Background

In the year 1999, a group of educated unemployed youth met together and shared their dreams among each other. This process continued for several months. Finally it was unanimously resolved that why not they should try to create formal group where more like minded youth could come and join. Sports and cultural activities were decided to take up to start with and to influence the rural youth. In the due course of time the group decided to take up social issues to solve.
Later on, the group was extended and there was concentration of few members on organizing rural youth, women and farmers. Awareness generation activities were also taken up on regular basis. Then the group was formally registered as society under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 in the name of PRINCE ART & RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY in the year 2000.
The organization has been involved to implement different Government development programs such as Environment promotion, Sanitation etc. The organization has been working for the unorganized, deprived, disadvantaged and economically/ socially backward people in its project area. SHGs, CBOs, Youth Clubs, Children Clubs are being promoted by Prince Art & Rural Development Society. Number of women SHGs has been formed and promoted for socio-economic transformation of the villages. It has been supported activities like natural resource management, land and agriculture promotion, income generation activities, vocational training, water and sanitation activities, education and strengthening people‟s organization. The child and women rights are the cross cutting issues of the organization. The inter-personal relation at community, organization and government level developed and maintained by the functionaries of the organization has been fruitful so far. There is no incongruity on the fact that the government systems work at their own pace but patience and good relation maintained and visibility of developmental works done in good spirit can help in addressing social issues.
The experience of the organization is that, our organization has been implemented several development activities with special reference to water and sanitation e.g. (i) Water Conservation & Land Development Scheme under MADA prototype scheme at Giridih; (ii) Society is engaged in various activities like Total Sanitation Campaign in 2 blocks of Giridih District; (iii) Advocacy and awareness Campaign on Sanitation and WASH issues in Giridih; (iv) Maintaining Block Resource Center (BRC) of Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, in all Eight Blocks of Dhanbad district.

Further, the organization was an active partner of the WASH campaign in Giridih. Training and motivational program was conducted followed by installing Low-Cost Household Toilet construction in the villages of BPL families. Declaration „NIRMAL PANCHAYAT‟ in Dhanwar block of Giridih district is the outcome of the efforts of PARDS only. Motivational and awareness camps were also conducted by the organization for the ICDS workers has been working in the field. Motivation of common people including the BPL community to adopt Low-Cost Sanitary Latrine for their better health is being done. This work is being carried out in Dhanwar block of Giridih district. More than 15000 households have been adopted Sanitary Latrine facilities so far for which the organization was also awarded by the Deputy Commissioner of the Giridih district for the excellent performance in the field of sanitation, hygiene and water issues. The organization has been actively involved in implementation of the activities of the Total Sanitation Campaign in the district since last seven years. For such noble work in the year 2008 Honorable President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, awarded in the “Nirmal Gram Puraskar” to Prince Art and Rural Development Society. The organization has also been working with Unicef as a „Resource pool of communication experts to facilitate community owned Sanitation efforts in Giridih district of Jharkhand. So our organization has extensive experience in working with Grassroots organizations, Govt. Departments, other Donor agencies including UNICEF too.