NGO Introduction:

MANAS FOUNDATION is one of the indigenous organizations in Nandurbar District. The NGOs has Society act 1950 and Mumbai Act 1860 under registration. The NGOs was established in organized form in 2018. Improving the standard of living of Tribal people, Women and Child is the major goal it stood for. Since its establishment MANAS FOUNDATION-NANDURBAR has carried out several activities in education, health, livelihood and other sectors.

We also offer for orphans selected to public secondary schools including school uniforms, fees, materials, stationeries, school bags and other related tools for their schools. Street children were trained in different skills and given seed money. Also we offer foreign languages at all our centers for youth opportunity careers. 

Currently implementing health care education through  training including HIV/AIDS prevention, and also we provide care and support for most vulnerable children living in risky environment in Nandurbar District  We also raise youth campaigns in reducing poverty through Manas Foundation  training solutions.  Home-based care givers were trained in this project for the sustainability of youth welfare. 300 peoples living with HIV/AIDS were supported including 70 widows, and anti-AIDS clubs were established. Being assisting most vulnerable children and people living with HIV and Aids we managed to construct our own Diagnostic LAB and Allergy Center (OM LAB ) known as “ International Children Health and AIDS Research Center which is located at Nandurbar but with shortages of lab equipments, medical kits and midwives tool kits and we expect to launch officially.

To reduce youth poverty in Nandurbar District we already introduced sewing machines project in which most youth and those most vulnerable children are undertaking embroidery, arts and design skills, and tailoring training including promotion of  manufactured clothing  fashion marketing products. Eight different sewing machines were purchased. Within this project the Maharashtra state Aids control society (MSACS-Mumbai)  Sport is involved in capacity building of rural poor women and youth group and extension  We help the poor rural communities help themselves with the mission to empower and improve the poor people’s opportunities to access skills and revolving fund to eradicate the root causes of poverty on local communities so as to enable them attain self-reliance sustainability through setting up their individual viable/profitable micro business to generate income for their families.  Formal credit institutions e.g. commercial bank deem these rural poor women credit risks because they lack collateral consequently they have no access to the business loan to help their self employed activities grow.  We plan to provide services to poor, low income women especially rural clients lacking access to other financial institution.  So we have a distinct commitment to reaching the poor.