Gramavikas Peace Foundation

This organization was started in the year 1996. This is a non-governmental, non-profit secular organization. It is registered under societies registra Read moretion act baring no 296/1997, holding FCRA registration bearing number 010190349 of ministry of home affairs, holding income tax exemption under 80G and 12A with number F.NO.CIT(E)/Hyderabad /19(09)/12A and 80G/2015-16. It is also registered with Darpan-NITI AAYOG of Government of India. It is run by people having rich experience in social work, village development activities trained by Father Windey who was the founder director of the Renowned NGO, Village Reconstruction Organization. Our targeted communities are scheduled tribe – yanadi’s and poor scheduled caste villagers. At present with the support of UWL-S we are taking up village development programmes in remote villages of guntur and prakasam districts of Andhra pradesh. The programmes include:- 1. Leadership : A 7 member committee is formed to advice the organization in helping the development of villages. 2. Education : As these Yanadi/Chenchu villages are mainly dependent upon labour work and these villages are far from the main village, the children are not attending the schools and they are neglected the right of education. So we are running balwadi centers for the sake of (3-5 years of age children) and they are provided mid-day nutritious meal, uniform and education. Running tuition centers for the sake of school going children to improve their subject knowledge and general knowledge. 3. Household Care: These yanadi/chenchu communities are not having pucca houses, living in thatched huts. No means to construct even a thatched house. We are providing financial support to construct thatched houses which are safe and liveable.  4. Environment: We are encouraging them to raise fruit trees and wood giving trees and to keep the environment safe and helpful to the mankind. We are providing them fruit trees and seeds to raise kitchen gardens. We are encouraging them to raise kitchen gardens regularly. 5. Earnings & Income: We are making the women to form self help groups and providing interest free loans and do small businesses. For the poorest of the poor we are providing financial assistance to run small business and develop economically. 6. Water:  As it is mentioned earlier, these tribes live in remote villages and do not have drinking water facility. They are going very far to fetch both drinking and usable water. Our organization has erected boring hand pumps etc., which has helped them to some extent. 7. Sanitation : In our balwadi & tuition centers we are habituating the children to learn good habits such as washing their hands and to live with cleanliness. The families are encouraged to keep their premises clean and green and keep them healthy. Besides the above, we are conducting care & support programmes to HIV/AIDS PATIENTS by providing them nutritious food kits, every month, financial support for their livelihoods to run small businesses and live in health. Also, in times of emergencies such as cyclones, drought etc, we are reaching the people in a short time or if possible immediately and providing them food material to make them far from starvation. In view of present COVID-19 Lockdown, in our villages we have provided raw food kits, sanitizers, masks in the villages where we are working .