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Sewa Bharati, Kakinada, gets a pat from Administration (Feb 17 2008)

The services being rendered to the needy people by Kakinada unit of the Sewa Bharati under East Godawari district of Andhra Pradesh have received appreciation from the district administration. The Sewa Bharati has been presented a certificate of appreciation and a memento from the district Collector, East Godawari District. In the picture from left Shri Venu, East Godawari District Council Chairman, Shri Subramanyam, District Collector, Shri Sriniwas, Superintendent of Police and Shri Seshareddy, MLC presenting the certificate to Shri T. S.V. Aditya Sarma, president of the Sewa Bharati Kakinada unit at a function recently. (FOC)

Sewa Bharati helps child education (Sept 16th 2007)

Scaling the new heights in the child labour rehabilitation programme, Sewa Bharati-run rehabilitation homes Sandipani Awasam at Mahaboobnagar and Madhav Awasam at Gollur in AP are proud of their children. Four children have been selected from the two homes for the bravery awards by the district administration headed by the District Collector. Chennakeshawulu (14) belongs to village Makhtal. He used to steal in rails, jeeps, buses and was notorious for his small thefts. His parents had to move away to Gujarat and even there he was the same and they had to come back home to Makhtal, where his life took a turn after his interaction with Sewa Bharati volunteers. The child now stands first of 300 of his colleagues. Now the kid has won the award for his greatest transformation of his life.

Similary, Padigae Parameshwar (14) belonging to village Ramapuram used to work as a cleaner in Tata Sumos, jeeps, hotels. People were scared of this kid who was known for his notoriety for beating anybody and everybody even his elders as well as his school teachers. It was Sewa Bharati’s Telkapally Residential Bridge Course Centre that moulded him into a different personality. Now he is known for his skill in swimming, climbing trees and running. He saved a small girl of three years when she accidentally slipped into a well though a lot of people even elders were just onlookers. He dived into it without a second thought.

Vamshiv (14) belonging to village Addakula is an orphan and was picked up from the Hyderabad Railway station. He used to beg in hotels, staying in buses and railway stations. He is now known for his talent in long jump and high jump. He is also a very good singer in classical Annamacharya keertanas and won prizes by TTD and stood first in competitions. He scored first in science fair where he projected the ill-effects of eco-degradation. (FOC)

This is how people trust Sewa Bharati (Aug 5th 2007)

Rasathi and Ratisha are sisters of 10 and 9 years respectively. They are daughters of the poverty stricken family belonging to a Vanvasi community namely Kuravas living in Padmanabhapuram, Kanyakumari district. On holidays, they both beg on the streets. Tamil daily Dinamalar on July 4, 2007 carried this pathetic news. Several NGOs approached the family to admit the girls to some ‘home’. The parents did not like the idea. Just then, Shri Ashok Kumar, Kanyakumari district Sewa Bharati organiser, along with district secretary Shri Murugesan had a talk with the parents of the girls. Sewa Bharati could understand the parents’ mind. So, it was decided that the girls should continue their studies at the same school, with Sewa Bharati bearing all expenses for their education, food, etc. Sewa Bharati got Yakki, one more child of the family, to class one. The child was so far unable to attend school because of poverty. Sewa Bharati did not stop with that. It has come forward to give medical aid to yet another child Kani of the family, who is ailing. Following this, Dr Deiva Prakash, state general secretary of Sewa Bharati Self Help Groups, Shri Manian, state general secretary and Shri Jyotindran, district organiser of RSS, accompanied by Shri Rajamani, father of the kids, to Kalkulam Government Middle School and formalised the adoption of the children. (VSK Chennai)

Sewa Bharati workers attend literacy camp in Jamia

Twenty-two senior workers of Sewa Bharati, Delhi, attended a literacy camp in Jamia Millia Islamia University on November 3. The camp was organised to impart training to accelerate the literacy campaign. It is to be noted that the Sewa Bharati, Delhi, has been running a number of educational and training centres among slum-dwellers and resettlement colonies of Delhi. Shri Z.H. Qureshi, convenor of the training camp, and Smt. Aparna Bhatt imparted training to the workers. Shri Shahajad also guided the workers in two sessions. The participants openly discussed different aspects of literacy campaign. Shri Qureshi said that a firm commitment and positive thinking was must for achieving the goals of literacy. The workers who attended the camp included S/Shri Vishwakant, Rishipal Dadwal, Mahesh Chandra, Madanlal Khanna, Ramnarayan Popali, Kanchimal Gupta, Kamalkant, Mayaram Patang, Mahendra Jain, Chunnilal Madan, Khajan Singh, Shriram, Bishandas Chawala, Rramprakash Gogia, Rakesh Kumar, Smt. Vina Mahato, Smt. Manorama, Smt. Prem Virmani, Smt. Swarnkanta Makhija, Smt. Sunita Dhalival, Smt. Saroj Sharma and Smt. Promila Popali.

(Sewa Samarpan)

Sewa Bharati holds training camp in UP

Don’t depend on government for development—Bhaiyaji Joshi
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Akhil Bharatiya Sah Sewa Pramukh Shri Sitaram Kedilaya said we can save the humanity only by saving the villages and only then the concept of Ramrajya would be materialised. He said as the devils used to destroy the villages during the ancient period, the Naxalites and Maoists are destroying them.

A three-day training camp of Rashtriya Sewa Bharati activists, engaged in rural development, cow protection, organic farming, environment protection, water harvesting and cottage industries, was organised at Surabhi Sodh Sansthan, Dagmagpur (Mirjapur) in Uttar Pradesh from March 1 to 3. More than 200 activists from various states including Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Utkal, West Bengal and Assam participated in the camp.

