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Ecumenical Sangam, Nagpur is a charitable society founded in 1993 by a group of like-minded people whose common aim was to establish an organisation that would concentrate on community health and development in villages around and in slums within Nagpur .
Sangam was registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act as well as under the Societies Act and is totally independent of any other organisation or denomination. Sangam's work is based on the following principles:
- Work with people irrespective of their caste, colour, creed, race and sex
- No help to target groups without their participation in cash or kind
- Lessen dependence and enhance inter-and independence
- Sustainable development of the rural society
- Networking with other non-government organisations and government organisations as and when required
- Self-sufficiency through generating own funds
- Transparency of Sangam's activities and accountability towards the public
From a rural Base Centre and 3 Sub-centres Sangam is currently reaching out to 45 villages south of Nagpur . The Base Centre near Bamhani village is located 35 km south of Nagpur and runs various long-term Skill-Building Programmes for village youth, as well as a Kindergarten and a Rural Health Centre. Additionally, the Counselling Cell for Women in Distress in the nearby Buti Bori Police Station provides support to women facing domestic violence. In order to reach out to remoter areas, where until now hardly anybody else is active in the developmental field Sangam has started three Sub-centres at Gondwananagar, Shedeswar and Narayanpur. All the sub-centres impart a Kindergarten as well as a Sewing Class and provide basic Health Education Services. Furthermore Sangam is working in various slums of Nagpur , with the objective of upgrading the basic health situation and impart skill-building programmes.
Sangam's main thrust lies in awareness building of the village population in matters of health, nutrition, hygiene, education, family planning, water conservation and socio-economic issues. With this perspective Sangam runs various intertwining projects, which will be introduced to you on the following web pages.
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