Projects Sponsored BY Sewa Int.(USA)

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Nele (means shelter in Kannada) started its operation with mere fifteen boys aged between 4-13
in the year 2000 at Bangalore. Today there ae 5 Nele (two exlusively for girls) hosting more then 130 childen.

Even though these children come from a poor background of utter poverty and neglect, they have been quick to imbibe healthy habits like cleanliness, politeness, courtesy towarda other children, respect for teachers and reverence for cultural values.

Making a difference in the life of a child will impact generations. For many children in India, streets are their homes. These children live in situations where there is no protection, supervision or direction from responsible adults. There are infinite barriers that hinder these children from having a good living. in Bangalore there are more that 80000 children picking rags and living on roadsides. Each one of us agree that every child deserves a decent living, affection and a chance to learn.

Aruna Chetana - School for Children with Multiple Disabilities

Swa- Roopwardinee (Pune)

The primary objective is to bring about an all round development of children in lower income groups, which is realized through informal education imparted to children on day to day basis. Children are selected on the basis of IQ tests and interviews. The following themes receive central attention with the view to bring about this holistic development:-
• Affirming faith in life values
• physical fitness
• expansion of intellectual and emotional horizons
• promoting faith in the value of family
• developing faith in group binding and togetherness
• promotion of social commitment.

Other programs being run are “Pakoli” the kindergarten school; short term educational programs in cottage industry for needy women to become financially self supportive; adult education; health centre for women and children; family planning and counseling centre; “Aajole”- a foster home for children of working parents; mobile science laboratory for the benefit of children living in rural areas.

Sewa Bharti (Karntaka)

This organization is involved in working for the development of the downtrodden people who either live in the slums or Shanty Township. Works for an all round development taking care of the health aspects, education and economic development by running several vocational training centers, especially for the poor women.

Sewa Bharti (AP)

Sewa Bharati is working for the development of the poor with major focus on the poor children, by imparting good quality education both formal & informal and also work for the tribal development of the state. It was also in the forefront working for the tsunami and flood victims in the affected districts of Andhra Pradesh.

Surajya Sarvangian Vikas prakalp (Pune)

This organization works in Six slums of Yerwada and its surrounding areas since last five years carrying out various community development programs. The organization conducts free tuition classes for school children, sanskar Kendra (cultural classes), health check ups, educational tours, personality development camps and lectures on different social issues, fables and parables sessions for the children of the slums. Various programs for women empowerment like small saving schemes, providing self-employment opportunities and vocational training to ensure financial independence, imparting legal knowledge and a series of other camps are conducted. The youths are given occupational training to ensure employment and educational camps held for them where games and a lot of issues are discussed to impart positive lessons. Till date reached and supported about 700 students and 650 women.

Saktewarji (Assam)

Sewa Bharti (Hosur)

Bhilwara Electricity Project:
This is a project of Sewa International Delhi and Sree Madhav Gau Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra, Bhilwara. It has taken up a project to improve the poor electrical power and energy sourcing for a small village in rural Rajasthan. This village “Karen Singhji Ki Khedi” is about 60 KM from Bhilwara, with a population of approximately 500 and 60 hut dwellings.

Saraswathi Shishumander AP.

Involved in the field of education, with a focus to educate the poor children of the state embedded with rich human values. The volunteers associated to the project have also been in the forefront helping the flood victims by providing relief & shelter to tide over the disaster.

Vaidehi Seva Samithi (Hyd)

It is a people’s movement to restore to girl children their basic human rights and provide a simple and powerful opportunity for every one of them to shape their future. Vaidehi Ashram in words stands for “a home” in spirit, it stands for much more, it stands for hope, for a need to change what must be changed for collective action by individuals and organizations for the right of girl child who is born with no one but us to give it life. “Providing shelter and feeding them is not the only aim, rather bringing them up in a favorable environment so that they develop in a consonance with ancient Indian cultural values and traditions”. This movement started with only three children but today this garden for destitute girls is blossomed with 35 girls.

Keshav Seva Samithi (Bangalore)

The organization is looking after the development of the Children and women who are deprived of their minimum needs by operating various vocational training centers & schools for the education of the children.

