1. State:

2. NGO: Aaghaz-e-Insaf

3. Year of establishment: 2006

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Shakila Begum

6. Leadership (2012): Shakila Begum

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s issues (gender-sensitization programmes, advocacy) b) Civic amenities (advocacy on access to government services)

8. Location/Spread of work: Aaghaz-e-Insaf worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in 8 schools and 8 colleges of city)

9. Total volunteers: 21

10. Female volunteers: 15

11. Muslim volunteers: 11

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR2,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Individual / Family/ Private donations b) Fellowships and support from other organizations

14. Contact details: Shakila Begum Sector I, Janakipuram, 7 Foota Road, Lucknow 226021, Uttar Pradesh, +91 9452016503 [email protected]

Aaghaz-e-Insaf worked in Lucknow, engaging mostly with Muslim students. Run by its founder Shakila Begum, the organization was initiated in response to what she perceived as a gap in development work with the Muslim community. Working with a rights- based perspective, Aaghaz-e-Insaf did advocacy on women’s rights. It also took up issues such as civic amenities and access to government services. Working in several colleges and schools, the organization conducted seminars and events such as poster competitions, through which it tried to sensitise and train young people about rights. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Association for Advocacy and Legal Initiatives (AALI)

3. Year of establishment: 1998

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: TulikaSrivastava, Huma Khan, MadhaviKuckreja, SeemaKazi, NishaSrivastava

6. Leadership (2012): Fauzia Islam, Renu Mishra

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment b) Legal intervention (violence against women) c) Advocacy (women's right to sexual autonomy) d) Resource centre e) Community-initiative programme

8. Location/Spread of work: AALI is an advocacy group,that worked through its partners in 36 districts of Uttar Pradesh as well as 12 other states. In Lucknow and Azamgarh the organization did direct intervention.

9. Total staff: 12

10. Female staff: 12

11. Muslim staff: 5

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,00,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Foreign donor

14. Contact details: Fauzia Islam / Renu Mishra 407 Dr.Baijnath Road, New Hyderabad Colony, Lucknow226007, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415037634, +91 522-2782060, +91 522-2782066 [email protected], [email protected] www.aalilegal.org

Association for Advocacy and Legal Initiatives (AALI) was founded in 1998, and was a women’s organization working on women’s rights. It strived for an inclusive and egalitarian social system, in which women would have equality in all spheres. Its main areas of work were advocacy on women’s rights, case intervention and leadership development. It took up various issues, including access to government schemes such as the PDS, women's right to sexual autonomy and the targeting of the Muslim community in the name of combating terrorism. With its inclusive vision of development and a mixed Hindu-Muslim team, the organization had been sensitive to Muslim issues from the start. In 2009 it started work in Azamgarh, working on leadership development with both men and women from the Muslim community. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Name of Relevant Programme: Uttar Pradesh Development Programme

3. Year of Establishment: AKFwas established in India in 1978. Year of initiation of UP Programme: 2010

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: His Highness The Aga Khan

6. Leadership (2012): Rowland Roome

7. Main sectors of work: a. Education b. Health c. Rural livelihoods d. Civil society strengthening

8. Location/Spread of work of AKF: In addition to Uttar Pradesh,the Foundationworked in 6 states in India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar and (urban programme).

Location/Spread of work of the UP Programme: The Aga Khan Foundation’s Project worked in rural Uttar Pradesh, in 15 revenue villages spread across 9 gram panchayats of one block inBahraich District.

9. Total staff: 5* *Staff details are of UP programme only

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 1

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12 (UP programme only): INR1,00,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding (UP Programme only): a. Government – Central (GOI) b. Indian Corporate Donor c. Self-generated funds

14. Contact details (UP Programme): Director, Programmes Aga Khan Foundation, Sarojini House, 6 Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi 110001 +9111-47399700, +91 11-23782173 [email protected] www.akdn.org/india

Initiated in light of the Sachar Committee Report, the Uttar Pradesh project of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) began work in 2010. Located in (a Minority Concentration District, or MCD, and ranking low in human development parameters), the project worked in 15 villages. It had a multi-sectoral approach, creating community- based institutions to involve people in crafting their own developmental solutions. Its work in education involved Early Childhood Development Centres (ECD), which provided pre-primary education and facilitated mainstreaming into the government school system. In health, it focused on maternal, natal and children’s health. Its livelihood interventions included training in better cultivation techniques; promoting vegetable gardens; and facilitating access to veterinarian services for livestock. To directly engage the community in all initiatives, community members were chosen as balmitras or teachers for the ECD Centres, formed into mothers’ groups or farmers’ groups, and trained as pashusakhis to treat livestock. In terms of coverage, this was a seemingly small effort, particularly for a large international organization like the AKF. But the resource inputs into the programme, at approximately Rs. 1 crore annually, were generous, and the goal was ambitious – to pilot an appropriate development approach that may help create a model for other MCDs. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: AkhilBhartiyaShrawastiGramodyogSevaSansthan

3. Year of establishment: 2005

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Shamsuddin, Dr.Siraj Ahmad, Mohd.Akhtar, Mohd.HanifChoudhury, Mohd.Azam, Gudiya, Shankar,Jannatunnisa, Reshma, Naushad Ali, Israr Ahmad

6. Leadership (2012): Shamsuddin

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (vocational training) b) Health (polio-awareness, nutrition, TB control) c) Livelihood (SHGs) d) Environment-awareness programme e) Central labour awareness (MGNREGA)

8. Location/Spread of work: AkhilBhartiyaShrawastiGramodyogSevaSansthan worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 99 villages and 7 blocks of Shrawasti and Bahraich Districts).

9. Total staff: 4

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 1

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR2,65,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Foreign donor c) Other organizations

14. Contact details: Shamsuddin Ikauna, Shrawasti 271845, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415317783, +91 9161229693 [email protected], [email protected]

Established in 2005 by Shamsuddin and others, AkhilBhartiyaShrawastiGramodyogSevaSansthan (ABSGSS) worked largely in Shrawasti District, a region marked by low development indicators. The organization had a small team of staff, and was supported in its work by a group of committed volunteers. ABSGSS engaged with all underserved groups, and Muslims made up about a third of its target population. The organization mobilized people for awareness on public health issues like polio and nutrition. It had also been involved in assessing the quality of education in the area, in collaboration with Pratham. Its main focus was on women from marginalized families. It organised them into self-help groups, through which it provided vocational training in skills such as embroidery and stitching.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Al FaizShikshaEvamKalyanSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 2011

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Mohd.Farukh Khan

6. Leadership (2012): Mohd.Farukh Khan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Development of especially deprived Muslims (Pasmanda Muslims and nomadic Muslim communities from the Nepal border) b) Education (non-formal centre for children of Pasmanda Muslims and nomadic Muslims from the Nepal border) c) Health (medical camps for Pasmanda Muslims and nomadic Muslims from the Nepal border)

8. Location/Spread of work: Al FaizShikshaEvamKalyanSamiti works in urban Uttar Pradesh (in Shah Jamalpur locality of city).

9. Total staff: 1

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 1

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR30,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: Mohd.Farukh Khan ADA Colony, Shah Jamal, Aligarh202001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9319074467

Al FaizShikshaEvamKalyanSamiti was established by Mohd.Farukh Khan in 2011. Khan, who had spent a decade working for the development of disadvantaged groups, combined this experience with his desire to work with marginalized groups within the Muslim community, starting work in the Shah Jamalpur area of Aligarh. Al FaizShikshaEvamKalyanSamiti worked with migrant nomadic Muslim communities from the Indo-Nepal border, whose main occupation was making dholaks(a musical instrument). It selected education and health as its entry point, and ran a non-formal education centre and organised health camps in the area. The organisation had a small budget and was funded by local donations.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: AMU Old Boys Welfare Association

3. Year of establishment: 2010

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Dr. Mohammad Aslam, Dr. Mustafa Ansari, Dr.JaveidManzar, Manzar Kamal, Ameeruzzaman, Er. Abdullah, Mohd.Anzar, Razi Ur Rehman, Shahid Jamal, Khalid Parvez, Leyaquat Ali

6. Leadership (2012): Dr. Mohammad Aslam

7. Main sector of work:Health (health camps, medical aid)

8. Location/Spread of work: Aligarh Old Boys Welfare Association worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 36 wards of ).

9. Total volunteers: 30 (approx.)

10. Female volunteers: 2

11. Muslim volunteers: NA

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,75,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: Dr. Mohammad Aslam Shamas Complex, Malik Tahirpura, Rauza, Mau 275101, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9044475666 [email protected]

A young organisation, the Aligarh Old Boys Welfare Association was initiated in 2010 by a small group of alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University who wanted to give back to the community. The organization had a service-delivery approach – toprovide welfare services to the underserved and needy – and also focused on health. It organized monthly health camps and distributed free medicines. The organization did not have paid staff, but worked through two volunteers, both medical doctors. Its target group was all excluded and disadvantaged people who had little or no access to even basic health services; the majority of its beneficiaries came from marginalized sections of the Muslim community. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Amin Welfare Trust

3. Year of establishment: 1993

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Super Tannery (Export House). Note: The company itself, and not an individual, were named as founders

6. Leadership (2012): Shakeel Ahmad Khan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (schools and non-formal education centres, education material, higher education scholarships) b) Health (health services for poor through a hospital, medical aid)

8. Location/Spread of work: Amin Welfare Trust worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in and Unnao Districts, including in 110 urban wards).

9. Total staff: 16

10. Female staff: 12

11. Muslim staff: 16

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,63,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Indian Corporate Donor c) Foreign Donor d) Community-funded Zakat: Indian e) Individual / Family/ Private donations f) Self-sustaining activities

14. Contact details: Shakeel Ahmad Khan Hospital Road, Jajmau, Kanpur 208010, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9889526716, +91 9935509142, +91 512-2462206, +91 512-2462353 [email protected], [email protected] www.aminwelfaretrust.org

Founded in 1993 by Super Tannery, Amin Welfare Trust worked in Kanpur and in rural and urban areas around the town and in . A part of the organization’s work was a response to the condition of people affected by riots in the area. It had a ‘family adoption scheme’ under which it had ‘adopted’ 75 largely riot-affected families, and had also provided housing to a few families that were rendered homeless. Beyond this, the organization was involved in providing health and educational services to the economically and socially marginalized. While the Trust focused primarily on disadvantaged sections of the Muslim community, its services also reached marginalized non-Muslim families. It ran two full-fledged schools affiliated to the UP Board and CBSE Board apart from its NaiRoshni project, which provided primary education to slum children through 11 centres. Its Educational Adoption Scheme provided scholarships to deserving and needy students pursuing medicine and engineering. It also ran a hospital, through which it provided health services to the poor at nominal rates, along with free medical services to select patients. In addition, the Trust provided interest-free loans. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Association for Minority Micro-Finance Organisations (AMMFO)

3. Year of establishment: 2007

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: IzfarulHaqueZaki

6. Leadership (2012): MujiburRehman

7. Main sector of work:Advocacy (promoting charity-based microfinance organizations)

8. Location/Spread of work: An advocacy-based organization, AMMFO worked throughout Uttar Pradesh.

9. Total staff: 8

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 3

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: Not available

13. Sources of funding:Member subscription fees

14. Contact details: MujiburRehman MohallaQazipada, c/o Bijnor Muslim Fund, Bijnor246701, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9837469978, +91 1342-262767 [email protected]

Established in 2007, the Association for Minority Micro Finance Organisation (AMMFO) workedacross the State of Uttar Pradesh. It was a body of organizations, which provided charity-based, cost-plus-interest-free microfinance to the poor, irrespective of caste, creed and religion. The Association was established and administered by members of the Muslim community. These microfinance organisations ran on the principle of ‘mutual help and amanat keeping’. Amanat is an Arabic word, which means to keep one’s trust in the form of money and kind;this amanat was returned to the amanatdar at his/her wish without recompense. The modus operandi of these organizations was that a homogenous group of poor or low-income people kept their small savings with these organisations which constitutedan ‘amanat fund’. Those in need benefitted from this cumulative fund on the basis of personal guarantee or sureties, using a cost-plus- interest-free mechanism. This circulatory monetary exercise continued as more and more people regularly joined this homogenous group formed for mutual help. AMMFO did advocacy on the rights of microfinance organizations, and built the capacities of these organizations to engage with relevant laws and policies governing microfinance institutions.

State: UTTAR PRADESH

1. NGO: Analhaq Foundation

2. Year of establishment: 2003

3. Registered NGO

4. Key founders: AshishAwasthi, MeenaRana, Smriti Singh, JavedRasool, AneesJehan

5. Leadership (2012): AshishAwasthi

6. Main sectors of work: a) Urban poverty (labour rights for rickshaw pullers, artisans,domestic workers) b) Access to basic services (monitoring PDS, mid-day meals) c) Education (literacy in urban slums)

7. Location/Spread of work: Analhaq Foundation worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 6 blocks of 5 districts, namely, Lucknow, Sitapur, Barabanki, Kanpur and , including 69 urban wards).

8. Total volunteers: Not available

9. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,75,000 (approx.)

10. Sources of funding: a) Individual / Family/ Private donations b) Self-sustaining activities

11. Contact details: AshishAwasthi 200 Dugawan, Raniganj, Lucknow226010, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415470610, +91 522-4041304 [email protected]

Initiated in 2003, AnalhaqFoundation worked in different locations in the state, both with the urban and rural poor. Concerned with issues of poverty, rural out-migration and communalism, the organization engaged with families and individuals both in their village settings, and also after they had joined the urban labour class. It approached issues from a rights and entitlements perspective. In its rural operations, the organization monitored the implementation of government schemes and services such as the mid-day meal scheme, the public distribution system and allotment of land titles to the landless. In Lucknow it worked with the unorganized sector: with rickshaw pullers, assisting them in getting licences and protecting them from police and government exploitation; with women domestic workers; and with chikan andzardozi artisans, advocating for their rights. It also promoted literacy in urban slums. Analhaq Foundation engaged with all socially excluded and deprived groups including Muslims. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: AnjumanFalah E Darain

3. Year of establishment: 1992

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Mohd.JehangirAlamQasmi, Mohd. Islam Faisal

6. Leadership (2012): Mohd.JehangirAlamQasmi

7. Main sectors of work: a) Charity/Welfare (support for education and health) b) Urban poverty (support for small income-generation enterprises)

8. Location/Spread of work: AnjumanFalah EDarain worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in Lucknow city).

