The Orphanage at Tribal Educational Rural Development Society - Visakhapatnam District, AP, India
TERDS is located at Araku Village & Post, Visakhapatnam District, AP. It was registered on 23rd August, 1993. Here is a description of what they do.
- Major Activities and Achievements:
- Thrift Programme and SHGs
- Initiatives on Tribal Education
- Promotion of Health Facilities
- Drinking Water Initiative
- Promotion of Grain Banks
- Forest Protection: Vana Samrakshana Samitis
- Food for Work Programme
- Strengthening Gram Sabha
- Empowerment of Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs)
- Displacement: Bauxite Mining, Tourism and Land Issues
- Emergency Relief Activities: Flash Floods and Land Slides
- Working with Government line departments
TERDS is taken up an orphanage for girl children from November 2010. The orphanage situated at Chinaburgulaput village of Hukampat mandal of Visakhapatnam district. It is called as PRATYUSHA CHILDREN HOME. There are 50 tribal girl children in the orphanage. All are below 13 years and studying in between 1st standard to 7th standard. All of them belong to tribal communities.
HELP started support for 16 girls since 2013.
We currently support 26 children at Tribal Educational Rural Development Society