Guddi Devi will never stoop in front of contractors againShe lives in Koti village of Narendra Nagar block in Tehri-Garhwal District, Uttarakhand. Guddi Devi, a poverty stricken woman, has two sons still dependent on her. When a Soochna Seva team conducted a field visit to her village, they observed that of all the issues the one which stood out the most was the problem of not getting enough work or timely labour wages. The Soochna Seva team then informed Guddi and other villagers about the MGNREGA scheme and the benefits they are entitled to under…
Enabling the disabledThirty-two-year-old Reena Devi lives in village Selur Patti Juva in Thauldhar block of Uttarakhand. Wife of Darshan Lal, Reena Devi lives with her two sons Sumeet and Lucky, who are 10 and five years of, respectively. As Reena Devi suffers from a disability in her legs, her husband is the only bread earning member in the house. However, it’s not enough to even sufficiently feed the entire family. “Had my legs not been in this condition, I would have contributed something to the family…
Lifting the burden of a debtRakhi Devi, a 26-year-old widow and mother of a five-year-old son, was worried about paying a debt that was long due. A few years ago, Rakhi and her husband had taken a loan to build a toilet for her family. However, in 2014, Rakhi lost her husband Tejpal Singh. With him, she also lost any financial support that she had. Her in-laws refused to help her and broke all contacts with her. Today, she lives with her son in Jakhanikhal village of Uttarakhand. Wages from her 100 days of annual…
Intervention for EqualityMost of the villagers of Jakhanikhal in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand fall above the poverty line and belong to the general category. However, they don’t earn enough to be able to afford grains and other food items at market price. Under these circumstances, they are completely dependent on the local PDS shops (or ration shops). A few days ago, some of the villagers learnt that the food grains were being distributed disproportionately and disparately, following which the…
A Boy Pursues his Dream Career Free of CostRajesh Singh, son of Shiv Singh Chauhan, is a permanent resident of Kangsali village in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. His parents are involved in agriculture, and his two sisters are in school. After completing XII standard, Rajesh wasnted to pursue hotel management. However, due to their weak financial condition, the family couldn’t afford Rs. 50,000 for his higher education, which institutes were asking. For them, it was even difficult to make both ends meet. One day, Soochna…
A Father Dreams for his Son’s CareerAfter Sohan Singh’s son Manjeet finished schooling, he would loiter around the village all day long. Sohan wanted his son to pursue hotel management but they weren’t financially strong enough to let him pursue the career. At a time when they barely had food to eat, higher education seemed like a distant dream. However, their dream was fulfilled when Soochna Seva organised a meet for the youth in Kangsali village in Pratap Nagar block of Tehri Garhwal district (Uttarakhand). At this meet,…
Life became little easySmt Vimla is a resident of Kothga village, tehri garwhal, Uttrakhand. Poverty has inured her for life’s uncertainties since the day her husband went missing 16 years ago. She had a difficult time with finances and had to work as a farm labour to raise her only son. Her life became little easy after she met Soochna Seva team. The team informed her about the 50% grant aid on agriculture tools and equipment’s by government to support income generation from self-employment. Later, the team…
Life was never easyNeeta is a small town girl from TehriGarhwal. Evidently a small place but her aspirations are nothing short of to take on the world. This is neeta’s story. Life was never easy as she hailed from a poor family background amid dearth of employment opportunities. Her father is a truck driver and was working hard to keep the kitchen fire burning. Neeta had 3 younger siblings who were studying in the nearby school. Apart from helping mother in household chores she also took a special interest…
Rukma Devi received entitlement from Social Welfare Department for her daughterRukma Devi lives in Dabri village with her family, Tehri Garhwal and her husband Brahmpal works in a hotel in Pune, Maharashtra. He has one son and two daughters. Her 5 year old daughter Radhika is eligible for the Nanda Devi Kanya Dhan Yojana, launched to empower the girl child in 2011. Under the scheme, a girl child born on or after January 1, 2009, to BPL parents will receive Rs 5,000 as fixed deposit, to be utilised on the condition that the girl completes 18 years of age and also…
Purushottam secures his future through NREGAThe government has initiated various schemes and policies in order to provide sustainability to the under-privileged people. The irony is, majority of the rural population are devoid of the benefits earned from these schemes and the reasons behind this backlog are ignorance and lack of information. The Soochna Seva team experienced one such case of ignorance when they conducted a camp in Sivir village in Narendra Nagar block of Tehri Garhwal district. The team met Purushottam Singh; he was a…
