Welcome to Praxis - Institute for Participatory Practices
Praxis - Institute for Participatory Practices is committed to mainstreaming the voices of the poor and marginalised sections of the society in the process of development. This stems from the belief that for development to be sustainable, the process must be truly participative.
Praxis devises practices to enhance the participation of the community in all its endeavors while at the same time acknowledging that ‘participation’ is not a technical or a mechanical process that can be realised through the application of a set of static and universal tools and techniques, but rather a political process that requires challenging the existing power structure. Thus, for us, the community is not seen as an object but rather as an agent of change.
From Beneficiaries To Agents of Change – Self-Administrable Tools to Assess Community Preparedness for Vulnerability Reduction
This e-book is a guide to how self-administrable tools can be used to assess community mobilisation of any community-based organisation (CBO). The book can help CBOs assess their own performance, plan their future strategies and monitor themselves. Download
Gender, Sexuality and Development: Whose Reality Counts?
‘Whose Reality Counts’ is a platform for dialogue facilitated by Praxis - Institute for Participatory Practices to explore challenges faced by various organisations in weaving human rights and social justice into the core of evaluations and ways in which they have overcome these. [More+]
National Infrastructure Equity Audit – Phase 1
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Briefing Paper
Tools used in the survey
NIEA presentation
Voices of the Kosi: is a pre-election people’s campaign to re-assert issues of the Kosi Basin.
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The Workshop 2013
From Beneficiaries to Agents of Change was launched in Chennai on January 23rd in the presence of members of marginalised communities who can use the self-administrable tools in the book to assess their community mobilisation process. The book has been put together and validated by Praxis with inputs from several community-based organisations in Tamil Nadu and Manipur. It can be used for anybody wanting to assess community preparedness for vulnerability reduction.
Read AloudPraxis Institute for Participatory Practices successfully launched its Read Aloud series of participatory storybooks for children and young adults at Odyssey’s flagship store in Adyar, Chennai
CollaborationsPraxis and the Avahan-India AIDS Initiative
ImmersionsUnderstanding development from a people's perspective
VoicemailBlog. Debate. Read. Write
Stock photosPictures of rural India.
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