CORD - Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development

CORD - Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development – the service wing of Chinmaya Mission, has been active in the field of holistic rural development for over two decades. It facilitates participatory, integrated and sustainable development for the poor in the villages through self-empowerment processes.
CORD addresses issues related to women empowerment, children and youth programs, microcredit banking, income generation training, primary healthcare services, nutrition, literacy, participatory natural resource management, sanitation and hygiene, rehabilitation of the differently-abled and local self-governance through Panchayati Raj Institution.
The development can be achieved by creating a partnership with rural communities, non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, institutions, PRIs and industrial establishments.
Today, the program covers over 895 villages across Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Punjab, Odisha, & Tamil Nadu. In Andhra Pradesh, it runs an orphanage for girls.