VGKK - Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra
VGKK - Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra
Project Brief: The "Hope in the Hills" project is catered for to Soliga tribals, numbering over 50,000.
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact: Los Angeles
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)
Secondary Focus: to go to formal school
Area: RuralSupporting Chapter Contact:
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Veena Viswanath
Project Partner(s):
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , Biligiri Ranganabetta (BR) Hills,,Yelandur Taluk,
KARNATAKA 571 441
Tel: (8226) 44025
Stewarding Chapter: Los Angeles
Project Steward: Veena Viswanath
Project Partner(s):
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , Biligiri Ranganabetta (BR) Hills,,Yelandur Taluk,
KARNATAKA 571 441
Tel: (8226) 44025
Stewarding Chapter: Los Angeles
| Jan 2003 | Los Angeles | USD 3031 |
| Dec 2000 | Los Angeles | USD 2100 |
| Dec 1999 | Los Angeles | USD 4948 |
| Dec 1998 | Los Angeles | USD 1500 |
| Dec 1997 | Los Angeles | USD 4736 |
Total = $16315
The project was started in 1980, and is involved in health, community development, and education. The school serves the Soliga tribe from four talukas -- Yelandur, Kollegal, Chamarajanagar, and Nanjanagud. It provides basic education and vocational training for members of the Soliga tribe.
Asha supports education of children in the remote hamlets of BR Hills for whom the local schools are too far off. The teachers go and visit the hamlets to teach the children. Asha also supports the vocational training program.
Asha aims to:
-- Assist the school in expanding its vocational training program.
-- Help hire teachers for the adult education program.
-- Include new volunteers who are showing interest and enthusiasm for the project.
-- Arrange for several Japanese groups who have shown interest to visit the project for internships.
-- Set up a trust fund through individual and corporate sponsorships.
Asha supports education of children in the remote hamlets of BR Hills for whom the local schools are too far off. The teachers go and visit the hamlets to teach the children. Asha also supports the vocational training program.
Asha aims to:
-- Assist the school in expanding its vocational training program.
-- Help hire teachers for the adult education program.
-- Include new volunteers who are showing interest and enthusiasm for the project.
-- Arrange for several Japanese groups who have shown interest to visit the project for internships.
-- Set up a trust fund through individual and corporate sponsorships.
The goal and vision of VGKK is to assist the tribal people in forming a self-reliant, united and progressive tribal community. VGKK also hopes to elicit the latent human potential in these tribal people through empowerment, health, education and training programs; all the while keeping intact their intrinsic values.
The chief departments of the project are as follows:
-- Health Care Center for the tribals - used for immunizations and health care and education.
-- Educational Center - a school with formal and non-formal education.
-- Vocational Training Centre - deals with training young tribal men and women for utilization of forest products without harm to the ecosystem. (This is a self sufficient body whose profits go into the educational system.)
-- Forest Biodiversity Centre - to study and maintain the biodiversity of the forest under management of the Soligas.
The chief departments of the project are as follows:
-- Health Care Center for the tribals - used for immunizations and health care and education.
-- Educational Center - a school with formal and non-formal education.
-- Vocational Training Centre - deals with training young tribal men and women for utilization of forest products without harm to the ecosystem. (This is a self sufficient body whose profits go into the educational system.)
-- Forest Biodiversity Centre - to study and maintain the biodiversity of the forest under management of the Soligas.
Project also known as Right Livelihood