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Sustainable Technologies & Environment Protection Society

STEPS

steps karantaka

18 Years of service promoting social, economic and environmental development.

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STEPS - creating a sustainable environment and livelihood since 2005
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We plan, train and empower people to be self-dependent.

Our Approach

At STEPS we believe in a planned approach to all the projects we take up. We plan and deliver the plan.

Participatory NR Development

Institutional, Ecological and Economic

Use technology for deveopment

About Us

STEPS is a service oriented voluntary organization working in Karnataka since, 2005. We are a group of dedicated young active members working for the skill training, formulation and field implementation of various developmental programs.

It is dedicated to participatory actions and partnerships that promote social, economic, and environmental equity for communities. Since inception in 2005, STEPS has strived to pursue its vision through a holistic and participatory approach. It firmly believes that for any development, participation of stakeholders is a crucial foundation on which sound values, purpose and action can be built upon.

STEPS was conceived by a group of dedicated and longstanding professionals in the field of social development, finance, health, HRD and natural resource management etc., The organization is actively engaged in upgrading traditional technologies and also developing new technologies to make it more diversified and versatile to meet rural needs.

Vision

To help develop, promote and disseminate the environmentally sound rural/ appropriate sustainable technologies that emphasize the optimum uses of locally available skills means and resources in order to enhance the process of rural development thereby improve the rural livelihood.

Misson

Promote and propagate environmentally sound rural appropriate technologies thereby strengthening the capability of rural poor communities specially empowering women to respond to their basic needs by creating better options and opportunities to improve the livelihood and upgrade the socio economic condition of rural population

Cluster Based Organizations Promoted by STEPS

Farmers Producers Organisations

Microfianance: Federations and Self Help roups

Microfinance: Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) & Watershed Committees

Tank User Groups

FPO

SHG

JLG

TUG

Sustainable Development

Self Help Groups
Restoration of Water Bodies
Participatory Watershed Development
Land development
Soil and Water Conservation
Social Forestry
Plantation activities
Nursery & Farmer’s training
Dry Land Horticulture
Tree Based Farming
Improved Methods of Composting
Sustainable Agriculture
Local governance

Education

Adult education
Non formal education
Tribal education
Strengthening of SDMCs

Health & Family Welfare

Medical camp
Health awareness
Sanitation
Safe drinking water
Mother and child health
Reproductive health
Awareness building
Mobile Health Clinic

Social Casues

Women empowerment
Awareness drives on knowledge, attitude, and practice
IGA and Entrepreneurship

Aims and Objectives

a) To work toward formation and strengthening of village level institutions to improve local governance

b) To facilitate village institutions to leverage benefits under various schemes for achieving economic, social and ecological sustainability

c) To capacitate various stakeholders and community to build natural resources base to enhance rural livelihoods

d) To establish linkages between village institutions (Eg: JLGs, SHGs, AGs, TUGs) and financial institutions (Nationalized banks, private financing agencies and other institutions) to achieve financial sustainability among informal institutions existing in rural areas

e) To guide, train and facilitate the members belongs to small, marginal and landless families through skill development to take up entrepreneurship or income generation activities.

f) To facilitate community to develop a comprehensive plan for village development and its implementation under various schemes / projects for better livelihood, education and health.

g) To work towards improving enabling environment and coordination between various stakeholders by organizing Seminars / Workshops / Campaigns etc at different level.

h) To impart knowledge, skill and attitudinal changes among community members by organizing a series of training on the need of the community

i) To provide services at door step to the needy people on health, sanitation and hygiene with the financial support of different agencies.

j) To work towards transfer of knowledge and innovative technologies related to water harvesting, soil & water conservation, health and education and ecological restoration.

k) To build the awareness and capacitating women on equity and equality, gender, resolving conflict, leadership development etc for empowerment of women

l) To train the rural youth belong to rural areas on computers education.

m) To support the rural community to plan and implement projects on promotion of organic farming for achieving sustainable.

n) To support the community for development, restoration, conservation and management of common property resources like grazing land (gomala), groves, temple lands etc

o) To improve the slum areas on health education, environment, livelihood and leadership, by conduction of awareness and development activities.

p) To strengthen planning, monitoring and evaluation functions and its human resources, finance and administrative management.

Values
Principles
Beliefs

Values

STEPS encourages the following values to be practiced both at individual and organizational level.

Honesty
Transparency and Accountability
Mutual respect
Creativity
Gender sensitiveness
Cost efficiency
Participation
Solidarity

Guiding Principles

Utilization of local wisdom and resources.
Encouragement of innovation and creativity.
Prioritizing quality.
Enhancing coordination and networking.
Accepting challenges

Organization Beliefs

In the potential power of the poor and rural people to participate actively in development initiatives within their community.

In equal opportunity for man and women in society irrespective of class, age, ethnic, culture or religion.

All Human Rights for all.

In freedom of expression, movement and choice by man and women alike.

In social harmony free from communal bias.

Freedom for work, education and development.

Registered Office :

T.M.Palya, Kadasinganahalli Village,
Kempanahalli Post, HutridurgaHobli,
Kunigal Taluk, Tumkur District,
PIN – 572126.
Karnataka State.

Administrative Office :

#127, Maruthi Complex,
Byadarahalli Bus Stop, Vishwaneedam post,
Magadi Road ,
Bangalore-560 091
Ph: 8123907230
E-mail: stepsblr@gmail.com
Website: www.steps.ngo

Let’s take STEPS towards a better future. 

Let’s be the Change