Seva Bharathiin AP brief Figures

Seva Bharathi
Kindling Hope and Happiness around

Galvanizing the people for the cause of the unfortunate and channelising their efforts into an organized crusade to combat pain, proverty, inequality and illiteracy is Seva Bharathi.
Seva Bharathi came into being in 1984. Over the years, Seva Bharathi has come a long way in servicing its avowed objective. The modest move has culminated into a massive movement. The humble foundation has flowered into a mammoth institution. Today, Seva Bharathi has its presence spread across the entire country with an extensive range of charitable and community development activities. Set up in 1989 with moderate means and a canvas of activities, it has grown into an expansive network across. Telangana and Ryalaseema regions. There are more than 75,386 activities in all the 602 districts of the country.

One striking feature of the organisation is its commitment for human values and indigenous efforts. The community development model of the organisation has been widely acclaimed for its localised focus.

Among the activities run by Seva Bharathi are Education on the needy, helath to the unreached & under privileged, sanskaras to mother and child and projects on the line of self-help concepts.

Spectrum of activities :

Child Rights : To enable a stronger India the Children are the torchbearers. Seva Bharathi has a special focus and programming for them. The Child Labour Rehabilitaion, Non-formal Schools in the Slum, One Teacher Schools, Affection Homes for the destitue child and Hostels for the Poor children.

Women Welfare : Bringing then together and train them to strengthan financially.

Differently abled : Empathetic supportive helping hand to bring out the differently-abled talent hidden on them.

Rural rejuvenation : Strengthening Indian countryside with technology and also providing them the information they need for more green Revolutions.

Tribal Welfare : Nurturing the tribal talents & culture Seva Bharathi is trying to empower them with information & skill.

Need based activity : In times of need during crisises, Seva Bharathi volunteers are the first to reach out the victims, be it floods, accidents or calamities.

Medical Aid : Health services in general through Tribal Health Centers, and at large through Rural Health Volunteers, Mobile Medical Mission serving the needy at their doorstep.

Self Reliance : Counseling for handicapped, Micro credit to the skilled youth & Thrift Programmes.

Name of the Activity No. of Activities

Destitute Homes
11 Homes with 400 childrens

Single teacher Schools
151 (in 4 District, 20 Mandals)

Balsamkara Kendras
349

Child Labour rehabilitation centers
5 ( 6000 mainstreamed)

Formal Schools
5


Tutition Centers
150


Medical Aid Centres
20

Mobile Dispensary
2 (23 slums and 36 hamlets)


Women welfare centres
61 (40 Vocational Centers)

Thrift Centers
4 (Rs. 14 Lakh)

Rural Development
15 Villages

TB Control
2 Projects (1150 patients cured)

Blood Donor lists
7 (3,000 on list )

Counseling Center for the Differently Abled
1 (4 Govt. hostels )

Counseling centers in Hyderabad 20
Awareness Centers in Nizamabad 22
Health centers in Warangal 3
Vandemataram Foundation 100 Schools (40,000 children)

MADHAVA AWASAM

EVERY CHILD HAS THE RIGHT TO CHILDHOOD

Located in the midst of Lust green farms 35 Kms from Hyderabad the state capital is Madhava Awasam in Gollur, a small hamlet, it is here that Seva Bharathi has set up an exclusive Home for the Children who are deprived of Childhood. For whatever reasons they may have been that led them into child labour Seva Bharathi decided to give them a chance.

The failure of monsoons resulting in low yield unreliable agriculture is one reason for the unemployed poverty in villages. The first victims obviously are the little hands who have to forego their schools and join their parents in feeding themselves and lending a hand to their family. Seva Bharathi has taken upon itself to at least make role models out of these children for others to follow.

The Organisation set out after a thorough talent search exam with the help of not just the usual mathematics, general aptitude and other routine things, but also with a heart to select the talented children suffering in the clutches of the child labour. Thanks to the efforts of volunteers from the teaching fraternity represented by the APUS and the Psychologists association of Hyderabad as well as Seva Bharathi, a thorough verification of the financial status has been conducted.

One more thing that influenced the Volunteers of Seva Bharathi has been the fact that not less than 37% of the Residential bridge school beneficiaries after mainstreaming, whatever the efforts of the volunteers involved are end up back in child labour. To avoid this and bring childhood back to the children Seva Bharathi took up the task of providing rehabilitation and scholarship programme for the children at least until 10th class board exams and depending on their interest and talent later.

All 4 children have been selected from Seva Bharathi’s Rehabilitation homes for the bravery awards by the District administration headed by the District Collector. The children have performed extraordinary tasks of bravery. This year the Govt has been considerate with the cause of Child labour highlighting the cause and highlighting the children who have taken a turning point in their life after being rehabilitated. Madhava Awasam feels proud of its children as two of them are from Madhava Awasam.

