Our Impact

Since our founding in 2015, communities, NGOs, and governments worldwide have trusted our tools and services to help secure land rights and improve the livelihoods of millions of people. 



Cadasta’s tools and trainings have documented: 

180,432

DOCUMENTS

4,934

COMMUNITIES

1,466,250

HOUSEHOLDS

6,941,823

PEOPLE

24,528,514

HECTARES

Cadasta’s training, tools, practical solutions, and empowering approaches have been documented to:

  • Increase Access to Benefits and Services
  • Strengthen Tenure Security
  • Reduce Indicidents and Land Conflicts

Protecting India’s Forest-dwellers’ Right to Land

Odisha & Jharkhand | India

Partnering with local NGO Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) to help forest-dwelling communities identify, claim, and defend their forest rights.

Odisha Liveable Habitat Mission

Odisha | India

Known as the “world’s largest slum land titling initiative,” Cadasta partnered with Tata Trusts and the Odisha State Government on the Odisha Liveable Habitat Mission—an innovative project designed to improve the living conditions of informal settlements in Odisha state. 

Rapid Mapping of Areas Marked for Demolitions

Kenya

When Kenyan authorities forcibly evicted more than 8,000 people from informal settlements in Nairobi, Cadasta partnered with the Kenya-based NGO Pamoja Trust to conduct a risk analysis of households that were at risk of being illegally evicted. This analysis was then used to create community awareness of the evictions and successfully petition government officials to halt the displacement of an estimated 71,000 people.

A Fight for Recognition and Adequate Housing in Long-term Refugee Camps

Bangladesh

To help upgrade the conditions of the camp and prevent eviction of the residents, Bangladeshi NGO Council of Minorities worked with camp community leaders and used tools, training, and a grant from Cadasta Foundation to conduct a household survey in order to collect geographic information and establish the first demographic profile of the community.