Welcome to DEAL Foundation
Disability, Entrepreneurship And Leadership Foundation.
Promoting inclusive and sustainable development
About Us
Who are we?
DEAL Foundation is a not-for-profit
community-based development organisation passionate about understanding your challenges
to inclusion and working right beside you to solve them.
We work with persons with disability, women members and our partners to ‘Co-Create’ livelihood and enterprise development opportunities for inclusive and sustainable development.
The pledge of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development is to ‘Leave no one behind’.
Our Goal
Facilitate development of a community-based start-up and entrepreneurship model that can be scaled-up to create sustainable rural livelihoods for 4000 persons with disability and 1300 women members covering 7 taluks, 138 Gram Panchayats and 346 revenue villages across Gadag district in North Karnataka by 2030.
Impact So Far….
Our initiatives have driven economic self-reliance and community inclusion across the Gadag district, transforming countless lives.
Worked with 4000 persons with disabilities and 1300 woman members to promote disability awareness and community sensitisation.
Established Surakshita and Samrakshana disabled Person Cooperative Societies to promote financial inclusion and provide access to community finance for local micro enterprise start-ups that are owned and managed by persons with disability and women members.
Establish Parisara Samridhi, Gadag Shri, And Sortore Agriculture Producer Organisations to create sustainable livelihoods for 1400 households of persons with disability and 600 women members.
Established – self-help-groups of persons with disabilities and women members to enable peer-to-peer learning and support.
Established the Parisara Samridhi Environment Education Centre at Mevundi to promote integrated farming system model and best practice.
Engaged 4000 persons with disabilities and 1300 women members in Financial Literacy, Leadership and Enterprise Development Training
Approach
We promote participatory approaches to the design, development, and delivery of livelihood support interventions. Our aim is to bridge the gap between consultation, collaboration, and empowerment as it results in
Better alignment of need and opportunity.
Increased efficiency of program delivery.
Inclusive and equitable outcomes.
Community ownership and sustainability.
Our Partners
Create Lasting Impact Through Collaboration
Collaborate With Us
As Corporate Business
CSR Partner
Closer engagement with the corporate sector is a priority for DEAL Foundation and we are committed to working in partnership to facilitate business-industry collaboration and ultimately help drive inclusive growth and development.
Our approach is flexible, and we are committed to working both on small-scale projects with SMEs to large collaborative initiatives with major Corporates.
By working with us at DEAL Foundation, Corporates are able to access specialist expertise to:
– Develop and implement inclusive CSR strategies and programmes.
– Achieve better alignment of and leverage brand image and identity.
– Harness diverse talent and develop social capital.
– Create sustainable value.
– Evaluate outcomes achieved.
To find out more about the value DEAL CSR partnerships can create, please
E-mail: csr@deal-foundation.com
As PSU (Public Sector Undertakings)
The Deal Foundation partners with PSUs to implement impactful CSR projects, focusing on empowering PwDs and community development through education and livelihood programs.
As NGOs
Deal Foundation collaborates with NGOs to expand social impact, working together on programs that support education, healthcare, and empowerment for vulnerable communities.
As Volunteers
Deal Foundation welcomes volunteers passionate about social change, offering opportunities to support PwDs and marginalized groups through skills training and mentorship.
Join Us in Creating Change
Get involved in our mission to empower individuals with disabilities through entrepreneurship and skill development.