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Activities of Choudwar Centre

From the care of abandoned children to eye camps and skills training, the Choudwar Centre runs a range of programmes rooted in its founding mission of service.

Children taking part in an activity at Servindia Children's Home
01 · Since 1975

Servindia Children's Home

Named Sishu Sadan, a home for socially backward children, started in the premises of the Choudwar Centre in 1975. Parentless, abandoned children and children in difficult situations are admitted into this home and provided with all possible homely care and nourishment. Special attention is given to their physical, mental, emotional, scholastic and intellectual development.

Recreation facilities such as indoor and outdoor games, excursions, a library, and literary and cultural meets are provided to the children in residence. A monthly wall magazine named “Baarabula” nourishes the inner talent of the children, and regular yoga and moral teaching classes build healthy bodies and minds.

Aiming at the future rehabilitation of the children, the Centre has opened vocational training units through which academically average children are given training toward future employment and self-sufficiency. The home provides accommodation with an RCC roof and pucca building; children attend nearby local schools, use the Laxminarayan Pathagara children's library, and receive regular health checkups.

Servindia Sishu Greh, Specialized Adoption Agency
02 · Since 2005

Servindia Sishu Greh — Specialized Adoption Agency

The Choudwar Centre manages a Sishu Greh (Specialized Adoption Agency) on its premises at Choudwar since 2005. Through this Sishu Greh, intensive care and protection is provided to abandoned and relinquished babies, and to newborn babies of unmarried mothers, by well-trained and experienced lady caretakers. Babies within the age group of 0 to 6 years are kept in this Greh and provided with all motherly care, with modern arrangements made for their comfort.

The Choudwar Centre received the certificate of recognition for in-country and inter-country adoption from the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Odisha. Issueless parents are requested to adopt a child from Sishu Greh and give them a family full of love and protection. As the oldest unit in the state working in the field of women and child development, the Centre has cared for children admitted into the Servindia home since 1972.

Other Activities of the Centre

A Wide-Ranging Programme of Work

Servindia Play School entrance at the Choudwar Centre
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Servindia Play School

An early-years play school run at the Choudwar Centre for young children in the community.

Laxminarayan Leprosy Clinic health support activity
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Laxminarayan Leprosy Clinic

A clinic named for the Centre's founder, supporting the eradication and rehabilitation of persons affected by leprosy.

Tailoring training programme at the Choudwar Centre
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Tailoring Training

Vocational tailoring training that builds practical skills and self-sufficiency for women in the community.

Computer Training Unit at the Choudwar Centre
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Computer Training Unit

Basic computer literacy training offered to children and young people from the local community.

National Pulse Polio and Filaria Eradication Programme activity
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National Pulse Polio & Filaria Eradication Programme

Participation in the national public health programme for polio and filaria eradication.

Mega Eye Checkup Camp support activity at the Centre
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Mega Eye Checkup Camp

Eye checkup camps organised for the benefit of the local community.

And Many More

  • Involvement in National Swachhata Programme
  • Nisha Nivaran Abhiyan
  • International Women's Day
  • Distress Relief
“ Serve All. Love All. ”
Motto, Servants of India Society, Choudwar Centre

See These Activities in Photographs

Visit our gallery for photographs from these programmes and events at the Choudwar Centre.