Our story
Fourteen years of showing up in the same villages.
The Likmabam Bino Devi Foundation was not founded to launch a campaign. It was founded because a handful of people in Thoubal kept turning up for children nobody else was counting.
History
Begun in October 2011. Registered in 2022.
Since its founding the organisation has expanded continuously in social development service. It has worked for the promotion of education across rural areas and relief camps, and for the development of self-help groups and skilled training. The focus has always been on the disadvantaged and marginalised: children, women and tribal families.
In 2022 the foundation was registered under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and incorporated as a Section 8 non-profit company. The letterhead changed; the work did not.
The governing council meets at headquarters in Thoubal, Manipur, and is responsible for audit and budget, programme effectiveness, governance and administration. The chairwoman is the chief executive of the organisation.
What we are for
Vision
Contribute to the social and economic development of the communities.
Mission
Empowering lives through education and skill development for sustainable change.
We organise programmes that develop our societies through social work, education, sport and skill development, and disseminate that knowledge to the larger community through extension work at local and community level.
The record
How the foundation got here.
- 2011
The work begins
Founded in October by Likmabam Ibomcha and Konjengbam Bidyarani Devi, working without registration in rural Thoubal: book drives, school support and whatever the village in front of them needed that week.
- 2011–2021
A decade in the field
Steady expansion into relief camps, self-help groups and skill development, always with the same focus: children, women and tribal families at the edge of every other service.
- 2022
Formally registered
Incorporated as a Section 8 non-profit company with the Registrar of Companies, Delhi on 19 May 2022 (CIN U85300DL2022NPL397982), followed by 12A and 80G certification under the Income Tax Act, 1961.
- 2023
Manipur responds to crisis
Convoys of food, bedding and hygiene kits delivered into camps and shelters across the state as thousands of families were displaced, and covered by Manipur's local press as it happened.
- 2024
Listed on NGO Darpan
Registered on NITI Aayog's NGO Darpan portal as DL/2024/0389382, with over 300 students recorded as supported in the period.
- Today
Seven programmes
Education, relief, health, livelihoods, environment, sport and rights, run across Thoubal district with a governing council that meets at headquarters in Manipur.
Values & principles
Eight values, practised at both levels.
The foundation asks these of the organisation and of every individual in it. They are the standard we expect to be held to.
Honesty
Transparency and accountability
Mutual respect
Creativity
Gender sensitivity
Cost efficiency
Participation
Solidarity
Guiding principles
- Encouragement of innovation and creativity
- Prioritising quality
- Accepting challenges
What the organisation believes
- In the potential of underprivileged and rural people to lead development within their own communities
- In equal opportunity for boys and girls irrespective of class, age, ethnicity, culture or religion
- In all human rights, for all
- In freedom of expression, movement and choice for women and men alike
- In social harmony free from communal bias
- In freedom to work, to learn and to develop
Governing council
The people accountable for the work.
The governing council is responsible for the conduct of the organisation's general operations, as provided in the Articles of Association. It meets regularly at headquarters in Thoubal, Manipur, and serves audit and budget, development effectiveness, governance and administrative matters.
Chairwoman & Chief Functionary
Konjengbam Bidyarani Devi
Bachelor's degree in Arts. Co-founder of the foundation and its chief executive.
President
Likmabam Ibomcha
Co-founder. Leads field operations across Thoubal district.
Secretary
Likmabam Bino Devi
The foundation carries her name and her commitment to rural education.
Decision-making runs through planning, organisation, direction and control, in keeping with the organisation's objectives, policies, programmes and strategies. The administration and financial control of the foundation is vested in the governing council.
Stand with Thoubal
After fourteen years, this is still a village-sized job.
Which is exactly why it can be changed. Your support goes straight into programmes in Thoubal, and is eligible for 80G deduction.