Seva Bharati

Rashtriya Seva Bharati is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which works with economically weaker sections of Indian societies, including tribal (Adivasi communities).

[citation needed] On 8 April 1989, veteran social worker and then RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Balasaheb Deoras addressed a gathering of volunteers at Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi, where he called upon them to start service activities among the neglected sections of the society as well as the tribal community.

Although the volunteers of RSS and other allied organisations had been informally working for the betterment of the underprivileged, it was opined that a formal structure would help coordinate the service programs all over the country.

[citation needed] Seva Bharati is inspired by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and is the official community service umbrella of allied organisations.

Using the software 'Remedy Kit' and internet technology, developed by the institute, vital information regarding pulse rate, heartbeat, blood pressure, and ECG can be transferred over the broadband link from Seva Bharti to Medical Center, BITS-Pilani.

These techniques are beneficial for improving healthcare accessibility, immunization drives, and educating young mothers and children about hygiene and general cleanliness.

[6] Free healthcare camps are organized in the slums and economically poor areas with the help of hospitals, where hundreds of patients among other checkups are examined for cardiac and diabetic ailments.

[11] Seva Bharati also conducts AIDS awareness programs targeting lorry drivers, taxi drivers, dhaba owners, and the youth where hundreds of participants participate and discuss topics including "General health and hygiene", "STD symptoms and mode of transmission", "HIV-AIDS symptoms and mode of transmission" and "Safe sex".

[13] The volunteers of the RSS, coordinated with the officials of various organizations, including the National Institute of Virology (NIV), the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), and the Indian Medical Association, and held an awareness campaign against swine flu.

In the last two camps, a team of doctors, paramedical workers, and volunteers from NGOs examined and treated over 2400 children and even operated those requiring surgery – free of cost.

[23] The yeomen service rendered by the organization has found mention in the case study in rehabilitation of leprosy patients authored by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, the former President of India.

Hundreds of girls trained by Seva Bharati over the years are transforming handicrafts into a successful cottage industry mostly in the North Eastern states of India.

The programs create awareness about minor ailments, health, hygiene and nutrition, environment, pregnancy, and rights of women, besides prevention of addiction.

[37] When the 2004 tsunami hit the southern coasts of India, thousands of volunteers, under the aegis of the Seva Bharati, engaged in relief work.

The volunteers, in cooperation with organizations like Ramakrishna Mutt in Tamil Nadu, Nair Service Society, Sri Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana Yogam and Mata Amrithanandamayi Mutt in Kerala and Janakshema Samiti in Andhra Pradesh, set up relief camps in tsunami-affected districts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Thuglak, a magazine based in Chennai, carried a report on the relief work of the tsunami that hit the coasts of Tamil Nadu.

It reported that when the tsunami left the whole government machinery paralyzed, it was because of the immediate relief work of Seva Bharati that hundreds of lives were saved.

"Seva Bharati had started rehabilitating people fleeing from the waves, losing their houses, boats, nets, etc., by feeding them, settling them in dry places, etc.

The editor of Thuglak, and noted dramatist Cho Ramaswamy says "The concerned authorities admit privately that it was the RSS-sponsored Seva Bharati, which did yeoman service everywhere.

[38] After the tsunami, Seva Bharati with other allied organizations conducted a survey of the affected areas and rehabilitated the people of the worst-hit villages, and helped them build homes and other basic infrastructure facilities.

Volunteers from Adoni cleaned the Raghavendra Swamy temple in Mantralayam cleared the carcasses of the cows of Goshala and other animals and handed them over to the police.

[44] In the second phase of relief operations, the RSS surveyed the affected areas of Mahaboobnagar district and found that 58 villages were badly destroyed, and 16,000 families were devastated.

[44] "We have identified various means of rehabilitation of people like supplying them implements required for their occupation," volunteers said, adding that they were involving several voluntary organizations.

[44][45] In the Floods and cloudburst that created havoc and mayhem in Uttarakhand, in June 2013 Seva Bharathi had 5,000 RSS volunteers take up relief and rescue along with the Indian Armed forces.

[47] Various relief camps were directly organized by Seva Bharati with the support of well-wishers and volunteers in which food, accommodation, and medical services were provided to the flood-affected people.

Various relief camps were directly organized by Sevabharathi with the support of well-wishers and volunteers in which food, accommodation, and medical services were provided to the flood-affected people.

Seva Bharati has adopted a hundred children from the insurgency and militancy-affected regions of Jammu and Kashmir including Gul, Mohore, Dharmani, and Buddhal Tehsils in Udhampur and Rajouri districts.

The army sees a bright future for these children and believes that the humane gestures of NGOs like Seva Bharati and similar organizations from various parts of the country will go a long way in boosting the efforts to bring in an era of peace and prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir and more so root out the evil of terrorism from this region.

A pledge to shun environmentally hazardous disposable plastic items was taken by the residents of Jakkacombai Badaga hamlet in a remote part of Kotagiri a small village on the tip of Nilgiris hills.

The volunteers have helped in crowd management, maintaining order, and providing essential services to the pilgrims in centers that witness a huge number of people like the Sabarimala temple in the South Indian state of Kerala.

A European Union MP talking to children at a child labor rehabilitation center run by Seva Bharati.
Volunteers with the children with cancer at Kidwai hospital, Bangalore
Children at a center for differently abled in Bangalore
British Deputy High Commissioner Stuart Innes visiting Seva Bharati's rehabilitation center for child labor, Telangana