Karnataka

1.
State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Affus Women Welfare Association
3. Year of establishment: 1999
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Farida Khan
6. Leadership (2012): Farida Khan
7. Main sectors of work:

a. Livelihood (vocational training, income generation)
b. Women’s empowerment
c. Education (elementary education, non-formal education)
8. Location/Spread of work: Affus Women Welfare Association worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in Hubli District,
including the cities of Hubli and Dharwad). It also worked in Andhra Pradesh.
9. Total staff: 9
10. Female staff: 8
11. Muslim staff: 7
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 45,00,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding:

a. Indian Donor Agency
b. Foreign Donor
c. Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:

Farida Khan
61 ChetanaColony, Gadag Road, Hubli 580020, Karnataka, India
+91 9480052867
[email protected]
www.awwaindia.org
Affus worked on women’s empowerment, including with a large number of Muslim women, through vocational skill training,
income-generating activities and providing a platform for women to market their products. It conducted vocational training in
fashion design, embroidery skills, and cutting and tailoring, among others. The organization also promoted education of poor,
destitute children through its school for slum children, provided tuition support up to Class 8 and ran a computer-literacy centre.
Headed by a Muslim woman, the organization’s core focus on women’s issues extended beyond their economic self-reliance to
include issues such as domestic violence, desertion and child marriage.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Al Azhar Foundation
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Zafarullah Khan
6. Leadership (2012): TazaiyunOomer, Zafarullah Khan
7. Main sector of work:Education (elementary education, scholarships)
8. Location/Spread of work: Al Azhar Foundation worked in urban Karnataka (in Bangalore City).
9. Total staff: 20
10. Female staff: 20
11. Muslim staff: 20

a. Community-funded Zakat: Indian
b. Individual / Family/ Private donations

TazaiyunOomer
Al-Azhar Foundation School, 1st Cross, 4th Main, Padrayanpura, Bangalore 560026, Karnataka, India
+91 80- 26754141, +91 9902527244
[email protected]
Al Azhar Foundation, headed by its founder-president Zafarullah Khan, was located in Bangalore City. Its work was based on the
conviction that only modern education can help poor, highly disadvantaged Muslims living in slum localities. The Foundation ran
a school that, though managed by a religious committee (Masjid-e-Subhaniya Committee), laid emphasis on modern English-
language education. Religious teachings were kept separate from the main educational activity of the school. The Foundation’s
governing board had 50% women’s representation, and included a non-Muslim member. Al Azhar also gave scholarships to
Muslim slum children to help them continue primary and high school education.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Al-Fatima Women’s Welfare Society
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: NaseemaBanu
6. Leadership (2012): NaseemaBanu

a. Education (elementary education, non-formal education, bridge courses)
b. Livelihood (SHGs, vocational training)
8. Location/Spread of work: Al-Fatima Society worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in Gulbarga District).
9. Total staff: 39
13. Sources of funding:State Government

NaseemaBanu
H.No. 1-949-61-1-53, Rahamatnagar, Near Huda Masjid, Gulbarga585102, Karnataka, India
+91 9845866599, +91 9916602453
[email protected]
Al-Fatima Women’s Welfare Society had been working in rural and urban areas of Raichur district since 2001, with a focus on
slum settlements. NaseemaBanu, its founder, continued to provide leadership to the organization, and was supported by a
governing board of 7 women, all Muslim. The organization worked with women and children from all communities but with a
significant focus on the Muslim community. It had a two-pronged focus: economic self-reliance for women and education for
children. Al-Fatima worked towards this by forming SHGs for women, linked to vocational-training programmes. For children’s
education, it intervened in formal schools, madrasas and residential bridge courses. The organization had also conducted
trainings to raise awareness on a range of issues from climate change and biodiversity to pulse polio and HIV/AIDS, and
provided skill training in areas such as computer skills and embroidery, among others.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Dr.Shakeel
6. Leadership (2012): Irshad Ahmed Desai

a. Advocacy (minority development, including right to food)
b. Civic amenities and basic services
c. Urban poverty
d. Harassment and illegal detention
8. Location/Spread of work: APCR had a state-wide presence in Karnataka.
9. Total staff: 2
10. Female staff: 0
11. Muslim staff: 2
14. Individual / Family/ Private donations

Irshad Ahmed Desai
No. 31,3rd Cross, GC Colony, Queen’s Road Cross, Tasker Town, Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore 560051, Karnataka,
India
+91 9448178671, +91 80-22863325
[email protected], [email protected]
www.apcrindia.org
The Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) had a state-wide presence in Karnataka. It was founded by DrShakeel in
2002 with a civil rights framework. The Association’s original mission statement was thus focused on creating public awareness
about civil rights, providing helplines for victims, training social activists, providing legal aid in cases of civil rights violations and
doing advocacy at the state and national level towards safeguarding human rights through legal reform and other means. Over
time APCR had shifted its approach from a conventional civil rights framework to include development concerns of poor slum
dwellers, focusing largely on Muslim-dominated localities. Further, instead of interventions on a case-by-case basis it had shifted
to an advocacy approach – of monitoring the state institutions that are responsible for development and working for larger policy
changes. APCR’s priorities were the right to food (including the functioning of fair price outlets), provision of civic amenities and
basic services to all citizens and addressing issues of urban poverty. It also worked on promoting communal harmony. The
Association frequently used the Right to Information Act to achieve its objectives.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: ApnaGhar
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Ziaullah Sheriff
6. Leadership (2012): Ziaullah Sheriff, RiyazAhamed

a. Shelter (boys’ orphanage)
b. Education (elementary education, scholarships for higher education and professional courses)
c. Charity (widow pensions)
8. Location/Spread of work: ApnaGhar worked in urban areas of Karnataka (in Hassan town of Hassan District).
9. Total staff: 34
13. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

Ziaullah Sheriff / RiyazAhamed
Idgah Road, Hassan573201, Karnataka, India
+91 8172-263733, +91 9535365301
[email protected]
ApnaGhar, founded by Hassan resident Ziaullah Sheriff, was an initiative of Sheriff Charities, the CSR wing of Sheriff Builders.
Based on the SOS model, the institution was founded to provide orphaned Muslim boys with quality care and education. The
children’s home had space for up to 140 boys, and along with the orphanage provided education up to Class 7. For further
education, including high school and professional courses, the organization provided financial aid and scholarships. Additionally,
the institution provided pensions for widows.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Association of People with Disability (APD)
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: N.S. Hema
6. Leadership (2012): V.S. Basavaraju

a. Disability issues (therapeutic counselling services, skill-development for livelihood)
b. Advocacy (socio-economic integration of persons with disabilities, barrier-free physical environment)
8. Location/Spread of work: APD worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in Bangalore, Bijapur, Koppal, Gadag, Tumkur,
Kolar, Davanagere, Chikkaballapura, Kodagu and Raichur districts).
9. Total staff: 225

b. Indian Corporate Donor
c. Foreign Donor
d. Individual/Family/Private donations
e. Self-sustaining activities

Mr.Vasvaraj
6th Cross, Hutchins Road, Off Hennur Main Road, Lingarajapuram, St.Thomas Town Post, Bangalore 560084, Karnataka,
India
+91 80-25475861
http://www.apd-india.org/
Founded in 1959, the Association of People with Disability (APD) worked in 12 districts of Karnataka towards enhancing the self-
esteem and productivity of people with disabilities and integrating them into the mainstream. Though it worked with all persons
with disabilities, APD operated with an understanding of how social exclusion and poverty further disadvantaged persons with
disabilities. The Association’s programmes included health services and therapy for persons with disabilities, elementary
education and vocational skills to help them towards self-sufficiency, therapeutic counselling and the provision of mobility aids.
The organization also worked at an advocacy level, towards creating a society friendly to persons with disabilities. It strived for a
barrier-free/disability accessible physical environment and the integration and acceptance of persons with disabilities in society
and specifically in economic activities.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Bazm-e-Niswan
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: HusnaZiaulla Sheriff
6. Leadership (2012): HusnaZiaulla Sheriff

a. Livelihood (SHGs, microcredit, vocational training)
b. Education (elementary education)
8. Location/Spread of work: Bazm-e-Niswan worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (including Bangalore city).
9. Total staff: Not available
10. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 3,00,00,000 (approx.)


