CHAL Foundation
| Founder | Mr.Prakash Ranjan |
|---|---|
| Focus | Education, Healthcare, Agriculture, Science & Technology, Awareness Programs, Manpower Services |
| Location | |
Area served | Jharkhand |
Key people | Prakash Ranjan, co-founder and Secretary Chandra Sekhar Poddar, co-founder and President Manju Bakhla, Treasurer Prabhat Ranjan Singh, Joint Secretary |
| Website | [1] |
The CHAL Foundation (Chotanagpur Human Activity Life Foundation) is a non-governmental organization that works to improve living conditions for the poor in India. The organization's vision is to provide sustainable services in healthcare, the environment, sanitation, computer education, women's rights, and literacy and skills development. The organization currently works in 293 villages in 8 districts of Jharkhand: Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Simdega, Gumla, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Ramgarh and Jamshedpur. The secretary of the organization is Mr.Prakash Ranjan, and the head office is located in Ranchi.
History[edit]
CHAL Foundation is founded on 26 August 2006 with the aim of uplifting the social and economical life of the people of this hinterland called Jharkhand. The organization is founded on the birth anniversary of Mother Teresa, one of the pioneers in the field of services to the mankind. Her works and life has been the inspiration for the society.
Event & Activities[edit]
- Training on Small Scale Industries :- The organization provide a comprehensive training on small scale industries. It works as an intermediary between the governmental agencies and the aspirant ones. Special emphasis is given on footwear, auto components, handicrafts, PCC ply making, ancillary unit for vehicle manufacturing unit etc.
- Computer Literacy Program – Society running Computer Education and Skill Development(CESD), a national Computer Literacy & Skill Development programme in various districts of Jharkhand.
- Vocational Training Program – Society running Institute for Professional Training(IPT), a national Vocational Training & Skill Development Programme in various districts of Jharkhand. In this program girls and boys were trained for painting, sewing, embroidery, mobile repairing, beautician, mehndi etc.
- Village Cleaning Program – society running village cleaning program with the help of self-help group. Two separate groups were created to assess the village cleaning program. The first group acted as suggestion committee and second group acted as execution committee. In addition to that, again society initiated a program on village cleaning with the help of the villagers. In this program a team is formed in each village which is responsible to seek the voluntary services of youth of the village in the pursuit of keeping the village clean and green. All the necessary materials for making village clean and green are supplied by the society. The society proudly claims that it has yielded a positive result. The knowledge was shared, about the village cleaning, among the participant about what steps should be taken to run the water and sanitation program, slum environmental sanitation initiatives, School hygiene and health education program. Special stress was given on garbage collection and destruction, for that a campaign was organized to spread the message among the people.
- Women empowerment programme – Organization educates women about their lawful rights. The society organizes various Camps, Seminars and Convocations for woman empowerment. Atrocities on woman is a common issue especially in India. Aiding various governmental schemes and programmes, the society takes a very active participation in convening the messages from the governmental agencies to woman regarding their empowering.
- Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), Simdega – The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), a rural safe drinking water and sanitation programme, is being implemented in the villages of Jokbahar block Simdega district, Jharkhand. The programme is supported by District Water and Sanitation Mission, Simdega. Village Motivators, Panchayat Co-ordinators and Cluster Coordinator are appointed and trained for the campaign in the TSC programme. The organization has own production unit for sanitary materials. The low-cost sanitary latrines being installed are of UNICEF model. During the year, sanitary latrines were installed for both BPL (below Poverty Line) and APL (Above Poverty Line) families in the area.
- Housekeeping Project – The society is involved in House Keeping service. It provides a fool-proof programme for various institutions like school, colleges working housekeeping projects in various offices, school, colleges, Governmental and semi governmental houses. The women's of weaker societies are engaged in up keeping works. Thus the society generating employment in the back ward classes of the society.
- Workshop & Seminars on Social Issues - The society organizes workshop & seminar on different social issues for welfare of people.
Events[edit]
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- 22 April 2012
Chotanagapur Human Activity Life (CHAL) foundation, an organization to advocate various social issues in rural areas started a farmers club in Malmandu under NABARD.
“The organization should keep working for the welfare of rural and agriculture development,” said S.L.Das, NABARD officer. CHAL foundation secretary said that the organisation is dedicated for overall development of farmers. “Our campaign include making them familiar with the new technology and help them in getting bank loans,” He added. Prabhat Ranjan Singh, Chinmoy Bhardwaj, Jyotish kumar mahto and others were present during the event.
References[edit]
http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/ranchi/59771-chal-foundation-starts-farmers-club.html
http://www.chalfoundation.4t.com/
http://www.chalfoundation.com/
External links[edit]
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