Mahiti Trust strongly believes in people’s right to associate with any activity. Socially and economically disadvantaged communities and Dalits are being organized on a priority basis. Groups are organized in villages and their issues are taken on a common platform. Groups from neighboring villages support social causes as activities are supported by Two Apex Women’s Cooperatives (Federation). This is visible in interventions like watersheds, drinking water, social injustice, microfinance, drinking water, sanitation, and health etc. In implementing each of its programs/activities, Mahiti Trust develops collective leadership so that people can carry on and manage the process thereafter. In Mahiti Trust’s interventions, women play a significant role. Nevertheless, men are taken into confidence to support the cause taken up by women. Men also realized that their inhibitions to face upper caste communities would derail the right-based approach. Hence, they willingly support women to take leadership.