Banabasi Seva Samiti

Child Care

Social disaster and misshapenness are the precarious situation before our Indian children. More than 40% children are always the encounter of social disaster. Therefore the helpless children become destitute. At this out stake, the organization BSS focused to care and to protect the destitute children with homely love, care and education with long term caring up to self sufficiency. The statuses of the ongoing Sishu Sadan are follows.

Sl. No. Name of the programme / scheme Place & District Boys Girls Total Students
01
Children’s Home
Baliguda, Kandhamal
78
72
150
02
Children’s Home
Jakikia, Kandhamal
38
--
38
03
Children’s Home
Rabingia, Kandhamal
34
--
34
04
Children’s Home
Dangariguda, Kalahandi
82
--
52

Maa Rama Devi Adivasi Kanyashram (Residential Hostel for 100 ST Girl Students), Rabingia:

Looking at the poor educational standard of the tribal girls the Samiti had started Maa Rama Devi Adivasi Kanyashram at Rabingia in 1997 with 35 tribal girls at Rabingia in the memory of renowned freedom-fighter and women organizer, educator Rama Devi Choudhury. In the subsequent year onward, this Kanyashram is being supported by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs of Government of India. At present 100 nos. of ST girls have been accommodated in Kanyashram, Rabingia and getting formal education in schools.

Bairu Gamango Adivasi Kanyashram, Kujendri, Rayagada :

Bairu Gamango Adivasi Kanyashram has been established at Kujendri in Ramanaguda Block in Rayagada District since 1999. It is interesting to note that Late Biswanath Pattnaik was able to change the mind and heart of Shri Bairu Gamngo and his fellow land-lords, who donated lands during Bhoodan Movement (Land Donation Movement led by Vinoba during 1950s). In memory of the land donor the Bairu Gamango, Adivasi Kanyashram is being managed from the corpus fund of the organization for 30 tribal girls.

Adibasi Kanyasram (Residential Hostel for 100 ST Girl Students), Bandhagarh:

With the initial support of Bharatiya Adim Jati Sevak Sangh, New-Delhi another residential School for tribal girls has been established in Phiringia Block in Kandhamal District in the year 1985. At present, 100 nos. of tribal girls are availing the formal education along with vocational course with grant-in-aid from the MoTA of Government of India.

Table showing the strength of Children & Staff at Adivasi Kanyashram.

Sl. No. Name of the Kanyashram Place & District Supporting Agency No. of students No. of Staff
01
Maa Ramadevi Advasi Kanyashram
Rabingia, Kandhamal
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India.
100
12
02
Bairu Gamango Adivasi Kanyashram
Kujendri, Rayagada
Own fund of Banabasi Seva Samiti.
25
05
03
Bandhagarh Adivasi Kanyashram
Bandhagarh, Phiringia, Kandhamal
Initiated by Adim Jati Sevak Sangh, New-Delhi.
100
12
Total
225
29

Special Hostel for ST & SC Students

50 nos. of poor SC & ST students are providing with special coaching, free food, boarding, clothing, medicine, educational support and vocational education in addition to formal teaching in school under this special hostel programme.

Special Sponsorship Programme

Under this programme 94 nos of needy children getting free boarding, clothing, fooding medicines and educational learning materials to complete their school education at Balliguda with support of EEDM France.

Specialized Adoption Agency (SAA)

The Specialized Adoption Agency (SAA) to be treated as the home for relinquished infants and in country adoption center at Baliguda, Kandhamal. This center provides the safe rescue and care for the relinquished infants out of the increasing incidence of unwed motherhood and death of helpless mother in a tribal district. The organization under the collaboration of Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA), Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India runs the maintenance of these infants. During the financial year 5 nos of male and 2 nos of female child adopted from this centre. The center also allows openly in-country adoption as per the legal formalities. 

Child Line-Kandhamal

The Samiti has been selected for the running of Child Line as a Collaborative organization by the Child Line Foundation India. The official setup has been completed at district head quarter Phulbani.

Pre Schooling Centre (Creche)

Samiti running 47 nos of Creche units in most remote tribal area of Kandhamal district under this programme the Samiti providing free education, nutritional food support to the children.