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Welcome

Prayagraj-based NGO Arthik Anusandhan Kendra is a grassroots, community-driven organization dedicated to promoting social justice, sustainable development, and inclusive growth in the region. Founded with a vision to empower marginalized communities, the NGO works across diverse sectors such as education, health, nutrition, livelihood, gender equality, and environmental sustainability. Through participatory approaches and strong local engagement, it aims to address the root causes of poverty and discrimination, especially among women, children, Dalits, and other vulnerable groups. The organization strives to build a society that is equitable, dignified, and resilient for all.

Coverage

Districts
Blocks
Gram Panchayats
Villages

Thematic Areas

Education and ECCED

We ensure access to quality education and promote early childhood care and development for all children, especially the marginalized.

Health and Nutrition

We promote better health and nutrition through awareness, services, and community-based interventions, especially for women and children.

Local Governance

We strengthen local governance and improve access to government services by empowering communities to participate, demand accountability, and claim their rights.

Child Rights

We work to protect and promote the rights of every child to survival, development, protection, and participation.

Livelihood

We enhance livelihoods and promote women’s economic empowerment through skill development, self-help groups, and sustainable income-generating opportunities.

WASH and Environment

We promote safe water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH), and environmental protection through community awareness and sustainable practices.

Disaster Risk Reduction

We build community resilience through disaster risk reduction initiatives, preparedness training, and climate-adaptive strategies.

Stories from the Field

Our field interventions have transformed lives, with success stories that reflect empowered communities and sustainable, inclusive development.

Testimonials

ActionAid has had the privilege of walking a long and enriching journey alongside Arthik Anusandhan Kendra (AAK), Prayagraj, through the late 1990s and early 2000s. Our partnership, rooted in deep engagement with tribal communities in the Hallia block of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh, was shaped by shared commitments—to natural resource management, children’s education, and livelihood development grounded in social and economic justice.

This collaboration was not only about programmes, but about learning together. Working with AAK meant learning from its grounded wisdom, community trust, and ethical leadership, even as we collectively reflected, adapted, and strengthened our own approaches. AAK’s value-driven grassroots leadership, institutional integrity, and unwavering belief in participatory and inclusive development enriched our work and enabled all of us to create changes that were meaningful and lasting for the communities we sought to serve.

Over the decades, AAK’s holistic interventions across education, health, nutrition, livelihoods, child rights, local governance, and environmental sustainability—especially its focused work with marginalised communities and the girl child—have significantly strengthened community resilience and expanded access to public services across Uttar Pradesh.

As an ActionAid staff member, I have remained deeply connected to Arthik Anusandhan Kendra’s journey, growth, and vision, and to the inspiring leadership of Shri Harigobind Singh. His commitment, integrity, and tireless work continue to offer lessons for all of us engaged in rights-based development. At ActionAid, we celebrate the enduring spirit and ongoing advances of Harigobind Singh ji and the entire team at Arthik Anusandhan Kendra.

Sandeep Chachra
Executive Director, ActionAid Association

I am honored to recommend Arthik Anusandhan Kendra (AAK) as a trusted and impactful partner of Praxis to demonstrate community-driven development practices. Since its establishment in 1997, Praxis, in collaboration with AAK, Uttar Pradesh has successfully operationalized the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methodology into a dynamic field-based laboratory. Their work, rooted in transparency and inclusive participation, has led to meaningful poverty alleviation initiatives whose learnings have influenced development agencies, universities, and research organisations.

The AAK team’s integrity, technical expertise, and unwavering commitment have made Praxis not only a center for learning but a replicable model for field-based interventions. By transforming its initiatives into a “Field School,” we empowered communities while generating evidence-based approaches that are both scalable and sustainable.

For institute looking to invest in or learn from proven, community-centric models that foster resilience, knowledge exchange, and long-term social impact, AAK stands out as a credible and inspiring institution. Their work continues to create pathways for transformative change and collaborative development.

Tom Thomas
Chief Executive, Praxis- Institute for Participatory Practices