Khagga Venkat Rao
- Chairman & Managing Trustee
Development by dint of insightful learning and discernible wisdom
Having an experience of more than a decade in social sector it was illustrated that there is transformational change in the societies and operational areas which I strongly believe that the carried activities will define the futuristic direction in the development indices in the country.
The trust mainly implements its activities by the focusing on the core values at the grass root levels. This year I took initial steps to transform Arunodaya Trust into a hub of Knowledge and centre for learning Organization by promoting a culture of edification within the organization. These in essence meant re-aligning ourselves to be more pondered and Methodist about our work, and constantly evaluate self to improve the work I am doing.
Closely linked to my ambition of becoming hub of Knowledge and center for learning Organization is my continuous effort to improve programming capacities so that I am able to make lasting impact in the lives of the poorest and most marginalized communities, especially women and girls. To this end I have adopted the Strategic Programming Framework to contextualize current realities for responding with help of impactful and innovative strategies. I have also started working towards bridging unequal power relations by implementing Gender Transformative framework in the programmers at the grassroots.
Through the use of innovative approaches and hard work, I am proud to report that in this fiscal year I am able to reach more than 1 million people across programmers and projects in South India. It is possible because of the support of Public and Government, Partners, donors and corporate sectors. I take this opportunity to thank all for supporting the trust.
In the coming years all the teams and I work to further increase the service reach and impact, and deepen the efforts in becoming an organization that builds on its learning’s, and shares them widely to promote action for the empowerment of marginalized especially women and girls from Below Poverty Line communities. With stronger partnerships and your support, I am sure we will continue to move towards achieving our mission of alleviating poverty and social exclusion.
