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PROFILE
OF
GAYATRI RURAL EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY (GRES)
1. Name of the organization: Gayatri Rural Educational Society (GRES)

2. Registered Office : Borubhadra Village,

Santabommali Mandal
Srikakulam District
Andhra Pradesh
India
PIN : 532001

3. Administrative Office : Bharati Sri Ramulu Nivas, D.No: 02,

Opp: Sri Chaitanya Boys College,
Bankers Colony,
Srikakulam Town
Srikakulam District
PIN : 532001
Andhra Pradesh
India

Mobile: : +91-9866291276

Off.Phone : 08942-211069

E-mail : gresngo@yahoo.com

Website : http//www.gresindia.blogspot.com
www.jharkhand.org.in/gres
http//ngogateway.org.gres

Name of Chief Functionary : Sadasivuni Krishna Kumari, Secretary

4. Legal Status : Non-Government Organisation.

Registered under the Societies Registration Act.

5. Particulars of Registration : Societies Registration Act.

Regd . No. 366/2000.

Date : 03-08-2000.

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6. GRES Mission We strive to bring about equality of opportunity in our society with
preservation of regional & cultural traditions, by improving the
lives of women, children and youth for sustainableility and by in
advancing the right of disable & deprived people; Explicitly we work
towards prosperity of rural, tribal & urban slum dwellers through
integrated approach, which embodies awareness, education,
economic, health, sanitation, capacity building & bio-diversity
programmes, with an insistence on women /youth empowerment.
7. GRES Vision Just and equitable society with greater emphasis on spirituality,
compassion and peace on earth”.

8. Aims & Objectives:

a. To work for integrated socio-economic development of the Tribal, scheduled caste,

rural poor, slum-dwellers, and people in need.
b. To establish Old Age Homes & Day Care Centres for taking care of neglected &
helpless elderly people
c. To establish Destitute Homes for taking care of destitute and Working Women’s
Hostel for women in need.
d. To work towards substance abuse prevention.
e. To establish Sevashrams/ Crèches/ Residential Tribal Welfare Schools for taking care
of orphan children and child education.
f. To arrange for regular health camps/ eye camps for health / eye care of the people in
need.
g. To work for abolition of child labour from the society and protection of child rights.
h. To work for creation of self-employment opportunities by arranging various vocational
training programmes in coordination with state, international & national
authorities/organisations.
i. To settle family problems like matrimonial relations, dowry etc through family
counseling
j. To spread the idea of small family norms and help in family planning through women
education.
k. To conduct literacy programmes, adult education programmes for complete
eradication of illiteracy from the society.
l. To work for preservation of nature, water resources, and environment protection.
m. To educate people for rural development.
n. To work for eradication of untouchability and development of living standards of
SC/ST/OBC people of the society.
o. To organize and develop cultural activities.
p. To build-up character and to work for development of morality, friendship, sense of
responsibility, qualities of leadership, discipline, standard of citizenship, political
consciousness, self respect, patriotism and respect for the nation among the people.
q. To coordinate all organizations with noble aims and objectives.
r. To work for eradication of AIDS and make people conscious.
s. To work for rehabilitation of beggars and eradication of begging from the society.
t. To work for rehabilitation of disabled and deprived people.
u. To develop the habit of thrift & savings, promote self-help groups both among the
men/women; provide micro-credit support marketing support as well as training

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support.
v. To create awareness in the society as to consumer rights, legal rights, human rights
and fundamental rights.
w. Establishment of training cum production centres for training and creation of
employment opportunities.
x. Work towards Research and Development for social development.
y. Establishment of research centres for networking and capacity building.
z. To work for conservation of bio-diversity and maintain the ecological balance.
aa. To work for early detection of leprosy, care and treatment of leprosy affected people,
their economic Rehabilitation and social acceptance through awareness among the
general mass.
bb. To offer socially viable platform to Indian youths to socialize and promote an
atmosphere of dignity and harmonious co-habitation among them through mutual
respect, love and trust for each other
cc. To initiate active involvement of youths in national reconstruction
dd. To channelize the energies of youths in community services
ee. To help the fellow members in their hours of need through group action among
members of Forum
ff. To felicitate the members for their extraordinary efforts in their respective fields
gg. To promote various activities/programs at regular intervals for members like Cultural
Nights, Community services, Sports, Social Gatherings, Debates, Workshops, Field
Visits
hh. To initiate group action against Social Issues predominant in our Indian
Society
ii. To promote young talents in the concerned area of their Interests
jj. To work towards the overall betterment and upliftment of Indian Youth
kk. To seek active participation of Indian Youths in democratic affairs of Country

