Since 2008

Innovate. Change. Collaborate.

We work with rural communities across India to build livelihoods, skills and enterprises that last.

Handloom · Assam

515 women artisans, one brand: UGHAA

The Baghara cooperative grew from 250 to 515 women artisans, with its own brand and Common Facility Centre.

Just published

Annual Report 2025-26

Our programmes, partners and audited financials for the year, in one report.

Our partners

Partnering for lasting impact

  • Meghalaya State Rural Livelihoods Society
  • HDFC Bank Parivartan (SGP)
  • NABARD
  • World Resources Institute
  • Assam State Rural Livelihoods Mission
  • Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
  • Azim Premji Foundation
  • Easy Krishi
  • GIZ
  • Innovative Change Collaborative Services
  • EY
  • Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
  • Shobhit Deemed University
  • Fair Climate Fund
  • Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society
  • IIT Guwahati
  • North East Rural Livelihood Project
  • HSBC
  • Ministry of MSME
  • Ncourage Social Enterprise Foundation
  • ICRIER
  • JSL Foundation
  • Odisha Livelihoods Mission
  • Satyavati
  • Kaziranga University
  • NECTAR
  • Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
  • NEHHDC
  • NEIST
  • Tech Mahindra Foundation
  • Oil India Limited
  • ONGC Foundation
  • Tezpur University
  • TISS
  • Symbiosis Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Numaligarh Refinery Limited
  • Bharat Cares

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A woman weaving at a traditional handloom

About ICCo

A national NGO working with communities since 2008

ICCo was established on 24 October 2008 as a trust. We design and run programmes with rural communities, strengthening their skills, institutions and markets so that progress continues after a project ends.

Our visionA just, inclusive and equitable society.
Our missionDesigning and implementing innovative ideas and solutions, strengthening community-based organisations for inclusive, high-impact growth.
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Our impact

What our work has built

  • 24,000+self-help group members linked to markets in Meghalaya
  • 4,500women reached in a five-year livelihoods programme
  • 515women artisans in the Baghara cooperative
  • 10+cooperatives and producer organisations formed

Our footprint

Working where it matters most

Most of our work is in the Northeast, where we connect farmers, weavers and women's groups with skills, government schemes and markets.

  • 8states
  • 1union territory
  • 100+districts

Northeast

Elsewhere in India

Map of India with the eight states and one union territory where ICCo works highlighted: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Delhi. Delhi Uttar Pradesh Odisha Meghalaya Assam Arunachal Pradesh Nagaland Manipur Mizoram
Map: ICCo Annual Report 2025-26. Not to scale.

Our focus areas

Five focus areas, one goal: lasting livelihoods

Gender inclusion runs through every one of them.

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How we work

From the first survey to a business the community runs

We don't stop at training. Every programme follows the same path: understand the place, build skills, cut costs, find buyers, and leave behind an institution the community owns and governs.

10+cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organisations formed with our sister organisation, across farm and non-farm sectors.
See our livelihood work
Stronger communities
  1. Entrepreneurship development
  2. Skill training
  3. Field demonstration
  4. Governance & institution building
  5. Market linkages
  6. Lower input costs
  7. Market & field research
  8. Scientific production
Wheel of the ten Sustainable Development Goals ICCo's work supports: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 17.

SDGs & action

Our work supports 10 of the 17 Global Goals

Each programme is planned around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Here is how.

  • 1
    No povertySteady incomes for farmers, weavers and women's groups
  • 2
    Zero hungerNatural farming, seed banks and better yields
  • 4
    Quality educationSkill training, internships and STEM learning
  • 5
    Gender equalityWomen lead our cooperatives and producer groups
  • 7
    Affordable & clean energySolar-powered processing for producer companies
  • 8
    Decent work & growthSeed funding and mentoring for young startups
  • 12
    Responsible productionNatural dyes, Eri silk and organic inputs
  • 13
    Climate actionClimate-smart farming and nature-positive food systems
  • 14
    Life below waterSustainable fisheries and pearl culture run by women
  • 17
    Partnerships for the goalsWorking with government, CSR and foundations

Programmes 2025-26

What we worked on this year

Read the full annual report →
  • Villagers gathered at a SUFALAM programme event in Morigaon
    Assam · MorigaonSUFALAM: villages as living laboratoriesNatural farming, Eri silk, natural dyeing, handloom and village tourism, planned with the households themselves.With NABARD and KVK Morigaon288 households · 60% women
  • A woman selling handmade cane and bamboo products at a stall
    MeghalayaLumlang Marketing FederationSelf-help groups now aggregate, brand and sell together, with a new website and a buyer MoU signed this year.With MSRLS24,000+ SHG members
  • A woman spinning yarn on a wheel at the Baghara cluster
    Assam · MorigaonBaghara cluster and the brand UGHAAA weavers' cooperative with its own brand and a Common Facility Centre running at commercial scale.Under SFURTI, Ministry of MSME250 → 515 women artisans
  • A woman farmer holding fresh turmeric
    AssamRebuilding lives after COVID-19A five-year programme across turmeric, handloom and fishery, completed on 31 March 2026.With Azim Premji Foundation4,500 women · 25–40% more income
  • A beekeeper receiving equipment from the ICCo team
    Arunachal Pradesh · AssamScientific beekeepingBee boxes, colonies and training for SHGs, and a Honey Marketplace in Noida to meet buyers directly.With NECTAR, Government of India200 bee boxes · 8 SHGs
  • A speaker presenting the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
    NationalStartup India Seed Fund SchemeAs an approved incubator, we evaluate, mentor and fund early-stage startups.With DPIIT, Government of India190+ reviewed · 13 funded
  • The cultural centre building under construction at Naojan
    Assam · GolaghatBuilding spaces, preserving cultureCommunity halls for culture, skills and youth: one built at Naojan, a second under way at Uriamghat.ONGC CSR100–150 people per centre
  • A tractor trailer loaded with harvested pumpkins
    Assam · GolaghatImpact assessment for NRLA study of agriculture, fisheries and handloom work, with a roadmap to market-linked rural enterprises.Numaligarh Refinery CSR3 value chains assessed
A woman farmer in a sari holding a tray of produce in the hills

Livelihoods become sustainable when communities have the knowledge, skills, institutions and markets to take their work forward.

Prof. Dinesh AwasthiChairperson, ICCo · Annual Report 2025-26
Cover of the ICCo Annual Report 2025-26

Annual report

ICCo Annual Report 2025-26

Our programmes, partners and audited financial statements for the year, with the balance sheet as on 31 March 2026.

Download PDF · 10.8 MBAll reports & accounts

Let's work together

Whether you are a donor, run a CSR initiative or want to learn in the field, there's a place for you at ICCo. This year, 18 students from IICD Jaipur, USTM and Gauhati University learned alongside our teams and communities.

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