HusnaZiaulla Sheriff
37 Muniswamy Road, Tasker Town, Bangalore-560051, Karnataka, India
Tel: +91 80-22860023
Fax: +91 80-22266973
[email protected]
www.bazm-e-niswan.org
Established in 1971, Bazm-e-Niswan was an old reputed charity in Bangalore city. Founded by HusnaZiaulla Sheriff, who
continued at the helm of the organization, it was staffed entirely by Muslim women. The organization worked with poor Muslims,
largely women and children, towards self-reliance, self-confidence and a life of dignity. Its core focus area for women was
livelihood support through SHGs and skill development towards economic activities. It also had a diversified vocational skills
programme. For children, Bazm-e-Niswan provided educational support for elementary education. The organization also had
interventions in health. Its large average annual budget of Rs 3 crore was generated entirely through zakat funds and private
contributions.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Chaitanya Rural Development Society
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: S.H. Majeed
6. Leadership (2012): S.H. Majeed

a. Health (HIV/AIDS)
b. Awareness-raising (HIV/AIDS, legal issues)
c. Livelihood (SHGs)
d. Education (elementary education)
8. Location/Spread of work: Chaitanya worked in rural areas of Karnataka (in 7 taluks covering 100 villages of Haveri
District).
9. Total staf: 49
11. Muslim staff: 4

a. Central Government
b. State Government
c. Indian Donor Agency

S.H. Majeed
Kanvi building, 1st Main, 2nd Cross, Daneshwarinagar, Haveri 581110, Karnataka, India
+91 9886518772, +91 9880644462
[email protected]
Chaitanya Rural Development Society was founded by S.H. Majeed in 2003 and worked in 100 villages in Haveri District.
While working with a broad perspective towards social and economic empowerment, its main focus – uncommonfor a rural-
based organization – wason those affected by HIV/AIDS. On this it worked with women, children and the youth, including
those considered specially vulnerable, like sex workers or gay men. Some of its work had been supported by the National
Aids Control Society. It also did awareness-raising on HIV/AIDS issues with a diverse, vulnerable population including
women beedi workers, coolie workers, small scale vendors etc. It had done legal awareness programmes with the Muslim
community. On elementary education, under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan it worked on programmes targeted primarily at
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe children. Additionally, the Chaitanya Society worked on livelihoods through SHGs.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Centre for Rural Education Development & Innovative Technologies of India (CREDIT-I)
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: K.G. Shailaja, Manjunath M.R., M.P. Varsha
6. Leadership (2012): M.P. Varsha

a. Livelihood (SHGs, microcredit, vocational training)
b. Education (elementary education, high school education)
c. Rural development (watershed development)
8. Location/Spread of work: CREDIT-I worked in both rural and urban areas, and was active in most districts of
Karnataka.
9. Total staff: 6*
*Staff details are from Mysore Office only
10. Female staff: 2
11. Muslim staff: 0

a. State Government
b. Individual/Family/Private donations

M.P. Varsha
1082, 10th Cross, Sunnadakeri, K.R. Mysore570024, Karnataka, India
+91 9448988746, +91 821-4192226 +91 997278765
[email protected]
Headquartered in Mysore, but with a presence in rural and urban areas across the state, the Centre for Rural Education
Development & Innovative Technologies of India (CREDIT I) was set up in 2007. It worked with women, children and youth of all
communities, including Muslims. Its aim was to achieve women’s empowerment through economic development and to promote
quality education at school level. Towards these objectives, the organization worked on livelihoods through SHGs and
microfinance. Its education programmes addressed students at both primary and high school-level and the focus was on quality
of schooling. Additionally, CREDIT I was also involved in watershed development through a State-funded watershed project.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Development Education Service (DEEDS)
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Dr. Desmond D’Abreo
6. Leadership (2012): Merlyn Martis

a. Women’s empowerment (legal aid services, gender and leadership training programmes)
b. Livelihood (SHGs, credit facilities)
8. Location/Spread of work: Development Education Service worked in 15 districts of Karnataka with special emphasis in Dakshina
Kannada and Udipi districts.
9. Total staff: 10
10. Female staff: 9
11. Muslim staff: 1

b. Foreign Donor

Merlyn Martis
1st Floor, Anand Apartment, Vasanthi Complex, Kadri, Mangalore 575002, Karnataka, India
+91 824-2217022
[email protected]
Mangalore-based Development Education Service (DEEDS) had been working in Mangalore and Udupi districts since 1982. Its
core focus was on women’s issues and women’s development through a range of initiatives. It ran a resource centre for women
and brought out a tri-monthly newsletter Samvedi, written by women within DEEDS’ programme area. Credit facilities for women
were provided through a small trust where the SHG members were themselves the trustees and handled all operations. The
organization had also catalyzed the formation of several MahilaMandals and SHGs, providing both skill development and access
to credit. In keeping with its focus on women’s issues DEEDS was also developing legal aid services, through a para-legal
training programme aimed at creating barefoot lawyers. Aligned with its emphasis on legal assistance, it ran a legal mobile clinic
and providedcounselling. Leadership development, capacity-building and gender training were also key work area for DEEDS.
Additionally, the organization conducted Right to Information consultation programmes as well as a life skills education module
for adolescents.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Ease Training Institute
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Mr.Devaraj
6. Leadership (2012): Mr.Devaraj

a. Resource and skill development (personality development, leadership and management training, awareness training
on HIV/AIDs and other issues)
b. Livelihood (SHGs, economic development programmes)
c. Education (elementary education, day care centres)
8. Location/Spread of work: Ease worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in Mandya, Ramnagar, Tumkur, Mysore and
Hassan districts including the towns of Mandya, Ramnagar, Tumkur, Hassan,Kanakapura and Mysore city).
9. Total staff: 43*

