtra, India +91 9923158057

Muslim GavaliSamaj (MGS) was set up in 1987 (but formally registered in the late 1990s) with a specific target: to work towards reservation benefits for the Muslim Gavali community, which had been deprived of the advantages being availed of by their non-Muslim counterparts – for they all belong to the Gavali nomadic tribe in Maharashtra. The Muslim Gavalis were included in the OBC category in the State list in 2004, entitling them to advantages in education and employment opportunities. The organization primarily did advocacy within the community to raise awareness about government reservation benefits. It also helped community members with documentation support to avail of government schemes, conductedcounselling and training for youth, and had helped set up SHGs for women. The organization emphasized that its mandate was to work only among its own people, the Muslim Gavali tribe, whose issues and concerns it perceived as different from the larger Muslim community. MGS was working in 11 districts of Maharashtra and claimed over 60,000 members.


2. NGO: Muslim SamanvaySamiti


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: SalimShaikh, FayyazInamdar, AslamJamadar

6. Leadership (2012): SalimShaikh

7. Main sectors of work: a) Training, awareness raising and sensitization (with individuals, social workers, teachers, NGOs on minority

development) b) Access to government services and basic amenities c) Development of leadership among Muslims

8. Location/Spread of work: Muslim SamanvaySamiti worked in rural Maharashtra.




12. Contact details: SalimShaikh, President Vishwa Bharti, 824 Kasaba, Post Indapur, PuneDistrict 413106, Maharashtra, India +91 9422523237 [email protected]

Under the leadership of its founder-president SalimShaikh, Muslim SamanvaySamiti worked for the social and economic development of the Muslim community. Excluded and deprived families in rural areas were its target group. The Samiti mobilized people to collectively demand their rights, and worked for the provision of basic services and civic amenities. It conducted trainings on minority development issues to pressurize the State to meet its constitutional promises. The organization wassupported by private donations.


2. NGO: Neo Educational & Economic Development Society (NEEDS)


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Prof. Al-Haji I.U. Khan, Al-Haji Ansari MehmoodPervaiz, Salam Shaikh, Asif Ali Khan, SalimAlware, Gazala Azad, SharifaAsif Khan, TariqueAssari

6. Leadership (2012): Prof Al-Haji I.U. Khan andAsif Ali Khan

7. Main sectors of work:

a) Education (support for competitive exams) b) Livelihood (vocational skills for school drop-outs) c) Communal harmony

8. Location/Spread of work: NEEDS worked in urban Maharashtra (in Mumbai City in Mumbai District).




12. Contact details: Asif Ali Khan 37 S.K. Hafizuddin Marg, Mumbai 400008, Maharashtra, India +91 9867797552 [email protected] www.needsmumbai.org

Neo Educational & Economic Development Society (NEEDS) worked in Mumbai, supporting Muslim youth by facilitating access to employment opportunities. In particular, NEEDS helped young people get employment in the government. While its primary focus was youth from the Muslim community, it also worked with disadvantaged people from other communities. The organization provided application forms for competitive examinations, books and tuitions free of cost. In addition, it helped school drop-outs with training in skills like driving. NEEDS also worked on promoting communal harmony.


http://www.needsmumbai.org/


2. NGO: Noorjahan Begum Charitable Trust


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Dr. Abdul Razzak, Shamim Ahmed

6. Leadership (2012): Dr.Rana Noor Siddiqui

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (running school and college) b) Livelihood (vocational training such as driving and tailoring) c) Health (running clinic)

8. Location/Spread of work: Noorjahan Begum Charitable Trust worked in rural Maharashtra (in Yavatmal District).



11. Sources of funding: a) Foreign Donor b) Individual / Family/ Private donations


Dr.Rana Noor Siddiqui Razzak Manzil, Near Ambedkar Chowk, Wani, District Yavatmal 445304, Maharashtra, India +91 7239-225264, +91 9422921835 (Shameem Ahmed), +91 9422858682 (Rana Noor)

Established in 1992, Noorjahan Begum Charitable Trust worked in Yavatmal District to promote the health and welfare of poor Muslims. But it extended its services to all other excluded people in its field area. The organization ran several educational institutions for women, as well as a clinic. It also had plans of starting a women’s college. It worked on women’s development and on livelihoods through vocational skills training (including a tailoring and a driving school), arranging community marriages,and also rented a community hall to the poor at nominal rates.


