Goa

The Goa Chapter of Nirmaan was formed on 2nd October,2007 at BITS,Pilani-Goa Campus. The students and faculty community carrying out various projects and activities in the nearby ZuariNagar Slums (Zari) as well as in the campus constitute the Goa Chapter.

Projects in Goa

In Goa, we have been working on various projects in the Zari slums that are adjacent to the campus. These include Shiksha, School Adoption Programme, Self Help Groups, Operation Clean Zari. Apart from regular projects we take up activities like blood donation camps, collection and donation of old clothes to orphanages etc. A brief description of the projects is given below. For more informaion please refer to our newsletters.

1.Shiksha:

Shiksha is an evening school for the children of Government Schools in Zari. This is a supplement to their regular school and focuses on innovative methods of teaching that make learning fun and easy. The project is operational in two Govt. Schools in the area. Various competitions are also organised frequently to promote competitive spirit amongst them.

2.School Adoption Programme(SAP):

The aim of SAP is to convert backward rural and urban Government schools into Model Schools in 3 years of time so that they are on par with the best run city schools in terms of infrastructure and performance. Currently we are working out the possibilities of adopting two Govt. Schools in Zari.

3.Self Help Groups(SHG):

SHGs are formed to create a platform for the rural women to earn a livelihood by forming a self-sustainable group which through self help and mutual help prepare products and market them. The women of SHG in Zari are working on embroidery products and paperbags. These are marketed in campus stores as well as in the nearby cities. The SHG of paperbags is a joint venture with CEL-BITS,Goa. 

4.Operation Clean Zari:

This aims at making the residents aware of cleanliness measures and its merits to make it a better place to live. We plan to acheive this by conducting door-to-door awareness campaigns. With the help of the local municipality, bigger dumpsters will be installed to replace the present ones to meet the needs of the community.

Executive Committee 

Newsletters

February '10 [pdf]^NEW 

January '10 [pdf]

November '09 [pdf]

August '09 [pdf] 

May '09 [pdf]

March '09 [pdf]

November '08 [pdf]  

April '08 [pdf] 

Join/Support Us

We kindly appeal to you to join our efforts in achieving a poverty free and an illiteracy free society. If you are interested, please contact any of the above listed executive committee members.

You can support us by mentoring or funding our projects, by helping us in maintaining our website and in many other ways. If you are interested, please contact our President.