9. Total staff: 8

10. Female staff: 2

11. Muslim staff: 8

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR15,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Community-funded Zakat: Indian b) Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: Mohd.JehangirAlamQasmi Chikmandi, Aminabad, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9839195948, +91 9935479064 www.AnjumanFalaheDarain.org

Established and run by Mohd.JehangirAlamQasmi, AnjumanFalah E Darain was a charitable organization working in Lucknow city. Supported by private donations and local Zakat contributions, it used its resources for various welfare activities to support disadvantaged people. It focused especially on poor and socially excluded sections of the Muslim community. It provided monetary support for education, medical treatment and for setting up small-scale enterprises. In addition to money it also distributed sewing machines, rickshaws, trolleys, spray paint machines, coffee machines, zari-making kits among poor Muslims in order to expand their livelihood options. The group hadsince its existence supported approximately 10500 people in setting up small-scale enterprises so as to improve their financial conditions.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Asian Bridge India

3. Year of establishment: 2009

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Dr. Sanjay, AparnaDivedi, Renu Mishra, Sunila Singh, Mohd. MoosaAzmi

6. Leadership (2012): Mohd. MoosaAzmi

7. Main sectors of work: a) Human rights (monitoring and documenting violations) b) Legal casework c) Education (running a village school)

8. Location/Spread of work: Asian Bridge India worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in , Chandauli and Mirzapur Districts).

9. Total staff: 5

10. Female staff: 2

11. Muslim staff: 0

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR4,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Individual / Family/ Private donations b) Self-sustaining activities c) Fellowship

14. Contact details: Mohd.MoosaAzmi S3/190-E2A, Ordaly Bazar, Varanasi221002, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9839452531 [email protected], [email protected]

Asian Bridge India had been working in Varanasi and its surrounding areas since 2009. It focused on deprived and excluded groups such as women, Dalits and Muslims. Having personally experienced exclusion and discrimination as a member of a minority group, the founder Mohd.MoosaAzmi was motivated to work for a just society, free from all forms of discrimination. Asian Bridge Asia worked on monitoring human rights violations and did documentation to highlight structural discrimination. It had a legal casework unit, through which it gave support in individual cases. The organization was also engaged in community- development for marginalized groups – it ran a village school and worked on housing rights. It was getting increasingly involved with issues concerning the Muslim weaver community of the area, and saw its work expanding in that direction.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: AstitvaSamajikSanstha

3. Year of establishment: 2005

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: RehanaAdeeb, MadhaviKuckreja, VaheedaRehman, RunuChakraborty

6. Leadership (2012): RehanaAdeeb

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s rights and women’s empowerment b) Child rights c) Education (for adolescent girls)

8. Location/Spread of work: AstitvaSamajikSanstha worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in and Muzaffarnagardistricts).

9. Total staff: 12

10. Female staff: 10

11. Muslim staff: 7

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR7,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Foreign Donor b) Indian Donor Agencies c) Support from other groups

14. Contact details: RehanaAdeeb MohallaKanchimal, Post Office Sultanpur, Chilkana, SaharanpurDistrict 247231, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9634777992 [email protected]

AstitvaSamajikSanstha was established in 2005 by a group of women from different communities. Their desire: to create an organization that would address the huge gap they saw in development work with marginalized groups, in particular with women from marginal or minority communities. Astitwa was thus a women’s rights organization with special focus on rights of women from Dalit and Muslim backgrounds. It worked largely in MuzaffarnagarDistrict, known for entrenched feudal and patriarchal values. Led by founder-director RehanaAdeeb, Astitva worked on community-mobilization, awareness, education and health issues with adolescent girls and women – both Dalit and Muslim (especially from the Teli, Julaha, Nat, , Jhojha and Halwai communities). The organization also worked on violence against women, including providing support to violence survivors. Recently, RehanaAdeeb was recognized as HT Woman 2013 (second runner-up) – an award instituted by the Hindustan Times newspaper to acknowledge women working for women’s rights at the grassroots.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: People’s Forum

3. Year of establishment: 2008

4. Not Registered

5. Key founder: AfaqUllah

6. Leadership (2012): AfaqUllah

7. Main sectors of work: a) Youth awareness (through sports and cultural events) b) Education (elementary education) c) Access to basic services

8. Location/Spread of work: Awadh People’s Forum worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in town of ).

9. Total volunteers: 22

10. Female volunteers: 2

11. Muslim volunteers: 10

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR5,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: AfaqUllah 120 Paharganj, Ghosiyana, Faizabad224001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9389036966 [email protected], [email protected]

Rooted in the belief that interaction and engagement through an appropriate medium are crucial to create a sense of community and work towards social change, Awadh People’s Forum was initiated in 2008. It worked in the religiously and politically sensitive town of Faizabad. Focusing on youth, the organization used sport, art and culture to create public platforms that could bring people together. It encouraged dialogue on developmental issues and rights, rather than on religion. It also worked on elementary education, and addressed issues related to urban poverty, access to civic amenities and communal harmony. The Forum was run entirely by volunteers.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Azad Shiksha Kendra

3. Year of establishment: 2001

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Nisar Ahmad Khan, Mohd.Shahid, SardarSurjeet Singh, Brijesh Singh

6. Leadership (2012): Nisar Ahmad Khan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education, Madrasa reform) b) Child rights (child protection committees) c) Human rights (police atrocities against the Musahar community)

8. Location/Spread of work: Azad Shiksha Kendra worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 23 gram panchayats and 2 urban wards across 3 blocks of ).

9. Total staff: 17

10. Female staff: 3

11. Muslim staff: 7

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR21,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Indian Donor Agency c) Indian Corporate Donor d) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: Nisar Ahmad Khan MohallaSipah, Post Sadar, Jaunpur222001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415315484, +91 5452-263204 +91 5452-263976 [email protected]

Azad Shiksha Kendra worked in rural areas of Jaunpur District with Dalits and minorities. Over the years, its engagement with the Muslim community – andparticularly with the Nat, Dafali, Bazigar, Chidimar, Kankali and Mulla communities – hadbeen increasing. The organization had a rights-based approach, and looked to strengthen the ability of disadvantaged groups to participate in community and democratic processes, and get their entitlements. To strengthen its efforts in this direction, along with the Institute of Social Democracy and Confederation of NGOs of Rural India (CNRI), it had established the Loktantra Bachao network. Azad Shiksha Kendra took on human rights issues, such as protecting the Mushar community from police atrocities. Another thrust area was child rights and the welfare and development of children. It worked on safe delivery, immunisation, the functioning of anganwadis, setting up child-protection committees at the village level and making School Management Committees active. It also worked with the madrasa system, seeking to reform and contemporise madrasa education. For this it worked with 30 madarsas in Shahganj Block. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: BeediMazdoorSangh

3. Year of establishment: 1999

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Shiv Balak Joshi

6. Leadership (2012): Shiv Balak Joshi

7. Main sectors of work: a) Workers’ rights (beedi workers) b) Health (tuberculosis, malnutrition among beedi workers) c) Access to government schemes (PDSfor beedi workers)

8. Location/Spread of work: BeediMazdoorSangh worked in rural Uttar Pradesh (in 5 blocks of ).

9. Total volunteers: Not available

10. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR15,000 (approx.)

11. Sources of funding:Individual/Family/Private donations

12. Contact details: Shiv Balak Joshi BeediMazdoorSangh, Joshiyanapur (near bus station), Raebareli 229001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9335868160

BeediMazdoorSangh had been active in the Raebareli area since 1999. Its target group werethe labourers in the beedi industry. Hailing from marginalized groups, they worked under unorganized conditions, often at wages lower than legally mandated. A majority of them belonged to the Muslim community. BeediMazdoorSanghengaged with the workers, organizing and helping them demand their rights. It helped them in securing government wage rates and access to entitlements and state provisions like the Public Distribution System. It also took up health issues such as malnutrition and TB among beedi workers and their families. The work of the BeediMazdoorSangh was carried out through donations by beedilabourers themselves.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Better Education Through Innovation Foundation (BETI Foundation)

3. Year of establishment: 2000

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: SehbaHussain, Dr.KavalGulati

6. Leadership (2012): SehbaHussain

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment (girl children, adolescent girls, single women) b) Education (elementary education) c) Health (women and child health, public health services) d) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs, skill development)

8. Location/Spread of work: BETI Foundation worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 2 cities and 114 rural blocks of Gonda, Lucknow, Sitapur, Bahraich, Balrampur, Shrawasti, Barabanki, Hardoi, Unnao, Jaunpur, Mahoba and Lalitpur districts).

9. Total staff: 308

10. Female staff: 135

11. Muslim staff: 84

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR81,66,468 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Special programme of the government (DOTS funding - tuberculosis prevention) b) Indian Donor Agency c) Indian Corporate Donor d) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: SehbaHussain C 842, H Road, Mahanagar, Lucknow 226006, Uttar Pradesh, India Tel: +91 522-2334878, Fax: +91 522-2327355 [email protected], [email protected] www.betifoundation.org

Established in 2000 by a group of distinguished development practitioners and academics, Better Education Through Innovation (BETI) Foundation worked in large parts of Uttar Pradesh on promoting the rights of the girl child. It engaged with all socially excluded and deprived groups, especially women, youth and children. Disadvantaged Muslim families, though not a special focus, were included in several interventions. The organization saw education of girls as a basic requirement for sustainable development. Its programmes were based on mobilizing the local community and village-level institutions as well as advocating at State and national levels for the educational rights and needs of girls. It focused in particular on elementary education. Over the years, the BETI Foundation had also become involved in other aspects of the well-being of girls, including nutrition, health and livelihoods. It worked on public health services with a focus on woman and child health, and was a DOTS agency under the National Tuberculosis Control Programme. It also formed self-help groups of women with the aim of strengthening livelihoods and access to microcredit. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Bharat GyanVigyanSamiti, Uttar Pradesh

3. Year of establishment: 1989

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Ajay Trivedi, Rajendra Rajput, Tauseef Ali Khan, R.S.Bajpai, Dr.Veena Gupta, Rakesh Pant, RakeshGairola, V.K.Srivastava, P.K.Mandal

6. Leadership (2012): SanjeevSinha

7. Main sectors of work: a) Scientific attitude-building and promotion of science and scientific practices in society b) Education (elementary education, literacy, Right to Education, quality of education) c) Health d) Environment e) Women’sequality andlivelihoods (SHGs) f) Rural development

8. Location/Spread of work: Bharat GyanVigyanSamiti worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 80 blocks across 29 districts namely,Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, , Bijnor, , Rampur, , Pilibhit, Aligarh, , Unnao, Rai Bareli, Sultanpur, Amethi (CSM), Jaunpur, Varanasi, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Gorakhpur, Deoria, Maharajganj, Barabanki, Baghpat, Kanpur, JyotibaPhule Nagar (Amroha), , Lucknow, PanchSheel Nagar and Bareilly).

9. Total staff: 52

10. Female staff: 17

11. Muslim staff: 17

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR5,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) UN agencies c) Self-generated funds

14. Contact details: SanjeevSinha C-53, Indra Nagar, ArawaliMarg, Near Mahuwa Park, Lucknow 226 016, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415610909, +91 522-2353617 [email protected], [email protected] www.bgvs.org

The Uttar Pradesh chapter of Bharat GyanVigyanSamiti (BGVS) – an organisation working across the country – wasestablished in 1989, when an all-India campaign for eradication of illiteracy was launched. With a staff strength of 50 and presence in 80 blocks across Uttar Pradesh, BGVS worked on a range of issues, associating with all marginalized groups, including the Muslim community, with whom the organization worked largely in Bareilly, Moradabad, Bijnor, Aligarh, Barabanki, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar andGhazipur districts. The organization’s work was initiated with the goal of bridging the ‘knowledge divide’. Spreading scientific knowledge and a scientific world vision, working for literacy, continuing education, basic education, policy studies etc were all programmes that started with this approach. As its involvement with communities became deeper, the organization saw the centrality of other social and cultural aspects of people’s lives in the shaping of their knowledge-related development. BGVS had been involved with lobbying for the Right to Education Act, and towards the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). It piloted the ‘Multi Sectoral Approach to Health’ in 3 blocks of Raebareilly and Pithoragarh. The community worker ‘Swasthya Sathi’ later became the ‘ASHA’ programme under the NRHM. It worked on technology development, local area planning, leadership development, formation of self-help groups, enhancement of vocational skills and development of micro enterprises. It organised Children's Science Festivals and Women’s Science (Samata) Festivals. It also ran 32 Gyan Vigyan Vidyalayas (schools with community support) in 8 districts. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Bharosa Trust

3. Year of establishment: 1997

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: JafarHussain, ArifJafar

6. Leadership (2012): Imraan Khan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (HIV/AIDS awareness, health camps, psychological counselling) b) Education (vocational training) c) Human rights (rights of MSMs)

8. Location/Spread of work: Bharosa Trust worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in Lucknow City).

9. Total staff: 26

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 9

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR25,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Special Government Programme (from the Uttar Pradesh State Aids Control Society) b) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: Imraan Khan 21/6/9, Peerpur House, Near GannaSansthan, 8 Dalibagh, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9839724719, +91 522-2208689 [email protected], [email protected] www.bharosatrust.co.in

Bharosa was a community-based organisation in Lucknow that worked with the MSM community (men who have sex with men). While the organisation’s focus was onthe MSM community, given that it worked in Lucknow city which had a large Muslim population, and since interventions are often rooted in the wider community, a lot of Bharosa’s work was by default with Muslims. The issue of male sexual behaviours has profound implications for STD-, HIV- and AIDS-related issues in India, and Bharosa’s work engaged with the cultural, religious and social underpinnings of these concerns. It did community mobilisation, organized health camps, and provided psychological counselling and HIV prevention services. It also sought to strengthen the economic security of MSMs, giving them access to vocational courses in areas such as sewing, dance training, beautician skills, henna art etc. Another dimension of Bharosa’s work was the rights of MSMs – it helped the community access government services, get voter cards and ration cards. It also tried to build awareness by documenting rape, assault and other atrocities committed against MSMs.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: BhartiyaManavSamajKalyanSevaSansthan

3. Year of establishment: 1988

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: AftabAlam, Dr Vakil Ahmad, Rakesh Kumar Srivastava, Asghar Ali, Noor Jehan, Idrees Ansari

6. Leadership (2012): AftabAlam

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (service delivery, child health, MMR, NRHM) b) Education (Right to Education) c) Livelihood (skill development, SHGs)

8. Location/Spread of work: BhartiyaManavSamajKalyanSevaSansthan worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in Bahraich District).

