Navjyoti Social Centre - Shahpur
Navjyoti Social Centre Shahpur
Navjyoti Social Centre is situated in Shahpur Panchayat, Gwalpara Block Madhepura District. We began our work in March 1987.
Activities:
We work with women, youth and children mainly. Our Sisters have done various activities like, non-formal education, tailoring, mushroom cultivation, poultry farm, animal rearing, leaf plate making, candle making, surf & phenyl making.
We do have women’s Self Help Groups and adolescent groups.
We work with Government, and other Nongovernmental organization. Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) and Rural Self Employment Training institute (RSETI) is Government program. Through these organizations and their programs our women received various trainings such as Diary farm, goat and animal raring, mushroom cultivation, exposure to many places to see the cultivation and better crops and learn from people.
Working in Collaboration with Bihar Dalit Vikas Samiti (BDVS) 575 children got opportunity to learn and improve their knowledge. Also they got chances to participate in trainings on children’s right, quiz competitions, painting and street play etc. in block level, District level and State level.
Outcome:
With all the above programmes our people have improved in their life style, education of their children, food habits, housing, sanitation and economic independency. We see real change in their life.
