Committed to lifting one million rural Indians out of poverty
every five years through community-driven change

11+

Years

5
Districts
17
Blocks
13,200+

Community
Volunteers

1.19 Mn

Reached

668K

Lives Impacted

1.3 Million

Unique Interventions
Delivered

11+

Years

5
Districts
17
Blocks
13,200+

Community Volunteers

1.19 Mn

Reached

668K

Lives Impacted

1.3 Million

Unique Interventions Delivered

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Our Impact

Swades Foundation is committed to empowering 1 million rural lives in India through education, healthcare, water & sanitation, and economic development.

13,200+

Community volunteers

trained in multi-dimensional programmes

1,417+

Village Development Committees

creating empowered community leaders

Swades Foundation community volunteers and village leaders

2,372

specialised eco-system builders

trained in Health care, Animal welfare, Livelihoods & more

14,135+

women

empowered through capacity building across 1,417 SHGs

Rural women empowered through Swades Foundation self-help groups

6

Farmer Producer Organisations

for farmer support system and ongoing training

240,000+

lives

received access to
clean drinking water
through 763 drinking
water schemes

116,000+

Individuals

received access to safe,
individual toilets at home

Swades Foundation water and sanitation impact

35,000+

Individual household toilets
built in rural homes

390+

schools

supported with WASH facilities

Schoolchildren practising handwashing hygiene through Swades Foundation's sanitation programme

1,503+

hamlets

declared open defecation free (ODF)

415,000+

people

screened By
Swades Mitras

2,700+

health volunteers

trained within the communities

Swades Foundation community health initiative

130,000+

spectacles

delivered to rural doorsteps

22,000+

cataract surgeries

conducted to restore sight

Elderly woman smiling in cataract-surgery recovery glasses after a Swades Foundation eye care camp

170+

village health camps

screening & care for
19,000+ individuals

155,000+

students

impacted through education efforts

10,649

students

supported through
scholarship

Swades Foundation education initiative for rural students

4,500+

teachers

trained across multiple programmes

659+

schools

supported with library set-up

Young girl reading a book at a Swades Foundation-supported school library

18,800+

students

impacted with solar infra in 365+ schools & anganwadi's

Rs. 1260

million

added to annual GDP through community livelihood initiatives

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50,800+

entrepreneurs

empowered across livestock and farm initiatives

Swades Foundation rural livelihoods and economic development

10,500+

youth

skilled through training programs

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103,000+

farmers

trained through capacity-building programmes

Rural farmer working in a cabbage field supported through Swades Foundation's economic development programme

21,352

women

empowered across livelihood programmes

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Our Work

Transforming Rural Lives Through Holistic Change

Swades Dream Village

A Dream Village is an empowered, self-sustaining community with individual household water, sanitation, health, and economic stability.

250+ Swades dream
villages celebrated
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swacch (Clean)

Each house has a toilet, drainage system, follows waste segregation and disposal practices and has access to clean drinking water through a tap at home. Village is ODF

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sundar (beautiful)

The village has good internal roads, painted homes and adequate solar street-lights, making communities feel safe

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swasth (healthy)

The village has access to primary healthcare, institutional delivery and knowledge and access to vaccination

250+ Swades dream
villages celebrated
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sakshar (literate)

Schools are places of joyful learning, with proper WASH facilities so that no child, especially no girl, drops out

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samruddh (prosper)

Each household is able to make a dignified living with multiple sources of livelihood

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Shristi (Climate)

Each village embraces climate-conscious living through efforts in waste management, solar energy adoption, soil and water conservation, regenerative farming, and tree plantation.

Our Approach

Our 360-degree development model operates across WASH, Health, Education, and Economic Development to create sustainable villages.

Engage

We involve communities from the start, building relationships and understanding their needs before implementing any programs

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Empower

We equip communities with the skills, knowledge, and resources to manage and sustain development initiatives

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Execute

We implement programmes across water, sanitation, health, education and economic development, working with local partners and volunteers

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Exit

After empowering communities and creating strong ecosystem leaders, we monitor community progress and provide support to ensure long-term sustainability and self-reliance

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Stories of Empowerment

Empowering rural lives in India

Committed to lifting one million rural Indians out of poverty every five years through community-driven change

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