Centre For Development Alternatives

the Ministry of Home Affairs under the FCRA. CFDA is a member of Guide star India and BIGTECH.in. CFDA strongly believes in People’s power, knowledge and participation and such Promotion of Community Based Organizations and Building their Capacities for Self-Management continues to be the hall mark of all the field activities. Project initiatives are undertaken to mobilize local communities and to create local institutions to combat poverty. CFDA has so far successfully completed three initiatives: Micro Banks for Women (http://cfda.in/what-we-do/micro-banks-for-women) and Empowerment of Elder Women (http://cfda.in/what-we-do/ponvergal/) in Citlapakkam Block of Kanchipuram District and the third, Life beyond Relief in Kodiyampalayam and Koozhayar villages of Nagapattinam District. In addition we offer a comprehensive set of training and consulting services (http://cfda.in/training-consulting/).