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Seva Bharti
Introduction
Rastreeya Swayamsevaka Sangha is a national movement, which was
evolved in 1925 when a visionary, Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgevar
initiated to promote selfless, dedicated people to actively participate
in the national development.
Those who were inspired by RSS vision and philosophy started many
service oriented organizations. These organizations promote active
participation of people from all sections of the society in developing a
self reliant and integrated society.
The development of any nation is strongly linked with the development of
the individuals it is made up of. A country can hope to achieve a strong
and self-reliant society only when its people are able to get access to
basic needs such as Health, Education, Housing and Employment.
It is equally or perhaps more necessary to promote a holistic
development of the society in which people realise their responsibility
towards the society.
The speed of human development in the present century has been
unprecedented. Bharat (India), the largest democracy in the
world, has progressed in all spheres of life. Technology, Science,
Self-Sufficiency in food are some of the achievements.
Bharat is a mini world not just a country. In spite of the efforts from
both government and voluntary sectors, a large section of our society
still needs access to basic needs such as drinking water, health,
education, employment and housing.
Over 2500 organisations inspired by RSS are implementing over 25,000
community projects (Seva Karyas) reaching almost every district, in some
districts to every Tehsil (block) in Bharat.
Issues Addressed
Ancient Bharat's contribution in science and technology, social
development, health and education is significant.
Bharat, which had excellent holistic and sustainable development
programms, still has many of its people in need of basic services. It is
this appalling situation which has made RSS work towards building a
holistic, prosperous, self reliant & integrated society. This is the
main vision of the Rashtreeya Swayamsevaka Sangh.
MULTI-SECTORAL APPROACH
The development projects address the various issues concerning people -
environment, education, health, employment, social harmony and disaster
management.
Participation Of The People
Top down approach is an integral factor in all community development
projects. People at the grassroots are not mere 'recipients'. In fact
the major focus that is emphasized in all development projects is it
should be started/managed by local people. People who share RSS vision
play the role of catalysts in communities in motivating people in the
process of finding solutions to their problems.
Development projects in different sectors are implemented in all the 27
states of Bharat. All these projects are based in rural/tribal areas and
urban Seva Basthis where economically socially weaker people live.
Although the concept of a self reliant and integrated society is much
deeper and richer than any composite index, the key areas (as identified
by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.) in need of extensive
support in Bharath are:
- Education (Shikshan)
- Health (Arogya)
- Social Development (Samajik Samarasatha)
- Economic Development (Arthik Vikas)
- Assistance during crisis (Naimithik or casual services)
Education
A Primary Prerequisite for Development
59 percent of the Seva Karyas are in the education sector. About 2000,
personality development centers have been established all over the
country. Over 6000, schools are run to facilitate education of the
children in Vanavasi inhabited regions, rural areas and also for under
priviledged children of the urban areas.
Highlights of Educational Programs
PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR ALL
Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, an organization meant for tribal people, has
started 10,480 educational institutions with over 18 lakh students.
There are over 30,000 adequately trained and highly oriented, dedicated
teachers working in the schools managed by Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram.
REACHING TRIBAL CHILDREN
Ekopadhya Vidyalayas or Gram Shiksha Mandir (single teacher schools) is
one of the pioneering projects implemented by Vanavasi Kalayan Ashram.
VKA's educational projects provide comprehensive and holistic education
to tribal children.
There are more than 6,000 such schools spread over 27 states. The number
of tribal children benefited exceeds 1,80,000.
Ekal Vidyalayas are part of Gram Shikshan Samitis. Gram Shikshana
Samitis are planned and managed by local people. Ekal Vidyalayas which
were started in vanavasi areas in the beginning have now expanded to
rural areas and Sevabasthis (Urban Slums) and are being managed by Seva
Bharati, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other such organizations.
Montessori method of education has reached the villages. Education of
children with disabilities in general schools is promoted both in rural
and tribal areas.
PHYSICAL FITNESS
Physical well being is one of the important components of educational
activities. Regional Physical Fitness Training Centers have been
established for specialized physical training. These centers train
participants to start Physical Fitness centers in rural areas.
Research and development in education sector is an important area in
which the Sangh is actively involved with active research taking place
on teacher's education and curricula development-both in core and open
areas.