Back Ground

Gayatri Rurl Educational Society ( GRES ), was set up as a non-political, non-profit

making voluntary development organization on 3rd August 2000 and was registered under
the Indian Societies Registration Act 1860 vide Regd. No. 366/2000 Dt.3-8-2000. It was
founded by eminent social worker Sri Manipatruni Narasimha Murthy who was passed
away during the year 2003 The motto of GRES is to mobilize public opinion and generate
resources for supporting development Action. It recognizes the right of every Indian to lead a
life with dignity and self-respect in a just and equitable society. It feels the need to improve
the capacities of individuals, communities and women, to improve the quality of lives and
enhance their ability to negotiate from a position of strength; a strength that would come
from being educated, in good health and having the capacity to be engaged in productive
work. It takes initiative for the Integrated Development that would arrive out of the felt
needs of the people. 27 Small Non Governmental Organisations are working under our
organisation.
GRES implements Eight major programs, namely:

1.SustainableFarmingProgram(SFP)
SFP develops farmer-initiated, location specific and sustainable farming technologies in
partnership with community organizations to promote appropriate alternatives to

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mainstream agricultural processes that have been responsible for losses in farm productivity
and income, biodiversity, indigenous knowledge systems, and community control over
genetic resources.

2. Sustainable Community-Based Resource Management Program (SCBRMP)

SCBRMP enhances people's environmental awareness and builds their capacities in natural
resource utilization, protection, and management. Directed towards the formation of
community resource management structures, the program aims to promote participatory
and community-directed approaches in the protection and rehabilitation of natural
resources including coastal and marine, forest and water resources. It also mobilizes
community actions to address resource destruction and depletion, biodiversity erosion and
unsustainable utilization of land and aquatic resources.

3.Rural Livelihood Development Program (RLDP)

RLDP contributes to the development of sustainable livelihood systems and the promotion
of greater equity in rural areas by increasing incomes of rural households, both from farm
and off-farm sources. The program's key strategies revolve around facilitating the poor's
access to credit and market and developing economically viable and sustainable enterprises
where the beneficiaries effectively exercise management and control over these activities and
receive equitable benefits from the same.

4. Policy Research, Advocacy and Campaigns (PRAC)

GRES's research, advocacy and campaigns program generates and promotes relevant
information, actions and proposals on key development issues and concerns affecting
agriculture and small-scale farmers and HIV/AIDS, Women rights, eradication of child
labour, adolescents and women from trafficking, rehabilitation programs to disabled
children, street children etc

5. Women and Children development Program (WCDP)

GRES run the Family Counseling centers for salvation of women family problems in the
district with the financial support from Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi and
rehabilitation programmes to the street children, adolescent children, orphans, disabled
children with the financial support from Sarvasikshaw Abhiyan run under Women and
Children Development Department of New Delhi

6. Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation(TCSE)

Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-integration of Victims of
Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation

7. Stigma and Discrimination on HIV/AIDS Programs(SDP)

Preventing the Stigma and discrimination on HIV/AIDs through mobilizing the population
and stakeholders and contribute to achieving the Millennium Development (MDG) Goal 6
“Halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015”. It has linkage to other MDGs, in
particular those related to poverty reduction and infant mortality.

8. Women Empowerment Program(WEP)

Women empowerment programmes through skill and vocational trainings for sustainable
livelihood Forming women former groups SHG groups Micro Finance for sustainable

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livelihood..Sofar our organisation has formed 588 SHG groups with regular saving for
Rs.41.52 lakhs and sofar 49.00 were provided to the beneficiaries for establishing self
employment schemes for sustainable livelihood

OUTREACH SUMMARY OF OUR ORGANISATION IS AS BELOW:

PARTICULARS Apr '05–Mar- 06' Apr '06-Mar- 07' Apr '07-mar-08'

