Carers Worldwide works with carefully selected, well-established local partners who are open to sharing and incorporating our vision in to their existing work.
Our partners have experience in the fields of disability, mental illness, or chronic illness and work to protect and enhance the wellbeing of children and adults affected by those conditions.
Under our guidance, our partners take a step-forward and begin introducing projects that focus not only on persons who require care, but also those who care for them. We currently work with 10 partners across India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Click on each partner to reveal more about them:
NBJK – India
Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra (NBJK), based in Jharkhand in the north of India, was founded in 1971 with the goal of ‘putting the last first.’ NBJK works to educate, organise and empower the rural poor by promoting development as a tool to achieve social justice, economic growth and self-reliance.
The work of NBJK has grown over the years and has gone from having a presence in a small hamlet in the village of Bahera to operating in 10 districts across the states of Jharkand and Bihar. NBJK also works in close partnership with a network of voluntary organizations and small groups in an additional 40 districts in the two states.
NBJK was one of our first partners and we have worked on three projects together since 2012: Family Caregiving and Public Policy in India: “Creating New Opportunities for Recognition and Support”; “Promoting the Recognition and Inclusion of Carers of the Disabled and Mentally Ill in India” and “Creating Sustainable Livelihoods and Relieving Household Poverty for Unpaid Family Carers of People with Disability or Mental Illness in India”.
SAMUHA – India
SAMUHA have been operating since 1987 in the state of Karnataka. SAMUHA derives its name from the Sanskrit and means ‘an organised group or society.’ This reflects the belief that development should be undertaken through participatory processes in order to achieve the best and most sustainable results. SAMUHA works in a total of nine districts in Karnataka but predominantly focuses on the two districts of Raichur and Koppal, located in the north of the state where poverty levels remain significantly higher than the rest of the state.
SAMUHA strives to improve the quality of life of vulnerable people such as: women, children, persons with disabilities, people living with/vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, people deprived of social justice, and communities that are climate-challenged.
SAMUHA was one of our first partners and we have worked with them since 2012 on a range of projects including: “Family Caregiving and Public Policy in India: Creating New Opportunities for Recognition and Support”; “Promoting the Recognition and Inclusion of Carers of the Disabled and Mentally Ill in India” and “Creating Sustainable Livelihoods and Relieving Household Poverty for Unpaid Family Carers of People with Disability or Mental Illness in India”.
SACRED – India
Social Action for Child Rehabilitation Emancipation and Development (SACRED) promotes community-based rehabilitation for persons living with disabilities in the rural areas of Kurnool and Anantapur districts in Andhra Pradesh. They currently operate across 397 villages.
Established in 1984, SACRED believes that persons with disabilities should lead dignified lives by availing equal opportunities and rights; accessing resources and services; and by combating discrimination and injustice in family, community and society.
SACRED has been working with us in the district of Kurnool since 2012 and was one of our first partners. Projects we have implemented together are: “Family Caregiving and Public Policy in India: Creating New Opportunities for Recognition and Support”; “Promoting the Recognition and Inclusion of Carers of the Disabled and Mentally Ill in India” and “Invisible to Visible: Documenting the Lives of Carers in India”.
Margardarshi – India
Margardarshi, based in Karnataka, India, was established in 1988 by people who have personally experienced the challenges of disability.
Margardarshi’s main purpose is to support the most vulnerable groups of persons with disabilities and promote their physical, social, psychological and economic well-being. They seek to remove the barriers imposed by disability and to instil self-belief in disabled persons so that they can become responsible for their own development.
Margardarshi, began working with us in 2019 and is our partner in the ‘Care for Carers’ project.
WORD – India
Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) was initiated by a group of women from Koraput district, Odisha, in 1991. A grassroots organisation, WORD’s purpose is to build a collective of women who address the issues of poverty and discrimination across Laxmipur Block in Koraput district.
WORD seeks to empower communities and to facilitate social, economic, political and cultural development of vulnerable sections of the society. Their target groups are rural and marginalised tribals and dalits of which the most vulnerable are women, children and marginal farmers.
Carers Worldwide became partners with WORD in 2017 and our joint projects include: “Breaking the Silence: Empowering and supporting people with mental illness and epilepsy and their carers in tribal regions of Odisha”; “Family Caregiving and Public Policy in India: Creating New Opportunities for Recognition and Support” and “A Voice for Carers: Achieving Recognition and Inclusion of Family Carers of the Disabled and Mentally Ill from Adivasi Communities of Odisha”.
