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Two Hindi words ‘CHALE CHALO’ meaning ‘Let’s Move Forward’ represent a grassroots development organization with a professional commitment. Established and registered under the Indian Trust Act 1882 on April 21, 2005, CHALE CHALO has been working on various developmental issues in Odisha, where communities face extreme poverty, disasters, inequality, unsustainable practices, poor governance, and environmental degradation—issues that threaten human survival and development.
Since its inception, CHALE CHALO has been committed to promoting inclusive, equitable, just, and sustainable development. Our team comes from strong social initiative backgrounds and is guided by principles such as self-regulation, democratic functioning, non-violence, equality, and equal opportunity.
We emphasize respect for human values, dignity, and human rights. We are committed to nature, caring, sharing, transparency, accountability, responsiveness, effectiveness, and the adoption of best practices in all our work.
Quality education, health and nutrition; environment preservation and climate resilience; water and livelihood security; rights and empowerment.
To work towards poverty reduction and sustainable development for vulnerable communities.
Transparency, accountability, democratic functioning, cooperation, collaboration, results-based management, and empathy for life and nature.
To build self-reliant, climate-resilient communities through equitable governance, inclusive development, and sustainable environmental conservation.
Rooted. Responsive. Resilient.
At Chale Chalo, we believe that sustainable development requires more than just interventions. What makes us unique is our ability to combine diverse strategies, partnerships, and community participation into a holistic approach that creates lasting impact, resilience, and security for communities.
We work with professionals and grassroots leaders to deliver solutions across multiple dimensions—livelihoods, environment, governance, education and health—keeping sustainability and resilience central to every step.
Beneficiaries are central to planning, implementation and monitoring. Our participatory approach builds confidence and ensures long-term ownership beyond project cycles.
We build positive relationships with local government, institutions and civil society to foster trust, reduce misuse of power, and improve development outcomes.
We combine innovation and community action to create lasting impact that strengthens livelihoods, dignity, and long-term ecological and economic security.
Conserving and restoring ecosystems to build climate resilience.
We are grateful to our partners who stand with us in building a sustainable furture for marginalized communities. Together, we drive progress through shared values, collective actions and lasting impact.
Interested in collaborating with us? We are always open to forging new partnerships that align with our mission and values. Get in touch to explore how we can work together.
Where We Work
Chale Chalo works in some of the most vulnerable regions of Odisha, focusing on tribal and marginalised communities. The map highlights our key intervention districts where we are strengthening livelihoods, water security, education, health and climate resilience.
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Micro water security plan ensured water availability leading to improved socio-economic conditions.
A tribal denizen-dominated village named Saradhapur is situated in the Sunapur gram panchayat of Boden block of Nuapada District. The village has 172 households with 767 population
Mahulpadar is a tribal resident village in the Sunapur gram panchayat of Boden block of Nuapada District. It consists of 128 households with a population of 512 people, out of which 249 are male and 263 females.