DESTIMATIZING LEPROSY
The problems of people affected by leprosy is vast and its impact is
very severe on the individual, family and community. There are 28
Rehabilitation programmes and systematic efforts are made to offer
relief and rehabilitation to the leprosy affected people. Misconceptions
patients. The healthy children of leprosy patients frequently face
difficulty in getting access to primary education. The Sangh workers
have started schools for children of leprosy patients in several states.
SPORTS TALENTS FROM VANAVASI AREAS
The Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram annually organizes sports. Vanavasi
Youths (both boys and girls) meet on all India level/basis. Thousands of
young athletes, both boys and girls participate from the vanavasi areas
of our country. Officials of All India Olympic Association and other
National level sports organisations are invited to observe these meets.
Every year dozens of athletes are selected for further coaching in the
National sports promotion institutions. Top Archer Limbaram who
represented India in various national and international meets including
Olympics was `discovered' in one such programme. But many more potential
Limbarams await graduation to those levels.
CHILDREN AS EFFECTIVE AGENTS OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
How children become effective change agents has been demonstrated at
several places by the values inculcated in them by their teachers. For
example-in a small village in Karnataka, a child started touching his
parents' feet as a mark of obeisance every day, a practice propagated by
the school. The father was alcoholic, the child demanded that he should
give up drinking. First the grand father who was alchoholic gave up
drinking because the grand child would not accept him. Slowly the father
also gave up, as he could not face rejection from his own child.
Many more such instances of this nature are being experienced in
different parts of the country.
YOGA
Yoga is another important area, which is promoted by many organizations.
Vivekananda Kendra is an international center doing research and
promotion of Yoga. Yoga Vibhag of Hindu Seva Prathisthana regularly
organizes yoga camps in remote villages, towns and cities. Yoga is
introduced in all Community Based Rehabilitation projects for people
with disabilities. It has helped village people to have access to Yoga.
CATCHING THEM YOUNG
Seva Bharati a NGO in Delhi runs about 250 Balavadi centers, catering to
about 10,000 children up to the age of 7 years to facilitate education
and sponsorship. All these projects meet the educational needs of
children in the Delhi slum areas. Similar activities among children are
implemented by Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram and Vidya
Bharati. These projects are implemented in Seva Bastis (i.e. urban
impoverished areas).
IDENTIFYING THE GIFTED
National level sports events, essay competitions, quiz competitions
etc., are organized to identify and develop latent potential among
children by Seva Bharati and other organizations.
SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
Children from deprived communities need support to do well in
education. The poor home and school environment throw a challenge for
these children. The tuition classes are run by Seva Bharati and other
organizations for the underprivileged students, is one such
establishment, which helps these children.
Some Highlights of Educational Programs:
- Bala Gokula, a personality development program for school children,
was started to give personality development for children from the
poorest of the poor sections of the society. The Bala Gokula program has
now been officially accepted as a standard program for imparting
cultural education to children in select districts of Karnataka and
Kerala.
- The mobile science laboratory in Thane district of Maharashtra is a
model of social science education at the primary level in rural and
tribal areas.
- Seva Bharati of Delhi has, received the prestigious state award for
the child development activities in the year 1995.
- At Tamilipada, Agra, the basti dwellers came forward to make a school
building with their own hands and provide students with a clean
environment for the school. This example has been replicated at several
places.
Health - A Holistic Approach
Health care is another major initiative that the Seva Vibhag has
taken up. The Sangh inspired organizations carry out several activities
towards the global objective of health for all.
Various units across the country have placed much attention on the need
for primary health care in villages. However, merely reducing the
occurrence of diseases is not the major objective of health activities,
as the aspiration is to improve the quality of life of the people.
Special efforts have been made towards teaching yoga and basic hygiene.
Efforts at de-addiction, improvement of environment, planting of trees
etc, are also considered important anciallry components in the health
care services.
Highlights of Health Activities
RAKTHADAAN - JEEVANDAAN
(Blood donation is life donation)
There are seven major blood banks run in the country, one at Bangalore
(Karnataka), and six in Maharashtra. Blood banks provide blood from
healthy voluntary donors. Blood donation camps are frequently organized.
Blood donor's directory has been compiled in several cities and small
towns.
EYE DONATION
Tamaso Ma Jyothir gamaya
(Lead me from darkness to light)
Netradaan (gift of the eyes) is among the greatest gifts one can make.
The Karyakartas of Nagpur have set up an eye bank for blindness control.
