About Us

Guide Foundation for Development is the abbreviation for GFFD a non-profit nongovernmental organization-NGO established in the year 1990 by a group of committed professionals- main objective is to the development of under privileged categories of the targeted community in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India.  

With the leadership of Prof. A B S V Ranga Rao, M. A. Ph.D. Retired Head of the department of Social Work in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He authored for seven books, 20 research articles, and over 10 research projects. And providing project planning and implementation process to various NGOs and CSR fund mobilization from Visakhapatnam steel Plant and other corporate companies 

And Mr. Murali Krishna MKS, A Post Graduate in Social Work. 

He is experienced and expertise in project design, implementation strategies, project management, networking, partnership development and coordination with Government, NGOs and CSR projects and programmes. Development of capacity building modules, trainings, conducted state and national level workshops, manage multiple projects with national and international NGOs programs, worked in CARE India and UNDP Poverty Alleviation programs, timely task completion in a critical situation his strength and awarded meritorious certificate for his hard work. He is actively heading the Guide Foundation For Development GFFD as executive director since 2008 year.  

To enhance the ability of rural and urban households this includes, youth, poor & vulnerable, agriculture farmers, differently abled, Sex Workers, PLWHAs, and homeless residents. The organization strives to significantly increase their income and economic security. In addition to that GFFD civilizes the target community to establish good convergence with CSR, Government departments and building community-owned, managed and controlled people’s institutions as CBOs in a sustainable manner”

 Towards enriching human dignity with equal respect and strive to empower the target community to lead life with Quality in safe environment.

Overall socio-economic development of underprivileged and disadvantaged communities in safe environment in AP and Telangana state.

GFFD is working for education, WASH, unemployed, women economic empowerment, farm & non-farm livelihoods, environmental protection & bio diversity, girls & youth skill building eradication of child labour into hazardous industries, waste management, sustainable livelihoods, local governance, promotion of cluster development programs MSMEs, in the underprivileged communities. GFFD was initiated with a view to evolving information and making linkage with target beneficiaries and the government. We believed that knowledge would lead to awareness, which would further lead to self-development, empowerment and action.

GFFD encourages the following values to be practiced both at individuals and organization level.

  • Honesty
  • Transparency and Accountability
  • Mutual respect
  • Creativity
  • Gender sensitiveness
  • Cost efficiency
  • Participation
  • Solidarity and safe guarding.
  • Optimisation of local wisdom and resources
  • Encouragement of innovation and creativity
  • Prioritising Quality
  • Enhancing coordination and networking
  • Accepting challenges
Issues of Interest

GFFD Promoting the aims and purpose of the organizations among the various societies of the different districts in
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States. GFFD is actively working for the social and economic development of Rural,
Urban and Tribal communities, child rights, education, WASH, food, Nutrition & health, sustainable livelihoods,
and disaster management. Working with like-minded organizations in south India for social development of poorer
communities for their better future.

Issues of interest:
  • Farming communities
  • Socio economic development of unemployed women and youth
  • Children deprived for education and digital literacy
  • Discrimination and exploitation of vulnerable groups like the tribal and homeless
  • Child rights
  • Education
  • Urban Poverty Issues
  • Small and marginal farmers
Management and planning

GFFD process at internal reforms to strengthen its planning, monitoring and evaluation function and its human resources, finance and administrative management has begun to yield results. Progress was made in standardizing a predictable year planning process, as well as in starting to build the capacity of members and providing guidance on results, planning and monitoring as well as the generation of lessons learned and best practices. Learning inclination for further improvement. Decision Making GFFD believes that the decision making is a part of an administrative team, through all managerial function such as planning, organization, decision and control. Decision making involves thinking and deciding before doing and its part of our function. In keep the view of our organization’s objectives, program and strategies are our organization decision making process.

Meritorious Awards