About Us || Social & Literacy development Association, Lucknow

History of Organization

Social & Literacy Development Association (SLDA) was formed in 1985 by representatives of women and youth groups in Lucknow and aims at contributing to improving the quality of life of the community in the unorganized sections and their family members specially in rural areas through its various programmes. Social & Literacy Development Association, U.P. is committed to the cause of developing social, intellectual, vocational and occupational skills and thus improving the overall personality of the poors and against the backdrop that development opportunities for rural development abound under Uttar Pradesh decentralization system, yet majority of the rural communities lack development due to their inability to utilize them.

With over 34 years of community service, the organization has grown from a community-based organization to a non-profit NGO, operating in the thematic areas of education, human rights and environment. It seeks to create a future of hope for under-served children, women and their communities by helping them to build their skills and resources to reduce their vulnerability in a sustainable way. Social & Literacy Development Association is engaged in promoting education, skill development, women and child development, help to aged, welfare of minorities, social, educational, cultural, economic, welfare and vocational, income generating training programmes for the messes at large in order to develop and improve physical, intellectual, vocational, occupational skill efficiency personality and well being of the community.

SLDA has a nine-member Board of Directors that accesses the progress of the organization, make strategic decisions and look at program and administrative issues. The organization operates with 40 staff, comprising 15 full-time, 5 part-time workers and 20 volunteers. It also provides opportunity for community volunteers and students on internship to learn and participate in its activities.

OBJECTIVES OF ORGANIZATION

- To organize poor rural especially women into groups for their own development and empowerment.
- To create and increase employment opportunities for unemployed youths including rural women, people of weaker section & Minorities living below poverty line.
- To create environment awareness and to undertake short-term demonstrative environmental improvement activities like tree plantation, soil conservation, management of water resources, health, hygiene and sanitation, promotion of non-conventional energy sources, safe drinking water biodiversity conservation etc.
- To promote and protect the Welfare and rights of the consumer and strengthen the voluntary consumer movement particularly in rural areas.
- To organize agricultural and rural development programmes such as water supply programme, irrigation, construction of public places like rural link roads, sanitation, wells, ponds, colonies etc according to Govt. Norms.
- To organize training-cum-production centres such as vocational training, food processing, computer, dairying, goatary, income generation training, training in handicraft for youths, women, disabled persons, Minorities, and for other backward classes.
- To open schools and colleges from primary to higher classes, literacy center, non-formal education centers, special schools for working & school drops out children, Technical school and collages for educational and technology development as per Govt. Norms for Disabled children, for minorities and other persons related to weaker sections.
- To open Arabic Madarsas to promote Arabic and Urdu Languages especially for Minorities.
- To organize awareness generation programmes, Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & symposia to aware the people in education, environment protection, human values, women empowerment, social issues, investments, health & hygiene, family welfare, communal harmony, national integration etc.
- To undertake research projects, short terms studies and promotional programmes on education, science & technology raising status of women & children, artisan, investors education & protection and other social issues.
- To construct and implement hospitals educational institutions, technical institutions, shelter homes for the weaker section of the society.
- To implement different Schemes of different Ministries and Departments, CAPART, NABARD etc for Social upliftment of the poor, scheduled casts scheduled tribes, backwards and minorities, specially to uplift/improve their social, moral, educational and economic status
- To establish and run coaching centers, Computer Hardware &. Software Training Centers and other vocational training centers free of cost for the competitive tests and examinations specially minorities, SC and other backwards classes.
- To Establish and run Adoption Centers for destitute and helpless children and destitute women welfare centers, Crèche Centers etc.
- To establish health care center, Old age homes, children homes, Organize health melas, health camps, awareness generation on population control, AIDS control and promotion of small family norms, RCH Promgrammes, programmes of Department of AYUSH etc.