…Hands that give are holier than the lips that speak
PREM SEVA MAHILA MANDAL
( Love & Service Women`s Organization )
Regd. No. : F 13179/04/THANE
Knows no Caste, Creed, Community or Colour
The Spirit of Togetherness
Exempted under 80G (5) of the I.T. Act 1961- reg.
- Our Projects
DIFFERENT SUB ACTIVITIES
Many programmes aim at empowering women. This includes vocational trainings, legal and medical camps etc., ther were also health checkups for the parents as well as the Tribal population in the Sahapur Taluka, Bhiwandi Taluka. Legal awareness programmes organised for the women.
The Prem Seva Mahila Mandal (PSMM), ( Love & Service Women`s Organization ) Kalyan, Thane District, Maharashtra, focuses primarily on the uplift of the downtrodden : Women of the lower middle class group, Widows and Domestic workers, and has been in existence since the year 2001. The brainchild of Mr. and Mrs. James and Stella Morais the Mandal has a variety of activities such as:
Quantitative indicators of our activities
| Sr. No | Specific Activities |
| 1. | School on wheels |
| 2. | Vocational Training for Women |
| 3. | Medical camp |
| 4. | Awareness Campaigns |
| 5. | Educationg Municipal school children through spoken English |
| 6. | Games played for the mental development of Municipal children in the school and children of the migrants |
| 7. | Practical Knowledge – Visits to the parks, Bank ,Post office, Railway station, Police statio, Fire station etc., |
| 8. | Nutritional support through mid-day meal, distribution of protien sachets |
| 9. | Value Education Story Telling/Films shown on moral values |
| 10. | Entertainment through Television / Cartoon films /Action songs provided by the Magic Bus |
| 11. | Health Management, Distribution of house made sanitary napkins / talks and street plays on health & hygiene. Regular check up of the nails and hair |
| 12. | Financial inclusion importance of savings. Women from the nearby adhivasi villages are taught to saveand on serious topics like conservation of forest by not cutting down valuable teakwood trees. Gobar gas projects and Solar stove project is in the pipeline |
NETWORKING AND CO-ORDINATING:
The mandal networks and co-operates with likeminded NGO’s & individuals, corporates. It has always promoted and encouraged the involvement of like-minded individuals and their co-operation in running programmes for the children.
The mandal works with the Municipal schools where the children are from economically poor background, where the volunteers teach them spoken English as well as games for the mental development of the children.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
- Festival celebrations (National & Religious)
- Educational trips to post office, bank, fire station, railway station, war memorial etc.
- Competitions
- Workshops – Drawing, Crafts, Dance classes etc.
- Picnics – Out door
- The response to this was encouraging from both the children as well as the parents. Children were static and made the best of this opportunity.
- Nutritious Mid-day meal is provided for the children every day.
FEEDBACK OF CHILDREN:
- “This is first chance for us to see these wonderful places. Because of this bus, my dream came true” said Asha Shivram Masale, a student.
- A child spending 1 ½ to 2 hrs. per day at the centre, emerges as a confident self – reliant individual. These children are more vocal, able to express themselves clearly, been in the limelight in entertainment programs and rallies.
- There is still a long way to go before all children in the community can be reached out to and set on the path to a more fruitful future.
FUTURE PLANS:
In order to allow the children to grow with books, library with books to expose children to outside world and encourage their imagination, creativity and motivate them to become “SOMEONE” in the society, to enhance reading habits in the older ones thus making the learning process joyful.