Detailed Information

AJSA is a grassroots level non-government and not-for-profit organization based in the state of Odisha in India. Facilitating community development initiatives since 1989, working towards the root cause of Poverty and eliminating social injustice and for the downtrodden and under privileged section in the remotest part of the country. It is a nonpolitical, community based social development organization involved in sustainable development initiatives since inception.

AJSA was formed by local poor people of bongomnuda block in the bolangir district, to work for the socio-economic development of small and marginal farmers, landless labor, agricultural labor, bonded labor as well as women, children and other weaker deprived sections of the society. The spheres of its work are governed by issues related to livelihood security, health, education, Natural Resource Management and Disaster Risk Reduction etc.

AJSA has been working in some of the poorest parts of Odisha for about two decades to promote community-based solutions to issues around the empowerment & mainstreaming of deprived village people of Western Orissa with emphasis on Land less, small& marginal farmer, backward rural Women, children, ST’s, SC’s & Dalit communities.