Year: 2019

Date: 10–14 Jun, 2019 Location:SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Near Puducherry From June 10 to 14, 2019, Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) conducted 5-day training for 50 Digital Sakhis at the Satyam Campus. The main objectives of this training programme were to provide training under the Digital & Financial Literacy Project…

Start Date:04-Jun-2019 Location:Hotel Ramada Plaza, Chennai, Tamil Nadu On June 4, 2019, Honourable Governor of Tamil Nadu, Thiru Banwarilal Purohit, inaugurated the Digital Sakhi programme of L&T Financial Services being implemented by Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) of Sri Aurobindo Society in all the 20 villages under the project. SARVAM, Puducherry,…

Date:17-May-2019 Location:London, United Kingdom Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM), the rural wing of Sri Aurobindo Society, is developing a progressive village community model that is sustainable, replicable and scalable. SARVAM started its work in 2005 in two villages of Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, one person at a time and in 2018–19…

Date: May 2019  Location:SATYAM Centre, Poothurai village, Villupuram District, Near Puducherry The Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement’s (SARVAM) 11th annual summer camp has just ended in the villages, once again setting new and beautiful milestones. For almost three weeks, the presenters, organizers, volunteers and parents provided a happy and meaningful experience for over…

Date: Apr 11 – 12, 2019 Location:Shanti Ashram, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Introduction On April 11 & 12, 2019, a two-day India Roundtable was organized by Shanti Ashram, Coimbatore, on the topic ‘Nurturing Values and Spirituality in Early Childhood for the Prevention of Violence’. The Roundtable brought together 140 participants from 59 organizations and 18 states of…

Date: Apr 22 – Apr 24, 2019 Location:SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Villages, Villupuram District, Near Puducherry International Earth Day Earth Day is an international annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes events coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries.…

Date: Apr 30 – May 03, 2019 Location:Chariot Beach Resort, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM, an initiative of Sri Aurobindo Society) has been conducting English Access Micro Scholarship Program since 2013, through which the students in the village learn English language through varied activities and mediums. This Program is…

Date: 26–30 Mar, 2019 Location:SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Puducherry Institute:SARVAM Visit of SIRD Director The State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) is the state-level apex body for Training, Research and Consultancy functions and works as an autonomous organization under the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department of Government of Tamil Nadu. On March 26, 2019, Dr.…

Date:09-Mar-2019 Location:SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Near Puducherry Worldwide, women continue to contribute to social, economic, cultural and political achievements. International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year as a focal point in the movement for women’s rights. The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2019 is ‘Think equal, build smart,…

Date:23-Feb-2019 Location:SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District Introduction The elderly, widows, abandoned, terminally ill and other marginalized women are most vulnerable to suffering because of social exclusion and domestic violence. The senior citizens particularly, shunned or abandoned by their families, face the prospect of a lonely life and even death. In such scenarios, apart from…