Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Have a look on Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram in Orissa

Bhubaneswar, September 26, 2006 (VISAKEO): In spite of government’s developmental pragrammes and policies for the poor tribal people, the voluntary organization RSS has stepped forward to satisfy tribal people’s desire and expectation through establishing a school cum Ashram in the poor State Orissa. Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram is only meant for serving the rural tribal people and to spread free education both moral and professional. It not only serves the people but also creates awareness and initiatives amongst the tribal people.

With the rigorous effort of VHP and RSS, Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram (Tribal Welfare Ashram) survives in the poor State like Orissa. While the improper execution of government policies for the interior tribal people fails in the tribal districts, the Ashram has proved its excellence serving the people in the field of education, health care, economy, sports, art, and culture.

Education is the primary need in the tribal areas to bring them forth in the world of hopes and aspiration. The selfless attempt of RSS has set up Balsankar Kendra, Night schools, Hostels, Primary schools and Libraries for the tribal children in each tribal districts of Orissa.

In the field of medical and healthcare, the Ashram has established dispensaries, provided Ambulances services and health camps to make the tribals conscious of their health cleanliness, safe drinking water and other hygienic conditions in the tribal areas.

Further, for the promotion of the sports and identification of hidden talents, the Ashram has set up the Khelkud Kendras (sports center) whose purpose is to expose the inner talents and curiosity and push them into the National level competition.

In connection with the art and religion, it is stick to keep their cultural identities by promoting Folk dance, Songs and Art, protecting worship place, publishing books in their languages and motivating them for the health, education, good conduct and economic development through Satsang.

Vanavasi Ashram is also committed to the Economic development in the tribal areas. It creates awareness of self-dependence amongst women by opening Tailoring Training Centre for ladies, Incense stick training center, forming self-help groups. Again for the agricultural development, it inspires the poor tribal peasants to have improved cultivations providing hybrid seeds, fertilizers and solving the agricultural problems. Besides these, the Ashram is engaged in relief operation in the draught districts like Kalahandi, Bolangir, Sonepur, Nuapada, and Bargarh; providing medical aid, and rehabilitation to the flood and other natural disastrous tribal regions and participating in the developmental programmes like digging ponds and draught hit area of Kalahandi and Bolangir.

The chief aim of the Ashram is to uphold national integration among them through various cultural programmes to create a feeling of oneness, co-operation and co-existence.

The overall service to the poor tribal people is to educate, inform, entertain, create a feeling of general awareness and self-dependence; develop the backward regions and bring them into the economic standard of living in the cultured society. Needless to say, it is a unique contribution of the voluntary organization to cope up with the government developmental policies in the State.

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