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Projects

BGM Service Society is undertaking the following projects:

Education [Top]

International Volunteers Programme

BGM Social Service Society is the member of International Volunteers group. We conduct various exchange programmes, which benefit the local people very much. Through this programme we were able to understand various cultural activities prevailing in other parts of the World. Many foreigners visit our organization and stay here from 1 week to 3 months. During this period they are actively involved in various activities of our organization. They take classes in our evening Schools on various topics.

School Material distribution Programme

Most of the families in the target area belong to B.P.L families. More than 50% of the population belong to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe,Dhalith and Other backward communities. Their living conditions are very poor. Most of the parents are illiterate and they are unable to teach their children properly. The poor parents are unable to provide study materials like text books, note books and school uniform to their children. This is the main reason for not sending their children regularly in schools.

Evening School Education Programme

As most of the families in the target area belong to Below Poverty Line(BPL) families. Their parents are illiterate and they are unable to teach their children properly. But always they want to give better education to their children. The poor children are unable to attend regular class in Schools because most of the children does not get uniform or cloth. To overcome this situation, the organization regularly conduct free tuition to the students of 23 villages during all evening times and holidays. A dedicated and committed team of educated persons are co-operating with the organization for conducting Tuition classes..

At present we have got 23 centers and the number of students in each center varies from 30 to 40. Totally around 614 students attend the classes. We provide small refreshment to the students because most of the students belong to very poor families. In each centre we provide one teacher.

We regularly distribute study materials and school uniform, School bag etc to poor school students in the nearby Schools. This year we had distributed School uniform to more than 600 poor students studying in various schools from 1st Standard to 8th Standard. The study materials and uniforms were purchased with the contributions received from well wishers and from our own fund. If the study materials and uniforms were not distributed, may poor students will not be in a position to go to schools.

Computer Education Programme

Computer Technology is increasingly making new applications. Earlier computers were mainly used for data processing. Most of the companies and organizations had many application like pay roll, inventory control, account payables etc. But today this scenario is gradually changing. Many of the services that we make use of in our daily life is associated with computer applications. Thus computer applications give ample scope for rural youth especially rural women to create employment opportunities.

Organization had developed a computer training center with 2 computers and other facilities. We had appointed a teacher to impart training in computer This is very much helpful to the rural women in this area. We provide free training to the Self Help Group members and other unemployed girls. A qualified and experienced teacher is working as trainer cum D T P worker. Many trained girls get employment opportunities as wage employees.

Environment [Top]

Environment Programme

We had developed an environment club. They visit houses and help the families to plant trees and other plants for environment protection. We regularly conduct environment campaigns in which the bad effects of plastic and other non degradable materials are explained to them. This year we had organized the world environment day by organizing a seminar. The women development cell of the Organization organize different awareness programmes regularly through women Self Help Groups. A lot of group discussions and interactions are arranged with in the Women self help Groups and Tution centres. We regularly conduct awareness camps for mothers in nutrition, Health and sanitation, child care etc. These camps are very much useful to them.

Rain Water Harvesting

In these days we are costructing Rainwater Harveting tanks to our needy people in our area

Health Programmes [Top]

Ayurvedic Clinic

Organization is running an Ayurvedic free clinic at Puruvimala, Tribal forest people which is situated with in the forest areas providing consultation and medicines on every Wednesdays. At about 50 70(Tribes) are visiting the clinic for consultation and medicines. This clinic is very useful for this poor peoples. There is no other medical facilities in that forest area.

Emergency Distribution

We had developed a emergency cell to provide all assistance to the local people as and when required. Some time natural Calamities, Or other disease in whole village people, or lot of poverty in one area, or suffering widows for food, or children, in that time we will distribute medicine, or rice or and daily livelihood items that critical condition time.

Water Well Construction for poor families

The target area is suffering from acute shortage of drinking water around six months a year. Most of the people depend on open water sources like pond, community wells etc. for fetching water. But during summer the level of ground water gets lowered and they do not get drinking water. So, Sometime people getting cholera , diahria and different kind of water related diseases. So, we try to dig Open wells to individual wells to poor people wherever possible.