EKTA – India
Ekta’s motto is ‘Unity is strength’. A registered non-profit organization, EKTA was formed in 1994 and currently works in Koraput, Rayagada, Khurda and Balangir districts of Odisha with plans to expand in to other districts in the state.
EKTA seeks to establish a just, equitable and sustainable society where the vulnerable can lead a healthy and dignified life without any discrimination. They work with vulnerable groups including tribals, persons belonging to scheduled castes, women, children, and people with disabilities.
EKTA has been a partner of Carers Worldwide since 2017 and we are working on the following projects together: A new beginning in Koraput: “Raising awareness and identifying people with mental illness and their carers in Boipariguda and Koraput Block”; “Family Caregiving and Public Policy in India: Creating New Opportunities for Recognition and Support” and “A Voice for Carers: Achieving Recognition and Inclusion of Family Carers of the Disabled and Mentally Ill from Adivasi Communities of Odisha”.
SPREAD – India
Founded in September 1989, SPREAD works as a catalyst to build up the capacity of underprivileged and vulnerable groups through the process of participatory development. SPREAD connects the rural poor to government benefits to which they are entitled. This increases the standard of living of vulnerable groups and helps them towards living a life of dignity.
SPREAD works with tribal groups, scheduled caste groups, and other poor communities across six districts in the state of Odisha.
In 2017, Carers Worldwide began working with SPREAD on the project A Voice for Carers: Achieving Recognition and Inclusion of Family Carers of the Disabled and Mentally Ill from Adivasi Communities of Odisha.
Since then, we have also worked on “A new beginning in Koraput: Raising awareness and identifying people with mental illness and their carers in Boipariguda and Koraput Block” and “Family Caregiving and Public Policy in India: Creating New Opportunities for Recognition and Support”.
LEADS – Nepal
Established in 2009, LEADS Nepal seeks to fulfil the basic needs of poor and marginalized people. They place persons with mental illness at the heart of all they do, addressing both the illness and their poverty. They strongly believe that mental health is a right, not a privilege. Currently, LEADS areas of activities are Baglung and Myagdi, regions in Western Nepal.
By enabling people with mental illness or epilepsy to live and work successfully in their communities, they give hope to the thousands of people who find daily life challenging due to a lack of treatment and the stigma surrounding their condition.
LEADS Nepal have worked with us since 2014. Together we have completed the projects “Improving the Physical and Mental Health, Promoting Social Inclusion and Increasing the Household Income of 1,500 Carers of Mentally Ill Individuals in Nepal” and “Action for Carers: Transforming Lives, Policies and Practice for unpaid family carers in Nepal”. Together we are currently working on the project “Promoting Social and Economic Empowerment of Carers by Strengthening Women-Led Carers Associations”.
SGCP – Nepal
Self-help Group for Cerebral Palsy, (SGCP) Nepal, is a non-governmental and non-profit organization fully committed to helping children and adults with cerebral palsy. They provide emotional and practical support to parents of children with cerebral palsy.
Established in 1987, SGCP brings together medical professionals, university teachers, parents of disabled children and social workers who all have a common goal to improve the quality of life of persons living with cerebral palsy.
As the only NGO of its kind in Nepal, SGCP assists of hundreds of children, adults and parents affected by cerebral palsy across many districts of the country. The organisation operates a Rehabilitation Centre in Lalitpur, Kathmandu Valley, which opened in 2005.
Our work with SGCP commenced in 2016 with the “Care for Carers: Empowering Parents of Disabled Children in Nepal” project.
CDD – Bangladesh
Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) Bangladesh aims to bring disability issues in to mainstream development and to ensure persons with disabilities obtain equal opportunities and can fully participate in all spheres of life.
CDD is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1996. It is estimated that 16 million people in Bangladesh are living with a disability, receiving little or no assistance and are excluded from mainstream life. As well as bringing persons with disabilities in to public life, CDD educates communities on how to be more inclusive to persons with disabilities. CDD works in partnership with a network of over 350 organisations both nationally and internationally.
CDD was our first partner in Bangladesh. We started working with CDD in 2019 and are currently working on the following projects: “Achieving socioeconomic inclusion of vulnerable family carers in Bangladesh”, “Testing an approach to social and economic inclusion of impoverished family carers in Bangladesh” and “Enabling people with physical disabilities in Bangladesh to reach their potential through the provision of aids and appliances”.
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