Annual Report 15-16

Annual Report – 2015-16

Sewa Sansthan is an organization of studious and social workers which was established on 15 August 1947. This Institution has always been endeavoring for social, cultural, educational and economical upliftment of the masses through the association of various institutions. The salient objective of this institution is to ensure welfare of the nation with out any discrimination of catechism, untouchability and political grouping. The computer literacy has been taken special care in the year 2010-11 by this institution.

At present, the following institutions are working:

1.     H.I.V. awareness programme

2.     Saroj Devi Memorial Reading Room

3.     Bhojpuri Folk Literature Art Gallery

4.     Infant Development (Child Education & Nourishment)

5.     Ideal Spinning Wheel & Loom House

6.     Saroj Devi Memorial College

7.     Ideal Library      

8.     Cultural Development Council

9.     Agrauli Female School

10.    Yuvak Mangal Dal

11.    Mukteshwar Publication

1. H.I.V. Awareness Programme:- This year H.I.V. awareness derive has been operated under the aegis of autonomous institutions whose concise programme is being given in this report. AIDS is the crucial danger amongst all ailment for human. The only way of avoiding this ailment to have complete & correct information about H.I.V. (H.I.V. Virus) because the relevant knowledge can make possible to avert AIDS. A special training campaign was launched for those youths who reside in Delhi and Mumbai and a film was telecast at Second Saturday of each month at Agrauli and nearby villages.

You can make friendship with those who are suffering with AIDS/H.I.V. with out any fear because this is neither epidemic nor contagious disease. AIDS patients need your love and affection, Don’t discard them because affinity spreads love not AIDS.

Through this programme only five AIDS patients have been identified and the arrangement of medicines was made by district hospital. These posters were put on Railway Stations & Public Places.

2. IDEAL LIBRARY :- This library was established on 15 August 1947. It lies at the heart of many villages of two blocks which is at the bank of Dubhar and Belhari. This service sector is over the population of 2 lakhs. The people of every nook & corner of this district use this facility. Library has its own concrete building. The work of building expansions is under construction. There is a separate section of girls and boys. Library has mobile division by which books are sent to readers at various villages. Various Library centers have been established at various villages where a good number of books are sent and ordered. In referral years the total no. of such centers is 40. There is a plan to establish such centers to all the villages of district. The various services like, reference service, Manuscript Collection Service, Rare Book Collection Service and Publication Service are available in the library. Under the cultural functions, various programmes at various topics like – lecture series, symposium, group study, art skill exhibition, art & painting and drama performances have been organized from time to time. One block of the library was inaugurated by Shri Pratap Singh, commissioner, Varanasi district on 25 October 1975. The district magistrate, District Development Officer, Suptd. of police, District Organizer and Province Guard Group  Officers etc were present at that time. At that day, a debate took place over family planning and 20 point programme. In referral years, the total no. of books were 202118 in which total no. of reading book were 43320 and average no. of daily books were 200. The total expenditure over library was 108000.00. In the same year, a grant of Rs. 70,000 was received by Rajaram Mohan Roy Foundation by which the whole library was distributed in four parts. Under which a child library, women library, a library for old and an adult library for adult was established. Along with, a campus for child library was established separately. In coming years,  the development plan of its own building is under consideration.

3. Saroj Devi Memorial Reading Room: Saroj Devi Memorial Reading Room was also established with the inception of Library. The available books & magazines in Reading Room are to be sent at various library centers and colleges from which the residents, students & teachers from there are benefited. Total 50 books & magazine come in Reading Room out of which 10 daily, 15 weekly, 5 fortnightly and 20 monthly. This year, the total no. of beneficiary readers is 72150 in which daily average attendance is 30.

Improvement Plan for Library & Reading Room

A modern scientific plan is made for improving the Library & Reading Room Services. This plan is being sent to state & central government for financial aid.

                                                                              

The following programmes are kept under this plan:

1.     The more books to be purchased

2.     To make the counter to facilitate the interchange facility & to purchase the furniture & equipment.

3.     To appoint the trained employee.

4.     To purchase a Radio & a Loud-Speaker Set under the collective-hearing programme,.

5.     To expand the child department of Library

6.     To establish the library centers in 10 villages next year

7.     To arrange the furniture for 50 readers

8.     To arrange the furniture for children library

9.     To open an office in cultural city, Varanasi

3. Cultural Development Council : This council was established in 1955 for the patronage & development of Indian Art and culture. The objectives of the council to keep the Indian Art and Culture in its original form are enumerated below:

1.     To make the arrangement of teaching & training of Art & Culture.

2.     To establish the museums for compiling articles related to Culture and Artistry.

3.     To research on Art & Culture and publish the books & magazines.

4.     To organize the cultural programmes.

5.     To organize the symposium & meetings for the development of activities relating to Art & Culture.

6.     To organize the exhibitions on Art & Culture.

7.     To organize the Theatre performance, teaching & training of Theatre-Art and to organize the competition.

8.     To compile the Folk-Songs, Folk-Poetry and other Folk-Literature, Folk-Music, Folk-Drama, publications performance and to organize their competitions and to reward the same.

9.     To organize other activities this would be useful in the promotion of Art & Culture.

In referral years, Social meetings were held on national & social festivals like Independence Day, Republic Day, Gandhi Jayanti, Children’s Day, Basantpanchami, Saraswati Punaj, Holi, Deepawali, Eid etc. On the occasion of Annual Function, a big exhibition was organized related to Rural Art, Industry Trade & Family Planning. Physical & Educational competitions were held for youth and children.

