Seven Sisters Development Assistance
Strengthening Women Collectives
SeSTA believes Self-Help Groups (SHGs) can be an effective platform to empower women and reduce vulnerabilities.
About SeSTA
Who We Are
About Us
Seven Sisters Development Assistance (SeSTA) collectivizes women to form Self Help Groups (SHGs), builds their capabilities and strengthens livelihood systems. SeSTA is a culmination of efforts to initiate development work to empower communities in remote rural areas of NE India. Registered in the year 2011, under Societies Registration Act (SRA), 1860. SeSTA was conceived to put systematic effort for socio-economic development of NE by building capabilities of poor communities, promoting and strengthening their institutions to facilitate them out of poverty and meaningfully participate in theglobal economy.
Working with Women to empower communities
Provided families with Livelihood support
CSR Partners & Supporters
Individual Donors & supporters
Our Impact on Society
Our Impact
Our Impact
Working with 50,000 Women
Organized under SHG platform- a democratic institution owned and managed by women.
Spread across 3 States
Directly present in 457 villages spread across 15 districts, 23 Blocks in 3 States
Entrepreneurial skills
Entrepreneurial skills of communities are channelized through the promotion of 10 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) comprising of 9,810 members.
Employment Support
Employment support to around 250 Community Resource Persons (CRPs) & Community Service Providers (CSPs) working with SeSTA currently.
Livelihood support & food security
Provided 12,854 Families with Livelihood support.
Trained over 30000 grassroot workers
Entrepreneurial skills of communities are channelized through the promotion of 10 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) comprising of 9,810 members.
Our Works
What We Do
Our Works
Organization Strengtheninf
COVID-19 Response
Access to clean energy
Other projects
Know about sesta
About Us
Through solidarity, support, and training in their groups and with every new skill learned, women from vulnerable households believe that they can be agents of change. This sense of agency helps them come together, out of their traditional roles, and work towards building a better village and society. SeSTA teams, based in far-flung areas, are therefore able to meaningfully engage with rural communities to reach Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Gender Equality, Good Health & Well-Being, and Climate Change resilient villages by ensuring access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy.
About SeSTA
See our awards
Our Awards
Our Awards
#2021
Top 10 NGO award under Environment Category by HCL Foundation
#2019
Best NGO award in Finance & Accounts processes in NE region Awarded by IGSSS
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