Networking and Alliances

 

During its working Shashwat has forged alliances with a number of organisations working at the state and national levels:

 

 

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Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra (SSK), Lucknow

A state level learning centre in participatory development, SSK is supporting Shashwat in organisational development and management.

 

 

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Uttar Pradesh Voluntary Action Network (UPVAN), Lucknow

UPVAN is a network of voluntary organisations working in Uttar Pradesh.  Shashwat is a member of UPVAN and this partnership is helping the organisation to raise its concerns on a wider platform.

 

 

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Department for International Development, UK, through Vatsalya, Lucknow

DFID is financially supporting Shashwat in implementing a project on care on new born child and mother care and involving panchayats in the process.

 

 

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Plan International, through Vatsalya, Lucknow

Plan International is financially supporting Shashwat in implementing a project on preventing female foeticide and promotion of universal birth registration.

 

 

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Unicef, through Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship and Technical Education (CREATE), Lucknow

CREATE is supporting Shashwat in creating awareness regarding iodine deficiency in Khiri district, which is one of the 42 such districts in Uttar Pradesh.

 

 

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National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Lucknow

NABARD is financially supporting Shashwat in formation and strengthening of self help groups with a view to bring about economic prosperity in the region.

 

 

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Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow

Close relations are being maintained with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to smoothen the process of the organisation's work.

 

 

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Society for Participatory Asia (PRIA), New Delhi

PRIA is providing organisational development and capacity building support. Along side it is also helping in giving international touches to the organisation's interventions in the field.