Our Ongoing Field
Initiatives in Action.

As the Farmer Relationship Agency (FRA) for the Peddagedda Project across 19 villages in Pachipenta and Ramabhadrapuram mandals (WUA Clusters 3, 4, 5 & 6 in Vizianagaram and Parvathipuram Manyam districts), NEED is modernizing irrigation governance over 3,106.52 hectares for 6,090 farmers.

The programme integrates an 18 km Pressurised Piped Irrigation Network (PPIN) with drip and sprinkler irrigation systems alongside strengthened Water User Societies (WUS), cropping-pattern data collection, 95 village wall writings, 19 Kalajatha awareness programmes, and convergence with Agriculture, Horticulture and Fisheries departments.

Inaugurated on 22 September 2025 at Tarakarama Nagar, Amalapuram under Mission Vatsalya, this residential home provides a safe, nurturing environment for 43 vulnerable girls—including 18 from vulnerable families, 13 semi-orphans, 6 differently abled girls with special needs, and 6 orphans.

The Home delivers shelter, nutritious meals, formal school enrolment, evening study hours, DCPU counselling, medical check-ups, yoga and creative recreation in close coordination with CWC, DPO, DCPO and ICPO officials—resulting in four resident girls successfully passing their 10th Class examinations during 2025–26.

Implemented with support from NABARD in Gunpur Gram Panchayat (Hardkhursi and Balisora villages), Thuamul Rampur Block, Kalahandi District, Odisha, this Livelihood and Enterprise Development Programme (LEDP) trained 90 tribal women from 15 Self-Help Groups across three intensive 10-day batches.

Participants gained hands-on skills in scientific mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearing, disease control and cocoon marketing—reinforced by a 47-member exposure visit to the Central Silk Board (CSB) and Regional Sericultural Research Station (RSRS), Landiguda, Koraput to build sustainable women-led sericulture enterprises.

Sanctioned by Hand in Hand Society, Germany in 2025–26, NEED operates 05 Day Care Centers in remote hill-top Scheduled Tribal (ST) habitations of Pachipenta Mandal, Parvathipuram Manyam District to care for the children of working tribal mothers.

The programme focuses on two core pillars—Education Support (structured early learning activities to strengthen school readiness and foundational learning outcomes) and Nutrition Support (providing daily nutritious meals and snacks to improve child health and physical growth)—empowering ST children while enabling mothers to pursue livelihood activities.

As an Implementation Support Agency (ISA), NEED works across five sub-divisions to ensure every rural household gains access to a Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC).

Our field teams lead community mobilisation, capacity building and long-term water source sustainability—forming and training Gram Panchayat Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSCs), preparing participatory Village Action Plans (VAPs), conducting water quality testing and driving village-wide water conservation campaigns.

The Andhra Pradesh Irrigation and Livelihood Improvement Project (APILIP-II) enhances the agrarian livelihoods of farming communities across 5 medium and 71 minor irrigation projects.

NEED strengthens Water User Associations (WUAs) in Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) and drives multi-department convergence with Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry—facilitating livestock vaccination, fish seed stocking, FPO promotion and climate-smart farming based on 35 participatory community micro-plans.

To overcome geographical isolation and emergency transport barriers for tribal mothers in remote hill-top habitations, NEED operates a specialized Pregnant Women’s Hostel at YTC, Salur serving 141 villages across 12 mandals.

Expectant mothers are admitted from their 7th month of pregnancy and receive safe residential boarding, nutritious meals, continuous ANC medical check-ups, high-risk screening, counseling, prenatal yoga and 24/7 emergency ambulance linkage with Salur Area Hospital—ensuring safe institutional deliveries for both mother and baby.

NEED conducts culturally rooted Kalajatha programmes across tribal sub-plan mandals of Parvathipuram Manyam District to drive behavioural change on critical health and social protection issues.

Using traditional folk songs, music and interactive street theatre at tribal Sandies (weekly markets) and village Ratchabandas, our troupes build community awareness on institutional deliveries, Sickle Cell Anemia testing, malaria and dengue prevention, safe handwashing, and the eradication of child marriage.

This programme empowers rural and tribal youth and women through intensive hands-on training in Sustainable Oyster Mushroom Cultivation and agro-enterprise management.

The curriculum covers mushroom biology, spawn preparation, substrate pasteurization, bag spawning, pest management, post-harvest packaging and value addition—paired with entrepreneurship development, financial management and wholesale/retail market linkages across five districts.

In collaboration with the Department of Youth Services (SETVIZ), Government of Andhra Pradesh, NEED conducts structured youth sensitisation programmes across high schools, junior colleges and degree institutions.

Sessions address critical civic and safety challenges—including substance and drug abuse prevention, road safety and helmet compliance, prevention of illicit trafficking of women and girls, and combating eve-teasing—equipping young citizens to lead safe, responsible communities.

In association with The Coca-Cola Company (CSR), NEED conducts comprehensive Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) programmes across tribal and rural schools and colleges.

The initiative includes distributing personal hygiene kits (Dettol, soap and hygiene supplies) to children, providing sanitary pads to adolescent girl students in tribal areas, and leading practical demonstrations on 6-step handwashing and hygienic toilet maintenance at both schools and homes.