Chennakeshawulu:
S/O Ramulu, Age: 14 years, Class: 5th, Village: Makhtal, work: Theft in rail, jeep, bus Has a knack in theft and was considered notorious for his small thefts. His parrents had to move away to Gujarat and even there he was the same and they have to come back home to Makhtal, where his life took a turn after his interaction with Seva Bharathi volunteers. The Child now stands first of 300 of his colleagues.
Now the kid has won his bravery award for his greatest transformation of his life, and seva Bharathi is proud of him.

Padigae Parameshwar :
S/O Sundaraiah, age :14 years , Class: 6th, village : Ramapuram
used to work: Cleaner in Tata Sumo, jeep and Hotel. People were scared of this kid who was known for his notoriarity for beating anybody and everybody even his elders as well as his schoolteacher.
It was Seva Bharathi’s telkapally Residential Bridge course center that has moulded him in to a different personality. He is known for his skill in Swimming, Climbing trees, running. He saved a Small girl of 3 years age when she accidentally slipped into a well though a lot of people even elders were just onlookers. Dived into it without a second thought.
There is an inherent talent in every child it is a matter of time and the resources that we provide that brings it out into the open for applause.

Madhava Awasam, Gollur Vill, Rangareddy Dist

Sandipani Awasam

(Child Labour Rehabilitation Project)

For the thousands of little hands that work and thousands more rescued by volunteers there is no gaurantee that they would be safe and away from child labour. It is our resolve to ensure their safety. The cause “Child labour eradication” and the place Mahaboobnagar (Palamoor) district the beneficiaries 80 genuinely poor, deserving children in the clutches of child labour. An effort to bringout inherent talents from the genuinely poor & tanlented.

Seva Bharathi, Palamoor

Sandipani Awasam a result of the perpetual efforts by Seva Bharathi since 2002 in the campaign against Child labour. The effort involved building a network across 60 NGOs that organised bridge course centers for child labourers. The little hands that have toiled have now been performing on par in education and sports with other children. Thanks to APUS a teachers association & Seva Bharathi volunteers today there is a mechanism to pick the talented needy.

Its a known fact and official figures show that 37% of children rescued & put in rehabilitation homes end up at square one. The endeavor is to educate and give a chance to the under-dogs to prove their mettle. A total of 80 children all selected from the Child labour rehabilitation centers, from around Mahaboobnagar district are the beneficiaries. The children are genuinely poor and needy as also are truly deserving. Mahaboobnagar incidentally happens to be the one with highest child labour figures.

As a continuing effort of the Child labour rehabilitation programmes, Seva Bharathi has decided to set up a permanent hostel for the genuinely, talented and economically weak students of Mahaboobnagar dist. Based on the results of the talent search exam, fit students are selected and are awarded with scholarships to pursue their studies. The talent search exam includes a combination of psychomatic, mathematic and general aptitude developed in association with the Hyderabad Psychologists Association. Not just education but the children would also recieve technical & skill training at Sandipani Awasam.

The campaign for eradication of child labour paired with alternative education and innovative methods has made the children who earlier were child labourers and now stay with Seva Bharathi to get back to school. The kids impressed upon the authorities to the extent that they had to invite them to the Republic day parade in state capital.

Now after one year training in their rehabilitation homes, Seva Bharathi has picked them up on their merit and for the past one year they are pursuing their studies at Sandipani Awasam. And luckily it’s a group on good-natured, partiotic NRI’s that strengthened Seva Bharathi’s hands by suporting financially for their studies, The Palamoor NRI Forum.

Seva Bharathi runs 5 Bridge course centers, which have gained a benchmark standard in child labour rehabilitation. The efffort has benefited some 6,000 children and contributed to a sustained campaign and awareness in the district.

Sandipani Awasam would house 100 poor but talented students who otherwise would end up as bonded / child labourers for the rest of their lives in future. Apart from the activities for the benefit of Children the home would also act a a nerve center for future Community development programmes. Inspired by this effort another Home for such deprived children is being set up at Ramayampet, Medak District.
Tikkala Ramesh:
S/o Bachannna, Age: 12 years, Class: 6th
Village: Kottapalli, work: Cattle rearing
He scored first in Seva Bharathi’s Talent exam out of 2345 participants; he now stands first in the schools of Rangareddy & Mahaboobnagar districts. In recognition of his efforts in tranforming himself & his studies he was selected for the award.

Vamshi
S/o Krishnaiah
Orphan was picked up from the Hyderabad Railwaystation
Village: Addakula, Age: 14 years, Class: 8th
Used to Work: In Hotel, Begging staying in bus n rail stations.