* Staff details are from Mandya only
11. Muslim staff: 7

b. State Government
c. Self-sustaining Activities

Mr.Devaraj
No. 45/649, 9th Cross, Shankar Nagar, Mandya District 571401, Karnataka, India
+91 9844237922, +91 8232-400942
[email protected]
Established in 1992, Ease Training Institute worked on community development in rural and urban areas with a Gandhian
perspective. Its target population was women, children and youth, from all communities including about a third of its outreach to
local Muslims. Over the years, the organization had developed a range of programmes. Resource and skill development was a
primary area of work, and their trainings covered personality development, management development, leadership trainings, as
well as awareness-raising on issues like HIV/AIDS, the environment, literacy, art and culture. The organization also ran a family
counsellingcentre with a helpline. Ease’s interventions in elementary education included running day care centres. Another area
of work was livelihood, under which Ease had promoted around 600 SHGs for women.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Ebenezer Society
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Babu Sangaram
6. Leadership (2012): Babu Sangaram

a. Livelihood (SHGs, skill-development, income-generation)
b. Rural development (watershed development)
c. Child Labour (rehabilitation, bridge courses, advocacy)
8. Location/Spread of work: Ebenezer Society worked in rural areas of Karnataka (in 45 villages of 3 taluks of Bidar District).
9. Total staff: 6
10. Female staff: 3
11. Muslim staff: 0

a. State Government
b. Indian Donor Agency

Babu Sangaram, Director
H.No. 9-4-343/2, Sai Colony, Gandhiganj Road, Bidar District 585403, Karnataka, India
+91 9880315463
[email protected]
Ebenezer’s main strategy was SHG formation and livelihood training. Given Bidar’s 19.69% Muslims (Census 2001), the
organization had worked with Muslims since inception, bringing together women from Muslim, Dalit and Lingayat
communities on a single platform, through livelihood training programmes. It believed this collective strategy would help
break caste-community barriers. Out of its 125 SHGs with a membership of 1,875 women, 5 SHGs were comprised solely of
Muslim women; the rest had mixed community membership. The organization also began vocational training programmes
so that women could use the loans availed of through the SHGs to set up their own micro enterprises. The Micro
Entrepreneurship Development Program (MEDP program) was hence initiated in 2001. Offered in collaboration with
NABARD and supported by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Bangalore, the programme provided
different vocational skill training. In 5 villages in Bidar with large Muslim populations and where Muslim women have some
skill in zarizardozi work (a traditional form of embroidery using metal thread/wires), trainings had focused on helping them
produce higher quality work, ensuring a more lucrative livelihood. The 55 Muslim women from these 5 SHGs often directly
purchased raw materials, produced and sold finished zardozi products, and shared the profit among themselves. The
organization also worked on rural development through watershed management, and on issues of child labour, including
rehabilitation and mainstreaming of former child labourers.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Fedina, Bijapur
4. Not Registered
5. Key founder: Mr.Siddarth
6. Leadership (2012): PrabhuGowdaPatil

a. Urban poverty (slums, housing rights)
b. Workers rights (unionizing unorganized sector workers)
8. Location/Spread of work: Fedina, Bijapur worked in urban areas of Karnataka (in the slums of Bijapur City in Bijapur District).
9. Total staff: 7
10. Female staff: 6
11. Muslim staff: 2
13. Sources of funding:Indian Donor Agency

PrabhuGowdaPatil, Program Coordinator
Uma Nivas, Chalukya Nagar, Sollapur Road, Bijapur 586101, Karnataka, India
+91 9448815524
[email protected]
Bijapur has a large Muslim population (16.3%), and many of them live in slums with abysmal civic conditions, working as
domestic workers, construction workers in brick kilns and as street vendors. The Foundation for Educational Innovations in Asia
(FEDINA) Bijapur, a project of FEDINA Bangalore, was set up in 1996 to work for better living standards in Bijapur City’s
underserved slums. The organization observed that slum residents had little or no access to facilities like water, electricity and
roads, and a lack of awareness prevented them from accessing healthcare facilities. Literacy levels were low, and many people
worked in the unorganized sector for low wages and often in unsafe conditions or without workplace facilities. FEDINA worked to
empower people in the slums to tackle these issues through campaigns, awareness programmes, Right to Information Act
applications, unions and SHGs. They also supported slum residents in their demand for ownership of their homes. The
organization had also begun unionizing workers from different trades—salespeople, street vendors, domestic workers,
construction workers, and brick makers—and was helping them fight for better working conditions. They had set up SHGs for
women and had helped over 3000 senior citizens and widows in Bijapur’s slums access pension schemes.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Gadag District Youth Minorities Seva Committee
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Jabbar Khan Pathan, Imtiyaz R. Manvi
6. Leadership (2012): Imtiyaz R. Manvi, Javeed Noorbasha, Babajan Balaganur

a. Rights-based campaigning & awareness raising (minority rights, PM’s 15-point programme for welfare of
minorities, violence against women, development schemes for minorities, health awareness)
b. Workers’ rights (organizing auto rickshaw drivers, government employees)
c. Urban poverty (organizing slum committees, helping destitute women)
8. Location/Spread of work: Gadag Committee worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in 106 gram panchayats of
Gadag District).
9. Total volunteers: 500
10. Female volunteers: 100
11. Muslim volunteers: 500
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: No fixed amount (need-based fund raising)
13. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

Imtiyaz R. Manvi
Gadag Committee, No 8, 1st Floor, GP Complex, Opposite Court, Gadag 582101, Karnataka, India
+91 9901132094
[email protected]
The Gadag District Youth Minority Seva Committee (GDYMSC) founded in 2003, hada presence in 5 talukas, 2 blocks and
35 wards of Gadag District in northern Karnataka. The organisation had 500 volunteer members and worked almost entirely
without funds. It had a unique organisational model, with various volunteer committees working to help different sections of
the Muslim community fight for their rights. Each committee addressed the specific needs of a particular group: there was a
Minority Auto Committee, a Government Employees Committee, a District Student Committee, a Labour Committee, and
Taluk and Ward Committees (to address local issues). All of these were overseen by a district-level committee. The
committees took up issues ranging from helping students access minority scholarships to ‘unionizing’ auto drivers, and
intervening in cases of discrimination or violence against Muslims. GDYMSC also organized campaigns and dharnas on
development issues affecting the Muslim community, including implementation of the Prime Minister’s 15-point programme
for minorities.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Human Institutional Development Forum (HIDF)
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Dr.Anuradha Prasad
6. Leadership (2012): HarithaSarma
7. Main sector of work:Organizational and institutional development
8. Location/Spread of work: HIDF is a support organization.It worked in 12 states: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Manipur,
Odisha, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
9. Total staff: 9
10. Female staff: 5
11. Muslim staff: 2

b. Foreign Donor

HarithaSarma
#21/4, ‘Prakriya’, 2nd Cross, 1st Main, Atmananda Colony, Sultan Palya, RT Nagar Post, Bangalore560032, Karnataka, India
+91 80-23659596
[email protected]
www.hidforum.org
Human Institutional Development Forum (HIDF) was formed with a single focus – to build and enhance human and institutional
capacities in development organizations and individuals. With a presence in twelve states, they worked with 3 basic strategies:
organizational development, accompaniment and research, and knowledge building with NGOs and social movements working
on different issues. It worked with a wide range of organizations that were engaged in issues spanning gender, youth,
panchayatiraj, agriculture, livelihood, education, health, governance and advocacy. HIDF began focusing on the institutional
needs of organizations working with Muslims in 2004. The shift was directly catalyzed by the violence in Gujarat two years earlier
in 2002, and HIDF initiated its work in collaboration with Gujarat-based Janvikas and Hyderabad-based COVA. The organization
was working towards developing institutional and training modules for organizations working with Dalits as well as those working
with Muslims. HIDF intended to continue its focus on these organizations in its future programming.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Humane Touch
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: TazaiyunOomer
6. Leadership (2012): TazaiyunOomer

a. Education (elementary education, scholarships for higher education)
b. Livelihood (vocational training, microcredit)
c. Health (medical aids, medical camps, financial support for treatment)
8. Location/Spread of work: Humane Touch worked in urban areas of Karnataka (in 1 ward of Bangalore City of Bangalore Urban
District).
9. Total volunteers: Not available
11. Sources of funding:Individual/ Family/ Private donations