Number of Units 2 3 5
Number of Members 840 4,305 8,820
Number of Groups 56 269 588
Number of Active Clients 399 1,660 2,092
Number of Active Loans 381 1,598 1,991
Total Number of Loans 399 2,059 21,371
Value of loans (Rs) 3,99,603 20,60,241 41,52,591
Gross Loan Outstanding(Rs) 3,45,000 17,91,241 35,64,591

9.Household Sanitation Survey

GRES was entrusted the survey of household sanitation in 11 mandal in the district by the
district collector under the supervision of RWS department and accordingly GRES has made
field visits ,interviewed with each beneficiaries and covered total beneficiaries of 32450
families and furnished report along with C.D to the Executive Engineer RWS

Organization Members

GRES is headed by a Executive Committee Body with women members composed of

academics, farmer-leaders, NGO leaders and development advocates who share a common
vision of development and a commitment to genuine people empowerment. Sri.P.Ramesh
Babu, M.Com., I.C.W.A having sound knowledge in advocacy, skill development training
programs, awareness programs, environment programs, human resource management
programs , community development ,funds raising, projects designing is the Project Director
of the organization .

Smt.Sadasivuni Krishna Kumari, (B.A) who trained in the fields of Rural women
development, agricultural sector and environment sector is the Secretary oversees the
regular operations of GRES. The organization also maintains a regular pool of experts in the
fields of agriculture, genetics, economics, HIV/AIDS awareness, women and children related
programs and the environment to provide technical backup to its programs and services

Some social recognitions awarded to Smt. Sadasivuni Krishna Kumari Secretary

• International Women’s Day Appreciation letter by the District Youth Welfare

Programmes 2007 Officer , Youth Services Dept, Srikakulam.

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• Joint Director, Agricilture Appreciation letter for remarkable achievement in

Dept, Srikakulam formation of Women Former Groups and Awareness
Programmes on sustainable agriculture in
Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh.

Jail Ward Member in the As the Chief Functionary of GRES, the District
District. Magistrate has nominated her as a Jail Ward member

• Domestic Violence Appreciation letter by the District Youth Welfare

Officer , Youth Services Dept, Srikakulam. for
salvation of women domestic problems in successful
manner through family counseling centre

• Best Rehabilitation Appreciation letter by the Mandal Education Officer

Programmes for disabled, Srikakulam for relief & rehabilitation carried out by
street ,orphans and her.
adolescent children

• Awareness Generation Appreciation letter by the Mandal Revenue Officer

Programmes Srikakulam for organizing awareness generation
programmes to the women in the district in
successful manner by her.
• Best Skill and Vocational Appreciation letter by the Executive Director, S.C.
Training Programmes Corporation Srikakulam for successfully imparted
vocational training and Skill development trainings to
the Scheduled Caste poor women in the district by
her

10. Areas of Expertise • Self-Help Group Promotion & Micro Finance.

• Capacity Building & Networking at grass root.
• Relief & Rehabilitation
• Income Generation Activities.
• Vocational Training.
• Environment protection& Disaster Mitigation.
• Women empowerment.
• Rehabilitation of disables & deprived people.
• Reproductive Child Health Care ,child labor
eradication and protection of child right.
• Conduct of Mass awareness campaign.
• Cluster Development Programme.
• Care for the Old Aged People.
• Establishment of Community Based
Drug(Medicine) center where there is no
doctor.
• Training cum production centers.
• Marketing Outlets And Tie Up.

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• Seminars/Workshops/Conferences on women
empowerment, child care and environment
programs
• Preventive methods on stigma and
discrimination living with the people of
HIV/AIDS
• Water resource management programmes

11. The members of the organization, its meeting, the reason of holding the
meeting and the decisions generally taken.

The member of the organization can be from all strata of the society. The members generally
meet annually in the annual general body meeting unless otherwise needed. To run the
organization, there is an executive committee consisting of Seven elected members from the
general body of the organization. There are as much as four female members in the
managing committee. The managing committee meets once in every 1-2 months interval.
The committee discuss on all the matters .

DISTRICT LEVEL NETWORKING :-GRES has been leading the District Women
development Network ’ (DWDN), a forum of around 26 NGOs / VDOs having Regd. Office in
the undivided Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh and active in pro-poor developmental
work of this region. Mrs.Sadasivuni Krishna Kumari Secretary of GRES has been elected as
the Secretary cum Convener of the DWDN for the consecutive second term this year.

