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Working with rural communities since 1980

RDO Trust has spent four decades building community-owned systems for sustainable development in the Nilgiris and across rural India.

About RDO Trust

RDO Trust has been working continuously in the Nilgiris and across rural India since 1980. That continuity is important. We are not a project-based NGO that enters and exits communities. We stay, build trust, and work through long-term systems. Our approach is community-owned development.

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100,000+

Women Mobilized into Self-Help Groups

₹220+ Crore

Rural Micro-Credit Facilitated

250+ Crore

Tribal Ownership of Assets

Multiple

State Governments Adopted Our Models

Our Impact
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Climate Resilient Livelihoods

Agriculture, Tribal livelihoods, Watershed-based farming, Income generation

Community & Capacity Building

Training programmes, Institutional strengthening, Behaviour change, Community-led implementation, Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurship

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Waste & Circular Economy

Solid waste management, Resource recovery parks, Recycling and reuse, Waste-to-value initiatives

Water & Sanitation Systems

Toilets, Faecal sludge treatment plants, Water access, Wastewater systems

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