Seva Bharati carried on a campaign for mobilizing eye donations at
Chandigarh. Similar activities are also being encouraged at several
places.
Medical units run mobile dispensaries all over the country. Run and
monitored by the Karyakarthas, these mobile dispensaries serve thousands
of people everyday in villages and Seva Bastis.
ROOTING FOR AYURVEDA
In Gujarat and Maharashtra, villagers are given training in the use of
Ayurvedic/Herbal medicine for treating common ailments. Each village is
given a kit comprising Ayurvedic or Herbal medicine. More than 400 to
500 villages are thus equipped and there is a demand for many others.
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Karyakarthas of Nasik district of Maharashtra started a program for
providing primary health training for selected persons of several
villages. Monthly meetings of village Health Workers are held to discuss
issues and concerns related to healthcare in their areas. These services
are operated particularly in remote village and tribal areas where
medical facilities are inadequate. People have responded to the scheme
enthusiastically. Such Arogya Rakshak projects are run in other states
also.
There are about 1696, sevakaryas (activities) involved in the health
sector.
DISABILITY-REACHING THE UNREACHED
Disability-detection, eye camps and immunization camps are held on a
regular basis. The concept of community based rehabitation of people
with disabilities is promoted to reach the unreached people with
disabilities. A pioneering project to integrate young children with
special needs into Anganwadi's and primary scholls in Manvi taluk, a
remote backward area in Raichur District of Karnataka is recognised as a
model by UNICEF and Government of Karnataka. Various pioneering projects
such as ``Portage to every village" initiated by CBR NETWORK is
recognized by both national and international organizations. ``Seva in
Action'', a project of Hindu Seva Prathisthan has established village
based Self Help mutual aids groups in 30 villages around Bangalore City
to address the needs of the disabled and the families.
Samajik Samarasatha - (Social Development Programs)
With a long history of service and dedication for the upliftment of
humanity, the Sangh work has carried with it a legacy of spreading the
message of peace and harmony with the growing number of volunteers.
Volunteers have been engaged in bringing about social transformation at
all levels, in the lower segments of the society where they are working
hard to eradicate illiteracy and poverty, and in the higher segments
where each one of them is working towards bringing in an attitudinal
change towards the lesser fortunate fellow beings.
Key Programs
MAINSTREAMING THE PARADHIS OF MAHARASHTRA
Of the forty two listed nomadic tribes in Maharastra, Paradhis, were
branded as bandits. Not permanent settlers, the Paradhis followed
nomadic lifestyles, moving frequently from one place to the other. They
also remained poor and illiterate. Yet they were an extremely close knit
people with their own social codes customs and norms. Bhatke Vimukta
Vikasa Pratishthan decided to mainstream the Paradhis. The Paradhi
children are not studying in a school, and about 25 families have been
settled in a village, Magar Sangvi. Seeing the transformation in the
tribals, Government of Maharashtra had deleted Criminal Caste against
their prefix. The Paradhis, are not at par with the rest of the tribes
in India.
Prof. Jagadeeshji, M.Sc., Ph.D. desired to conduct coaching center in
Harinagar, a Sevabasti (backward class) locality in Meerut metropolitan
city. He visited the locality several times going from house to seeking
students. But the politically prejudiced local youths vehemently opposed
the idea, so much so that they prohibited local people from sending
their wards to the coaching classes despite offer of free coaching.
At last one guardian offered his two children. Prof. Jagadeesh gladly
accepted the offer and patiently taught for one whole year. Both the
students fared very well in the annual exams. This event transformed the
entire atmosphere in Harinagar. The number of students now stands at
over 200. The local people have offered a proper place for conducting
coaching classes, which has now become a house-hold word. Not a trace of
opposition. To top it all the Dalit Academy of Delhi publicly honoured
Prof. Jagadeesh with a scroll and a Gold Medal for his services to the
Dalits. But this is not an exception. Thousands of devoted workers are
doing likewise.
UNITING PEOPLE THROUGH SANSKRIT
Sanskrit, which is the mother of all languages in Bharath, is also
taught in schools. But teachers use other languages as a medium to teach
Sanskrit. Sanskrit is taught to all children irrespective of their
social and economic backgrounds. Unfortunately Sanskrit was not seen as
a strong tool to unite the various sections of the society. The advocacy
groups - Samskrit Bharathi - which strongly felt that Sanskrit as a
spoken language can be a strong and effective tool to bind the hearts of
all sections of the society, gradually gained enough momentum to
convince the Delhi and Karnataka governments to issue directives stating
that education in Sanskrit should be in Sanskrit medium alone.
