Our Work
BOSE FELLOWSHIP
Bose Fellowship is a one year fellowship program inspired from Netaji's name to evoke the youth of the country to take action towards change in the country's current conditions in Education and Health. It is a continuation of Pillala Kosam initiative. It was started in the year July 2024 with 155 Volunteers in five different districts in Telangana with support of District Administration of the various districts and also ITDA Utnoor. The following districts participated in the program - Adilabad, Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Peddapalli, Vikarabad and Narayanpet.
The program aims to build confidence and agency in children and Youth. More than 90% Youth reported that there is an improvement in their confidence and courage. They also shared that they have an increased sense of responsibility towards their own village and children in their neighbourhood.
This program has shown important changes in three different stakeholders –
a) Children – Improved confidence, speaking and reading skills
b) Youth – Improved Leadership abilities and Communication Skills
c) Parents – Increased trust over children’s ability and public school systems
In the next year, 2023-2024, program expanded to all the 33 districts with 10,000 NSS Volunteers with the support of Commissionerate of Collegiate Education and NSS State Team. 300 NSS Program Officers were given a 3 day residential training to take this program on the ground. This has become an institutionalised program and taken up by the State Department of Education from April 2024 onwards under the name of Community Volunteers of Telangana.
JAN SHIKSHA
SABHA
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)-2019, stated about children aged 4-8 years this year, the poor state of reading and comprehension skills among the students of Telangana. As per the survey report, more than half of Class III students surveyed in Telangana could not read Class 1 - level text. Of the surveyed Class III students, only 26 per cent of them could read Class I text. Of the surveyed Class II and Class I students, only about 17 percent and 4 per cent of them could read Class I-level text respectively.
Given the current shape of education in the primary schools, many children are dropping out of education especially from high schools. A statistics report states that only 50% of the children continue to high school education. There are many reasons behind the same which need to be tackled by the local area volunteers.
In this work, we envision the local area volunteer as a change leader in the community who will start working on education but eventually work on other aspects like improving attendance to schools, improving attendance of the parents in the Parent Teachers Meeting.
With the support of the Additional Collector of Local Bodies - Mr. Pratik Jain, this work has been taken forward in 6 Wards in Shamshabad Mandal of Rangareddy District. The Volunteers for this project are mobilised by the Ward Counsellors of their respective wards. At the end of 6 months, we have seen a 40% growth in the numeracy levels of the children andVolunteers have testified that have developed confidence and communication skills through this work. They have also built a deeper relationship with the children and parents of their village.
PUBLIC HEALTH
SURVEY
Public Health Survey is a project where our main aim was to examine the state of the public health institutions in Telangana to understand the issues needed to be addressed in order to deliver good health services to the rural people.
During Covid Crisis, we have visited a lot of district hospitals in general where the situation became very grim with lack of enough doctors and facilities to treat the patients. Expenses have shot up massively where there are huge queues of patients waiting to be treated outside of Government Hospitals in Hyderabad. We have decided to do a survey of the hospitals in various districts and mandals.
Our team visited and consolidated a report of the following areas - Shadnagar Mandal (Rangareddy District), Doulthabad and Damaragidda Mandals (Mahabubnagar District), Utnoor Mandal (Adilabad District), Nekkonda Mandal (Warangal District) and Mulakalapalli and Dummugudem Mandals (Bhadradri Kothagudem) District.
Our approach during this visit was to Assess, Analyse, Interpret and Alleviate. We have covered various metrics like Infrastructure, Doctors' TAT, People's Opinion of the Hospital and hospitality of the hospital staff towards the patients. This report has been compiled succinctly yet comprehensively and brings to one's notice the key issues faced by the people of those Mandals, along with the contemporary condition of the PHC's and Health centres. We have also written letter to the district collectors regarding the same. Our team at Bharat Dekho has also devised Training plans and Modules in symbiosis with a Road-Map on how to go about these issues, which can be readily consulted for thorough prognosis and requital.
" My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will solve the whole problem like lions. "
- Swami Vivekananda
PILLALA
KOSAM
Pillala Kosam (meaning “for children” in Telugu) is an initiative started as an extension to Jan Shiksha Sabha. It was started in the year August 2022 with 500 Volunteers in four different districts in Telangana with support and guidance of Ms. Vakati Karuna IAS (Principal Secretary of Education, Telangana May 2022 – Dec 2023). More than 20 NGO's participated in the program and provided volunteers to work in the urban and rural areas of the four districts - Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal Malkajgiri and Yadadri Bhuvanagiri Districts. Out of the 500 Volunteers, 350 Volunteers have been given certificates and 50 of them are awarded Certificates of Excellence.
PILLALA
SANDADI
Every summer, students forget what they’ve learned in school, a phenomenon known as the ‘Summer Slide.’ This learning loss is especially pronounced in primary school children, who are still building their foundational skills. In Telangana, where primary students are already struggling with literacy and numeracy, the summer slide poses a serious threat to their education.
To tackle this issue, we’ve launched 'Pillala Sandadi' – a month-long summer camp in our villages for children in grades 3 to 5. Here, local youth will lead fun and engaging activities to keep kids learning during the break, to minimise the summer slide and thereby the drop out rates.
But Pillala Sandadi isn’t just for kids. It’s a chance for young people to connect with their community, understand local challenges, and develop leadership and communication skills. Together, they will create a joyful, productive environment that strengthens the entire village.