KANYASHRAMA
SATJYOTIKA KANYASHRAM
Satjyotika's most important precious achievement is its Kanyashram, a girls' hostel. It started out of a day care cum shelter home soon after the super cyclone of 1999.The experiment of transforming super cyclone devastated scheduled caste girl children from the trauma
Satjyotika Kanyashram-a girls' hostel, was started to facilitate the education of those children who are most vulnerable. It had its humble beginning from a Day Care Centre cum Shelter Home for the adolescent girls soon after the devastating super cyclone of October,1999.
During the ongoing relief work in the most affected areas of Cuttack Sadar Block & Barang block of Cuttack district, Satjyotika team located the SC adolescent girls from these area who were deprived of their study atmosphere & normal living. This prompted Satjyotika to start a Day care centre cum Shelter home from 1st January 2000.
This experiment of transforming Super Cyclone devastated scheduled cast girl children from their trauma to a more normal living and study atmosphere, inspired Satjyotika to convert the Day care centre cum Shelter home to a full fledged girls' hostel for targeted needy super cyclone affected adolescent girls. And the girls' hostel thus was established from 1st September,2000
During the long years of its meaningful existence, the inmates coverage area has stretched from Cuttack Sadar & Barang Block area to 10 districts of Orissa . SC/ST/OBC girls from Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Raygada, Dhenkanal, Khurdha, Ganjam, Mayurbhanj, Kandhamal districts are staying in the Kanyashram. . Besides, the children of suburb areas of Cuttack town where migrated SC/ST labours are working as brick kiln labour, menial labour, domestic help, casual labour in CRRI & other fields also are staying in this Kanyashram.
The Kanyashram has housed 33 girls in 2000-01, 43 girls in 2001-02 , 49 girls in2002-03, 47 girls in 2003-04, 46 girls in 2004-05, 53 girls in 2005-06 , 72 girls in 2006-07(SC 43, ST 19, OBC 8, GEN 02)& 108 girls in 2007-08 & 112 girls in 2008-09.
During these years the number of inmates have increased 340%(from 33 at the beginning to 112 at present 2008-09 ).
We have the warden, two part time teachers along with the watchman, aya, peon, two cooks, one helper,one office assistant to help in the hostel. The part time doctor checks the health of the children at regular intervals.
The inmates read in Chauliaganj Girls' high school & ME school & in near by schools. They perform very well both in their studies & sports so also in extracurricular activities of the school. Regular debate competition, visiting places of interest and observance of traditional functions like Khudurukuni, Ganesh Puja, Saraswati Puja, Republic Day, Independence Day, Teacher's Day are observed.
Standard food both vegetarian & Non-vegetarian is served. The hygiene of the hostel is well looked after. The discipline in every sphere is well maintained.