TazaiyunOomer
G-02, Prestige Grand Oak, # 265, 1st Cross, 7th Main, HAL II Stage, Bangalore 560026, Karnataka, India
+91 9845027337
[email protected]
www.humanetouchindia.org
Led by its founder, Tazaiyun Oomer, Bangalore-based Humane Touch had an all-woman staff and governing body from the
Muslim community. Its initial work when it was set up in 1999 was to provide free aids and appliances to disabled women from
poor Muslim families. Through this interaction came the realization that these women faced a double disadvantage because of
the relatively poor economic condition of much of the Muslim community. This analysis shaped the future work of the
organization. Humane Touch worked for all disadvantaged Muslim families towards educational and economic self-reliance. It
focused on women and children, and its interventions were a mix of charitable work and empowerment programmes. In the field
of education, it worked with pre-primary and primary government and private schools, provided scholarships for higher
education, and distributed uniforms and books. It had vocational training centres for girls and provided microcredit. It continued
its initial work on giving medical aid to the disabled, but also did other health-based interventions such as medical camps, free
treatment, distribution of medicines and providing financial aid for medical care for those suffering from serious illnesses.
Additionally, its charity work also included organizing mass weddings for poor families, distribution of food grains among the poor
and building or reconstructing housing for widows and orphans.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: IQRA Educational Sports and Welfare Charitable Trust
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: C.M. Mohammed Nasualla Sharif
6. Leadership (2012): C.M. Mohammed Nasualla Sharif
7. Main sector of work:Education (elementary education, higher education, non-formal education for disadvantaged, disabled and
destitute children)
8. Location/Spread of work: IQRA Trust worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in Chikmagalur District).
9. Total staff: 18
11. Muslim staff: 9
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: Not available
13. Sources of funding:Individual/Family/Private donations

C.M. Mohammed Nasualla Sharif
131 MG, Road, Chikmagalur 577101, Karnataka, India
+91 9343173402
[email protected]
IQRA Educational Sports and Welfare Charitable Trust was established by C.M. Mohammed Nasualla Sharif in 1974. Inspired by
Mother Teresa’s work with the destitute, it reached out to those children who truly exist on margins of society – homeless
children, orphans, children in bonded labour and street children from all communities. A large number of them were Muslim. The
organization also had a special focus on children with disabilities. Through its educational institutions, the Trust tried to provide
modern education to the disadvantaged child with an emphasis on sport. Education was provided free to many children,
including destitute children and orphans. Several visually impaired children supported by the IQRA Trust had participated in
sports events at the international level and won prizes.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Janasahayog
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Rajendra Y.J.
6. Leadership (2012): A. Narasimhamurthy

a. Democratic participation (organizing slum dwellers)
b. Advocacy (rights of slum dwellers – land rights, housing rights)
c. Civic amenities and basic services (in slum settlements)
8. Location/Spread of work: Janasahyog worked in urban areas of Karnataka (in 305 slums across 12 towns/cities of 12
districts, namely, Bangalore, Mandya, Mysore, Tumkur, Chitraduraga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gagavati, Raichur, Gulbarga,
Gadag and Hubli).
9. Total staff: 33
10. Muslim staff: 5

a. Foreign Donor
b. Individual/Family/Private donations

A. Narasimhamurthy
No. 1, Second Floor, 10th Cross, 6th Main, Sampaingi Ram Nagara, Bangalore 560027, Karnataka, India
+91 9448448883, +91 80-22128565
[email protected]
www.janapara.org
Janasahayog worked with the urban poor across 12 towns and cities in the state, reaching 305 slum settlements. It was a
community-based organization, and local community members were represented in the formal structure of the Trust. Its
mandate was to organize slum dwellers to demand their entitlements from the State, and enable them to collectively resolve
the everyday problems of civic amenities and basic services in the slums. Dalits and Muslims were a natural target group,
because they comprised a majority of the slum population. A key area of intervention was land rights and housing rights for
slum dwellers, especially in the face of large-scale urban land-grabbing by builder mafias, as well as diversion of prime
urban land to private hands by the state government. Janasahyog developed local leadership, promoted democratic
participation and tried to facilitate community-led processes to demand these rights – housing, land, civic amenities and
basic services. It also supported its direct interventions with state-level advocacy on housing rights and urban poverty
issues. Reflecting the high population of Muslims in slum settlements of the towns of Tumkur, Gadag, Bijapur and
Chitradurga, a large number of the organizaton’s community leaders and members in these towns were Muslim.
Janasahayog was a member of Komu Soharda Vedike, a state network against communalism.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: JanodayaSeva Trust
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: T.K. Gopal
6. Leadership (2012): T.K. Gopal

a. Education (residential education programmes– out-of-school children, home-based education, disabled children)
b. Women’s empowerment (helpline for domestic violence survivors)
c. Child rights (child labour, short-stay home, reuniting missing children with families)
d. SC/ST/Minority community development issues
e. Rural health and agriculture-related activities
f. Poverty alleviation
g. Environment-based programmes
8. Location/Spread of work: JanodayaSeva Trust worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in Mandya, Ramnagar and Mysore
districts).
9. Total staff: 44
11. Muslim staff: 1

b. State Government
c. Individual / Family/ Private donations

T.K. Gopal
Opp. BisiluMaramma Temple, MC Road, Kallahalli, Mandya District571401, Karnataka, India
+91 8232-230622, +91 9844062189
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
JanodayaSeva Trust worked with women, children and destitutes on a range of issues. A major focus area was education, which
included a residential programme for out-of-school children, a residential bridge course, providing hostel facilities for children
attending government schools and home-based education for physically challenged children (in Mandya, Mysore, Ram Nagar
and Hassan District). In collaboration with the district cell of the Missing Child Bureau and DON BOSCO, the organization also
provided short-stay homes and helped reunite missing children with their families. Its work with women included a helpline for
women survivors of domestic violence, which also helped in their rehabilitation. The organization also conducted awareness
programmes on health and sanitation in both rural areas and in urban slums, as well as on issues of environment, sustainable
agriculture and organic farming. Additionally, the JanodayaSeva Trust engaged with minority issues, in consultation with local
maulvis, elected representatives and people of local standing.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Jeevika, Mysore
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Kiran Kamal Prasad
6. Leadership (2012): Mr.Umesh

a. Workers’rights (bonded labourers, child labourers, agricultural labourers)
b. Livelihood (SHGs, microcredit)
c. Land rights (with Dalits and tribals)
8. Location/Spread of work: Jeevika worked in rural Karnataka (in Mysore District).
9. Total staff: 20*

* Staff details are from Mysore only
10. Female staff: 4
11. Muslim staff: 0
13. Source of funding:Indian Donor Agency

Kiran Kamal
No. 1289, ISEC Road, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore560072, Karnataka, India
+91 9008487287 (Kiran), +91 9972830274 (Umesh)
[email protected]
http://www.jeevika-free.org/p/who-are-we.html
Jeevika worked in rural areas around Mysore within a labour rights framework. Its work with the Muslim community in fact
emerged from its analysis of child labour, when it found a high proportion of Muslim children among the ranks of child labourers.
Jeevika worked against unjust labour systems and attempted to unionize and organize marginal worker groups – it worked with
people in bonded labour, with agricultural workers and child labourers. It also took up land issues with Dalit and tribal
communities, and worked for the empowerment of women through livelihood, skill development and credit programmes as well
as providing them with leadership training. It had started to organize Muslim women into self-help groups.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Lead Trust
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Prof. M. Ashraf Ali, Ameen-e-Mudassar, Mohammad Ali Shariff
6. Leadership (2012): Ameen-e-Mudassar
7. Main sector of work:Education (higher education, coaching, free/concessional education for high school, career counselling)
8. Location/Spread of work: Lead Trust worked in 4 states (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra).
9. Total volunteers: 50


