Mr. P.Vedachalam
Founders ('founded by ... and other friends')Mr. P.Vedachalam is the founders ('founded by ... and other friends') of Community Action for Rural Development (CARD) (1982)[1], an Indian non-profit working on rural & agriculture, women & children and de-addiction from Pudukkottai.
Community Action for Rural Development (CARD)
CARD was founded in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu on 7 October 1982 by P. Vedachalam, S. R. Jaya and friends, and registered that December. From its Samathuvapuram headquarters it provides after-school support for rural children, promotes livelihoods for women and marginal farmers, runs health, nutrition, drinking water and sanitation programmes, works on forest and mangrove conservation, and operates the Annadhanam feeding project, with additional work in Maharashtra.
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Pudukkottai
- Founded
- 1982
- Press
- 0
References
- [1] “Community Action for Rural Development (CARD) was founded by Mr. P.Vedachalam, Mrs. S. R. Jaya and other friends on 7th October 1982 and it was officially registered as a Society at District Registrar Office, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 27 of 1975 on 14th December 1982.” — Community Action for Rural Development (CARD). Source
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