Marching Ahead With A Mission To Alleviate Poverty
John Paul’s contribution towards poverty alleviation in India is something one cannot miss easily. He has dedicated seven years of his life to working towards a poverty-free India, with a vision to achieve this within his lifetime. Paul has built programmes for underprivileged youth, households impacted by COVID-19, and ultra-poor households.
With a vision to reach out to the poverty-stricken population and provide them with better basic facilities, Paul identified potential government partnerships to improve the ecosystem linkages, ensuring the maximum benefit to those who need it most. He has successfully scaled programmes during the pandemic, ensuring that the beneficiaries of various programmes of the Centre for Rural Development continued to receive support when they needed it the most.
Paul is a leader in rural development and has established first-of-its-kind initiatives to help uplift marginal sections and generate livelihood. He established a skill training programme for underprivileged youth, producing 4,800 graduates in four years with 100 per cent employment.
He had single-handedly taken on the role to embark on a field trip across the nation that forever changed the trajectory of his work, leading to establishing a rural development programme for providing livelihood and reaching ultra-poor households in India. The programme has impacted 2,300 households in four years and has grown from a pilot project to a 7-state programme.
Paul is also working towards rebuilding sustainable livelihood for migrant workers, especially women impacted by COVID-19. This has impacted 80,000 plus families across eight districts.
His unwavering commitment towards solving developmental challenges led him to implement models, which have benefitted 400 women living in abject poverty. The programme was expanded to six other states since its implementation in 2019.
