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About Byrraju Foundation

Byrraju Foundation was set up in July 2001 in memory of Late Shri Byrraju Satyanarayana Raju, a philanthropist who believed in the development of villages by enhancing the quality of lives in rural areas.

BRF rapidly expanded its operation to cover 200 villages, running 40 diverse programs, touching all aspects of rural life and impacting over 2 million people.

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Major Achievements

Healthcare Services

Health Services

200
Health Centres

80,00,000
Patient Visits

Education

Education

2000
Teachers Trained

1,51,000
Students Impacted

water

Drinking Water

60
Water Plants

9,00,000
People Impacted

Rural Livelihood

Rural Livelihoods

16,58,283
Livelihoods Created

26,00,000
Training Hours Imparted

Agriculture

Agriculture

9,27,432
Farmers Impacted

7,72,860
Expert Advices

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Women Empowerment

12,000
Antenatal Women Treated

24,000
Women Trained

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Waste Management

65,000
Households Impacted

78
Villages Awarded

Sanitation

Sanitation

90,000
Toilets Constructed

3,60,000
People Impacted

Disablility

Disability

604
Community Based Organisations

14,543
People Impacted

LIteracy

Adult Literacy

150
100% Literate Villages

52,500
Illiterates Transformed

New-Age Digital
Empowerment Model

Our New-Age Digital Empowerment Model will provide rural people with access to information technology enabling them to make informed decisions to gain control over their own lives.

Social Impact Programs

Byrraju Foundation aims at empowering the rural communities in improving the quality of their lives, through well planned social impact programs and platform-centric service

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WOW Programs

The WOW bus program is designed to be BRF's flagship program, it will be the "Most Happening Week" of all BRF activities in the village, including annual village events as per the BRF events calendar.

CLAP Programs

To provide exposure to Extracurricular activities, computers and digital learning to students & communities which are deprived of it or do not have proper access to it

Testimonials

Abdul Kalam
abdul kalaam

Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

"I am sure Byrraju development model can be replicated in many rural areas to create PURA clusters and bring about rural transformation."
Excerpts from the presidential address to the nation on 57th republic day on January 26,2007
Thomas
abdul kalaam

Thomas L Friedman

"Green Tech could power IT revolution in villages "
Stating upon visiting Ethakota village, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, during October 2007.
YS Rajasekhara
YSR

Dr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy

"I am sure Byrraju development model can be replicated in many rural areas to create PURA clusters and bring about rural transformation."
Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh
John Kerry
John Kerry

John Kerry

"Hearty congratulations to Raju brothers and Byrraju Foundation team. This is truly pathbreaking work."
Former Secretary of State of USA
Prof C K Prahalad
Prahalad

Prof C K Prahalad

"Inspired! Happy to see what you are doing to transform India and the world."
Professor in Management, University of Michigan.
Author of "Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid"
Jamshed J Irani
Jemshed Irani

Jamshed J Irani

"Quite an eye-opening experience. I am humbled by the innovations and the scale of impact on 2 million people in rural AP in a very short time. "
Director, TATA Sons, Former MD, TATA Steel
Hayagreeva Rao
Jemshed Irani

Hayagreeva Rao

"This is indeed a game changer and has transformational capabilities. Stanford University is privileged to be partnering Byrraju Foundation for joint research and case studies."
Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Consumer Research, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Rosabeth M Kanter
Kanter

Rosabeth M Kanter

"This is indeed a game changer and has transformational capabilities. Stanford University is privileged to be partnering Byrraju Foundation for joint research and case studies. Thank you very much for hosting interns from Stanford Business School."
Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Consumer Research, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
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