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SEESHA is the acronym of Samiti for Education, Environment, Social Health and Action. It is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation started in Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in the year 2003 as a small charitable trust under the leadership of Indian philanthropist Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, the organisation has now grown into a welfare and developmental NGO focusing on holistic community development. They work in some of the poorest communities in both urban and rural India, covering the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and the union territories of Delhi and Puducherry.
SEESHA is the acronym of Samiti for Education, Environment, Social Health and Action. It is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation started in Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in the year 2003 as a small charitable trust under the leadership of Indian philanthropist Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, the organisation has now grown into a welfare and developmental NGO focusing on holistic community development. They work in some of the poorest communities in both urban and rural India, covering the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and the union territories of Delhi and Puducherry.


==Projects==
==Approach==


SEESHA has a range of projects designed to suit the needs of the populations they serve. Each project includes one or more of the four aspects of development: Education, Environment, Health and Livelihood.
SEESHA has a range of projects designed to suit the needs of the populations they serve. Each project includes one or more of the four aspects of development:
* Education
* Environment
* Health
* Livelihood

The target groups of SEESHA include children, youth, women, senior citizens, persons in need of physiological and psychological care, the differently-abled and victims of natural disasters.
== Target Populations ==
SEESHA adopts communities and works with them towards their holistic development. SEESHA's projects are designed to include children, youth, women, senior citizens, persons in need of physiological and psychological care, the differently-abled and victims of natural disasters.

== Projects ==


===Child Development Projects===
===Child Development Projects===
* Tuition Centres: Over 70 tuition centres are peppered across the country, in some of the poorest communities in order to benefit first-generation learners. The primary goal of these free tuition centres is to equip school-going children with quality support in education.
* Tuition Centres: Over 70 tuition centres are peppered across the country, in some of the poorest communities in order to benefit first-generation learners. The primary goal of these free tuition centres is to equip school-going children with quality support in education.

* Educational Scholarships: Orphans and semi-orphans living in conditions of poverty are supported on a monthly basis with scholarships to encourage school going and prevent drop-out.
* Educational Scholarships: Orphans and semi-orphans living in conditions of poverty are supported on a monthly basis with scholarships to encourage school going and prevent drop-out.
* Orphanage Support: The needs of children from selected orphanages and Children's Homes are sponsored.
* Skill Training & Value Education Camps: Camps are organised in the target communities for children to explore their interest areas and improve themselves.
* Skill Training & Value Education Camps: Camps are organised in the target communities for children to explore their interest areas and improve themselves.
* Talent Hunt: A platform to explore and exhibit the talents and abilities of the children from downtrodden communities.
* Talent Hunt: A platform to explore and exhibit the talents and abilities of the children from downtrodden communities.
*CLHIV: Nutritional supplements and educational scholarships are given on a monthly basis to children living with HIV in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu.
*

=== Youth Development Projects ===
* Computer Training


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 08:46, 18 January 2016

SEESHA is the acronym of Samiti for Education, Environment, Social Health and Action. It is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation started in Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in the year 2003 as a small charitable trust under the leadership of Indian philanthropist Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, the organisation has now grown into a welfare and developmental NGO focusing on holistic community development. They work in some of the poorest communities in both urban and rural India, covering the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and the union territories of Delhi and Puducherry.

Approach

SEESHA has a range of projects designed to suit the needs of the populations they serve. Each project includes one or more of the four aspects of development:

  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Livelihood

Target Populations

SEESHA adopts communities and works with them towards their holistic development. SEESHA's projects are designed to include children, youth, women, senior citizens, persons in need of physiological and psychological care, the differently-abled and victims of natural disasters.

Projects

Child Development Projects

  • Tuition Centres: Over 70 tuition centres are peppered across the country, in some of the poorest communities in order to benefit first-generation learners. The primary goal of these free tuition centres is to equip school-going children with quality support in education.
  • Educational Scholarships: Orphans and semi-orphans living in conditions of poverty are supported on a monthly basis with scholarships to encourage school going and prevent drop-out.
  • Orphanage Support: The needs of children from selected orphanages and Children's Homes are sponsored.
  • Skill Training & Value Education Camps: Camps are organised in the target communities for children to explore their interest areas and improve themselves.
  • Talent Hunt: A platform to explore and exhibit the talents and abilities of the children from downtrodden communities.
  • CLHIV: Nutritional supplements and educational scholarships are given on a monthly basis to children living with HIV in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu.

Youth Development Projects

  • Computer Training

References