CIDA – Centre for Innovations and Development Assistance

Empowering Women Artisans – “Weaving Dreams Together”

Through Livelihood and Enterprise Development Programme, minority women revived the fading art of handwoven durries—preserving heritage while building a future of dignity and self-reliance.

Sironj Weavers: Threads of Empowerment

In every thread they weave, they don’t just create fabric—they stitch together a legacy of strength, pride, and self-reliance

From SHGs to Agri-Business – Women Sowing Prosperity Together

The Micro Entrepreneurship Development Programme empowers rural women to turn small-scale farming into sustainable agri-businesses—growing food, earning income, and building self-reliant futures.

Village to Market: Empowering Rural Makers

From handcrafted textiles to eco-friendly home goods—Village to Market is CIDA’s initiative to connect women artisans and SHGs to real income opportunities. Every product tells a story of skill, dignity, and self-reliance.

Stronger Together – Cultivating Prosperity through FPOs

CIDA promotes FPOs to empower smallholder farmers as agri-entrepreneurs—boosting income through collective farming, value addition, and market linkages for sustainable, self-reliant agri-businesses.

Eco Farming, Empowering Farmers – Technology That Grows With the Land

Promoting organic farming among tribal smallholders to boost soil health, yields, and incomes—naturally and sustainably.

Driven by Purpose. Powered by People.

Centre for Innovations and Development Assistance (CIDA)

CIDA is a not-for-profit development organisation committed to empowering marginalised communities through locally-driven solutions. We work across livelihoods, education, agriculture, health, and natural resource management—fostering innovation, building local capacities, and promoting sustainable, community-led change.

Our Vision, Mission & Values

At CIDA, we envision a world where empowered communities lead their own progress. Our mission is to co-create local, inclusive, and sustainable solutions through innovation, collaboration, and community leadership. Guided by values like integrity, inclusion, and climate responsibility—we work with people, not for them, to build lasting change.

Our Focus Areas

CIDA empowers rural communities through six interconnected focus areas. Together, these areas drive our mission for inclusive, sustainable, and self-reliant development

Our Work

Our Impact

With over a decade of grassroots engagement, CIDA brings deep expertise, strong partnerships, and measurable results in empowering rural communities. Our work speaks through the numbers—and the lives transformed.

10+ Years

of transforming rural livelihoods and building resilient communities

12+ Projects

delivered—driving skills, markets, and cooperative growth

150+ Women

empowered through 15 Self-Help Groups (SHGs)

500+ Farmers

reached with training and market access for sustainable incomes

5 Cooperatives & FPOs

formed and strengthened

10 Research Studies

conducted—shaping smarter programs

11 Impact Reports

produced—capturing lessons and successes

6 Documentary Films

created—telling inspiring stories

Current Projects

CIDA is catalyzing rural transformation through dynamic, community-led initiatives—supporting SHG women weavers in Sironj to go digital, building local enterprises through LEDP, and nurturing grassroots entrepreneurs under MEDP. Each project is a step toward self-reliance, dignity, and lasting impact.