Our Supporters

MSS could never have got this far without the generous support of our funders and friends. Throughout the years we have worked with a large number of organisations and individuals in order to implement our projects and we are deeply thankful to them all.

Our current funding partners are Andheri-Hilfe Bonn, Child Rights and You, KfW, NABARD, Sitaram Jindal Foundation, SRF Foundation, Tata Education Trust, UNICEF, Wells for India, the State Government of Rajasthan and the Central Government of India (TRIFED).

Previous funding partners include ACCESS Development Services, Accord, Catholic Relief Services, Centre for Environment Education, Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action, Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology, Karl K’bel Stiftung for Kind under Familie, Pathfinder International, The Hunger Project, United Nations Development Programme, United States Government (Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance) and Sir Ratan Tata Trust Government of India (Ministry of Environment & Forests, Ministry of Labour & Employment).

Ongoing Projects


No. Project Title No. of Beneficiaries Starting Year Main Activities Funding Agency
1 Tree for Life: Livelihoods for Poor Tribal Families 500 Families 2013 Development of dryland wadi, promotion of fodder plantation, establishment of school gardens and medicinal plant gardens. Wells for India, UK
2 Child Protection Project in 25 Gram Panchayats of Jhadol and Kotra Blocks Villagers of 90 Villages 2012 Formation and strengthening of child protection structures. Retention and enrolment of dropout children. Linkages with social protection schemes. Community mobilisation and awareness. UNICEF, India
3 Community-Based Sustainable Livelihoods Enhancement through NRM 600 Families 2012 Livelihoods enhancement through agriculture, dryland fruits wadis, animal husbandry and private pastureland development. Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, India
4 Indo-German Watershed Development Programme – Garnala, Kotra 473 Families 2008 Soil and water conservation, pastureland development, integrated agriculture and livestock development, and strengthening CBOs. KfW, Germany & NABARD, India
5 Indo-German Watershed Development Programme – Malvi, Dungarpur 777 Families 2008 Soil and water conservation, pastureland development, integrated agriculture and livestock development, and strengthening CBOs. KfW, Germany & NABARD, India
7 Social Transformation by Enhancing the Role of Children in the Mainstream Development of Society 10 Panchayats 2008 CBOs, Bal Panchayats, child migration, children with disabilities and networking. Andheri-Hilfe Bonn, Germany
8 Swanajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana 1,043 Families 2007 Group formation, capacity building and livelihoods enhancement. Udaipur and Dungarpur District Councils, India
9 Development and Support Programme 30 Families 2004 Drinking water availability. Sitaram Jindal Foundation, India
10 Experiment in Rural Advancement 14,065 Families 1994 Education, health, Bal Panchayats, CBOs, networking and child rights. Child Rights and You, India


Completed Projects

No.

Project Title

No. of Beneficiaries

Starting Year

Completion Year

Funding Agency

1

UNDP Assisted Migration Information Centre

5,000 Families

2009

2012

United Nations Development Programme, India

2

Livelihood Enhancement through Agriculture Productivity Improvement Under Sakh Se Vikas – Rajasthan Microfinance Initiative

500 Families

2008

2012

Sir Ratan Tata Trust, India & ACCESS Development Services, India

3

Community Based Water and Livelihoods Enhancement in 10 Villages of Wakal River Basin

1,178 Families

2007

2012

Wells for India, UK

4

Janmorcha State Alliance

All Rajasthan

2004

2012

Child Rights and You, India

5

Raksha Project

173 Villages of Jhadol Block

2010

2011

Pathfinder International, US

6

Enrolling Child Labourers in School

50 Boys & Girls

2006

2009

Ministry of Labour and Employment, India

7

Enrolling Girl Child Labourers in School

65 Girls

2005

2008

Ministry of Labour and Employment, India

8

Institutionalising an Organic Approach in Land Upgradation for the Optimising of Poor Families

1,050 Families

2004

2007

United Nations Development Programme, India & Centre for Environment Education, India

9

Integrated Watershed Programme

195 Families

2002

2007

Catholic Relief Services, India

10

Flood Relief Programme

1,492 Families

2005

2006

Wells for India, UK

11

Drought Relief Development Programme

317 Families

2003

2006

KfW, Germany

12

Drought Mitigation Programme

101 Families

2002

2006

Wells for India, UK

13

National Environment Awareness Campaign

16,200 Families

1994

2006

Ministry of Environment and Forests, India

14

Drought Relief Project

493 Families

2004

2005

Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, US & Catholic Relief Services, India

15

Panchayati Raj and Women’s Empowerment Project

8,000 Families

2003

2005

The Hunger Project, India

16

Well Development Project

1,320 Families

1998

2005

Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action, India

17

Enrolling Girl Child Labourers in School

105 Girls

1999

2005

Ministry of Labour and Employment, India

18

Biodiversity Conservation of Medicinal Plants and CDR Agriculture in Aravali Hills

500 Families

2000

2003

United Nations Development Programme, India & Centre for Environment Education, India

19

Drought Relief Project

87 Families

2000

2003

Council Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology, India

20

Pre-Watershed Programme

246 Families

2001

2002

Catholic Relief Services, India

21

Integrated Population Development Programme

500 People

2001

2002

Integrated Child Development Services, India

22

Community Lift Irrigation Scheme

91 Families

1999

2000

Karl ‘bel Stiftung for Kind und Familie, Germany

23

Training on Reproductive Health

620 People

1997

1999

Accord, India

24

Training Rural Youth for Self Employment

150 Persons

1993

1999

District Rural Development Agency, Udaipur District, India

25

Man Mandir Baal Vidhyalay (Children’s School)

285 Students

1989

1992

Mahan Seva Sansthan, India