PARTNERSHIP/MEMBERSHIP PARTICULARS

GRES is having membership in the following National, Interanational Level

Organisations and District level Organisation

1. International HIV/AIDS Alliance

2. Aids India
3. Solution Exchange U.N Network
4. NGO Gateway
5. District Women Net Work
6. Wassan
7. Medi India Network
8. Alliance Net Work
9. Stop TB Net Work
10. GVEP International Organization
11. MECS Net Work
12. Asia Micro Finance Network
13. National Women Net Work
14. UNAIDS

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HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME ACHIEVEMENTS.

No of No of
Description villages persons
covered benefited
1. GRES has successfully organised the first ever Mega Health 382 46,400
Camp in Srikakulam district during the year 2006 and 2007
at Borubhadra village, Polaki, santabommali mandals of
srikakulam district. This camp named as “Improve the Helath
of poor women” rendered health service
2. Another innovative project being implemented by GRES is 12 195
Rehabilitation of Street Children /Beggars & Protection of
their children upto 14 years of Age. The Organization had
made a survey and identified 275 beggar families. So far, the
organization has rehabilitated 195 families in gainful
economic activities, provided them house in Srikakulam
urban slums and provided them financial assistance for their
economic growth through Income Generation Activity. The
children of the families are now taught in a “Free Education
Centre” being run by GRES. The resources required for this
purpose is usually raised by the Organization through
“Donations”, “Govt. Grant” and internal accrual.
3. GRES is working on elderly people’s developmental 14 98
activities. So far GRES has promoted nine SHGs among the
older people, provided legal / medical / financial and other
assistance to problems of older people of the society.
4. GRES has been actively involved in child labour eradication 122 796
as well as development of child labour through educating
them in National Child Labour Project Schools to bring them
to mainstream schools. At present GRES is running 2 such
Child Labour Schools with a strength of 50 in each school.
We do provide the mid day meal to the children on school as
per the Govt. of India directives. In this process, so far 150
child labours have been educated by GRES and have entered
into mainstream school.
5. GRES has successfully imparted vocational training to 179 3,514
unemployed youth and women in different vocations under its
vocational training programme, who have been self employed
6. GRES has been conducting training programs on the micro 65 2,860
credit; self help group promotion, different aspects of SHG for
the capacity building of the group members of the SHGs and
other local NGOs. It has also imparted vocational training to
2860 numbers of Self Help Group members on different trades
for their micro enterprises.
7. GRES has been implementing the literacy programme in 256 11,900
its project areas with employment of literacy teachers derived

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from concerned area, who render their voluntary service for

the development of their own people. In this process, GRES
has so far made 7150 tribal people literate by this move.
8. GRES has provided books, slates and other study material 121 10723
to the illiterate persons in the self help groups with a view to
make all illiterate member of the SHG’s literate under its total
literacy programme.
9. GRES has established training cum production centers in 21 592
Srikakulam Town , Ready made garments making, Candle
Making, Agarbathi making ,Toys making, Pickles making ,
.Through theses training cum production centers GRES has
been able to provide employment opportunity to poor and
needy women of the region.
10. Since the year 2005 until April ’2008 GRES has promoted
SHG’s & credit linked SHG’s in the undivided Srikakulam
District, which has made it a pioneer organization in this 588 8,820
region on Micro-Credit Program. Most of these groups are
exclusive women groups, which reflect the seriousness &
involvement of GRES towards women empowerment
11. GRES has solved the domestic violence’s of women 99 89
through Family Counseling Centre running with the funds
from Central social Welfare Board Delhi
12. GRES has been providing free education to the women 13 150
candidates those who failed in SSC to achieve 100% pass
results with the funds from Central social Welfare Board Delhi
13. GRES has been succeeded in Formation of women groups 19 1,569
in fishermen community and provided skill development
trainings and proved loan facilities for self employment
through bank linkage
14. Awareness Generations Programmes were conducted in
321villages to the Women on subjects of Women and Law, 321 96,453
Women and Health, Community Health , Women Technology,
Social Action , Panchayats and Grama Sabhas , Communal
Harmony, Legal Literacy, Hiv /Aids , Trafficking, Stigma on
HIV
15. Workshops on Sustainable agriculture were conducted 89 6,790
with mahila Rytu mitra groups with the help of JD,
Agriculture department
16. Sofar GRES has provided Nutrition , Health Care facilities 192 14,823
to Children and women
T O T A L 2,316 2,06,117