Ameen-e-Mudassar
#29, RV Road, Basvangudi, Bangalore 560004, Karnataka, India
+91 80-41554225
[email protected]
www.leadtrust.in
Established in response to the findings of the Sachar Committee report, Lead Trust was established by Prof. Ashraf Ali and
Mohammad Ali Shariff. Supported by community zakat funds and individual donations, it was an initiative for talented,
underprivileged Muslim students working in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Kerala. Lead Trust enabled
students to access higher educational opportunities in partnership with a range of minority educational institutions and colleges in
Karnataka. The Trust’s services included career counselling, concessional / free education for Classes 11 and 12, coaching for
the civil services and engineering entrance examinations. It conducted UPSC coaching for graduate students in collaboration
with the Directorate of Minority Welfare. Since its inception, the Lead Trust had facilitated selection of several candidates for the
UPSC coaching scheme for graduate students run by the Directorate of Minority Welfare, Government of Karnataka.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: The Lifeline Foundation Trust
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Salima Shareiff, Feroze Abdullah, Mohammed Ali Shariff
6. Leadership (2012): Mohammed Ali Shariff
7. Main sector of work:Livelihood (interest-free microfinance)
8. Location/Spread of work: The Lifeline Foundation Trust worked in urban areas of Karnataka (in 10 wards of Bangalore City
of Bangalore Urban District).
9. Total staff: 34

a. Community-funded Zakat: NRI

Mohammad Ali Shariff, General Secretary
No. 10, Dr. Omar Shariff Road, Basavangudi, Bangalore 560004, Karnataka, India
+91 80-44113287, +91 9901012791
www.lifelinetrust.in
The Lifeline Foundation Trust, started in 2010 in response to the findings of the Sachar Committee report about the poor
economic condition of large numbers of Muslims, had in a short time developed into a viable microcredit organisation. It
operated community-supported, interest-free microfinance programmes in the poorest slums of Bangalore, with 13 centres
located in areas of the city populated by large numbers of Muslims. Its programme was based on Bangladesh’s
GrameenBank microfinance model, which offers an alternative to the profit-based microfinance programmes that often push
borrowers deeper into poverty. Though a majority of the members were Muslim, the centres were open to all. The
Foundation had developed strong partnerships with local NGOs, masjid committees and schools, which had given it
credibility among community leaders. It also had a unique governance and operations model, with individual board members
directly responsible for specific centres. Being associated with their own existing local organisations, the board members
brought their own infrastructural resources to the work. Each field centre had part-time staff who were expected to give one
day per week to the organisation. In order to expand the work while keeping infrastructure and human resources lean, the
Foundation helped other organisations set up similar microfinance programmes within their local context. It had provided
support to 5 organisations which had adopted this model and started their own microfinance units.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: MakkalaJagriti
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Joy Srinivasan
6. Leadership (2012): Joy Srinivasan
7. Main sector of work:Education (non-formal education with children and youth)
8. Location/Spread of work: MakkalaJagriti worked in urban areas of Karnataka (in 5 wards of Bangalore City in the Bangalore
Urban District).
9. Total staff: 30
11. Muslim staff: 2

a. Indian Corporate Donor

Joy Srinivasan
MakkalaJagriti, # 385, 1st Floor, 6th Cross, BTS Main Road, Wilson Garden, Bangalore 560030, Karnataka, India
+91 80-22111535
[email protected]
www.makkalajagriti.org
Led by Joy Srinivasan (founder, chairperson and managing trustee),MakkalaJagriti had been working in Bangalore since 2003. It
was committed to building a sustainable and equitable society through the holistic development of children using joyful and
creative educational methods. Its vision of education included more than formal teaching-learning of numeracy and literacy – it
also included human skills such as building community relations and harmonious dispute resolution. The organization worked
with all disadvantaged communities residing in slum areas of the city, where it had set up community centres and 10 learning
centres. These community-based learning centres had a democratic atmosphere, with diversity and cohesion as key pillars. The
organization began sustained work with Muslim children in the last 5 years with the opening of a community centre in Mysore
road, in a slum settlement with a large Muslim population.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Meera Women Foundation
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Ms.Pushpa
6. Leadership (2012): Ms.Pushpa

a. Livelihood (SHGs, skill development)
b. Women’s empowerment (violence against women)
8. Location/Spread of work: Meera Foundation worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in 6 gram panchayats of 1 taluka in
Davanagere District).
9. Total staff: 2
10. Female staff: 2
11. Muslim staff: 1

b. Community-funded Zakat: Indian

Ms.Pushpa
Meera Women Foundation, VijayanagarLayout, 2nd Main, 2nd Cross, KondajjiRoad, Davanagere 577001, Karnataka, India
+91 9945077921
[email protected]
Started by Pushpa without any assistance or funding, Meera Women Foundation was her personal response to injustice and
deprivation in society. The organization’s two staff members were sponsored, and part of the work was supported by community
contributions. The Foundation worked in Davanagere District with disadvantaged women and children – mostly from Dalit or
Muslim communities. It took up cases of domestic violence, exploitation and abuse, and addressed issues faced by the
vulnerable in slum areas. It organized women into self-help groups, through which it also impartedvocational skills.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Minority Women and Rural Development Education Society
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Shakeela Begum M. Buldiyar
6. Leadership (2012): MoulaHussainBuldiyar

a. Education (school for child labourers, mainstreaming children through SSA)
b. Livelihood (SHGs, bank linkages, vocational training)
8. Location/Spread of work: Minority Women and Rural Society worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in 4 blocks, 33 gram
panchayats and 11 wards of Koppal District).
9. Total staff: 7
10. Female staff: 2
11. Muslim staff: 5

b. State Government
MoulaHussainBuldiyar
Mehbub Nagar, Kustagi Road, Yelburga, KoppalDistrict 583231, Karnataka, India
+91 9448262875, +91 8534-220786, +91 8534-220520
Minority Women and Rural Development Education Society was established in 1997 to work for the development and welfare of
the Muslim community, because its founders felt that the community was both socially and educationally backward. Over the
years, the organization had widened its scope to include other disadvantaged groups. The society ran a school for child
labourers, spread awareness about the need for education and tried to mainstream children through
SarvaShikhaAbhiyanprogrammes. It also worked with women – conducting training programmes in dress design and
embroidery, forming women into SHGs as well as providing bank linkages. In addition, the organization heldawareness
programmes for local Muslim leaders on minority rights and schemes.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: NirmanaSamsthe
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: M. Karibasappa
6. Leadership (2012): M. Karibasappa

a. Workers’ rights (unionizing construction and beedi workers)
b. Education (education support, tuition for children of unorganized-sector workers)
8. Location/Spread of work: NirmanaSamsthe worked in rural areas of Karnataka (in Byadgi and Haveritaluks of HaveriDistrict).
9. Total staff: 4
10. Female staff: 3
11. Muslim staff: 1

b. Indian Donor Agency

M. Karibasappa
No. 1034, BettadaMalleshwara, Ashraya Colony, ByadagiTaluk, Haveri District 581110, Karnataka, India
+91 994529462, +91 9482552144
[email protected]
A relatively young organization,NirmanaSamsthe had been working under the leadership of M. Karibasappa in rural areas of
HaveriDistrict since 2007. It focused on the labour rights of unorganized-sector workers including construction workers and beedi
workers. Given the large number of Muslims in the unorganized sector, they comprised more than half the organisation’s target
group. The organization attempted to unionize these workers. It also worked against child labour, raising awareness among
mothers, and providing tuition support for education of vulnerable children, including children of construction workers. In
continuation of its focus on workers’ rights, the organization also monitored implementation of MGNREGA to ensure that workers
receive their dues.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Paraspara Trust
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: K.C. Venkatesh
6. Leadership (2012): K. C. Venkatesh

a. Child labour (formal and non-formal education, transit homes, juvenile protection units)
b. Advocacy (child rights, child labour)
8. Location/Spread of work: Paraspara Trust worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in 35 slums of Bangalore Urban and
Bangalore Rural Districts).
9. Total staff: 75
11. Muslim staff: 3

b. State Government
c. State Government Scholarship Programme
d. Indian Donor Agency
e. Indian Corporate Donor
f. Foreign Donor
g. Self-sustaining Activities

