Rural Communities Programme
Since 2015, CPF empowers rural Andhra Pradesh through health, nutrition, skills, digital initiatives.
Since 2015, CPF has been working as an implementing partner to Tata Trusts in Vijayawada Parliamentary Constituency, Krishna district as well as in the entire State of Andhra Pradesh through several projects for the work with rural communities. The areas of work under Rural Communities Programme are Health, Nutrition, Village Development, Digital Initiatives and Skill Development.
Health
Focuses on health Insurance and Sanitation improvement conditions in the villages of rural communities in a sustainable way. Awareness among people about the need for proper sanitation and hygienic facilities are concentrated and construction of toilets has been taken up in collaboration with Government.
Village Development
Facilitate participatory processes in preparation and implementation of Village development plans in collaboration with government and other agencies towards sustenance and development of basic amenities in the rural villages.
Digital Initiatives
Provision of access to internet on various aspects of interest / needs of the communities concerned, in partnership with various organizations, such as Google India and Intel.
Skill Development
The major focus is to enhance the capacities of the communities and addressing various issues for livelihood enhancement of rural communities in the project villages. As part of these, the skill development trainings and exposure visits are the key initiatives.
The Informal Sectors Worker’s initiatives (ISWI) project otherwise known as Skill Development Project is a Tata Trusts supported initiative aimed towards providing placement-linked skill based training to the unemployed youth to earn means of better livelihood.