Comprehensive Health and Rural Development Society (CHARDS) is non profitable, non-political, secular and social organization, registered under societies registration act 21, 1860. It was established in 2004 by Mr. S.P. Lall and Mr. Shashi B.Prasad.
In this context we & “Dr. Lall” used to provide Health Services free of cost to poor, down trodden and marginalized people of rural communities of East Champaran District. At the same time various awareness activities were also conducted among them, to make them self-sufficient and self-reliant.
Seeing the pitiable condition of these helpless and needy people of the remote rural communities of flood prone areas, gradually we became more and more sensitive and compassionate towards them. Finally we few like-minded people decided to form an organization through which we could serve them properly in a well planned and systematic way. Then after CHARDS was registered on 15/12/2006 under societies registration act 21, 1860.
CHARDS has its roots in safeguarding children & promoting education, care and protection of children, health, hygiene, nutrition, climate change, gender justice, sustainable livelihood, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) , youth girls leadership development & empowerment for Dalits, minority caste, women, persons with disability in North Bihar Region of East Champaran & Darbhanga districts.
The CHARDS non-profit organization works in 220 villages covering 7 blocks of East Champaran and Darbhanga districts of Bihar.
We are very proud of our district champaran. It has a rich history of struggle, where Gandhi ji led the movement against Indigo farming, and the region also witnessed the BHOODAN MOVEMENT of the 1950s