2. NGO: Pratham Mumbai Education Initiative


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Dr.MadhavChavan, Farida Lambay

6. Leadership (2012): DrMadhavChavan, Farida Lambay, DrRukminiBanerji, UshaRane, BrijKaul, MeeraTendolkar

7. Main sector of work:Education (elementary education, non-formal education, literacy, higher education, vocational training)

8. Location/Spread of work: Pratham Mumbai Education Initiative works in rural and urban areas (in 18 districts in Maharashtra).

9. Total staff: Not available


11. Sources of funding: a) Indian Corporate Donor b) Foreign Donor


Farida Lambay Y.B. Chavan Centre, Gen. J. Bhosale Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021, Maharashtra, India +91 22-22819562 [email protected] www.pratham.org

Pratham is one of India’s largest non-governmental initiatives to provide quality education to India’s underprivileged children. Started in 1994 to provide pre-school education in the slums of Mumbai, it had grown in both scope and scale, with a presence in 21 states (the Pratham Mumbai Education Initiative represented their work in Maharashtra). It sought to ensure that all children were covered by the education net – by providing learning opportunities in their communities, facilitating enrolment in schools, and supporting retention through initiatives such as its flagship programmeRead India. In Maharashtra alone, in 2011, the organization had touched the lives of 195,194 underprivileged children. It worked in close partnership with government and municipal corporations. The organization did not enumerate caste or socio-religious identity among the children it reached, but clearly benefited many poor Muslim children, and sought to mobilize women from the Muslim minority. The organization’s website, stated that, ‘empowerment of women, especially from economically weaker sections of society and from minority religious groups is often cited as one of Pratham’s most significant contributions to the communities in which it intervenes’.


http://www.pratham.org/


2. NGO: ShaheedQurbanHusain Minority Women’s Cooperative Housing Society


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: NaliniKalburge, AziaApa, Mohd. Yusuf Shaikh

6. Leadership (2012): NaliniKalburge,AziaApa, Mohd. Yusuf Shaikh

7. Main sectors of work: a) Urban poverty (housing rights) b) Democratic participation (local self-government) c) Advocacy (housing rights)

8. Location/Spread of work: Qurban Husain Minority Women’s Cooperative Housing Society worked in urban Maharashtra (in 102

wards of Solapur City in Solapur District).

9. Total staff: 15

10. Female staff: 3



13. Source of funding: Membership fees

14. Contact details: Mohd. Yusuf Shaikh 129 Shahid Asfak Khan, Sidheshwar Peth, Solapur 413007, Maharashtra, India +91 9325359657 hutatmak @gmail.com

Qurban Husain Minority Women’s Co-op Housing Society is affiliated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and was established in 2008 against the backdrop of the SacharCommittee report. Its mandate was to provide affordable housing to minority households, with a special focus on the Muslim minority (beedi workers). The Society was membership-based, and all members were women. It demanded that State and Central Government funds and schemes for housing were equitably channelled to needy Muslim families. It also served as a platform for advocacy on housing rights and to increase the participation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular in the process of governance.


2. NGO: Rahat Welfare Trust


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Irfan Merchant, SiddiqKhatkhatay, Anis Merchant, IdrisHazik

6. Leadership (2012): Irfan Merchant

7. Main sector of work:Education (elementary education, higher education, vocational training)

8. Location/Spread of work: Rahat Welfare Trust worked in urban areas of Maharashtra (in the slums and chawls of Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban districts).



