Sustainability, social equality and the environment are now business problems. And corporate leaders can't depend on governments to solve them.

-- Peter Senge, Founder, Society for Organisational Learning

Inspired by Senge's philosophy, a group of young corporate professionals came together in 2002 to set up CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO to work with grassroots initiatives for effecting positive changes in the lives of underprivileged children, their families and communities.

Work as a catalyst in bringing sustainable change in the lives of underprivileged children, youth and women, with a life-cycle approach of development.

Enable the civil society across the world to engage proactively in the change process through the philosophy of civic driven change.

Adopt highest standards of governance to emerge as a leading knowledge and technology driven, innovative and scalable international development organisation.

CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO is to empower underprivileged children, youth and women through relevant education, innovative healthcare and market-focused livelihood programmes.

CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO is to deploy best possible methodology and technology for achieving ideal SROI (social return on investment), to practice and promote good governance. To link business competitiveness of the corporate with social development initiatives; also to sensitize privileged children, youth and citizens in general to promote Civic Driven Change.

CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO believes that unless members of the civil society are involved proactively in the process of development, sustainable change will not happen. Believing in this principle of 'Civic Driven Change', CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO sensitises the civil society in order to make them partners in its mission.

CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO is managed by a Board of Advisors comprising individuals from diverse backgrounds and expertise. The board is formed for a period of one year and a few independent members of eminence and reputation are nominated each year. Members of this board meet once every quarter.

CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO believes that education is both the means as well as the end to a better life: the means because it empowers an individual to earn his/her livelihood and the end because it increases one's awareness on a range of issues - from healthcare to appropriate social behaviour to understanding one's rights - and in the process help him/her evolve as a better citizen. Education is the most effective tool which helps children build a strong foundation; enabling them to free themselves from the vicious cycle of ignorance, poverty and disease.

CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO realised that Education for Children cannot be achieved without the family, particularly, unless the mother is assured of health care and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is educated and relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation.

CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO extended its thematic areas of intervention by supporting family health, livelihood, and women empowerment. Children, their families and the community become the target group for CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO's activities as child education cannot be done in isolation and nothing else but education for children can bring long lasting change in the society.

CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO has evolved two working models namely, Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP) and Outreach. Depending on the necessity and circumstances, either of the models is deployed.

Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP)

Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP) is an innovative model based on the business concept of venture capital. Under SVP, CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO not only identifies & implements its develpment projects through credible CBO's (Community Based Organisations) but also, handholds and builds capacities of these organisations, focusing on achieving scalability and sustainability, creating a culture of leadership and excellence and inculcating a deep sense of accountability among them.

Outreach

Under SVP, while working in the remote rural areas, CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO realized that many a times capacities of community based organisations (CBOs) were not adequate to meet the high expectations of large corporate social investors. Under Outreach model, CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO implements the development interventions directly as it requires intensive and professional engagement for a wider and sustained outcome. CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO gets a first-hand experience in the nuances of development at the grassroots through its Outreach model and then implements the learning in its SVP Projects through its SVP Partners.

Credibility and accountability have always been the bench mark for CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO and are achieved through the promotion of principles of good governance in the processes and practices. CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO has a four-tier audit and evaluation mechanism to ensure impact of investment and complete transparency and accountability in utilisation of funds. This four-tier audit mechanism reviews programmes and projects, internal operations, compliance of statutory norms and conducts an external evaluation for the impact and outcome of various development programmes. The entire management processes and practices of CHHATTISGARH JANHIT KALYAN SAMITI NGO are in compliance with the principles of good governance.