3 decades have been a quest for understanding, learning, empowering, solving and nation-building.  From a team of visionary leaders who conceptualised REACHA, today we are a pan India organisation with about 250 staff. We are driven by people who are from the community and have a hunger to make a meaningful impact that is measurable and sustainable.  For us compliance is a way to discipline our efforts in a focused manner in full alignment with applicable laws and rules. Disclosures about what we do, how we do and how we report to compliances is integral to our approach of transparency accountability and good governance.  We are now getting deeper into the 4th decade of our work, where the effort is to also inspire the next generation of development leaders for our country. Thus, a lot of engagement is with youth in Colleges, REACHA Center’s as well as in non-profit space. We shall continue to strengthen our partnerships with government and corporates and will further work to strengthen the non-profit sector.  Our recent Kashmir CSR Dialogue 2025 has brought out significant leads on which we shall further work and take up similar efforts in other key geographies. Hearing from local communities about their aspirations is at the very core of what we shall continue to do as that is what democracy and voice of the people is all about.

Eye Awareness Camp at Smartpur Center Wallarhama - Anantnag  Collaboration with ASG Eye Hospital - The team enabled 109 community members to receive comprehensive eye care services, including, consultation, eye tests and prescriptions. The camp promoted eye health awareness, aiming to reduce blindness. 8 community members from the camp were also able to avail eye surgeries through Golden Card Facilities.  The intervention is helping in connecting the person in need with what can strengthen and enhance their wellbeing.

On February 21, 2025,  REACHA  tech team conducted a deep dive Python Training Workshop at Mahila ITI, Dehradun under IBM  hashtag#SkillsBuild  Program. The team has formed a cohort of the these trainees, and will be working and training them to make projects that can help them to get ready for the industry. Hands on training and case studies were delivered as part of the session.  The efforts come under  REACHA 's partnership with Uttarakhand Government to deliver deep dive technical and job readiness training sessions under SkillsBuild across ITIs in the state.

18 February 2025 -  REACHA  team interacted with youth with hearing loss under the IBM  SkillsBuild  Program. This was at Government ITI, Indore, MP. The team shared with youth tips on how they can get skills that can help them to get ready for the market.  We are grateful to the ITI instructor who helped us in delivering the session. The youth are now on SkillsBuild and look forward to starting their learning journeys.  REACHA  team in Madhya Pradesh is now focusing on Two ITIs Govt ITI Indore and Gas Rahat Govt ITI, Bhopal where we are working very closely with youth with hearing loss.  Our goal is to empower each one of them as much as we can!

Impact Stories -  IIFL (India Infoline Group)  Foundation supported Homestay Host Training Project in Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh with guidance of  NATIONAL CADET CORPS - India . We are happy to share Sukuraj Rai at Sterling Wayanad, and Nuya Miso at Sterling Mussoorie from our Year 1 intervention have gotten appreciation letters from  Sterling Holiday Resorts Limited  for their performances.  The youth who were earlier not able to comprehend that they could move out of Tezu for a job, are now star performers at their respective locations. They have shown a lot of courage and resilience. This turn around is all possible because of  Madhu Jain  ma'am's and her team's vision to strengthen Northeast.

REACHA 's journey in Kashmir since 2016 has been transformational. We have worked with multiple stakeholders - Government, Corporates, Civil Society, District Administration, and Youth to develop a model of sustainable development in Kashmir. This has led us to bringing everything together at Kashmir CSR Dialogue 2025 in partnership with Directorate of Lifelong Learning,  University of Kashmir , Srinagar (NAAC Accredited A+) on February 25, 2025. The dialogue will have seminars, workshops and conversations among the stakeholders, along with the youth who is the future of Kashmir, and we will share the journey and discuss the way forward. All of this would be compiled in an outcome document which we propose to share with all concerned, so that a model of development at the state level in difficult terrain can be presented with proper validation for replication and scaling up across the country. There is no participation fee, and this dialogue is only by invitation to relevant stakeholders.

16.2.2025 - Vocational Training Tour for 30 Individuals from East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh to Kolkata organized by  Indian Army  under Operation Sadbhavana.  SIDBI(Small Industries Development Bank of India)  in collaboration with  REACHA  organized an orientation and insight session for the youth. The craftsmen were briefed about various financial opportunities available for medium to large-scale stakeholders, helping them understand avenues for business expansion.

REACHA  team recently conducted Monitoring and Evaluation Visit to assess the progress of projects in Kashmir and Jammu. The team is now working in all Ten Districts of Kashmir and one Samba district in Jammu. Project work is happening directly in the community and also in collaboration with Indian Army, in collaboration with our partners who support us, who we are grateful for.  One key learning and agenda of these visits is to keep learning and absorbing the local level ground dynamics, and then accordingly keep aligning the project delivery. The team working in tough and remote terrains, and with full heart and accountability tries to reach farthest to hear the voice of last mile, and benefit them through the interventions.  Needless to say the discipline, accountability, time management, and ethics we learn from  Indian Army  is something that we have brought in as an aspirational value within the organization, and keep pushing towards the same.

REACHA  team interacted with youth with hearing loss at Gas Rahat Govt ITI, Bhopal ( Directorate of Skill Development MP ). These students were given an orientation about IBM SkillsBuild and were onboarded on the same to start their learning journey. The objective of the ITI when it first started in December 1984 was to train people who were affected in Bhopal during Gas Tragedy in December, 1984. The team also had an interactive session with the students physically, and some team members joined online as well. The key discussion points included guiding the students on deep dive projects with SkillsBuild. To enhance the skills, these students will undergo a one-month Web Development Training Program in physical mode at the ITI college, similar to the Betul ITI model that the team implemented under Skillsbuild where the focus was on women who come from remote tribal background in Betul. This training aims to make these students gain skills that can help them to find and gain livelihood linkage and opportunity as well.

REACHA  will be collaborating with  SIDBI(Small Industries Development Bank of India)  for Guidance for Youth for Furtherance of Vocation through Enterprise Development. The project will take place in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, with support of Armed Forces /Local State Administration/Industry/ engaging local College Institutes, any other stakeholder etc. The aim of the intervention will focus on 300 youth and take them towards enterprise development.  Thematic area of the intervention would be - Food Processing & Value Chain intervention - Entrepreneurship Promotion & Development, Promoting Education (Digital financial Literacy) and Youth/Women Empowerment.

Rollout of IBM SkillsBuild across ITIs in Uttarakhand. Here are some snapshots from the ground from Mahila ITI Survey Chowk, Dehradun, ITI Niranjpur, Dehradun. The team is rolling out the program in entire Uttarakhand under guidance of Department of Skill Development & Employment (DSDE), Govt of Uttarakhand. Special focus in being given to job readiness courses, and integration of IBM Volunteers into the delivery.

Welcome and Certification Ceremony of  IIFL (India Infoline Group)  Foundation Supported Home Stay Host Training program Tezu, Arunchal Pradesh. Our Chief Guest - Shri Dr. Mohesh Chai (MLA, Tezu) and Shri KN Damo (Deputy Commissioner, Lohit, Tezu) formally recognized the Batch 2, 3 and 4 trainees (course completion certificates by THSC were presented to them) from Year 1 and welcomed Year 2 Batch 1 trainees on 2nd February 2025.  Youth shared their experiences first hand from the training in front of the chief guests and everyone. The program supported by IIFL Foundation is creating a lot of positive vibrations in the community and is helping in strengthening the youth of northeast.