One of the Millennium Goals (7) is to ensure environmental sustainability. SRDF initiated tree plantation programme in 2002 in a small way. In 2008, a major tree planting programme was initiated in collaboration with the Dept. of Forestry (Community Social Forestry, Mr. Nageshwar Rao DFO Medak District).
More than 4000 trees were planted in the months of [...]
Motivational talks to discover their power within for success at different schools in India: By Roeland Martin
1 to 23 rd September 2008.
An Introduction based on a true story of his success in life:
When I was a teenager, I asked my friend what he thought we should become when we were grown up. [...]
Roeland Martin: Profile
Roeland was born in 1941 in Magelang, Indonesia. His family was Dutch, but had lived in Indonesia for 5 generations. In 1942, the Japanese Army overran the Country and Roeland together with his brother and mother were interred in a concentration camp for the duration of the war. After the war, Roeland [...]
VISIT OF AUSTRALIAN RURAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM COURSE 14 PARTICIPANT TO CHILVER SRDF ON 06 SEPTEMBER 2008.
Rob Patick (Director-ARLP COURSE 14) and Karim with their 32 Rural Leaders selected from all over the country visited Chilver to see some of the activities under taken by SRDF. Dr. Chamala was asked to give a brief introduction [...]
Indian scholars visited Australia to represent India in the “Scholar-Athlete Games” from January 23-29, 2006. It was held at the University of Queensland, Brisbane.
The University of Queensland (UQ) conducted 2006 Australian Scholar -Athlete Games in collaboration with the Institute for International Sports (USA), the Queensland Government and UQ Sports to unite 100Scholars from Asia Pacific Region across [...]
Learning from each others is a potential process among the scholars just as farmers learn from other farmers more than from scientists. SRDF focus has been to encourage scholars exchange program between India , Australia and USA. In 2005-6 Nicholas Haines from University Of Queensland visited Chilver and spent more than a month [...]
SRDF encourages any young girl or boy who wants to undertake higher education after completing High School (Grade 10). On August 15th, 2006 Dr. S. Chamala, at a function held at ZP Government High School, announced that SRDF would encourage merit students from three high schools (ZP Government High school, Sri Vani Vidyalaya in Chilver [...]
When Dr. and Mrs. Chamala met youth in the village, some drop out students expressed a desire to go back to education by sitting for the Open University Exam. When asked why they did not pursue this education, they said that they could not afford the educational costs and that drought conditions further limited their [...]
Village youth, many of them were school drop outs, formed a Youth club of Shanker Development to organise welfare activities and help executing the activities of the Shankar Rural Development Foundation. A mandal level Sports meet was organised by the club by raising contributions. About 80 youth from 10 villages around [...]
Equipped with TV, DVD, Telephone, Library gadgets for physical exercises services as distance learning center, Library, information center for Youth, Farmers and general public venue for training farmers discussions with different line departments
Facilitates the farmers approaching call centers/agricultural extension workers and other line department/ scientists/ input dealers.
Gymnasium and Yoga classes for youth and public.
Stitching Center [...]
