Welcome to CCN

Community Coordination Network (CCN) is a not for profit organisation working for the cause of tribal Empowerment. The indigenous people (tribals) living in the interior villages lying on the borders of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa states in India and are among the most primitive tribes and poorest. CCN is involved in organising the community, creating awareness and educating them to build their knowledge and skills to improve their livelihoods and living conditions. CCN has a team 54 committed individuals working towards the cause of Tribal Empowerment. Under the able leadership of Sri. Lakhi Deuri, the Organisation is implementing various development programs spread over 726 remote habitations with an outreach of about 100,000 populations. The key achievements include:  

• Trained and built a cadre of 700 educated tribal youth to work as local volunteers and involve in the development of their own community through promoting the Community Coordination Teams in different clusters of villages. The community organisations include women groups, village level committees, cooperatives, and Village Tribal Development Associations. Through intensive community mobilization in 726 habitations, these groups have been trained to manage their own affairs with the support of the community coordination teams.

• Facilitated education of 6000 tribal children by establishing community managed schools and enhanced performance of 17 government schools, through community involvement and monitoring.

• Achieved 70% immunization in the project villages. Improved access to primary health care and coordinated referral services for 300 patients in the last 5 years through establishing local health teams.

• Promoted regeneration of forests in an area of 330 hectares of forestland in 80 villages, by involving the local communities through an initiative called DONGAR SONA BANCHAU means save the hills that yield gold.