SEVAI
(Society for Education, Village Action and
Improvement) is a voluntary service organization
working for the integrated development of the rural
poor. The objective of SEVAI
is to develop sustainable communities and has put
forth its best effort towards accomplishing this aim
since its inception in 1975.
SEVAI focuses its services in the villages
and slums of Trichirapalli and the coastal Nagapptinam
Area through empowerment of the rural poor, active
involvement of target community, in all phases of
program like planning, decision making, implementation
and the evaluation process.
Society for Education Village Action
and Improvement ? SEVAI
was established on the 7th October 1975. The founder
of SEVAI Mr. Govindaraju
initiated an Integrated Village School for Normal and
Handicapped children and also promoting Micro-Credit
Schemes for rural Self-Help Women Groups towards their
socio ? economic upliftment in Pettavaithalai. After
elaborate consultation and discussions with social
minded persons, a proper legal Voluntary Organization
its name society for Education, Village Action and
Improvement (SEVAI)
is at present working in 362 village Communities in
Trichirappalli, Karur, Erode and Nagapattinam
Districts of Tamilnadu, covering a population about
One Hundred Thousand.
SEVAI is the biggest Non
Governmental Organization in Tamilnadu. It
counts 54 centres located in Tiruchirapalli,
Karur and Nagapatinam Districts of Tamilnadu and
Karaikal district of Pondicherry UT.
Those centres cover a population
of 100,000 persons. 4200 Self Help Groups have
been helped by SEVAI since 1999. SEVAI educates
1400 children in its three schools.
SEVAI employes 212 persons.
Below is a graph showing the
distribution of SEVAI actions. Self Help Groups
take an important part in SEVAI activities since
it is a good way for people to overcome misery.
Self Help Groups have been created in 1999 and
known a big success since then. The number of
new SHG's rise up each year.
Objectives:
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To empower the rural poor
people through Community Education through
collective functionaries of people’s
organization and strengthening the same.
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To promote functional
education.
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To create a better living
environment and atmosphere through self help
housing, sanitation, drinking water and
other infrastructure facilities as a Package
approach.
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To undertake educational
projects like pre-primary, primary,
inclusive education, non-formal and adult
education.
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Imparting literacy for
illiterate population of the target area.
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To impart vocational
education as like skills.
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Child labor elimination
through education intervention towards
equivalency education program.
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To promote appropriate
cost-effective rural technologies and skills
for socio-economic upliftment.
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To promote socio-cultural
values to develop local culture and talents
for community harmony.
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To enhance local economy
through imparting skills training and
formation of work collectives and rural
youth to commit themselves to rural
development and self help towards
sustainability.
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To Up-lift and empower the
vulnerable groups – women and children,
handicapped and needy community.
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To emanate and promote
cooperation among individuals, organizations
and Government.
