KASHIUTKARSH:A social movement of the students of IT BHU

Objectives:
- Imparting education: To children/adults of the slums.
- Awareness:About general health and hygiene.
- Self-help groups: To solve unemployment.
- Medical help.

Today after 7 years where do we stand:
-Areas of work:
-Lehartara
-Susuwahi(Harijan basti)

-Education:
-A school Lehartara:75 children.
-Susuwahi:7 students attending school regularly.
-Admissions:4 students in Navodaya & 2 in Central Hindu School.
-Mess workers are taught daily in the campus.
-Sponsored students:
-44 in Sarswati Shiksha Niketan
-35 in Gyan Sagar
-15 in Sant Ravi Das

-Medical Support:
-Open Heart Surgery:Pinky 6 yr old was treated for the hole in the heart at Narayan Hrudayalaya, Bangalore on 5th march'04(Total Expenditure around 1lakh)
-Brain Tumour:Manish a mess worker was operated in Varanasi
-Laxmi her burnt leg was treated (Expenditure 10,000).
-Medical Camps:Organized regularly with the support from IMS,BHU
(Last organized on 8th August 2004 at Lehartara).
-Blood Donation Camps:Last one was on 4th april'04 in GH
-Hepatitis B Vaccination camp:At Susuwahi,65 people were vaccinated (Jan-Aug'04)

-In house industries and production facilities (production of paper bags, candle making etc)
-Competitions regularly organized at the bastis.

-Regular Visits:
-8-10 students visit every weekend.
-Individuals go daily to susuwahi.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM:

-Nearly all students of IT contribute Rs.10-100 per month.
-Pinky's Surgery(90,000):Alumni contributions.

After Pinky's successful treatment the expectations of the people from Kashi Utkarsh have increased we have currently two challenges:

-Open heart surgery of a mess worker.
-Mouth cancer of a carpenter from susuwahi.

For making them both a success we need your support

Our Website:
http://www.itbhu.ac.in/students/kashiutkarsh

Contact us at:
kashiutkarsha@yahoo.com

Join:
kashiutkarsh@yahoogroups.com