INTRODUCTION

Introduction

Deshabandhu Club is an esteem organization in Assam has established 1965-66 with a immense vision by a few enthusiastic youths of Behara village in the name of 'Balak Samity', main objective was to promote sports and culture among the people in general but, in the following year a devastating flood occured and in response to the humanitarian needs these youths carried out door to door relief operation, which gave them a new direction to serve the mankind. Since then, these youths had been doing social services within their capacity.

In 1973, the members of Balak Samity passed a unanimous resolution to change the name of the organization from 'Balak Samity' to 'Deshabandhu Club'. This is in nutshell how the present 'Deshabandhu Club' came into being. Later in 1978, the organization got registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860.

Deshabandhu Club could continue its activities only because the organization received the wholehearted cooperation from all sections of the society, which has placed this rural organization among the few prestigious organizations in the country.

This is needless to mention that Deshabandhu Club had been functioning as a Mother NGO (MNGO), identified by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India to implement Reproductive & Child Health (RCH) programme in selected four districts of Assam. Alongside the health sector, activities in lot many other domains have also brought considerable repute for the organization. Considering the good effort of the organization in Education, Deshabandhu Club has been given the accreditation by National Open School, New Delhi, for implementing Open Basic Education (OBE) Programme. The National Bank for Agriculture of Rural Development (NABARD) had certified the splendid job done by Deshabandhu Club in forming Self Help Groups and then creating linkages of potential Self Help Groups (SHGs). Recognizing the success of Deshabandhu Club in giving SHG Bank Linkages, NABARD had given Best NGO AWARD in Assam to this organization for two successive years for the year 2000-01 & 2001-02.

Assam Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Services Project (ARIASP) Society of Assam had also identified Deshabandhu Club as Nodal NGO for three districts of Barak Valley. In the Capacity of Nodal NGO, Deshabandhu Club has been looking after the work of irrigation, veterinary and fishery projects started by ARIASP Society, Assam, in those three districts.

The State Agriculture Department had entrusted this organization with the responsibility of implementing three watershed projects for rain fed areas in Cachar district. Considering the potentiality of the organization, many institutions are responding to the call of the organization by sanctioning the projects, which are submitted by this organization. In the field of HIV/AIDS, Deshabandhu Club is a pioneer organization in the Assam and has been executing the three different programs in Barak valley namely Targeted intervention project on female sex workers, Care and Support Centre for PLHIV and PPTCT. After running this program, the organization has formulated as vast expertise which may help to the community particularly.

So far in order to care, rescue and protect children who are vulnerable and seeking support for that the organization already has taken care of through Childline (1098) and right now a remarkable work has been going on through this all this activity.

Legal Status

Registered under Society registration Act XXI of 1860, foreign contribution regulation act, 1976, PWD Act 1995, section 12(A) & 80(G) of IT Act, 1961 and National Trust Act.

Vision

To create a society where every citizen avails basic needs and services so as to have a life with self respect, dignity and pride.

Mission

Deshabandhu club exists to bring the socio economic development of the citizens particularly to women & children of Assam by 2030 A.D. would like to provide cost effective, sustainable, peoples’ friendly health, education, economic empowerment and rural entrepreneurship through peoples participation.

Decision Makers

The Executive committee, elected by the general body annually is responsible for all sorts of planning, execution, assessment, monitoring of all programmes & activities.

Aims and Objectives

  • To promote the cause of national integration and communal harmony in a best possible means.
  • To eradicate illiteracy on voluntary efforts and to help in the spread of education both formal & non formal in the rural & backward areas with special emphasis on female & child education.
  • To organize training programme for the rural youths and women aims at offering self employment opportunity to unemployed youths & women in distress.
  • To develop scientific temperament among the rural people with the help of organizing seminar, symposium, discussion, folk entertainment and audio visual aid.
  • To create awareness about over increasing environment pollution and to encourage the people for mass awareness of trees in the available land and to make environment pollution free.
  • To promote the cause of sports & culture.
  • To make the people aware about population explosion and encourage them to accept smal family norms.
  • To provide basic medical relief to families particularly of old and women and children residing in the remote & inaccessible areas.
  • To help the relevant govt & non-govt agencies in the implementation of various socio-economic and refundable assistance at the grass root level.
  • To help & rehabilitate physically handicapped persons.
  • To create health awareness among the rural people as preventive measures from various incurable diseases.
  • To develop the socio economic status of rural masses the organization may borrow to raise loan from any outside agency as per objectives of the programme of that agency.
  • To help by organization & providing training to the unemployed youths, the club will encourage them to establish small scale as well as tiny industries. The Club will also help economically to the unemployed / underemployed youths / group either by providing refundable assistance or participating as stakeholders in their entrepreneurial ventures.
  • To aware the rural people about small savings.
  • It will function as non-profitable organization .If some profit will raise from any source it shall be utilized in furtherance of the objects of the organization & shall not be distributed amongst the members.