2015-16 CONTENTS Foreword Map Of Maharashtra & Goa State Office Bearer Details State Events District Events RVTC / Medical Statistics FOREWORD Saprem Sairam! We are indeed blessed to place this Annual Report for the Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organization, Maharashtra & Goa for the year 2015-16 at the Divine Lotus Feet of our Beloved Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Some of the highlights are • Educational Wing: Parenting is an important component of balvikas. Without cooperation from the parents, it is very difficult to help the child to follow the values he/she learns in balvikas. By Bhagawan's grace, Maharashtra & Goa took a new step in the area of conducting parenting workshops and parenting meets right from State Level to District level and in turn to samithi by training individual gurus to conduct the workshops. • Spiritual Wing: Spiritual fervor is gaining momentum with Sadhana Camps; Havans; Rudrabhishekams and Seminars and talks of eminent people with authority on the subject. Keeping the spirit of the Sarva Dharma Samabhav teachings of our beloved Swami, multi faith events were organized at the various districts. • Service Wing: Service activities go unabated with the medical activities including static medical camps, mobile medical vans, outdoor clinics reaching out to lakhs of poor & underprivileged people , many of who are from remote villages, at their doorsteps.. Rain Water Harvesting Methods have been deployed in about 20 villages giving very encouraging results. Bhagawan is the only source of our inspiration and guide to enable us to perform the Seva. However, the contribution of our Seva Dal, volunteers and devotees are also immensely important to us to spread the love of Bhagawan far and wide. We offer our sincere prayers to Bhagawan that may He make us His worthy instruments to transform our lives spiritually. With Pranams at the Lotus Feet Dr. Keki Mistry Ramesh D. Sawant Trustee, State President, Sri Sathya Sai Trust Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation Maharashtra Maharashtra & Goa 12th july 2016 Map Of Maharashtra Map Of Goa State Office Bearers Name Designation Contact Email ID Mr Ramesh D Sawant State President 9820063909 [email protected] Mr P Dharvatkar State Vice President 9822195722 [email protected] Mr Murali Jaju State Vice President 9423041047 [email protected] Mr S K Satpute State Vice President 9850146846 [email protected] Mr. Dharmesh Vaidya Youth – G 9850745678 [email protected] Ms. Gayatri Patil Youth – M 8698659111 [email protected] Mrs Padma Diwakar Education 9594049933 [email protected] Mrs Shailaja Dharvatker Spiritual 8322314216 [email protected] Dr (Mrs) Leena Seva – M 8888460309 [email protected] Nandurkar Mrs Smita Khanorkar Joint Seva – M 9422543748 [email protected] Mrs Padmaja Bhonsale EHV 9822755781 [email protected] Mrs Priya Rajwade Mother & Child Care 9921920479 [email protected] Mrs Subhashini Rao Mahila Vibhag 9423677686 [email protected] Rainwater Harvesting / Mr R. Chandrasekhar 9821482711 [email protected] Vocational Trng Dr. Pankaj Gandhi Medical 9820464739 [email protected] Mr. Mohan Bharwani Mobile Medical 9320457999 [email protected] Mrs.Hansa Barwani Mobile Medical 9023930115 [email protected] Mr M.S.Diwakar Media /IT 9594066488 [email protected] Mr. Saiganesh Natarajan Veda – G 7738053032 [email protected] Mr Prasad Deshmukh Joint Veda – G 7038250039 [email protected] Ms. Rekha Arvikar Veda – M 9823391953 [email protected] Ms Sujata Madkaikar Joint Veda – M 7875524965 [email protected] Education Wing – Balvikas State Level Programme – Group 2 Bhagvad Gita Sloka Training for Gurus from all districts of Maharashtra & Goa – 149 Gurus attended the training. The Training module included group activities and stories connected to Gita slokas Parenting is an important component of balvikas. Without cooperation from the parents it is very difficult to help the child to follow the values he learns in balvikas. Hence a programme called ‘Dynamic Parenting – The Sai Way’ was organized for trainers from all districts of Maharashtra & Goa for 3 days. The programme was inaugurated By All India President Shri Nimish Pandya who motivated the gurus by reminding them of the special place the gurus had in Swami’s heart. He also emphasized on the importance of parenting and said parenting meets and workshops must form an integral part of balvikas. Smt Kamal Baria a senior Balvikas Guru and an expert counsellor who conducts workshops for new recruits in industries was the main speaker for the first day. She included lot of games and activities in the workshop. Ms.Karishma Ahuja – Counselor – Stress Management and Parenting was the speaker for the second day. On the third day Dr Pushkala Padmanabhan an alumnus of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Anantpur campus emphasized on teaching the children about healthy food and also shared some recipes for children. She also guided the participants on how food can work as the best medicine along with proper exercise. The 3 day session also had a Yoga session conducted by Smt Rajshri Sankpal and also a session on Mudras by Smt Sushma Barve. Practical Workshops were conducted for Urban and Rural parenting by the trainers from various districts. The valedictory address was given by State President Shri Ramesh Sawant who advised the trainers and motivated them by emphasizing about their role in Swami’s mission. The entire workshop was very informative and the trainers will in turn train the gurus in their respective districts and also conduct similar parenting workshops to ensure that the teachings of Bhagawan on Dynamic Parenting reaches the parents of balvikas children. 