Astha Mahila Evam Bal Vikas Sansthan- Field Work

Here, volunteers at Astha Mahila Evam Bal Vikas Sansthan are working day and night to not only uplift the condition of the people of a marginalized community, but we are also running many social programs such as Save the Poor, Beti Bachao, Medical care, social and educational welfare programs.

What we do? AMEBVS at the field-

Astha Mahila Evam Bal Vikas Sansthan (AMEBVS), is an NGO based in the Uttar Pradesh state of India which shares its boundary with another country Nepal, and because of that the state is affected by illegal migration of underage workers through cross-border human trafficking.

AMEBVS is trying hard to stop child labor, illegal migration, human trafficking, and child marriages. As you can see in the below image:

Astha (AMEBVS) is not only helping the poor, and marginalized community members in the field of social, health care, and educational programs- we are also fighting many legal cases all around the state to ensure the safety of the victims of child marriages, underage workers, and victims of domestic crimes.

Case Study 1- Women’s Empowerment

EACH TIME A WOMAN STANDS UP FOR HERSELF, WITHOUT KNOWING IT
POSSIBLY, WITHOUT CLAIMING IT, SHE STANDS UP FOR ALL WOMEN…

The social organization Aastha Mahila Evam Bal Vikas Sansthan works on providing financial strength to women. A woman named Manju Devi, who belonged to a Dalit family, was spending her life as a laborer in the houses of rich families in her surroundings and she used to get some money from there. Her main responsibility was to take care of her family due to which she had forgotten her dream. ASTHA Team is working together with the National Rural Livelihood Mission to provide employment opportunities in 15 villages of Cholapur Block, District Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. After identifying Manju ji, she got an employment opportunity according to her needs and interest, and after training, she was provided raw materials and started working. Manju Devi is making sweet boxes, and now this is mainly her employment. It is not appropriate to work as a domestic servant at someone’s house for a lifetime. Nowadays, Manjuji is independent and takes care of her family along with all her work. She makes 100 to 150 rupees per day by making sweet boxes. Manju Ji not only earns herself but
also encourages other women to work. She is also a good trainer of the organization. By giving training to those women who are suffering, Manju ji has started the business of making sweet boxes for many other women in 6 groups working so far. The sweet boxes made by all these women are also marketed. Manju Ji has a dream and she wants to set up a factory. Our organization wants to give employment opportunities to a total of 120 women.

Case Study 2- Child Labour

“l CAN PROMISE YOU THAT VVOMF\ WORKING TOGETHER LINKED, INFORMED
AND EDUCATED – CAN BRING PEACE AND PROSPERITY TO THIS FORSAKEN PLANET.”

her children, earlier used to work in brick kilns, but now they have their own employment, with the help of the organization Aastha Mahila Evam Bal Vikas Sansthan, by leasing the farm to them and cultivating flowers in it, their whole family is blessed with flower cultivation employment and making flower garlands, along with this, by the support of ASTHA Sansthan they received benefits of various government schemes such as ration card, hand pump, and labor card, now they are earning good income every month, At the same time, their living became easier and this family is now happy. Also in the future, they are planning to do farming by taking their own farm.

Case Study 3- Water Scarcity

” IT IS HIGH TIME TO PRIORITISE WATER AND WORK EFFECTIVELY TO DRIFT AWAY
FROM BECOMING A WATER-SCARCE NATION “

Villages in India are facing an acute shortage of water for households and agriculture activities Rural villagers have insufficient access to purified drinking water due to impacts of low income, technical solutions, community internal management, water contamination from agricultural chemicals, industries, and waste disposal. With the pandemic, the demand for water growing as hand washing and bathing frequently has become the major precautionary measures. Thus, the Mushahar
community of our intervention area was facing problems due to a shortage of water
supply. After tireless efforts with the help of the organization and the community, a water pipeline was laid by Jal Nigam in Barai Musahar Basti and taps were also installed. Now the community is not facing problems with water, as well as this community is able to take care of their food and hygiene properly. And Mushahar Community is Thanking ASTHA Sansthan for making it
possible for them.

Achievements of Astha (AMEBVS)-

• INTERVENED IN MORE THAN 150 CHILD MARRIAGES.
• RESCUED 2000 CHILDREN FROM CHILD LABOUR.
• LINKED 5000 WOMEN TO LIVELIHOOD
• LINKED A TOTAL OF 700 STUDENTS IN CLASSES 1 TO 8 WITH MAINSTREAM GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
• 648 CHILDREN RECEIVED EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT THROUGH CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE CENTRES.
• 200 FAMILIES WERE PROMOTED FOR DOING KITCHEN GARDENING OF MEDICAL AND NUTRITIOUS PLANTS AND MILLET FARMING.
• SUPPORTED BRICK KILN WORKERS IN REGISTRATION FOR BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORK (BOCW)
• PROVIDED SUPPORT TO 1621 BRICK KILN LABOUR FAMILIES BY LINKING THEM WITH GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
• EDUCATED 3036 COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE INTERVENTION AREA FOR ACCESSING THE GOVERNMENT SERVICES i.e. MNREGA, PMJAY, EDUCATION-RELATED ENTITLEMENT, and SPONSORSHIP.
• 3293 BENEFITED FROM ACCESSING THE JOB UNDER MNREGA AND ROZGAR CAMP ORGANIZED WITH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.
• 2239 BENEFITED FROM AYUSHMAN CARD AND ITS BENEFITS.

Astha Geographical Area Coverage

District Coverage

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