Since its inception, RSMIT SDF has been making every effort with need based approaches and professionalism to expand the capabilities of the extreme poor and poor to enhance their economic ability, to live healthy lives, facilitate them to nurture their talents and interests, and above all to afford them an opportunity to live in dignity and with self-respect exercising their rights properly in the society The basic approaches of RSMIT SDF strengthen the rural communities by building perpetual community based institutions, help raising awareness of the poor, and creating a platform for the disadvantaged to encounter the challenges they face. We have also made efforts in establishing linkages of the poorer section of the society with service providers and other entities to leverage their resources, involving the unemployed youths in the development process; and institutionalizing effective learning through participatory process.