Community Action for Rural Development

Community Action for Rural Development (CARD) is an organisation that was established in 1982 by Mr. P. Vedachalam, Mrs. S. R. Jaya, and their associa Read moretes. It obtained official recognition under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act in December 1982 and is also registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) 2010, as well as under sections 12A and 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961. CARD's headquarters are located in Samathuvapuram, Pulivalam Post, Thirumayam Taluk, Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India. The organisation began its activities immediately after its registration. CARD's primary objective is to alleviate poverty by focusing on education, livelihood, health, and environmental development. It achieves this by providing educational support to underprivileged children in rural schools, promoting the livelihoods of rural women, girls, boys, and small farmers, implementing health, nutrition, water, and sanitation programmes, and working towards the conservation of degraded forest lands and mangrove forests. CARD is guided by core values that include ensuring gender and social equality, building trust and confidence through credibility, acting with honesty and integrity, fostering teamwork and consensus building, and demonstrating compassion by understanding and respecting the perspectives of others.