9. Total staff: 5

10. Female staff: 1

11. Muslim staff: 3

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR27,50,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) State Government b) Indian Donor Agency c) Other organizations

14. Contact Details: AftabAlam, Secretary Raipur Raja (MakkaPurwa), Behind St John English School, Near District Jail Road, Bahraich District 271801, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415054389, +91 5252-234628 [email protected], [email protected] www.bmskss.org

BhartiyaManavSamajKalyanSevaSansthan (BMSKSS) worked for the development of minorities, Dalits and tribals. Its work with the Muslim community had grown in the past few years, in light of theSachar Committee Report. It had also been involved in efforts to build a platform for NGOs working with Muslims in Uttar Pradesh. BMSKSS was associated with a network of organisations, including UPVAN, UPVHA, MOMIN, AMAN and Sahyog, working on similar issues. It was engaged in service delivery as well as the capacity-building of service providers. The organization focused mainly on primary health, education and livelihoods. Its health work was anchored in woman and child health, including newborn baby management, reduction of MMR and access to services under the National Rural Health Mission. In the area of education, it collaborated with Pratham, an organization recognized for its work on the Right to Education. BMSKSS also worked on economic development and livelihoods through vocational training and skill-building. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Children Emancipation Society (Project Mala)

3. Year of establishment: 1989

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Robin Garland

6. Leadership (2012): Anil K. Sahu

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (for children in carpet weaving – elementary education, non-formal education, coaching, scholarships) b) Child labour

8. Location/Spread of work: Children Emancipation Society worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 4 blocks of Varanasi and Mirzapur districts).

9. Total staff: 80

10. Female staff: 19

11. Muslim staff: 1

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR97,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Indian Donor Agency c) Indian Corporate Donor d) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: Anil K. Sahu Project Mala School, Village Guriya, Near Kachwa Road Crossing, Varanasi- GT Road, Varanasi 221307, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9451582929, +91 5414-262312 [email protected] www.projectmala.org.uk

Founded by Robin Garland in 1989, Children Emancipation Society worked to eradicate child labour in the carpet-weaving industry of eastern Uttar Pradesh, and to enable working children to regain their lost childhood. It sought to remove children from the exploitative conditions in carpet-weaving in the Mirzapur-Bhadohi region, and rehabilitate them with the aim of mainstreaming them into the formal education system. It did this through Project Mala – which included a three-year non-formal education module. It also provided scholarships and coaching. The organization had its own schools catering to about 1500 children. Here, along with education, the children were provided rehabilitation training, healthcare and nutrition to encourage physical improvement and facilitate personal growth. While Project Mala did not work specifically with Muslims, about a quarter of its target group were Muslim children.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Development of Eco Friendly Handicraft and Appropriate Technology Society (DEHAT)

3. Year of establishment: 1997

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Talat Aziz

6. Leadership (2012): Talat Aziz

7. Main sectors of work: a) Handicraft (promotion of eco-friendly handicraft, chikan work) b) Education (vocational training)

8. Location/Spread of work: DEHAT worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 2 wards of Gorakhpur city and 6 blocks of Gorakhpur and Maharajganj districts).

9. Total staff: 3

10. Female staff: 3

11. Muslim staff: 3

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR6,37,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Self-sustaining activities

14. Contact details: Talat Aziz Abu Bazar, Gorakhpur 273001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9839992572, +91 551-2291291 [email protected], [email protected]

Development of Eco Friendly Handicraft and Appropriate Technology Society (DEHAT) had been working in and around the town of Gorakhpur since 1997. Under the leadership of its founder-President Talat Aziz, the organization worked with women from disadvantaged backgrounds, focusing mostly on women from the Muslim community. It was involved in women’s empowerment through strengthening livelihoods. It provided training in handicrafts, especially chikanembroidery, and supported women in marketing their craft. It also worked on health issues and disaster relief.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Disha Social Organization

3. Year of establishment: 1984

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: K. N.Tiwari

6. Leadership (2012): K. N.Tiwari

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment (especially leadership development) b) Education (elementary education) c) Livelihood (SHGs)

8. Location/Spread of work:Disha Social Organization worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 150 villages spread across 6 blocks of ). It also worked in Dehradun and Haridwar districts of Uttarakhand.

9. Total staff: 45

10. Female staff: 28

11. Muslim staff: 20

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,00,00,000 (approx.)

13. Source of funding:Foreign donor

14. Contact details: K. N.Tiwari Sultanpur–Chilkana, Saharanpur 247231, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9412232835, +91 9719201406, +91 132-2696424, +91 132-2696224, +91 132-2696424 [email protected], [email protected] www.dishain.org

Established in 1984 in Saharanpur District of Uttar Pradesh,Disha Social Organization was one of the first civil society organizations in the state to focus on Muslim women’s empowerment. In this economically backward region, both Dalits and Muslims face widespread discrimination; women are especially vulnerable. Disha framed its work with women in terms of opposition to patriarchy and feudal values, rather than within a religious framework. The organization did advocacy and awareness-raising through forums it had created – MahilaJagriti Kendra and GhadKshettraMazdoorMorcha, among others. Disha also dealt directly in cases of violence against women through counselling, community action and legal intervention. It had set up SHGs to give women some financial security. These had increased livelihood options, enabling women to increase income through activities such as tailoring and animal husbandry. Education for girls was a special focus – Disha ran non-formal education centres for girls in areas that lacked public schools. A great deal of work on nurturing local Muslim women’s leadership had been done by Disha over the years. Several women, trained and given leadership roles within the organization had gone on to start their own NGOs in the area. The organization also supported women candidates in panchayat elections. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: DoabaVikasEvamUtthanSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 1992

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: (Late)ShamimKazim, (Late)HazariLalRastogi

6. Leadership (2012): ParvezRizvi

7. Main sectors of work: a) Worker’s rights (women beedi workers) b) Education (non-formal education, literacy) c) Health (immunization, malnutrition, eye care) d) Advocacy (MGNREGA, unemployment benefits)

8. Location/Spread of work: DoabaVikasEvamUtthanSamiti worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 25 villages spread across 3 blocks and 15 gram panchayats of ).

9. Total staff: 25

10. Female staff: 3

11. Muslim staff: 6

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR15,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian donor agency b) Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: ParvezRizvi Chamanganj, Karari, Kaushambi212206, Uttar Pradesh, India Tel: +91 9838905974and for Mr. Rehan (chief supervisor) +91 9838654415 [email protected]

Set up in 1992, DoabaVikasEvamUtthanSamiti (DVEUS) worked in Uttar Pradesh’s extremely poor Kaushambi District. Initiated to work with the Dalit community, it soon widened its scope to include Muslims as well as women of all communities. Beedi workers, mostly Muslim women, became a special focus. In this backward region, largely ignored by political parties and indifferently administered by the bureaucracy, the organization worked to create awareness, and mobilize people to access benefits to which they were entitled under various government schemes and programmes. It worked through community-based people’s organizations such as Jan AbhiyanManch and NariMuktiManch which it had helped set up. While livelihoods were its key concern, DVEUS workedon several issues – it organized health camps and campaigns for better access to improved health services; it also worked on education and land rights. DVEUS engaged critically with the huge government rural employment scheme, MGNREGA, campaigning against exclusions and corruption in its implementation. The organization had a focused agenda for Muslim women beediworkers, trying to educate them about state benefits to which they were entitled, and free them from the tyranny of exploitative contractors. It had set up the KaushambiBeediMazdoorManch to give them a platform and planned to bring them under a cooperative umbrella. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: DwarikaGramodyogSansthan

3. Year of establishment: 1993

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Bal Krishna Upadhyaya

6. Leadership (2012): Bal Krishna Upadhyaya

7. Main sector of work:Artisans (engaged in appliqué and patchwork, access to government schemes for artisans)

8. Location/Spread of work: DwarikaGramodyogSansthan worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in 2 wards of Aligarh city in )

9. Total staff: 70

10. Female staff: 21

11. Muslim staff: 20

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR20,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Central Government

14. Contact details: Bal Krishna Upadhyaya 103 BrijVihar, ADA Colony, G.T. Road, Banna Devi, Aligarh 202001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9457660100, +91 7417390414 [email protected]

DwarikaGramodyogSansthan, located in Aligarh city, was established in 1993. The organization focused specifically on artisans of appliqué and patchwork. While these skills receive widespread appreciation, it is not as widely known that the artisans are often among the marginalized sections of the urban poor. They comprise both Muslims and non-Muslims, all of whom belong to the unorganized sector. The organization tried to promote these artisans and help them access government schemes designed for artisans and craftworkers, such as the Rajiv Gandhi Insurance Scheme and identity cards.DwarikaGramodyogSansthan received some financial support for its work from the central government.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Foundation for Education and Economic Development (FEED)

3. Year of establishment: 1998

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Tariq Khan

6. Leadership (2012): Tariq Khan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Advocacy (Right to Education) b) Minority issues (education, training, awareness) c)Communal harmony

8. Location/Spread of work: FEED worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 5 blocks and 13 wards of Barabanki and Lucknow districts).

9. Total staff: 8

10. Female staff: 2

11. Muslim staff: 2

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR33,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) State Government b) Indian Donor Agency c) Foreign donor

14. Contact details: Tariq Khan 4th Floor (above Bank of India), 1Naval Kishore Road, Hazratganj, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9721141408, +91 522-4041141 [email protected]

Foundation for Education and Educational Development (FEED) was established by Tariq Khan in 1998, with the objective of working for the development of all marginalized groups. Muslims constituted approximately 50% of its beneficiaries. The organization focused on primary education in Lucknow and Barabanki districts. It worked with the government education system and international agencies, attempting to bring about positive changes in the education system so as to benefit underserved populations. It also did advocacy on the Right to Education Act. FEED was also making an effort to empower Muslims through education and awareness campaigns so that they could break out of the vicious cycle of poverty. Along with its programme interventions, FEED worked on promoting communal harmony in its field area. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Global Social Welfare Society

3. Year of establishment: 2008

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Mohd.ZubairShamsi

6. Leadership (2012): Mohd.ZubairShamsi

7. Main sector of work: Education (vocational training, elementary education, support for tuition fees, textbooks)

8. Location/Spread of work: Global Social Welfare Society worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in Rampur City of ).

9. Total staff: 6

10. Female staff: 2

11. Muslim staff: 4

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: Mohd. ZubairShamsi Near Suraj Talkies, KhasBagh Road, Rampur 244901, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9412251023, +91 595-2353896

Established in 2008, Global Social Welfare Society worked in Rampur City. Its target group was all socially excluded and underserved groups. Over the years its involvement with the Muslim community had increased, and the specific emphasis was on empowerment of girls. The organization focused on education and vocational skills. It raised resources from private donations, including largely from its own founder-president, Mohd. ZubairShamsi. Despite its limited resources, it ran 17 vocational centres, where girls received training in sewing, embroidery, painting and fashion design. It also encouraged students to pursue their education, and covered their tuition fees and the cost of textbooks.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Gorakhpur Job Information and Training Centre Society

3. Year of establishment: 1990

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Dr. Aziz Ahmad

6. Leadership (2012): Dr. Aziz Ahmad

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (DOT services for tuberculosis treatment) b) Education (training for competitive exams)

8. Location/Spread of work: Gorakhpur Job Information and Training Centre Society worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in 35 neighborhoods of Gorakhpur city).

9. Total staff: 3

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 3

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR9,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Special programme of the Government (DOT scheme for prevention and treatment of tuberculosis)

14. Contact details: Dr. Aziz Ahmad Abu Bazar (Uchwa), Tehsil Sadar, Gorakhpur 273001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415314680

Gorakhpur Job Information and Training Centre Society was founded by Dr Aziz Ahmad in 1990 for the welfare of excluded groups. Initially the organization focused on building capacities of minority communities, especially Muslims, so as to enable them to avail of employment opportunities – it provided career counselling, information on job openings and helped prepare disadvantaged students for competitive examinations for government services. It subsequently shifted focus to health services, and began running a DOT (directly observed treatment) centre for tuberculosis, which caters to all affected patients. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: GrameenYuvaEvamBalVikasParishad

3. Year of establishment: 1991

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Anish Ahmad

6. Leadership (2012): Anish Ahmad

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education) b) Artisans (support to zardozi workers, jute bag weavers)

8. Location/Spread of work: GrameenYuvaEvamBalVikasParishad worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 22 villages of 10 gram panchayats across 1 block of ).

9. Total staff: 5

10. Female staff: 2

11. Muslim staff: 3

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR2,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact Details: Anish Ahmad Village Kasravan, P.O. SemraManarpur, FatehpurDistrict 212672, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 8400408745 [email protected]

GrameenYuvaEvamBalVikasParishad (GYEBVP) worked in rural Fatehpur. Initiated in 1991, it started focused work with the Muslim community after a decade and a half, realizing that Muslims were a significant segment of the disadvantaged andthat very little work was being done with them. The organization worked with women, youth and children on elementary education and public health. It also engaged with artisans of zardozi and jute, facilitating the purchase of raw material at low rates. Additionally, GYEBVP worked with the Government of India’s SarvaShikshaAbhiyan as a resource group for the training of School Management Committees under the Right to Education Act.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: GrameenVikasSanstha (GRAVIS)

3. Year of establishment: 1989

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Prem Pal Tomer

6. Leadership (2012): Prem Pal Tomer

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (HIV/AIDS prevention) b) Urban poverty (slums)

8. Location/Spread of work: GrameenVikasSanstha worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 51 slums across 5 districts, namely, Meerut, Aligarh, , Muzaffarnagar and Baghpat).

9. Total staff: 145

10. Female staff: not available

11. Muslim staff: 76

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR67,76,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Indian Donor Agency c) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: Prem Pal Tomer Mailing Address 1: Village and Post Murlipur, Phoolgarh (Near SSV Inter College), Meerut250001, Uttar Pradesh, India Mailing Address 2: Umang Community Care Centre, 56/5 JagratiVihar (Opp. Heritage Mall), Meerut 250004, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9412105292, +91 121-2421706, +91 121-405937 [email protected]

Set up in 1989. GrameenVikasSanstha (GRAVIS) worked in both rural and urban settings. With a vision to work for the empowerment of women through sustainable livelihoods, health and education, the organization initially engaged with disadvantaged families in general. Over time, it found that the majority of the poor and marginalized were Dalits and Muslims. It thus began to focus on these communities. GrameenVikasSanstha works on urban poverty and health. A major focus areais HIV/AIDs prevention. It worked on this in 51 slums, including ‘red light areas’.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: GuriyaSwayamSeviSansthan

3. Year of establishment: 1993

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Ajeet Singh

6. Leadership (2012): Ajeet Singh

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment (welfare of sex workers) b) Education (balwaadi, NFE for children of sex workers) c) Health (women and child health for sex workers and their children)

8. Location/Spread of work: GuriyaSwayamSeviSanstha worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 6 districts, namely, Mau, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Azamgarh, Jaunpur and Maharajganj).

