Hands For Needy Foundation

Hands for Needy Foundation which literally means “organization for the development of ecology and agriculture/livestock”, works with a clear mission: the betterment of ecological, agricultural, and livestock practices with a view to ensuring sustainable livelihoods for rural pastoral communities in Bihar. The present staff team of HFNF consists of 06 full-time persons – a well-knit team of different disciplines. Most of the staff members are from rural settings, contributing invaluable local knowledge, local socio-economic concerns, and policy issues. Though, in the beginning, as HFNF grew more people joined from outside: foresters, agriculture engineers, veterinarians, and environmental experts. Slowly as the fascination and curiosity of the outsiders for rural work waned, one after another they withdrew slowly and remained where they belonged: in urban settings, doing what they would do best. The gap left in the internal leadership of HFNF slowly being filled by the real stakeholders of the project: the rural people. Thus HFNF has experienced growth/ success; chief among these is the increased sense of trust between communities and HFNF which has led to more peoples becoming receptive to conservation technologies. Today, there is a cadre of over 500 rural women and youths who are associated with HFNF.