3. Tribal Development Foundation is a Non-governmental and Non-
Profit Development Organization active in Arunachal Pradesh,
estd in 11th
November 1999 under trusteeship of former CM
Gegong Apang & party.
TDF was registered at office 209 – Delhi Chamber, Delhi Gate,
New Delhi – 110 002, under Indian Societies Registration Act,
1860.
The branch office of the present Society in Arunachal Pradesh is
located at C- Sector Itanagar and in Pasighat bazar.
This society was formerly known as ‘Settlor Trustee’ but later
renamed as Tribal Development Foundation .
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5. To established & promote development on socioeconomic,
cultural, art, literary, & environment.
To promote & initiate people oriented practices and
programs in the field of health, environment and
education.
To create awareness & work for family planning and
control of population growth for sustainable human
development.
To work for the upliftment of tribal people by imparting
them necessary skills in their traditional arts and means
of livelihood as well as teaching them new skills and
trades.
To develop sports activities for the development of tribal
youth.
To rehabilitate disabled persons through education,
training, and employment.
6. To provide shelter to orphanages for destitutes.
To carry out housing activities for providing shelters to
needy persons.
To carry out projects pertaining to afforestation,
horticulture, animal husbandry, farming & social forestry.
To produces features for print median, audio/visual
products & distribute them with or without consideration.
To carry on any of the above activities in cooperation or
association with any other person, organization, society or
authority & provide grants & other facilities to any other
organization & engaged in similar activities.
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8. TDF has developed few projects based on training
and demonstration to enhance the community
participation in some sectors (agri. Horticulture,
fishery, animal husbandry) of the Society.
TDF has involved local population by imparting
training as well as demonstrating the viability of
alternative technologies.
9. TDF is one of the pioneer organizations to undertake research
studies on various aspects linked to the health sector.
TDF undertook a comprehensive study to evaluate the different
health problems in the state & additional input for eradication of
diseases to state government.
The Society has been organized health check-up camps and
awareness programmes in the different villages of Arunachal
Pradesh.
The free eye check-up, hepatitis B, leprosy, TB, HIV/AIDS,
Malaria, Jaundice, Typhoid, Blood Pressure, Diabetes and
conducts blood donates are the common health camp
programmes conducted by the TDF.
10. TDF initiated education oriented practices and
programmes in education techniques, lifestyles,
livelihood, traditional arts & teaching skills on trades
and business through training & workshop programs
at village.
11. The society is dedicated for upliftment of the
society in general & women & child labour for
particular.
Providing education, health care, providing
shelter/housing to destitute & needy persons, etc.
12. The training, workshops on innovative & advance agricultural
practices to villagers;
Teaching on trade and business;
Upliftment of traditional knowledge and practice related to
agriculture and economic motive;
Guidance and formation of SHGs, livelihood alternative and
sustainable activities/practices in field of agriculture have been
widely involved in the grassroots level.
Livestock farming, fishery, poultry, piggery, bee keeping etc,
have been kept in the village with proper training.
Traditional handloom and handicrafts, weaving and other
Indigenous Knowledge and Practices have been promoted.
13. Awareness, dissemination information regarding
environment management; soil protection,
afforestation, resource management and pollution
control measures.
Workshop, training and documentary on
development activities and programs, including
relief programs to people in areas affected by
natural calamities and other emergencies
14. “It has been found that to make
development sustainable, it is better to
mobilize the society rather than leading it,
because once the self-confidence in the
people germinates it will not take a long
time for the flowers of development to
blossom.
And for community participation and
mobilization, training and demonstration
are the key factors”__________
