Our Journey

Pradeepan began its journey in 10 remote villages of Bhimpur block, one of the most backward tribal-dominated areas of Madhya Pradesh. In its initial years, the organization-initiated awareness and organization-building programs focused on the human rights, leadership, and collective empowerment of tribal communities—especially women—with a feminist perspective. Over the past three decades, Pradeepan has continuously strived to address interconnected challenges such as poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy, unemployment, social discrimination, environmental degradation, and climate change, in collaboration with the community. Our working style has been participatory, community-led, and rights-based.