JDS aims to:

• Form co-operatives of savings and credit groups to enable access to lower-interest loans as part of a bigger group.
• Train individuals in income generating activities and entrepreneurship development
• Provide emergency support to families affected by natural disasters or those in need of interim shelter and food following liberation from situations of bonded labour
• Aim to liberate 30 Harawa-Charawa trapped in bonded labour and provide services and support.
• Organise conferences for Harawa-Charawa, during which it will form networks to empower and engage local stakeholders, campaign for rights and raise awareness of issues
• Offer a range of legal, psychosocial and health support to Harawa-Charawa individuals who require it and promote increased wages for agricultural labour

The grant will enable Janachetana Dalit Sangam to focus on activities such as:

• organising haruwa-charuwa community members into community groups;
• promoting economic empowerment;
• increasing access to education for children of haruwa-charuwa communities, and
• facilitating the liberation of haruwa-charuwa families.

JDS will focus on activities such as organisingHarawa-Charawa community members into community groups, promoting economic empowerment, increasing access to school for children of Harawa-Charawa communities and facilitating the liberation of Harawa-Charawa families.