11. Muslim Volunteers: 20


13. Sources of funding:Community-funded Zakat and donations: Indian and Overseas

14. Contact details: Irfan Merchant Row House 5 A, Asmita Hillview CHS, Srikant Dhadway Marg, VIP Area, Mira Road, Mumbai401107, Maharashtra, India +91 9892309785, +91 9022411786, +91 22-26552256, +91 22-28114165, +91 22-24440572 [email protected] www.rahatwelfaretrust.org

Rahat Welfare Trust had been working in Mumbai since 1992. It operated in slums and chawls of the city and its suburbs. It was committed to the welfare of Muslim women and children – in particular widows or abandoned women and their children. The organization saw education as the stepping stone for breaking out of the cycle of poverty, and its own efforts as a form of affirmative action, which enabled disadvantaged children to make the crucial cross-over and become self-reliant. Rahat identified needy children – orphans or children from women-headed households – and sponsored their education irrespective of academic merit. The Trust’s work was supported by community Zakat contributions.


http://www.rahatwelfaretrust.org/


2. NGO: Raigad District Muslim Welfare Organisation


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Mohammed Saeed Mulla, Allahrakha Hajibhai Sortiya, Yusuf Sayyad Madni, Abdul Gafoor Sayyed, Ismail Mullani, Usman Khot, Mohammed Duduke, Ayyub Tamboli, Tehsin Sahed

6. Leadership (2012): Mustafa Haji Ahmed Pounjekar

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (primary and higher education, vocational training) b) Health (medical aid) c) Livelihood (skill development)

8. Location/Spread of work: Raigad District Muslim Welfare Organisation worked in rural and urban areas in Raigad District of

Maharashtra.





Mustafa Haji Ahmed Pounjekar Priyadarshani Building, IPCL Approach Road, Opposite NES Urdu High School, At. Post- Nagothane, Taluka Roha, Raigad District 402106, Maharashtra, India +91 9822273774 (Mustafa Pounjekar), +91 9322177230, +91 9960145621 (Jaffarkhan Alikhan Deshmukh), +91 2194-232747 [email protected], [email protected]

The Raigad District Muslim Welfare Organisation worked under the leadership of its founder-president Mustafa Haji Ahmed Pounjekar. It was committed to the welfare and development of the Muslim community, and operated in both rural and urban areas of the district. Its main programme area was education - ensuring that the needs of minority schools were met, and helping Muslim students get scholarships for higher education. It also provided basic health services and gave financial assistance to the needy for medical expenses. The organisation tried to strengthen livelihood skills, and towards this end also ran training centres to impart tailoring skills. Along with these direct operations, it tried to ensure that government schemes were implemented in the district. Raigad District Muslim Welfare Organisation was run entirely by volunteers, and received resource support for its work from zakat contributions and private donations.


2. NGO: Rationing KrutiSamiti


4. Not Registered

5. Key founders: MilindRanade, Mani Mistry, Suresh Sawant

6. Leadership (2012): GorakhAvhad, Archana Pale

7. Main sectors of work: a) Advocacy (right to food) b) Urban poverty (slums) c) Civic amenities (basic services including the Public Distribution System)

8. Location/Spread of work: Rationing KrutiSamiti worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in Mumbai Suburban, Thane,

Sangli, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Latur, Amravati, Pune, Yavatmal, Usmanabad, Buldana, Nashik, Parbhani,Jalna and Kolhapur districts, including cities of Mumbai and Thane).





13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Membership fees and selling of publications c) Foreign funding


GorakhAvhad RSCD, RH-IV, C-4, Lane No. 8, Sector 9, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai 413007, Maharashtra, India +91 9869259206 [email protected]

Rationing KrutiSamiti was established in 1988 as a membership-based state-level advocacy organization. It worked in 12 districts of Maharashtra in both rural and urban areas. Its main focus area was the Right to Food, and it was committed to the vision of a hunger-free society, which it believed could be achieved through the proper implementation of the Public Distribution System (PDS). The organization worked with all socially excluded groups, and many slum residents who were entirely dependent on the PDS for food security. Rationing KrutiSamiti was led by GorakhAvhad and Archana Pale, and was run entirely by volunteers. It also engaged with concerns of livelihoods, urban poverty, housing and labour rights, and access to government services.



2. NGO: Ruby Social Welfare Society


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Rubina Patel

6. Leadership (2012): Rubina Patel

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s issues (legal aid, counsellingcentre, advocacy) b) Livelihood (skill development)

8. Location/Spread of work: Ruby Social Welfare Society worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in 10 gram panchayats and 18 wards of Nagpur and Bhandara districts, including in Nagpur City).





