Terre des Hommes - The Netherlands (TdH-NL) is a child rights organisation registered as a Foundation in the Netherlands, with the aim to stop child exploitation all over the world, regardless of race, faith and affiliation. It raises funds from the public in the Netherlands and a subsidy from the Government of the Netherlands to support projects and programmes, which create better opportunities for underprivileged children around the world. More details- www.tdh.nlServing as “Regional Programme Manager for 2 thematic programmes and Country Manager – India & Nepal”, directly responsible for managing the projects and programmes supported by Terre des Hommes- Netherlands in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Children of India Foundation (CIF) is a registered Non-Profit Organisation based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. It was founded in the year 2002 by a group of socially committed individuals. CIF is presently engaged in activities related to health, livelihoods and education. CIF works towards empowering the most marginal sections of society and building their capabilities so that communities can drive their own development.

Stichting Terre des Hommes Foundation [STdHF] is a not-for-profit company founded with the mission to “prevent child exploitation, remove children from exploitative situations and ensure that these children can develop themselves in a safe environment.” We are registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 in India, working towards a vision to see a world in which children are no longer exploited. We envisage a world where all children have a decent life and can grow up to be independent adults. We will continue our work until this is accomplished. Our major purpose is “to support, carry out, disseminate knowledge and develop various interventions of Child Care Programme in India and establish funds to revolve in order to attain economic independence of the families with children in distress”. Therefore, our focus is on stopping child exploitation and the most serious violations of the rights of the child. Since its inception STdH Foundation has started to implement various development activities in the state of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Jharkhand, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Srinivasan Service Trust (SST) is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Sundaram-Clayton Limited and TVS Motor Company established in 1996 for charitable purposes. SST has been promoting holistic and sustainable development on rural communities in selected districts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. More details - www.tvssst.orgServed as Community Development Officer for Tsunami restoration activities in Kanyakumari District.- Complete Baseline creation for the development of Strategic plan for developing the villages for next Six years. - Identification & promotion of suitable Economic activities with detailed study for the affected communities to increase the household income- Improvement of drinking water and sanitation conditions of the villages by suitable mechanisms- Running a village health center according to the need of the community and taking up health awareness programmes- Identification of suitable measures to improve the education standard of youth in the villages- Infrastructure development for health and education programmes to improve the quality of services

- Anchoring the team of Professionals for relief operations - Identification of felt needs of the devastated communities by close interaction- Formulation of proposals and handling the visitors from funding agencies like Novib, Mercy Corps, CARE India, AIF, Interpolis Re, Adecco, ACTED- Distribution of relief materials in time with the support of local volunteers- Provision of temporary shelters, Water & Sanitation facilities to the affected families - Identification and implementation of works for Cash-for-work programme to generate employment to the affected families- Initiated reclamation of Tsunami affected Agricultural lands and desilting of coastal water bodies including farm ponds, drainage channels - Organising the affected communities into Self-Help Groups for men, women and youth for enabling livelihood restoration- Organising cultural events to the children for mental relaxation & capacity building events with the support of NIMHANS for Psycho-social care

- Grooming of young Professionals to dedicatedly work for the Tsunami restoration activities- As Financial Resource Centre Leader, scrutiny and sanctioning of budgets & approval of bills- Promotion of secondary level institutions for the Groups for men, women and youth by giving orientation & demonstration- Livelihood restoration activities with sectoral focus viz fisheries, agriculture, water & small scale enterprises- Repair of FRP boats and provision of Catamarans to restore the livelihood of fisherman i- Reclamation of Agricultural lands and coastal water bodies to bring back the productivity of lands and to generate employment to the agricultural labour- Training programmes to the leaders of SHGs on Accounts keeping, leadership and micro-enterprises development activities- Organising social events in the affected villages to bring back the harmony among families- Team member for content development for Village Knowledge Centers opened in coastal villages

In Vadamadurai Vattara KalanjiamServed as Managing Director of a Federation of Women Self-Help Groups’ with 240 SHGs in Dindigul District.- Strengthening the Cluster of Self-Help Groups and Federating at Block level with proper systems and structure- Organising Capacity building programmes and exposure visits to the members and leaders for exploring various Income Generation Activities- System development for Financial management by software packages- Developed many Savings, Credit and Insurance products on need basis with people involvement- Demonstrated Primary Producers’ Group concept in Dairy development project by collaborating with Heritage India Foods Limited- Implemented People-owned rural Health Clinics to address health needs of rural poor living in remote areas

Served as Project Executive for implementing People participated Tank renovation works with State Government.- Organising grassroots level farming community into Community Based Organisations - Identifying tank renovation works, preparation of estimates and resource mobilisation by preparing proposals to State Government- Implementation, monitoring and evaluation of water bodies’ renovation worksServed as Project Director for implementing National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA) by leading a team of Professionals.- Project designing and formulation of modules for training programmes on leadership, accounts, monitoring and evaluation- District Watershed Committee member and organised trainings to District level officers - Conducting PRA Exercises in Project villages for need assessment- Preparation of strategic plan and micro-plan for 5 Years- Preparation of periodical reports to the District Authorities and funding agencies