Alpha Educational Society

Location: Chennai

ALFA Educational Society has been working in the Kherwara Block since its inception in 2006. The block is comprised of largely tribal people with Hindu and Muslim communities also well represented. The economy centers around farming and labor activities. Educational attainment, especially for females, is low. Given that those who populate the area are highly disparate both ideologically and spatially, conflict within and between communities is common. Moreover, in recent years the area has witnessed mass migration of its youth to nearby cities in an attempt to escape a life of working in the field. Motivated by these factors, ALFA aims to work on tackling the abovementioned issues through its work with youth and child development, women's empowerment, and communal harmony issues with a purely community centered and human-rights based view of development.