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Parivaar is West Bengal’s largest free residential educational institution for children from highly impoverished backgrounds. As of March’23 it has more than 1900 resident children ( more than 900 in boys and girls campus each). . The children are from age-group of 4 (pre-schooling) till 21 (University level graduation).

Parivaar means Family

Our Approach

Parivaar means “Family.” At Parivaar, we believe each child is a unique and special addition to our ever-growing family. Our approach to care and development is holistic: a combination of love, community, responsibility, education, service and fun. The kids at Parivaar are not treated as charity or as clients, just as the care-givers and teachers are not treated as employees. Everyone is part of the Parivaar family. When we invest in the life of a child at Parivaar, we are investing in her future, her family’s future, and the future of India.

900

Boys (Parivaar Vivekananda Sevashrama) Enrolled

900

Girls (Parivaar Sarada Teertha) Enrolled

changing destinies

Our Campuses

Parivaar helps children achieve the goals they set for themselves. We support them in choosing a career for which they have interest and aptitude, and help them pursue a degree to make that career a reality. Some of our earliest residents have now moved into careers in engineering, nursing, and accountancy, just to name a few.

Parivaar Sarada Teertha
(Girls’ Campus)

This is the girls’ residential campus of Parivaar, home to more than 900 girls and about 30 plus female sevavratees. It has all facilities like Kitchens, Dining halls, general purpose halls with projectors, prayer halls, toy rooms, computer labs, library, and a playground.

Parivaar Vivekananda Sevashram
(Boys’ Campus)

This is the boys’ residential campus of Parivaar, home to more than 900 resident boys and 45 male Sevavratees. It has all facilities like Kitchens, Dining halls, general purpose halls with projectors, prayer halls, computer labs, library, and a huge playground having 2 football fields, a volleyball court, and a cricket field. It is also the venue of Parivaar’s Mega event – the Multi-Day Athletic Track and Field Meet (In 2019 the Meet was for 11 Days).

Parivaar Amar Bharat Vidyapeeth

This is Parivaar’s formal school and is a West Bengal Board affiliated High School. Its main building is adjacent to the Parivaar Vivekananda Sevashrama and has a subsidiary unit at Parivaar Sarada Teertha. It has more than 50 teachers.

supporting every step

Fast Facts & Key Milestones

Over 98% of children who enter Parivaar complete the program, meaning they stay through high school graduation and enter into university courses.

Parivaar’s children are scoring well above average on state-administered tests, even though most received no schooling before they joined us.

Parivaar’s graduates are following their dreams, on the road to becoming professionals like nurses, accountants, software professionals, and some choosing to work at Parivaar itself

Parivaar won India’s highest recognition in the space of child welfare, becoming the 2011 Recipient of the National Award for Child Welfare.

9 batches of Grade 10 children pass with 98% doing on their first attempt despite being very late started in education.

7 batches of Grade 12 children pass with 97% doing on their first attempt despite being very late starter in education.

More than 150 boys and girls getting employable after university level graduation and / or skill programs with NSDC affiliates after their graduation / higher secondary in respectable firms.

Some children also working with Parivaar as interns in important roles along with doing their graduation and being developed for frontline leadership in future years.

supporting every step

Initiatives

Education Excellence Program

Parivaar is supporting the education of 3,000 students from the surrounding village areas. These students are provided books and other materials – often impossible for parents to buy – ensuring these kids continue with their education. This endeavor will continue to be scaled up in the coming years.

Monthly Foodstock Scheme for old and ailing villagers

In our village community, 700 older and destitute persons are under a Monthly Foodstock Scheme and receive a stipulated quantity of rice, dal (lentils), oil and other essentials required for the month. They also get help acquiring medicines and physician visits when required.

Ambulance Service for Surrounding Villages

Parivaar runs a 24-hour ambulance service for the population in the adjoining rural areas. All people in need of hospital services must go the 1.5 hours to Kolkata, impossible for many villagers at odd hours of the day and with no means of public transportation available. Now these villagers can avail themselves of Parivaar’s ambulance services whenever they are in need.

Field-based work in tribal areas

Parviaar does outreach in over 50 villages to some of the most impoverished tribes in all of India. These populations suffer from chronic malnutrition, and members of these communities live in sub-human conditions without the benefit of education and the most basic modern amenities. Two main tribes, the Sabar and Birhore, are the main beneficiaries of Parivaar’s tribal service programs. More than 700 children from these tribal areas have been admitted at Parivaar, with a plan to keep increasing this number over years.

Welfare Initiatives in the Local Community

Parivaar provides medical assistance, including vaccination campaigns, emergency pecuniary services, and sports events for village youth.

Sarada Nivedita Nirashrayi Bhojan Seva Prakalpa

Daily Hot Cooked Meal Service for Mentally Retarded and Homeless Vagabonds – mostly women (Daily 40 such persons have lunch at Parivaar).

Sundarban Kutir

A Day Boarding (Education cum Meal Programs) for 150 children in the age-group of 4 to 12 has been started at Village Baikunthpur in Sundarbans area of District 24 Parganas (South). Breakfast andlunch is being served to all children and classes held from 8 AM to 2pm. This centre has been named ‘Sri Ramakrishna Vivekananda Seva Kutir’. The space has been offered by the community.

our staff

Seva-vratees

Seva-vratis are a deeply committed group of people and have shown tremendous dedication to the spirit and values of Parivaar.

Seva-vratis, many of whom have been with Parivaar through initial stages become a deep part of the organization’s history and traditions. We can therefore say each one of them is an essential piece of Parivaar, not only crucial in the present state of operations but critically important for the actualization of Parivaar’s continued growth and future goals. It is only with such highly dedicated, capable and long-term devoted workers that we are able to take a long-term view of what it means to change the course of life in India.

Mr Pratik Dutta

Chief Coordinator

Mr Raju Ram

Co-Coordinator

Ms Shivoli Santra

Academic Co-Anchor

Ms Sandhya Nag

Campus Superintendent

Mr Gopal Das

Superintendent

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