Toilet Construction Programme

From inception Organization concentrates on the health and hygiene of rural people. One of the main problem in this area is the non availability of sanitary latrines for the poor people. At present they do not have proper sanitation facility. Many people do defecating and urinating in open places, which lead to water and air pollution, causing lot of communicable diseases and infection of various types of worms among the children. We regularly construct improved and cost effective sanitary latrines to poor people. By providing sanitary latrines to individual houses, the sanitary habits can be encouraged among rural folk. This will also provide privacy especially among women and children and is more convenient during Monsoon and winter seasons. Regular awareness training will also be provided to the people

Women Empowerment Project [Top]

Organization had already formed more than 215 women S.H.G. . The number of members in each group varies from 15 to 20. The strengthening of Self Help Groups(SHGs) through training, setting up micro production units, Goat rearing, Poultry keeping etc assumes a vital role in the alleviation rural poverty. SHG’s are an effective mode of rural saving, mobilization and credit delivery to the poor women. More over these SHG’s are expected to a Forum of women in which they discuss and disseminate their problems and take a collective decision to solve these problems. Almost all members belong to very poor families and their living conditions are very poor. We regularly conduct group meetings in which the members talk very openly and discuss their problem. One member from the organization regularly attend the meeting and give proper guidance to them. At present women are aware that unless and until they come together and work together and fight their rights will still be a dream. Organizing the women and creating awareness is formed to be most important in their regard. Organization take the responsibility of organizing them, mobilizing them and capacitating them. For that we have five animators and one Co –coordinator.

Tailoring School

The tailoring school run by the organization is very much helpful to the rural women in this area. We provide free training to them. A well qualified and experienced teacher is working as trainer. After training the women use this center as a common service center. Most of the trained women use the facility. Many trained SHG members purchase sewing machine and regularly use it. We provide all help to SHG members to purchase machine and to start production centers either individually or collectively. They are further given short term training in Embroidery and fashion Design work, which gives more income to them.

Empowerment through Vocational Training

Handicraft Training Programme
We are running different kind of handi craft Training programme ,Like doll making training, hand made flower making training, Fabric painting training, Hand Embroidery Training,Pappad making Training, Pickle making training, etc. Many rural women’s are using this facility from us.
Fabric Painting with Hand Embroidery
Flower making Training and Sari Painting and Hand Embroidery Training.
In order to overcome un-employment and poverty, trust is running a Job training for poor women. Training is given at free of cost. After the completion of the training, organisation is providing adequate support to these women beneficiaries to start independent units.The main objective of such training programmes is to provide earning power to the poor women. Majority of the women in the society are depending on the earning of their husbands. So family income is not improving. In addition to it due to lack adequate job opportunities and low remuneration life of these poor women are miserable. Now the organisation is actively conducting such training programmes to reduce unemployment and poverty. Number of women in the adjacent villages are approaching the trust to start training centers at their villages, but due to lack of sufficient funds we are not in a position to accept their request.

Cow Distribution

The organization is working in this area for the last 12 year. We had conducted a large number of awareness camps and programme in the target area. We had conducted a detailed survey of each and every family in the target area and recorded all resources available. They had a lot of Socio-economic problems which make their living conditions very poor. B.G.M.Social Service centre is working in this area for quite a long term. The male members are the main earning members who go for outside jobs. They get job only for few days. So their family income is very low and living conditions are poor. Women members get a lot of spare time. Even though they cannot be engaged full time, if the spare time is made use of, they can also make some income. If the women members are organized trained and capacitated, they themselves will be able to generate sustainable income.

Animal Husbandry developments fits most appropriately in the country’s programme for food security, rural development and equitable distribution of income. It directly helps in crop production not only by providing manure but also by making sufficient funds available for purchasing essential imputs. Animal husbandry offers additional employment opportunities to rural people. This can be treated as a complementary or supplementary source of income to different target groups in rural areas.

Cows can efficiently survive on available shrubs & trees in use harsh environment in low fertility land. When agricultural crops fail, rearing of cows help small and marginal farmers. It is especially true in the case of small/marginal farmers, landless labour & rural folks, weaker sections and women. cow keeping is recommended for rural people not only for earning additional income, but also as a regular source of milk for their children. Cows have low maintenance costs and give short-term returns on capital investment with low risk on capital investment. We distributed milking cow women in the family, who had more than 10 cents of land which is being unutilized. If new variety of grass can be grown, it will be sufficient of one cow to feed throughout the year. The average milk yield is 10 liters per day and the net profit is around Rs 75 per day. This is very much helpful to the family because this gives an additional remuneration for their spare time job..

Now they had started vegetable cultivation using the cow dung ( Organic manure). Of course a part of milk and fresh vegetables will be consumed by the family members, which in turn will improve the health of rural folk in turn will give additional income to them.The main objective of the scheme to make sure that women become self independent and family get good nutrition (milk and vegetables) and education to their children.

Goat Distribution

Goat rearing is comparatively simple and less expensive and can be managed by women. There is very good demand for goat milk and goat meat. A new variety of goat called “malabari Goat”, having high yielding capacity in terms of milk and meat is identified and Propagated by the Organization. This has very good disease prevention capacity also. Organization promotes goat rearing among the groups because this provide comparatively better income with less strain. The amount for the purchase of goat will be mobilized by the beneficiary through Bank and will be monitored by the Organization through SHG.