Panchnanpur Banana Plantation

6 August 2016. Vidya Shakti Niyas organized a plantation program in the village of Panchananpur. The village is home to around 150 households. Saplings of quick growing, high yield  variety of banana were planted by the villagers participated enthusiastically. The plantation will be look after by village committee, with yield expected in one year.pic 2

Plantation program was organized by Vidya Shakti Niyas. Around 40 villagers from Panchananpur involved in plantation. Saplings total 60 saplings of banana planted in the area. Area was alloted by the villagers for the plantation.

 

 

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Dengue Awareness Program

28-29 July 2016, Joda. Social awareness towards impending diseases is one of the key aspects of Health & Hygiene initiatives by Vidya Shakti Niyas. In this direction, awareness programs on the dreaded Dengue disease was recently conducted at Maa Santoshi High School, Anseikala and Govt Girls’ High School, Basudevpur, with 120 and 340 students respectively, benefiting from the same. Dr Arabinda Panda conducted an informative session focused on the dangers of infection, symptoms, causes and preventive measures to stop further infection in the locality. After the session, an interesting quiz on the same was conducted, with several students responding with encouraging replies.

Ms Leelawati Behera, Mr Ananta Behera and other volunteers of Vidya Shakti Niyas jointly contributed to make the program successful. The school authorities thanked Vidya Shakti Niyas for their noble effort to contain the spread of Dengue in their vicinity.

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Adult Literacy Centre at Panchananpur

It is ongoing mission to curb illiteracy from nearby villages, rural education forms a major focus area for Vidya Shakti Niyas. There is a comprehensive ongoing program for improving literacy levels of children from nearby villages. However, a need for adult education in the vicinity has also been felt lately. In this direction, an Adult Literacy Center was started by Vidya Shakti Niyas on 1st July 2016 in the adopted village of Panchananpur. An initiative under the ongoing SAKHYARA program, around 25 ladies & 21 gents participated in the event. Two educated women from the village, Mrs Dukhuni Munda and Mrs Bagun Gagarai are rendering their services in teaching the adult students. Vidya Shakti extends support facilitating daris, slate & chalk, black board, textbooks etc to make the program successful.

Mrs Rosalie Mishra, Secretary (VSN) expressed satisfaction at the enthusiasm of the participating students and assured them further support in the cause. Other dignitaries present during the program were Mrs Snigdha Tripaty, Trustee (VSN), Mrs Leelawati Behera & Mr Ananta Behera. The program was support by Mr Basudev Munda, Secretary, Panchananpur Club. The program was highly appreciated by the villagers who thanked Vidya Shakti Niyas for its several charitable initiatives.

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AIDS Awareness Program at JFAP

Vidya Shakti organized an AIDS Awareness program at the Jeet Fly Ash Unit, Bileipada, today on 30th June 2016. The fly ash brick making unit employs around 78 contractual employees belonging to neighboring villages. The Chief Guest Mr P Chattopadhyay was joined by Mr SK Mishra, Mr TP Dash, Mr BM Rao, Mr SC Ray, Mr SN Pandey, Ms Shobha Dash, Mr Trilochan Palei, Mr Rajesh Das, Mr AK Panigrahi from Tata Sponge, Ms Rosalie Mishra, Secretary (VSN), Ms Ratna Chattopadhyay, Trustee (VSN), Ms Snigdha Tripathy, Trustee (VSN), Mr N Balakrishnan, Trustee (VSN) & volunteers during the event. In his address, Mr Chattopadhyay emphasized the need to keep oneself safe from the dreaded disease through self discipline and by following a moral conduct.

Dr Arabinda Panda elaborated on dangers of HIV and prescribed measures and precautions which help avoid infection of the deadly virus. An interesting quiz among the contractual employees was conducted to test their new found knowledge, with the guests presenting several prizes to the winners. The event was hosted by Ms Jolly Pattnaik, Trustee (VSN) assisted by JFAP staff and several volunteers.

