Objectives and Strategy

General Objectives of LAMP

To identify the root causes of various injustices inflicted on, under-developed situations and problems faced by the target groups especially Women and Street and Working children and analysing their root causes through studies and researches in order to take necessary action against them.
To increase the level of awareness among the activists for organising struggles to establish the rights of the Women and Street and Working Children's action grops, Workers' Action Groups, Cooperatives and rights and duties of labourers in unorganised sectors.
To take actions for the empowerment and sustainable development of the people of target groups.
To develop scientific attitude and knowledge among the activists for organising struggles to abolish superstitions, abuses etc.
To develop leadership qualities, self-confidence, technical skills and decision-making power among the activists at both micro and macro level.
To develop solidarity among the people of reference groups.

Strategy of LAMP

To conduct research-cum-study on different socio-economic-cultural problems of the society.
To take fact-finding action on different burning issues and incidents of the society and their documentation.
To create opportunities for upgradation of knowledge and the level of awareness among the activists regarding legal provisions and Govt. facilities for the tribals, dalits, indegenous people, Women, OBC, Children etc. and their rights & duties as human beings.
To organise reorientation programme for both women and men of the target communities to change socio-cultural values for attaining the goal of a human society based on justice.
To organise training, meeting, seminar and workshop on different Social issues, problems and its perpetration from time to time.
To organise training on leadership development and skill development on survey, planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
To develop and strengthen grass-root level people's action groups (PAG), Trade Unions (TU), Cooperatives and other group endeavours for increasing their bargaining power and struggles and to make group / organisations self dependent and self-reliant.
To take action for social education for the people of reference groups in the form of both formal and non-formal education to expediate the process of their participation in Social action.
To organise people for Social action in the forms of protests deputations, demonstration against injustices, atrocities etc. and availing basic amenities and opportunities from the State etc. with a view of strengthening people's struggles for empowerment.
To create opportunities for developing and strengthening Worker's Action groups, Street and Working Children Action Groups ,Cooperatives, Network of Tribals, Dalits and other indigenous people and establishment of a just Society based on human values.
To create opportunities for the people to become self-employed which ultimately with help them to become economically self-reliant.
To organise Micro Finance and Livelihood Development Programme programme for poor women of self help groups.

LAMP's action programmes can be classified into the following five categories :
i) Social Education, ii) Social Action, iii) Social Reform, iv) Social Development, v) Social Welfare

i. Social Education :

Organising of Non-formal education Centres for the street and working children and school drop-outs.
Organising pre-primary education for the children of the target communities.
Conducting functional literacy classes and adult education centres for both men and Women illiterates.
Providing legal education and family counseling services.
Organising trainings on health and environment awareness.
Organising advocacy to create general awareness among the people for basic understanding of the problems.

ii. Social Action :

Involving people for mobilisation, organization, formation and strengthening of people's / Women's/Children's action groups.
Giving impetus for leadership development and issue based action for legal rights, justice and peace.
Mobilising the oppressed to protest against social injustice and atrocities inflicted by the oppressors.
Encouraging people to demand their rights for availing of basic amenities and opportunities from the state or local Government administration.

iii. Social Reform :

Organising people for mass campaign to abolish superstition, witchcraft practices, cultural exploitations and atrocities over the under-priviledged poor, dalits and tribals.
Sensitizing people regarding the problems of the Women in this unjust society and boosting their struggles for gender justice and restoration of women's equal status in the society.
Providing necessary training and exposure for both awareness generation and skill development to the Women and street and working children for the purpose of their empowerment and sustainable development.

iv. Social Development :

Housing people to improve their social status and also to become economically self-reliant; they are being motivated to develop the habit of savings.
Motivation of people to generate their own community fund with a primary objective of developing the basic community infrastructure.
Organising necessary trainings alongwith extension support services for the development of human resources and their proper utilisation.
Providing the opportunities before the people especially poor women and street and working children for development of their collective action, cohesiveness and fellow-feelings with a view to develop their community as a whole.
Helping poor section of women to become self-reliant.

v. Social Welfare :

Undertaking different activities for the development of Women and street and working Children.
Taking necessary actions for the comprehensive development and rehabilitation of Street and distressed Working Children of the urban areas.
Organising vocational trainings for the people of both urban and rural areas for the purpose of their income generation and self- employment.
Taking action for both advocacy and rehabilitation of leprosy patients.
Organising advocacy for environment conservation and eco-development.
Providing marketing services and taking all possible actions for the promotion of a marketing network.
Providing necessary expertise-cum-support services to the small groups and NGO's with a primary objective of empowerment of People's / Women's/Children's action groups.

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