9. Total staff: 19

10. Female staff: 4

11. Muslim staff: 2

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR39,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: Ajeet Singh, Director S-8/395, Khajuri Colony, , Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9235556060, +91 542-2504253 [email protected] www.guriaindia.org

GuriyaSwayamSeviSansthan had been active since 1993, working for the welfare of women engaged in sex work and their children. The organization’s engagement with the Muslim community was only through this lens, and it did not work on other issues concerning the Muslim minority. Guriya reached out to sex workers through itsbalwadis and non-formal education (NFE) centres. At the balwadis children between the ages of 3 and 5 learned through play, in preparation for entry into mainstream schools, and the organization tried to ensure that children of sex workers mingled with others and did not grow up isolated. The NFE centres catered to children who were unable to attend formal schools. These education centres also served as places where women and children could get legal and medical help – including STDs/HIV-AIDS awareness, medical or legal referrals and a weekly visit by a doctor. The organization promoted rehabilitation of women in sex work and their children, strived to put an end to child prostitution and second-generation sex work, and to minimize trafficking and retrafficking.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Human Welfare Association

3. Year of establishment: 1991

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Dr.Rajnikant, OmkarNath, Dr.TriptaPandey, Mast Ram

6. Leadership (2012): Dr.Rajnikant

7. Main sectors of work: a) Workers’ rights (handloom weavers) b) Economic empowerment (institutional support and recognition of handloom as a craft) c) Education (non-formal education, Madrasas) a) Location/Spread of work: Human Welfare Association worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (with focused intervention in 5 blocks, namely Chiraigaon, Cholapur, KashiVidyapeeth, Araziline and Sevapuri of , 1 block of and 1 block (Rajgarh) in . The organization’s advocacy campaigns covered a larger area:the districts of Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Chandauli, Mau, Ghazipur, Baliya, Sonebhadra, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Basti, Deoraia, Maharajganj, Shrawasti, Raebareli, Barabanki, Amethi andPratapgarh). b) Total staff: 118 c) Female staff: 78 d) Muslim staff: 31 e) Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 75,00,000 (approx.) f) Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Indian Corporate Donor c) Foreign Donor g) Contact details: Dr.Rajnikant S15/116-2AC, Mawaiya (behind SBI), , Varanasi221007, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415304759, +91 542-2581304 [email protected] www.hwavaranasi.org

Human Welfare Association (HWA) began working for women’s development in Varanasi District in 1991. Finding that weavers formed a large section of the poor, and were disadvantaged in many ways, it gradually widened its target group from only women to the weaver community as a whole. Weavers in Varanasi and several neighbouring districts are predominantly Muslim; there is also a small proportion of Dalits. HWA worked with both groups. It believed that both occupation and community identity played a role in increasing vulnerability. With that perspective, it worked in a focused manner with the weaver community in several districts. It sought institutional recognition of rights of weavers, including intellectual property rights over their craft, securing handloom weaver cards and identification (quality) mark for handloom products. Simultaneously, the organization engaged with other development needs of women and children from the weaver community. HWA had helped establish schools or non-formal education centres and madrasas for children, as well as SHGs for women’s economic empowerment. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Humsafar

3. Year of establishment: 2003

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Abhijit Das, ArundhatiDhuru, JashodharaDasgupta, ShahiraNaim, Nishi Mehrotra, Satish Kumar Singh

6. Leadership (2012): Mamta Singh

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s issues (violence against women) b) Advocacy (gender-based violence)

8. Location/Spread of work: Humsafar worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in 49 localities, including in28 educational institutions in Lucknow City in ).

9. Total staff: 6

10. Female staff: 6

11. Muslim staff: 0

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR15,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: Mamta Singh 27 New Berry Road (Near Times of India), Lucknow226001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9450642546, +91 522-2205215, +91 522-4062119 [email protected], [email protected] www.humsafarindia.org

Humsafar worked in Lucknow city with survivors of gender-based violence and the wider community. As a crisis response centre, it provided support to women facing violence of any kind. Simultaneously, it worked with different segments of society to ensure such women couldreintegrate into society – in their own homes and neighbourhoods. It did this through its PEACE initiative (Public Education Advocacy through Community Extension). This had a multi-pronged approach: community level (in 49 neighbourhoods of Lucknow city); university / college / school level (in 28 schools and university departments); and through Mitra Mandali (which had youth and professionals as volunteers who provided help and support to survivors of violence). Under PEACE the organization tried to sensitize the community on issues of gender, discrimination etc. As an extension of its community work, Humsafar had also created monitoring committees in localities with residents of the area, and facilitated dialogue between these committees and the local police stations. Another collaborative effort was networking with institutions which provided vocational training to women – an important tool in making women feel less dependent and powerless. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: I.G. Khan Memorial Trust

3. Year of establishment: 2003

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: I.M.G. Khan, TalatAdeeb, Rashid Ghani Khan, SameenAdeeb, Taran Khan, RaziaHussain

6. Leadership (2012): Dr.Zulfia Khan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Urban poverty (rights of rickshaw-pullers) b) Education (elementary education for children of rickshaw-pullers)

8. Location/Spread of work: I.G.Khan Memorial Trust worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in 7 wards of Aligarh City in Aligarh District).

9. Total staff: 1

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 1

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR3,50,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: Dr.Zulfia Khan Samanzaar, LalBahadurShastriMarg, Civil Lines, Aligarh202002, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9867790610, +91 571-2706653 [email protected], [email protected] www.igkhan.org

Established in 2003 by friends and family in memory of the late IqbalGhani Khan who taught at Aligarh Muslim University, the I.G. Khan Memorial Trust worked on issues that were close to his heart. He had organised a union of rickshaw-pullers, with whom he worked on a range of welfare and political issues. The Trust continued this association, working with the Janwadi Rickshaw Chalak Union, supporting them with legal assistance, soft loans and medical aid, and helping their children get through school. While a majority of this target group was Muslim, the organization’s work was not restricted to members of any one community. The Trust also attempted to encourage dialogue and debate around ideas of social justice and action in the community at Aligarh Muslim University. It organised an annual I.G. Khan Memorial Lecture delivered by eminent people from all walks of life. In addition, it was involved with welfare activities, such as providing financial assistance to needy patients and building a shelter for their attendants at the JawaharLal Medical College in Aligarh Muslim University.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: India Al Khair Foundation

3. Year of establishment: 1998

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Vakil Ahmad Ansari

6. Leadership (2012): Dr.AkhtarSaeed Ansari

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (ambulance service, mobile clinics, charitable clinic) b) Education (library and research centre)

8. Location/Spread of work: India Al Khair Foundation worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in Jaunpur District).

9. Total staff: 4

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 3

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR3,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Community-funded Zakat: Indian b) Community-funded Zakat: NRI c) Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: Dr.AkhtarSaeed Ansari, Director India Al Khair Foundation, Darush-Shifa, ShahiQila Gate, Jaunpur 222001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 5452-243374, +919415257046 [email protected], [email protected]

India Al Khair Foundation provided charitable health services in Jaunpur town. Established by Vakil Ahmad Ansari, the organization was engaged in providing non-profit medical services to marginalized groups. It ran an ambulance service with 2 vehicles which charged nominal fees for their services. It conducted mobile clinics which dispensed free medication. Since 2010 it had started a charitable clinic which offered allopathic and homeopathic treatment.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Islamic Youth Organisation

3. Year of establishment: 1970

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Iqbal Ahmad, Misbah-Uddin, Saleemi-Ul-Bari, Sajid-Ul-Haque

6. Leadership (2012): SaleemMehmood

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (distributing textbooks to poor students) b) Access to basic services (monitoring public health services)

8. Location/Spread of work: Islamic Youth Organization worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in 42 wards of Rampur City in Rampur District).

9. Total volunteers: not available

10. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,00,000 (approx.)

11. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

12. Contact details: Noman Khan 44 LalaMiyanEstate, Domahala Road, Rampur 244901, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9897220005

Islamic Youth Organisation had been working in Rampur since 1970. Supported through individual and private donations alone, the organization functioned with small resources. It distributed textbooks among poor students and monitored patient service delivery at hospitals. In cases of complaints, it helped poor patients in accessing services. When resources permitted, it distributedfood items such as fruit to patients at the government hospital. A unique service it provided was disposing of unclaimed dead bodies – for which even the police contacted the organization for help. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Jan KalyanShikshanPrashikshanSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 1998

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: TabassumNaz

6. Leadership (2012): TabassumNaz

7. Main sectors of work: a) Livelihood (SHGs, skill development) b) Women’s issues (raising awareness on women’s rights, sex selection)

8. Location/Spread of work: Jan KalyanShikshanPrashikshanSamiti worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 17 blocks of 7 districts, namely,Pilibhit, Shahjehanpur, Lakhimpur, Unnao, Badaun, Barabanki and Lucknow).

9. Total staff: 6

10. Female staff: 2

11. Muslim staff: 4

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR8,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Self-sustaining activities

14. Contact details: TabassumNaz 121 Dalchand, Near Ayurvedic College, Pilibhit 262001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9719527397 [email protected]

Jan KalyanShikshanPrashikshanSamiti (JKSPS), was founded by TabassumNaz in 1998, and continued to function under her leadership. The organization focused on the education and empowerment of disadvantaged women from all communities, including Muslims. JKSPS viewed livelihood-promotion as an important tool of empowerment, and hadmobilized more than 5000 women into SHGs, through which it provided skill development and market linkages. Some of these groups were able to generate revenue through the export market. The organization had also created close to 90 kisan (farmers’) clubs, which dealt with agriculture-related issues. In addition to direct field activities, JKSPS also worked to raise awareness through camps on a range of women’s rights issues, including sex-selective abortion and literacy. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Life Care Sanstha

3. Year of establishment: 2005

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Asif Khan

6. Leadership (2012): Asif Khan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (awareness, health camps, access to health services) b) Education (elementary education, adult literacy, vocational training)

8. Location/Spread of work: Life Care Sanstha worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 12 wards in Muzaffarnagar City, and in 30 villages spread across 3 blocks of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts).

9. Total staff: 18

10. Female staff: 8

11. Muslim staff: 15

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR2,50,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: Asif Khan 444 North Laddawala, Gali No. 15, Muzaffarnagar 251002, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9359169052 [email protected]

Health was the main focus of Life Care Sanstha (LCS), a small, relatively new organization working with the Muslim and Dalit communities in the neglected, socio-economically backward Muzaffarnagar and Shamli Districts of Uttar Pradesh. Muzaffarnagar had been identified by the Ministry of Minority Affairs as a Minority Concentration District (MCD) – with a high minority population and low development indicators. Although a high-risk zone for polio, the region had inadequate health facilities. Health indicators especially among Muslims were poor. LCS ran health camps and immunization drives to deliver health services including vaccination, free medicines and information about seasonal disease treatment. It also raised awareness of health rights and issues through camps and meetings with community members. Keeping the long-term development of the community in mind, the organization had taken up several education interventions for children and women – monitoring the government school system, special classes for children of the area’s nomadic community, adult literacy classes and vocational training for women. It had a young, educated leadership, and a group of local women volunteers.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: LokAbhiyan

3. Year of establishment: 2004

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Prof.Radhey Mohan Misra, Dr. Aziz Ahmad, Mohd.Azam Khan, Syed Akhtar Ali, MahboobSayeed, Dr. Chandra BhushanAnkur, Dr.SurheetaKareen, AnantAgarwal

6. Leadership (2012): Syed Akhtar Ali

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education, vocational training for families of handloom weavers) b) Livelihood (SHGs for women from the weaver community)

8. Location/Spread of work: LokAbhiyan worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in Rasoolpur locality of Gorakhpur City in ).

9. Total staff: 3

10. Female staff: 3

11. Muslim staff: 3

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR2,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Individual / Family/ Private donations b) Others: PoorvanchalGrameen Bank

14. Contact details: Akhtar Ali C-154/96 Khoonipur, Gorakhpur 273001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9839139692 [email protected] www.lokabhiyan.org

LokAbhiyan worked in Rasoolpur, a congested locality in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur City. It had a focused agenda: providing education to the children of the largely Muslim and Dalit weaver community that constituted the majority of the area’s population. It chose Rasoolpur because the area had been deeply affected by the decline of Gorakhpur’s handloom industry. Economically backward and neglected, it lacked education and health services. Poverty and lack of access to schools had triggered high dropout rates and incidence of child labour. The organization had kept the issues of the weaver community in mind in devising its educational strategy. It ran a small school – the Vikas Primary School - which had classes from kindergarten to Class 5. The vision was to bring children in to the education net before they could be drawn into the workforce to supplement family income. LokAbhiyan also worked with women, helping them to form SHGs, running vocational training courses and organising workshops and discussions on gender and discrimination. Staffed only by 3 local Muslim women – the teachers of Vikas Primary – with daily affairs handled by the Secretary, the organization had no big grants. But throughthe goodwill and support of the local community it was in the process of constructing a school building. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: LokSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 1994

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: NandLal Master

6. Leadership (2012): NandLal Master

7. Main sectors of work: a) Rural development (rights of agricultural labourers, weavers, MGNREGA) b) Education (elementary education) c) Access to basic services

8. Location/Spread of work: LokSamiti worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 50 gram panchayats of Araji Line Block in Varanasi District).

9. Total staff: 25

10. Female staff: 15

11. Muslim staff: 3

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR18,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor c) Individual / Family/ Private donations d) Self-sustaining activities

14. Contact details: NandLal Master Village Nagepur, Post , Varanasi District 221307, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415300520 [email protected] www.loksamiti.org

LokSamiti took inspiration from thinkers and leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, VinobaBhave, Jayaprakash Narayan and BhimraoAmbedkar. The organisation, based on the idea of ‘development of the community by the community’, worked for the empowerment of women and marginalized communities such as Dalits and Muslims. A major part of its work was organising and empowering agricultural labourers into a workers’ union to access basic rights. LokSamiti worked on rural development, including implementation of the MGNREGA, elementary education, women’s empowerment, democratic participation, women and child health and access to government services. Among one of their demands was that dastkari and weaving be included in the sanctioned list of MGNREGA work. Following the Gujarat violence of 2002, the LokSamiti team did voluntary relief work there and were deeply affected by what they saw. The organisation recognised the connection between peace and development, and began a focussed engagement with the Muslim community – tryingto get Muslim weavers into the MGNREGA net, and involving the Muslim community, both men and women, in the workers’ union.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: MAAN Aids Foundation

3. Year of establishment: 2005

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: ArifJafar, R.P. Jain, Imraan Khan, AadilRasheed

6. Leadership (2012): ArifAneesJafar

7. Main sectors of work: a) Advocacy (rights of MSMs) b) Health (clinics, sexual health services) c) Education (literacy)

8. Location/Spread of work: MAAN Aids Foundation was an advocacy-based organization, working through its partners in 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh and in 9 other states, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

9. Total staff: 28

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 5

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,00,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: ArifJafar 2B Rajshri Apartments, 11 B Dalibagh, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India Tel: +91 522-2204369, +91 522-2205269, +91 9415206969, +91 9838506969 Fax: +91 522-2206169 [email protected] www.maan-foundation.org

Though working since 1990, the MAAN Aids Foundation emerged as a formal entity in 2005. The Foundation worked on the sensitive issue of diverse sexualities and the MSM (men having sex with men) community. The organization, guided by a vision of society where people of diverse sexualities lived with social justice, equality, health and well-being, did direct work with the MSM community. About 40% of those it reached out to were Muslim. Working through partner organizations in 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh, MAAN built capacities of MSM networks, groups and organizations to provide support and deliver sexual health services. The organization acted as a support group, provided direct health services and conducted literacy and vocational classes. In addition, its outreach programme attempted to build a sensitive environment among families and the wider community to fight discrimination and stigmatization based on sexual orientation. MAAN Aids Foundation was associated with other organizations working on similar issues, such as NAAZ Foundation, South Asia MSM and AIDS Network (SAMAN) and the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM). 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: MadhubanSewaSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 2005

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Azma Aziz

6. Leadership (2012): Azma Aziz

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education) b) Livelihoods (vocational training)

8. Location/Spread of work: MadhubanSewaSamiti worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 5 districts, namely, Fatehpur, Kannauj, Farukkhabad, Hamirpur and Unnao, covering 9 villages of 4 rural blocks, as well as 12 urban wards).

