AJSA India

Founded in 1989, AJSA India is a non-governmental organisation based in Bhubaneswar, India working on poverty & hunger, education, gender equality +5 more.

AJSA India is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation based in Odisha, India, facilitating community development since 1989. It was formed in response to poverty, distress migration, moneylender exploitation and food scarcity in rural western Odisha. AJSA works with marginalised and tribal communities on sustainable livelihoods, women's empowerment and leadership, child education, healthcare, gender equality, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Its activities include grain and seed banks, self-help groups, the Bridge School Programme, drought and disaster response, and advocacy for government schemes, often in partnership with government and civil society. The organisation is registered as a society under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860. Donations are tax exempt under section 80G.