Jan Seva/Jeevan Vidya
Jan Seva/Jeevan Vidya
Project Brief: Janseva operates a boarding and lodging facility for the tribal boys in Nandurbar while Jeevan Vidya does the same for tribal girls. The boarding facilities are located in Nandurbar, 10 hours by road from Mumbai.
Project Type: Other (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Seattle
Project Type: Other (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)
Secondary Focus: other
Area: TribalSupporting Chapter Contact:
Seattle
Status: UNKNOWN
Project Steward: Deepali Bhagvat
Co-Steward: Jyoti Gawade
Project Partner(s): Contact information unavailable
Project Address: Jan Seva/Jeevan Vidya
Korit Road, Near Mahada Colony,
Nandurbar, Maharashtra 425412
Tel: 02564 232032 / 02564 230085
Stewarding Chapter: Seattle
Project Steward: Deepali Bhagvat
Co-Steward: Jyoti Gawade
Project Partner(s): Contact information unavailable
Project Address: Jan Seva/Jeevan Vidya
Korit Road, Near Mahada Colony,
Nandurbar, Maharashtra 425412
Tel: 02564 232032 / 02564 230085
Stewarding Chapter: Seattle
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Janseva operates a boarding and lodging facility for the tribal boys in Nandurbar while Jeevan Vidya does the same for tribal girls. The boarding facilities are located in Nandurbar, 10 hours by road from Mumbai. The offices are located a few kilometers from the center of the town. Jan Seva has been operating this facility, currently housing
60 adivasi boys, for the past 15 years. One year back, a similar facility, Jeevan Vidya, was started for girls. This facility for girls currently houses 60 adivasi girls. Although the organizations that run both the boy’s and girl’s facilities are different they share the same ideology and operational practices. The children who avail the benefits of these facilities come from villages located around 50-60 kms away. Most of the children study in the 6th or 7th grade and belong to very poor families. Most of the parents in this area are farm workers. The children attend a local missionary school for which they are not charged any fee.
Children are encouraged to be independent and disciplined. On any given day two children are given the task of deciding the menu and serving the food to their friends. The children wash their own utensils as well as their clothes. Both the facilities have a fixed time-table that the children are supposed to follow. It is ensured that they get enough time for both studies and play. Janseva and Jivan Vidhya only provide boarding and lodging facilities, so there are no classes or teachers. Local volunteers teach children organic farming and in the process, impart some vocational training. Most of the children return to farming and contribute to their communities.
60 adivasi boys, for the past 15 years. One year back, a similar facility, Jeevan Vidya, was started for girls. This facility for girls currently houses 60 adivasi girls. Although the organizations that run both the boy’s and girl’s facilities are different they share the same ideology and operational practices. The children who avail the benefits of these facilities come from villages located around 50-60 kms away. Most of the children study in the 6th or 7th grade and belong to very poor families. Most of the parents in this area are farm workers. The children attend a local missionary school for which they are not charged any fee.
Children are encouraged to be independent and disciplined. On any given day two children are given the task of deciding the menu and serving the food to their friends. The children wash their own utensils as well as their clothes. Both the facilities have a fixed time-table that the children are supposed to follow. It is ensured that they get enough time for both studies and play. Janseva and Jivan Vidhya only provide boarding and lodging facilities, so there are no classes or teachers. Local volunteers teach children organic farming and in the process, impart some vocational training. Most of the children return to farming and contribute to their communities.
Jan Seva: Located in the district town of Nandurbar, Janseva Mandal was started in 1969 by a Spanish gentleman, named Bernard Massat. It is a part of the Jesuit organization Bombay Xavierant Corp which also has a stake in the Xaviers college located in Mumbai.
Janseva has been a partner in Tribal Development for over 25 years. The organization initiated a dialogue with tribal communities to formulate strategies of economic and social mobility covering environmental conservation in farming, credit management, and alternative education. Janseva’s hallmark is its inclusion of tribal youth in the development of their own communities on a semi-voluntary basis through motivation and training programs. As part of this initiative, Janseva operates a boarding and lodging facility for the tribal children in Nandurbar.
Jeevan Vidya: 15 years ago Janseva Mandal approached the management of Nirmala Niketan, an institute for social and especially women's development based in Churchgate, Mumbai, for women activists to assist Janseva's developmental services in the adivasi area of Nandurbar District.
Thus Jeevanvidya began as an adivasi women's development cell - promoting herbal health, education, credit groups and panchayati raj participation - under Janseva Mandal.
However in due time the activists concerned thought it appropriate that the women's initiatives be autonomously set up and managed. In accordance with this line of thinking Jeevanvidya moved out of Janseva Mandal two years ago into its own premises affording a compact resource centre, training facilities for women and an adivasi girls' boarding.
Janseva has been a partner in Tribal Development for over 25 years. The organization initiated a dialogue with tribal communities to formulate strategies of economic and social mobility covering environmental conservation in farming, credit management, and alternative education. Janseva’s hallmark is its inclusion of tribal youth in the development of their own communities on a semi-voluntary basis through motivation and training programs. As part of this initiative, Janseva operates a boarding and lodging facility for the tribal children in Nandurbar.
Jeevan Vidya: 15 years ago Janseva Mandal approached the management of Nirmala Niketan, an institute for social and especially women's development based in Churchgate, Mumbai, for women activists to assist Janseva's developmental services in the adivasi area of Nandurbar District.
Thus Jeevanvidya began as an adivasi women's development cell - promoting herbal health, education, credit groups and panchayati raj participation - under Janseva Mandal.
However in due time the activists concerned thought it appropriate that the women's initiatives be autonomously set up and managed. In accordance with this line of thinking Jeevanvidya moved out of Janseva Mandal two years ago into its own premises affording a compact resource centre, training facilities for women and an adivasi girls' boarding.