K.C. Venkatesh
No. 17/2, 1st Floor, 7th Cross, Bandappa Road, Yeshwantpur, Bangalore560022, Karnataka, India
+91 9482216080, +91 80-2347201, +91 80-23371996
[email protected]
www.paraspara.org
Addressing issues of urban poverty and community development through the lens of child rights, Paraspara Trust had been
active in slum areas in and around Bangalore since 1995. It worked with marginal groups including Dalits and Muslims. The
focus of the organization was the promotion of child rights and the eradication of child labour. Its efforts at rehabilitation included
formal and non-formal education, a bridge school, a transit home and juvenile protection units in police stations. It also worked
for the empowerment of women in the slum population – throughawareness, exposure and training. Most of its staff belonged
came from the local community.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: People
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Mr.Manjunath, AktharBanu
6. Leadership (2012): Mr.Manjunath

a. Education (non-formal education)
b. Rural development
8. Location/Spread of work: People worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in 2 blocks and 12 gram panchayats of
Davanagere District).
9. Total staff: 6
10. Female staff: 1
11. Muslim staff: 2

Mr.Manjunath
No. 15, SPS Nagar, I Stage, Main Ring road, Davangere 577001, Karnataka, India
+91 9972974831
[email protected]
When People started its work in 2006, it initially engaged with schooldropouts, many of whom were from the Muslim community.
Getting more closely involved with the children and their families, it also got drawn into other aspects of their lives, including
issues of exploitation and women’s rights. The organisation worked with a range of marginalized groups with a focus on destitute
children, including orphans, homeless children, children in bonded labour and street children. Its areas of intervention included
non-formal education and literacy, rural development and addressing issues of urban poverty.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Pain, Relief and You Foundation Trust (PRAY)
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Feroze Abdulla,DanyalKazi
6. Leadership (2012): DanyalKazi,Feroze Abdulla
7. Main sector of work:Health (medical aid, financial assistance for medical treatment)
8. Location/Spread of work: PRAY worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in Bangalore Urban
District).
9. Total staff: 3
10. Female staff: 1
11. Muslim staff: 3


DanyalKazi, President
DarusSuroorComplex, 43 Dickenson Road, Next to Masjid-e-Noor, Bangalore560042, Karnataka,
India
+91 80-25571358
[email protected]
www.painrelief-nyou.org
Founded by Feroze Abdulla and Danyal Kazi in 1998, PRAY (Pain, Relief and You) Foundation reached
out to poor patients suffering from serious medical conditions requiring high-cost treatment. Working
through a small team of three, but with a sustantial annual budget, PRAY provided financial assistance to
patients in and around Bangalore. The Foundation was able to help about 1000 persons every year on
average – approximately 60% of them were Muslims. Over the years, PRAY Foundation had developed a
large network of volunteers and partners. Together they provided free or concessional treatment to poor
patients through a network of private hospitals. The Foundation received its resources from private
donations and local community zakat contributions.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Raza Educational and Social Welfare Society
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: BenazirBaig
6. Leadership (2012): Benazir Baig, Mohd. Sarvar

a. Education (non-formal education for child labourers)
b. Livelihood (vocational training, job placement)
8. Location/Spread of work: Raza Educational and Social Welfare Society worked in urban Karnataka (in Bangalore City of
Bangalore Urban District).
9. Total staff: 43

b. Indian Corporate Donor
c. Foreign Donor
d. Self-sustaining Activities

BenazirBaig, Executive Director
RazaManzil, # 19/25, 4th Main, Bismillah Nagar, Bannerghata Road, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India
+91 80-26786728
[email protected]
http://www.razaesws.org/aboutus.html
What began as a small evening tuition/special class in a Bangalore slum for Muslim child labourers – poor, out-of-school,
and often coming from violent homes – expanded into a wide-ranging set of interventions with child labourers and their
mothers. The activities included rehabilitation of child labourers through non-formal education, vocational training and job
placement. Raza Educational and Social Welfare Society (RESWS) was established in 1994 in Bangalore City. Its founder,
a young woman, Benazir Baig, who chose to forgo an academic career in order to address her community’s needs. From
the very beginning, she encountered resistance because some people in her community disapproved of women taking on a
leadership role. Despite this opposition, RESWS persisted and had developed, what they believed was a model to promote
the education of child labourers.A critical part of the strategy was to work with the mothers of these children by providing the
mothers vocational training, thereby creating alternative employment opportunities for the family (and preventing them from
sending children out to work). The organization was headed by a woman, and encouraged women’s leadership at all levels.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Raviputra Environmental Awareness and Charitable Trust (REACT)
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: B.A. Manjunath
6. Leadership (2012): B.A. Manjunath
7. Main sector of work:Rural development (watershed development, organic farming, MGNREGA, PDS)
8. Location/Spread of work: Raviputra Trust worked in both rural and urban areas of Karnataka, with a state-wide presence.
9. Total staff: 15
10. Female staff: 0
11. Muslim staff: 0

a. State Government

B.A. Manjunath
REACT, Near Aladamara, Jyothinagar, SiraTaluk, Tumkur District 572101, Karnataka, India
+91 8135-276492, +91 9900350591
[email protected]
Headquartered in Tumkur District, Raviputra Environmental Awareness and Charitable Trust (REACT) was active in rural and
urban areas across the state. It worked with all disadvantaged people, including Muslims. Its primary focus was rural
development with a view to generating rural employment. The Trust worked on rural development and rural livelihoods, promoted
organic farming, worked on ensuring entitlements such as PDS and pension and on monitoring wage payments under
MGNREGA. On some of its projects it worked closely with gram panchayats.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Sadhana Mahila Goumpu
4. Not registered
5. Key founders: Ms. Sita, Ms. Fatima

*Name changed to protect their identity
6. Leadership (2012): Sita, Fatima, Savita, Sumati, Manju

a. Rights of street sex workers
b. Health (HIV/AIDS, STI awareness, prevention, medical assistance)
c. Legal support & intervention (litigation in cases of violence by police and others, rescue/release of minor trafficked
girls)
d. Education (for children of sex workers, hostel facilities)
e. Advocacy (on rights of commercial street sex workers)
8. Location/Spread of work: Sadhana Mahila Goumpu worked in urban Karnataka (in Bangalore City of Bangalore Urban
District).
9. Total volunteers: Not available
10. Average annual budget: INR 2,00,000 (approx.)

