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About RISE NGO!

Rural Improvement Society (RISE) is a non-profit organization working for social upliftment and awareness creation in the rural areas of Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu. RISE is functioning in the office located Palani, one of the famous Pilgrim centres in Tamil Nadu. Having established on June 1st 1991, by Mr. P. Irudayaraj, RISE has been actively engaging in empowering the marginalized sections of society through various initiatives. Its initiatives are designed and implemented to address the unique needs and challenges faced by these deserving communities, promoting an inclusive and sustainable development.

The RISE aims at serving specific target groups, including :

Small and Marginal Farmers

Dalits Women

Disabled Persons

Drop-out Children

#About RISE President!

The President of RISE !

The President of our RISE organisation Fr. A.X.J. Bosco, he is a Jesuit Priest belonging to Andhra Province in India. He has studied leadership courses in Denver, U.S.A., in the year from 1979 to 1980. He also has completed another course on Neuro-Linguistic Program (NLP) in Lonavala, Maharashtra, and right now he has been a Master Trainer and Practitioner in NLP.

He has worked with a notable organisation called Village Reconstruction Organization (VRO) for five years whose activities are of child education, youth skills development, village empowerment and agro forestry. In addition, he is conducting mind-blowing leadership trainings and moral counselling classes to the poor and marginalised people. He is working closely with poor people and highly dedicated to serve to poor.

In spite his wealth of experience, members of the Rural Improvement Society (RISE) has elected him as the president of the association. He is a good committed social worker, trainer, counsellor and guide and ultimately a great leader. As the president of RISE, he monitors all the society's activities, demonstrating his efficient leadership qualities.

Mr. P. Irudayaraj is the Secretary of the organisation. After completing his graduation studies in the year of 1983, he began his career as a coordinator in Diocesan Social Service Society run by the Diocese of Dindigul. He worked in the Diocesan unit for about 7 years and involved in various type of community development activities and upgraded his experience.

He is interested in community development and raising awareness among the poor people. He has helped them in uplifting the downtrodden communities in their social, economical and political aspects.

During this period, he was inspired by a devoted Priest of a religious congregation of Fathers of Holy Cross, called Reverend Father Philip Payant, C.S.C., a French-Canadian who had taken Indian citizenship. As the result Mr. P. Irudayaraj joined as a member in spiritual society called Anbu Vazhvu Ashram, and dedicated his life in social works. Father Payant encouraged his involvement in social activities, and there by he groomed up multy skills required for the total development of down drodden and the Dalit communities.

In 1991, he formed a new social work organisation named as RISE and registered the same in the name of Rural Improvement Society (RISE) with aims and objectives on social upliftment and awareness. Right now, the organisation’s achievements have reached out many of unreached villages in Dindigul district also in Tamil Nadu state.

#Organizational Overview

Organizational Overview of RISE NGO

VISION

The Rural Improvement Society envisions the creation of a just, peaceful, and developed society, transcending barriers of caste, creed, and gender. In this envisioned society, hunger, exploitation, and subjugation in any form will be eradicated, fostering an environment where people co-exist peacefully with nature. Residents will embrace love, mutual respect, and cooperation, striving for self-reliance and the prosperity of the society as a whole.

MISSION

Our mission at the Rural Improvement Society is to facilitate the empowerment of the poor, marginalized, and women especially those who are the most vulnerable among us. We are dedicated to breaking the vicious cycle of poverty, injustice, exploitation, and the denial of basic human rights.

OUR GOAL

Our goal is to inspire and support individuals in taking control of their own development in a sustainable manner. Through the promotion of People's Organizations, we aim to encourage active participation of the community in shaping their destiny and fostering a more just and equitable society.

LEGAL STATUS

• Registered under Tamil Nadu Society Registration Act of 1975 with Registration Number: 19/1991, dated 31.7.1991.
• Registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act of 1976, demonstrating compliance with regulations related to foreign contributions.

AREA OF OPERATION

The Rural Improvement Society operates in the villages of Tamil Nadu, focusing its efforts on community development and social initiatives within this region.

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Activities held in RISE NGO!

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Formation of Self-Help Groups

The RISE has started the formation of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in the year of 2001 onwards. The RISE has facilitated the women to form SHGs themselves by conducting systematic trainings and periodical meetings. The leaders were selected and equipped with various required basic knowledge, skills and managerial decision-making skills. The volunteers of RISE with the support of bank officials and financial institutions have helped the SHG members to pool resources in terms of knowledge and finance from different institutions and government. The accessibility to financial situations among the women is increased to greater level. Meanwhile, the repayment attitude has changed in such a way that the members are repaying their debts periodically and timely without delay in the banks and other institutions.
RISE has formed so far 40 SHGs in Palani, Thoppampatti and Oddanchatram Panchayhat Union areas. These groups have availed the loan to the tune of 40 lakhs worth of loan altogether and opened a small micro level income generating units of their own. These businesses started and run by the women are going on well and beneficiaries have acquired experiences by running them.

