Anatha Shishu Nivasa[ASN] was founded in 1942 by a group of philanthropists and public spirited men and women. It was functioning in a small rented house in Shankarapuram, an old residential locality in Bengaluru. Later, in 1958, it was shifted to a site granted by the government, on Bull Temple Road, where the ASN premises is presently situated.
The idea of the founding fathers was to put an end to female infanticide, also to shelter and support orphan / abandoned infants, from day one onwards. The children referred by the child welfare committee [CWC], Makkala Sahaya Vani [Child help line] in addition to the one abandoned at the road or left at the gates of the ASN are given shelter and solace.
ASN has a sprawling compound with a spacious building consisting of 2 halls (Darmotory), a dining, a kitchen, a store, a study room & library, bathrooms and toilet blocks.
ADOPTION
Anatha Shishu Nivasa[ASN] is recognized as an adoption agency by the state government for incountry adoptions. This is a fitperson's institution authorized by the Governament.
EDUCATION
Children are given montessouri education till they attain five years. Later they are sent to schools recognized by the state government. Apart from the ASN staff, a teacher helps in extra coaching. The children are helped to imbibe moral values. Activities aimed at character building are also planned by the staff. The children have access to extracurricular activities. They are taken on trips to places of interest in and around Bengaluru.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Apart from the basic needs the children are inculcated with good culture & education with the help of dedicated and service minded staff.
The children are taught drawing, painting, patriotic songs, shlokas, dance, drama, music and moral stories. ASN have an excellent playground for outdoor games for the children. The children are provided timely medical care by qualified doctors.
ASN has enviable record of serving the orphan children for more than six decades. It has decided to expand its activities multifold.
It is proposed to keep children till they attain eighteen years. Apart from formal education the children are trained in job oriented courses (JOC) in the vocational training center established for the purpose. Children from weaker section of the society, in addition to ASN children are also trained in various trades including computer courses, to become self reliant worthy citizens of the society.
The management of ASN appeals to the philanthropic public to render its help, financial or in other forms, as they have been doing all along.
DONATIONS
- Donate Rupees Thousand Two Hundred only [₹ 1200/-] and sponsor food for the whole day.
- Donate Rupees Four Hundred Only [₹ 400/-] and sponsor a feeding / Lunch / Dinner.
- Donate Rupees Two Hundred Only [₹ 200/-] each for morning breakfast / evening milk
- Provide one set of school uniform shoes to all the children by donating Rupees Fifteen thousand only [₹ 10000/-]
- Provide one set of school uniform to all children by donating Rupees Thousand Fifteen Thousand only [₹ 15000/-]
- Sponsor for one child for one year donating Rupees Thousand Fifteen Thousand only [₹ 15000/-]
- Create an endowment [Corpus Fund] for feeding / education / maintenance by donating a specific amount of your choice.
- Sponsor a project under vocational training.
- Donations in kind are also accepted : Donate provisions, fruits, vegetables, clothing, stationery, toys, games, sports goods etc.
NOTE: DONATION QUALIFY FOR EXEMPTION u/s 80 G OF IT Act 1961, REGISTERED UNDER FCRA WITH UNION MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS.
ORGANIZATION NEWS
Children of the school going to the age were sent to Mahila Mandali, N R Colony. ASN is grateful to the management of the school for taking keen interest in the children and also for allowing concession in fees. Nandana Shishu Mandira, started to impart Montessori type of education to children between 3 & 5 years of age, continued to function. In addition to formal schooling, a tutor was engaged to give coaching to school going children in ASN. It is heartening to know that ten children scored more than 75% in the annual exams.
The children are provided with nutritious diet under hygienic conditions all through the year. A good children’s library aroused interest in the children and helped in developing good reading habits. The children were subjected to periodical health checkup’s by a panel of medical consultants. The children enjoyed the facility of indoor and out-door games.
A trip was organized to Mysore during the year and was very much enjoyed by the children.
In addition, the children were taken on short trips from dawn to dusk to places of interest in and around ASN.
Major festivals like Ganesha Chathurthi,Dasara and Deepavali were celebrated with pomp and gaiety during the year. The children of ASN participated in several competitions conducted by the school and various NGO’s, and won laurel.
During this year the adoption formalities of 2 baby boys and a baby girl were completed. The vocational Training centre continued to impart training in Computer Science.
Staff: The Staff consisted of a Manager, a Computer Operator, a Social Worker, One Warden, One Cook, Five shishupalaki’s and Five aaya’s. In addition, the institution employed one accountant, one typist, two clerks, one driver, one tutor and one watchman on part time basis.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ANATHA SHISHU NIVASA is indebted to:-
- The Director of Women & Child welfare department for the grants.
- Sri Gyanchand Bhandari for donation towards milk, throughout the year.
- Sri K S Sreedhara Murthy, chartered accountant, for auditing the accounts for 2009 – 2010
- SriRam Land development (i) Pvt. Ltd. For donating Rupees Thirty Six Thousand [₹ 36000/-] for all twelve months.
- M/s Measurement and Controls for donating provisions every month.
- A.V Prasanna for donating Rupees Twelve Thousand and Four Hundred [₹ 12,400/-] for twelve months
- V. Sachidananda for donating Rupees Sixty Thousand [₹ 60000/-] for the year.
- Mandyam Annadorai Family donation Rupees 2 lacs [₹ 2,00,000/-] for the year.
The ASN conveys its heartfelt thanks to all individuals and institutions for their invaluable help by way of cash, kind and/or services and solicits their continued support and patronage in future as well. However, the following need special mention for their regular/periodic contributions to the corpus fund:
Smt/ Sri/ M/s
- DADA AMAR CHARITABLE TRUST
- RANKA STEELS
- HEMALATHA
- CHAITRA R RAO
- ARAVIND
- GEETHA SHESHAGIRI
- DIVYA OMKAR
- A V PRASANNA
- SRIKANTH BADRINATH
- P RANGARAJAN
- KODANDA RAO & MARY RAO TRUST
- Dr. R LAKSHMIDEVI
- SRI SAI BABA
- P A VINAY
- A S VINODKUMAR
- S V CHAYA
- GEETHA BADRINARAYANA
- Dr ARUNODAYA R GUJJAR
- SIDDARTHA
- USHA M CHOUHAN
- N N AUTOLYNX PVT LTD
- SUPRITHA
- AMRITHA NANDAN
- RAJKUMAR
- VENKAT RAGHAV
- C B VIJAYA
- N S LAKSHMANAN
- NAVEENSWAMY
- RAMACHANDRA RAO SINDHIA
- Dr K S SHEKHAR
- JUHI THYAGI
- VENKATESH
- B R SRINIVASAMURTHY & B S NAGAMANI
For and behalf of
The Committee of Management
B V SESHA
Hon. Secretary
Managing Committee
Sri T Venkataswamy – President
Sri K S Nagabhushana – Vice President
Sri Dr S Krishnaswamy – Vice President
Sri B V Sesha – Hon. Secretary
Sri T S Mallikarjuna – Jt. Secretary
Sri C V Venkatakrishna – Treasurer
Sri M C Jayadeva – Member
Sri B Ranganatha Rao – Member
Sri D Ramachandra – Member
Sri V Manjunatha – Member
Sri D M Narasimhamurthy – Member
Smt S V Chaya – Member
Smt Sarojini Bharadwaj - Member
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