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Profile of Project Krushi

Association Saikorian is an Alumni Association of the Students of Sainik School, Korukonda, near Visakhapatnam, in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India. Association Saikorian is registered as a society under the Andhra Pradesh (Telengana Areas) Public Societies Registration Act on October, 15, 1992, with the Registration Number 3728 of 1992. The head quarters of Association Saikorian is located at Hyderabad, with Chapters at Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada

The Association also has an overseas chapter in the USA. Association Saikorian is a charitable society, which is registered under Section 12 A and 80 G of the Income Tax Act, with the Commissioner of Income Tax, Andhra Pradesh and is also registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, for receiving contribution from abroad

Our activities:

1.                 Home for Children

2.                 Support to Government Schools

3.                 Co-managing the Government Observation Home for Boys

4.                 Community Centers

5.                 Free Medical Camps

Located at Gowdavally village, near Medchal Mandal of Ranga Reddy District in Andhra Pradesh, KRUSHI is a home for children, who are housed, educated and integrated with the main stream of the society (At Krushi, usage of the term "Street Children" is consciously avoided). Every effort is made to counsel and restore the children to their parents/relatives. Those children who cannot be restored to their parents / relatives, for various reasons, are retained in Krushi Home and educated, with the ultimate objective of making them self sufficient and responsible citizens. The effort has been fairly successful with almost all the boys in schools / colleges or undergoing vocational training etc.

"The new Krushi Home is located in a 2.3acre piece of land. The building can accommodate around 125 children. Adequate provision has been made for dormitories, study halls, dining/kitchen facilities, adequate open space for play and recreation and also guest rooms. Since the Home is located in a rural area, it is also proposed to have a vocational centre to train the rural youth in useful trades like welding, carpentry and also to impart basic computer skills to them. A separate training centre is proposed to build for this purpose adjacent to the main building."

 In the year 1997, Project Krushi started seven schools in Hyderabad slums, in association with Balajyothi, a Central Government Programme, working for eradication of child labour. Besides providing basic education to children in the slums, who otherwise had no access to schools, Project Krushi concentrated on the all round development of the children. The success story of these schools is evident from the fact that the State Government has taken over these schools in the year 2001.

Exposure to the Krushi-Balajyothi Schools, has given Project Krushi an insight into the shortcomings in the Government Schools and it was felt that support to the Government schools would help in taking quality education to a large number of children living in urban slums. Towards this end, support to six Government Primary schools was extended in the year 2002-03, by providing them with teaching / learning material, arranging for better accommodation, providing para teachers, ayahs etc., based on the need of each school. From June, 2003 Project Krushi adopted 24 Govt. Schools in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy Districts. The following activities  have been carried out in these schools and the support is being continued.

1.       Constructed new school buildings and additional classrooms.

2.        Para-teachers were appointed and supported by Krushi since there was a  great shortage of Government teachers.

3.      Every school has been provided with an Ayah to clean up the premises on a day to day basis.

4.      Capital items like steel storage cabinets, tables, chairs, steel water drums to store drinking water etc., were given where required.

5.      Teaching/ learning Material was given to all the schools to make class-room learning interesting

6.      Training programs were conducted for teachers at regular intervals with professional guidance

7.       Celebrated school annual days to bring out the talent in children

8.       Conducted science exhibitions, competitions etc,

9.       Organized outings/educational tours for older children 

10.     Provided 430 dual desks

Project Krushi was actively involved in the drafting of the Rules under the Juvenile Justice Act and these were adopted, in toto, by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has appointed krushi as

Nodal Agency for the Government Observation Home for Boys

Since January, 2005 Krushi has confined its activities mainly to the Observation Home for Boys. Project Krushi's efforts have seen a drastic reduction in the number of inmates at the Observation Home, with the Judiciary also taking a keen interest in speeding up the judicial process. Interaction with the police has helped in children not being arrested for offences, which they are made to commit, by organized gangs, especially as couriers for bootleggers. Targeting the bootleggers rather than the couriers seems to be yielding results, with very few children being sent to the Observation Home under this offence now, compared to a majority of the children being sent under this offence to this Home, in the past. Unless the children in the Observation Home are given proper counseling and emotional support, there is every chance that these children will continue to lead a life of crime

Working in the slums has made Project Krushi realise the importance of education, vocational training, medical help and counseling, to the residents. With these in view, the concept of "Community Centres" has been developed and implemented in slums

The concept of "Community Centres" was first introduced in the B. K. Guda slum in March 2002. This is one of the largest slums in the Twin Cities, located in an inaccessible area, sandwiched between the Hyderabad Airport and the Railway Line. With financial support from Friends Indeed, the centre provides vocational training - presently in the field of embroidery, crochet/tatting and tailoring for girls to supplement their family income. Five batches of girls, comprising 90 girls have been successfully trained

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