Integrated Rural Community Development Society
25 + years of facilitating transformation….
Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu
ircds1986@gmail.com
Area of
operation
About us
 Integrated Rural Community Development
Society
(IRCDS)
is
a
development
organisation established in 1986
 It facilitates community-based action with
poor women, children, persons with
disabilities, dalit and tribal communities,
bonded and agricultural labourers in 93 of
540 Panchayats in Tiruvallur district.
Legal Status
 Registered under Tamil Nadu Societies
Registration Act, 1975
 Registered under FCRA ,1976
 Registered u/s 12(A) and 80G of Income Tax
Act, 1961
 Registered under Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act, 2000
Vision & Mission
Vision :
To uphold Love, Peace, Justice and Equality in
Society
Mission :
To build the capacity of the people to understand
and change their socio-economic and political
situation through facilitating people’s
Organisations.
Approach :
Transforming individuals and community by
building noble values, skills,knowledge and
action plan for a sustainable development
What We Do ?
1. Women Empowerment:
 21,194 members women have been organized into
1435 self-help groups (SHGs)
 Facilitate 92 Panchayat level federations to ensure
community action.
 Establish multiple livelihood enterprises by SHG
members with government and bank linkages.
2.Prevention and Elimination of bonded labour with
the support of ILO
 1687 families have been prevented debt bondage
3. Short Stay Home for women in
distress
 The women in distress are supported with
psychological counseling, vocational training,
legal
assistance,
boarding
and
accommodation till they are reunited with
families.
4. Family Counselling Centre : Provide
professional counseling to the people who
are in need of psychological support
5.Empowerment
of
Disabilities through
 Working
Persons
with
CBR approach
on thematic areas of health,
education, livelihood, empowerment and
inclusion of persons with disabilities, (2256
persons)
their
families,
communities,
organizations.
 Vasantham Federation has evolved by the
persons with disabilities and is functioning as
one of the vibrant disabled people’s
movement.
 IRCDS is serving as Resource organization
for various groups working on persons with
disabilities related issues.
6. Children Home:
 The deserted children between the age group
of 0 to 18 years are taken care of in our
centre. Education, counselling, personality
development, food and accommodation
facilities are provided to these children.
7. Quality Education for Children:
 Working
with mainstreaming strategy in 12
Panchayats, 21 villages covering 18 Government
schools (Primary, Middle and High schools) in Poondi
block with 990 children.
 Aimed to improve Enrollment, retention and quality of
education
 Strengthening school management committees and
community participation towards education.
8. Ensuring the Education of children of
seasonal migrant brick kiln labourers
 Working with 2250 children of seasonal
migrant labourers in 54 brick kilns in
Tiruvallur and 96 brick kilns in Poonamallee
block.
 Working with ICDS and SSA for the
enrollment of children
 Educate, motivate and working with all
stakeholders
9. Village Development Model:
 Creating a cadre of village level volunteers to
work as Samaj shilpis
 Guide and facilitate vulnerable to access
entitlements and services from the
government.
 Covered 23 villages for 15 months through 8
Samaj shilpis – mobilized 13 million worth
entitlements.
10. Health
 Awareness on STI / HIV / AIDS
 Awareness on tuberculosis
 Conducting health camps / eye camps
 Assistance towards pulse polio immunization
 Referral services / facilitation through CBOs
Key strength of IRCDS
Local Base :
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Based at Tiruvallur – 26 years presence in Tiruvallur
District and implemented various projects
Own office building and training hall available in
Tiruvallur town
Directly working with the vulnerable & marginalized
families (target group)
Has better understanding on community
90 % of the staff are from local community and
elevated from the SHGs
Cont…
 Closely working with the District Administration, Govt
departments and Panchayats.
 Facilitation support to the target group : to access
available resources from the Govt
Resource Centre :
 Extending Resource Person support to : ILO, CBR
Forum, Leonard Cheshire Disability and other NGOs
 IRCDS is functioning as a District Resource Centre and
District Convenor for the TNVHA – NGO Network for
the past 9 years.
 Good collection of Govt orders resource materials.
Sustainability :
 Strong Community Based Organizations promoted by
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IRCDS in four blocks :
1435 women SHGs ( 21,194 members ),
92 Panchayat Level Federation (PLF)
131 village level DPOs
one Dist. level DPO
One Tribal Association
We have 92 community trainers
 CBOs have a sense of ownership and taking forward
the activities on their own.
 Project staff become volunteers and paid by the
CBOs - process underway
Networking :
 IRCDS is one of the approved NGOs of Mahalir
Thittam (Tamil Nadu Women Dev.Project )since
1997
 Member in the five District level Govt. committees
Challenges
 Inadequate funding to keep professionals
 Lack of long term funding commitment from
the donors/funding agencies
 Own residential training centre facilities
 Delay in releasing funds from the Govt.
Way Forward
 Networking the Panchayat level Federation at
Block and Project level – New Light Women
Federation
 Build Training cum Resource Centre for
Women and Persons with Disabilities
 Implement the special programme for
widows,
deserted/destitute
women,
mathammas and parentless , single parent
children & sexual abuse
 Research and Documentation of disability issues
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and establish networking with grassroot level
DPOs and State level DPO Networks.
Expansion of CBR project (District level
approach) to adjoining District i.e Kancheepuram
Prevention and Rehabilitation of bonded labour
in rice mill and brick kiln sectors
Research & Documentation of
26 years
experience and sharing with others
Replication and expansion of Samaj Shilpi
Programme ( Village Development Model)
Let us invest towards a better
today and tomorrow…
Thank you
www.ircds.in
ircds1986@gmail.com