The Belaku Trust works in villages in rural Karnataka, South India. We serve poor and marginalized households in Kanakapura taluk, with an emphasis on women and children. Our goal is that our work will help people help themselves, and to that end we foster initiatives that promote individual and community involvement to bring about positive change. Collaboration with existing service providers, rather than duplicating services, is integral to these programmes.

Our approach is anchored by the integration of rigorous research with practical programme implementation. Key research addresses locally relevant issues and provides the basis for our intervention programmes. In turn, the programmes in the field generate valuable information that allows for wider dissemination and informed formulation of policy and generates new questions.