Samudaik Kalyan Evam Vikas Sansthan

The initiative 'Mahila Swabhiman' aimed to empower vulnerable adolescent girls from socially excluded groups in Motichak by providing sewing and tailoring training. The focus was on enhancing their technical skills for employability in the tailoring industry or setting up their shops. The course emphasized stitching operations, pattern making, and quality awareness. Through this training, 105 adolescent girls, previously with limited opportunities, now generate a monthly income of Rs. 1500-2000 by working in tailoring, significantly improving their families' financial conditions. The project also educated them on hygiene, health, and disease prevention. Several girls have started their own tailoring businesses, substantially elevating their family's economic status, showcasing the success of the project in fostering self-sufficiency among these adolescents.

The initiative 'Essential Education' by SKVS focuses on implementing the Right to Education Act in Kushinagar District, aiming to provide quality education and integrate school dropouts (06-14 years) into formal education. Advocacy efforts engage various stakeholders like Dalit communities, SMCs, PRIs, teachers, and CSOs to improve educational standards for marginalized children. Strategies involve capacity building, community-based monitoring, systemic interventions with teachers, and extensive networking to enroll and support dropout children, educate stakeholders on RTEA, and strengthen the education system. Achievements include fostering positive teacher-parent relations, establishing Baal Manch groups to engage children and identify dropouts, forming Mahila Sangathans to empower women and raise awareness about RTEA and the Child Rights Act, and successfully enrolling 860 dropout children, highlighting SKVS's impactful efforts in education.

The Samudaik Kalyan Evam Vikas Sansthan aims to combat Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. Its goal involves engaging the community, local Government bodies, and stakeholders to prevent and address encephalitis effectively. It aims to improve capabilities through advocacy, raise JE awareness, monitor child nutrition, boost immunity via vaccinations, and promote better health practices. Strategies include capacity building, advocacy, and disseminating information through mediums like puppet shows and street plays. Activities involve community connections, assessments, and empowering households with health awareness. It collaborates with stakeholders, establishes referral centres, and focuses on staff training. Additionally, SKVS supported medical hearings and secured compensation for affected families with local administration cooperation.

The Samudaik Kalyan Evam Vikas Sansthan (SKVS) focuses on a Capacity Building Programme customized for its operational area. It prioritizes enhancing the skills of staff, management, stakeholders, and community-based organisations to maximize their impact. This initiative aims to sensitize staff, address issues of marginalized communities, and amplify their voices in decision-making bodies. Strengthening staff capacities fosters better understanding of community needs, improving relationships with community organisations and creating a supportive environment, especially for marginalized groups like women. Engaging stakeholders, such as local Government bodies, bridges gaps and enhances community participation in governance, ensuring access to entitled benefits. Empowering community organisations enables collective action, ensuring representation in decision-making and access to Government schemes previously untapped due to lack of information.

The programme focuses on empowering marginalized communities, fostering community-based organisations, conducting awareness drives, facilitating access to social security schemes, and advocating for their rights at different administrative levels. SKVS implements strategies like capacity building, sensitization, and networking to achieve these objectives. The activities include establishing a Project Management Cell, conducting surveys, training staff and community members, organising social drives, sensitizing local bodies, facilitating health initiatives, and promoting education among marginalized groups. Notably, it has supported legal proceedings in cases of atrocities, facilitated education for Musahar children, formed women's groups, and aided in accessing various Government schemes, benefiting over 15,000 families in the targeted area.