ORISSA DROUGHT ACTION FORUM

ODAF  is a Forum committed to facilitate the process of empowerment of the Poor & the Marginalised especially the Indigenous Communities ( Adivasis, Dalits and Fisherfolk)  In Orissa towards establishment of Self Governance, Ownership and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources. Development of People Managed Credit and Marketing System. Influence all Policies & Programmes of State, National and International Organisations affecting these Communities Directly and Indirectly. Realisation of Human, Socio-Cultural & Political Rights with Ecological and Economical balance Gender and Social Justice, Quality of Life with emphasis on People Centred Sustainable Development  in a given time frame from five to ten years.  

Objectives:

  • Engaging Communities in critical consciousness and initiate activities that empower the poor and the marginalised communities

  • Strengthening  the People’s Institutions – People’s Organisations, Women Organisations, Networks, Panchayati Raj Institutions

  • Engage in value based education

  • To promote leadership and support through fellowship of the leaders towards people centered development

  • To address the issue of gender discrimination and work towards gender justice

  • To work against all forms of human discrimination

  • To strengthen and promote cultural identities  of the indigenous communities

  • To enable the communities to attain secured sustainable livelihood and engage communities to realise the basic needs and quality of life

  • To ensure the poor communities to attain income and food security

  • To promote, enable and address issues related to sustainable livelihood and sustainable development practices

  • To increase the potential of gain full employment through skills promotion and  value added technologies

  • Support communities to build community managed credit and market mechanism

  • To strengthen the community health measures and improve the standard of  health of the communities

  • To initiate activities addressing community based calamity preparedness

  • To strengthen issue based networking and  the efforts of lobbying and alliance building to effectively counter the policies, programmes and mal development strategies that affect the life of the poor

  • To initiate and engage meaningfully in advocacy activities to bring necessary changes that are pro-poor, pro-environment and sustainable development