CERDS works for uplifting the lives of disadvantaged children, women, disabled, small and marginal farmers, agricultural labourers and other underprivileged rural communities. At present, CERDS is working in 100 villages of drought prone and sea-coastal parts of PRAKASAM and GUNTUR DISTRICTS in ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA. CERDS aim is to help poor communities overcome the effects of poverty, create new futures for themselves and their communities and promote sustainable village communities through changing the attitudes among the people.