COREED (Christian Organization of the Rural Educational and Economic Development) is a community based social organization contributing its services for the overall development of Dalit and Adivasi communities right from its inception in the year 1989. COREED always seeks sustainable solutions to long term problems of poverty through an integrated, participatory approach that reinforces the society respecting the local culture. We strongly believe that we can break the cycle of poverty with education and economic empowerment. COREED has contributed its services in over 150 villages in the past and today we are in 30 interior villages of Prakasam and Nellore districts of Andhra Pradesh, South India. Our major areas of concern is on imparting Education, Health Care Services, Women Empowerment Programs, Job guaranteed vocational training programs and Capacitating the rural community key leaders, teacher, village committee members and field operation officers along with leaders of COREED to improve their skills in executing the development activities in the interior villages of this region of Andhra Pradesh to seek sustainable development.

COREED is very happy that all our programs are reaching the villagers and is able to achieve good results because of the local community participatory strategies that are designed with experienced leaders from the COREED villages. These participatory strategies have always enabled them to be more socially responsible and emotionally sensitive. Hence COREED is always proud for its inclusive approach of acting according to the local community understanding. The activities of COREED build confidence to achieve its set goals. Among all the programs of COREED the Leadership Training to the teachers and key leaders creates great impact with deeper concern and be engaged with greater challenges. This mindset continues to stimulate, think and learn for greater achievement. Therefore COREED is always keen in providing a platform creating an atmosphere of learning with diligent. In every training program we capacitate, motivate and refresh the local key leaders, volunteers and teachers with new methods of teaching that are valued with high recognition.

Lord Jesus Christ teachings and His compassion over the needy is the core concern of COREED. COREED is trusted to be an important source of community development in this region of Andhra Pradesh in South India as it is founded with vision to reaching the unreached in the interior villages and ensuring the overall development of these villagers.

I want thank our only donors from Switzerland for their sustained contributions for the ongoing programs of COREED. And I thank the dedicated leaders of COREED and the medical team for their enormous and immeasurable contributions. The professional teams of various fields for their contribution in imparting needed skills in all the areas of COREED field activities. Specially the super specialty medical doctors contributions in our annual Special Health Camps in these interior villages are always remembered with thanks for their dedication to improve the health conditions and there by their lives who desperately needed help in the society.

Dear friends it is important to sustain the holistic development to break the vicious cycle of poverty and to bring change in the lives of these unreached disadvantaged communities. There is still much more to do to help them to seek overall development.

God Bless You

Dr. R. Jaya Paul
Chief Functionary, COREED