The Timbaktu Collective is a registered Voluntary Organisation that was initiated in 1990, to work for sustainable development in the drought prone Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) INDIA.

Today the Collective has a team of 60 members and works in about 100 villages of Chennekothapalli, Roddam and Ramagiri mandals of Anantapur district, serving about 30,000 marginalised people.

The Collective focuses on the landless, small and marginal farmers with special emphasis on women, children, youth and dalits. These are the people who are most affected by situations like chronic drought, unproductive land, unemployment and poor infrastructural facilities.