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As an affirmation of their commitment to create opportunities for life improvement, Omidyar Network expressed its support to The Rural Development Institute (RDI) by giving an endowment worth $4.3 million. RDI helps the rural poor of Andhra Pradesh in India by securing land rights for them through the assistance of various well-meaning organizations like Omidyar Network, and by collaboration with Andhra Pradesh’s state government.

One of RDI’s main focus is micro-land ownership, which Omidyar Network strongly supports as it can be a means of empowering people, especially women, to do something in the fight against poverty. Omidyar Network also believes in RDI’s mission of providing small land plots to the rural poor because it can give them livelihood opportunities that can help improve their lives.

The Omidyar Network grant gives RDI the chance to further develop their work and collaboration with partners and state government representatives. An example of a collaborative effort is the Indira Kranthi Patham (IKP) Program which awards poor families with land through various RDI-designed activities. At present, the Indian government is slowly embracing RDI’s micro-land ownership program. The institute’s programs encourage the government to come up with feasible projects for the rural poor. This is one of the reasons why Omidyar is truly appreciative of RDI’s efforts.

Omidyar Network also believes that by extending assistance to devoted institutions like RDI, the organization is re-affirming its commitment to help in building better lives for a better world.

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