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Rice Farming Training

In its mission to better equip & empower the local farmers, Vidya Shakti Niyas organized a Rice Farming Training program at Bileipada on 23rd June 2016. The program was organized at the VSN Training Hall, specially built for the purpose of conducting similar programs for benefit of the community.

Around 53 farmers from the nearby villages of Panchananpur, Chamakpur, Mutuda, Birikala & Lahanda participated in the training program, conducted by Mr B Mahanta, Agriculture Officer, Ms Mitali Naik, Asst Agriculture Officer & Mr J Sethi, Ex Agriculture Officer (Joda), along with Mr Masheswar Mahanta, an expert on high yield rice agriculture.

Also present during the occasion were Ms Madhavi Deshpande, Chairperson (VSN), Ms Rosalie Mishra, Secretary (VSN), Ms Ratna Chattopadhyay, Trustee (VSN), Mr SC Ray, Head CSR (Tata Sponge), along with various other guests.

The program covered various aspects of high yield rice farming, elaborating the best practices and use of scientific methodology. The farmers were presented with rice seed packets at the end of the program.

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School Boundary Wall Inaugurated

It was a special occasion for Vidya Shakti Niyas when Mrs Ruchi Narendran visited the charitable organization on 17th May 2016. Mrs Narendran was joined by Mrs Deshpande, Mrs Patnaik along with Mrs Rosalie Mishra, Secretary (VSN), several volunteers and officials of CSR department, on a visit to the adopted village of Panchananpur.

Mrs Narendran was pleased to see the festive spirit of the village as they welcomed their special guest with traditional music & dance, in native attire and custom. Mrs Narendran inaugurated the newly constructed boundary wall of Panchananpur UP High School, a center of education for nearby children. She witnessed a rural medical camp nearby, conducted regularly as a part of VSN health initiative for the rural poor. The guests planted banana saplings in a cultivation plot, along with villagers. Vidya Shakti Niyas distributed water filters to the villagers during the occasion. Mrs Narendran also visited a new rice flake machine, installed by Maa Mangala Self Help Group, with assistance from VSN.

Mrs Narendran spent quite some time at the village observing various initiatives by Vidya Shakti Niyas. She appreciated the efforts put in by the volunteers in the journey to make Panchananpur a ‘model village’ in the state.

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Adyasha talents enchant audiences

The gifted students of Adyasha music school presented a beautiful welcome song during inaugural ceremony of a Seminar on Human Trafficking on 16th April 2016 at the Employee Recreation Club. Adyasha students performed the song as a special request from the organizers. Continue

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VSN Annual Awards 2016

6th April 2016, Bileipada. Vidya Shakti Niyas proudly organized its Annual Award Ceremony 2016 at the Employee Recreation Club to honour the volunteers contributing in various philanthropic work throughout the year.

The program was inaugurated by Mr DP Deshpande, Managing Director (Tata Sponge) along with Mrs Madhavi Deshpande, Chairperson (VSN), Mr P Chattopadhyay, COO (Tata Sponge), Mr SK Mishra, CFO (Tata Sponge) and other dignitaries. Mrs Ratna Chattopadhyay, Trustee (VSN) presented the welcome speech while Mrs Rosalie Mishra, Secretary (VSN) presented the Activity Report for 2015-16. She elaborated on various activities conducted by VSN under education, health, income generation, agriculture, women empowerment, employability etc. Mrs Madhavi Deshpande explained about future prospects of Vidya Shakti Niyas in the year 2016-17. In his address, Mr DP Deshpande appreciated the humanitarian work of Vidya Shakti volunteers and congratulated them for their contribution in nation building.

The dignitaries presented various awards to Vidya Shakti volunteers during the ceremony. The guests and audience in the jam packed auditorium were treated with a multicolored cultural presentation by young talents of Amrapalli Dance School, Adyasha Music School, Shishu Prem Nursery School, Basudevpur Govt Girls’ High School, Bileipada Saraswati Shishu Mandir School. To top it all, a captivating Adibasi Dance presentation by Panchananpur villagers won the crowd. Coordinated by Mrs Jolly Pattnaik & Mrs Snigdha Tripathy, both VSN Trustees, the program was highly praised by the audience and guests alike.

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