ABOUT US
Our Vision and Mission
Jana Kalyana Samakhya is a registered voluntary professional not for profit development organization based at Parvathipuram in Vizianagaram District, Northern Andhra Pradesh and Rayagada District of Odisha, India. JKS’s activities are spread over in 4 mandals/blocks in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, covering nearly 174,000 populations in 442 villages/hamlets.
Our Vision is to create an “equitable, just and sustainable society” embedded on the values of social justice, equal opportunity and equitable sharing of resources enabling the communities to live in peace and with dignity.
Our Mission is to facilitate a dignified and qualitative life for the marginalized and disadvantaged population by promoting and establishing processes which are sustainable, people centred, socially inclusive and gender equitable..
Our Objectives
- PEOPLE’S INSTITUTION BUILDING & ENHANCING THEIR CAPACITY
- WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
- EDUCATION AND CHILD RIGHTS
- LIVELIHOOD AND FOOD SECURITY
- COMPREHENSIVE EYE CARE SERVICE
- CBR OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
- ADVOCACY AND NET WORKING
- NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Operational Area & Focus Group
Vizianagarm district is one of 13 districts located in northern part of Andhra Pradesh state, India.The district is divided into two distinct natural divisions i.e., plains and hilly region on the Eastern Ghats. It is one of the least developed districts in the state. It clearly shows the extent of poverty, poor education and health status of the community. overty indicates not only levels of income and consumption, but also the multi-dimensional aspects of poverty including health and education, vulnerability and risk, and marginalisation and exclusion of the poor from the mainstream.The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population constitute 10.58 % and 9.55% respectively to the total population in the district. However, in its operational area they constitute nearly 68 % of the total population. The development initiatives of the organization are spread over in 4 mandals in Parvathipuram division of the Vizianagaram District and Rayagada District of Odiash covering nearly 174,000 populations in 442 villages/hamlets. The operational area is situated mostly in hilly and forest region on the Eastern Ghats bordering Odisha state and Rayagada District of Odisha State
FOCUS GROUP
Tribals (indigenous communities), Dalits, women, children, landless, small and marginal farmers and persons with disability constitute the target population
