About the Organization  
Genesis Participatory Action for Community Empowerment is a voluntary development organization committed for people centered development established on 18th Dec 2000 with the mission of empowering the dalits, women, and poor and marginalized, children and old aged community people. PACE is a non-profit, non-governmental civil society organization, which believes in participatory approaches and practices participatory methodologies for empowering the community. PACE established by a group of young and dynamic citizens with professional background from XISS have deep social concern and commitment for social change processes. In PACE we believe that when given an opportunity the poor men and women could rise on the occasion to help themselves .We focus on mobilising the community, educating them and sharing right information which would give them an advantage in their social economic and political live and liberate them from all injustice, vulnerability and marginalization. PACE strives to educate, organise and empower the rural poor to promote people centred development as a liberating force aimed at social justice, economic growth and self-reliance. Vision We envisage a society free from all kind of exploitation and injustice and where no one remains hungry, unemployed, illiterate and exploited. Mission To promote participatory democracy, educate, organise and empower the rural poor who would in future act like catalyst in promoting gender equality, justice, socio-economic growth and self-reliance. The Main and Long Term Objectives  To empower the community to sustain project activities in a systematic manner, where they would initiate a process of participatory and people centred development.  To empower the community and encouraging them to become active citizen leaders for improving and strengthening the local self-governance.  To facilitate a process of social conscious and social responsibility among general masses so that they would influence the political and social dimensions for their benefit.  To create innovative models of sustainable development projects than can be replicated in India and abroad.  To facilitate a process of empowerment among the poor people so that they acquire greater dignity and self respect within individual and community.  To help the society, especially the dalits to get motivated to build a network among themselves hence building their peoples organizations at the grass roots.  Strengthening the Panchayati Raj Institutions through Capacity Building of elected representatives and other stakeholders.  Promotion of Micro Credit and reconstruction rural economy by initiating Income Generation Activities, suitable alternative strategies for the benefiting the rural poor.  Protection of environment from degradation, reservation of bio-diversity, conservation of forest resources, pollution control and natural disaster preparedness through peoples participation.  To improve the health status of the community through encouraging the community to participate in spreading awareness about health and hygiene and also awareness building about several dreaded diseases like Polio, Cancer, HIV AIDS, blindness and any other form of disability and for adoption small family norms in the region.  To improve the educational status of the region though removal of illiteracy, action for school dropout children through non-formal education, provision of formal schooling for deprived children and skill development through technical/vocational education.  To strengthen the Urban Governance mechanism through building the capacities and perspectives of urban elected representatives.  Establish better social cohesion through encouraging different religious leaders and community people for peace and social harmony. .

FCRA/Exemption Details
Participatory Action for Community Empowerment is exempted from Tax under Section 80G,Sec12A of IT Act;

Yearly Budget / Latest Annual Report
88 Lacs / | 02 APR 2009.doc