Equality, Peace and Justice
Purvanchal Rural Development and Training Institute
Welcome!
Purvanchal Rural Development and Training Institute (PRDTI) works primarily with Dalits, one of the most deprived and vulnerable communities in India. PRDTI is located in Uttar Pradesh, the state which has got maximum share of Dalit population among all the states of the country.
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Districts
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Blocks
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Villages
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Urban Areas
Institutions and Forums
PRDTI has established a number of institutions and forums for the benefit of the community it works with.
Purvanchal Dalit Balika School
Bhimshalas
Tailoring Centres
Stories from the Field
The SMC is Like Playing in My Band
Everybody Has To Play Together To Make Good Music! In village Pallia, block Barachawar, district Ghazipur, the atmosphere is almost like a big, happy picnic: everyone is sitting in the middle of the lone village road, surrounded by fields on one side and small huts on the other, as children scamper in and out of…
Can’t We Carry a Basket of Bangles?
Mita Rawat, 30, says she is so ‘untouchable’ for her neighbor – an upper caste Brahmin – that even if she hammers a nail in the shared boundary wall, he removes it because it is ‘touching’ his house! “On good days, he just mocks me or prefers to just look away, but when he decides…
