Welcome to VIDIYAL

Our Activities

Projects 09

ICTD Women Center
World Women's Day
World Women's Day
Vidiyal Received Nasscom Award

Our Activities

Vision & Mission

VIDIYAL envisages a state of model community living at which the poor and marginalized people will be socially, Politically, Economically empowered.
Organising the people, providing Education and creating opportunities to enble them to solve thier problemsby themselves for sustained development.

The Ambition of Vidiyal

Strenghtening the rural economy is a key component for alleviating rural poverty and fostering rural development. Broad- based and equitable economic growth in rural areas requires significant increase in agricultural productivity as well as investments in non-farm activities. Access to markets at all levels access to financial services, through rural micro - finance, and rural infrastructure development and maintenance are also important elements of an integrated approach to rural development. However, the objective of poverty reduction will not be reached without attention also being paid to social development in rural areas. Appropriate employment strategies, including labour intensive investments, can have a strong positive impact on the lives of the poor, in particular when specific consideration is being given to the fact that poor people often work in the informal sector. Access to social services, particularly health and education. are also of major concern, particularly at a time when HIV/AIDS has serverely depleted the rural workforce. Addressing the challenges of primary edcuation adn hewaltht care services, combating HIV/AIDS and empowerment of rural women should then be key social priorities. Innovative experiences, driven by civil society organizations, are of particular relevance in that respect. Rural Poverty eradication and development is intrinsically linked to and in fact an important component of sustainable development strategies and objectives. Access to water and other natural resources is one of the main concerns of rural people, especially the rural poor. It is estiamted that 637 million people live in rural areas under severe waer stress. The management and conservation of natural resources is closely related to the questions of access to ownership of land, including the issue of land reforms and of the status of open-acess resources and common property resources. Further, enviroment degradationis a major impediment for rural development, as agriculture expansion has too often contributted toecosystem detruction, deforestation or desertification.