Who We Are
Bhartiya Parivardhan Sanstha (BPS) is a registered Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 Since its inception (December 1991) BPS has been working for enhancing standard of living of the economically backward persons, especially the Jhuggi- Jhopari dwellers of urban & rural backward areas.The people residing in slum & backward locality of North East Districtare facing numerous problems, and gradually they become victims of several types of drugs. Despite their sincere efforts, their deplorable conditions do not improve; rather they slip from bad to the worse. The Sanstha has been attempting to bridge up the gap between the Govt. and non- Govt. agencies, with the plan and programs of providing aid and assistance to sufferers and victims. The Sanstha, apart from the above, also volunteers to assist drug addicts, the victims of atrocities against women, medical aid to drug addicts and their rehabilitation, organizing various vocational training pertaining to Cutting-Tailoring, Garments, Beauty Culture, House Keeping, Scooter-Motor Cycle repairs, Cooking & Preservation of food, Education to Street Children, Health check up of school students and organizing several campaigns and motivational counselling for the benefits of women and female children. The above activities also involve the survey at grass root level and are in pursuance of the aims and objectives of the Sanstha.
The Sanstha in collaboration with Delhi State Aids Control Society is running successfully the Targeted Intervention projects is respect of Injecting Drug Users and Female Sex Workers in Sunder Nagri, Nand Nagri, Old Seemapuri and Seelampur Areas of North East Delhi as such populace carry the high risk of sexually transmitted diseases and also HIV & AIDS hence they require special intervention, focus and follow up by the trained staff of the Santha.
Sanstha has also worked along with the International Labour Organization under the ‘Decent Employment for women in India’. The Sanstha has trained 600 (BPL) women in different vocational trades and 33 AIDS affected/infected women have also got training in respect of cutting & tailoring under ILO programme.
The Sanstha has been actively working for prevention of Drug Abuse and Generating Welfare awareness among such population. The Magnitude of problems from drugs addicts is too big, and at the same time it is a cumbersome for the Govt. alone to fight. Under this situation, the Govt. has called upon non-government organization to render its support.
The organization is working in the field of Drug De-Addiction since the year 1996.The Sanstha in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India is running a 30 bedded full-fledged Drug De-Addiction Centre at BastiVikas Kendra, Nand Nagri in North East District, Delhi which has been a success story.
The Sanstha has been associated in this field and adopting various measures such as distribution of pamphlets & leaflets, organizing seminars and group discussions, generating awareness campaigns visiting door to door of the dwellers etc. On the basis of information collected through door-to-door contacts, it can comfortably be stated that this type of abuse and alcoholism is nothing but a psycho-socio medical problem. In this regard, the approach is to provide services including awareness generation, identification, treatment and rehabilitation. The thrust is on preventive education programme and to convert addicts as a normal person into the mainstream of society.
Brief history and a brief account of the activities of the organization
- Decent Employment for women in India: -This project was sponsored by I.L.O for achieving main objectives such as to give access to Below Poverty Line category women and to provide effective vocational training relating to garment, beauty culture, house management & food processing and scooter-motor repairing and painting (madhubani).
- Self Help Group: – Under the movement of formation of Self Help Group, about 30 groups were formed under the initiation of Rashtriya Mahila Kosh.
- Reproduction & Child Health (R.C.H): – This project is given by the Society for Services to Voluntary Agencies (North), which is functioning as Mother NGO & approved by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. RCH Programme is to reduce maternal infant & child mortality and morbidity. Family planning is an important RCH component. The RCH programme draws on a life cycle approach. Adolescent Reproduction Sexual Health is an important RCH competent. One of the main goals of National Population Policy 2000 is to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity.
- Schemes of National Institute of Open Schooling:- Our Sanstha is an accredited Vocational Institution of National Institute of Open Schooling. BPS imparts Vocational Training in Garment & Beauty Culture.
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: – Our Sanstha in collaboration with Universalisation of Elementary Education Mission (UEE), Directorate of Education Delhi is actively participating in propagating / providing elementary education to drop out children. For this purpose, the Sanstha is managing 32 learning centers wherein there are 32 well-qualified teachers and about 1200 students.
- Integrated Scheme for Street Children: – Under this scheme, street children were given education and made aware of health, sanitation, legal, social constraints, problems, rules, regulation etc. Nine centers at different parts of Delhi were set up and about 250 street children benefited. Nine teachers were deployed for providing education to them. Grant in aid provided by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
- School Students Health Check up: – This scheme is provided by the Directorate of Health, NCT of Delhi for keeping good health of school students. For this purpose, health check up of each and every student of assigned schools run under Delhi Govt. was carried out and necessary medicines etc. were also provided.
- Awareness:- Legal awareness, Consumer awareness, Family & Health awareness, Environment awareness etc are normal features/ programs undertaken by the Sanstha.
- STD, HIV & AIDS– (Prevention & Control): – Delhi AIDS Control Society, Delhi, is sponsoring this project. Entire trans-Yamuna is being covered under this scheme. The Sanstha is actively working in providing health awareness, care, treatment etc for 1500 STD / AIDS affected persons.
- Survey & Services Delivery: – A project given by Population Commission, Govt. of India for health awareness and population control was carried out in urban and rural areas of Darbhanga (Bihar) for safe delivery and child mother care.
- Drug De-addiction Center: – For providing counselling, treatment, and rehabilitation of drug addicts, the Sanstha has established 30 bedded de-addiction center with the collaboration of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment which is functional since the year 2004.