Activities

MAJOR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY BNP

CRECHE


The institution has opened creche for for the children of women-labours. These children are checked up medically and are provided playthings as well as means of education. Every effort is taken to develop them both, physically as well as intellectually/mentally. Presently 320 creche are being run in Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra pradesh, Karnataka and U.P. This activity is conducted by the institution at national level. Creches run in rural and urban areas provide comprehensive daycare services to the children of working and ailing mothers belonging to low income group. By running this activity, BNP has provided a great sence of security for poor working mothers that their children are properly nursed while they are struggling hard for their family livelihood.

This project of creche was launched in 1981. The Children of the age-group of 0 to 6 are admitted in the creche. Each creche accommodate 30 children. Nearly 9000 children form 4 states get the benefit of this facility. Each is administered by two teachers and thus totally 700 working included 640 teachers and 30 supervisor are working in the project.

About 320 creche center are run all over India in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka,Goa, 9000 children [0 to 6 yers of age] and thir mother are benefitted by this activity. The creche is a need of today's socity over and above the Anganwadi and Balwadi Kids form age of six month are admitted. The creches are open for hours, a day and throughout the year without any vacation. The institution has taken lots of efforts in establishing the creche culture amoung people. At the first place, it has chalked out a time-table for the creche as regards the activities of the children and also as regards the diet of the childern. Secondly, it has given a full emphasis on training of the creche workers. New methods and technics invoke child psychology , child devolopment, importance of games are taught to the creche workers during the training. After the training creche workers are regularly refreshed so that they are fit to be creche mothers of the kids.

Constant monitoring of the health of kids is another feature of our creche programme. Regular medical check-up immunisation promotion, well-maintained health cards provide healthy atmosphere at the creche centers.

Delicious nourishing supplement diet for the childern is a speciality of Nivedita Creche Centers The diet is given to the kids at intervals during the creche hours and it include sprouts , sancks, fruits and vegetables, sweets, chikkis and AMRITPRASH. The sancks are prepared out of ready mix food provided to the center by Central Kitchen.

The diet pattern is carefully designed center the needs of growing children, the dishes are modified according to the regional habits but the children do get a satisfaction of Fullness after the diet. Local doctor and teachers admit the over all progress of children and give the credit to BNP craches

In addition to programmes, picnics, competitions, exhibition etc. are arranged in the creches while celebrating various national, cultural, holy function. The creche programme is a major activity run by the institution. Lot of efforts and hard works is needed managing this activity. It is being fouded by Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi For a smooth and uniform fuctioning of this activity, the intitution has appointedsupervisory staff who visit the crechecenters regularly, check the fuctioning, give a feedback to the head office where the over-all co-ordination takes place. The result of all this whole hearted attempt is the efficient running of creches. In most of the cases the accommodation is provided by the respective Gram Panchayat, without whose activity co-operation the activity would be of very little.

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CENTRAL KITCHEN

The food is cooked in Central Kitchen of the institution with the intention to provide nutritiously rich and wholesome food to the children in the creche. Several dishes including Kheer, Idli, Dhokala along leguminous / cereals. All the children in all the creche of the institution are given nutritiously rich foods. All the eatables have been inspected / checked certified as edibles by the laboratories of the government. The line grains are bought by the institution & after neatly cleaning them, the food is prepared in the Central Kitchen.

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ORPHANAGE [BALSADAN]

The Bhagini Nivedita runs an orphanage for girl. Here the beneficiaries are having single parent or totally orphan. At present 40 girls in the age group 6 to 18 are admitted here. They are provided fully loading and boarding facility in the imposing building at Yashvantnagar. They are given school and collage facility. After 18 they are given vocational training to make them self supporting. Govt of Maharashtra has sanctioned this programme.

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HOSTEL

Working womens hostel was the first activity started by the institution. An old building Rajwada campus at sangli was hired and a working women hostel was started. The activity gained good response at that time when there was hardly any staying facility for working women who were single, unmarried and young. Nivedita Pratisthan fulfilled the need of a safe and centrally located hostel that also provides a good quality food. In now 102 Womens were accommodated in the building off the hostel. In 1991 the dept. of women and child welfare central Govt. took the notice and acknowledged the worth and importance of this facility.

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AIDS AFFECTED GIRLS BALGRAH

It is by now commonly agreed a fact that fatal disease of AIDS is spreading widely. BNP has started an AIDS Rehabilitation center especially for small girls at Yashvantnagar, Sangli since 1993. This center provides loading boarding facilities with various means of entertainment, At present the beneficiaries are 95 in number between age group 6 to 18. They get checked up regularly. All the children are done CD 4 count and are provided ART pills Govt. of Maharashtra ( Mahila Bal Kalyan) has sanctioned this programme.

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FAMILY COUNSELLING

This Center was launched in jan 1st, 1992 to secure justice for the deserted, homeless And economically feeble women. Complaints Such as dowery-death addict husbands etc. ithave been registered by 1200 women. The relentless efforts & mediation of BNP workers could bring justice to 1050 women Last year. BNP also stared New Family couns-alling center in city police Station, jat D.S.P. Sangli, Smt Nasim Shaikh(President BNP), Sou Neeta Damle (Secretry BNP), Dr. Samir Gupte (psychia-trist), Adv. Hemlata Vedant (Legal Adv) Adv. Avinash Kudalkar (legel Advt.), Nirmalatai Despande, smt.Shubhada kashilkar (social worker) are the members of the comitee that ably maintain the administration of this center.

