About Us

Navodaya Self Help Group project was set up under the auspecious of S.C.D.C.C Bank, Mangalore in January 2000 with the far reaching vision of Dr. M.N. Rajendra Kumar at Sural of Karkal Taluk, with the main objective of empowerment of Rural poor for their Socio Economic development to make them able and capable by developing them Socio Economically.

Navodaya Grama Vikas Charitable Trust ® was started on 1.10.2004 by its Managing Trustee Dr. M.N. Rajendra Kumar, a dynamic leader of co-operative movement and President of S.C.D.C.C Bank. 

Objectives

• Formation of SHG for the socio- economic, development and cultural programmes for the development of rural people.
• Training the rural unemployed youth, especially the women to make them self-reliant.
• Formation of training centers for the self-employment.
• Organizing unemployed youths and encouraging them to take up self-employment.
• Formation of self help groups in rural areas state wide and developing their economic, social and culture status through appropriate programmes.
• In order to provide over all health protection to the Navodaya Self Help Group members. Introducing Chaitanya Health Scheme.
• Conducting awareness self help programme on the availability of economic and other help from various women's development programmes for the self employment.
• Personality development programme.
• To conduct free Health checkup camps for health care of the rural poor.
• To help the financially poor patients suffering from cancer, cardiac disease, kidney failure etc.
• Opening of Educational institution to impart good and higher education for the children of rural poor.
• To promote and preserve art and culture and to specially encourage their own immense folk heritage.
• Awareness and training to preserve and protect the herbal plants of great medicinal value.
• To promote self employment opportunities and encourage skill training with a view to tap alternative source of income.
• Establishment of job oriented training centers for the rural unemployed youth..

Philosophy
Make the rural populance able and capable to earn live hood with self respect and to ovate their Self Help Groups, there by bringing unity, empowerment, discipline and self respect within the reach.

Types of Training Programmes organized by NGVCT for Self Help Group Members:

I.Rural Enterprenewship Development programme (REDP) Consisting

• Agriculture & Allied Activity
• Dairy farming
• Bee Keeping
• Horticulture
• Mashroom cultivation
• Dress Designing
• Agarbathi Manufacturing
• Screen Printing
• Varmi culture

• Consists of basic orientation to members for formation of group. Maintains of books of accounts, credit management, capacity Building, skill to carry out group member etc.These programs are provided at the doorsteps of the members of SHG's