Agency Visits

Agency visit programme form an integral part of the orientation programme. These visits are organised with following objectives.

  • To help the volunteers to know various services available in different fields.
  • To develop sensitivity of the volunteers towards social realities.
  • To help the volunteers identify needs of the inmates and to plan their work with them.

After each classroom session of orientation the volunteers were taken to visit various agencies. A series of visits were organised to the following agencies and areas.

  • Govt. School for Blind Children.
  • School for Physically Handicapped Children
  • State Home for Women
  • Society for Village Development in Petrochemicals Area
  • Observation Home for Boys
  • Observation Home for Girls
  • Shankarnagar Slum
  • Juvenile Home
  • Jalaram Home for Aged Nizampura
  • Vone Society
  • Pratham
  • Jivan Akshay

Each visit was led by senior volunteers and post graduate students of MSW/MHRM. New volunteers could be sensitised to undertake service work in the areas of their choice.
After having thoroughly oriented to NSS, the volunteers formed different projects/groups as follows:

  • HIV/AIDS lifestyle education project
  • Environment Education Project
  • Literacy Project
  • Institutional Service Project
  • Anti-addiction Education Project
  • Audio-Visual Aids Project

Activities of NSS are organised under 1) Regular Activities and 2) Special Camping Programmes.