The Byrrafu Foundation
The Byrraju Foundation seeks to build progressive self-reliant rural
communities, with a holistic approach, by providing services in the
areas of healthcare, environment, sanitation, primary education, adult
literacy and skills development. The Foundation currently works to
transform 150 villages in 5 districts of Andhra Pradesh- East
Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and Ranga Reddy- and impacts
800,000 people.
The Inspiration
The Byrraju Foundation was set up in July 2001 inspired by the memory
of the Late Byrraju Satyanarayana Raju, Founder, Satyam group of
companies, a philanthropist who held villages dear to his heart.
Mission
To create a world-class platform for sustainable rural transformation.
Our Belief
People are our wealth.
Our Tools are Knowledge and Technology.
Our destiny is in our hands.
Building Soft Infrastructure - Foundation set apart
The Foundation distinguishes itself from other non-profits by its
approach and emphasis in creating "soft infrastructure" to capture and
systematize the knowledge processes that go into design and
implementation of our rural initiatives. Methods and practices are
designed and perfected using need identification, well thought through
solutions and measured experience. In the larger framework, this
creates knowledge processes that can be replicated and scaled up
minimal customization.
All internal and external activities of the Foundation are broken down
into Modules. A Module is a well-defined value creation pr...
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...lages Clean and Green.
Livelihoods - Developing skills.
Virtual Delivery of Services.
Change Agents
As a Byrraju Foundation "Change Agent", as our Volunteers are called,
you have a wide range of options to contribute to improving the
quality of rural life. You will be able to choose volunteering
opportunities that match individual skill sets, time and place. Our
process for "Change Agent" services ensures your teaming with a very
select group of people deeply committed to rural transformation.
Alliances
The Foundation builds alliances with Governments, NGO's, Corporates,
and other organizations to broaden the scope of our activities, add
value to the already existing programs in terms of resources, time,
and delivery of quality services to our beneficiaries- use synergy to
the extent possible.
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