Manavata

www.manavata.org
Service To Humanity is Service To God Formation: 1991 Founder: Sri Srinivasa Chowdary Alluri Legal status: Charity organization Website: www.manavata.org

Mission

To make the world Healthy, Happy and Harmonious (3H)with nature.

Vision

Every human being feels and works for good of the environment
Poverty, Hunger, sorrow and pain disappear from the planet
Anger, lust, greed, jealousy, hatred disappear from every human being on this planet
Serving those in need becomes main purpose of every human being

Objectives

Short term (till end of 2017):

To bring awareness in people about purpose of life (bring another 10000 volunteers into self-less service in Manavata and inspire another 50000 people to take social responsibility)
To promote simple life style through leading by example (transform 5000 families to healthy life style)
To help needy wherever possible (help 500 orphans and disabled children, 100 patients for the critical surgeries)
To build principle centered leadership globally

Long term:

To bring sustainable rural development in 500 villages by 2030
To build sustainable model of social development where all beings can live together (Create at least 2 prototypes which can be easily replicated with low budget)
To empower people to build their confidence in leading eco-friendly living (to bring 20,000 families into Charity at home program)

Life goals (30 years): To change the economy and model of living to humanism

Origin and background

Manavata (originally called Chaitanya Bharathi Youth Association) was founded on 19 October 1991 by Srinivasa Chowdary Alluri, a social activist, in Lolla, a remote village in the Godavari belt of the Andhra Pradesh state in South India. Sorrows, hunger, illness, premature death of children and the lack of direction to the young around him in rural India, motivated Srinivasa to ignite a movement that strove to eradicate these ills from the society. The Sanskrit - Hindu epic, Bhagavad-Gita, has had a great impact on his life and the teachings inspired him to tread the path of selfless service and to inculcate the philosophy into his life. Manavata, in Sanskrit means "Humanity". The under riding philosophy of the Manavata group is ‘Humanity is our identity’. Manavata’s appeal lies in its simplified ideology - Perform Yoga (as a form of exercise) in the morning, eat food in its natural form with minimum artificial intervention, lead a disciplined life and follow timeliness and help the needy, is the way of life for a Manavata believer.

Evolution

What started as a noble idea inside one man is today a global movement. As of 2015, Manavata has more than 8000 volunteers all over the world and has directly helped in the lives of more than 100000 people. Manavata is largely built around the good intentions of successful and professional individuals. 80% of Manavata volunteers are software professionals working in the United States, UK, Australia, Singapore and India. Manavata is registered as a charity in India (Reg. No. 3417/01), the UK (Reg. No. 1120315) and US (Reg. No. 000918874). In 2012 Manavata received consultative status from the United Nations Economic and Social Council(ECOSOC) which is the highest status granted by the United Nations to non-governmental organizations. On this occasion the founder Srinivasa Alluri was invited to speak in the 2013 ECOSOC high-level segment in Geneva. You will not find widespread coverage of Manavata in the media because the volunteers believe in service without expecting publicity.

Activities

Manavata runs several social initiatives in health, education, environment and humanitarian aid worldwide like:

Blood donation and health camps, Yoga camps, Residential care for poor/orphan children (Manavata Ashram), Anti-smoking campaigns, Disaster management (to the victims of natural calamities), Self-employment and Educational programmes for rural youth & women, Youth counselling & guidance, Environmental campaigns (pollution control and tree plantation)

Key Programs:

