Foundation for Rural Recovery and Development (FORRAD) Information

The Foundation for Rural Recovery and Development (FORRAD) was established in January 1980 as a Public Charitable Trust. Since its inception, our objective has been to promote, support, and coordinate projects that relate to the development of human and natural resources. Over the last 31 years, we have worked with more than 450 grassroots organizations in rural areas spread over Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. More recently, we have focused on the social dynamics that govern the control of natural resources, particularly water. We place an emphasis on sustainable development work that creates participatory, accountable systems of community involvement at all levels of a project in order to encourage community ownership and responsibility. We also view as essential the involvement and leadership of marginalized peoples in this process. Although centred on natural resource management, our work intersects with issues of social justice, public health, and employment generation.