9. Total staff: 35

10. Female staff: 34

11. Muslim staff: 9 (all women)

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR9,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government

14. Contact details: Azma Aziz 145 NappiHata, Hariharganj, Fatehpur 212601, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415494369, +91 7499616228 [email protected], [email protected]

In its initial years, Madhuban Sewa Samiti (MSS) focused its efforts primarily on the Muslim community, which it saw as having been left out of the developmental discourse. The organization perceived illiteracy as the main reason for the condition of the community. And so its core programme was the promotion of education among Muslim children. Gradually, however, MSS expanded its work to all communities, but it retained it focus on primary education. Strengthening livelihoods was the Samiti’s other work area – itprovided vocational training for women in skills like sculpting and as beauticians.MSS also ran a bridge course centre with 26 girls (14-18 years, all Muslim) who had never attended school. The aim was to connect them to formal education through the centre.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: ManavVikasSevaSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 2000

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: SaleemBaig, Ata-Ur-RehmanBaig, Mirza Akbar Baig, NaimMirza, IqbalHussainQureshi, Premlata, Shakila

6. Leadership (2012): SaleemBaig

7. Main sectors of work: a) Monitoring &advocacy on minority development (using RTI and public interest litigations) b) Disseminating information about minority welfare schemes c) Training RTI activists

8. Location/Spread of work: ManavVikasSevaSamiti was an advocacy-based organization working in Uttar Pradesh with special focus on the Minority Concentration Districts in the State (as identified by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, GOI) including Moradabad, where the organization was based.

9. Total staff: 5

10. Female staff: 3

11. Muslim staff: 4

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR2,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Community-funded Zakat: Indian b) Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: SaleemBaig ManavVikasSevaSamiti, Bhojpur, District Moradabad 244402, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9411269101, +919452016503 [email protected], [email protected]

ManavVikasSevaSamiti (MVSS), based in Moradabad, worked across Uttar Pradesh, with special focus on 21 districts in Uttar Pradesh with high Muslim concentration. The organization’s core agenda was justice and rights for the poor and marginalized, including Dalits and minorities, though over the years it had sharpened its focus on rights of the Muslim community, which MVSS saw as particularly disadvantaged and underserved. MVSS worked through advocacy and had used the Right to Information (RTI) and Public Interest Litigation as tools to demand information and service delivery from the State. Using RTI applications, the organisation had tried to track implementation of welfare schemes for Muslims, and monitor expenditure under the Multi- sectoral Development Programme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, which was operating in identified Minority Concentration Districts. The Samiti also looked at the implementation of the Kasturba Gandhi Ballika Vidyalaya scheme, the PM’s 15 Point Programme, and with proper use of Waqf properties using RTI as a tool. It conducted training and workshops to disseminate information about minority welfare schemes and was preparingyouth as RTI activists.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Mijwan Welfare Society

3. Year of establishment: 1993

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: KaifiAzmi

6. Leadership (2012): ShaukatAzmi (President), ShabanaAzmi (Chief Patron), NamrataGoyal (Youth President)

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education, higher education, vocational training, including computer education) b) Livelihood (skill development, marketing, income-generation for women and girls)

8. Location/Spread of work: Mijwan Welfare Society worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 5 districts, namely Azamgarh, Unnao, Ghazipur, Varanasi and Mirzapur).

9. Total staff: 28

10. Female staff: 10

11. Muslim staff: 11

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR20,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Individual / Family/ Private donations c) Self-sustaining activities

14. Contact details: RiyasatHussain, Secretary FatehManzil, Village and Post Mijwan, Phulpur, Azamgarh 276304, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415656474, +91 546-0230248, +91 546-0231270 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] www.mijwan.org

Founded in 1993, by noted poet Kaifi Azmi, Mijwan Welfare Society (MWS) was a grassroots organisation based in Phulpur Tehsil in , working for the development of rural communities. Based in the village where Azmi was born, MWS was steered by his daughter Shabana Azmi and Namrata Goyal,its youth president,who had continued with Kaifi Azmi’s vision of contributing to the development of rural India. The organization’s focus was on the overall development of Mijwan village, and the empowerment of women, from all excluded and disadvantaged groups, including Muslims, from both Azamgarh and surrounding districts. Several educational institutions were run under the auspices of MWS, including the Kaifi Azmi High School for Girls, Kaifi Azmi Inter College for Girls, the Kaifi Azmi Computer Training Centre and the Kaifi Azmi Sewing and Tailoring Center. Through the sewing and tailoring centre, the organisation was working on building craft skills among women and girls from Mijwan and surrounding villages. These crafts skills were honed and shaped by leading designers into products promoted by prominent members of the film and fashion fraternities.Leading fashion designers Manish Malhotra and Anita Dongre had been associated with MWS since 2009. Actor Ranbir Kapoor was the Goodwill Ambassador of MWS. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO : Muslim Fund Najibabad

3. Year of establishment: 1971

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: JamiatUlama-i-Hind (Najibabad unit)

6. Leadership (2012): IzfarulHaqueZaki

7. Main sectors of work: a) Livelihood (microfinance through non-formal banking services) b) Education (establishment of ITI and Schools) c) Health (Health camps) d) Communal harmony

8. Location/Spread of work: Muslim Fund Najibabad worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 8 districts, namely,Bijnor, JyotibaPhule Nagar, Saharanpur, Ghaziabad, Udham Singh Nagar, Moradabad, Lucknow and Aligarh, including 42 towns and cities). They also worked in several other States.

9. Total staff: 300

10. Female staff: 4

11. Muslim staff: 300

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,29,41,308 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Donations b) Self-sustaining activities

14. Contact details: IzfarulHaqueZaki Muslim Fund Building, Mohalla Rampur, Najibabad, BijnorDistrict 246763, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 1342-221050, [email protected]

With the mission of providing affordable credit and finance to downtrodden sections of society irrespective of creed, caste or religion, Muslim Fund Najibabad worked in large parts of Uttar Pradesh, as well as a few other States. Muslim Fund Najibabad was established in 1971 as a Society; the organization had in time grown to a total of 42 branches at different locations. It hadcome up with solutions it believed appropriate to its target group, such as secured loans at a minimum service charge. The majority of depositors were women, and loans ranged between Rs 5,000 and Rs 25,000.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Nalanda

3. Year of establishment: 1996

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: BiswajitSen, PrabhatJha

6. Leadership (2012): PrabhatJha

7. Main sectors of work: a. Education (madrasas, elementary education, non-formal education) b. Advocacy (elementary education for the socially excluded) c. Capacity-building of NGOs and madrasas (in creative pedagogy)

8. Location/Spread of work: Nalanda worked in rural areas in 4 districts of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. In Uttar Pradesh the group worked in 21 blocks of 3 districts -Sitapur, Bahraich and Barabanki.

9. Total staff: 167* *Staff details are for both states combined

10. Female staff: 79

11. Muslim staff: 35

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 2,77,22,863 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a. Indian Corporate Donor b. Foreign donor

14. Contact details: PrabhatJha B-1/84, Sector-B, Aliganj, Lucknow 226024 Uttar Pradesh, India +91 522-2329751, +91 522-4028035 [email protected] www.nalandaindia.org

Nalanda was initiated in 1996, to promote quality basic education in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. In 2001, at a fortuitous meeting at a training session, Prabhat Jha, a founder and executive director of Nalanda, met a young woman teaching at a madrasa in . This turned out to be the first step for the start of Nalanda’s Madrasa-Maqtabprogramme. The programme introducedmudarris (teachers) of maqtabs and madrasas to creative classroom pedagogy – joyfuland interactive learning – usingthe existing State textbooks. They did not venture into what might be considered more contentious terrains – ofoverall content, gender, identity or religious education. Nalanda had, from the beginning, involved the madrasa management committees in the programme, and their support had been crucial to the success of the initiative. Since 2001 Nalanda had provided capacity-building training to over 1134 mudarris of 472 maqtabs and madrasas functioning in 21 blocks across 3 districts. In 2006, after an appraisal of ongoing interventions, Nalanda also started alternative schooling centres in Muslim-dominated areas to promote primary education among girls. Through these centres it provided a bridge course to girls aged 7-14 years and then helped them enter mainstream schools. They wererunning 145 centres in Uttar Pradesh with more than 3500 girls of which 70% were from the Muslim community.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: NariChetnaSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 2001

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Munni Begum

6. Leadership (2012): Munni Begum

7. Main sectors of work: a) Advocacy and awareness generation (law, health, education) b) Access to government schemes (MGNREGA, NRHM)

8. Location/Spread of work: NariChetnaSamiti worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 5 gram panchayats of Maharajganj Block of Jaunpur District).

9. Total staff: 3

10. Female staff: 2

11. Muslim staff: 2

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR45,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Individual / Family/ Private donations b) Fellowships

14. Contact details: Munni Begum Lohinda, Maharajganj, Jaunpur 221124, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9919167712, +91 5343-264412 [email protected]

NariChetnaSamiti did awareness-generation and advocacy work in Jaunpur District of Uttar Pradesh. Established by an all-women’s group, and run by one of its founders, Munni Begum, the organization worked mostly with poor, disadvantaged and single women. A majority of them hailed from the Dalit and Muslim communities. The organization did advocacy and helped women and other disadvantaged groups access entitlements and government schemes, such as health services, under the National Rural Health Mission and employment under the MGNREGA. It also conductedtraining with communities to raise awareness on issues related to health, education and law (including on Muslim personal law). 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Nav Bharat SamajKalyanSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 1988

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: RehanaRehman, HabiburRehman Sunny

6. Leadership (2012): RehanaRehman

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education) b) Livelihoods (vocational training)

8. Location/Spread of work: NavBharat SamajKalyanSamiti worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 10 gram panchayats across 8 blocks of Moradabad and Bijnor districts).

9. Total staff: 40

10. Female staff: 17

11. Muslim staff: 10

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 20,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: RehanaRehman Head office: Rehman Nagar, Bahpur Post Faredi, Moradabad 244001, Uttar Pradesh, India Address 2: Nav Bharat SamajKalyanSamiti (TI Office), Hotel New Castle, Opp. Commissioner Office (near Kutchery Campus), Moradabad, U.P. Tel: +91 9997352403, +91 9358640190, +91 5921-295176, Fax: +91 5921-440330 [email protected] www.nbsks.org

Nav Bharat SamajKalyanSamiti (NBSKS) worked in Moradabad and Bijnor districts for the development of a range of disadvantaged groups including OBC, Dalit, Muslim and a community that specializes in equine breeding. About half of those it reached were Muslim. The organization focused on education and livelihood-strengthening programmes. NBSKS worked with children who had dropped out of the schooling system, and ran 5 vocational training centres for women where it conducted several courses, including in sewing, embroidery and beautician training. NBSKS also worked on issues of HIV/AIDS & leprosy in , organizing camps for its detection, linking patients to hospitals for proper medical treatment and raising awareness in the community about these diseases. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: NavBhartiyaNariVikasSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 1993

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Khaliqunnisa, Nazneen, Shamima Begum

6. Leadership (2012): Ajhar Ali

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s issues (drop-in centre for women facing violence) b) Child rights (childline and short-stay home for children) c) Livelihoods (promoting carpet-weaving and tailoring) d) Health for all e) Right to water

8. Location/Spread of work: NavBhartiyaNariVikasSamiti worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in Ballia, Mau, Ghazipur and Gorakhpur districts). It also worked in Bihar.

9. Total staff: 35

10. Female staff: 9

11. Muslim staff: 10

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR30,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Foreign Donor c) Individual/Familly/Private donations

14. Contact details: Ajhar Ali Village and Post Baheri, District Baliya277001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9450777864, +91 5498-220118, 220141 [email protected], [email protected]

NavBhartiyaNariVikasSamiti (NBNVS) worked for equality in development, largely with the Muslim community, but also with other marginalized groups especially Dalits. Among the organization’s key concerns were developing leadership capacities among Muslim women. NBNVS responded at different levels to women’s concerns, including livelihood concerns and issues of violence against women. For women facing violence the organization had a drop-in centre, and for children, it ran a childline and a short- stay children’s shelter home. The Samiti promoted education among girls and ran livelihood programmes to expand opportunities and create market linkages for women engaged in tailoring and carpet weaving.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Network of Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (NEED)

3. Year of establishment: 1995

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Anil Singh, Vijay Kumar

6. Leadership (2012): Anil Singh

7. Main sectors of work: a) Livelihoods for artisans (chikankari, zardozi workers) b) Livelihoods (SHGs)

8. Location/Spread of work: NEED worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 22 districts,among which were districts of Lucknow, Sitapur, Raebareli, Sultanpur, Ballia, Barabanki, Sonebhadra,Hardoi and Ghazipur). It also worked in Bihar.

