Programs

Twelve programs. One goal: a living at home.

Every program is built with a government or industry partner, and measured by one thing — whether people can earn a dignified living without leaving their village.

Farming & Environment

Lower costs, healthier soil and crops that reach the market — for small, marginal and tribal farmers.

Women farmers holding a basket of compost they made

With RPG Foundation25 tribal villages, Utnoor mandal, Adilabad

Organic Farming & Biochar

Tribal farmers were losing money every season to chemical inputs. We trained 500 women farmers to make their own organic fertiliser — and to turn cotton stalks into biochar instead of burning them.

Village awareness meetings on organic cotton, followed by hands-on training from experienced agricultural experts.
Equipment for making organic fertiliser given free of cost, plus quality cotton seed.
Organic certification through a third party, and marketing support for the crop.
Cotton stalks that used to be burnt after harvest are now converted into biochar that feeds the soil.

tribal women farmers trained: 500
villages: 25

With Suresh Productions Pvt. Ltd.Mancherial, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Peddapalli, Siddipet and Karimnagar

Water for Growth

Reliable water is the difference between one crop a year and two. This project installs borewells, digs agricultural wells and repairs existing canals.

New borewells and agricultural water wells for farming families.
Repair of existing water channels so water reaches the fields again.

districts: 5

Farmers receiving a solar panel and fence energiser

Wildlife Crop Protection

Wild boar, monkeys and nilgai can wipe out a season’s crop overnight. Solar-powered fences deliver a mild, non-lethal shock that keeps animals out.

Solar fencing equipment provided to farmers struggling with crop losses.
Guidance on other options: biological fencing, changes in cropping pattern, and government crop-loss compensation and insurance.

farmers equipped with solar fences: 15

Farmers with an agricultural spray drone at a field demonstration

With ICAR, Hyderabad

Modern Machinery & Drones

Agricultural drones sow, spray and monitor crops faster and more precisely. We help small farmers see them working on their own fields.

Field demonstrations of drones for sowing, fertiliser application, pesticide spraying and crop monitoring.
Awareness on modern agricultural machinery for small and marginal farmers.

small and marginal farmers trained: 150

Aquaculture tanks at a farmer training site

Aquaculture Training

Training farmers in Good Aquaculture Practices, so fish farming becomes a dependable second income.

Water quality management and controlled feeding to cut waste.
Disease prevention through better farm practices.

Participants in protective veils learning to handle bee boxes

With National Bee Board · NBHM · PJTSAU

Scientific Beekeeping

A seven-day programme on scientific beekeeping for farmers, students, unemployed youth and FPO members — inaugurated by Aasara’s Director.

Organised by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare with the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission.
Held under Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University.

days of hands-on training: 7

Skills & Enterprise

Training that leads to a job or a business, so young people and women can earn without migrating.

Rural youth at computer training sessions

With BAIF Foundation

Computer & Spoken English for Rural Youth

One month of computer skills and spoken English — typing, MS Office, internet — that opened jobs and self-employment for most of the batch.

English typing, MS Office and internet use.
Spoken English and communication practice.

rural youth trained: 60
now employed or self-employed: 70%

Women trainees at the computer training centre

With NABARD · Narayana Foundation

Computer Training for Rural Women

Thirty unemployed rural women, one month of training — and 25 of them now work in private companies, role models for their villages.

English typing, MS Office and internet use.
Part of a Micro Enterprise Development Programme.

women trained: 30
placed in jobs: 25

Sewing machine and farm tools handed over at the SCSP programme

With ICAR – NBPGR, Hyderabad (SCSP scheme)Chelapur and Salvid villages, Kulkacharla mandal, Vikarabad

Sewing Machines & Farm Tools

Families were migrating to Hyderabad and Mumbai for work. With their own sewing machines and farm implements, 150 Scheduled Caste villagers now earn at home.

50 women received sewing machines — 30 are now employed and are training other women.
100 farmers received sprayer pumps, tarpaulin covers and vegetable trays, and now find year-round farm work nearby.

beneficiaries: 150
women now earning from tailoring: 30

Young trainees at a skill-to-enterprise session

With SIDBI · COWE

Skill to Enterprise (STEM)

For rural youth who want to run a business: business-skills training and enterprise clusters that turn trainees into entrepreneurs.

Business skills training for unemployed young men and women.
Enterprise clusters for shared growth.

young people in training: 60

Health & Community

Early detection and everyday hygiene in villages and government schools that are hard to reach.

With MNJ Hospital · Rotary ClubKulkacharla Primary Health Centre, Vikarabad

Cancer Screening Camps

Early detection saves lives, but rural families rarely get screened. Our camp brought screening for oral, cervical and breast cancer to the village health centre.

120 people screened in a single camp.
30 people diagnosed and referred to MNJ Hospital, Hyderabad, for treatment.

people screened: 120
referred for treatment: 30

Government school students at a hygiene awareness session

School Hygiene Awareness

Programmes on environmental and personal hygiene for students and staff of rural government schools, so that schools stay clean and healthy.

Awareness sessions for students and staff on cleanliness and environmental responsibility.

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