SMART Centres train youth from economically weaker sections urban communities with the requisite employability skills through a structured training program, ensuring that they are placed in suitable dignified job The Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA), established in 1981, is a community development organization working in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, and Bangalore. W
orking with the motto, “For Development without Exploitation”, APSA believes that development that leaves out traditionally marginalized communities is not development at all. Through 11 integrated projects in Hyderabad, and 13 interconnected projects in Bangalore, we work at the grassroots level to enhance the quality of life of the urban poor – the communities of the streets and slums, and especially the children, who are most vulnerable. In Hyderabad, APSA works intensively and consistently with 100 slums. Most of these are situated in 25 Municipal Divisions of Hyderabad and Secunderabad,
