A Brief History

The seed of the organization was sown in 1972, the year when western Maharashtra region was facing sever drought. A team of volunteers from Sangli joined the villagers to take up drought relief work. With the help of a donor agency, this group made sincere efforts to help the affected families. The relief work continued for 3 years. As the conditions improved, the relief operation was phased out. In this process the implementing group gained confidence that they together can take up constructive work to improve the condition of the poor and needy villagers. After assessing own potential, the group decided to begin developmental work. The organization was formally registered in 1976.

Mission

YPS is dedicated to supporting underserved families in meeting their basic needs, fostering the development of self-sustaining communities, and integrating all underdeveloped segments of the community into the mainstream of progress.

Approach

The organization sees rural development as a complex activity requiring an open-minded attitude, multiplicity of objectives and a mix of interventions. It believes that rural poverty in India is the consequence of a cluster of causes-ecological, economic, social and political

YPS Locations

Over the past 45 years, YPS has operated across five different locations, dedicated to developing comprehensive guidelines for combating drought. Our mission has been to share these strategies with communities in need, empowering them to establish resilient systems that adhere to best practices. This effort has been made possible through collaboration with leading international institutes and research facilities.

This was the first YPS location. The Organization started its work in this area of 32 villages in 1976. YPS developed drought mitigation mechanism by implementing various people centric projects in this area

After successfully implementing around 36 projects. Around the year 1995, Government irrigation projects like Takari & Aarphal became operational which made enough water available to all the farmers round the year in the area.

Now, the organization has set up demonstrations for Organic farming, Natural farming and Chemical free farming in 25 acres of land.

Contact Us

Please write to us at Pranjal@YeralaProject.org
Phone Number +91 (233) 267 1318
Visit us at: Yerala Bhavan, Sangli – Miraj Rd, Saraswati Nagar, Vishrambag, Sangli, Sangli Miraj Kupwad, Maharashtra 416415, India