Extending a helping hand to the specially-abled at Dabri villageSoochna Seva team aims to reach out to maximum number of people who are devoid of information about various government schemes and services. They do not restrict themselves to the task of only spreading awareness but also help people in availing the benefits such as filling up forms accurately and connecting them to the right department. In order to achieve this goal, the team conducts door-to-door visit in several villages. Likewise, the Soochna Seva team from Tehri Garhwal visited Dabri…
Another step by Soochna Seva team towards empowering citizens digitallySunita Bhandari is a resident of Pipleth village in Chamba block of Tehri Garhwal district. She is a graduate but lacked computer education which served as a barrier for her to get a good job. Due to her poor financial conditions she could not attend computer classes in Chamba because that is very expensive. After meeting the Soochna Seva team in one of the camp she received information about the digital literacy programme being provided at the centre. Since her husband passed away, she was…
Ramchandra opens a bank account that too with zero balanceRamchandra Singh had the perception that he would never require a bank account. Also, he felt that no bank would open an account with a balance that is less than 1000 rupees. His misconceptions were clarified by one of the Soochna Seva team members, when the team was on a door-to-door visit in Dabri village. The Soochna Sevak explained him about the importance of government schemes and the benefits that he can gain from them. Ramchandra was elated to know that he too could apply for various…
Soochna Seva extends a helping hand to a little one through schemesAkshara is a 5-yr-old girl from Dabri village and lives with her parents. She spends most of the time with toys and her younger brother, Vansh. The prime focus of her parents is her education and proper upbringing. Since, they stay in a small village, work opportunity is limited. Therefore, Amit Kumar, father of Akshara, works in Delhi as a migrant labourer. Whatever he earns in a month is too less because most of the money is spent in household management. After marriage, the couple is unable…
Ram Charan opens a bank account for the first time with Soochna Seva team’s help.In Uttrakhand, only 58% people have a bank account, out of which 20% are above 50 years of age. Ram Charan Singh is a 60-yr-old farmer from Dabri village of Thauldar block in Tehri Garhwal. He did not have a bank account and was always in this perception that one needs lots of money to open one. So after the launch of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, he opened an account on October 20, 2014. Ram Charan is a widow and has three sons. The eldest son is 34-yrs-old and four years ago met with an…
Soochna Seva team helps Balveer Singh to seek a way to get financial aid for his daughter’s illness.Kukarbagi is a small village that is 10 kms away from main Chamba city and comes under the Bhatusain Panchayat. In the village almost 10 families belong to Schedule Caste category. This story is about Sangita a 13-yrs-old girl who is from one of those SC families. She performs extremely well in her studies when compared to the performance of her siblings. During a visit to this village, Soochna Seva team came across her and her family. Her father, Mr. Balveer Singh, works as a labourer and is…
After a long struggle Babli Devi successfully registers for Nanda Devi Kanya dhan YojanaThe open meeting/discussion in Jardhar Gaon, Chamba Block was attended by the villagers and the majorities were women. Primary focus of the meeting was to deliver information about the objectives of Soochna Seva and the structure of work done by the team. Also, the team focused on describing about the schemes and policies that will benefit the villagers especially the woman. During the conversation the team interacted with Babli Devi. She explained her situation to the team. She wanted to avail…
Raju finally applies for Aadhar Card at Soochna Seva Kendra.Raju is a resident of New Tehri and works in a small barber shop to feed his family. He visited the Aadhar Card camp which was organised in Palika Sabhagar of New Tehri Nagar. He wanted to avail the benefits of ‘Direct Benefits Transfer Schemes’ and for that he had all the necessary documents except Aadhar Card. He was supposed to fill the Form no. 4 but due to unavailability of Aadhar card he could not do so. Since, Aadhar card became his prime need, Soochna Seva team questioned him…
Ruchi Kirsali receives pension for her daughter through Nanda Devi Kanya Dhan YojnaThis case story is about Ruchi Kirsali. She has been living in Dabri Village with her 3-yr-old daughter since her marriage. She was not aware about the government schemes until she met Soochna Seva. Our team informed that her daughter is eligible for Nanda Devi Kanya Yojna. As, Dabri is a very tiny village in Thauldhar Panchayat of Tehri Garhwal, Uttrakhand and is situated at higher altitude, access to that area is extremely difficult. But our Soochna Seva team walked miles to reach the…
Securing the future of Ashana KumariSoochna Seva team reached Dabri village in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttrakhand on January 7, 2015. It was their door-to-door visit to deliver information about government schemes to the community when they met Anju Devi. Anju Devi is 28-years-old and lives with her in-laws in the village. Her husband, Azad Singh, works in a hotel in New-Delhi, earning an average income sufficient enough to feed his family. Anju Devi says, ‘When Soochna Seva team visited us, we were ignorant about…
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