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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…

Date:22-Feb-2019 Location:Satyam Centre, Poothurai Village From February 22 to 24, 2019, the SARVAM facilitators organized a Digital and Financial Literacy Workshop for the core team members, each of them carefully selected from the villages under SARVAM project. In the past, SARVAM has organized many soft skills and livelihood training programmes, but with the recent increase…

Date:03-Feb-2019 Location:Poothurai and Perambai Villages, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu   On February 3, 2019, SARVAM organized a Digital and Financial Literacy Workshop for more than 400 women in two different villages—300 in Poothurai and 100 in Perambai. In the past, SARVAM has organized many soft skills and livelihood training programmes, but with the recent increase…

Date:02-Feb-2019 Location:SATYAM Centre, Poothurai village, Villupuram District, Near Puducherry For the last 14 years, Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM), the integral rural development initiative of Sri Aurobindo Society, has been carrying out various educational and empowerment activities. From one village, its outreach now covers 20 villages and more than 20,000 people.…

Date:22-Jan-2019 Location:Satyam Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu On January 22, 2019, a group of 25 including faculty and students of Madras School of Social Work visited Satyam centre of SARVAM for an orientation session on the rural development work being carried out under various focus areas. Madras School of Social Work, established in 1952…

Date:19-Jan-2019 Location:Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu  INTRODUCTION On January 19, 2019, SARVAM organized a trip for the English Access Microscholarship students. More than 100 children, both boys and girls, went for this excursion to understand the architectural and monumental greatness of the ancient Pallava Dynasty. It was a wonderful opportunity to educate the children about the historical,…

Date:19-Jan-2019 Location:Satyam Centre, Poothurai Village Introduction Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) has been working in the field of education for rural development for more than a decade and a half. There has been a constant attempt to make learning inclusive and holistic. To realize these goals, various workshops and training programmes…

Date:19-Jan-2019 Location:Satyam Centre, Poothurai Village Introduction Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) has been working in the field of education for rural development for more than a decade and a half. There has been a constant attempt to make learning inclusive and holistic. To realize these goals, various workshops and training programmes…