List of projects implemented in the last 3 years (April 2005 to March 2008)
Project Donor Amount

1 SHG - Micro Credit Prg SHG GROUPS 41,52,591

2 Rehabilitation of Child Labour ,Disabled Orphons DCLP, 11,82,049
Street Children,Orphons,Adolscents Srikakulam

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3 Income Generation Training Programs APITCO 6,75,293

4 Family Conselling Centre CSWB New Delhi 2,96,893
5 Short Stay Home Women Welfare 1,08,473
6 Rural Livelihood Dev Prog Industries 1,36,805
7 Sustainable Community Dev. Prog CSWBNew Delhi 1,71,510
8 Sustainable Farming Programs griculture & public 1,39,492
9 Awareness Generation Programs CSWB New Delhi 1,58,522
10 Seminars& Workshops onEnvironmen CSWB New Delhi 78,226
12 Condensed Course Program CSWB New Delhi 1,71,850
13 Advocacy & Campaigns Public 30,492
TOTAL 73,28,457

Details of the Board of Directors / Executive Committee

Sl Name Age Sex Edu. Designation Occupation Years of

No Qualification in the membership
committee with organ.
01 Manipatruni 35 Male B.A President Journalist 8 years
Srinivas
Borubhadra(V),
Santhabommali(M)
Srikakulam Dist
02 Dr.Tirupathi Rao 39 Male MBBS Vice Social 1 years
Pondur President Worker
G.Sigadam
Mandal
Srikakulam Dist
03 Sadasivuni 35 Female (M.A) Secretary Social 8 years
Krishna Kumari, Worker
Borubhadra(V),
Santhabommali(M)
Srikakulam Dist
04 Patnayakuni 34 Female M.A- Treasurer Social 4 years
Laxmi Devi Sociology Worker
Borubhadra(V),
Santhabommali(M)
Srikakulam Dist
05 Paidi Maheswar Rao 34 Male MBBS Member Social 2 years
Srikakulam Town, Worker
Srikakulam Dist
06 Ponduri Venkat 32 Female SSC Member Rmg Mnfg 2 years
Laxmi
Amudalavalasa
(V),
Amudalavalasa(M),
Srikakulam Dist
07 Perigisetti Ramesh 38 Male M.Com Project Service 1 year
Babu Bankers ICWA Director
Colony ,
Srikakulamm

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Details of infrastructure facilities / assets of GRES

Motor Vehicles
• Four Wheeler 01
• Two Wheelers 05
Office Furniture & Fittings
• Office Tables 14
• Wheel Chairs 02
• S Type Chairs 45
Office Equipments
• Air Condition 01
• Refrigerator 01
• Internet Connections 01
• Cameras 03
• Cell Phones 03
Computer Equipments
• Computers 02
• Printer 01
• Webcam 01
Leasehold Improvements
• Tables and Chairs for schools 65

NUMBER OF STAFF EMPLOYED WITH THE ORGANISATION

Full Time : 36
Part Time : 75
Total : 111

FUTURE PLANS

GRES has a strong faith that little intervention in need makes big difference, thus the
success as mentioned above has encouraged GRES with following future programme:

• To organize water resource management programs

• Establishment of Rehabilitation and Care Center for Women in distress
• Establishment of four Water Harvesting Structures to provide irrigation facility
to 12000 Hectares of land.
• Plantation of 120 acres of Medicinal plantations
• Establishment of a Rural Hospital
• Establishment of a Common Facility Center for providing training and skill
Establishment of an Artisan guild for jute product /craft workers.
• Creation of Employment opportunity for 5000Men/Women by Dec’2008.

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• Establishment of an Old Age Home for Poor Old Aged People.

• Establishment of a Crèche for care of orphans, kids and adoption.
• Organize Seminars at district level on Environment, women empowerment
,child rights etc
• Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re- integration of
Victims of Trafficking for Commercial Sexual Exploitation
• Training programs to the fishermen community
• To implement a programme on “Reproductive & Child Health Care
• To establish Indian Forum for Youth

Sadasivuni Krishna Kumari

Secretary

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