Empowering Communities, Transforming Lives
At Praja Pragati Trust, we are dedicated to making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. As a nonprofit organization, we aim to empower communities and individuals to overcome social and economic challenges, creating a more equitable and just society. Through our diverse initiatives, we strive to uplift the marginalized, promote sustainable development, and foster positive change.
Guided by our compassion, integrity, and innovation values, we work tirelessly to address the root causes of poverty, inequality, and lack of access to essential services. By partnering with local communities, we develop tailored solutions that cater to their unique needs, ensuring our efforts have a lasting impact. Our team of passionate individuals is driven by the belief that every person deserves the opportunity to thrive.
The PRAJA PRAGATI TRUST (PPT) is a non-profit organization working in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamilnadu, and other southern India for the advancement of poor and tribal communities with an inclusive approach. The organization was started in 1983 to improve the livelihoods of the most marginalized communities by identifying the opportunities available locally and by enhancing their skills and capacities.
PPT works to empower rural and tribal communities through institutional development, capacity building and facilitating for alternatives as well as promoting early childhood care and education. Forest conservation, natural resource management, tribal agricultural development, health, and sanitation, promoting people’s rights with community-based organizations are some of the focus areas of the organisation.
Our Commitment to Impact
Our Mission
The Mission statement of PPT is to enlighten and empower the poorest of the poor through bringing awareness, promoting Human resources and to sustain the eco balance & integrating them in to the main stream to achieve self reliant civil society and holistic development.
Our Vision
Realization of Grama Swaraj, being a sustained and empowered Civil Society
Aims & Objectives
Empowering rural communities by bringing awareness on sustainable agriculture and allied activities.
Promoting sustainable livelihood practices like lives stock management, back yard poultry, small ruminants rearing and providing finance linkages to the needy.
To Promote people’s participation at all levels right from planning and initiating in the entire development process
To achieve general balance specially empowering women in all the necessary areas.
To provide skill trainings on Tailoring, Aaryawork, basic computer knowledge, motor rewinding, candle making, electrical works and food processing technologies to the women and youth for their economic growth and sustainability.
To provide useful knowledge and information for the rural and urban Communities towards their development and to promote village and small scale industries through undertaking research studies both action and participatory
To organize the Communities to tackle the Environmental, Educational & Health issues To initiate Eco- friendly programs as an alternative to the modern development programs which are destroying nature / environment.
To undertake action research and experiments in the fields of Rural and Urban slums for better development.