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITYTIES
Millions of devotees congregate on auspicious occasions at various holy
places. The organisations arrange free or subsidized meals to millions
of people; provide health care services; potable water to visitors;
regulate traffic flows; arrange living accommodation for the
visitors/pilgrims.
MOTHER EARTH
In a widespread environmental awakening since the early 1980s, the
Aarogya Vikas Project of Hindu Seva Prathisthana has been fighting to
stop the illegal felling of trees in Karnataka.
In Sagar taluk of Shimoga district of Karnataka, the village forests
have been safeguarded and tree planting programs take place once a year.
Gifting of saplings on marriages and other auspicious occasions has
become a novel practice among these villages.
Swayamsevaks were in the forefront of a successful battle against the
government's move to hand over 75,000 acres of forest and marginal land
to a joint sector undertaking in the mid 1980s. Swayamsevaks were
prominent participants in the `Save the Western Ghats March' in 1987.
DOMRAJA FEEDS DHARMACHARYAS (RELIGIOUS HEADS) AND
METHADHIPATIS IN HIS OWN HOME.
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''Dom'' community in Kashi (Banaras or Varanasi) are the traditional
''out-caste'', as disposal of dead bodies has been their age old
traditional profession. No caste Hindu would even thouch them. No one
ever entered their homes. They remained the most ``isolated'' group of
our society.For the first time in our social history, several heads of
various religious paths, maths and sanyasins visited the Domraja of
Kashi in his home and took meals prepared and served by him. This
unheard of episode demonstrated to every one our faith in ''Hindavha
Sahodara Sarve Na Hindu Patito Bhavet'' (All Hindus are first-line
brothers. No Hindu ever becomes outcaste). This incident took place at
Varanasi during the Dharmasamsad of V.H.P. held in 1995.
CHANGING MIND SETS
Untouchability has been declared as a punishable offence, but casteism
and social hierarchy exist very strongly in people's hearts. Seva
projects promote active participation of all brothers and sisters from
under-privileged sections of the society in all the mainstream
development programs.
MATRUMANDALS/BHAJAN
MANDALS/SATSANGHS
There are over 30,000 projects working towards building up awareness
on the social responsibility and Vedic cultural values. Hindu Jeevana
Deepika, a project of Hindu Seva Prathishtan in Karnataka is offering
postal training programs on the Hindu way of life.
TRANSLATING CONCERNS INTO ACTIONS...
From ''no entry'' to the exalted status of ''priests'' Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar & Mahatma Gandhi had to launch movements for allowing ''Harijans''
and so called lowcaste people to enter mandirs (temples) and offer
worship. It is just a recent past when ''Harijans'' were not allowed
even to enter temples. Thanks to the lead taken by our organisations, we
now see hundreds of temples wherein the so called Harijans and other
''backward'' class people officiate as priests in charge of these holy
places ! All classes of people not only cheerfully accept them, but also
encourage this process. That is why such temples have became the focus
of all round social change in their respective places. A tremendous
achievement indeed. Training courses for such priests are conducted by
Vishwa Hindu Parishat. In Kerala the Kanchi Acharya distributed
certificates to such persons.
VANABANDHU PARISHAD-A NOVEL ATTEMPT
(Friends of tribal society - F.T.S.)
The Vanabandhu Parishad was established in Calcutta in the year 1989.
The main thrust of the Vanbandhu Parishad is on exposing various classes
and groups of the non-vanavasi people to the life styles of our vanavasi
brothers. People staying in urban and metropolitan conglomerates,
particularly the well-to-do and middle class people, are seldom, if at
all, exposed to the life of vanavasis. Not even a few urban people ever
visit a vanavasi village, let alone stay there. But if they do so, they
realise, how deplorable the conditions there are.
The Vanabandhu Parishad organises planned visits to the vanavasi areas,
of various groups of urban people with their families. These groups are
taken around several seva activities conducted by Sangh inspired
organisations.
Once the urban people see for themselves the miserable conditions
prevalent in the vanavasi areas, many of them get motivated too and
render a helping hand to persons and organisations that strive for the
welfare of our vanavasi brothers. They mobilise resources of various
types of aid such programmes. They maintain sustained liaison with these
organisations.
