4S, India has over the years have been building, trusting and empowering local community institutions as a key element of its strategy to support and promote livelihoods. Institutions of people which are participatory often form the bedrock of successful livelihood interventions.

The intervention includes organizing the scattered, disenfranchised and vulnerable community, developing their confidence, aspirations and skills, promoting community driven institutions (including SHG federations, Producer groups, Farmers Producer Organizations/ FPOs etc.), strengthening their governance system, their MIS systems along with building the capacities to become self-sufficient and act independently for their socio-economic development.