About

Rural Development Organization (RDO) is a non-partisan, non-governmental public interest/humanitarian organization working in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) since 1997 to uplift the marginalized segments of society by improving their socio-economic condition through community empowerment. The great stress of the era is to reach and address the needs of the vulnerable population everywhere in the World at large and the region in particular for helping the marginalized and poverty ridden communities.
RDO is working with innovative approaches for sustainable development as well as in critical situations such as natural calamities and disasters at gross root level to get the affected communities out of quagmires and help them rehabilitate towards routine life. RDO works through a chain of community groups and volunteers in different communities to facilitate the local population to contribute in eradicating the prevailing situation of poverty and social distress. The purpose of the organization is to provide assistance to groups, communities and especially to children, women, elders and people with disability to make them able to fight against illiteracy, hunger, homelessness, exploitation, abuse and to work for positive behavioural change.

ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH

RDO works through a chain of community groups and volunteers in different communities to enable them to eradicate the prevailing situation of poverty and distress keeping in view its core principles e.g. need based, participatory & cost sharing keeping in view the lessons learnt. RDO is striving to come forward with innovative approaches to meet its objectives effectively and ensure sustainability of its interventions. Provision of assistance to groups, women, children, youth and elders in the fields of education, right to education, health, skills development and gender equality through participation and collaboration, are our approaches to develop sense of entrepreneurship among the masses.

UNITED NATIONS ECOSOC STATUS

In July 2012, RDO was honoured with the highest status level with the United Nations Economic and Social Council by achieving Consultative Status. Under the Charter of the United Nations, the Economic and Social Council may consult with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) concerned with matters within the Council's competence. The Council recognizes that these organizations should have the opportunity to express their views, and that they possess special experience or technical knowledge of value to the Council's work.