The Vanabandhu Parishad participates in organising training of the
workers besides promoting and sustaining several seva activities in the
vanavasi areas. The activity of V.B.P. has been extended to other weaker
sections of society as well.
It is through the financial and other resources mobilised by the
Vanabandhu Parishad that several hundreds of Ekal Vidyalayas (one
teacher educational activities) in various states are run. ``RAMA KATHA''
programmes are being conducted on a mass scale in a vanavasi areas by
training our vanavasi brothers and sisters for that purpose.
No doubt such mutual exchanges and sharing will help integration of the
vanavasi brothers in the mainstream. It will save them from failing into
traps of anti-social and anti-national forces, separatist's tendencies
and the like. It will open innumerable opportunities for our vanavasi
brothers to participate meaningfully in social reconstruction and
development.
SAMAJIK VIKAS (Economic Development)
Economic development is one of the important sectors in which the
organisation is actively engaged.
These development projects go beyond viewing human development as a
function of economic indices such as per capita income or PPP (Purchase
power parity). It is important for us to assist people to help
themselves in meeting their basic needs and to lead to help themselves
in meeting their basic needs and to leadd a life in harmony with nature.
Nature can meet our need but not our greed. Therefore all economic
development projects are carefully planned so as to be in balance with
the available natural resources. Inverted pyramid approach is an
integral focus that is emphasized is that all development projects
should be started/managed by local people. People who share Sangh's
vision play the role of catalysts in promoting local community to find
solutions to their problems.
Highlights of Economic Programs
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Workshop training programmes are organized in various disciplines for
men and women with the aim of generating self-employment. These include
training in stitching, tailoring, machine oepration, typing, computer
operations, agriculture etc.
DEVELOPMENT NOT CHARITY
The main thrust of the training is to enable people to help themselves.
Self help approach plays a significant role in the economic development
programs. Organizations provide training and need-based inputs to enable
people to deal with the situation in their lives. Collective efforts are
made through organizing selfhelp savings groups.
PROMOTING COTTAGE INDUSTRIES
The nation lives in the cottage industries-the persant, the shoemaker,
the sweeper and such others have much greater capacity for work and self
reliance. These words of Swami Vivekananda point out the importance of
every kind of worker, however small, in the social fabric. The
organizations' implementing economic development program recognize this
factor and has taken the economic development of every vocational
aspect.
Key Development Projects
HOLISTIC RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Samagra Gram Vikas is a specific program that is aimed at helping rural
communities in meeting all their needs and is currently being carried
out in selected places in the country. Freedom from hunger, illiteracy,
diseases and lack of shelter constitute the core focus of its efforts.
Development of water resources, agriculture, local industries and a
market for local products are some of the constituent steps taken.
Special efforts are made to improve sanitation and hygiene. Economic,
environmental and cultural aspects of local life are addressed by
improving places of worship, organizing cultural functions, forming
bhajan mandalis, libraries etc. to generate social harmony and a feeling
of unity and fraternity.
The economic programs make a constant endeavor to sprout new development
works.
Economic development sectors include model farms, veterinary services,
bio-gas promotion wasteland development, computer education, food
processing, poultry, herbal medical plantations, social forestry, waste
resources conservation etc.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Seva Bharati at Delhi and other places has started vocational training
centers to enable the youth to become self-sufficient. Training programs
for electrical and electronic trades are held in three batches of 250
students each. The training includes practial and theory lessons for
four to six months where students are trained to become electricians.
Maharashtra Pragathi Prathisthan offers Obstetric nursing (Dai) training
to village women. Designed on scientific lines, a modern `implement kit'
is given to each Dai. This serves as a vocation for women as well as
being an immense help to expectant women in the villages.
INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN
Self-employment for women is also on the agenda. Seva Bharati started a
Papad making centre at Gorakhpur of Uttar Pradesh. Training and raw
materials are provided by the Karyakarthas. The women roll out the
papads in their own homes. The papads are collected, packed and marketed
centrally. Similarly tooth powder-making centers have been started. The
organization helps in the marketing of the products. The women have
gained self-employment with the help of the Karyakartas. This type of
activity goes on at several places.
FIGHTING FOR OUR BASIC NEEDS
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad found that the conditions in the
schedules caste and schedules tribe hostels were not satisfactory. Much
of the earmarked grant was misappropriated. The students were unware of
the facilities they were entitled to. As a result of the campaign and
the report submitted to the Ministry of Education, the students are now
aware of the facilities available to them covering food, textbooks,
medical expenses, library, etc. The situation has vastly improved.
