Peoples Action for Rural Awakening

Infobox_University
name=Peoples Action for Rural Awakening
native_name=PARA Samastha

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latin_name=
motto=
established=1988
type=Voluntary Organisation
director=Rev. Fr. Thomas Pallithanam, "SDB"
rector=Fr. Sabu, "SDB"
students=
city = Ravulapalem
state = Andhra Pradesh
country = India
coor =coord|16|45|33|N|81|50|17|E|type:edu
address = Ravulapalem, Komarajulanka Post 533 238, East Godavari District 535 183, India
campus=Rural
telephone = 91 08855 255010
affiliations=
website=http://paraindia.org/
footnotes=Data as of September 2008

Peoples Action for Rural Awakening (PARA) [http://mha.nic.in/fd-ar0304/9.3Reported%20Associations%20for%202003-04%5CAndhra%20Pradesh.htm] is a social action initiative of Don Bosco Mission in India. PARA is located in Ravulapalem in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in South India. It is Wi-Fi-enabled.

Activities

Bridge School

Taking care of innocent children is one of the prime concerns of PARA. Run-away kids found in the Railway and Bus Stations of the nearest river town of Rajahmundry are brought here to safety and educated in a bridge school that is taken care of by an able master.

After successful completion of the bridge course, students are then sent to Don Bosco Boarding School in Ravulapalem or the Government Schools in the vicinity. During holidays, PARA becomes their home.

Ekalavya Training Centre

Mutually Aided Cooperative Societies

Disaster response

PARA has been in the forefront in providing succour to the affected whenever any disaster struck. In fact, PARA arose out of the disastrous killer cyclone that struck Konaseema in the last decade.

When Tsunami struck in 2004, PARA immediately reacted by providing relief and rehabilitation to the affected in the four districts of Nellore, Prakasam, Krishna, and East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. Its programmes are titled Navnirmaan and Punarnirmaan. While Navnirmaan has been launched in East Godavari alone, Punarnirmaan was launched in all the four districts. Community participation, transparency, and visibility were the unique features of these programmes.

Board of Directors

PARA is managed through a Board of Directors. One of the Director, Fr.Thomas Pallithanam, a Rights Activist associated with movements of the landless poor and forming thrift groups among the womenfolk for self-empowerment directs the activities here.

Co-workers

* Sri N. Isaiah, "Administrator"
* Sri V. B. S. Srinivas, "Accountant"
* Smt. Veeramani, "Receptionist"
* Sri Chakravarthy, "Caretaker"

ee also

* St. John's Regional Seminary (Philosophate), Kothavalasa
* Dalits
* Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Sri Babu Jagjivan Ram
* Dalit Bahujan Shramik Union, Hyderabad
* Punarnirmaan, Navnirmaan
* Bosco Seva Kendra, Hyderabad

References

;Notes

Primary Sources
* cite journal
author=AntiRacismNet - an international online network of anti-racism organizations and practitioners
title=Organizational Detail
year=
volume=
issue=
url =http://www.antiracismnet.org/directory/search.html?browse=Prefix&detail=&orglist=&orgnum=1063
* cite journal
author=World Social Forum India
title=Organizational Detail
year=2004
volume=
issue=
url =http://www.wsfindia.org/event2004/more.php?myvar=1744
format=Dead link|date=May 2008
* cite journal
author=Centre for Education and Documentation [http://www.doccentre.org/]
title=Our Land Struggle
year=2003
volume=
issue=
url =http://www.doccentre.org/edocs/land.htm
format=Dead link|date=May 2008

Secondary Sources
* cite journal
author=World Conference Against Racism
title=NGO's not in consultative status with the economic and social council that have been accredited to the World Conference Against Racism, Social Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
year=
volume=
issue=
url =http://www.unhchr.ch/html/racism/05-ngolist.html
* cite journal
author=NGO-IDEAs
title=Indian Partners
year=
volume=
issue=
url =http://www.ngo-ideas.net/indian_partners.html
* cite journal
author=Aktion Tagwerk
title="einen Tag jobben- viele Tage helfen!"
month=July | year=2004
volume=
issue=
url =http://www.alfred-krupp-gymnasium.de/archiv_100504.html
format=Dead link|date=May 2008
* cite journal
author=Wikipedia
title=Ekalavya
year=
volume=
issue=
url =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekalavya

;Further reading
* cite journal
author=Annie Jayaraj [http://www.euronaid.net/archives/events/images/ss-kks-india/report/Evaluation%20PCMindia.htm] , Programme Manager, ATMA Consultancy Services, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
title=Post Disaster Reconstruction Experiences in Andhra Pradesh, in India - A paper presented at the Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
month=May | year=2002
volume=
issue=
url = http://www.grif.umontreal.ca/pages/i-rec%20papers/annie.pdf