b. Foreign Donor

Sita / Fatima
Sadhana Mahila Goumpu, C/o Narsimha Moorthy, Jansahayog, No. 1, Second Floor, 10th Cross, 6th Main,
Sampaingi Ram Nagara, Bangalore 560027, Karnataka, India
+91 80-22128565
[email protected]
Sadhana Mahila Gumpu (SMG) was inititated by two sex workers, one Muslim and the other Dalit, who faced harrowing
experiences of violence, and what they saw as the indifference of mainstream NGO HIV/AIDS projects to issues of violence
and the conditions of sex workers. It started in Bangalore in 1998 as a series of informal street meetings of sex workers, to
share experiences of victimisation by the state system and look for collective solutions. By 2000 it had evolved into a
community-based organization – initially to support litigation and do advocacy on rights of sex workers. It had since
expanded its activities to include rescue and safe return of trafficked women, education for children of sex workers and
ensuring health services to sex workers (including HIV/AIDS prevention). The group had a mixed membership of 60
members (75% Dalit and 20% Muslim) and was a demonstration of collective action and collaborative Dalit-Muslim
leadership. SMG was committed to fighting for freedom from violence for sex workers, and towards dignity and a secure
future for commercial street sex workers and their children.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Sahara
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: MastaanBiradar
6. Leadership (2012): MastaanBiradar

a. Education (elementary education, Right to Education)
b. Livelihood (SHGs, skill development)
8. Location/Spread of work: Sahara worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in 50 gram panchayats of Gulbarga
andYadgirdistricts).
9. Total staff: 21

b. State Government
c. Foreign Donor
d. Individual / Family/ Private donations

MastaanBiradar
5-993, 28/7 Akbar Bag, Azadpur Road, Near Ring Road, Gulbarga585321, Karnataka, India
+91 9844067193
Founded by Mastaan Biradar in 2000, Sahara was led by an all-Muslim team. The organisation was a response to the problems
faced by disadvantaged Muslims – poverty, lack of education, lack of opportunities. Although its focus was on Muslim women
and children in slum settlements, it worked with all other deprived communities as well. The organization’s main areas of
intervention were education and literacy, livelihoods for women through forming SHGs and skill development, and several rights-
based interventions with disadvantaged communities, taking up issues like the right to food and right to education. It also
provided scholarships to needy Muslim students.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Sakhi Trust
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Ms.Bhagyalaxmi
6. Leadership (2012): Bhagyalaxmi, Nasreen, Alavelu, Kanakamma

a. Women’s empowerment (domestic violence, child marriage, sexual harassment, working with Devadasis)
b. Education (out-of-school children, children of Devadasis, child labourers)
c. Livelihood (vocational training for youth and women, community organizations)
d. Basic community rights (health rights, awareness on mental health, Right to Food, nutrition, water, sanitation,
housing, etc)
e. Legal awareness ( counseling support for women facing various forms of violence)
8. Location/Spread of work: Sakhi Trust worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in Bellary, Koppal and Raichur districts).
9. Total staff: 6
10. Female staff: 6
11. Muslim staff: 1

Ms.Bhagyalaxmi
Sri Hare SrinivasamNilaya,First Floor,Opp.VasaviSchool, 4thCross,22nd Ward,Aravind Nagar,Hospet 583201 Bellary,
Karnataka, India
+91 9448183996, +91 8394-265677
[email protected]
Sakhi Trust was promoted by a larger organization known as Samvada Bengaluru. The Trust worked largely with women, youth,
and children, and though it worked in both rural and urban areas, it did significant interventions in slum areas. The organization’s
basic vision was to promote education and enhance self-employment opportunities for economically and socially disadvantaged
working class youth, and to promote gender justice and women’s empowerment by working on issues such as domestic
violence, sexual harassment, child marriage and against the Devadasi system. It began focusing on Muslims after the 2002
violence in Gujarat caused a deep sense of disquiet among Muslims in Karnataka –Sakhiwanted to help rebuild a sense of
peace and equity. This process of reaching out brought in its wake a realization of the specific development deprivations
experienced by Muslim slum residents. The organization has a range of interventions with all communities – small grant-in-aid for
economically needy families, English coaching classes, counseling for the mentally ill, gender training and professional training
courses for young people. For slum children, it ranplay homes and promoted health awareness. And for women, it promoted
SHGs, and vocational training in tailoring, as beauticians, and computer skills, among other things. It worked with out-of-school
children, children in bonded labour, and children of Devadasis. The organization also worked on health awareness and basic
community rights. Sakhi Trust worked in collaboration with other organizations and social movements. Samvada Bengaluru
supportedSakhi Trust in its development and interventions.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: SiddiJanvikasSanga
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: RamnathSiddi, Mohan Siddi
6. Leadership (2012): Mohan Siddi

a. Rights of the Siddicommunity
b. Education (school enrollment of Siddi children, vocational training)
c. Health (access to public health, nutrition)
d. Advocacy (land rights for Siddis, implementation of Forest Rights Act)
8. Location/Spread of work: SiddiJanvikasSanga worked in rural areas of Karnataka (in 5 blocks covering 74 villages of Uttara
Kannada District).
9. Total staff: The organization had no paid staff.
10. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 20,000 (approx.)
11. Sources of funding:Individual/Family/Private donations

Mohan Siddi
UH No. 18, Ashirwad Building, Anengudi Plot, GuttigereGali, HaliyaBlock, Uttara KannadaDistrict 581329, Karnataka, India
+91 8419-261033, +91 9036278812
[email protected]
Established in 2010 by a group of young people from the Siddi tribal community, Siddi Jana VikasSanga (SJVS) worked for the
development of the Siddis of Karnataka, particularly in Uttara Kannada District where over 90% of the state’s Siddi community is
concentrated. The Siddis are believed to be descendants of East African slaves, brought to India over successive centuries by
the Portuguese, British and Arabs. Sidditribals in Karnataka belong to different religions – they are Roman Catholic Christian,
Muslim and Hindu, with the Muslim members of the community often being the most socially deprived. The organisation
promoted a unified, composite and unique Siddi tribal identity rather than letting divisions emerge along religious lines. Its own
leadership had collaboration and representation of Christian-Muslim-Hindu Siddis. An equally important focus was the assertion
and actualization of rights of all Siddis to development and equal citizenship. SJVS had worked on the issue of Siddi school
dropouts; provided training in spoken English; helped with admissions into vocational and professional courses; and facilitated
access to forest land for agriculture under the Forest Rights Act of 2006. It had ambitious plans of forming 3-tier citizens’
committees in 52 habitations/villages and promoting access to poverty alleviation and welfare schemes on nutrition, health,
employment old age pension, etc. It also planned to step up its advocacy on land rights.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Seamond's Memorial Education for Rural Development Society (SMERDS)
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Mr.Shiromanie
6. Leadership (2012): Mr.Shiromanie

a. Workers’ rights (unionization of hamali workers, construction workers, domestic workers, etc)
b. Rural development (MGNREGA, land issues)
8. Location/Spread of work: SMERDS worked in urban and rural Karnataka (in Bidar District).
9. Total staff: 3
10. Female staff: 1
11. Muslim staff: 1

d. Union membership: fees (Rs 50 per person/per annum)

