Headquarters: | Pass Road, Pedakakani Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Cletus Daisy |
Leader Title2: | Director |
Leader Name2: | Peter Daniel |
Village Reconstruction Organization | |
Abbreviation: | VRO |
Founder: | Michael Windey |
Village Reconstruction Organization is a non-governmental organization in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. The organization was founded by Belgian Jesuit Michael A. Windey and is supported largely by European organizations and donor cities.[1]
VRO primarily supports impoverished, structurally weak, and unregistered villages in the coastal regions of Southeast India. Since 1969, it has helped rebuild 505 of these villages,[2] many of which have been destroyed by natural catastrophes. The organization assists with the construction of villages, and facilities within the villages: homes, schools, childcare and community centres, especially among the dalits.[3]
As well as providing villagers with advice, VRO supplies funding towards the creation of training and health centers, along with programs for the support of women.