 At the same time, a conference was held for women & youth. On the occasion of Basant Panchami, Folk-Song, Folk-Music, Fold-Drama and Folk-Meeting was organized. An expense of Rs. 3,00,000.00 was incurred against cultural events. A grant of Rs. 3000/- was received by the department of Cultural Affairs, U.P. during 1986-87 and a grant of Rs. 3000/- was also received by the department of National Integration, U.P. IN 1989-90 to organized cultural events.

4. Bhojpuri Folk Literature & Art Museum : Various things have been  compiled related to Bhojpuri Artistry in this museum. Here one can find a better collection of rare portraits of great men and their signature. The development plan of museum is under consideration.

5. Dissemination Plan of Sanskrit and Study & Research of Indian Culture : Several works have been concluded by the library for the dissemination of Sanskrit Language-Literature and Indian Culture. Bookish and other facilities are given for the study of Sanskrit & Indian Culture to regular & private scholars. Having been benefited by this programme, Shree Narsingh Pandey-Lecturer from the department of Sanskrit of Kamla Devi Degree College, Dubhar was awarded a “Degree of Vidwavaridhi” on the topic “Kalika Purarasya Sanskritik Adhyanam” from Shree Sampurnanand Sanskrat University. Shree Trilok Nath Pandey obtained a Ph.D. degree on  research of Hindi Literature from Kashi Vidyapeeth. There is a separate department of Sanskrit in library in which a good no. of books are available of various topics of Sanskrit Literature. On the occasion of this annual function a speech & essay contests were organized in Sanskrit.  At that time a scholary-symposium also took place for Sanskrit Scholars. In this financial year, a divisional festival of Theater Festival was organized by the U.P. Opera Academy in which institute got an opportunity of presentation under the efficient guidance of Director, Dr. Vivek Kumar Pandey. In which Videshiya Drama was presented which was acclaimed by the presented people. It is expected to get a chance to present “Videshiya” at Rajbhawan as well.

Child Welfare

6. Kindergarten (Pre-primary Welfare) : Under the regular child welfare scheme, this institution was established on 1950. Wooden Goods are kept for infant’s teaching & recreation. There is proper arrangement for the disposal of nutritious food & their health checkup. This institution is approved by Central Social Welfare Advisory Board. This year, there were two hundred infants in Kindergarten. During the year under reference, an amount of Rs. 72000/- was incurred on general administration & nutrition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Women Empowerment

7. Agrauli Women Empowerment :  This institute was established by the Women Development Corporation of Bihar for the Women Welfare Plan. The teaching & training arrangements are being made by this institution to educate the women for Domestic Art, Children’s Upbringing, family planning & health etc.  A women conference was organized on the occasion of Annual Function. There is a knitting & Embroidery school for women for which attempts are being made to organize the same. This year, the total no. of beneficiary women & girls were 50 and 90 respectively. A sum of Rs.12000/- was incurred on this plan.

8. The ambitious plan of Women Development Corporation of Bihar: This Corporation was called to give a presentation for the development of poor and destitute and it has been approved for the women’s development of Bihar. The participation of Kanchan and Sarita of Women’s Division was remarkable.

The aims are :

1.     To provide counseling to battered/tortured women and their families.

2.     To provide free legal aid.

3.     To make them become self dependant                                                                                                                                                        

9. Optional Proceedings Bureau: This Bureau was established on 1^st January 1983 on the evocation of Central Social Welfare Advisory Board. The ultimate goal of this bureau was to provide relief to abandoned, threatened and oppressed women and to find a way to Socio-Economic problems.

Social Welfare

10. Disabled House Services: This institute was established for physically & mentally handicapped and impaired persons who are endeavoring for teaching, training and rehabilitation of handicapped. The available services are as under:

1.     To detect the disability

2.     To advice the parents

3.     To send in hospital

4.     To provide education facilities

5.     To arrange the training facilities for employment.

6.     To provide the employment and to arrange employment elsewhere

7.     To help in receiving government aid to disabled

The ongoing training's are :

1.     Spinning Wheel

2.     Stitching, Knitting & Embroidery

3.     Family planning & Welfare

4.     Child growth & Nutrition

Spinning Wheel, Shirt Cloth etc are given to disabled free of cost.  For obtaining Medical treatment and equipments, the patients are given proper consultation & necessary help and they advised to move to concerned hospitals/places. This facility is available to disabled of all ages. In referral years, 10 disabled are benefitted by this house. Only two persons have been given employment by this house. The plan for making this house effective is under consideration.

Family Planning : The member of Sewa Sansthan, Ideal Library, Kindergarten, Yuvak Mangal Dal, Mahila Mangal Dal and their employees expressed his strong faith & taken oath to help in execution of their 20 points programme & family planning. Various Seminars were organized for family planning in many big cities including Balia. 

Dowry Eradication: All the members took a vow for not receiving dowry,  not making any discrimination on the ground of casteism and assured for full co-operation for its propagation.

Plantation: The member of the Institute, Library & Yuvak Mangal Dal were planted himself some trees for making plantation programme success. Inspire the people to plant the trees in this village & near by villages. Total 125 plants are planted this year. There is a plan to plant fruit trees on both side of the roads and lay bricks on it. The institute and Yuvak Mangal Dal will be benefited as well. Under Pollution Control Board of Azamgarh, the tree plantation and tree donation programme was carried out in several cities including Balia.