Mr.Shiromanie
BhavaniNivas, H.No.9-4-343/2, SaiColony, Gandhi Gunj Road, Bidar585401, Karnataka, India
+91 9686606782
[email protected]
Seamond’s Memorial Education and Rural Development Society (SMERDS) originated from Social Action Network, which was
set up in Bidar 1992. With the unfortunate distinction of being one of the country’s poorest 250 districts, Bidar has a large
population of Muslims and Dalits. SMERDS initially began work on Dalit rights but came to include Muslims and other backward
communities since it became evident that they shared the same struggles. In response to the poor employment conditions and
unorganized nature of work of these marginal communities, SMERDS chose the path of mobilising unorganized workers. It
formed unions of construction workers, hamali labourers (who load and unload goods from trucks) and domestic workers. The
individual unions were brought together under what eventually became the Social Action Network. The focus was on helping
workers attain minimum wages, basic facilities at the workplace and benefits such as insurance and compensation for work-
related accidents. The organization, which played an active advocacy role in Bidar District for the rights of the Muslim
community, had also worked against communal disharmony and engaged in peace-building. Further, it had supported the entry
and participation of Muslims in local politics, which had helped address some of the development concerns of the community.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Swabhimaan Trust
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: VenkatIyer, VijayaVenkat
6. Leadership (2012): VenkatIyer

a. Urban poverty (slums)
b. Education (elementary education, vocational training)
c. Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs, employment)
d. Health (running a health clinic)
8. Location/Spread of work: Swabhimaan Trust worked in urbanKarnataka (in 2 wards of Bangalore City of Bangalore Urban
District).
9. Total staff: 16
11. Muslim staff: 5


VenkatIyer
B-405, Raheja Residency, 3rd Block, Koramangala, Bangalore 560034, Karnataka, India
+91 9945436757
[email protected]
www.swabhimaan.org
What started in 2000 as a small shelter home for 15 children in Bangalore, none of whom were Muslim, evolved organically
into a development initiative covering five slum settlements in Bangalore in which close to 70% of those who benefit came
from poor, Muslim backgrounds. The approach was low-cost welfare, and the scale relatively small, but the interventions
were wide-ranging – educationalsupport, scholarships, tailoring training centre, health clinic, ration distribution, microcredit,
facilitation for government pensions. The organization also implemented a School Adoption Programme for English
education in 12 government primary schools in the slums including two Urdu medium schools. Swabhimaan, though headed
by a non-Muslim, had gained enough trust to receive zakat money and it also raised funds through mosques. It had
leveraged support for its work with Muslims through partnerships with many organizations.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Talent Promotion Trust
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Feroz Abdullah, Maqbool Ahmed Siraj
6. Leadership (2012): Maqbool Ahmed Siraj

a. Education (scholarships for higher education, coaching support)
b. Livelihood (career counselling, job placement)
8. Location/Spread of work: Talent Promotion Trust’s work extended to large parts of Karnataka.
9. Total staff: The organization had no paid staff


Maqbool Ahmed Siraj
3/1 Palm Grove Road, Victoria Layout, Bangalore 560006, Karnataka, India
+91 9845063701, +91 80-23336393, +91 80-25544483
[email protected]
Established in 1986 by Feroz Abdullah and Maqbool Ahmed Siraj, Talent Promotion Trust is a charitable organization committed
to the welfare and development of the Muslim community, though its services were accessible to all marginalized groups. Its
focus was education and it had a state-wide presence. The organization provided scholarships to talented but poor high school
students to enable them to access higher and professional education; it also provided career counselling and helped in job
placement. Coaching support was another intervention, which was provided for talented students who wanted to enter
professional courses or aspired to give the civil services examination. The Talent Promotion Trust also gave financial and
material aid to poor Muslim families in emergencies and for events such as weddings.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Vanasiri Rural Development Society
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: SamsuddeenBaligar
6. Leadership (2012): SamsuddeenBaligar

a. Rural development (watershed development, organic farming, village empowerment programme)
b. Women’s empowerment (SHGs, women’s cooperative bank, livelihood programmes)
8. Location/Spread of work: Vanasiri Rural Development Society worked in rural areas of Karnataka (in 3 taluks of Haveri District).
9. Total staff: 15
10. Female staff: 5
11. Muslim staff: 2

b. State Government

SamsuddeenBaligar, Director
Vanasiri Society, Near Om Building, Gaurishankar Nagar, Ranebennur, HaveriDistrict 581110, Karnataka, India
+91 9986915605
[email protected]
Initiated in 2004 by SamsuddeenBaligar, Vanasiri Rural Development Society worked in rural areas of HaveriDistrict. The
organization’s early work had an environmental focus;programmes on watersheds, sustainable agriculture and organic farming
continue to be important interventions. Additionally, as it got involved with problems of the poor, the Society’s perspective
widened to include empowerment and livelihood issues, and to focus on socially excluded groups, including Dalits and Muslims.
It worked on empowerment of women through SHGs, training programmes and promoting a women’s cooperative bank. For
youth, the organization providedvocational trainings. The Society also had a specific Dalit empowerment programme as well as a
holistic village empowerment programme under which it adopted a village and planned comprehensive development
interventions for it.
1. State: KARNATAKA
2. NGO: Women’s Welfare Society
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: M. Chougla
6. Leadership (2012): M. Chougla

a. Women’s empowerment (vocational training, livelihoods, SHGs)
b. Education (non-formal education)
8. Location/Spread of work: Women’s Welfare Society worked in rural and urban areas of Karnataka (in 3 taluks of Belgaum
District.
9. Total staff: 121
11. Muslim staff: 2
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: Not available

b. State Government
d. Foreign Donor

VijayantiChougala
No. 146, Sector No. 2, Shivabasav Nagar, Belgaum 590010, Karnataka, India
+91 831-2472489
[email protected]
Women’s Welfare Society had been active since 1977. Its focus was two-fold: addressing the immediate development needs of
the most vulnerable women and children and promoting self-reliance through sustainable livelihoods. Though it had a special
focus on women, which was reflected in its large female staff, the organization also worked with disadvantaged youth and other
marginalized groups like child ragpickers, orphans and the otherwise destitute. Women’s Welfare Society’s primary work with
women was on livelihood support through SHGs, microfinance and skill development. It also worked on non-formal education
and vocational training.

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2. NGO: Affus Women Welfare Association

3. Year of establishment: 1999

5. Key founder: Farida Khan

6. Leadership (2012): Farida Khan

7. Main sectors of work:

10. Female staff: 8

11. Muslim staff: 7

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 45,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:

14. Contact details:

2. NGO: Al Azhar Foundation

3. Year of establishment: 2003

5. Key founder: Zafarullah Khan

6. Leadership (2012): TazaiyunOomer, Zafarullah Khan

7. Main sector of work:Education (elementary education, scholarships)

10. Female staff: 20

11. Muslim staff: 20

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 15,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:

14. Contact details:

2. NGO: Al-Fatima Women’s Welfare Society

3. Year of establishment: 2001

5. Key founder: NaseemaBanu

6. Leadership (2012): NaseemaBanu

7. Main sectors of work:

10. Female staff: 38

11. Muslim staff: 28

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 13,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:State Government

14. Contact details:

2. NGO: Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)

3. Year of establishment: 2002

5. Key founder: Dr.Shakeel

6. Leadership (2012): Irshad Ahmed Desai

7. Main sectors of work:

8. Location/Spread of work: APCR had a state-wide presence in Karnataka.

10. Female staff: 0

11. Muslim staff: 2

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 2,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:

14. Individual / Family/ Private donations

15. Contact details:

3. Year of establishment: 1996

5. Key founder: Ziaullah Sheriff

6. Leadership (2012): Ziaullah Sheriff, RiyazAhamed

7. Main sectors of work:

10. Female staff: 22

11. Muslim staff: 34

12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 40,00,000 (approx.)

13. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private donations

14. Contact details:

2. NGO: Association of People with Disability (APD)

3. Year of establishment: 1959

5. Key founder: N.S. Hema

6. Leadership (2012): V.S. Basavaraju

7. Main sectors of work:

9. Total staff: 225

10. Female staff: 108

11. Muslim staff: 14