Mission
‘Creation and promotion of a just and humane society’
The sisters will continue their mission through Uddhar Vikas Sanstha, and will reach out to the poor by responding to their miseries and promoting social, economic, political and cultural well being. They will foster dignity, respect and peace within self, with others and with society. They will also promote a harmonious relationship with creation by conserving, preserving and regenerating resources such as water, energy, green cover, ecology and environment. By networking and collaborating with Parish cells, like minded NGOs and Civil societies they will organize and conduct programmes and activities to promote non-violence, peace dialogues and communal harmony.
Ongoing programmes and activities of the Jesus & Mary Sisters
COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Distribution Programme
No. of affected families reached along with the locations.
Celebration of festivals and culture with the children and women
Tailoring classes
Scholarships to deserving students
Medical aid to children and women
Street children
Balwadis
Outreach programmes – Migrants
Health check-up camps
Educational sponsorships
Feeding programmes
Play School / Nursery
is being run for very small children at Keri (Goa), Sangamner (Ahmednagar district) and Pune (Maharashtra). Through these play schools and nurseries almost 1000 children have been trained and prepared for pre-primary education.
National Open School (NIOS)
In Keri (Goa), Kendal (Ahmednagar), Boat club Rd. and St. Anne’s Pune over 260 young students were assisted to complete their Secondary Education through the National Open School NIOS). After completion some of them are employed in Hotels, Cruise ships and in Hospitality Industries.
Tuition / Coaching Classes
are conducted for 261 weaker students enabling them to cope with the Class teaching, enabling them to perform better in examsinations. This is continued in the following centres… Kendal(Ahmednagar), Keri (Goa), Clare road, Byculla (Mumbai), St. Felix - Pune and in St. Anne’s Pune.
Govt. Recognized Tailoring Courses
During the last three years, Government Recognized Tailoring Courses were conducted for 143 girls & women in Keri, Kendal, Sangamner and Rahuri Centres. The poor and the needy women are earning a daily income to support their families.
Educational Sponsorship
Programme is one of the important welfare projects which the sisters carry out in all the Centres namely: Kharghar, Fort, Clare Road, Byculla, Marol, Pali, Keri, Carambolim, St. Anne’s Pune, St. Felix Boat club Rd, St. Joseph’s Pashan, Sangamner, Rahuri and Kendal. In the last three years more than 2000 poor children were supported with school fees, books, uniforms, exam and course fees. Some of them received financial help to complete higher education
Hobby classes
for promoting talent & sports among the young are organized in our Centres at St. Felix, Pune, St. Anne’s Pune and Vasai Mumbai. Special coaching classes too, are organized during vacations to enable them to pursue hobbies and talents of their choice such as Music, Dance, Taekwondo, Karate, Marshall Arts, Skating, Hockey, Basketball, etc.
Nursing courses
for poor girls who have completed HSC is being held at Rahuri for past three years. Over 100 girls received The Genral Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) training and are placed in various hospitals and clinics. Many girls have completed the Certificate Course and have become ‘Multipurpose Health Workers’.
Boardings / Shelters
for poor girls who have completed HSC is being held at Rahuri for past three years. Over 100 girls received The Genral Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) training and are placed in various hospitals and clinics. Many girls have completed the Certificate Course and have become ‘Multipurpose Health Workers’.
Youth development programmes
are held at Keri, Kendal and Carambolim to assist the children with career guidance and counseling, value education and leadership development.
Computer literacy programme
such as MSCIT and other similar programmes are also conducted. 36 students have successfully completed the MSCIT certificate course.
Health Care Clinics & Dispensaries
are run at Sangamner and Kendal in the Ahmednagar district, to assist the poor patients with OPD facilities. Here, treatment is given for skin diseases, piles, viral fever, etc. Daily 25 patients receive treatment and are provided with free medicines.
Assistance to poor families
is given by way of ration, nutritional support, medical support, to start income generation activities, house repairs, free meals for children, etc. In the last three years more than 1460 poor families were given assistance in various forms through 14 Centres run by the sisters.
Outreach Programmes
are organized through the 14 Centres during the Diwali and Christmas festivals. Programmes are organized for street children, the destitute and orphaned women, old people, and for the children of the slums. Meals are provided for festivals, party games and sports organized with prizes. Many families are provided gift hampers and food materials.
Tree Plantation
Tree plantation programmes have been conducted in Khandala and Kharghar, Navi Mumbai in order to raise awareness among the students, and to help them preserve the environment and to care for it.
Nursing courses
Training programmes on Drug Addiction and Alcoholism, Prevention of Cancer, Sex Education, AIDS Awareness etc. are carried out in all centres to raise awareness and to empower students for the future.
Health Check-up Camps
Health check-up camps are conducted for staff and students at various locations in Pune and Mumbai. In some locations it is carried out in collaboration with the Jehangir Hospital Pune.
Our Future Plans
Outreach works for migrant women working as construction laborers/ menial jobs.
