Children playing at sunset in rural India

Eastern India · since 2009

Addressing Hunger, Empowerment and Development

A registered not-for-profit strengthening local self-governance, natural resource management, and contextual education to combat hunger and poverty in Eastern India.

25+
Gram Panchayat Partnerships
82
Published Materials
16+
Years of Impact
30+
Core Team Members
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Our Story

History & Purpose

Ahead Initiatives brings together over a hundred years of experience in Rural Development, stretching from exemplary grassroots Action Research & Capacity Building to successful evidence based Advocacy, which has led to policy changes in Local Governance.

It has been constituted as a Not-for-Profit Association under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 to ensure greater transparency, accountability and monitoring which would help inspire public confidence and participation. It hopes to transform itself into a widely held Not-for-Profit Association which, while focusing on basic issues of Hunger will also endeavour to bridge the cultural divide and work towards redefining a more sustainable development paradigm.

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Philosophy & Mission

To promote a society where people of diverse cultures are able to define their own development paradigm and fulfil their economic, social, cultural, and spiritual aspirations.

MISSION — I

Alleviate poverty by addressing Hunger and Food & Nutritional insecurity as the primary focus of our development endeavour.

MISSION — II

Engage with development in the context and through the medium of human cultures.

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Areas of Work

Our Initiatives

The fundamental strategy

Local Self Governance

Strengthening Local Self-Government to become inclusive, participatory, just and efficient institutions through CSO-Panchayat and Corporate partnerships.

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Field Stories

Photographs from the field

Glimpses of our initiatives — activity based learning in partner schools, home nutrition gardens, natural resource management, and community work across Eastern India, photographed by our field teams.

Activity based learning

26 photographs

Education initiative

85 photographs

Home gardens & natural resource management

32 photographs

Food & nutrition

48 photographs
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Videos & Social Media

Documentaries, learning films and recent updates from AHEAD's digital channels

Documentary Collection

Stories of Hope and Initiative

Field documentaries produced by AHEAD's studio — hover to preview, click to watch.

14 films
AHEAD Film Archive
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Documentary

Small beginnings

Tribal families come together as an Activity Group

Learning Film Archive

Learning for All — 52 Films

Bengali films, translations and animations for rural schools.

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films in archive
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YouTube

From our YouTube channel

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শেখা ও শেখানো

From AHEAD's channel

Learning with enjoyment: an AHEAD initiative

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Food Forest

From AHEAD's channel

ভালো সমাজ

From AHEAD's channel

Bikendrikaraner Karcha

From AHEAD's channel

Bikendrikaraner Karcha @aheadinitiatives4836

From AHEAD's channel

Innovative Initiatives in Development

From AHEAD's channel

Unayaner Kandari

From AHEAD's channel

Localization

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Reports & Transparency

Financials, FCRA, Compliances, Policies

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Our present Partners

  • iiINTERest

    iiINTERest

  • CISU — Civilsamfund i Udvikling

    CISU — Civilsamfund i Udvikling

  • Embee

    Embee

  • Smriti Sasankha Memorial Foundation

    Smriti Sasankha Memorial Foundation

AHEAD Initiatives

Our efforts would be misplaced and meaningless if we are not able to evoke the humanity in all of us to support our simple initiatives.

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Contact & Support

It is our endeavour to continue working with support from the general public on basic issues of Hunger, both of the body and of the spirit too, the latter indispensable for that sense of fulfillment that the poor also aspire to.

Our efforts would be misplaced and meaningless if we are not able to evoke the humanity in all of us to support our simple initiatives. We welcome any manner of support that may be forthcoming from various quarters both financial and otherwise. To know more about us and how you may support us do contact any member of our Board or Core Team or even consider becoming a member if you share our vision.

Our Founder & Inspirer
Rathnadeep De
Founder & Inspirer · Managing Director 2009–2021 · (1957–2021)
Our Founder & Inspirer.
Governance & Team

Our People

26
people

Board of Directors

7 members

Project Directors

3 members

Core Field Team

16 members

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