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About the Organisation
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1. To strengthen village self-governance, involved both men and women
2. To address the issues and concerns relating to food, clothing, shelter, health, education.
3. To eradicate concerns relating to injustice,corruption and atrocities in all operational villages.
4. To Educate and organize the villages in combating natural and man-made disasters.
5. To Ensure sustained system for physical, mental and intellectual development of the people.
6. To Work For Self-reliant village.
7. To ensure participation of women in all development activities.
8. To Ensure crime free (Police station free), Money lender exploitation free, chemical and fertilizer free and liquor free villages (Adarsh Grama’s)
1-To work for the socio-economic and cultural development of the vulnerable sections of the society.
2-To promote people-centered development initiative’s within the perspective of participatory development process to bringing out a common need based development of the people.
3-To motivate the people for protection conservation and development of natural resources like – land, forest, water, animal and environment.
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AJSA – Anchalik Jana Seva Anusthan, was not born as an organization but a coalition of people and communities of Odisha coming together to fight against pressing poverty and its repercussions on them. The ’80s in Odisha saw a long period of economic distress migration due to food scarcity, and exploitation by moneylenders and landowners. AJSA was formed in response – so the poor no longer had to leave home. A shortage of food in the district of Bolangir compelled small farmers, landless labourers, and Scheduled Caste and Tribe groups to work for big landowners, borrow from corrupt moneylenders and get caught up in vulnerable situations with local mafias and liquor merchants just to get by. However, this led to alienation from their land, indebtedness, starvation, illiteracy amongst their children, deteriorating health and overall exploitation and poverty. Unable to bear the daily suffering they were enduring, many community members decided to leave their homes in search of better conditions elsewhere, while others continued to struggle in Bolangir under the stronghold of their small, but powerful oppressors.
AJSA began by setting up grain and seed banks and forming self-help groups to initiate a process of self-reliance. AJSA also raise awareness on government schemes and provisions that they can avail of. Over three decades AJSA has committedly worked with many communities and helped them become self-reliant by building capacity and initiating community driven sustainable projects in areas of education, livelihood, sustainability, women empowerment, healthcare and disaster management, in partnership with government.One of the main government programmes that AJSA promote is Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan for universal access to primary education. They especially encourage girls to be enrolled in school. For adults, the organisation has set up four volunteer-run night schools that provide basic literacy. AJSA also focus on livelihoods training, sustainable agricultural practices, environmental conservation – and they do this with the active participation of community members, especially women.
Since formation, AJSA and the communities they work with have helped set up 5552 self-help groups, created 14 model villages free of moneylenders and liquor, trained over 30,000 rural women, and successfully fought for the protection of 16,224 hectares of forest land led by tribal women leaders. AJSA is a coalition of people and communities coming together to fight against pressing poverty and its repercussions, embodying the spirit of Gandhi’s philosophy: “Not for the people, but by the people too.”
AJSA India employs community-driven, sustainable development strategies focusing on livelihood security, healthcare, education, and climate adaptation. Near-term activities include capacity building and local partnerships, strengthening our strategic approach for long-term impact and resilience.
A society free from hunger, poverty, exclusion and discrimination. In which all people have the opportunity to exercise their right to a self-determined life in dignity and justice.
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AAAAA5545M
PAN Registration Document
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104840090
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Mr. Manoranjan Behera is a highly experienced humanitarian and development professional from India, who has made significant contributions to the field of humanitarian work. He is the current Executive Director of AJSA India. Before joining AJSA, he worked with Plan International as the thematic lead of DRR unit, where he developed Humanitarian Surge capacity plan India and managed humanitarian response and DRR programs of Plan. For over one decade, he has campaigned and worked at the grassroots for poverty reduction, universal access to education and disaster risk governance. Concomitantly, he administered public relations, networking, and governance assistance to all the organisations with which he has been associated. Prior to his role at Plan International, he led the State Inter-Agency group (IAG) in Odisha, which is a humanitarian coalition of 30 INGO and UN agencies and over 250 associated NGOs. During his over 9 years tenure in IAG he successfully coordinated humanitarian missions of INGO’s& UN Agencies, CSOs and Government during emergency response and recovery phases of 17 mega-disasters. Since August 2022, he has also taken on the prestigious role of being a Project Selection Committee Member for Start Network, a globally renowned network comprising more than 50 national and international aid agencies across five continents.
Mr. Manoranjan is experienced in managing and coordinating multi-sector humanitarian and early recovery responses in insecure emergency contexts covering thematic sectors like Shelter, WASH, Education, Livelihoods and Child Protection. Additionally, he has been closely associated with the Government of Odisha as the Government-NGO Coordination task force member and playing a pivotal role in the conceptualization and implementation of various developmental policies & programs.
His diverse portfolio includes work with World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO), Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), Unicef, UNWFP and various State Governments and development organizations in the implementation of different humanitarian emergencies, DRR &resilience building programs in India.
Recognized for his outstanding contributions, Mr. Manoranjan received the prestigious Red Cross Humanitarian of the Year Award in 2019, jointly presented by Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC), and the European Commission. Mr. Manoranjan has also authored several publications on DRR, Climate Justice &Sustainable Development. His insightful work has garnered acclaim and serves as a valuable resource for professionals and researchers in the field. Manoranjan, holds two master’s degrees—one from the esteemed Indian School of Business and another in Social Work from CCS University. Furthermore, he has completed the prestigious Executive Diploma in International Environmental Law and Governance, Environmental Science, from the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and UNEP, enhancing his expertise in global environmental issues.
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