Week-end Educational courses and programmes (Vocational and technical based) for school drop- outs in rural and urban areas based on model of ‘Community College’. Nursing we are already doing.
Exceptional girl students doing excellent in studies can be sponsored for higher careers.
Exceptional girl students doing excellent in studies can be sponsored for higher careers.
Exceptional girl students doing excellent in studies can be sponsored for higher careers.
Outreach works for distressed and deserted women both in rural and urban areas.
Sponsorship programmes for the underprivileged girl students to pursue higher education.
Girl children of HIV parents, prostitutes, dev-dasis, broken families, single parents could be given boarding and school facilities up to Std. Xth.
Girl children of HIV parents, prostitutes, dev-dasis, broken families, single parents could be given boarding and school facilities up to Std. Xth.
Beti Vikas Mission
Beti Vikas Mission
Beeti ki Shiksha me beeti ki Suraksha!
‘Beti Vikas Mission’ is a campaign initiated by the Convent of Jesus and Mary (CJM) a religious institution run by Sisters to promote development and welfare of the girl children who are very poor, cannot fulfill their basic needs, have no homes, lack facilities for education, malnourished and vulnerable to sicknesses and diseases, victims of physical and sexual exploitation, and forced child marriage. The Convent of Jesus and Mary from the various experiences of working with the girl children have realized the importance of continuously initiating programmes and activities to support the development of poor and needy girls both in rural and urban areas.
And shares in the concern of ‘Beti bachao beti padao’ campaign of the Central Government of India. It is realized that the girls have a right to life and development so they need to be saved and protected with dignity and respect. They need opportunities like any other children to study, learn, play, sing, dance and a good career. To enable them to lead a successful life they need basic education with value inculcation, education to rights, ecology and environment, education to peaceful coexistence and gender, career and vocational education, etc.
So ‘Beti-Vikas Mission’ as a concept and as a mission initiated by CJM to promote over all development of poor and needy girls who lack opportunities for self-growth and development. It also contributes in the attainment of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and in line with the celebration of International Day (11th October every year) declared by the United Nations for creating opportunities for girls and increase awareness of inequality faced by girls related to education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, and protection from discrimination, violence and forced child marriage, based upon their gender. It also contributes greatly
So, the ‘Beti-Vikas Mission’ as a campaign will be promoted as:
Movement of girls, initiated by girls and for the development of girls without discrimination and distinction on the basis of caste, creed, religion, language, and ethnicity. It will promote the dignity and rights of girl children to overcome situations of poverty, ill-health exploitation, oppression, physical and sexual violence, forced labour, discrimination and ill-treatment, etc. at home, in schools and in the neighborhood.
As a process to give our girls the required skills, knowledge, capacities and exposures enabling her to become active leader, meaningfully participate in decisions related to her growth and progress and take charge of her lives. Continuous imparting information and knowledge of their rights, privileges, skills of self-protection and self-defense.
As interventions to cater to the basic needs of the girls coming from poor and needy families providing care and protection through boarding with nutritious food, clothing shelter, enrolling them into primary, secondary and higher secondary schools, providing them coaching and remedial classes, talents and hobbies development, health care facilities, etc.
Programmes focusing self awareness interventions and sessions to promote personality development, talents and hobbies development
Goal of ‘Beti-Vikas Mission’
Empowerment and education
Empowering and educating more than 10000 poor and needy girls through our Schools and Institutions in Maharashtra and Goa in the coming five years to enhance their confidence and potentials to undertake successful careers for living dignified lives free of violence, exploitation, atrocities and all forms of oppression.
Beti Vikas MissionObjectives of BVM
All the programmes and interventions of BVM will be based and guided by the following objectives
To provide education to the poor girls by enrolling them in our educational institutions to complete formal secondary and higher secondary education.
To provide care and protection to orphan, needy and homeless girl children by admitting them in our boarding schools and care centres.
To provide educational support to school dropout girls by enrolling them in National Open Schools and conducting classes for them to appear for exams.
To provide support for poor girl children for uniforms, books, fees, and educational materials enabling them to complete basic education and those who wish to pursue higher careers like medicine, engineering, management, law, mass communication and appear for competitive exams like MPSC, PSC, IAS, IPS, IFS, JRF-UGC exams through the educational sponsorship programmes.
To conduct short duration training courses on personality development, life skills education, career guidance, vocational trainings, spoken english classes, computer classes, dance, judo –karate & taekwondo classes, yoga, self-defense, etc.
To promote culture, sports, talents development programme and organize competitions and events to national, international days, feasts and festivals.
To provide sponsorship and assistance to needy girls to undertake vocational trainings and courses related to nursing, home sciences, social work, fashion designing, Montessori classes and teachers training courses, computer training, etc.
To provide hostel facilities to working girls in various CJM locations as per the need and requirements.
To initiate career guidance and contact centres for counseling services, placement and job assistance