Integrated Development In Slums (Seva Vasati)

Activities of education, health care and self-reliance in Slums for Social Transformation

Seva Vasati started in 1989 with the goal of improving living standards of slum dwellers. It aims at social transformation through individual transformation. Focusing on the key areas of education, health, self-reliance, and life skills, the project also facilitates self-reliance and propagates culture with developmental activities in over 200 slums.

Overview

18% of Bangalore’s population live in slums.
Over 800 recognized slums in Bangalore.
Few are well established slums and few are in the making.
Every construction activity brings migrant labor and eventually leads to the creation of a slum.

Challenges faced in the slums:

Lack of water supply and drainage system.
Health issues due to poor hygiene.
Parents are mostly illiterate.
Low income and zero awareness.
Children lack support at home for education.
Alcoholism among men.
Breeding ground for anti-social and anti-national activities.
Drug abuse among adolescents and young adults.

After School Learning Centers: Developing Culture of Education in Slums

To provide after-school support for students up to 10^th std and beyond till completion of studies.
To impart Samskars/value education and impart knowledge about culture and heritage.

List of Activities

Focus Area	Activity	Centre	Beneficiaries 2022-23
Education	After School Learning Centre	332	4980
Education	10th Sure Pass	13	306
Health	BP & Sugar Check-up Camps	14	707
	Eye Check-up Camps	12	800
	Women Health Check-up Camps	14	1200
	Clinic on Wheels
Self Reliance	Beautician Course	4	155
	Tailoring Course	12	174
	Computer Basic Course	5	89
	Tally
	DTP & Graphics
	Self Help Groups	119	1502
		525	9913

List of Slums in Bangalore:

Bangalore South	Bangalore North
Ambedkar Nagar	Doddamma E Block
Manjunatha Colony	Sudhamanagara
Venkataram Nagar	Kuntinagara
Janata Colony	Satyanagara
Netaji Nagar	Gajendra Nagar
V. V. Giri colony	Thangamalai Nagar
Hombegowda Slum	Gowtham Nagar
Venkateshwara Nagar	Papanna Block
Ambedkar Nagar	Ambedkar Nagar
Dayananda Slum	Kuvempunagar
Tube Huts
Adijambava Slum

Health check up camps: Developing good health in slums

Within Bengaluru, there are over 500 slums housing over 20% of the population of the state. Health Check Up Camps have been set up in and around slums in Bangalore in order to help people keep track of their health. Some of the services the health camps provide include:

Blood Pressure and Sugar Check-Up
Eye Check-Up
Women Health Check-Up

Vocational Training: Developing livelihood skills for self Sustenance in Slums.

To enhance employability, livelihood, self-reliance, encourage entrepreneurship and self-confidence in people living in the slums, Rashtrotthana has come up with various vocational training programs due to:

Need for Skill Training for women: Women in slums must be helped to realise their worth, their dignity and their ability to become financially independent and self-confident. All vocational training programs are conducted close to the women’s homes, in order to aid skill development without causing any issues due to family commitments, social pressures and poverty. Rashtrotthana has been running Tailoring, Beautician, Computer Basics, Tally, DTP & Graphics and Driving courses for several years in slums, which have benefitted hundreds of needy women.
Opportunities that Skill Training will provide: Skill Training, combined with communicational and professional skills will motivate women to venture out from their comfort zone to seek various opportunities. Those who already work in low paying menial jobs will be advance up the value chain, getting higher paying jobs in tailoring shops, beauty parlors, and offices. Some women can set up their own micro enterprises like small tailoring units at home, beauty parlors, tiffin services, catering services, roadside eateries etc. The vision of this project is for women to see themselves as financially independent and confident. We believe that the project is meaningful yet effective. The long-term goal of the project is to have a vocational training center to train more participants in various skills to enable a brighter future.