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''Click here for [[Deed]], the legal instrument''
'''DEEDS''' (Development [[Education]] Society) is an Indian [[Non-Governmental Organisation]] established in 1989. It is a non-profit, non-political, [[Nonsectarian|non-sectarian]] organisation which operates in the [[Ponnai]] area of [[Tamil Nadu]] in Southern [[India]]. Its guiding commitment is to educate, and improve conditions for those who form the vulnerable sections of society.
Programmes are delivered by a partnership between DEEDS, the local [[community]] and government agencies.
==Educational improvement==
Programmes include...
*Early [[childhood]] education
*Pre-school education
*Non-formal education
*Formal education
*Distant education
*Technical and vocational education
*Adult education
*Collegiate education
*Quality of life through [[health]] improvement
==Community health education==
[[Community health]] programmes include...
*Environment and [[Ecology|ecological]] promotion
*Nutrition education cum services
*Immunization
*Reproductive and child health programme
*Promotion of [[herbal]] garden and [[Herbalism|herbal medicine]]
*HIV/AIDS prevention programme
*Alcoholic and de-addiction services
*Coordination with [[Government]] Primary Health Centres
*Periodical [[Medicine|medical]] check-ups and [[treatment]] with referral services
*Training for grass root health workers
==Poverty alleviation activities==
This programme is mainly focused on utilizing the available local resources as well as enhancing skills for managing resources through a [[sustainable]] livelihood approach.
*Agro-based livelihood activities
*Animal [[Animal husbandry|husbandry]] programme
*Micro enterprises
*Credit units – people's financial institutions
*Entrepreneurship training
*Cooperative [[business]] undertaking
*Promotion of [[List of self-help organizations|self-help groups]]
*Watershed management
==Building the local organization==
DEEDS aims to nurture and develop self-government principles among the deprived community, despite various barriers in the [[Social structure|social system]] such as [[caste]], multi-linguistic, multi-religious communities etc... Through [[Democratization|democratisation]] and [[human rights]], this can be promoted at the community level. [[Sensitization|Sensitisation]] and [[advocacy]] on various developmental areas are given focus. To build a strong local organization DEEDS promotes the following local bodies:
*Women's associations (sanghas)
*Farmers' association
*Village Development Coordination Committee
*Youth association
*Children's club
*Credit and cooperative units
==External links==
*[http://www.deedsindia.org Charity homepage]
*[http://www.developmentinaction.org Affiliated British charity]
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[[Category:Medical and health organizations]]
[[Category:Poverty and hunger NGOs]]
[[Category:Civic and political organizations]]