Kambata Development Network

As an organization, KDN strives to wage a two-pronged struggle in the region: fight poverty and illiteracy and promote a sustainable, self-reliant, cost-effective development based on local resources that is likely to give lasting solutions to Kambata's current problems. KDN's aim is not replacing what the local and regional governments do in Kambata. Its primary objective is to assist people-centered local initiatives that help improving and alleviating resource degradation, youth unemployment, mass poverty, disease, and adult illiteracy that persist in the region.

KDN is a nonprofit public benefit organization, organized under the Nonprofit Public benefit Corporation Law for charitable purposes. It is dedicated to providing services to the benefit of Kambata people and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is committed to changing the lives of poor people.

The objectives, stated in the bylaws, for which KDN is established is to relieve poverty and advance education by:

Supporting, facilitating, or implementing activities that promote the economic and social development of the Kambata community.
Empowering the Kambatas to take charge of development initiatives.
Promoting sustainable self-help projects that are undertaken by Kambatas and their adjoining communities.
Fighting against diseases affecting the health of Kambata community.
Empowering rural women and promoting gender equality and equity among the Kambatas.
Reducing harmful traditional practices that particularly affect women and children in Kambata society.
Eliminating adult illiteracy among Kambatas.
Preserving and promoting linguistic, cultural, and historical heritage of Kambata.
Fostering the practice of cooperation and self-help among Kambatas as well as between Kambatas and other neighboring communities in their efforts to eliminate poverty, illiteracy and diseases.

The Network shall pursue the objects described therein without discrimination with regard to sex, political, religious or other opinions.