Chiranthana Foundation — Growing Sustainable Futures in Rural Karnataka

Growing Sustainable Futures in Rural Karnataka

Chiranthana Foundation creates community-led programmes that build livelihoods, revive local food systems, and nurture the next generation.

Silk route experiences, traditional food enterprises, and well-being programmes for children and youth — all growing from within rural communities.

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Empowering

Women in Rural Karnataka

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Who We Are

Chiranthana Foundation is a non-profit organisation working alongside rural communities in Karnataka to build sustainable, locally-rooted futures.

Our programmes span women's livelihoods, traditional food enterprises, and children's well-being — designed with communities, not for them. We believe lasting change comes from enabling people to earn, learn, and grow within their own environments.

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Our Mission

Design and enable livelihood models for rural women that are home-based, community-driven, and rooted in local knowledge systems.

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Silk Route Experience

A full-day immersive journey through Ramanagara's silk ecosystem — farms, cocoon markets, weaving units — hosted by women and SHG communities.

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Food & Livelihoods

Women-led home enterprises reviving traditional and medicinal food systems — ragi malt, moringa chutney, and more from Bendeganhalli.

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Children & Youth Upcoming

A planned programme to strengthen mental well-being, life skills, and emotional resilience among children and youth in rural communities.

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Our Work in Action

Community-led initiatives at the heart of our work.

Sutra – The Woven Path

Our SHG-led immersive rural tourism initiative built on Ramanagara's silk ecosystem. Walk through mulberry farms, visit silk-growing households, and share a meal with local families.

Silk Route Experience

Community-owned & hosted by SHG women

Poshana – Rural Livelihoods Program

This initiative revives traditional and medicinal food systems while enabling women-led, home-based enterprises. Ragi malt, moringa chutney, happala, and more — produced and sold by rural women.

Food & Nutrition Enterprise

50+ women engaged

Mental Well-being and Life Skills for Children and Youth

Mental Well-being & Life Skills

A planned programme to nurture emotional resilience, life skills, and positive mental health among children and youth in rural communities.

Children & Youth Programme Upcoming

Upcoming initiative

Our Vision

Creating Livelihoods Where Women Are

To build community-led, sustainable livelihood ecosystems where rural women can earn with dignity, remain rooted in their environment, and actively participate in shaping their local economies.

Creating lasting impact in rural Karnataka

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