Abhiyan

Abhiyan working for Bihar Flood Victims

abhiyan — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:30:35 +0000

Abhiyan is working Day-in and Day-out for Bihar Flood victims. Below are few pictures taken from the camp running in Shripur, Supaul.

Abhiyan in Shripur, Supaul

Chandrabhushanji distributing food

Chandrabhushanji with Ambuj Tiwari @ Abhiyan Camp in Shripur

Our Activities

abhiyan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:16:05 +0000

Campaign against dowry, female foeticides and Negative Cultural Attitude towards female : Patna and Jehanabad districts are covered under this programme. Massive campaign trough different activities have been undertaken mainly against negative cultural attitude towards female and all sorts of women atrocities including domestic violence. Women related issues like dowry, atrocities, dowry death, female foeticides, women education, women rights and entitlements, their participation in decision making process at family, village and Panchayat levels are focused.

Environmental Education Programme: 20 High and Middle schools of Kako block of Jehanabad district have been covered under this. School children and the villagers have been educated and awared of the need of the pollution free environment in the interest of all living beings. The main issues of focus were solid waste management biodiversity, vermin composting etc.

Entrepreneurship Development and Training to youth: This training was extended to the youth of PMRY Scheme in entrepreneurship Development training to enable them to start with income generation activities for their sustainable livelihood. The trained youths have started their income generation activities and running the same well.

Running of residential Schools for SC/ST/Minority girls. Two residential camp schools are being run at Taljhari & Borio block of Sahibganj district of Jharkhand, exclusively for the girls of lower strata. The female children belong to disprivilledged section of society.

Campaign against ARSENIC: A massive campaign for removal of Arsenic from the existing drinking water sources and provisioning of safe water for drinking with the view to prevent diseases cause due to this are being organized in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand.

Water and Sanitation Programe: Abiyan has launched a massive campaign in Pantna and Sheikhpura districts of Bihar. It has assessed the need of the Panchayat People through a survey and in the process of searching a suitable intervention for providing need based services in the field of water and sanitation’s. 135 Low cost latrines have been constructed so far.s

Networking with NGOs, working for disabled, ATSEC, CACT, Women atrocities : Abhiyan has taken initiatives for the formation of a state level platform to deal with the issues of disability, ATSEC, Campaign against child trafficking & women atrocities. There are 50 members representing different NGOs located in the state of Bihar. They will make combined and collective efforts for rehabilitation for PWDs, children rescued and will pressurized the concerned officials for realizing their due share and have advocacy in favour of above targeted groups.

Our Mission

abhiyan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:12:54 +0000

To educate, organize and empower the rural poor for promoting development as a liberating force aimed at justice, economic growth and self reliance and to capacitate the persons with disability for social participation

Our Vision

abhiyan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:11:32 +0000

Establishment of progressive, peaceful and just society based in the values of equality, fraternity and mutual help.

Our Objective

abhiyan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:08:09 +0000

To campaign against poverty, Inequality, exploitation, injustice, ignorance.
To work towards economic empowerment of the communities by encouraging sustainable agricultural practices and livelihoods.
To create awareness and organize rural poor towards their rights, duties and responsibilities by providing information about various schemes and entitlements.
To provide and encourage educational opportunities to the children of the communities.
To improve health & sanitation facilities for the rural poor.
To strengthen local self-governance institutions and train women representatives in leadership development.
Work towards community based rehabilitation of persons with disabilities in the communities.

About Us

abhiyan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:46:17 +0000

Inspired with Gandhi Jee, Vinoba, Lohia and Lok Nayak Jaiparakash Narayan a group of people with improved social devotion and feeling organized them “To establish a just society in which no one remains hungry, unemployed, illiterate and exploited.” ABHIYAN came into existence on the eve of International Women’s Day, 8 th March 1991. In the same year it got legal status and registered under Societies Registration Act, 21, 1860. Its effort is to give grass root development a new dimension by following the mantra of TOWARDS COMMUNITY and CHANGING BEHAVIOUR. By following homogeneity and philanthropic ideology, effort is to educate, organize, sensitize and empower Dalit, Poor and weaker section of the society and focus on mainstreaming the rural poor and underprivileged section of society towards development. The organization follow the principle of we feeling, participatory approach, blending of professionalism with social feeling, community participation and suggestions. The organization has intervention of Bihar and Jharkhand states and the main programs are women Empowerment, Reproductive and child health, rehabilitation of disabled, community building, health education, agriculture development, environmental education etc. Effort is to make both community and Government sensitive towards grass root development. It emphasizes to link organization activities and initiatives with government schemes and programmes for sustainable development. Smiling faces of women, children youth , poor, dalit and weaker section of society shows sound steps of ABHIYAN.