Blood Donation Program: A database of around 3000 blood donors on the Manavata website is listed area wise. The website enables posting for blood requirement and searching for donors. The Manavata Blood Donation helpline in India (Hyderabad) has benefited more than 10, 000 patients so far.
Charity at home: This initiative aims to promote best living practices (in line with 3H mission) at every home.^[1]
Cycling for Humanity: This is Manavata's most popular and visible initiative amongst even people not associated to the organization in anyway. Besides many intercity, intertown, intervillage cycling trips, in 2011 Manavata organized a cycling event from London to New Delhi. What started with many volunteers at the start and many who joined on the way, Srinivasa Alluri, the founder of Manavata ended up as the only one who completed the whole journey. This trip took him through 14 countries, 11,350 km and 109 days non-stop. This earned an entry from the Limca book of records in India for 2013. More importantly it enabled Srini to touch the lives of almost 500,000 people from across the world along the way and spread the 3H message of Manavata.^[2]
Charity together: Fosters collaboration with like minded organizations to provide self-less service.^[3]
Food & Clothes Distribution to poor and during natural calamities: The Gujarat earthquake in 2001, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and the Hudhud cyclone of Visakhapatnam in 2014 were some of the most devastating disasters where Manavata members contributed in sweat and kind. Regular food and clothes distribution drives are held in deserving areas.
Global Youth Movement: This was the founding initiative of Manavata originating from an understanding that youth remains the most vulnerable period of a person's life which can lead to wrong life paths and bad habits. A transformed youth is a transformed tomorrow. MAHE (Manavata Academy for Human Exclellence)aims at inspiring youth to build character & channelize their power towards development of the Nation. http://mahe.manavata.org
Orphanage (Manavata Ashram): Manavata Ashrams and Orphanages help under-privileged and orphaned children by providing food, clothes, shelter and education with parental kind of care and affection. There are 4 Ashrams - 60 children at Hyderabad and Lolla, 45 blind children at Ramachandrapuram and 40 dumb and deaf children at Srikakulam. Manavata is planning new centers to help more children. http://ashram.manavata.org
Sustainable Rural Development Program (SRDP): SRDP is a proven methodology to transform and empower villagers & help them to take care of themselves by imparting right knowledge and help them to achieve self-sustainability. Manavata's plan is to adopt 500 villages in next 3 years time for implementing SRDP. Already 17 villages have benefited through this initiative. Manavata was invited to speak on this subject at United Nations View SRDP oral statement given at UN, Geneva
Healthy Living Camps: Manavata’s free Yoga, Meditation Camps and Healthy Living camps are held across the globe regularly and have helped thousands of people to improve their health, cure diseases and ailments, manage stress, develop peace of mind and understand the importance of nutrition and healthy eating habits. Ongoing schedules for these camps can be found on the Manavata website.
Help needy Patients (funding & co-ordination): Manavata provides medical aid for poor patients who cannot afford the cost of critical life-saving surgeries.
Manavata University: This is Manavata's latest initiative. Manavata is establishing this University for Humanity to bring true happiness through practice of self-less service and simple living in-order to achieve sustainable development by living together with nature. Land has been acquired near Hyderabad. Founding members have been identified. Construction is due to start soon.

Apart from implementing initiatives on its own, Manavata also provides a platform for individuals and organizations to take the 3H initiatives forward.

Key Milestones

1991: Founded at Lolla, East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, India by Srinivasa Alluri

1994:Village transformation program helped several youth and bus shelter constructed

1997:Launched self-employment project to empower under privileged in Hyderabad

2000:Started online Blood donation website and expanded service to different regions

2001:Expanded Manavata to Singapore and Asia Pacific regions

2003:UK chapter started and US Chapter in 2004

2005:Manavata Ashram started in Lolla for orphan children

2006:Launched Charity Together and Charity At Home programs and extended support to a disabled home and blind school in Ramachandrapuram, Andhra Pradesh

2008: Started Manavata Ashram in Hyderabad along with a Dumb and Deaf school in Srikakulam

2009: Age support and Health Centre/Homeopathy dispensary started in Lolla Ashram

2010:Cycling for Humanity event from Udaipur to Mumbai over 1000 km distance

2011:Manavata founder Srinivasa Alluri’s inspiring ‘Cycling for Humanity’ event covering 11,350 km from London to Delhi and Kanyakumari to Kashmir in 109 days (also received Limca book of records).

Started Health centers in Kalluru, Khammam district.Rachapalli and Biccavolu East Godavari district
Started Zero budget Natural farming training in Andhra Pradesh for 400 farmers

2012:Received the prestigious UN(United Nations) accredited Organization with ECOSOC special consultative status

Mumbai to Kanyakumari Cycling for humanity has inspired 10,000 people.
Washington DC to Boston Cycling for humanity

2013:Patna to Delhi Cycling for humanity, submitted school mid-day meal proposal to PM and president of India

2014:CSD setup (Center for Sustainable development) work in progress, health center initiation in Gangavaram and other two health centres in Hyderabad.

Awards and accreditations

United Nations ECOSOC accreditation and granting a special consultative status to Manavata
Charity of the Year Award by NRI forum in Parliament House London for the year 2014
Limca Book of Records entry for London to Delhi cycling
Lifetime achievement award 2010 by Telugu Association of London
Lifetime achievement award by TARA, Reading, UK

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