The interventions in Dharavi Islands with the six Community Based Organizations of the Parishes has taken a new shape as the six Partners have begun the Second Year of the implementation of the Project with Misereor from 1st July, 2015. 
The groups continue to work at gaining greater access to 'entitlements' especially government schemes and the children and the kishori (adolescent) girls are being capacitated to understand their rights and take action on issues faced by them.This Project is focused on making significant changes in the lives of the fisherfolk and farming communities with various target groups of vulnerable women and children.
CSA along with its six Partners continues to strengthen their organizational capacities to empower the target groups at the grassroots through mobilization of the community, forming them into Self Help Groups and then leading them to strengthen their financial base through financial literacy, advanced capacity building and leading them to strengthen their livelihood through existing Income Generation Activities and working on specifically new Income Generation Activities as well.
This year we shall dedicate our energies to Financial Literacy, wherein we hope to guide the small-time fisher folk in the practice of budgeting and savings, operating bank accounts, investing in Recurring Deposits and Fixed Deposits, accessing government schemes especially for life insurance and accident insurance, facilitating their access to treatment of serious ailments in hospitals under the Government health scheme Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Yojna, connecting them to institutions like the IIT Bombay (Mumbai) for technological solutions to ease their burdens and the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) for research based interventions to enhance the catch of fish. We have planned legal awareness camps for women, and are exploring the possibility of setting up legal-aid desks for women in distress.
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