Plantation Drive
Lake Rejuvenation
Plantation Nursery Drive
Lake Clean-up Drive
Community Plantation Event
Community Watering
Seedball ActivityRestoring Nature,
Empowering Communities
RADS plants native forests, rejuvenates lakes, and empowers 60,000+ women across Telangana — building a greener, more equitable society for over 35 years.
“We believe and work with the hope that love, justice and peace will prevail.”
Three Decades of Ecological Restoration and Community Empowerment
Rural Awareness and Development Society (RADS) was registered in 1988 and has been operational since 1991 in Vikarabad, Telangana. We are a development and advocacy organization committed to ecological restoration — afforestation, lake rejuvenation, and biodiversity — alongside women's empowerment across Telangana.
RADS fights violence against women through campaigns, legal literacy, and capacity building. Our Environment program leads large-scale afforestation, lake rejuvenation, and sustainable volunteering — plog runs, seedball activities, nest making, and lake clean-ups — building a greener Telangana.
35+ Years of Measurable Change
From large-scale plantation drives and rejuvenating lakes to empowering 60,000+ women — RADS's impact spans ecosystems and generations.
Through large-scale plantation drives involving communities across Telangana.
Urban & rural water bodies restored through community desilting and clean-up campaigns.
Plog runs, seedball drives, nest making & lake clean-ups with 1,000+ active volunteers.
Organised in 4,000+ Self Help Groups driving economic change across four districts.
Trusted and Supported by
Ford Foundation
AJWS, USA
Global Fund for Women
ASW, Germany
Bread for the World
IDEX, USA
Church World Service
Government of India
Government of Telangana
UU-HIPFord FoundationAJWS, USAGlobal Fund for WomenASW, GermanyBread for the WorldIDEX, USAChurch World ServiceGovernment of IndiaGovernment of TelanganaUU-HIPOur Focus Areas
Twelve interconnected programs addressing inequality, poverty, and ecological degradation