In 1988 DRAG ventured among the Katkari and Thakkars of Pen taluka of Raigad district as they were not able to secure one square meal a day.
Large areas of land in the rural area lies uncultivated. DRAG bought a plot of such land in Manger village in Haryana to reclaim it.
Since nearly a third if not half the urban population in India lives in slums, we asked how can the urban poor get out of the poverty trap.
Self awareness and self- help was what DRAG preached among the first lot of women who joined the centre in the year 2000.