Kutch Navnirman Abhiyan
Rs. 3,286,243 awarded over one year to Kutch Navnirman Abhiyan
Kutch Navnirman Abhiyan (KNNA) is a coalition of NGOs based in Kutch (India’s westernmost district, in the state of Gujarat), providing a range of services and advice.
Using our grant of £33,750 over one year, the Village Development Fund aims to provide 24 selected panchayats, village-level political institutions at the grassroots of Indian democracy, with a grant of 100,000 rupees each. The panchayats decide how the grant is used on condition that it benefits the weaker sections of the village and that the planning and implementation processes are participatory, honest and transparent.
It is hoped that the project becomes a model for strengthening the panchayats’ ability to undertake social development activities, and that some of the processes carry over to the panchayats’ use of public money.
We provided additional resources to KNNA to disseminate information about the project and create, in time, a network of other comparable initiatives being implemented in India.
