Saad

Overview of the Gram Mitra Project:

SAAD Foundation launched the Gram Mitra (GM) and Pragati Mitra (PM) initiative to empower communities through awareness, access, and linkage to welfare schemes and sustainable development practices.

• The Gram Mitra model works in rural communities, focusing on mobilizing villagers, connecting them with government welfare schemes, and promoting food security through sustainable practices.
• The Pragati Mitra model operates in urban slum communities, addressing issues such as poor access to social entitlements, menstrual hygiene challenges among adolescent girls and women, and lack of awareness of government benefits.

Both initiatives act as grassroots catalysts for community awareness, entitlement access, and behavioral change.

Objective

• To ensure improved food and nutrition security among rural and urban low-income families.
• To enhance awareness and access to social entitlements (such as ration cards, Ayushman cards, pensions, and other welfare schemes).
• To promote menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and break taboos associated with menstruation through education and access to safe, sustainable menstrual products.
• To develop a cadre of community volunteers (Mitras) capable of sustaining awareness and linkage efforts beyond the project period.