9. Total staff: 280 *

10. Female staff: 117

11. Muslim staff: 37

* all staff details are for both UP and Bihar

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR46,00,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Foreign Donor

14. Contact Details: Anil Singh 39 Neel Vihar, near 14-Sector Power House, Indira Nagar, Lucknow 226016, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 522-2712671, +91 522-2712311 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] www.indianeed.org

The Lucknow-based Network of Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (NEED) had been working for the development of marginalized communities since 1995. The organization’s initial work revolved around the problems of sanitation, nutrition and clean drinking water. At that time the organization worked more with men, and was engaged with various disadvantaged groups. In time NEED’s programme focus had shifted, and it began working primarily with Muslim chikankariand zardozi artisans, and within these groups, with women. The organization sought to make these artisans economically self-reliant. It had a strong base in the artisan community, and was in the process of establishing a Rural Minority Producer Private Limited company to promote zardozi and chikankari work.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Nizami Student Welfare Club

3. Year of establishment: 1997

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: JavedNizami

6. Leadership (2012): JavedNizami

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (extra-curricular activities, English-speaking camps) b) Health (health camps)

8. Location/Spread of work: Nizami Student Welfare Club worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in Rampur City in Rampur District).

9. Total volunteers: 69

10. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR45,000 (approx.)

11. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

12. Contact details: JavedNizami H. No. 48 AkharaMalli Khan, Nala Par, Rampur 244901, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9719378001 [email protected]

Founded in 1997, the NizamiStudent Welfare Club (NSWC) was run by its founder, JavedNizami. The organization had one core goal: promoting education among young students in Rampur. Though the students hailed from various communities, a majority of those that the Club reachedwereMuslim. The organization tried to motivate students and provide opportunities for extra-curricular activity; it conducted modules on morality and personality development. NSWC also organized health camps and monitored the nutritional status of children. During the annual summer break in schools, the organization conducted English-language camps. Many of the young people attending these courses had gone on to secure gainful employment. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: ParchamSanstha

3. Year of establishment: 1999

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Dr.QudsiaAnjum, RafatFerzana, UroojAmjad

6. Leadership (2012): Dr.QudsiaAnjum

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (vocational training & school education) b) Advocacy (women’s education, violence against women) c) Communal harmony d) Citizenship rights of Muslims

8. Location/Spread of work: ParchamSanstha worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 8 blocks of Saharanpur District).

9. Total staff: 9

10. Female staff: 8

11. Muslim staff: 8

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR5,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: Dr.QudsiaAnjum Parcham, 11/70, PakkaBagh, Saharanpur247001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9837378699, +91 132-2645442 [email protected], [email protected]

Working in Saharanpur since 1999, ParchamSanstha was governed by an all-Muslim board of 11 persons, of whom 10 were women. It worked under the leadership of one of its founders, Dr.QudsiaAnjum. The organization worked on women’s empowerment, with special focus on the Muslim community. Parcham’sprogramme focused on education, development and environmental awareness. It engaged with all groups – men, women, children, senior citizens – to promote a violence-free society for women. It provided capacity-building and vocational training, especially for girls. The organization also did advocacy on women’s rights and violence against women, and motivated parents of children who had dropped out of school to send them to school again. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Parvaaz Foundation

3. Year of establishment: 1998

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Tariq Khan, Masood Ahmad, Naieem Ahmad, Mujtaba Khan, EjazFarooqui

6. Leadership (2012): Tariq Khan, Mujtaba Khan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (scholarships - from elementary education to higher and professional education for needy Muslim children) b) Facilitating implementation of Government schemes/scholarships for minorities c) Creating awareness among Muslim community on relevant issues

8. Location/Spread of work: Parvaaz Foundation worked in urban Uttar Pradesh (in Lucknow City).

9. Total volunteers: Not available

10. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR13,50,000 (approx.)

11. Sources of funding: a) Community-funded Zakat: Indian b) Community-funded Zakat: NRI c) Individual / Family/ Private donations

12. Contact details: Tariq Khan 4th Floor (above Bank of India), 1-Naval Kishore Road, Hazratganj, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9838201020, +91 522-4041141, +91 522-4041142 [email protected]

Founded by Tariq Khan, AijazFarooquiand other like-minded people,Parvaaz Foundation worked in Lucknow. With the conviction that education is crucial to the development of the community, the Foundation worked to promote literacy and education among disadvantaged Muslims. It provided scholarships to children from needy families to enable them to continue their education. The assistance that Parvaaz provided was for all levels of education – from primary schooling to higher education, including professional education and vocational training. The organization received financial support from private donations and from community Zakat contributions, both locally and from abroad. Parvaaz’sprogrammewas run entirely by volunteers.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: ParvazSamajikSansthan

3. Year of establishment: 2009

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: ShahinParveen, JahnaviTiwari, Roma, RajniTilak, Naseem Khan, Naseema, SusheelaRana

6. Leadership (2012): ShahinParveen

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment (building leadership among Muslim girls) b) Advocacy (violence against women) c) Access to government services (ration card, MGNREGA, scholarships, voter ID cards)

8. Location/Spread of work: ParvazSamajikSansthan worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 22 urban wards and 10 villages of Saharanpur District).

9. Total staff: 7

10. Female staff: 7

11. Muslim staff: 4

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,74,500 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Fellowship

14. Contact details: ShahinParveen, President Tehsil Behet, Phool Colony, Near Petrol Pump, District Saharanpur 247121, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9720042321, +91 9997324172 [email protected]

ParvazSamajikSansthan (PSS) worked in rural and urban areas of Saharanpur. Though working with all disadvantaged groups, its main focus was on poor Muslims. The organization’s primary goal was to create an environment where women could live free from violence and exploitation. At the advocacy level PSS worked on the issue of violence against women, especially on domestic violence. The organization’s direct programmes focused on women and girls, building their leadership capacities. PSS also helped them to access scholarships and other government schemes and entitlements, including employment under MGNREGA and procuring ration cards and voter identity cards.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Pasmanda Front

3. Year of establishment: 2001

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Shamim Ansari

6. Leadership (2012): ZahidTajIdreesi

7. Main sector of work:Advocacy (rights of Dalits, Pasmanda Muslims and OBCs)

8. Location/Spread of work: Pasmanda Front was an advocacy-based organization working across Uttar Pradesh. It also worked in Rajasthan, Delhi and Bihar.

9. Total staff: 4

10. Female staff: 1

11. Muslim staff: 2

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: Not available

13. Sources of funding:Individual/Family/Private donations

14. Contact details: Shamim Ansari ImambaraAnsariyan, Chandpur, Bijnor 246725, Uttar Pradesh, India +919582944344, +91 9899193867

Pasmanda Front had been working since 2001, with a presence across the state of Uttar Pradesh, as well as in Delhi, Rajasthan and Bihar. It worked with the Muslim community, with a special focus on the socially excluded and disadvantaged groups within it. The organization did advocacy for increased reservation in education and public employment, and sought greater political representation of Pasmanda Muslims. Simultaneously, the Pasmanda Front worked to create greater awareness in the Pasmanda community itself, encouraging people to demand rights and participate in democratic and developmental processes. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: PehchanSamajikSanstha

3. Year of establishment: 2009

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Rashid Aarfi, Habiba, Nazma, Mohd. Shoaib, Asif, Vijay Bahuguna, Nirmala Devi

6. Leadership (2012): Nazma

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education, vocational training) b) Women’s empowerment

8. Location/Spread of work:PehchanSamajikSanstha worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 4 villages of 2 gram panchayats located in 1 block of Saharanpur District). It also worked in Uttarakhand(in 5 villages of 3 gram panchayats).

9. Total staff: 2

10. Female staff: 2

11. Muslim staff: 2

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,75,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Fellowship

14. Contact details: Nazma, Secretary GolGhar, Poanta Road, Chummipur, Village Dhakrani, Post Harbanspur, Dehradun District 248142, Uttarakhand, India +91 9719225516 [email protected]

PehchanSamajikSanstha (PSS) was a relatively young organisation, trying to work with women in rural areas of Saharanpur and Dehradun. It focused on socially excluded women, especially from the Muslim community, who had faced violence and were in need of employment. The organization tried to empower them through building their confidence, giving them skills and encouraging mobility. PSS promoted education and provided vocational training in areas like sewing and computer skills to women and adolescent girls. The organization’s work was on a small scale and it was supported financially through fellowships. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: PragatiMadhyamSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 2003

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Mohammad Haroon, Shahroz Fatima

6. Leadership (2012): Shahroz Fatima

7. Main sectors of work:

a) Access to government schemes (helping women monitor PDS, MGNREGA, anganwadis, primary health services) b) Women’s issues (advocacy on violence against women) c) Local governance (support to women panchayat members)

8. Location/Spread of work: PragatiMadhyamSamiti worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 10 villages and 4 wards spread across 2 blocks and 2 towns of ChitrakootDistrict).

9. Total staff: 2

10. Female staff: 2

11. Muslim staff: 2

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,75,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Fellowships (from Action Aid and Dalit Foundation)

14. Contact details: Shahroz Fatima, Director ParasanTola, Near Imambara, ChowgaliaTrauhan, Karvi, Chitrakoot 210205, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9369283538 [email protected]

Pragati Madhyam Samiti grew out of a group called the SABAQ Manch started by a young woman, Shahroz Fatima, with 30 Muslim girls in her neighborhood in Karvi Block. Headed by Shahroz Fatima, PragatiMadhyamSamiti worked with all marginalized groups, especially women from the Muslim community. The organization strived to empower women and other excluded groups in both rural and urban areas, making them aware of their rights and helping them fight discrimination. It promoted awareness on entitlements and government schemes, and tried to help people monitor and access these schemes and services, including widow pensions, employment under MGNREGA and the functioning of government schools and public health services. The organization also encouraged and tried to build capacities of women elected to local self-government bodies (panchayats). Pragati Madhyam Samiti also partnered in campaigns against domestic violence. The original seed for the Pragati Madhyam Samiti -- the SABAQ Manch – had also continuedto work, and had grown to include 90 girls.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Prayatna Foundation

3. Year of establishment: 2004

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: NaheedAqeel

6. Leadership (2012): NaheedAqeel

7. Main sectors of work: a. Women’s empowerment b. Access to government services c. Livelihood (skill development) d. Advocacy (rights of single women, land rights)

8. Location/Spread of work: Prayatna Foundation worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 81 villages across Malihabad and Banki blocks inthe districts of Lucknow and Barabanki).

9. Total staff: 18

10. Female staff: 11

11. Muslim staff: 8

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 10,25,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a. Foreign Donor b. Indian Corporate Donor

14. Contact details: NaheedAqeel B-1396, Indira Nagar, Lucknow 226016, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 522-4103293, +91 9838783837 [email protected]

Prayatna Foundation, started by its director NaheedAqeel, worked with marginalized communities in some of the most backward areas of Uttar Pradesh, with low development indicators and large Muslim and Dalit populations. The organization worked with both Dalits and Muslims, particularly women, to develop their leadership capacity to access development resources. The organization helped them fight for entitlements in government schemes such as Indira Awaas Yojana and the PDS, and gain access to employment under the MGNREGA. Recognizing that community mobilisation is key to bringing about sustainable change, Prayatna Foundation had helped establish the Dalit Vikas Manch and Muslim Tarakki Afta Manch as platforms to advocate for rights and monitor government programme implementation. Ekal Mahila Manch, another alliance it had formed, brought together 30 civil society groups working on issues of single women and violence against women. The organisation also offeredDalit and Muslim women vocational training in both traditional and non-traditional skills such as beauty care, tailoring, repair of mobile phones, computer skills and videography.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Rampur Information Centre

3. Year of establishment: 2009

4. Not Registered

5. Key founders: Syed Abdullah Tariq, Habeeb Ahmad Shamsi, Mukhtar Khan, Anees Ahmad Khan

6. Leadership (2012): Mukhtar Khan

7. Main sectors of work: a) Information dissemination (on government and non-government schemes and services) b) Disaster relief

8. Location/Spread of work: Rampur Information Centre worked in urban Uttar Pradesh(in 42 wards of Rampur City).

9. Total staff: 1

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 1

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR22,50,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Community-funded Zakat: Indian b) Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: Mukhtar Khan / Anees Khan Bangla Azad Khan, Shams Naved Hall, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 595-2326400, +91 9997798818 (Mukhtar Khan), +91 9359312529 (Anees Khan) [email protected]

The Rampur Information Centre provided access to information. It focused on people from disadvantaged groups, especially the Muslim community, who were often unable to avail of opportunities because of lack of information and guidance. It created awareness about government and non-government schemes and services – suchas monetary assistance from the Prime Minister’s Fund for health, education and other purposes – andhelped the community access them.It also provided relief in times of natural disasters like floods. The organization used its limited resources and connections to facilitate scholarships, loans and other benefits for poor students. Recently a girl supported by the organization was selected for entry into the Indian Police Service. The Rampur Information Centre received financial support in the form of private donations, including local Zakat contributions. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: SaajhiDuniya

3. Year of establishment: 1980

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Dr.RoopRekhaVerma

6. Leadership (2012): Dr.RoopRekhaVerma

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s issues (violence against women) b) Education (elementary education) c) Advocacy (communalism)

8. Location/Spread of work: SaajhiDuniya worked in urban and rural areas of Uttar Pradesh. It also worked at the national level.

9. Total staff: 6

10. Female staff: 6

11. Muslim staff: 3

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR5,00,000-20,00,000 (depending on availability of funds)

13. Sources of funding:Foreign donor

14. Contact details: Dr.RoopRekhaVerma, Secretary B 335, Mahanagar, Gole Market Chauraha, Lucknow 226008, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9335905337, +91 9335905337, +91 55-4070621 [email protected] www.saajhi-duniya.blogspot.com

Initiated as an informal group by the name of Nagrik Dharam Samaj in the late 1980s, Saajhi Duniya, as it later came to be called, was registered in 2004. The organization worked with socially excluded groups, including Muslims, engaging with men, women and children. It was guided by a vision of a secular society where all communities live together in harmony. The other central concern for the organization was the empowerment of women, and it approached this from a rights-based perspective. Saajhi Duniya’s core work area was in rights-based advocacy on issues of education, gender rights and secularism. The organization was known for its consistently strong stand against communal propaganda and communal violence. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Sabla

3. Year of establishment: 1985

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: MeenuTyagi, ParamjitKaur, PradeepMaheshwari, Shubha, RizwanaParveen, VandanaTripathi

6. Leadership (2012): MeenuTyagi

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (coaching, vocational training) b) Livelihood (SHGs)

8. Location/Spread of work: Sabla worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 23 urban slum areas in 1 town and in 60 blocks of 5 districts, namely, Raebareli, Lucknow, Unnao, Kanpur Nagar andRamabai Nagar)

9. Total staff: 64

10. Female staff: 17

11. Muslim staff: 8

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR55,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor Agency

14. Contact details: Shubha (Treasurer) / MeenuTyagi (Secretary) 57 RDA Indira Nagar, Raebareli 229001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415743635, +91 9415173694, +91 535-2202185 [email protected] www.sabla.org.in

Established in 1985, Sabla worked with marginalized groups with a vision of sustainable development, focusing in particular on the status of women. Operating in both rural and urban areas, the organization promoted basic education, health and sustainable use of natural resources. Several of its programmes were centred on livelihoods. The organization formed SHGs for women, and provided them with skills such as sewing,making jute bags, beautician training, namkeen-making and embroidery, which could help them expand livelihood options. Sabla also worked with groups of girls providing supplementary coaching in various subjects like science and mathematics, and encouraged them to continue their education.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: SahbhagiShikshan Kendra

3. Year of establishment: 1990

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Dr.Rajesh Tandon, Ashok Singh, Gaya Prasad Gopal, Dr.BalrajChauhan, Bajrang Singh, Dr.InduSinha, Dr. Yogesh Kumar, Dr.Neelam Singh, Dr. Ajay Kumar, BinoyAcharya, S.P. Jain, Ashok Parira

6. Leadership (2012): Ashok Singh

7. Main sectors of work: a) Institutional support, training and capacity building of civil society organizations(CSOs) b) Education c) Health d) Livelihood e) Rural development f) Democratic participation

8. Location/Spread of work: SahbhagiShikshan Kendra worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 3 urban localities and 120 gram panchayats spread across 5 districts).

