Projects

Our Approach

Projects are not
delivered to villages.
They are built with them.

Every TSRD initiative begins in a village meeting and ends in local hands. We invest in institutions — collectives, committees, cooperatives — so change outlives the funding cycle.

Community ownership from design to handover

Field-verified data, audited every quarter

Long horizons — average project life of 9 years

Women’s collectives as the delivery backbone

Children learning in a village classroom
Rural health camp
Farmers in a paddy field
Women's livelihood centre

9 yrs

Average project life

101

Total Projects

4,375

Communities Reached

2

States Covered

16 lakh

Lives Touched

Flagship Programmes

Three initiatives redefiningwhat is possible.

TSRD’s flagship programmes focus on women-led development, natural resource management, agriculture and sustainable rural livelihoods.

Sustainable Women’s Collectives
Sustainable Women’s CollectivesOngoing

Sustainable Women’s Collectives

Women’s Self-Help Groups have become an important pillar of TSRD’s community development strategy. Across project areas, TSRD has promoted more than 6,000 Women SHGs, helping strengthen savings, collective participation, economic opportunities and community leadership. Women-focused initiatives also include livelihood development, women farmer programmes and linkages with producer institutions.

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Natural Resource & Watershed Development
Natural Resource & Watershed DevelopmentOngoing

Natural Resource & Watershed Development

TSRD works with communities to restore degraded land, strengthen water resources and improve agricultural productivity through watershed development, irrigation and convergence-based natural resource management. Over the past five years, TSRD has treated 9,700+ hectares of wasteland and fallow land under the Usharmukti Project through MGNREGA convergence.

Impact: 9,700+Hectares TreatedExplore Initiative
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Agriculture & Livelihood Value Chains
Agriculture & Livelihood Value ChainsOngoing

Agriculture & Livelihood Value Chains

TSRD has progressively moved towards market-linked livelihood development through agriculture and allied value chains. Projects have included tomato value-chain development, poultry development, Tasar sericulture, agri-entrepreneurship, Lakhpati Kisan, watershed development and Farmer Producer Organisations. These initiatives aim to improve productivity, strengthen local enterprises and create sustainable income opportunities for rural households.

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The Full Portfolio

Every project, every district

Sundarban Women’s Collectives

Scaling · 2016 — Present

Sundarban Women’s Collectives

Gosaba & Basanti, West Bengal · 72,400 women

Six thousand self-help groups turned savings circles into an island economy — running nurseries, fisheries and micro-enterprises that no longer depend on seasonal migration.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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Floating Health Outreach

Ongoing · 2011 — Present

Floating Health Outreach

Delta islands, South 24 Parganas · 1.2 lakh patients

Boat clinics carry doctors, diagnostics and maternal care to islands with no road access, cutting emergency referral time from nine hours to ninety minutes.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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Village Learning Centres

Ongoing · 2004 — Present

Village Learning Centres

15 districts across 3 states · 38,900 children

Evening learning centres run by local youth have pushed secondary retention from 54% to 91% in the villages where they operate.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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Saline-Resilient Farming

Scaling · 2018 — Present

Saline-Resilient Farming

Coastal Odisha & Bengal · 14,200 farmers

Salt-tolerant paddy varieties, seed banks and farmer field schools restoring yields on land written off after Cyclone Aila.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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The Mangrove Shield

Ongoing · 2020 — Present

The Mangrove Shield

Sundarban embankments · 96 villages

2.1 million mangrove saplings planted and maintained by village committees paid for stewardship, not one-day plantation drives.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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Rural Skills Academy

Ongoing · 2015 — Present

Rural Skills Academy

Kolkata, Balasore, Jhargram · 9,600 youth

Electrical, digital and healthcare-assistant tracks with a strong placement rate and a two-year mentorship tail.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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The First Thousand Days

Ongoing · 2019 — Present

The First Thousand Days

Basanti & Kultali blocks · 21,300 children

Long-term maternal and child development support with nutrition, community care, early learning and local health systems working together through the first thousand days.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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Kanya Scholarship Programme

