OUR IMPACT GENERATING RURAL PROSPERITY

IMPACT OVER THE YEARS

We are on a mission to take rural Indians on a journey from poverty to prosperity. We’ve been at it for almost 30 years, and so, with the passage of time, we can see dramatic changes - the stories and statistics speak for themselves.

3547 VILLAGES

11 STATES

RS.150 CRORE INVESTED

75 PARTNERS

2.21 LAKH FARMERS

34,000 WOMEN

86,000 YOUTH

2.8 Million People

PROGRAM IMPACTS

160+ Crore

INVESTED

2-12 METRES

INCREASE IN GROUND WATER LEVEL

FROM
1 CROP TO
3 CROPS

HARVESTED PER
YEAR

6206 RRWHS

BUILT FOR FAMILIES

500-5000 PPM

REDUCTION IN TDS

70+ KILOMETRES

RIVERS & WATER BODIES

MIGRATION REDUCED

BY CREATING LIVELIHOODS

5452 HECTARES

UNDER MICRO IRRIGATION

2,10,000

farmers

37% production increase

for SRI farmers

1,69,000

Better Cotton Farmers

16

Farmer Producer Organisations

From 1 crop per year to 2

3 crops per year

9241 HECTARES

under micro-irrigation

68 x increase

outreach to cotton farmers in 11 years

5,000+ families

under goat-based livelihoods

2601

Self
Help Groups

5

Women Federations

40%
SEDI trainees

Are women

368

Sakhis

115

Pashu Swasthya Sevikas

1557
women members

in Farmer Producer Organisations

9788
Women

In Income Generation Activities

31%
Women

In Water User Associations

368

Sakhis

9

Community clinics

97%

Institutional deliveries

227 Villages

With 100% toilet coverage

267

Tobacco free villages

167 Villages

Under the NCD project

Over 30,544 toilets

constructed

51,869

Truckers reached

88,000

SEDI graduates

75%

Placement Rate

10,000 youth

Trained per year

33

SEDI Centres

43

Accredited courses

20,799

Enterprises started

349

Physically handicapped youth

Breaking gender stereotypes

In various vocations

15

ISO Certified Schools

12
Schools

WASH & Sanitation Infrastructure

2000
Children

Engaged in Sports

47
Schools

Promoting reading habits

430
Special Children

Ambuja Manovikas Kendra

13

Special Olympic Medals

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENTS

Don’t just take our word for it. We commission numerous external studies to assess the social impact of our programs on communities, and the results highlight true transformation.

HOW WE MEASURE IMPACT

Our output based monitoring system includes both qualitative and quantitative indicators, and we assess program progress, from output, to outcome, to final impact. The results help guide us in building strategy, course correction and scaling up programs.

OUR PUBLICATIONS

Solar Irrigation Pumps

Impact Measurement Study - Wadi Cultivation

Impact Assessment of SEDI - Sattva

MACRO IMPACT STORIES

TACKLING SALINITY KODINAR, GUJARAT

If you make a trip to Kodinar, in coastal Gujarat, you’ll find a vibrant region with its many rural communities and vast agricultural sector, flourishing. But less than 30 years ago, the area was crippled by salinity. With groundwater being drawn out at alarming rates, salt water from the sea had seeped inland, rendering wells and handpumps useless as water was just too salty to be deemed potable.

So how then, did the region turn this situation around? It took multiple approaches and the hard work of a lot of people. But the driving force behind this transformative change, was Ambuja Cement Foundation.

Watershed Development Darlaghat, Himachal Pradesh

When ACF commenced work in Darlaghat they soon realised that water was the most pressing issue there. Erratic rainfall and limited water harvesting structures, along with wrong farming techniques, were leading to soil erosion, eradication of the green cover and reduced yield – impacting incomes.

Over almost 2 decades, ACF took a 'Ridge to Valley’ Watershed Development approach – addressing conservation, protection, and development of resources with active participation of the local community. The results have been transformative and water is once again flourishing in the area.

Drinking Water Transformation Rabriyawas, Rajasthan

When ACF began working in the deserts of Rajasthan, they called a community meeting to understand their needs. Men did the talking, women sat and listened. But when asked "Tell us what you need?" the women jumped to their feet. "We want nothing, just bring us water!"

Over the course of the next 10 years, the situation slowly turned around. Water became accessible. Abundant. A 2015 study showed 5 times social return on investment for the water program in Rabriyawas. ACF's drinking water program impacts 24,000 women in Rajasthan. Today 1000 women are into income generation and business. SHG participation is upto 50%. And 100% of girls attend school.

Agricultural Revolution Sankrail, West Bengal

Farmers in Sankrail are capitalising on market fluctuations by harnessing rainshelters and scaffolding to grow vegetables in the off-season; increasing crop income by 128% scaffolding and 45% rainshelters as a result.

The project started in 2016-17 with 40 farmers and expanded in 2017-18 to 132 Farmers & in 2018-19 to 180 farmers. With scaffolding quality improved, vegetables could now be cultivated, even during the rainy season. Farmers cultivated various types of vegetables under scaffolding like ridge gourd, snake gourd, better gourd, cucumber, bottle gourd, pumpkin, flat bean, cow-pea, teasel gourd, and French beans. As a result, the farmer's income increased by a whopping 128%.