NAVAJEEVAN BALA BHAVAN
Punaruthejam
Resurgence for Empowerment and Quality Living Among the Yenadi Communities
Introduction:
The Yenadi, an indigenous group, have faced numerous challenges that have marginalized them economically and socially. Amidst these struggles, Punaruthejam, meaning Resurgence, emerges as a beacon of hope and empowerment for the Internally Displaced Yenadi Communities. This initiative is not merely a program; it is a commitment to accompany and enable the most economically marginalized and socially excluded members of society to become self-propelled, ultimately ensuring an enhanced quality of life for them and their future generations.
Punaruthejam is about Accompanying and enabling the economically most marginalized and socially excluded Internally Displaced 13 Yenadi Communities (13 Surveyed and identified locations in and around vijayawada) to become self-propelled ensuring enhanced quality life for their children.
Objectives of Punaruthejam:
The primary objective of Punaruthejam seeks to break the cycle of poverty and empower these communities to become self-sufficient. At the core of this resurgence is a commitment to ensuring an enhanced quality of life for their children, thereby securing a better future for the next generation.
Objectives of Punaruthejam:
- a. Improved access to education for children of the target communities
- b. Improved emotional wellbeing & health and nutritional status among children
- c. Improved access to social security schemes/public facilities and the livelihood means
- d. Access to effectively functioning protective mechanisms at village level for preventing and addressing violation of children’s rights/issues
- e. Project Team capacitated to effectively implement the project.
Enhanced Quality of life for the target group, especially children and community members:
- a. Enhanced self-identity - boosting the self-confidence/respect of the economically most marginalized and socially excluded beneficiaries
- b. With increased resources, the marginalized families strengthened to retain children with them without resorting to institutional care or forcing child to run-away from home
- c. Parents become self-propelled ensuring children’s education, health, nutrition, safety from sexual and other forms of abuse within and outside family, etc
- d. Large number of youth leaders emerged to access/safeguard the rights and entitlements of their communities; also, to contribute towards the continuity of the project measures on a sustainable basis
- e. Reduction in incidence of violence against children especially girls
- f. Enhanced quality of life for the target groups of children (physical, mental, intellectual, social and emotional well-being)
- g. Increased visibility of Navajeevan, strengthening resource mobilization and grassroots advocacy of child rights