13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Community-funded Zakat: Indian d) Individual/Family/Private donations


Rubina Patel Old Pila School, Darbar Road, Badda Taj Bag, Umhed Road, Nagpur 440024, Maharashtra, India +91 9923162337 [email protected]

The origins of Ruby Social Welfare Society (RSWS) lie in its founder Rubina Patel’s own life experiences. Her struggle as a victim of domestic violence fighting for her child’s custody in court made her want to help other Muslim women in similar circumstances, as well as help the larger Muslim community. RSWS worked in disadvantaged pockets in both rural and urban areas, doing advocacy and direct interventions on women’s issues. Its counselling centre in Kuhi helped more than 100 women a year in their domestic abuse or divorce cases. It helped spread awareness of these issues and tried to rehabilitate victims through its initiative, Muslim MahilaManch, a network of Muslim women’s organizations in Nagpur. RSWS was also part of the Muslim Women’s Rights Network. The organization conductedlivelihood training courses for women and was also venturing into training youth for entrance examinations for jobs. It was led and staffed primarily by women. Given the socially sensitive nature of its gender-based work, adequate funding and local community support remained challenges for the organization.



2. NGO: Sahara Foundation


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Dr. A.G. Mulla, Atika A. Mulla, Azimuddian Abbas Mulla, Mr. Hamid

6. Leadership (2012): Dr. A.G. Mulla, Dr.AdilMulla

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (affordable health services, medical aid) b) Education (higher education scholarships, nursing training)

8. Location/Spread of work: Sahara Foundation worked in urban Maharashtra (in 10 wards of Mumbai City)

9. Total staff: 6

10. Female staff: 2

11. Muslim staff: 5




Dr.AdilMulla 202 E.R. Road, Near Madvi Post Office, Opp. Shalimar Hotel, Mumbai 400003, Maharashtra, India +91 9820578925, +91 22-23410498

Sahara Foundation worked on health and education in Mumbai. Founded by Dr. A.G. Mulla and associates, the organization continued to run under his leadership. It was committed to the welfare of the Muslim community and worked in areas of high Muslim concentration. It reached out to underprivileged families and services were accessible to non-Muslims as well. The Foundation ran a pathology, radiography and sonography unit, addressed woman and child health care, organized camps for patients with diabetes, organized annual health checkups and provided medical aid to the poor. The organization believed that education was crucial for economic development. It focused on higher education, providing scholarships for this purpose. It also ran nursing and patient assistance courses. Sahara Foundation was supported by zakat contributions and private donations.


2. NGO: Society for Awareness Harmony and Equal Rights (SAHER)


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Sheikh MasoodAkhter

6. Leadership (2012): Dr. Rama Shyam

7. Main sectors of work: a) Advocacy, training and awareness-raising (youth) b) Education (non-formal education, vocational training) c) Democratic participation (participatory governance, citizens’ rights) d) Urban poverty

8. Location/Spread of work: SAHER worked in urban Maharashtra (in 12 wards of Mumbai South in Mumbai Suburban District).

9. Total staff: 5

10. Female staff: 3

11. Muslim staff: 3


13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor c) Individual / Family/ Private donations


Dr. Rama Shyam G/4/64 Prem Nagar, Jogeshwari (East), Mumbai 400060, Maharashtra, India +91 22 282244386 [email protected], [email protected]

The Society for Awareness, Harmony and Equal Rights (SAHER) was formed in the wake of the 1992-93 communal riots in Mumbai, first as an informal group, and then as a registered organization in 2005. Unlike NGOs that tend to be donor- and target-driven, SAHER’s activities, including its employment/livelihood interventions, tried to bring about what they believed was the most fundamental social change – a change in the hearts and minds of people. For the organization, a key issue was promoting an understanding of diverse communities and ways of life, and peaceful coexistence among common men and women. An emerging concern for SAHER was to raise political consciousness in the general public – an awareness of the links between governance, citizens’ rights, development, communalism and politics. SAHER saw the youth as agents of change in society and many of its interventions, such as its year-long youth development programme and annual peace weeks, were geared towards shaping young people as prime movers of social action.




