Nearly four decades journey of SVSS can conveniently be divided into four distinct periods of 10 years each.
Decade 1970-80
Children in an Alternative Learning Centre
Major Activities
Primary and junior schools established
Creches opened
Rural library and recreational centre for under privileged children launched
Outcomes
More than 3,000 children, particularly girls from weaker sections, benefited
Partners and Associates
Central and State Social Welfare Boards
Community and Panchayats
Decade 1980-1990
A still from puppet show
Major Activities
Established higher secondary school for girls
Cultural programmes for social and moral reforms
Outcomes
More than 2,000 girls in higher secondary schools
Built up several cultural teams in the district for spreading social and moral reformation
Partner and Associates
Central and State Social Welfare Board
Directorate of Culture, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Decade 1990-2000
Women labourers' group holding a meeting in a village
Major Activities
Skill upgradation and vocational training for girls
Implementation of RADHA Project for spreading awareness on development and health
Organisation of women labourers into groups for improving their health and imparting knowledge about agricultural activities
Total literacy mission
Awareness campaign for environment protection
Special school for child labours
Outcomes
About 10,000 people covered through the programmes
Partners and Associates
Uttar Pradesh Voluntary Health Association (UPVHA)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Rhea Consortium and Terres de Hommes
2000 Onwards
Children from Alternative Learning Centre during a local picnic
Major Activities
Child rights project
Formation and strengthening of women self help groups (WSHG)
Promotion of Alternative Learning Centres (ALCs) for child labourers
Formation and strengthening of cluster association of WSHGs at bank level
Computer literacy for girls
Community based development project mother and child care
Special school for child labour
Entrepreneurship development programme
Outcome
Thousands of women organised into SHGs
Corpus of Rs 10 lakh developed to meet urgent credit need of poor woman
Computer education imparted to 60 poor girls
1,59,854 males and females being benefited through CBD programme
Partners and Associates
UNICEF
International Labour Organisation
National Child Labour Project
Directorate of Industries, Uttar Pradesh
State Innovations in Family Planning Services Project Agency (SIFPSPA)
Terre des Hommes
Bread for World
Misereor
Achievements at a Glance
Looking at future: SHG office-bearers during a training session
Approximately 1,000 children in the age group 0-5 years provided nutrition and educational support since 1974
2,000 children, who were either child labour or dropout children, linked with mainstream education
More than 250 WSHGs and other informal women organisations formed
Several sensitisation programmes carried out to build capacity of panchayat representatives, particularly women
Informal organisations of people formed for the right of land holding
Local people-based peer pressure group formed to raise the issue of child labour, domestic violence and odd customs prevailing in the society as well as poverty and illiteracy
Some formal groups of child labour formed to raise their issues like education, health and nutrition. These groups graduated into Children’s Parliament
