Cohesion, guided by transparency and accountability, is committed to sustainable socio-economic development of the vulnerable in under-serviced areas with a special focus on women.
Vision
We see ourselves as an organization committed to striving for a World in which people and the natural environment are in harmony with each other, a World in which people, men and women, are in harmony with each other, a world in which all have enough to meet their genuine emotional and physical needs, and a world in which the diversity of humankind is celebrated.
Objectives of the organisation :
To offer know-how and other necessary assistance in the field of water and land resources, agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, new and renewable energy sources, rural industries, formal and non-formal education, community health, habitat and environment, and any other fields considered useful for the purpose of promoting integrated human development.
To assist developmental agencies to find appropriate professionals for their projects and to assist persons interested in making a professional contribution to development.
To develop and implement gender and poverty focused participatory approaches for rural/urban development through Integrated Farming Systems or any other system that is sustainable and replicable in other parts of the country.
To aid, promote, co-operate, co-ordinate and/or conduct the applied researches and studies in the field of agricultural sciences and rural/urban development including social and economic aspects.
To grant relief and assistance to the needy victims during natural calamities such as famine, earth quake, flood, fire pestilence etc., or during man-made calamities such as communal violence, fatal incidents etc., through direct interventions or/and by giving donations and other assistance to institutions, or persons engaged in such relief work.
To provide training and organize seminars and workshops to equip, strengthen and disseminate knowledge, skills and attitude required for promoting participatory development methodologies and other related subjects for rural/urban development.
Approach of COHESION
There are certain cross cutting themes, observed in all strategic interventions to ensure sustainable development and social justice. Cohesion’s approach is community based and bottom-up to ensure the needs and issues faced by communities get represented and addressed by programs.
Strengthening people’s institutions and prioritizing women’s’ role in decision-making ensure processes that help in mainstreaming gender. On the other hand most vulnerable communities are identified at micro planning stage to empower them and help secure proper position in community-based institutions.
The following are the elements of community-based approaches, followed by Cohesion:
Participation
Gender mainstreaming
Evolving inter institutional linkages
Decentralization of resources
Local capacity building
Development of special groups around different interventions