124 trainers participated in the training. Balvikas Gurus Motivation Camps – To ensure induction of more and more gurus in the Balvikas Movement,regular motivation camps are being held at District level and also at Samithi level. Training – Balvikas Gurus Training – Regular Group I training at District Level and refresher camps at Samithi level are being conducted all over the States of Maharashtra and Goa. In the period from April 2015 to March 2016, 10 trainings were conducted for Group 1 in which 335 new gurus were trained and for Group 2, 3 trainings were held in which 76 gurus took part. Parenting meet and workshops – As our main focus is to interact with parents, after state level parenting workshop, in many of the districts, gurus were trained for conducting Parenting Meet and Workshop. At present 186 gurus are now trained to conduct parenting workshops all over the States of Maharashtra & Goa Parenting workshops and meets were conducted all over the States of Maharashtra and Goa and the response was heartwarming. Around 1200 parents attended the workshop and decided to follow the Sai way of Parenting. Matru – Pitru Pada Puja – Every year as part of Mother Eswaramma Day Celebrations, Matru – Pitru Pada Puja is being organized by districts. This year also the same was conducted and it was an emotional moment when one of the parents asked permission to perform the puja for his parents. Balvikas Cultural Programme – Every month the balvikas children from different samithis of District of Mumbai, present a cultural programme on various themes in Dharmakshetra. Cutltural programmes by Balvikas children also forms a part of Eswaramma day celebrations or as a part of Swami’s birthday celebrations in many districts. Eswaramma Scholarship for girl child – Every year scholarships are being awarded to deserving balvikas children to pursue their education. Majority of them belong to rural background from the interior parts of States of Maharashtra & Goa. Even deserving Sai Colony children are awarded these scholarships. This year the scholarship was awarded to 294 children and the amount disbursed was Rs. 8,73,000/- Group 2 & Group 3 Certificates – Every year during the month of August, State level Group 2 Exam is conducted for the balvikas Children who have completed their 6 years of balvikas. This year 287 children successfully completed their Group 2 and were awarded certificates During Alumni Meet in Puttaparthi in the month of January, Balvikas children who have completed their 9 years of Balvikas are awarded certificate of completion in Divine Sannidhi of Bhagwan. These children take a pledge to follow the Sai principles and Teachings in their life and serve the society. This year from the twin States of Maharashtra and Goa, 50 children were awarded the certificates and 101 participants represented the State in the Alumni Meet. Balvikas Survey - To study the impact of Balvikas on children, parents and gurus, a survey was organized at Urban and rural level. In the state of Maharshtra and Goa, the survey was successfully conducted in the Urban area. 155 parents, 356 gurus, 327 Alumni and 1731 balvikas Children were surveyed. Summer Camps – Summer camps are organized every year for Non Balvikas children in residential as well as in schools to bring in an awareness about Human Value Education. The response from the parents & the children is encouraging This helps in increasing the number of children in Balvikas Classes and also in arranging more such camps for the benefit of Society. Picnics are also arranged for Balvikas children and parents. Medical Check up – Health and Dental Check up camps for Balvikas children were arranged. Festival of Joy – Festival of Joy wherein competitions were held for Balvikas and School Balvikas children. Essay, Elocution, Poster and Slogan, Drawing on the topics related to Balvikas were taken up. A large number of students participated in the same. Rain Water Harvesting Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation, Maharashtra & Goa has been doing Rainwater Harvesting since last 3 years. After acute drought condition in Maharashtra three years back, a team was formed to conduct a study of different possibilities of Rainwater harvesting. The team went to Ralegaon Siddhi developed by Sh.Anna Hazare , Hiwre Bazar, Shirur pattern etc and also discussed with IIT civil eng dept.