9. Total staff: 47

10. Female staff: 12

11. Muslim staff: 7

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,60,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Indian Corporate Donor e) Foreign Donor f) Self-sustaining activities

14. Contact details: Ashok Singh, Director Sahbhagi Road, ChattaMeel, (behind Police Fire Station), Sitapur Road, Lucknow227208, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9453393783, +91 522-6980124 [email protected] www.sahbhagi.org

SahbhagiShikshan Kendra (SSK) was established in 1990 in response to a perceived gap in institutional capacities in the developmental sector in Uttar Pradesh. SSK’s founders felt that while a large number of organizations were engaged in tackling welfare and developmental issues of marginalized groups, there was no corresponding investment in institutional capacities for effective management of programmes.Thus the mandate of the new organization was to provide programme management support in a systematic manner to grassroots organizations. SSK worked in 10 districts of Uttar Pradesh, with a presence in 19 blocks and 9 wards. It was committed to strengthening institutions of local self-governance and enhancing the capacity of civil society organizations. SSK’s programme areas spanned initiatives in education of adolescents (including an innovative scholarship programme to promote education amongst Muslim and Dalit girls), public health (with a focus on woman and child concerns), rural livelihoods, urban poverty, access to government services, disaster preparedness, women’s empowerment and strengthening democratic participation. As a resource organization, SSK had a large outreach in the -speaking belt. Following the Sachar Committee Report, SSK consciously took on projects relating directly to the concerns of marginalized Muslims, with the objective of creating models for its partner organizations. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Sakar

3. Year of establishment: 2005

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: ShilpiAgarwal, Nitika Pant

6. Leadership (2012): ShilpiAgarwal

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s rights (VAW, right to live with dignity & freedom) b) Livelihood (SHGs) c) Education (elementary education) d) Advocacy (Right to Education)

8. Location/Spread of work: Sakar worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 100 villages spread across 5 blocks of ).

9. Total staff: 25

10. Female staff: 13

11. Muslim staff: 7

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR25,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Indian Corporate Donor c) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: ShilpiAgarwal Flat No. 1, First Floor, Galaxy Apartments, Rajendra Nagar, Bareilly 226216, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 8449710679 [email protected]

Working in villages of Bareilly District with marginalized groups like Dalits and Muslims since 2005, Sakar’s primary focus was on women from these communities. The organization formed women into SHGs for enhanced livelihoods. These groups then also functioned as forums for awareness-raising and for women to connect and think collectively. Adolescent girls were organized into separate groups that addressed their specific concerns. The organization worked on the issue of education, campaigning for the right to education and monitoring children’s education in its field area. SAKAR also worked with Muslim women, educating them about their rights in the Quran, raising their voice against triple talaq, equality in mobility, decision-making and equal participation. In addition to addressing violence against women, the focus of SAKAR’s work was women’s right to identity, dignity and security. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: SamudayikKalyanEvamVikasSansthan

3. Year of establishment: 2004

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: ReetaKaushik

6. Leadership (2012): ReetaKaushik

7. Main sectors of work: a) Social exclusion issues (Dalit rights, women’s rights) b) Rights-based campaigns (fact-finding on caste atrocities, documentation, advocacy) c) Education (capacity-building of madrasa students, monitoring of Right to Education) d) Health (maternaland child health)

8. Location/Spread of work: SamudayikKalyanEvamVikasSansthan worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 106 villages spread across 5 blocks of Gorakhpur and Khushinagardistricts).

9. Total staff: 23

10. Female staff: 19

11. Muslim staff: 17

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR27,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Foreign donor

14. Contact details: ReetaKaushik H. No. 99w, New Project Road, Nanda Nagar, Gorakhpur 273008, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9984811903, +91 9838593884, +91 551-6822732 [email protected]

SamudayikKalyanEvamVikasSansthan (SKEVS) had been working under the leadership of ReetaKaushik in Khushinagar and Gorakhpur areas since 2004. The organization had a rights-based approach to development and it worked with several marginalized communities including Dalits, Muslims and women – throughcommunity mobilization, capacity-building, training and collective action. The organization took up human rights issues through fact-finding and documentation of atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Associated with the Dalit Action Group and the Sathi network, SKEVS regularly conducted rights-based campaigns and did advocacy on issues of social exclusion. Other focus areas for SKEVS were health, education and livelihoods. One of its innovative education projects was run in collaboration with the madrasa educational system. Working with children from 10 madrasas, SKEVS prepared them to enter and cope with the demands of the mainstream education system at the upper primary level, after completing madrasa primary education.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: SanatkadaSamajikPahal

3. Year of establishment: 2007

4. Not Registered

5. Key founder: MadhaviKuckreja

6. Leadership (2012): PuneetGoyal, HameedaKhatoon, Nasreen Khan, VandanaVerma

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment (building leadership of Muslim women) b) Promoting art, craft and culture

8. Location/Spread of work: SanatkadaSamajikPahal worked in urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 10 localities of Lucknow City).

9. Total staff: 19

10. Female staff: 14

11. Muslim staff: 14

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR12,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Community-funded Zakat: Indian b) Individual / Family/ Private donations c) Self-sustaining activities d) Other: Consultancy

14. Contact details: MadhaviKuckreja/ HameedaKhatoon 130 J.C. Bose Road, Qaiserbagh, Lucknow226001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415104361, +91 522-4077697, +91 522-4077698, +919473789465 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

SanatkadaSamajikPahal was established by Sanatkada under its corporate social initiative in 2007. Its founder MadhaviKuckreja, with decades of experience in grassroots development work and women-centred initiatives, created through the organisation a platform for work on empowerment and leadership development, along with promotion of crafts and culture. The objective of starting this initiative was to work towards building leadership capacity among Muslim women as the organization felt there was a dearth of Muslim women’s participation in civil society initiatives. Under this initiative, the organization was introducing Muslim women to new media technologies i.e. videography, photography, computer skills and running a blog while simultaneously building their perspective on gender, identity and issues of discrimination. SanatkadaSamajikPahal had opened an information centre to help Muslim women access benefits under various government schemes and programmes particularly related to minority welfare. In addition, they also had a video unit where they made short films and screened them in their own communities under the banner of MohallaFilmistan. In Lucknow City the organisation’s shop by the same name (Sanatkada) was associated with artisans and handcrafted products. Sanatkada supported artisans from different parts of the state and beyond by promoting and marketing their products. Under their SamajikPahal they promoted literature, art, music and films by providing a platform to new as well as veteran artists to showcase their talent.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: SankalpShikshaPrasarSamiti

3. Year of establishment: 1997

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Atul Sharma

6. Leadership (2012): Atul Sharma

7. Main sectors of work: a) Child rights b) Trafficking (women and children) c) Education (elementary education, literacy)

8. Location/Spread of work: SankalpShikshaPrasarSamiti worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh across 7 districts (in 72 gram panchayats in 21 blocks and in 3 urban wards of 2 cities).

9. Total staff: 30

10. Female staff: 15

11. Muslim staff: 6

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 10,79,212(approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) State Government b) Indian Donor Agency

14. Contact details: Atul Sharma F-12 Chetan Medical Complex, Chippi Tank, Meerut250001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9411894235, +91 9761300300, +91 121-4035337 [email protected], [email protected] www.sankalpmeerut.org

Sankalp had been working under the leadership of Atul Sharma since 1997 with a presence in both rural and urban areas across 7 districts of the state. It worked with neglected and vulnerable children, particularly children living on the streets and in ‘red light’ areas. Muslims constituted about half the organization’s target group. Child protection and child rights were its goal – to ensure that every child was safe at home, in school, in the community and had an enabling environment in which to grow and develop. Given the nature and complexity of the issues around vulnerable children, Sankalp’s interventions were multi-dimensional. It worked against trafficking of women and children and was involved in both rescue and rehabilitation. The organization also provided health facilities for women and children and promoted primary education and literacy. Sankalp also engaged with issues of women’s empowerment and urban poverty by promoting alternative livelihoods and strengthening access to government services and civic amenities.

1. State:UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO:Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), Lucknow

3. Year of establishment:1984

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: RunaBannerjee, SehbaHussain, SarlaSahni, QaiserJahan, Ahmed Salman, HameedaHabibullah

6. Leadership (2012): RunaBannerjee

7. Main sectors of work: a) Artisans (chikankari workers) b) Livelihood (skill development, SHGs,marketing)

8. Location/Spread of work: SEWA worked in ruraland urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 8 blocks of 5 districts, including in Lucknow City).

9. Total staff: 59

10. Female staff: 48

11. Muslim staff: 45

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: Not available

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Indian / International Donor Agency

14. Contact details: RunaBannerjee 474 /1KA / 4 Brahm Nagar, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226007, Uttar Pradesh, India Tel: +91 522-2743259, +91 522-2743309 Fax: +91 522-2743309 [email protected], [email protected] www.sewalucknow.org

While the delicate and fine chikan embroidery from Lucknow is well-known, it is less well-known that artisans involved in this laborious art are often underpaid and exploited. SEWA Lucknow, established in 1984, first started work with chikan artisans, who were primarily Muslim women, to address these issues and secure for these highly skilled artisans better wages and working conditions. SEWA Lucknow is known as one of the largest groups working on livelihood issues with women in Uttar Pradesh. Providing women with training, coupled with production and marketing linkages, SEWA Lucknow had eliminated the middleman, successfully raising wages and giving the artisan visibility in the production process. The organization also organised artisans, developing their leadership skills and giving them access to microfinance. Over the years SEWA Lucknow’s work had expanded to include issues of literacy and education for women chikan artisans and their families. The organization also engaged with issues of rural development and urban poverty with several other marginalized groups and self-employed women in other sectors. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: SharnamSansthan

3. Year of establishment: 2000

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: AadeshSaxena

6. Leadership (2012): AadeshSaxena

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (running a school) b) Health (women and child health, HIV/AIDS, family planning) c) Livelihood (SHGs) d) Rural development (agriculture through kisan clubs)

8. Location/Spread of work: SharnamSansthan worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 29 blocks of 7 districts, namely, Lucknow, Aligarh, Hathras, Barabanki, Bahraich, Ballia and Lakhimpur). It also worked in 54 slum areas of Lucknow and Aligarh cities.

9. Total staff: 165

10. Female staff: 91

11. Muslim staff: 72 (approx.)

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR92,50,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Foreign Donor d) Other sources: civil society groups i.e. SahbhagiShikshan Kendra (Lucknow), Indian Environmental Society (New Delhi)

14. Contact details: AadeshSaxena A-43, Rajeev Nagar, KanchanaBihariMarg, Kalyanpur, Ring Road, Lucknow226022, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9453839573, +91 9415034973, +91 522-2751463 [email protected] www.sharnam.org

Having been in existence for over a decade, SharnamSansthan had a staff of 165 people and its work spanned both rural and urban settings in 7 districts of Uttar Pradesh. The organization worked with all disadvantaged groups and categorically did not wish to identify itself with any particular group or community. SharnamSansthan organized women into self-help groups, through which it worked on empowerment and enhancing livelihoods. The organization’s rural livelihood work included the creation of Kisan Clubs – 250 clubs had been formed and the Sansthan did capacity-building work with them. Additionally, SharnamSansthan promoted education and had opened its own school. The organization’s work in urban slums included health care – HIVprevention, reduction in maternal and infant mortality, and family planning, among other health concerns. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: ShramikBharti

3. Year of establishment: 1986

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Ganesh Pandey, UshaVarkey

6. Leadership (2012): Ganesh Pandey

7. Main sectors of work: a) Urban poverty (education, skill-building, economic empowerment) b) Rural development (promoting sustainable agriculture, SHG federations) c) Livelihood (SHGs)

8. Location/Spread of work: ShramikBharti worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 150 slums of Kanpur Nagar and across 13 blocks of Kanpur Nagar and Ramabai Nagar (Kanpur Dehat) districts).

9. Total staff: 92

10. Female staff: 19

11. Muslim staff: 3

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,60,49,195 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State Government c) Indian Corporate Donor d) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: Ganesh Pandey/ UshaVarkey 392 Vikas Nagar, Lakhanpur, Kanpur 208024, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9935535683, +91 512-2580823, +91 512-2584074, +91 512-2581091 [email protected], [email protected] www.shramikbharti.org.in

Shramik Bharti had been working in Kanpur and Ramabai Nagar districts for over 25 years, for the empowerment of the poor and underprivileged with a special focus on women and children. The organization had involved Muslims in all its interventions from the beginning. Committed to a human development approach, the organization’s programmes were intended to enhance people’s choices and give them increased control over their lives. Shramik Bharti’s urban programme focused on education, skill- building and financial empowerment. The rural programme promoted community-based organizations (it had registered 5 federations of SHGs) and worked on sustainable agriculture. Additionally, the organisation worked on issues like HIV/AIDS awareness, maternal health, the declining sex ratio, micro health insurance and sanitation.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Society for Health Awareness Research and Education

3. Year of establishment: 1992

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: Gopal Krishna Pandey, Indu Srivastava, D.K. Pandey, Meera Pandey, Jyotsana Tripathi, Aradhna, Sunita Gupta

6. Leadership (2012): D.K. Pandey

7. Main sectors of work: a) Welfare of artisans (working in glass and woodcraft) b) Health (camps and access to services)

8. Location/Spread of work: Society for Health Awareness Research and Education worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 10 blocks of Chandauli, Bhadohi, Mirzapur, Jaunpur and Varanasi districts).

