Current Activities
The Trust has adopted the Government Girls High School, Bowenpally, Secunderabad and Govt. Girls High School, Trimulgherry. These schools have a total of 525 girl students- many in Telugu and some in Urdu mediums of instruction right from classes 6th to 10th. All of them come from lower economic strata of Society. While the Government gives text books gratis to all these students, many of them cannot afford to buy the note books and pay examination fee in the higher classes. The Trust, since its inception in 2007, has taken upon itself the task of donating note-books and other teaching aids to most of these students. Examination fee of X class students is remitted to the authorities.
Many of these Government schools lack basic infrastructure and facilities. One major shortcoming is the woefully inadequate teacher to student ratio. This, predictability, translates into poor performance in the public examination. Our Trust has, with the permission of the Head of the Institution, appointed a teacher for Maths and Physical Sciences. The results are very encouraging and it is planned to extend this facility further.
To give a fillip to talented girls to acquire higher education, the Trust has adopted five economically backward and talented girls for higher education.
The Trust agreed to bear all expenses with respect to their College fee, Text books and Note books. One of these students, Miss Kalpana, is pursuing an engineering course. With this initial success the trust has sponsored four more girl students for EMCET coaching. Trust, to give a fillip to higher education,has started a program to help 200 intermediate girl students of the Government Junior College for girls, Marredpally, Secunderabad. We have found that they are not only talented but quite enthusiastic to pursue higher education.
Trust, since three years is donating text and note books to these students in various disciplines. Trust, also, has taken care of the Annual College and examination fee for these students. Trust plans to encourage more such girls to take up collegiate education and to finance graduate education of some of these students who have an appetite for professional studies.
Another major area of concern to the Trustees is the care of the aged. Here again, the Trust is working with existing Old Age homes and organisations to help this class of people. It is actively involved with the running of Integrated Welfare Society Jeedimetla, Ranga Reddy District. This Society, run by a couple, houses around 106 men and women who are destitute and other-wise abled.
To ease the congestion in this Old Age Home the Trust funded the construction of a dormitory accommodation for 12-14 of these inmates. Medicinal requirement for these inmates is partly taken care of by us. Trust sponsors meals for these inmates on special occasions. Further the Trust has started supplying every month, rice and oil to this home.
Avayam Charitable Trust has regular interaction with a few Orphanages in the twin cities. One such place is the Shelter for Street Cildren, Bansilalpet, Secunderabad. This Shelter is managed by an NGO. Trust, every year, celebrates Diwali with the inmates. New clothing, sweets and crackers are distributed to these inmates. Trust celebrates Independence Day and Republic Day when National flag is hoisted and sweets distributed. Sports, games and painting competitions and other entertainment programs like mimicry are organised. Trust has also adopted a girls' Orphanage, Guild of Service Seva Samajam Balika Nilayam. Periodically, dinners are sponsored in this Orphanage.
At a different level Avayam Charitable Trust is looking into giving soft loans to female entrepreneurs for starting small business activities. In two such cases economically poor
women were given interest free loans to buy sewing machines. Trust provided interest free loan to a couple to purchase a goods vehicle.
Future Activities
The Trust plans to enlarge its activities in this core area. To start with, it proposes to provide Note books to all the girl students in government schools with in Secunderabad Cantonment area.
It proposes to augment the teaching strength by sponsoring more tutors for English, Science and Maths.
The Trust plans to adopt Govt. Junior College for Girls, Marredpally and take care of education needs of around 750 students. It would like to sponsor, within 5 years, around 200 poor girl students for higher Degree/ Professional collegiate education. This entails sponsorship by an individual or a group of individuals (“ Group Sponsorship”) or Organisations.
In keeping with its objective of ensuring that aged people live happily and with dignity the Trust plans to adopt a few Old Age Homes which are run on philanthropic lines. As a major complaint of the old people is neglect by the younger generation, the Trust plans to maintain constant interaction with these senior citizens by organising group activities- spiritual and physical (viz. yoga). With more than 160 Old Age Homes operating within the twin cities of Secunderabad and Hyderabad this is a daunting but necessary task. In this area the Trust will work with other NGOs which are doing commendable service to the cause of these senior citizens.
Like the Old Age Homes, there are a number of Orphanages which are operating within the twin cities. Avayam Charitable Trust will endeavour to organise programs both for physical and mental up-liftment of these children. To start with, the Trust is planning to work closely with Shelter For Street Children, Bansilalpet. A responsible care-taker, preferably an ex-serviceman, will be appointed to instil some discipline and bring in a modicum of orderliness. The next target is to provide clean living conditions and nourishing food. Evening games, physical exercises and yoga are also contemplated. Regular outings to places of historical and educational value, screening of movies and audio-visual programs to enlighten these children about animal and plant kingdoms and on world heritage sites are some of the programs visualised. Entertaining programs like cartoon films are part of the schedule. In addition, celebration of National days and festivals would be important activities. Regular sports events will be conducted. Trust also plans to upgrade its association with the girls Orphanage, Guild of Service Seva Samajam Balika Nilayam, Vijaya Nagar Colony.
With its initial success in encouraging women to start small business ventures, the Trust has its eyes on expanding this activity vigorously. More such women would be identified to start businesses activities like tailoring, knitting, embroidery work, vegetable/fruit vending etc. Trust is in discussion with some training Institutions for providing vocational training to these women.