In 1990 we realized that for greater effectiveness we need to broad base our activities in terms of area of operation. In this effort we consciously shut out the option of opening up branches of our organization in other areas and opted for identifying groups of individuals who could take up the these issues and go ahead on their own if given the financial support. Thus we identified four such groups. For the last six years we work from a common platform called KONASEEMA INITATIVE. Vis a vis government and funding organizations PARA is responsible for the project. But with regard to implementation of the project it is done from the banner of KI. BFW has been supporting PARA for the past three and a half years and KI by HEKS for the past three years... PARA came into existence as a response to the devastation caused by the 1986 Godavari floods. One and half years into rehabilitation work by which time PARA had helped to reconstruct around 200 houses. PARA decided to enlarge its focus..