Update

Karahal Diaries (contd) : Oct 17th to Oct 27th

I have spent last 12 days (whole of the Navaratri and Vijayadashami) in villages of Sheopur district. I visited 41 of our Seva Kutirs having children from Sehariya communities and had community meetings in each village. Additionally we visited several new villages where we would set up our work in future. Other than our core Karahal Diaries (contd) : Oct 17th to Oct 27th

Rampurachak – A sad anachronism in the year 2020.

Two days back I found myself in a village in Karahal block in Sheopur district of MP which was an outlier even to the wildest expanse of my imagination. One of the poorest villages I have been to. My fellow Sevavratee Rinkesh, our District Anchor for Sheopur, had chanced upon this hamlet while losing his Rampurachak – A sad anachronism in the year 2020.

Khalwa block of East Nimar district in MP

Last week I was in Khalwa block of East Nimar district in MP. This block is infamous for malnourishment and deaths due to malnutrition. It has 75 percent Korku tribal population and remaining are from the Gond tribe. It borders Melghat region of Maharashtra which also is demographically similar and also similarly lagging in health Khalwa block of East Nimar district in MP

Karahal (Sheopur) Diaries

For the last 8 days I had been camping in the Karahal block of Sheopur district in northern Madhya Pradesh. It is the worst block in whole of MP and one of the worst in the whole country in terms of malnourishment, and health parameters. It is on eof the 6 district where we are Karahal (Sheopur) Diaries

Sachin Tendulkar supports Parivaar Seva Kutirs

Sachin Tendulkar is sponsoring 5 of our Seva Kutirs in impoverished tribal areas in MP. These Kutirs having 560 children are in Sehore district. We are running 174 Seva Kutirs (meals and education centres) in MP at present, serving more than 16 thousand children. One Seva Kutir averages around Rs 12.5 Lacs, and the STF Sachin Tendulkar supports Parivaar Seva Kutirs

Tamia block in Chhindwara district in MP

Last week I spent some days in the adivasi villages of Tamia block in Chhindwara district in MP where we are running 15 of our Seva Kutirs where 1500 children are getting meals and education. These villages are in the picturesque Satpura hills (about 90 km from famous hill-station of Pachmarhi). In all these villages Tamia block in Chhindwara district in MP

9230 T-shirts distributed in Parivaar Seva Kutirs

Last fortnight we have distributed 9230 T-shirts to 4615 boys and girls (2 sets to each) across 34 of our newly started Seva Kutirs in trial areas of 2 districts Sheopur and Chhindwara in MP

Parivaar MP surges ahead.

Last month I spent another 2 weeks in adivasi areas of Mandla district in MP where 25 of our Seva Kutir centres (out of total 165 Seva Kutirs in 5 districts are running). In post-Corona-outbreak scenario the scope of Parivaar ( parivaar.org ) Seva Kutirs has been vastly expanded to include the vulnerable elderly. We Parivaar MP surges ahead.

spent 18 days in Mandla district of MP

In the last one month I spent 18 days in Mandla district of MP where we have 25 of our Seva Kutirs in as many interior adivasi villages. In each of these Kutirs, on an average a 100 children and 10 elderly persons are served meals (both lunch and dinner), in addition to the education spent 18 days in Mandla district of MP

Re-starting of all 159 Seva Kutirs feeding and educating 16 thousand tribal children in MP

Happy to share that all our 159 Seva Kutirs (Meals and Education centres) in 159 tribal villages of 5 districts in Madhya Pradesh (Sheopur, Mandla, Dewas, Sehore, and Chhindwara), have restarted their full-fledged operations. The Kutirs are serving lunch and dinner to more than 16 thousand children in age-group of 3 to 15 and vulnerable Re-starting of all 159 Seva Kutirs feeding and educating 16 thousand tribal children in MP