We are on a mission to impact.
To foster inclusive, sustainable, and scalable community development by empowering people, strengthening institutions, and integrating proven innovations into public systems.
Kalike, an associate organization of Tata Trusts, has been working in North Karnataka since 2012. The pulse of our vision is to ensure holistic development and sustainable transformation that span wide ranging areas of rural development and enterprise. Our interventions employ an integrated approach encompassing early childhood development, education, water & sanitation and livelihoods, with the intention of positively impacting overall human development.
To realize long term change, we empower stakeholders to action, strengthen institutional framework, grow community action, organize alternatives, train capacities at the individual and community level, consult experts, forge synergic partnerships, facilitate field and exposure visits, liaison between the individual and state, among a number of other roles demanded by emerging challenges.
Kalike’s interventions – developed empirically – are deeply founded in achieving ‘proof of concept’ first (through demonstration plots and pilots), by virtue of which we earn the buy in of the community and only then scale up efforts and thereby grow from strength to strength. Kalike’s varied interventions carry forth, our core developmental work remains undeterred, critically impacting each and every stage in the life of an individual and journey of the community.
From here, we began.
In 2009, Tata Trusts started the operations of Kalike Samruddhi Upakram (KSU) in Karnataka. Kalike was formed in 2012 as an associate organization of the Trusts to implement KSU in Yadgir. The focus has always been on piloting and scaling up innovative solutions to the problems, through integrated programmes. The program has also expanded thematically to include livelihood enhancement, health and nutrition, and skill development making interventions holistic and integrated. We worked in partnership with existing Government schemes and select non-profits and sponsors.
With direct field engagement, we strive to facilitate deep, large-scale and long-term impact on the quality of life in the communities where we work. Through programmes covering five broad areas of work – Early Childhood Development, Education, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, Livelihood and Skill Development – our story started in Yadgir, one of the most underdeveloped districts in Karnataka across all development indicators. But it does not end there. We aspire to bring dignity and prosperity to many more families across the nation. The first step to transformation starts now.
In 2015, we launched ‘Mission 2020’ that, tied together our earlier efforts. The Mission 2020, focused on multi-thematic interventions like WASH, Livelihoods and Skill Development dovetailing with the ongoing ECCE and Education Interventions in Yadgir district. Mission 2020 aided Kalike in strengthening internal competencies and capacities in engaging with additional thematic areas like livelihoods, WASH and skill development. Mission 2020 impacted more than 5 lakh children enhancing their learning levels, 8,800 farmers saw increase in crop productivity and annual income and 41,000 households with better drinking and sanitation facilities.
The years 2020-25, witnessed a leap in Kalike’s interventions coupled with Covid years impacting our work on the ground. We expanded and replicated some of our core efforts in Tamil Nadu and Meghalaya. During these years, Kalike extended technical support to various government departments, institutions and civil society organizations. Kalike has been one of the key members in developing a curriculum on Early Childhood Education with the Government of Karnataka and has worked closely with Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department in strengthening community libraries at the Gram Panchayat level.
Kalike is not only ready to scale up but also carry forth this core developmental work in other geographic regions. Kalike’s interventions significantly impact critical stages of an individual’s life.
Our goal for 2030 is to reach out to
10,00,000 children
5,000 youth
50,000 farmers
1,00,000 households
Our Footprint
Our multi–thematic and integrated model works to bring out sustainable change, moving communities towards holistic human development.
With over a decade since our inception, our base of operations is steadily spreading across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Meghalaya.
Now we want to change the world.