Addressing the activists, RSS Sahsarkaryavah Shri Bhaiyaji Joshi stressed the need to reduce dependency on government and said the development of private resources is must for rural development. He said literacy is very important for the fast development of the nation and there should be effective literacy campaign all over the country to make people fully literate. “Initiating steps to the goal and then making gradual efforts to achieve it, is our duty. Let us at least start moving forward to the goal,” he said adding that change in mentality is must for rural development. He said there are still many things in the country to feel proud. “We have the best scientists in the world. Indian youth are shining all over the world in the field of computer. India won five wars against Pakistan. The nuclear tests in Pokhran stormed the whole world. After Independence we built 4000 dams. The Indian railway is among the best railways in the world. By and large there is no reason to worry about the future,” he added.

He called upon the activists to make the village temple as the center of developmental activities. He also spoke about female foeticide and said there would be a big imbalance between man and woman by the year 2020 if it is not curbed effectively today. He said the prime reason of growing incidents of foeticide is dowry, which must be eradicated completely.

Earlier, speaking at the inaugural ceremony Shri Premchand Goel, Akhil Bharatiya Sewa Pramukh of RSS, described the water conservation as need of the hour. He called upon the activists to apprise the countrymen of the value and importance of water conservation and also stop the misuse of drinking water. He said tree-plantation is the best way to control global warming. About the cow protection, he said till the cows are not protected, the Indians could not lead a happy life.

Akhil Bharatiya Sah Sewa Pramukh Shri Sitaram Kedilaya said we can save the humanity only by saving the villages and only then the concept of Ramrajya would be materialised. He said as the devils used to destroy the villages during the ancient period, the Naxalites and Maoists are destroying them. He said the people of the villages are migrating to cities due to the influence of media and the workers should think about how to stop it. We need to study this problem properly and then proper steps should be taken to solve it with the cooperation of the society. He emphasised the need to develop at least one model village in each district so that other people can imbibe the model. He said the government is spending the maximum money on the development of 20 per cent people of the country living in urban areas and is ignoring the 80 per cent people living in rural areas. This is the reason the graph of suicides is shooting up.

Akhil Bharatiya Gram Vikas Pramukh Shri Surendra Chauhan spoke about the marvellous work being rendered by swayamsevaks on the front of rural development. He pointed out that the swayamsevaks have presented a very good example of organic farming in Khushipura village near Mathura. He stressed the need to take benefit of the government schemes, as the money being provided by the government is ours. He stressed the need to encourage the use of organic manures. Shri Sunil Mansinghka, director of Govijnan Anusandhan Kendra, Devlapur (Nagpur) stressed the need to promote cow-based agriculture to save the cow. Shri Subhash Kulkarni of Arogya Bharati spoke about the environment protection. Dr Rakesh Dube, director of Prakriti Bharati said the Indian culture has always propagated balance with the nature and the blind exploitation of the nature would take the world nowhere.

Akhil Bharatiya Go Samvardhan Pramukh Shri Omprakash stressed the need to promote the feeling of gosewa in the society. He said panchgavya is good not only for the human health but also is very useful for agriculture. Shri Suryakant Jalan, director of Surabhi Sodh Sansthan also spoke on the occasion.
(By Loknath in Varanasi)

Himachal Guv celebrates Hindu New Year, sewa bharathi organises exhibition

Posted on Apr 08 2008 12:50 AM by adeal

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courtesy : Religion insight

A Havan was organized today by Sanskriti Uthan Manch, Shimla and other religious institutions on the auspicious occasion of the beginning of Vikrami Samwat-2065 (Hindu New Year). V.S. Kokje, Governor was chief guest at the Havan Ceremony at the Ridge Maidan. Guv said Vikrami Samvat-2065 is a step towards projecting sanctity of our magnificent cultural legacy and is also a precursor of peace and prosperity of the Nation and society as a whole. He congratulated the organizers on the occasion of revivifying the ‘Rashtriya Panchang’ calculation calendar of this year. Governor released the Nav Samvat Calender 2065 and took round of the exhibition installed by Sewa Bharti Unit, Shimla.

Blood donation camp in Jwalamukhi town

Shimla, April 6
Blood donation camp by SEWA BHARATHI Himachal (courtesy :My Town Jawalamukhi)
A festive atmosphere prevailed in the city as various social, religious and cultural organisations joined hands to celebrate the dawn of “vikrami samvat 2065” (the Hindu New Year) as the cultural revival day, here today.

Celebrations that began in the wee hours continued till evening as various organisations had organised different events under the aegis of “sanskriti utthan manch”. The programme started on the historic Ridge early in the morning. It was followed by an hour-long session of yoga organised by the local chapter of Patanjali Yogapeeth of swami Ramdev.Thereafter a hawan was organised by the Gayatri Parivar in which Governor V.S. Kokje also participated. He complimented the manch for taking initiative for revivifying the national panchang (almanac) for the year.He also released the ‘nav samvat calendar 2065’ and went around the Bharat Gaurav exhibition organised to highlight the contribution of ancient India in various fields.
Hundreds of men, women and children participated in the “jagriti march” organised to mark the occasion. On-spot painting competition, group song competition and fancy dress for school children were also held. Narinder Kataria, mayor of the Shimla Municipal Corporation, gave away prizes to the winners.The “sewa bharati” had organised a blood donation camp at which 65 persons donated blood.

The programme concluded with bhajan sandhya organised by the Art of Living at which Chief Minister P.K. Dhumal was also present. He said this collective initiative of the society would go a long way in preserving the rich cultural traditions and cherished values. The government would provide all required support to ensure celebrations at a grand scale next year. The nine-day Navratri fair also started today at various famous shrines in the state.