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Basudevpur, 11th January 2017. The Govt Girls’ High School at Basudevpur organized their Annual Day function with support from Vidya Shakti Niyas. The institution situated about 5 km from Bileipada, is a beautiful residential school for girls belonging to nearby villages. The school is a center of education for 381 girls from across the region. Several guests attended the program, including the Chief Speaker, Lecturer Chardrashekhar College, Mr Trilochan Palei (Tata Sponge), Mrs Rosalie Misha, Secretary (VSN), Mrs Snigdha Tripathy & Mrs Jolly Pattnaik, both Trustees (VSN). The children presented a cultural presentation for the guests and audience. Prizes sponsored by Vidya Shakti Niyas were distributed among children having won in various categories in recently concluded Annual Sports. The school management thanked VSN for their support in the event.

Bileipada, 6 & 11 January 2017. The new year 2017 comes with new promises, hopes & aspirations for the young mind. The annual picnic is one event to celebrate the coming of the new year. Recently VSN fondly organized school picnics for children of Bileipada High School & Panchananpur UG High School, at Lake View & MIP Dam, Panchananpur, respectively. The children were overjoyed to have a good time in natural surroundings. Around 350 persons, including children, teachers and support staff participated in the above events.

Bileipada High School Sports

Bileipada, 6-10 January 2017. Vidya Shakti Niyas has been working towards overall development of the youth and children. Promotion of sports forms one of the key initiatives regularly undertaken in the nearby villages. Recently VSN extended support to Saraswati Shishu Mandir School, Bileipada & Bileipada High School in organizing their Annual Sports events. The programs were conducted at the Tata Sponge Football Ground and was supported by several volunteers including VSN members & others.

More than 350 young boys & girls participated in a variety of sporting events, like running race, long jump, javelin throw, shot put, relay race etc. The most talented sportsperson were rewarded with various trophies & prizes by attending dignitaries, including Mrs Rosaline Mishra, Secretary (VSN), Mr Ananta Behera & Mrs Leelawati Behera, teachers & parents.

Panchananpur, 23 Dec 2016. In promotion of Animal Husbandry, Vidya Shakti Niyas recently organized a Duckery Farming Training program for the ladies of Panchananpur. Around 10 village ladies participated in the program. Mr Nimay Charan Naik, an expert in the field, elaborated on the income generating benefits of the profession. VSN members including Mrs Snigdha Tripathy, Mr Ananta Behera & Mrs Leelawati Behera helped organize the event.

3 & 9 January 2017, Anseikala & Panchananpur. As a part of its health initiative, Vidya Shakti Niyas organized free rural medical camps in the villages of Anseikala & Panchananpur recently. Around 200 rural villagers benefited from the event. Visitors include rural women, children, elderly & men folk. Dr Arabinda Panda, Medical Consultant, VSN attended the patients and prescribed medicines. The patients were given free basic medicines during the program.

Vidya Shakti’s education initiatives include several activities to enrich the young mind of the students and to foster awareness among parents in the rural villages. Such activities conducted in recent past were;

Bileipada, 14th Dec 2016: Inter High School Essay Writing Competition was organized with participation of 11 schools with 3 participants from each school. The subject was ‘Role of Television in the present time’.

Lahanda, 15th Dec 2016: Annual Sports Day was organized by Lahanda Munda Sahi Primary School. Little students had great fun participating in various events. A total of 90 students participated in various activities.

Panchananpur, 16th Dec 2016: A study tour for the students of Panchananpur UG High School was conducted. Around 41 students visited Jeet Fly Ash brick making unit at Bileipada and observed the manufacturing process.

Panchananpur, 20th Dec 2016: A Clean India Program was conducted at the adopted village of Panchananpur. Around 70 students from village UG High School, from Anseikala High School with local villagers participated in the above program, which was attended by Mr SK Mishra, (CFO), Mr SC Ray, Mr T Palei & others from TSIL.

Bileipada: Meeting between parents of students and teachers was conducted at VSN Training Hall for better communication & coordination between home & school.

Panchananpur, Basudevpur & Anseikala, 21-22 Dec 2016: Vidya Shakti distributed test papers and blankets in the Govt Girls’ High School, Basudevpur, Maa Santoshi High School, Anseikala & UG High School, Panchananpur.

Local Anganwadis,9-22 Dec 2016: Distribution of study materials in different schools and Anganwadis like, mosquito nets, blankets, solar LED home light & lanterns, cooking utensils, sports equipment (indoor & outdoor), school uniform, school bags, notebooks, pens, pencils, colour pencils, drawing sheets, water filters, test papers, wall clocks, geometry boxes, globes duris etc. Schools & Anganwadis – Govt Girls’ High School Basudevpur, Maa Santoshi High School Anseikala, Govt Girls’ High School Marusan, Lahanda Munda Sahi Primary School, Mutuda Primary School, Panchananpur UG High School, Maa Dwarasuni High School, Chamakpur, Bileipada UGUP School, Lahanda Munda Sahi Anganwadi, Karansahi Anganwadi, Kaliabeda Anganwadi.

Several free rural medical health camps were conducted recently in the surrounding villages. Village folk including women, children & elderly came to visit the camp to ease their ailments. Consultation was provided by Dr Arabinda Panda, with free distribution of basic medicines.

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Training forms an integral part of Vidya Shakti’s education initiative. Several activities were conducted in recent past to benefit ladies, farmers and others to strengthen their skills in various disciplines and to make them economically independent.

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Shishu Prem Nursery School has been working towards enrichment of rural education for several years. While school’s primary focus is on the academic syllabus, a great amount of time and effort is dedicated towards extra curricular activities to ensure overall development of the young minds. In this direction, several activities were conducted at Shishu Prem Nursery School recently, where the tiny tots were given different platforms to showcase their potential and nascent talents. Continue

Tata Sponge, 21st November 2016. Vidya Shakti Niyas organized a heartfelt farewell for Mrs Madhavi Deshpande at Lake View Recreation Centre. All members of the charitable organization including VSN Chairperson, Secretary, trustees, teachers from Shishu Prem Nursery School and support staff attended the program. The members shared their memorable experiences with Mrs Deshpande and wished good health & fortune for her entire family.