Category: News

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…

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.…