Mission
Our Vision
To contribute towards creating a just and equitable society anchored in constitutional values and consciousness building, where marginalised communities shape their collective progress.
Our Mission
Our mission is to build pathways for marginalised communities to thrive—through economic empowerment, climate resilience, and the affirmation of indigenous knowledge and cultural wisdom.
Our Objectives
Our objective is to create an enabling environment where marginalized and vulnerable communities can access their rights, opportunities, and public resources without discrimination. PRDF works to bridge the gap between communities and institutions by promoting awareness, accountability, and active civic engagement.
We aim to strengthen community capacities through education, skill development, and participatory governance, ensuring inclusive growth and social equity. By fostering collaboration, transparency, and sustainable practices, our objective is to support long-term development that is community-driven, rights-based, and socially just.
1. Livelihood Support and Economic Empowerment
- Facilitate skill development and vocational training tailored to local opportunities
- Promote social enterprises, cooperatives, producer organisations and other collective initiatives
- Support access to fair markets for traditional and sustainable goods
2. Climate Resilience and Environmental Governance
- Support for climate-resilient policies that prioritise the needs of marginalised communities
- Promote sustainable resource management and ecological restoration
- Strengthen local capacities to adapt to environmental challenges
3. Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Wisdom
- Document and disseminate indigenous knowledge systems and practices
- Promote intergenerational learning and inclusion of community knowledge
- Enhance integration of indigenous knowledge for problem-solving
4. Constitutional Values Awareness
- Conduct legal literacy programs focusing on constitutional and citizenship values
- Support democratic participation and local governance mechanisms
- Engage in dialogues rooted in equity, fairness and inclusion
5. Consciousness Building and Community Engagement
- Facilitate community dialogues to develop community awareness and collectivisation
- Develop leadership capacities among children, youth, and women of marginalised communities
- Promote solidarity networks across communities for shared learning and dialogue
6. Gender Equality and Leadership
- Ensuring women’s leadership, safety, equal participation and challenging patriarchal structures
- Promote and respond to gender based violence and discrimination
- Integrate gender perspective in all programs to embed gender analysis and responsive budgeting
- Create safe and enabling space for women and LGBTQI+
- Foster institutional gender sensitivity and accountability
7. Child Rights and Development
- Promote child rights and protection
- Ensure access to quality education and holistic development
- Strengthen community and institutional child-protection systems
- Empower children’s voices and participation
- Promote equity and inclusion for all children including especially abled children
- Build awareness and support for child friendly policies
8. Social Welfare for the Marginalised Communities
- Enhance access to welfare schemes and entitlements
- Strengthen social security systems for informal and unorganised workers
- Promote inclusive livelihoods and economic security
- Ensure dignity and protection of vulnerable groups
- Build participation, accountability and transparency in welfare governance