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RURAL

                              TRANSFORMATION









               INTRODUCTION                                                                                                         Highlights 2022-2023



               Reliance Foundation aims to enable rural communities to be income secure, nutrition-sufficient,
               climate-resilient and gender-just. It works towards these goals by addressing challenges and enhancing                  2.7 Million+                    0.22 Million+ 56,538+
               farm and off-farm livelihoods, with a focus on climate-resilience and women empowerment. Reliance
               Foundation's approach leverages synergies with communities and people’s institutions, peer or partner                   persons reached                  fisher folk received critical   people including 60% women
                                                                                                                                                                       weather and fishing zone        in SHGs supported to diversify
               organisations and the government.                                                                                                                       information                     their income sources

               Reliance Foundation’s Rural Transformation initiatives implemented by the RF-BIJ and RF-IS
               programmes have rallied rural communities around tailored development action plans at household,                        1,346                           54,900+                         14,500+

               village or district level; facilitated resources and enabled pathways to collectivization, access to
               finance and markets; helped improve management and efficiency of resources, mainly water;                               villages engaged in water       individuals provided access     youth trained for jobs in
               empowered communities with information to safeguard livelihoods and help address challenges,                            resources development           to financial services           the retail sector
               reaching several million communities across rural India.
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