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	President Rev. Fr. Joseph Dolphy Pais
	Chairperson Rev : Fr. Alwyn Dias
	Secretary & Director Chikkodi Fr. Arun Lobo
	Director Pothnal Fr.Satish Fernandes
	Director Ujire Fr. Vinod Mascarenhas
	Director Asha kiran Fr.Fredrick Braggs
	Director Bankal Fr.Vincent D’Souza
	Director Palya Fr. Sunil Ullahanan.

NEWS / HIGHLIGHTS


Completion report of Convergence Workshop for Strengthening of Child Protection System

Signature campaign to promote child rights: Vimukti Pothnal
Vimukti CHILDLINE Raichur organized the signature campaign at Pathrika Bhavan Raichur to promote child rights. The occasion was the celebration of child line Se Dosti week organized in collaboration with Department of Women and Child Development, Raichur. Mrs. Mangala Hegde (CWC President) inaugurated the signature campaign that highlighted the rights of children and said that the rights of children should be protected at all cost. “People who violate the rights of children often do not realize what they are doing”, said Mr.Guru Prasd (DCPO Raichur), while speaking on the topic, ‘Protection of Child Rights’. R. Naga Raj (Deputy Director, Department of Women and Child Development), B. K. Nandanur (DDPI Raichur), Kirlingappa (Project Officer, DWCD, Raichur), Mr. Prabu Dev Patil (CWC member), Mr. Bas Raj ( CWC member), Mr. Manjunath Reddy (DLO, Raicur), Fr. Sathish Fernandes (Project Director, Vimukti Charitable Trust®, Pothnal), and Mr. Sudharsh Coordinator along with CHILDLINE team members were present for the function.
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Minority Communities raise their Voice to Save the Constitution of India: Vimukti Pothnal
On 10th of March, 2019 vimukti in collaboration with other likeminded NGOs from Raichur jointly organized campaign to save the constitution of India. All the SC, ST, OBC and other minority communities’ representatives from the entire district collectively raise their voices before the concerned authority to safeguard constitution and protect the rights of minority communities. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. S. R. Herematt, President of Samajika Privarthna Samithi said Indian Constitution was a holy document of democracy to which all the Indian should abide by, irrespective of their personal beliefs. Mr. Umar kalli the president of youth Delhi said that the constitution was envisaged to break the shackles of traditional social hierarchies and usher in a new era of freedom, equality, and justice. Mr. M.R Beri expressed that the constitution of India empowered the traditionally deprived sections in the country and had brought in socio- economic transformation of the underprivileged.
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Training to unorganized youth on different government schemes: Vimukti Pothnal
Vision: Forming youth for holistic social transformation
Training on life/ crop/business insurance and government schemes was conducted at office premises on 13th March 2019. Mr. Ravindra Ganekal was the resource person of the day. The resource person disseminated the knowledge on various insurances available at present. Nearly 178 youth attended and got benefited from this training.

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Capacity Building and Career Guidance to youth’s: Vimukti Pothnal
Vimukti Charitable Trust® Pothnal in collaboration with Capuchin Province of Emilia- Romagna Bologna, Italy organized program on capacity building and career guidance to youth was organized on 13th March, 2019 at vimukti premises. The base line of the workshop was to help prospective generation to understand their hidden talent in an advanced way. Nearly 125 youths attended and benefitted from this training. Career guidance plays a very important role in the lives of all individuals, as it helps in setting future goals and chooses careers. Career guidance is much needed service to those who did not plan for their future at an early stage; more should be done to assist the younger generations in personal career development. When high school students have a clear understanding of the best career choices for them, end result is better planning, more college enrollments, and a more productive society for the future.
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TRAINING ON CAREER GUIDANCE TO THE CHILDREN’S HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AT RAICHUR:
“Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world” - Nelson Mandela
In this fast moving world everyone seems to be in a rat-race jostling with their own lives. In this busy journey we tend to close our eyes towards the miserable childhood of the little ones who are condemned to live as poor. They are commonly known as rag pickers, street children, child laborers, dropouts, and anti-social elements and so on. Here children’s home for boys and girls Raichur comes with its integral vision to feel with them and to help them to reinstate their lost childhood by proving wings to their dreams. When children are ignored by the society are found in the villages children’s home for boys and girls works to instill a sense of dignity in them and to give back their lost childhood.
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Awareness for ASHA workers on CHILDLINE 1098 : Vimukti Pothnal
Child line 1098, Raichur organized Awareness programmes for ASHA workers both in urban and rural areas. Every programme witnessed 15 to 20 animators. They were briefed about the work of CHILDLINE 1098. They were made aware to make the best use of the free helpline to meet out such issues where children ill-treated, sick, made to beg, work in hotels and garages or made orphans and so on. The children who face sexual abuse, malnourished, and other disturbing factors were discussed. CHILDLINE Raichur gave good information to safeguard and protect the children and urged them to put Child Line poster on the wall of their centers. Nearly 103 ASHA workers benefited from this program.
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Development in the Sneha Jyothi boarding Pothnal:
The Sneha jyothi boarding had been beautified once again well by the renovation works of mending, moulding, building, furnishing and painting. Almost all the works were completed with few minor works, which would be completed soon. The campus has got a complete face lift and now it looks like a well decorative bride. The new brooms sweeping the boarding and the premises under the supervision of Fr. Sathish Fernandes Director VCT has done a commendable job. Every nook and corner has been cleansed and given a new looks. All the available space right from the compound gate has been artistically utilized in such a way that a semblance of an atmosphere conducive to learning is clearly visible. We convey our special thanks, gratitude and appreciations for all the donors in helping us in this great venture.
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Free health camps organized in the villages: our motto “Saving and enriching lives” : Vimukti Pothnal
As a part of our efforts to make basic healthcare accessible for all, Vimukti Pothnal with the support of Ensemble Agissons France conducts free health camps and free medicine distribution services provides in the villages of Manvi Taluka. For many people in rural areas, quality health care is both unaffordable and inaccessible. Hence, medical camps are organized and conducted in several areas of villages, for the uneducated, poor and needy who cannot afford their medical expenses or do not have the knowledge of medical issues. Free BP check-ups, Blood Sugar, medical check-ups like master check-up, heart check-up, etc are conducted for hundreds of poor women, children and men benefit from these camps every year. VCT initializes these methods not only to support them in their health but also to help them gain knowledge and educate them in these issues for their well-being and healthy life ahead.
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ABOUT US
VIMUKTI CHARITABLE TRUST is a social action unit of the Capuchin Franciscan of Karnataka Province, Registered under the Trust Act bearing number, Trust/718/10A/Vol-II/V-299/2000-2001 Dated 01.05.2000. VIMUKTI is integral liberation as understood popularly and it undertakes and executes socio-economic empowerment activities among the disadvantage and the vulnerable sections of the society. As the activities of the province became widespread, ‘Vimukti’ came into existence in 1999 to co-ordinate, document, monitor, review and evaluate the social work intervention activities to ensure greater efficiency and increased accountability towards the same.

STATUTES
The Karnataka Capuchin Province has established a registered trust called, Vimukti Charitable Trust for social service and developmental activities in the Province. The goals and objectives of this trust are to be attained in a systematic and cohesive manner. For this purpose the Province shall establish in a suitable place a well furnished central office to plan, coordinate and supervise all the programmes and the activities. The Statutes are applicable to all the Friars of the Province who are involved in this ministry. So that all the Programmes function effectively and achieve the expected goals and objectives. These Statutes are to be read along with the Constitutions of the Order and also the Statutes of the Province.