About: IE: ERD was registered in 1999 under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, by a group of
young social activists. The establishment of IEERD was an upshot retort to the civic need
and, of course, the culmination of the vision of a group of young social activists, who have
been involving in voluntary service activities from their teenage and college life onwards.
Understanding the rural areas’ holistic development in all realms is possible through
common exertion; IEERD gives utmost precedence to ensuring rural people’s participation
and action for their own development facilitating harmonious platform for partnership and
accordance.
It works since inception in the areas of Women Development & Empowerment, Rural
Livelihood, Education, health and sanitation, Reproductive Women & Child Health,
Environment, NRM, Agriculture, Formation and Nurturing of Women Community
Structures, Provision of Micro Loans, Establishment of Enterprises etc. For the same
IEERD initiates vocational trainings, establishment of production units, skills development
training to unemployed youth/women, solid waste management and climate change
awareness creation and other activities, training of women on tailoring, embroidery and
Fabric painting, formation of farmers clubs and SHGs, conducting exposure visits for
farmers on modern technology in agro tools and organic farming techniques, provision
loans to SHGs for income generation activities etc. IEERD closely works with NABARD,
Ministry of Environment/Youth Affairs, and Woman & Child, CIIL (MHRD, GoI), CSC MoS
& PI, GoI, Human Rights Commission (HRC), NCW, DWMA etc. and Foreign Funding
Agencies too.
