Enlarging to help marginalized people to benefit from the development process through participatory gender balanced approaches in order to achieve sustainable livelihood and to strive to eliminate poverty and child labour in arid zones of Sindh.

Thardeep Rural Development Programme (TRDP) is a non-profit organisation, registered under the Societies Act, working in the rural areas of Tharparkar, Mirpurkhas, Dadu and Khairpur districts of Sindh, Pakistan. The programme is aimed at facilitating the rural communities in a way that they can be empowered to secure their rights with command over resources and capabilities to manage the process of sustainable development. For the purpose, Thardeep organises the local communities and develops their managerial and technical capacity. It also facilitates them in the process of income generation through provision of credit. Besides this, Thardeep also extends services in the areas of primary health care, education and water. The working strategy of the organisation is based on the continuous process of research on social issues relevant with and related to community development. Thardeep is an active member of Rural Support Programme Network and Pakistan Microfinance Network - the strategic alliances of non-profit Organisations working with the same approach. Currently, Thardeep is working with more than 100,000 members of rural communities including 32,000 women members. Of them, 52,526 are trained in basic skills of accountancy and rural organisational management.