Valmiki foundation is a non profit development organization registered under Andhra Pradesh societies registration act of 2001 (Regd No. 398/2008) by a group of social workers. It has tax exemption under section 80 G of Income Tax act, 1961. Valmiki foundation has been effectively working with the children for the rehabilitation and reintegration. Background:
Mr. Surya Ganesh Valmiki, a venturesom
e man of strong determination and a sense of purpose embarked on establishing an organization to cater to the basic living needs of the disadvantaged sections of society, especially those who are in the darkness of desperation and dejection groping for a ray of hope of sustenance and existence in this world of heavy competition. The trials and tribulations faced by his beloved father, Mr. Venkata Ramanappa who was also an orphan, in his infancy and adolescence strengthened Mr. Surya Ganesh's fervent desire to extend selfless service to those who are on the lower rungs of socio-economic ladder. He founded Valmiki Foundation (Registered under societies Registration Act 2001 in the year 2008, Regd No.398) with missionary zeal and zest to offer residential tutelage and parental succor to under privileged children, to help unemployed men and women eke out their livelihood by imparting necessary skill-training in different trades and professions to make them full-fledged professionals of acumen and expertise to withstand tremors of keen competition. Vision:
•Providing congenial and salubrious ambience for under-privileged to become poised and also to become literates.
•Providing subsistence avenues to unemployed poor young men and women. Mission:
•Since we believe that children are the prized assets and responsible future citizens, imparting free education, residential care, food and clothing for underprivileged children is one of our prime concerns. We make them use their latent talents to the optimum level by infusing in them an eagerness to actively partake of extracurricular activities.
•Since we believe that supplementing family income is a poverty alleviation measure, we shape the destinies of poor young men and women who are endowed with qualities of head and heart but lack in opportunities by giving intensive and vigorous training on income generating vocational courses which ensure them employment opportunities. Objectives and Services:
Education:
•Identifying and according warm homely treatment in our residential care centers to those who have discontinued education as a result of either scanty resources or social impediments.
•Providing best possible education to children who are desirous of resuming their studies after brief discontinuance due to financial stringency on the part of their parents.
•Freeing child labourers from the clutches of exploiters and giving them residential care. Nurturing and feeding orphaned beggar's in residential care centers by providing food, clothing, education and medical facilities. Livelihood:
•Identifying and providing means of living to the unemployed young men and women living in dirt and squalor in slums.
•Enkindling in them spirit of decent living by giving training in various vocational courses which help them acquire new skills.
•Approaching local industrialists with an earnest request to provide deserving disadvantaged workers with placement in their respective concerns. Team:
The Valmiki Foundation has a team of committed young people, active leaders, generous philanthropists, versatile academicians and honorary advisors. The board of the foundation consists of spirited people with a firm conviction to the ideology of Mr.Ganesh Valmiki. They are:
Mr.Surya Ganesh Valmiki - President
Mr.Venkata Ramanappa - Vice President
Mr.Raj Valmiki - General Secretary
Mr.M.Venkata Shiva Reddy - Treasurer
Mr.Ch.Raja Bhanu Kiran - Joint Secretary
Mr.P.Krishna - Executive Member
Foundation Achievements:
•We have provided scholarships to 55 poor children of different orphanages and schools for their educational expenses.
•We have provided Vitamin A capsules to 5,000 poor children.
•We have provided aid to 15 small Ngo's in kind of cash and kind. Functioning:
The Valmiki Foundation is an autonomous body functioning in association with the noted Non-governmental organizations. The expertise from established organizations in the relevant field are secured in formulating the project preparing proposals, obtaining necessary permissions and implementing schemes to achieve the goals before the Valmiki Foundation. Target:
The Valmiki Foundation intends to expand its activity further to reduce illiteracy among the under privileged sections of the society. It aims to impart free education through its own educational institutions and adopted schools. It also contemplates to provide adequate infrastructural facilities in government schools and ill equipped private schools- both at the elementary and high school level- and achieve results with a missionary spirit. Let this message reach the needy student community, the illiterate and depressed sections of the society! Let the vast majority of the underprivileged make use of the services offered by the Valmiki Foundation!! Let there be a smile on every face unmindful of their economic condition!!!