NYMITTHIK/CASUAL SERVICES (Disaster Management)
Utsave, Vyasney Prapte Durbhikshe, Shatru Sankate Rajadware, Smashane
Cha Yah tishthati sa Bandhavah
(He who stands by you to render a helping hand in times of rejoicing,
famine, attacks from enemies, calamities, when you are honoured by Kings
and at your death bed is your true brother/friend.)
All organizations inspired by the Sangh have consistently been in the
forefront of rendering a helping hand in countless calamities, reaching
there at once, be it natural or man-made, in providing relief and also
rehabilitation. Like a well-oiled machine, the Sangh workers are adept
at meeting the immediate needs of the people : surveys are conducted,
damages are assessed, short and long term measures decided
systematically. The role of the RSS volunteers has been widely
recognized in this area of prime concern.
A friend in need
RSS Volunteers actively participated in reaching out to people in
distress.
1993 : At the time of the Latur earthquake in 1993, thousands of
swayamsevaks pressed into immediate action and were there for three
months providing relief services to the afflicted. As a permanent
measure, a residential high school for over 500 quake-affected children
was started within three weeks. A village with quakeproof technology was
also built; this was the first to be handed over to the villagers.
1996 : Poorva Andhra Pradesh was hit by a cyclone in which
millions of people were affected. The Sangh people offered palliative
and relief services to the affected people and rebuilt four villages.The
famine of 1996-97 was widespread and severe. The sevaks reached relief
measures in 38,000 villages of 32 blocks in 5 districts.
1997 : Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh was rocked by a devastating
earthquake in May in which 555 villages and 67 wards of urban towns were
affected out of which 50 and 19 wards suffered serious damages. The
Karyakartas were the first to reach the destitute to render assistance
and rehabilitation facilities.
The 1997 floods in Gujarat severely affected peoples' lives there. Seva
Bharathi Gujarat rushed to provide assistance to the flood affected
people within a few hours.
1998 : Gujarath Kandal port cyclone. Earthquake near Uttara Kasi
in U.P.
These are instances of only the recent crisis management efforts.
History of such inventions date back to the inception years where
volunteers were always the first to reach the disaster sites. The Bhopal
gas tragedy, the airplane accident in Haryana and the Faridabad train
accidents are some of the earlier instances of volunteers' intervention
at times of crisis.
INFORMATION ON SOME NATIONAL LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
With the concept of developing a self-reliant in integrated society many
social development projects have been started by the volunteers inspired
by Sangh vision. These projects cover a wide spectrum of people's
development addressing various issues particularly those that affect
people living in remote corners of the country.
SEVA BHARATI
An umbrella organization started in 1978 to network all organization
working for the upliftment of our society.
VISHWA HINDU PARISHAD
A national level organization started in 1964 to protect the ancient
Hindu culture, unite and rejuvenate Hindus. VHP is running schools,
Bhajan mandals, satsanghas in rural and urban areas.
VANAVASI KALYAN ASHRAM
A national level organization which is exclusively focusing on total
development of vanavasis. This was started in 1952.
DEENADAYAL SHODH SAMSTHAN (D.S.S.)
The D.S.S. was founded in the year 1972. Its Head Quarters is located in
Delhi.
The main objective of DSS is to translate into practice the philosophy,
concepts and ideas of Sri Deendayal Upadhyaya. Its special interest is
development of villages; particularly those located in the backward
areas or neglected areas of our country.
BHARAT VIKAS PARISHAD
The principal thrust of the BVP is on reaching various neglected groups
of the society with a view to empowering them so that they can
participate in national development in a meaningful way. It has provided
artificial limbs and other facilities to thousands of physically
handicapped in various parts of the country, free of cost.
RASHTRA SEVIKA SAMITI
Creating awareness among women regarding their cultural and social
reponsibilities is the principal theme of the work of the samiti. With
this aim in view the Samiti imparts training to women. The said training
involves promoting holistic development of women.
AKHIL BHARATIYA VIDYARTHI PARISHAD (ABVP)
ABVP plays a constructive role in focussing their programms not only on
advocacy vis-a-vis the problems and difficulties faced by students and
educational institutions but also on all aspects related to the field of
education and also motivate the students to serve the society.
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