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SHORT STAY HOME

The center was establish shed from 1st April, 2002 at Yashwantnager in a safe and secure building. So many women in our society face various domestic problems, irrespective of Their educational status. They are mentally physically and emotionally tortured, exploited in the present male dominating society. They are made to leave their homes, for dowry, other financial demands, alcoholic husbands, repeated birth of girl child. These women are given a worm shelter in our home. They need emotional, mental, support. They are given here proper guidance, vocational training, development skills, psychiatric treatment, proper counseling, legal aid to overcome their situation and are readjusted in their families or rehabilitated else where. This institution provides foster care for these womens children also. Bhagini Nivedita Pratishthan has always been a shelter and rescue home for destitute, windows, dowry victims and all those women who are shelter less for one reason or other. There are incidents when the victims have knocked the door of our head quarters at mid night also. The institution has accommodated all such women, has given them shelter, mental power to stand on. Their feet and courage to live a better life. This scheme has been run by central social welfare board of Delhi.

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WOMEN AND CHILDREN COUNSELLING CENTER (SPECIAL CALL)

This center is newly started from November 2006. Here women who are facing different types of domestic problems or guidance and counseling of various type like educational, legal, medical and career counseling is provided School and college going children and youth are helped in the center Regarding these educational, career or emotional adultery problems. This center run in the Sangli city station police station which is centrally situated with valuable help and guidance of District women and child Department Maharashtra Start Now.

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AWARENESS CAMPS

Awareness camps under Awareness generation programme are held in different states,through out the year. These camps a valuable guidance to women and people living inslums regarding health, different addictions, education and new opportunities for women like.

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SELF-HELF GROUPS

People especially women are made known here with the different opportunities that the Govt. has opened for them. Trained committee members and counsellers hold these camps in different states.

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ANGANWADI WORKERS/TRAINING CENTER

The Anganwadi worker Training Center is run by Bhagini Nivadita Pratishtaha for last six years by commissioner and project co-ordinater world back assisted ICDS project, Raigad Bhavan, Navi Mumbai. The Anganwadi worker in various districts of Maharashatra are trained here continuously batch. Needs of I C D S programme early childhood care and development, health and nutrition, community participation, record maintaining action songs are taught here by a well trained staff. BNP provides them full accommodation withlodging and boarding that includes two nutricious meals breakfast, tea etc. Nearly 6000 workers and helpers are trained in centre till today.

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GYMNASIUM FOR LADIES

BNP runs its own gymnasium only an for lady which is aided by the sport and youth service pune. It is an ideal gymnasium containing equipments worth Rs.1.5lakhs. The Sport Dept, Govt. of Maharashtra has given the grint of Rs.50.000/- the building / construction of Gymnasium at Jat. The construction of the building of this Gymnasium at Jat is completed and BNP is.

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DEVDASIS DAUGHTERS HOSTEL

Devdasi is another cursed tradition of our society which is practiced in the borders areas of Maharashtra and Karnataka. A devdasi is a temple prostitute who is wedded to God in her Teenage and then she has to serve the people in the name of god. The tradition has ruined many young lives and their un authorized children, where prostitution becomes a profession for earning bread. Bhagini Nivedita pratishthan has joined hands with the government to terminate this tradition and to rehabilitate the devdasis. A rehabil-itation center has been set up at Jath where training programmes are carried out for the devdasi, so that they can get their bread with noble means. The hostel at Jat is bright success. The daughters of devdasi women live here happily and are prepared to learn everything that they are thought. Such girls are leading honorable path and we hope they will be good responsible citizens of tomorrow. The total number of Devdasi girls in the hostel during the years is [75]. We hope the coming generation of the unfortunate women will be happy in the society and they would be able to lead a normal family life in future.

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SUPPLY OF NUTRITIOUS NOURISHMENT

Another successfully carried out activity of the B.N.P. is that of Kayakalpa. B.N.P. provided richly nutritious food to these children in Sangli District who are the victims of malnutrition & ill health. It provides specially prepared The therapeutic food to such children. Dr. Kusumtai Ghanekar, the life force of BNP has done along research on food for under nourished children. The result of this research was Amrut Prash[an Aurvedic Product] Which contains several kinds of herbs. Working women as well as undernourished children love to take Amrut Prash, BNP provides nutritious food to those Balvadis, Anganvadis and crche run by the Z.P. Sangli as well as by BNP. The food items such as Sheera Upama1 , Khichadi1 have become the most favorites ones among the children in the above said places. BNP has successfully carried out the respons- ibility of providing richly nutritious food to the Anganwadis run by the Z.P. Sangli. BNP provides the same food to 1500 children in Sangli and nearly 30,000children in the Anganwadis run in Miraj and Hatkanangale by Z.P. The BNP is doing this as a part of the social service because it is perfectly aware of its duty towards the society. Chief Executive officer, Z.P. Sangli give co-operation to BNP.BNP firmly believes that it could carry out such a scheme successfully only with all the officials.

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WORKING WOMENS HOSTEL WITH DAY CARE CENTER AT NAGPUR

The building of the hostel for working women in Nagpur is completed. This hostel will provided accommodation to 142 working women. The Ministry of Human Resource Development and Department of Women and child Development, New delhi444 made the provision of Rs 44 lakhs For this building construction. The branch of BNP runs creches and workshop to create awareness among women are also conducted by it .

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LEGAL LITERACY CAMPS

BNPorganizes legal literacy camps in which women in rural areas are given information about their legal rights, laws etc. They are also guided in terms of their health, nutritious food, diet, cleanliness etc.

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EFFORTS TO CREAT CREATE EMPLOYMENT

In order to make women self-reliant and economically independent, they are given a variety of training, which includes knitting,stitching,making files,envelopes etc, Hundredes of women have become independent after taking the benefit of this training programme. The institution helped the illiterate women to get sheep and she-buffaloes with the aids of the govt.project a Sales centre is also run in Sangli by the institution. The nutrious food cooked in the Centeral Kitchen is also supplied to the children in the nurseries in Kolhapur, Miraj and Kavthemahankal.

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