Awareness through Cultural Media

Cultural media is a powerful tool for communication and education, reaching diverse audiences and making information more relatable and accessible. The RISE has taken this unique activity with the purpose of creating awareness to ignorant rural villagers. In order to create awareness through media RISE has formed a cultural troop named ‘LEMORIA CULTURAL TROUP’. The members in the troop are properly trained with professionally qualified and experienced trainers. The group members will conduct cultural events in the villages.
The subject matters covered during the cultural events are of importance of education, health and sanitation, herbal medicines, leadership qualities and government schemes. The members perform the events twice in a month in villages with the help of local Self-Help groups.

Health and Alternative Medicine Awareness Meetings

There is no permanent recovery for the patients taking in Allopathic medicines which are making negative side effects in human biological systems and their functions. The herbal medicines were in practice right from the ages of our ancestors. But Allopathic medicines were successful in the beginning. They have contained fertilizers, insecticides and other toxic chemicals. As the result, these external elements make the biological systems to get victimised greatly and their routine normal functions are damaged. Consequently, numerous diseases are emerging day by day. With the effect of this trend, the people especially poor people meet high amount cash drain in terms of cost of medicines, treatment cost, consultation fees, laboratory examination fees and other travel and stay expenses.
In order to create awareness on these issues, RISE conducts awareness meetings on the demerits of Allopathic medicines and positive impacts of other alternate medicines including Siddha, Ayurveda, Homeo and Unani. These meetings are being conducted at their village setting when the Field Staff would visit monthly to the SHGs.These meetings cover health check-ups, workshops on preventive healthcare, and information about alternative medicine options that are accessible and culturally appropriate.

Ecological Farming Sustainable Agriculture

The Green Revolution started four decades ago, has been generating adverse effects in communities, cropping patterns, cultivation practices, harvesting ultimately the livelihoods of peasants. Above all, it has greatly affected eco system. The reasons behind these everlasting issues are that the excessive application of fertilisers, pesticides and other chemicals in the cultivable lands. The diminishing rate of live stocks in the villages is contributing for the low production of cow dung in the farms. It is therefore, the RISE volunteers encourage to form ECO CLUBS in village panchayats.
During the visits of RISE staff, the awareness is being created for the members in the club. Meetings are organised for the club members twice in a month. In order to restore the situations advises are offered so that the farmers should replace all the present chemicals with traditional natural manure and abandon mechanisation in their farms. The subjects on organic farming, composting with special application of vermi compost, agro forestry, tree plantation, other techniques that conserve soil fertility, reduction of chemical inputs and promote biodiversity are covered during the visit of staff. The needed farmers are supplied with tree seedlings during the meetings.

Watershed Training Programs for Small and Marginal Farmers

THOPPAMPATTI, is one of the important Panchayat union in Palani Taluk where in RISE is facilitating SHGs. The rainfall rate is very low. The terrain is highly dry. Deforestations is also high in this region. There is no dams and river only some tanks are existing in the area. As the result, the size of cultivable lands is minimal. The staff of RISE sensitize analytically the causes and effects of this present conditions in the environment to the women in the SHGs and other farmers in the villages.
During the meetings, the causes for this situation including the absence of sufficient water harvesting facilities, improper water shed management, deforestation, encroachment in water bodies and canals are beingen listed and sensitized to the people as the major causes for these present problems. With the application of tools of PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL (PRA) the staff of RISE help the SHG members and farmers to find out sustainable solutions.To bring back traditional way of water shed management system which was headed by AYAKATTU THARAR MOVEMENT, women and farmers right now are approaching the concerned government officials.

Skills Training for SHGs

This activity involves organizing workshops or courses on various skills such as handicrafts, small-scale entrepreneurship and vocational skills tailored to the community's needs. RISE has been conducting skill training courses for women and adolescent girls in tailoring, arif decoration works in women garments and children garments. Type writing training was also conducted for school going children and adolescent girls. These trainings are being conducted for the past four years in two different locations viz A. Kalayamputhur and Aayakudi. About 85 beneficiaries have acquired trainings in both the training centres. The purpose of the skills training conducted is to equip the skills in various type of works and thereby to upgrade the skills so that the trained women can avail employments in private firm, companies and garment units and earn for their livelihood.
About 60 percent of the benefitted women are now placed in jobs and earn a decent income.The rest are undertaking self employment enterprises of their own and have become as an owner and employer. Only a few are having the tailoring machines in their homes and furnishing their own dress materials needs. It is appreciable that a greater number of schools going and adolescent girls are undergoing training with the purpose of availing jobs in government sector.