Scaling · 2009 — Present

Kanya Scholarship Programme

Across 15 districts · 6,800 girls

Full secondary and college support for first-generation girl learners, with cycles, coaching and a paid alumnae mentor network.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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Green Livelihood CSR Alliance

Ongoing · 2021 — Present

Green Livelihood CSR Alliance

Multi-state consortium · 31 corporate partners

A shared measurement framework letting corporate partners fund verified rural livelihood outcomes with quarterly field audits.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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Safe Water Commons

Completed · 2013 — 2024

Safe Water Commons

Delta & laterite belt · 410 villages

Community-managed pond filtration and rainwater harvesting systems, handed over in full to village water committees.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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Artisan Livelihood Guild

Ongoing · 2017 — Present

Artisan Livelihood Guild

Rangabelia & Jhargram · 5,400 artisans

Kantha, cane and handloom clusters connected directly to urban buyers — median household income up 2.3×.

₹4000By 251 Donors₹25000
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Measured Impact

What five decades add up to

Every number below is drawn from quarterly field verification, not estimates.

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Where we work

West Bengal · Odisha · Jharkhand — 15 districts, 6,417 villages

Milestones

1969

Founded in Rangabelia with one village cooperative

1988

First women's savings federation formed

2009

Post-Aila recovery across 240 delta villages

2020

Mangrove Shield and climate resilience programmes launched

Before

9 hours to nearest hospital

54% girls finish class X

1 income season a year

After

90 minutes by boat clinic

91% girls finish class X

3 income streams per household

From the Field

Photographs and films fromthe villages we serve

Shot on location by our field documentation team across the delta and laterite belt.

Aerial view of a delta village at golden hour

Film · The Delta Wakes

Schoolgirls outside a village school
Doctor at a rural health camp
Women at a tailoring livelihood centre
Child nutrition session in a village home

Film · First Thousand Days

Villagers planting mangrove saplings

Impact Story

10. Story of Change

One woman, one collective, one island economy.

TSRD’s women-focused programmes demonstrate how collective institutions can become platforms for livelihood development, confidence and local leadership.

Women’s SHGs create spaces for savings, knowledge sharing, livelihood planning and participation in community decision-making. These collectives can also become pathways to agriculture, enterprise and producer institutions.

Across its project units, TSRD has promoted more than 6,000 Women Self-Help Groups, while 1,700 women farmers have been promoted as Lakhpati Kisan.

How Change Builds

Portrait of Women’s Self-Help Groups outside her craft unit

6,000+

Women Self-Help Groups
promoted

Women’s Self-Help Groups

Collective institutions · Livelihood development

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Collective Formation

Women organise into community institutions and savings groups.

2

Capacity Building

Members strengthen financial, livelihood and leadership skills.

3

Livelihood Opportunities

Women participate in agriculture, enterprise and income-generating activities.

4

Market & Institutional Linkages

Groups connect with government programmes, producer institutions and resource agencies.

5

Greater Agency

Economic participation strengthens confidence and community leadership.

The Organisational Profile does not provide a named individual woman’s case study or verified personal quotation. The website should use a real TSRD beneficiary story, name and testimonial only after those are supplied or verified.

Content Note · Institutional Profile

Field documentation from the collective
Field documentation from the collective
Field documentation from the collective

With Gratitude

The people and institutionswho stayed

Recognition here is measured in years of commitment as much as rupees.

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Gold

Anandaraj Foundation

Corporate · ₹4.2 Cr contributed

Backing the delta health fleet since 2014.

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Gold

Meher & Kabir Sen

Individual · ₹1.8 Cr contributed

Endowed the Kanya scholarship corpus.

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Silver

Sundarban Steel Ltd.

Corporate · ₹92 L contributed

Skill academy infrastructure partner.

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Silver

Dr. Ila Bhattacharya

Individual · ₹64 L contributed

Twenty-two years of unbroken giving.

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Bronze

Nabadiganta Trust

Corporate · ₹38 L contributed

Mangrove nursery co-funder.

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Bronze

The Roy Family

Individual · ₹21 L contributed

Supports 140 children each year.

Villagers standing together at dusk

Together We Can Transform
More Lives

Every sustainable project begins with a community, a shared challenge and the willingness to work together.

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