1. State: UTTAR PRADESH 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 Lucknow 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, India +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 Delhi (urban programme). Location/Spread of work of the UP Programme: The Aga Khan Foundation’s Bahraich 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 Bahraich District (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 Aligarh 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