Climate Change Awareness

RISE prioritises awareness creation on the climate change including global warming, out of all other its activities. It includes educational sessions for SHG members,group discussions among them, and in conducting Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). Seasonality Mapping is conducted among the group members so as to analyse the present trend of climate change including global warming. This activity is conducted by trained staff and volunteers for the past two years. In addition, other changes in rainfall, yield in agriculture, emerge of diseases and the quality of agricultural produces are also taken in to analysis during the awareness session. These sessions are conducted for SHG members twice in a month.
SHG members thereby are encouraged to follow sustainable and eco-friendly practices in farms, homes and in every moment in their life. RISE would be never leaving any problem without suggesting any practical solutions. Accordingly, RISE advises the members to take up tree plantation actively which is the best remedy to restore the present climatic conditions. The staff of the organisation keep on insisting that every SHG member should plant trees in farms and homes as many numbers as they are possible.

#Our Federation

Ayakudi Disabled Persons’ Federation

RISE has also formed one federation for the disabled persons called AYAKUDI DISABLED PERSONS’ FEDERATION in 2015 having based its office in Ayakudi village in Palani Taluk. The objective of this movement initially was to uplift the persons with disability. There are numerous assistance available for the disabled person in state as well as in central governments. But many of them are not known to the less educated persons. It is therefore the federation was started to update the knowledge and information to disabled community on various schemes available in government. Office bearers were selected and appointed in the movement.
Mrs. Janaki, one of the social workers who has committed her life towards the cause of development of disabled persons was appointed as the President of the movement. She is an active socio worker cum activists for disabled community. Monthly review meeting was conducted regularly for the office bearers in the movement.
Planning and strategies were planned out during meetings being conducted every month in Ayakudi. Having had office in the house of Mrs. Janaki in Ayakudi the activities were undertaken.

Achievements of Federation :

With the strenuous efforts of Mrs. Janaki the president of movement and her team members met District collector in person and advocated for the welfare schemes to disabled persons and scheduled person, as the result, about 450 disabled persons and Scheduled Caste people have received free Tailoring Machines worth of Rs. 6000 each. RISE has recommended to the District Collector for this purpose.
A 250 and more persons have been given loan from bank and they have opened Petty Shops and tea shops. Some of them have started to rear goats at their places. Banks have issued the loan to the tune of Rs. 5000 each with 50 percent subsidy.
18 scheduled caste people have got Rs. 10000 each with 50 percent of subsidy and they have started small income generating activity of their own from THATCO.
The President has taken hard efforts for three cardiac persons to get treated with the financial supports of well wishers and local donations. The cardiac patients right now are in good health. The treatment costs come around Rs. 50000 each.
The State Social Welfare Board has issued Marriage grants for 45 women holding membership in the movement.

Future Activities

Offering EDP trainings for the selected candidates is an important for them in future.
Conducting special schools by government.
Facilitating Health minister’s scheme assistance to disabled persons.
Establishing Health centre exclusive for them.
Installing women health centre.

Our Strategies

	Holistic approach
	Collecting base line date and conducting scientific studies
	Field and exposure visits
	Offering counselling to farmers
	Addressing the social issues

	Campaigning against social and women issues
	Lobbying and Advocacy
	Rehabilitating the child labour and disabled persons
	Creation of developmental models

#Our Success Stories

Success Stories of RISE NGO

Success Story about Mrs. Rani w/o Senthamarai Kannan, Amarapoondi, Palani taluk, Palani

Mrs. Rani w/o. Mr. Senthamarai Kannan is residing in Amarapoondi village. She has her husband and two sons in the age of 28 years and 19 years respectively. The village is located in 12 kilometres away from the Palani Headquarters, Dindigul district. The family belongs to scheduled caste community which is considered as socially and economically marginalised community in India. The husband is working as an assistant in a private company and earning Rs. 4500 per month. Mrs. Rani is a wage labour in agricultural farm in the village.
A 15 years ago, the staff of RISE visited their village for purpose of creating awareness on women empowerment. Successfully women self-help groups were formed in the village and linked with banks and financial institutions for uplifting their livelihoods. Mrs. Rani was appointed as the President. Though it was very hard to her in the beginning, later she managed to run the SHG and its activities. Trainings to leaders and motivations were taken on hand in hand by the staff of RISE.
The activity of thrift and savings was the initially taken up in the group and it has yielded out many tangible and intangible impacts in the members’ families as well in the society. Rupees 50 was their savings amount and it was deposited in the group in the beginning and later it was increased. The monthly savings were let into internal credit for the members who need such loan for starting income generating activity.
Mrs. Rani is one of the beneficiaries who was selected for goat rearing income generating activity. First of all, training was conducted for the selected women, during which both theory classes and exposure visit were covered. Then Rs. 3000 was offered to her to purchase the goats. She bought one male and one female goat with the amount and started to rear the animals. When she went to farms nearby as wage labourer, she used to take the animals and let them to graze the fodder available closer to her farm where she had engaged her wage labour. When she returned to home, she used to bring back both the animals along with her and to give water and other fodder materials to those animals. This trend went on for 6 months and after that, the female goat gave birth one female goat. This was a great blessing to Rani’s family. Having retained the new born female goat with her, she had sold out the two animals for Rs. 12000 together in the market. In order to gain a continued income, she purchased a new small male goat at the cost of Rs. 1000 and continued her rearing as usual. The beneficiary gave away the rest of money Rs. 10000 for her son’s and daughter’s educational expenses. This was a great help done to the poor beneficiary Mrs. Rani. Now the she settled well and her children have grown up well acquiring studies and joined in companies and earning sufficiently for the family needs.

Success Story about Mrs. Jesintha, C/o Roja Women Self Help Group, Soosai Nagar, Palani

Name of the Beneficiary: Mrs. Jesintha
Name of the SHG: Roja Women Self Help Group
Address of the Group: Soosai Nagar, Palani Taluk
Mrs. Jesintha is 21 years old women, when she was a member in Roja women Self Help Group. There are two boys and two girls in her family. Her husband is a wage labourer in a farm. At this age, she and her family members were struggling for their livelihoods. But now she is settled in her life. This change happened is because of her membership in the Self-Help Group andher participation in all the motivational trainings conducted in the group for creating awareness among women.
When she was selected as a beneficiary she was given Rs. 2000 only from Self Help Group. She started vegetable vending with the money received from the group. Initially she was loading all the vegetable in a bamboo basket and carrying it on her head and walking in the streets and selling them out at the door steps in villages and slums. Thus, she was able to earn Rs. 4000 in a month. With this, she repaid Rs. 200 every month to Self Help Group and utilised the rest for her family needs. After 20 months passed and all her loan was repaid completely she applied for second loan and got Rs. 6000, with which she owned a pushing cart for vegetable sales. Accordingly, she purchased vegetables from wholesales vegetable markets and carrying them in the pushing cart in the streets and selling them in a decent manner. While she was selling vegetable, she used to sell ragi, rye and other millets food also in the streets. This made her to earn a decent income. Thus, she earned on an average Rs. 8000 as her monthly income. Along with her income, her husband had been as a wage labourer in farm and earned Rs. 5000 monthly.
She used to reserve Rs. 300 to repay the monthly loan due to her group. And the remaining portion of income was used for her family needs and children’s education. She repaid loan completely in 20 months’ time.
Infact the beneficiary was too poor to meet out her own family needs when she was alone having no membership in the SHG. Now she has a sustainable income generating activity. Right now, two of her daughters got married. One of her sons also married and is under taking a small-scale business of his own and earning for his family. Another son has completed college studies and preparing for competitive examination to get job placement in government.
At present she has attained the age of 45 years. Over these periods she took hard efforts to uplift her conditions for which the SHGs lent its helping hand to make her to come up in her life. Still now she is selling the vegetable and other millet foods in the pushing vehicle and earning regularly.
Mrs. Jesintha continuously undertaking their business of vegetable vending. Her socio-economic life has improved greatly and they are depositing their surplus amount in insurance schemes.

Success Story about Mrs. Janaki

Mrs. Janaki is a disabled woman living in Ayakudi which is located at the distance of 5 kilometres away from Palani. She has disability in her right leg. She is an unmarried having committed herself her entire life time for disabled communities. She belongs to marginalised scheduled caste community. She is living with her brother and his family. She started to undertake some activities right from her early childhood operations. She lost her parents in her early childhood period. For her own needs, she undertakes tailoring works taking in orders from social defence department, Tamil Nadu Government.
Now the federation is working well with her guidance and sincere efforts. The federation has enabled disabled community to enjoy all their privileges available exclusively for them. Unless Mrs. Janaki and her precious services, the movement would not achieve this much level benefits to the disabled people.

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Small and Marginal Farmers

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Disabled Persons

Drop-out Children

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MISSION

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LEGAL STATUS

AREA OF OPERATION

Activities held in RISE NGO!

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Formation of Self-Help Groups

Awareness through Cultural Media

Health and Alternative Medicine Awareness Meetings

Ecological Farming Sustainable Agriculture

Watershed Training Programs for Small and Marginal Farmers

Skills Training for SHGs

Climate Change Awareness

Ayakudi Disabled Persons’ Federation

Achievements of Federation :

Future Activities

Our Strategies

Success Stories of RISE NGO

Success Story about Mrs. Rani w/o Senthamarai Kannan, Amarapoondi, Palani taluk, Palani

Success Story about Mrs. Jesintha, C/o Roja Women Self Help Group, Soosai Nagar, Palani

Success Story about Mrs. Janaki

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