Vision

ADATS and the Coolie Sangha share a vision of a community of unified poor, across parochial caste lines and the gender divide; with increased survival capacity in a rapidly changing political economy; with food security ensured by sustainable resource-use practices and economic development; where individuality and person status are established and protected by the community; where Coolie children, especially the girl child, have a childhood, education and a secure future of their choice; where organised Coolies have a political presence and are a power to contend with, without becoming a passive vote bank.



Mission

ADATS and the Coolie Sangha are committed to the unification and organisation of the poor in their struggle for freedom from social oppression and the realisation of a human identity, dignity and citizen status.



Development Goal

To ensure that Member Coolie families gain freedom from social oppression and realise a human identity, dignity and citizen status.



Purpose

To unify the poor and build the structures and discipline of the Coolie Sangha at the Village, Cluster and Taluk levels



ADATS is a comprehensive rural development organisation working in the fields of Community Organisation, Adult Literacy, Children’s Education, Community & Referral Health, support to issues and struggles with Legal Aid & Aid Distress, Dry Land Development, Agriculture, alternate Credit, Women’s Programmes, etc. We also work on issues of gender justice, secularism and democratisation.