Arunachal Pradesh (Vijaya Sami)

It is a project of Jnana Prabodhini, guiding and supporting various educational activities organized by Vivekananda Kendra Arunachal Pradesh Trust, Essomi Foundation. The support is in the form of Residential training camps for teachers. So far 8 no. of camps have been conducted. Last year two such camps were conducted. One at Viveknand Kendra Vidyalaya, Tinsukia (Assam) and Intaya Public school, Roing (Arunachal Pradesh). These camps are aimed at skill improvement of teachers. Topics covered are study skills, Learning to learn through projects, Creative thinking skills, Use of ICT in education.
Intaya Public School is a school started by local initiative. Presently about 6oo students in the age group 5 years to 15 years are studying in the school. Of these students, 50% are from borders and they are from interior villages of Arunachal Pradesh. Many of them belong to lower income families. Jnana Prabodini is helping some of these students through sponsorships. Five years back Jnana Prabodhini deputed one of its volunteers Mr. Deepak Kamble to work in Intaya Public School. With his initiative Jnana Prabodhini organized various personality development programmers at Intaya Public School.

Saraswathi Suishu Mandir A.P.

It is a education project of Sewa Bharati , which at present run 9 orphanage units with a strength of 210 children; Bal Sanskar Kendras in 400 seva Bastis(slums); 5 Primary schools and 100 single teacher schools with a strength of 4000 children; Medical Aid in 50 slums; running 10 bed hospital equipped with operation theatre at Gokavaram-Kurnool; run Matru-mandali and thrift program for women in 50 slums and Model village program for 23 villages of 13 districts.
Funds received :- $3,920.00

Bhagini Niveditha Pratishtan (Pune)

It is a social organization working in the field of woman and child welfare. We help women to help themselves.

Our motto is “Work, work and work”. Here is a brief report of our activities:
Computer Training: Computer training for IT. DTP, MSCIT, and Financial Accounting, Computerized Textile and Fashion Designing is carried out. About 60 poor youth, housewives were benefited by it. Special training was given to school children of Kalyan village during the summer vacation.

Health related activities : The institution runs Nursing bureau where home nursing is provided to the bed ridden patients and senior citizens. The bureau also helped about 25 women from the lower income group to earn their livelihood.

Non-formal education: This activity was beneficial for 32 girls students in Pune city and 72 in Dighi area. The girls were given various activities to improve their language and mathematical skills.

Science Centre : Special activities were carried out for the women. These includes lecture on Nutritious food, demonstration of wormy-compost, one day workshop at Wool Research Centre, Thane.

Recent Activities :
Vocational training was given to about 40 women in the fields like jewelry design, perfume making, computerized greeting fashion design etc. Full-fledged hostel for working women and girls has been started at Dighi. 50 girls from tribal areas, of Maharashtra, undergoing training for Aviation and Hospitality, are staying at Dighi hostel. Hostel for senior lady citizens is getting shape.

Pune Sevasadan (Pune)

Vastu Hara Sahayata Samithi (Kolkatta)
The organization works for the all round development of the state focusing mainly & catering to the needs of Bangadesi refugees and their children. Run a student hostel in the Murshidabad district to educate the poor children of the bangadesi refugees and also poor students of different states whose parents have migrated to West Bengal in search of Job. It has also been in the forefront providing relief & taking up rehabilitation activities in the flood prone areas of the state & has also carried out relief activities in the A & N Islands after Tsunami. The organization organizes Eye Camps every year to serve the poor people of the region. It is now focusing on the needs to provide Self employment with local resources, production of Jute goods in cottage industries, and forming of Self-Help groups of women to empower them.

Om Shantidhama (Banglore)

This is an organization promoting and running a Gurukul to revive the Gulukulam system of education where by inculcating the rich cultural & traditional heritage in the beneficiary students and at the same time make the student fit to face the day to day challenges in life at par with the modern system of development.

Rambhau Mhalgi Prabhodini (Mumbai)

Prabodhini has been functioning as a training and research academy for voluntary social workers and elected representatives of the people. Its principal mandate is empowering the grass root level development-activists so as to enhance the quality of Democracy and Voluntary Social Work. Besides, with regular Capacity Building programs offered to the elected representatives of people at various levels, Prabodhini also attempts to give quality orientation to Electoral Representation, thereby helping the Democratic process to deliver goods!

Training, Public Awakening and Opinion Making as also Research form the three principal components of Mhalgi Prabodhini's agenda.

At Prabodhini, training programs are often tailor-made and need based. There are programs conceived by the Training Dept of Prabodhini on its own, based on their overall assessment of the capacity building needs of the Voluntary Sector. At the same time, there are certain training programs that are demanded by a particular organization and Prabodhini conducts it for them. Along with its well-established offshoots such as Sahakar Vardhini (Centre for training in cooperation), and Centre for Institution Building and Leadership Studies (CIBLS), Prabodhini conducts an average of 35 programs every year.