Wada Na Todo Abhiyan is a national campaign to hold the government accountable to its promise to end Poverty, Social Exclusion & Discrimination. >> Take A Quick Look at the Abhiyan's Work across 2004-07 Wada Na Todo Abhiyan emerged from the consensus among human rights activists and social action groups who were part of the World Social Forum 2004(Mumbai) on the need for a forceful, focused and concerted effort to make a difference to the fact that one-fourth of the world's poor live in India, and continue to experience intense deprivation from opportunities to learn, live and work in dignity. We aim to do this by monitoring the promises made by the government to meet the objectives set in the UN Millennium Declaration(2000), the National Development Goals and the National Common Minimum Program(2004-09) with a special focus on the Right to Liveihood, Health & Education. We work to ensure that the concerns and aspirations of Dalits, Adivasis, Nomadic Tribes, Women, Children, Youth and the Differently Abled are mainstreamed across programs, policies and development goals of the central and state governments. Since its inception in 2004, the Abhiyan has mobilized more than 500,000 people to take action on our goal of Governance Accountability, and the specific objectives of enabling the Right to Livelihood, Health and Education. The focus of our efforts is on social action, policy audits and advocacy. Our key initiatives include : Public awareness and action on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA), National Rural Health Mission(NRHM) and the Right to Education Bill "Nine Is Mine" campaign for the allocation of 9% of the GDP to Health and Education, as promised in the National Common Minimum Program Civil Society Reviews of the National Common Minimum Program, May 2007 Release of the Citizen's Reports on the Millennium Development Goals, Dec 2006 Advocacy with Legislators on key issues of Livelihood, Health & Education People's Summit Against Poverty(PSAP)

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