Society of People for Development

Society of People for Development (SPD) is a Dehradun based non-profit making organization registered under the Societies Registration act 1860 and Foreign Contribution Regulation act (FCRA) with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. SPD is working since 1994 in the state of Uttarakhand in general and in the tribal belt of Chakrata and Kalsi region in particular. , , Empowering people and enabling them to take their rightful place in the process of development is the core objective of SPD. This organization has been working in the field of socio-economic and ecological development since inception. As a means towards this objective, SPD works through community mobilization, community participation and community building exercises. To achieve these objectives the organization had been actively involved in the field of rural development, livelihood, poverty alleviation, drinking water, watershed, agriculture, women & child development, Mother & Child Health and Medical Health. Presently, the organization is working in 4 divisions of watershed in the state of Uttarakhand as FNGO Garhwal. The organization has also been appointed as agribusiness support organization by the Directorate of Watershed Management in Dehradun Division Vikasnagar. In the field of Maternal and Child Health and Medical Health the organization is maintaining and operating 8 Urban Primary Health Centres in urban slums of Dehradun and Rishikesh towns of Uttarakhand State. As also the organization is operating one Mobile Health Van in rural areas of Khanpur Block of Haridwar District.