Adhikar Microfinance (P) Ltd.

Adhikar is an organization committed to social cause of protecting human rights of the poor and the down trodden, particularly of rural women. It is a voluntary organization involved in a multitude of activities with a relentless and selfless serving attitude, committed to an integrated community development through a process of empowerment of rural people in general and the women folk, in particular. Journey Started its journey as a human rights defending organization with a group of young activists and volunteers, now its name is being echoed in the rural Orissa as an organization which is pro-poor and truly committed to selfless service for the down trodden. Adhkar has fought, over the years, for the cause of displaced slum dwellers of Bhubaneswar; extended a unique remittance system for the migrant workers of Orissa working in industrial cities of Surat andAhmedabad; extended full fledged legal support to Burmese repatriates of Ranapur of Nayagarh Block in obtaining a rehabilitation package from the government; promoted various SHGs among urban and rural women with a specialized and unique Banking system for the poor women so as to improve their saving habit and make them self reliant through a sustainable scheme for financing their various needs; took a lead role in converting the SHGs in to Self Help Cooperative Societies in the post-Slef Help Coop Act’2001 phase; introduced a kind of its own, well organized training and Human Resource Development Institute in the name of MFRDC ; organized indepth seminars, programes forums, discussions, events, melas etc to attract, invite train and educate people at all levels apart from carrying out various sensitization programmes for Government officials, Bankers, Lending institutions, NGOs and Social welfare organizations.

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