2. NGO: Social Action for Transformation and Harmony (SATH)


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: ZiyaSayed, ShanuSayed, Ms.Kulkarni, Mr.Deshmukh, Ms.Sabnis, Ms.Wakhalkar, Mr.Gosavi

6. Leadership (2012): ZiyaSayed, ShanuSayed, Mr.Girish

7. Main sectors of work: a. Health (women and child health) b. Livelihood (SHGs, economic enterprises) c. Urban poverty (housing rights, slum rehabilitation)

8. Location/Spread of work: SATH worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in 204 gram panchayats and 15 wards across 2 blocks in Latur District, including in Latur town)

9. Total staff: 18

10. Female staff: 8

11. Muslim staff: 1


13. Source of funding:Foreign donor

14. Contact details: ZiyaSayed Raut Building, Near Amol Bal Sanskar Kendra, Behind Rachmale Hospital, Latur 413531, Maharashtra, India +91 9890429586 [email protected]

SATH’s emphasis was on participatory development, and it sought to build grassroots leadership. SATH ran a state-level participatory rural appraisal trainingcentre, supported by UNICEF. The organization partnered with other state-level training institutes and agencies to facilitate this process. It worked on woman and child health, housing rights, education through school management committees under SarvaShikshaAbhiyan, democratic participation in local self-government and on women’s rights issues. The organization had also formed SHGs through which it encouraged women to start small businesses. SATH worked with all marginalized and underprivileged people, including Muslims.



2. NGO: Satyadeep Mahila Mandal


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Vimal Aglawe

6. Leadership (2012): Vimal Aglawe

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education, vocational training) b) Livelihood (SHGs) c) Democratic participation (panchayati raj)

8. Location/Spread of work: Satyadeep Mahila Mandal worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in 25 gram panchayats in 3

blocks of Jalna District, including in Jalna town).

9. Total staff: 22


11. Muslim staff: 2


13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Special Minority Programme or other special programme of the government d) Individual/Family/Private donations e) Self-sustaining activities


Vimal Agalave Ashok Niwas, Near Jijamata Primary School, Old Jalna 431213, Maharashtra, India +91 2482-232532 [email protected]

Led by founder Vimal Agalave, Satyadeep Mahila Mandal worked in Jalna town and surrounding rural areas. Its main focus areas were education, women’s empowerment and governance. It worked on both elementary education as well as vocational skills for youth and women. Satyadeep Mahila Mandal encouraged democratic participation in panchayati raj institutions, and works with youth and women on leadership skills and increasing their roles in decision-making. The organization’s engagement with Muslims goes back to when it opened a school in a poor Muslim neighbourhood. Since then, its engagement with the community, especially with women, had increased.



2. NGO: SETU Charitable Trust


4. Registered NGO Key founders: ParamhansTripathi, SatishTripathi, Ganesh Kumar Gupta, ChandramohanJha, Dr. Abdul Samad, KalyanKelkar, MayurTripathi, M.V. Deshpande, V.D.Dubey,MayankTripathi, Maya Tripathi

5. Leadership (2012): SatishTripathi, MayankTripathi, Maya Tripathi

6. Main sectors of work: a) Education (non-formal education, vocational training) b) Health (women and child health, public health services) c) Child labour (direct intervention, advocacy) d) Livelihood (SHGs, skill development)

7. Location/Spread of work: SETU worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in Parbhani, Hingoli, Nanded, Jalna, Jalgaon,

Aurangabad, Malegaon, Thane and Nagpur Districts, including 35 towns and cities). It also worked in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

8. Total staff: 160* * The staff details are for all 3 States

9. Female staff: 90



12. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Special Government Minority Programme (promoting communal harmony) d) Indian Donor

e) Individual/Family/Private donations

13. Contact details: SatishTripathi 250 S.S.Bengali Muncipal School Building, 2nd floor, DrBabasaheb Jayakar Marg, Girgaum, Mumbai 400002, Maharashtra, India Tel: +91 22-23841100, Fax: +91 22-23841100 [email protected] www.setuworld.org

SETU worked on education, health and livelihoods. In the area of education, it worked on elementary, non-formal and vocational education. It also worked to promote modern education in madrasas in Maharashtra. SETU’s engagement with child labour also brought the organization into contact with large numbers of Muslims, as a significant proportion of child labourers came from disadvantaged Muslim families. The organization addressed public health, with emphasis on women’s and children’s health. It saw increasing livelihood opportunities as essential for the poor and, towards this end, had formed SHGs and also providedskill development. SETU believed in promoting communal harmony.