9. Total staff: 27

10. Female staff: 11

11. Muslim staff: 17

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR18,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Self-sustaining activities b) Other groups and networks

14. Contact details: D.K. Pandey, Treasurer C 19/16/A.1. Fatman Road, Maldahiya, Varanasi 221002, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9336908045

Society for Health Awareness Research and Education (SHARE) worked in eastern Uttar Pradesh, with several marginalized communities and a particular focus on the welfare of artisans. Approximately 60% of its target population was Muslim. Among the many ways the organization promoted craft-workers and their skills was by directly helping them enhance their incomes. This was done by helping artisans, especially those producing glasswork and woodcraft, bypass intermediaries and directly access markets to sell their products. SHARE also spread awareness and provided information on health issues – suchas tuberculosis – andpromoted access to government services. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: StreeAdhikarSangathan

3. Year of establishment: 2000

4. Not Registered

5. Key founders: Padma Singh, Anjali Sinha

6. Leadership (2012): Padma Singh, Anjali Sinha

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment (awareness on gender issues, education, skill-building) b) Violence against women (legal support)

8. Location/Spread of work: StreeAdhikarSangathan worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in ). It also worked in the states of Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.

9. Total volunteers: Not available

10. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 1,00,000 (approx.)

11. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

12. Contact details: Padma Singh c/o Prof U.S. Tewari, E 4, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIITA),Jahalwa, Allahabad 211012, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415636106, +91 532-2552324 [email protected], [email protected]

StreeAdhikarSangathan was guided by an all-women’s core committee and run entirely through the efforts of volunteers. The organization’s goal was the emancipation of women through social, cultural, economic and political change, promoting secular values and raising its voice against extremist ideologies. StreeAdhikaarSangathan worked largely with Dalit and Muslim women on creating awareness around issues of gender and patriarchy. Education and building women’s productive skills to help enhance financial independence were the organization’s core work areas. Legal assistance was also facilitated for women facing violence. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: TarunChetnaSansthan

3. Year of establishment: 1990

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder:Nasim Ansari

6. Leadership (2012): Nasim Ansari

7. Main sectors of work: a) Panchayati Raj (strengthening local self-government) b) Women’s empowerment (through SHGs and community based organizations; on issues of literacy, vocational training, political participation) c) Livelihoods (MGNREGA, PDS, Agriculture) d) Health & nutrition (RCH; maternal and child health; RSBY)

8. Location/Spread of work: TarunChetnaSansthan worked in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 72 gram panchayats across 3 blocks of Pratapgarh District).

9. Total staff: 32

10. Female staff: 17

11. Muslim staff: 10

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR35,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Indian Corporate Donor c) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: Nasim Ansari Prithviganj Bazar, Patti, District Pratapgarh 230135, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9415230412, +91 5343-264412, +91 5343-264500, +91 5343-264412 [email protected] www.tcsngo.blogspot.com

TarunChetnaSansthan (TCS) was a rights-based participatory development organization working in rural areas of Pratapgarh District with women and children belonging to socially excluded communities. TCS facilitated realization of people’s legal rights for equality and social justice towards a vision of Gram Swarajya, wherein empowered rural communities lead self-reliant lives. The organization engaged with socially excluded groups – Dalit, Muslim and OBC communities – witha special focus on women and children. Women were coalesced into SHGs and community-based organizations and federated into NariSanghs. TCS staff then interacted with them to develop their leadership and enhance productive skills. The organization ran village-based vocational centres, which provided training in skills like embroidery and stitching. Increasing the participation of marginalized communities in local governance was another core work area, and TCS did both advocacy around this issue and worked with rural women to help them participate in democratic governance. Three women, whom the organization had worked with, had been elected as pradhans, and 25 others had won elections as panchayat ward members. In addition, TCS also worked on promoting rural livelihoods, including through the MGNREGA and agricultural improvement.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Tehrik E Pasmanda Muslim Samaj

3. Year of establishment: 2005

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: WajedaTabassum

6. Leadership (2012): WajedaTabassum

7. Main sectors of work: a) Rights of Pasmanda Muslims (leadership development, democratic participation, alliances between Dalits and Pasmanda Muslims) b) Education (elementary education)

8. Location/Spread of work: Tehrik E Pasmanda Muslim Samaj worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 6 blocks of 5 districts, namely, Saharanpur, Bijnor, Muzzafarnagar, Meerut and Rampur). It also worked in Haryana and Bihar.

9. Total volunteers: Not available

10. Average annual budget in 2011-12: Not available

11. Sources of funding: a) Foreign Donor b) Individual / Family/ Private donations

12. Contact details: Sardar Anwar DaudSarai, Chowk, Dholikhal, Saharanpur 247001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9557327783 [email protected]

Tehrik E Pasmanda Muslim Samaj was initiated informally in 1992 by student members of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and Communist Part of India (Marxist), who were involved with issues concerning marginalized groups and minorities. The organization was formally registered only in 2005. Headed by WajedaTabassum, it worked for the development of excluded groups, with an emphasis on disadvantaged Muslims. The organization’s core focus was the political and social empowerment of Pasmanda Muslims. For this, it attempted to create alliances between Dalits and backward Muslims, in the belief that collective strength was in the best interest of both groups. Tehrik E Pasmanda Muslim Samaj worked on elementary education, communal harmony and the empowerment and increased participation of Pasmanda youth in democratic processes.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Udaan Society

3. Year of establishment: 2004

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: GyanendraMisra

6. Leadership (2012): GyanendraMisra

7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (women and child health) b) Child rights (child helpline)

8. Location/Spread of work: Udaan Society worked in urban and rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 42 slums across 11 wards in Aligarh City and 13 blocks of Aligarh and Hathras districts).

9. Total staff: 225

10. Female staff: 200

11. Muslim staff: 110

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR62,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Indian Corporate Donor c) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: GyanendraMisra 8/140, RaghuveerPuri, G.T. Road, Aligarh 202001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9837067681, +91 571-6450159 [email protected], [email protected] www.udaansociety.org

Udaan Society worked with low-income and underprivileged populations living in the slums of Aligarh. Many of the areas it worked in had high Muslim concentration, and Muslim participation in its programmes was around 50%. The organization’s core target groups were women and children residing in slums. The organization’s programme concentrated on public health, in particular the reduction of maternal and infant mortality and improved woman and child health. It also ran a child helpline.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Uttar Pradesh Positive Women Network (UPPWN+)

3. Year of establishment: 2007

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: SeetaYadav, NareshYadav

6. Leadership (2012): SeetaYadav

7. Main sectors of work: a) HIV/AIDS (research and advocacy) b) Health (HIV positive women and children) c) Counselling services (HIV positive women, children and their families)

8. Location/Spread of work: UPPWN+ worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 13 districts, namely, Gorakhpur, Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Mau, Chandauli, Mirzapur, Sonebhadra, Pratapgarh, Jaunpur, Lucknow, Kaushambi, Bhadohi and Allahabad).

9. Total staff: 3

10. Female staff: 3

11. Muslim staff: 0

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR4,75,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Corporate Donor b) Foreign Donor

14. Contact details: SeetaYadav K33/26 BhaatkiGali, GoleGhar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9450357250, +91 7398646760 [email protected] http://uppwnplus.hpage.co.in

In 2007 an organization known as the Positive Living Society was formed.Two years later it was registered under a new name: Uttar Pradesh Positive Women Network (UPPWN+). The network had established a presence in 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh and was affiliated to several agencies working on similar concerns across the country and region. The organization’s core objective was to ensure that women and children living with HIV/AIDS or otherwise affected by having a family member who was HIV positive, lived a life of dignity and equality, free from stigma and discrimination. Muslims made up approximately a third of the target population. UPPWN+ worked at multiple levels with affected women and their families – it providedcounselling, referral services and monitoring for prevention, testing, treatment, care and support. Education, awareness campaigns and advocacy to create an informed and sensitive environment for HIV positive women were a natural corollary to the organization’s direct intervention. UPPWN+ also did research on existing HIV/AIDS programmes, in order to effectively advocate for programme and policy change. 1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Vanangana

3. Year of establishment: 1993

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: MadhaviKuckreja

6. Leadership (2012): Pushpa, Awadhesh, Shabeena

7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment (violence against women, livelihoods) b) Education (non-formal education, literacy) c) Environmental Issues (preserving and maintaining natural resources) 8. Location/Spread of work: Vanangana worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 13 blocks of Banda and Chitrakoot districts). 9. Total staff: 39

10. Female staff: 32

11. Muslim staff: 6

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 90,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Foreign Donor b) Indian Corporate Donors

14. Contact details: Pushpa Mailing address 1: Purani Bazar, Mahindra Tractor Agency, Karvi, Chitrakoot210205, Uttar Pradesh, India Mailing address 2: Vanangana-ManvadhikarIkai, Rabbania Masjid, Hathikhana, Aliganj, ArzooManzil, Banda 21001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9918568804, +91 5192-227294, +91 5198-233080 [email protected]

Founded in 1993 by Madhavi Kuckreja, Vanangana worked in rural and urban areas of Chitrakoot and Banda districts, with several marginalized communities including Dalits, OBCs and Muslims, with a clear focus on women from these communities. The leadership of the organization was entirely in the hands of women from marginalized social groups, and the founder was only represented on the organization’s Board. After the Gujarat pogrom in 2002, the organization recognized its own shortcomings in not having been inclusive enough, and began to actively seek involvement of Muslim women in all its programming – including by increasing its Muslim staff and working in Muslim-dominated rural hamlets and urban wards. A platform called the Guftugu Manch was set up by the organization to developed leadership capacity among young Muslim women. This Manch was a platform through which the organization built these women’s perspective and introduced them to computer skills and other non-traditional skills. Vanangana’s primary focus was women’s empowerment, by increasing livelihood options, organizing women into collectives and working extensively on violence against women (VAW). The organization’s VAW programme, based on direct intervention, litigation support and rehabilitation of victim-survivors, also had a strong advocacy component. The organization was active in regional and national campaigns and networks on this issue. Vanangana’s other programme areas included education, health, livelihoods, natural resource management, increasing democratic participation and helping disadvantaged groups access entitlements under government programmes and services. Vanangana had been recognised as HT Woman 2013 (Born to Fight) – anaward instituted by the Hindustan Times newspaper to acknowledge women’s organizations working for women’s rights at the grassroots.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Vigyan Foundation

3. Year of establishment: 1988

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: SandeepKhare

6. Leadership (2012): SandeepKhare

7. Main sectors of work: a) Urban poverty (working with slum dwellers) b) Education (elementary) c) Advocacy (urban poverty issues, education, health, livelihood)

8. Location/Spread of work: Vigyan Foundation worked in urban and rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 135 slums spread across 47 wards and 2 blocks of Lucknow, Allahabad and Barabanki Districts).

9. Total staff: 119

10. Female staff: 95

11. Muslim staff: 21

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR100,00,000

13. Sources of funding:Foreign donor

14. Contact details: SandeepKhare D-3191, Indira Nagar, Lucknow226016, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 522-4012879, +91 9415718292 [email protected], [email protected] www.vigyanfoundation.org

Vigyan Foundation worked with the urban poor residing in slums of Lucknow, Allahabad and Barabanki, a large number of whom were Muslim. The organization, which mobilized slum communities to demand their rights from the state, also did direct intervention in the areas of education, health and livelihood. A natural outcome of the organization’s direct work was advocacy on urban poverty issues for which it worked through networks such as ATSEC (Action Against Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children), SCORE (State Level Collective for Right to Education) and Ashray Adhikar Abhiyan, among others.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Vishal Bharat Sansthan

3. Year of establishment: 1998

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founder: Dr. Rajeev K. Srivastava

6. Leadership (2012): Dr. Rajeev K. Srivastava

7. Main sectors of work: a) Children’s empowerment (children of ragpickers, weavers, fisherfolk) b) Education (elementary, non-formal education)

8. Location/Spread of work: Vishal Bharat Sansthan worked in urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 95 wards of Varanasi City).

9. Total volunteers: 150 (approx.)

10. Female volunteers: 90 (approx.)

11. Muslim volunteers: 128 (approx.)

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR4,80,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details: Dr. Rajeev K. Srivastava E-11/50, Shastri Nagar, Sigra, Varanasi 221002, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 8005132004, +91 9236833358 [email protected]

Vishal Bharat Sansthan had been working in Varanasi since 1980 with children of weavers, ragpickers and fishermen, nearly all Muslim. The organization’s focus was on what they call the ‘socio-educational development’ of children. To this end the Sansthan ran a non-formal elementary education school, to prepare children for enrolment into mainstream schools, and also ran a boat school for children from the Mallah (fishing) community. Among the organization’s unique interventions was a children’s parliament, designed to make children aware of parliamentary processes and respect the idea of representative democracy. Since the organization worked with children from across Varanasi City, the parliament had1 speaker and 6 elected representatives (chosen by 3626 voters in the age group of 5-13 years) all drawn from different parts of the city. These representatives were elected through general polls held every 2 years. During ‘elections’ the city was divided into constituencies and children were allowed to campaign, with an expenditure limit of Rs 500. In addition to this, Vishal Bharat Sansthan also ran a library, published a newspaper brought out by child reporters and editors and had a children’s bank. This ‘children’s bank’ had 850 accounts (the minimum amount being 50 paise). The work of Vishal Bharat Sansthan was funded entirely by private contributions; Dr. Rajeev Srivastava who founded and ran the organization, was himself the most regular contributor. The organization worked entirely through volunteers, many from among the children themselves.

1. State: UTTAR PRADESH

2. NGO: Vision Society for Interactive Operational Needs

3. Year of establishment: 2001

4. Registered NGO

5. Key founders: JagritiRahi, KudsiaShamim

6. Leadership (2012): JagritiRahi

7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education, scholarship for girls) b) Health (immunization, occupational diseases, malnutrition) c) Livelihood (SHGs)

8. Location/Spread of work: Vision Society worked in rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh (in 3 wards of Varanasi City and in 41 gram panchayats spread over 5 blocks of Varanasi, Bhadohi and Ghazipur Districts).

9. Total staff: 23

10. Female staff: 12

11. Muslim staff: 5

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR20,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor Agency

14. Contact details: JagritiRahi SarvSewaSanghParisar, Rajghat, Varanasi 221001, Uttar Pradesh, India +91 9450015899, +91 542-2441257 [email protected], [email protected]

Vision Society for Interactive Operational Needs (VISION) was run by founder JagritiRahi and worked with several marginalized groups such as weavers (many of whom were Muslim), Mallahs, Musahars andDalits. The organization focused largely on women and children from these communities, with programmes on health, education and livelihoods. In the area of health, VISION’s concerns included issues of malnutrition, immunization and occupational diseases. The organization had a scholarship programme, under which it assisted 500 girls in Classes 6-10. VISION also organised women into SHGs for economic empowerment, facilitating short-term loans and linking women with government schemes.