Category: News
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Various Educational and Training Events for Women
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WHEN December 2014 WHERE Villages under SARVAM, near Puducherry VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR WOMEN: HANDWORK AND PAPER JEWELLERY SARVAM periodically organizes various training programmes for the women at village. These activities help the women to learn different skills which can be used for enhancing their economic situation and upgrading their skills base. A training session on…
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Inauguration of the Toilet Block for SARVAM Children
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WHEN Dec 28, 2014 WHERE SATYAM Centre, Poothurai village, Near Puducherry Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) has not only been actively involved in creating awareness towards hygiene and the need for toilets in each household, but also constructing toilet facilities in the village. Rotary Club of Pondicherry Port and Inner Wheel…
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A Visit from US Consulate RELO Officer to SARVAM
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WHEN: November 9, 2014 WHERE: SATYAM Centre, Poothurai, Villupuram District Ms Diane Miller, Regional English Learning Officer (RELO) from the US Consulate in Delhi, along with her husband Mr Roy Miller, visited SARVAM on November 9, 2014. They were warmly received by the directors, students, teachers and other executives of SARVAM. Ms Miller was taken…
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Various Activities of SARVAM
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WHEN: October 2014 WHERE: SATYAM Centre, Poothurai, Villupuram District Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) continued with various educational activities at the villages under their rural development programmes, which included ethics and public-speaking workshops, participation in competitions and thanksgiving for volunteers. 1. ETHICS WORKSHOP for Students Providing education on ethics is very…
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‘Clean and Green’—CLEANLINESS PROGRAMME BY SARVAM
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WHEN: October 2, 2014 WHERE: Villages under SARVAM Recently the Government of India started the SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN—CLEAN INDIA CAMPAIGN to inculcate habits and practices of cleanliness among the citizens, and to make our country clean and healthy. Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM), a rural development initiative of Sri Aurobindo Society,…
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Access Program Coordinators’ Workshop
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WHEN: September 2–4, 2014 WHERE: Christ University, Bengaluru From September 2–4, 2014, a training program was conducted at Bengaluru by Regional English Language Office (RELO) for the Coordinators of their English Access Microscholarship Program, a collaborative educational program of US Consulate and rural development organizations such as SARVAM. US Consulate, under the aegis of its…
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Activities at SARVAM
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WHEN July–August 2014 WHERE SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) continued with various educational and women empowerment activates at the villages under their rural development programmes, which included Scholarships for Students and Training and Health Camps for Women. Scholarships for Various Categories of Students Continuing with…
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Water Purifying Unit Inaugural Function, February 2014
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On February 14, 2014, a Water Purifying Unit was inaugurated and a short opening ceremony was held in the presence of the Managing Director and several esteemed team members of FORBES & COMPANY LIMITED, the Chairman and team members of SARVAM, village women, children and volunteers at Satyam, the Community Center of SARVAM. The Purifying…
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Visit by Fulbright Scholars to SARVAM, October 2013
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US Government-Funded Fulbright Scholarships, established in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright, are designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of United States and other countries all over the world. These scholarships offer grants to US citizens (and now also to citizens of other countries) for teaching and training, advanced research, graduate study and professional…
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Summer Camp 2013
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Summer Camp For the fifth consecutive year, a Summer Camp was held for more than 365 children, organized by the facilitators, coordinators and volunteers at SARVAM. After the schools closed for summer vacation, the children were enthusiastically looking forward to the Summer Camp this year, and anticipating the fun with the various activities planned for…