http://www.setuworld.org/


2. NGO: Society for Human and Environment Development (SHED)


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Ms.Latif, Mr.Palkhiwala, Nana Chudasama, Bakul Patel, Vijay Merchant

6. Leadership (2012): Ms.Latif

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education, non-formal education and vocational training) b) Health (advocacy for better health services for women and children ) c) Livelihood (skill development and SHGs)

8. Location/Spread of work: SHED worked in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra (in Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban and Thane

districts, including 6 wards of Mumbai City).

9. Total staff: 106




13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Indian Corporate Donor e) Foreign Donor f) Individual / Family/ Private donations


Mr. Tawade SHED India, Church Street, Opp. St. Mary High School, Kalina, Santracruz (E), Mumbai400029, Maharashtra, India +91 22-26665782 [email protected] www.shedindia.in

Society for Human and Environment Development (SHED) worked in urban and rural parts of Mumbai and Thane on a range of issues, including education, health and economic development. It did both advocacy and training. The organization began engaging with the Muslim community after the Bhiwandi riots.


http://www.shedindia.in/


2. NGO: Thane District Rural Muslims Welfare Organisation


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Abdul Hamid Nacha, Mohd. Yusuf Rais

6. Leadership (2012): Anjum Yusuf Rais, Imtiaz S. Mulla

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education, vocational training) b) Health c) Livelihood

8. Location/Spread of work: Thane District Rural Muslims Welfare Organisation worked in rural areas of Maharashtra (in more than

200 gram panchayats of Thane District).

9. Total staff: 8 (supported by volunteers)

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 8


13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Community-funded Zakat: Indian


AltafNachan 1098 Park Avenue, Near Old Alrazi Hospital, V.P. Naka, Bhiwandi. District Thane 400010, Maharashtra, India +91 2522-243927 [email protected]

As suggested by its name, Thane District Rural Muslims Welfare Organisation worked in rural areas of Thane district – claiming a presence in over 200 gram panchayats. The low development indicators of the Muslim community spurred the founders, Abdul Hamid Nacha and Mohd. Yusuf Rais, to work with members of their community. The Bhiwandi riots in 1984 cemented their commitment to the welfare and empowerment of deprived Muslim families. The organization focused on education, health and livelihood interventions. Community participation was central to the organization’s work strategy.



2. NGO: YUVA Rural Association


4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: DattaPatil, Minar Pimple

6. Leadership (2012): DattaPatil

7. Main sectors of work: a) Rural development b) Democratic participation c) Women’s empowerment

8. Location/Spread of work: YUVA Rural Association works in rural Maharashtra.

9. Total staff: 22

10. Female staff: 6

11. Muslim staff: Not available


13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Indian Trusts c) Individual / Family/ Private donations d) Self-sustaining activities


DattaPatil 47 ‘DHONDAI’, New Amar Nagar, Chikhali Road, Off Manewada Ring Road, Nagpur 440034, Maharashtra, India Tel: +91 22-27740999, +91 22-27740990, Fax: +91 22-27740970 [email protected]

Youth for Unity & Voluntary Action (YUVA), Rural, worked in rural areas in Maharashtra. It emerged as an extension and offshoot of YUVA, Mumbai, which worked with people living in urban slums. Set up by Minar Pimple and other professionals in 1994, YUVA’s work over the years developed from working with urban youth to addressing issues of urbanization from the perspective of rights and sustainable development. This same commitment was carried forward to YUVA (Rural), when the organisation took on issues faced by the rural poor. Over the years, YUVA (Rural) had worked on issues such as displacement, joint forest management, malnutrition, tribal governance, women in governance, violence against women, sustainable agriculture etc. It had combined work on the ground with advocacy at state and national levels so as to influence policy. YUVA worked with all marginalized people, including Muslims.


1. State: MAHARASHTRA 2. NGO: Aawaaz-e-Niswaan 3. Year ...

Documents

Transcript of 1. State: MAHARASHTRA 2. NGO: Aawaaz-e-Niswaan 3. Year ...