CHALE CHALO (literally meaning “Let’s Move Forward” in Hindi) is a grassroots development organisation with a strong professional commitment. Established and registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1882, on April 21, 2005, CHALE CHALO has been working closely on various developmental issues across Odisha.

Many communities in the region face extreme poverty and are affected by disasters, inequality, unsustainable development practices, poor governance, and environmental degradation issues that threaten human survival and development.

Since its inception, CHALE CHALO has remained committed to working closely with local communities to promote inclusive, equitable, just, and sustainable development. Our team, rooted in strong social initiative backgrounds, is guided by principles of self-regulation, democratic functioning, non-violence, equality, and equal opportunity. We uphold respect for human values, dignity, and human rights, and remain deeply committed to nature, caring and sharing, transparency, accountability, responsiveness, effectiveness, and the adoption of best practices in all our work.

We collaborate closely with communities to co-create solutions that transform lives, with focused engagement in education, health & nutrition, water & livelihood security, and environment conservation.