People’s Responsibile Organisation of United Dharavi (PROUD), Mumbai

Add : 90ft. Road, Subash Nagar, Dharavi
Mumbai
Maharashtra
400017
Tel :
Mobile : 96646 92998
Email : pkanthony@rediffmail.com
Website : www.prouddharavi.com
Contact Person : Prashant Anthony
Purpose : Advocacy On Social Issues, Anti Drug Campaign, Awareness Generation, Child Rights, Child Welfare, Community Development, Consumer Issues, Development (General), Disadvantaged Communities, Employment, Food And Nutrition, Health, Human Development, Human Rights, Livelihood, Micro-Enterprises, Poverty, Social Awareness, Right To Information, Trafficking Of Women, Urban Development, Women’S Issues, Youth.
Aim/Objective/Mission : People?s Responsible Organisation of United Dharavi(PROUD) is a non-political, secular and community based organisation working for the betterment of people in Dharavi since 1979. PROUD has also been active and continuously involved in Dharavi Redevelopment Project(DRP), working in close coordination with MHADA PMGP SPPL SRA specially to create public opinion by organizing community public meetings, spreading awareness etc. PROUD is the oldest organization of dharavi, asia?s largest slum-settlement, was most notorious and dangerous slum that even a taxi-men refused to enter the slum after 6pm. PROUD through it?s community organising programme, issue-solving process and with constant social actions, i.e. Peaceful and non-violent mass demonstrations by pressurizing local authorities was first responsible for arranging: free drinking water supply in dharavi, cleaning and maintenance of drains and garbage removal, construction of drains, community toilets, roads, internal pathways etc. Ration cards, photo-passes, postal service, bank accounts etc,stopping forceful evictions in dharavi and demand land-ownership. Reduction of crime in dharavi. PROUD continue to work for: basic civic rights, housing rights, human rights etc,empowerment of women & youth, peace & communal harmony relief and rehabilitation(in emergency) welfare of senior citizens, widows & the unemployed, health & education awareness, right to information(rti), public-accountability & local governance, campaign against crime and corruption etc.