Development Alternatives Group

A Reader Today is a Leader Tomorrow

WHAT WE DO

In a world where, on one hand, some individuals have managed to reach the moon and back, there are millions who still struggle to spell ‘moon’. This highlights the grim reality of the innumerable parallel worlds that people live in.

The perils of slow human development are comparatively much more for women due to predefined gender roles set by our patriarchal society that have pulled them back from fully utilizing their potential for centuries now. Additionally, the lack of basic education makes women more vulnerable to exploitation of many kinds.

TARA Akshar+, an initiative of Development Alternatives (DA), is a miracle program which aims to promote literacy among rural and peri-urban women and thereby unlocking their potentials.

VISION

Illiteracy is a social disease that needs attention. The current state of literacy for girls and women in rural areas in India is very grim. Through TARA Akshar+, we aim to impart foundational literacy to rural and peri-urban women and cultivate a future where gender does not determine one’s ability to read & write and give themselves a dignified life.

1 Milllion

women by 2030

OUR APPROACH

Unequal social relations, lack of education and exposure instil a negative, passive and suppressed self-image onto the woman, who must then, develop a perspective to recognize that it can be turned around.

We situate the initial footsteps of this empowering journey, in providing literacy to these marginalized women followed by post literacy sessions and in doing so move towards newer possibilities.

In learning to read and write, women come to a new awareness of selfhood and begin to look critically at situations in which they find themselves, taking the initiative to transform oneself and the society that has restricted the opportunity of participation.

DA Changemaker program 2021

We are proud to be working with proactive, passionate individuals who are raising funds for rural women and have become a voice of change in their circles. Our first cohort of Changemakers, as we call them, received online training to learn how to get others involved in their cause and make a greater impact to help eradicate illiteracy in India. The changemakers are not only transforming just lives but also generations!

Literacy- A Foundational Imperative

1st March 2021 | DAHQ & Zoom

Opening Avenues for Women’s Participation
in the Workforce

8th March 2021 | DAHQ & Zoom

Enabling her towards Financial Capability

22nd March 2021 | DAHQ & Zoom

Unlocking Possibilities: Literacy, a key in Strengthening Women Connect

5th April 2021 | DAHQ & Zoom

Literacy: A Prescription for Positive Health Outcomes

19th April 2021 | DAHQ & Zoom

International Women's Day Celebrations

8th March 2020 | Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh

World Environment Day 2020

5th June 2020 | Bhagwanpur, Uttarakhand

International Yoga Day

21st June 2020 | Bhagwanpur, Uttarakhand

Recommencing the TARA Akshar+ Programme

9th November 2020 | Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand

TARA Akshar+ Celebrated 70th Republic Day

26th January 2019 | Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand

Graduation Ceremony of TARA Akshar+ Neo-literates

12th February 2019 | Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh

International Women’s Day

8th March 2019 | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

Graduation Ceremony

24th April 2019 | Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh

International Adivasi Diwas

9th August 2019 | Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh

Global Handwashing Day

15th October 2019 | Uttar Pradesh

Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture Techniques

21 to 24 October 2019 and 4 to 7 November 2019 | Uttar Pradesh

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

3rd December 2019 | Uttar Pradesh

Republic Day Celebration

26th January 2018 | Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh

Women’s Day Celebration

8th March 2018 | Uttar Pradesh

Graduation Ceremony

All through July | Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

Loan Mela

1st December 2018 | Uttarakhand

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