As members of the growing Indian Community in the USA we have come to recognize the need to support and enhance social causes of our country of origin. Included in the one billion citizens of India are approximately 50 million people who are classified at “tribal” or “backward”. These people have not participated in the economic growth, in part because of their location in remote areas and the lack of any formal education. Our organization’s goal is to develop facilities in areas of education and health that will allow these communities to partake in the growth and development that are seen in the rest of the country.
Bhuvana Foundation, founded in Tennessee will work closely with its sister organization in India to facilitate the mutually overlapping visions and mission of the organization.
Objectives of the Bhuvana Foundation Tennessee
The objectives of the Bhuvana Foundation Tennessee are to provide assistance that will enhance the health and education needs of the under-served areas of people living in India. The foundation seeks to enhance well being and to improve quality of life in the backward and tribal regions of India. Assistance will be provided by support in the following areas:
We are partnering with Bhuvana Foundation India in the following areas:
Children Education
- Establish early school program in the tribal villages.
- Organize after school programs for children to minimize school dropouts
- Teach the importance and value of health, hygiene and nutrition
Education
- Develop a health awareness program that is responsive to the indigenous needs of the community
- Train individuals within the community who will serve as health educators
- Evaluate the impact of these services through surveys and assess the success of immunization programs, health education tools on the health and well being of the community.
Vocational training
- Develop a planned infrastructural support for providing skills for teenagers who have completed high school and those who have dropped out
- Develop links with corporate and other non profit agencies that will support the transitioning of young adults into the work force