He is known for his talents in Games and Sports Long jump, High Jump. He is a very good singer in classical Annamacharya keertanas and won prizes by TTD and stood first in competition. He scored first in Science fair where he projected the ill affects of Eco degradation. He stood first in his class.

Say ‘No’ to Child Labour

Sandipani Awasam
Seva Bharathi Palamoor, Bandameedapalli Vill,
Opp. RTA Office, Mahaboobnagar Dist.- 509 382
Ph : 08542 645123
www.sevabharathi.org
email: sewabharathi@gmail.com

Swami Vivekananda Awasam,

Inspired by the smiles of Childhood

Working with Child rights since 1989 one lesson that we have learnt has been that on an average 50% of children dropout of schools even before the reach their 5th standard. Swamy vivekananda awasam is an initiative to encourage child education and not just child literacy. Providing children a congenial atmosphere, for atleast those who perform well in a screening test and also qualify as needy. These children all selected from the govt primary schools shall be trained in respective areas including sports and games as well as academics. In the first stage of selection a total of 26 childrn have been selected, and a total of around 100 children will be accomodated in the 5 acre well built home. The Awasam shall also act as a hub of various community development initiatives including training programmes to the volunteers at various levels.
With initiative from the local community volunteers of Seva Bharathi approached all the primary schools and selected children that are in need of a scholarship. Students who perform well in education and sports were given priority taking into account their family financial status.
Seva Bharathi has been working in Medak dist since March 2000 in the areas of medical aid, providing the crucial T.B eradication drugs and counseling the TB affected families through the Seva Bharathi DOTS programme. Complimenting the Govt efforts for eradicating the most deadly disease that cripples national productivity. It is in 2006 that Seva Bharathi volunteers decided to take another initiative with the community participation and identify the needy for a home.


Swami Vivekananda Awasam,
Ramayam pet
Medak Dist

Vandemataram Foundation:

A better School a beeter Society

New Freedom struggle against illiteracy

India Vision 2020! With literacy rate of 61% national average and ranked at the bottom of Human Development Index, does it sound possible atleast near to possibility?
“ A developed India by 2020 is possible only through people’s participation and children are the nucleus of this transformation“ - H.E. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, doesnt it seem hopefully better. This is what has motivated the Foundation a unit of Seva Bharathi to fight for the child rights and contribute its mite in the India 2020 vision of the President Kalam.

“What we do is just visit the school, post office, anganwadi center in the village once in a while without actually intruding” says a volunteer of the Vandemataram Foundation. Nobody knows better than the villagers themselves who today not only look up to the volunteers but act as a volunteer themselves.

Thats a simple story of simple success by a few young volunteers all in their 20s. The visits have changed lives of the children and their schools in the villages. All it needed was communityparticipation and it started with ‘I’ and ‘us’. It has been one year of achievement however small though until Oct 2005, the volunteers worked out their mission and are still on their way. With a total of 400 volunteers toiling day in and day out selfless the mission seems to be in the range of sight.

Networking schools for social transformation is the slogan of the foundation, with a resolve to fulfil the Millenium development goals that have been promised to be achieved by 2015.The foundation with the inspiration of His Excellency the President of India is working for the betterment of children and their education. A new freedom struggle this time against the poverty and illiteracy is influencing 100 schools in interior Varadannpet zone of Warangal District.

The dropout rate has fallen steep down and the attendance of teachers climbing up and the performance of school as a unit is spreading smiles. Awarding the schools that perform, rewarding the teachers that achieve through their students and encouraging schools that nurture the future leaders for a better tommorrow the foundation has taken great strides in making a difference.

The world is struggling against many things among others are illiteracy and child rights exploitation which directly affect the world tomorrow.

Vandemataram signifies a struggle with one voice a battle cry for freedom that ultimately achieved the right of the common man, his basic rights. That is just the reason why this project is named Vandemataram Foundation.

Now its just the time to rise in one voice for a battle on illiteracy and child abuse in whatever form. The school is the nucleus of the nation’s heart and a child tommorrows citizen is moulded here. The foundation would like to attempt a change right at the roots of the structure, for a better tomorrow.

The movement Vandemataram has sprouted in Oct 2005 in waradannapet, warangal district after looking at the enormous numbers of child labourers and child marriages. Thanks to a the wise times from H.E. President Kalam, he has not only touched our hearts but moved us deep down. Today there are millions of young and old alike whom he inspired and we are proud to be in the league of inspired and implimenting. To make India strong enough to face a tougher tommorrow and a begining to a happy new India a school is where we started to work.

In India on an average 22% of upper primary schools are 3 k.m. away from the habbitations and 50% dropout even before reaching class 5.

Not just literacy but Education with values that are universal and satisfy equality of humanity and the Vedic verses of VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM.