About us
Rural Development Trust (RDT) is a registered nongovernmental organization and has been working with Children, Women and Unorganized sectors from 1992 in Chengalpet district, (then Kancheepuram District), Tamil Nadu, India. The vision and mission of the organization is being realized and revisited through various activities in the thrust areas of Nutrition, Health, Education, Employment and Housing, which are stated as basic needs by World Health Organization.
The primary concern and the focus of the organization is to work with children
The primary concern and the focus of the organization is to work with children of Migrants, Tribal, Gypsies, Differently abled, Daily Wage Earners, Sanitary workers, Evicted groups, Quarry workers, parents with chronic diseases, squalors, Single parents and parentless. Children are enabled and enhanced through educational activities in order to build their career in a successful way. The Education of the Children is provided through special schools, tuition centers and various Education centers. RDT also takes strategic efforts in maintaining the health of the children through Awareness programs, Medical camps, Medical assistances, support to the Government run hospitals, Midday meals and providing financial assistance for the persons with chronic diseases.
RDT also includes women folk as its secondary intervention
RDT also includes women folk as its secondary intervention. Working with women brings visible changes in the life of the families and women also feel dignified. Women who are widows, deserted, destitute, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, migrants, Gypsies, homeless, unemployed, young, Sexually exploited and socially excluded are being organized through various motivational sessions. They are given Computer training, Tailoring, Career Development skills and Guidance and counseling.
The third intervention of RDT is to work for the livelihood of people in different unorganized sectors
The third intervention of RDT is to work for the livelihood of people in different unorganized sectors. It has adopted 45 villages in three blocks namely Thiruporur, Kattankulathur and St.Thomas mount in Chengalpet and Chennai Districts respectively. RDT takes measures to provide safe drinking water, constructing houses, providing Food materials, financial support for income generation programs, mobilizing Government schemes, Support to Government Hospitals, Providing Aids to Government Schools, and undertaking relief activities during the time of disasters.
The organization has been a pioneer in conducting special schools for the migrant children for the past 15 years. Children of migrant construction workers, who have come from Bihar, Chattisgarh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, are taught in Telugu, Oriya, Hindi and Tamil. Children are provided educational materials, Uniforms, food, medicine and scholarship. Everything is given to the children at free of cost.
RDT also has done extensive services in many areas of development. Organic farming, financial assistance for income generation activities, self-help groups water accessibility for agriculture, medical assistance for disadvantaged, deepening water resources, free medical aid, renovating government schools educational assistance, liberating bonded laborers, rehabilitation services, assistance to unorganized workers Relief activities during disaster, providing vehicle support to the sick are the essential services of the organization.
The untiring and dedicated services of qualified staff members, Volunteers, community leaders and special educators who work with different concern groups are the strengths of RDT to deliver services in the selected intervention areas in a professional manner. All the board members in the organization have 30 years of experience in working with children, women and unorganized sectors. This becomes the backbone of the organization to do commendable services for the people in need. All these capacities, expertise and experiences make the organization explicit in delivering suitable services for the benefits of the concern groups in the districts.
