1. Support groups for adult women
2. Education and Literacy programs to help teach villagers to read
3. Informal Legal Aid to help resolve abuse within families
4. Health and sanitation programs focused on local village issues
5. Support groups focused on the needs of adolescent young women
6. Rehabilitation programs for the disabled
7. Local natural resource management projects
8. Local self-governance projects
9. Village development groups for adult men
10. Village Enterprise projects to establish economic self-reliance
11. Micro-lending programs to help support new entrepreneurs
All of CORD’s programs strive for self-empowerment and independence.