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ARTHIK SAMATA MANDAL
Arthik Samata Mandal (Association for Economic Equality) is the 13th Item of the Gandhian
Constructive Program. It initially started as a movement and later on after the
1977 cyclone and tidal wave in Diviseema of Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh,
it was registered as an NGO in 1978. Ever since 1977, ASM has been working in
the sectors of health, habitat, agriculture improvement, livelihood, education,
child sponsorship, child rights, disaster relief, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and mitigation for the past 27 years. ASM has recently
celebrated its Silver Jubilee in the field of development. The field of
operation of ASM covers Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore, East Godavari, West
Godavari and Nalgonda. Its main target group include children, women,
adolescents, youth, handicapped and aged who hail from below poverty line. It
also works towards recognizing the survival, protection, development and
participation rights of the children in all its developmental interventions.
ASM disaster relief and rehabilitation experience has been in 1977 Cyclones & Tidal wave, 1978 Krishna floods, 1979 Nellore floods, 1983 Krishna and Godavari floods, 1986
Godavari floods, 1990 Krishna floods, 1996 Krishna Cyclone, 1998 Krishna
floods, 1999 Krishna floods, 2003 Krishna Cyclone and 2004 Tsunami. Its target
group include tribals, handloom weavers, fisherfolk, small artisans,
agricultural labourers and marginalized communities. ASM works with the local
Self-Help Groups, Mahila Mandals, Youth Clubs, Children’s Clubs, Panchayats and
other civil society organizations. In the field of health, Polio corrective
surgeries are carried out to help hundreds of polio victims and regular follow
up action is taken as a part of community-based rehabilitation program.
Similarly, eye sight is restored to hundreds of people through cataract
operations in the mass camps in the remote villages. Princess Anne, President
of the Save the Children Fund (UK) visited Arthik Samata Mandal in 1986. Mr
Veeraiah is Secretary of Arthik Samata Mandal.
Contact:
Mrs. Nau Gora,
Executive Secretary,
Arthik Samata Mandal,
Atheist Centre,
Benz Circle,
Vijayawada 520 010,
Andhra Pradesh, INDIA
Phone: +91 866 2476264
Fax: +91 866 2493830
E-mail: arthiksamata@yahoo.com
Website: www.arthiksamata.org
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