Saraswati Seva Foundation

Saraswati Seva Foundation (SSF) works towards creating a positive social change in India by focusing on reducing poverty, inequality, and social injus Read moretice. It works to empower women, protect children, enable youth, and support farmers. It works to use technology and information to create sustainable solutions to combat social challenges. SSF's STEM-C School Program provides STEM-C (Science, Technology, English, Math, and Computer) education to schools in rural Uttar Pradesh. It has collaborated with the Institution of Engineering and Technology UK to teach children through the use of technology, such as videos and other digital content. The Mentor a Rural Leader Program calls for volunteers from universities, the industry, media, and the government to guide selected students from rural and remote areas, helping them develop into agents of change in their communities In addition, SSF works to raise awareness regarding renewable energy and the environment, in addition to finding solutions to combat environmental degradation. In the energy sector, it has initiated the following programs: Alternative Energy - Green & Clean, Water resource Preservation, and Waste Management. In addition to energy, SSF works to support small farmers by equipping them with new technology, helping them access corporate buyers, and making them aware of more environmental and cost efficient farming methods. The following programs are under SSF's agricultural action horizontal: Kisan Skilling (Kisan Kaushal) Agri COE / Incubation centres leading to commercial farming / Agri industries (Kaushal Kendra) Kisan Cooperatives as Supply chain owner (Kisan Cooperative) Kisan Protection Crop Insurance, Cooperative banking (Kisan Suraksha) Mahila Kisan Chaupal (Bhagedari) Databasing local know-how (Sanjoyen) Policy Fair (Saajhedari) SSF works to provide healthcare to the poor, with a special focus on women, children, and the elderly. In its healthcare action horizontal, SSF has established hubs for health check-ups for children, women health-check and awareness cells, a Health-Card Program, and a Doctor-on-call Program for the elderly. In addition it has initiated a diagnostic health check for the three most fatal diseases in adults, and first aid training for everyone above 14 years. SSF's fourth action horizontal is focused on education and skill-building for women, helping them create sustainable livelihoods. Through this action horizontal, SSF has developed the following programs: Women Entrepreneurship (Nari Udyam), Women Education & Skilling (Nari Shiksha & Kaushal), Women Health, Nutrition & Sanitation (Nari Swasthya & Swacchta), and Women Empowerment and Service Association (WESA). The organization also works to protect children, by offering them education and shelter. For children, it has initiated a girl child education sponsorship campaign, health camps, a health card, and a children science mela. It also has child-care homes for orphans and disabled children, and works to provide education and life skills to underprivileged children. In addition to children, SSF empowers youth and enables them to create change and become entrepreneurs. To achieve these goals, it has established skill-development and employment opportunity awareness programmes, it has established ties with educational institutions for its Incubation Centers and Innovation Kiosks, and it has hosted youth conventions on the environment and campaigns on social issues and volunteering.