Akhil Bharatiya Samaj Sewa Sansthan (ABSSS) is a voluntary organisation committed to uplift tribals, dalits and deprived sections in Bundelkhand. ABSSS is based in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh and is active all over Bundelkhand, spread in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Interventions of ABSSS have regenerated self-esteem and confidence of marginalised people, mainly Kols and Dalits. They have started challenging their exploitation and bondage and are increasingly controlling resources to improve their lives.
The founder of Akhil Bharatiya Samaj Sewa Sansthan, Gaya Prasad Gopal, fondly called Gopal Ji, is a noted social worker of the country. He steered the organisation he founded for over three decades and is associated with it in a patron role. His most notable achievement is sharing and mitigating the woes of the Kol tribals and extending a helping hand to them.
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Stories From the Field
UPMA Board Member Visits Education Centres
UPMA (Uttar Pradesh Mandal of America) Board Member Manju Mishra visited Bharat Mata Bal Abhyuday Centres in Patha area. She updated herself with the progress of poor forest-dweller tribal children…
Diversion-based Irrigation Brings Joy to 40 Adivasi Families
Forty Adivasi families in Sauryana village owning a total of around 75 acres of land were compelled to migrate regularly for their survival, as the lands they owned were entirely…
Nidhuwa’s Doms Get ‘Human’ Status, after Generations
For as long as they can remember, the 14 families belonging to the Dom caste in Nidhuwa village in Naraini block, Banda district, Uttar Pradesh, have been treated as less…
Accolades
ABSSS in Limca Book of Records
ABSSS which was part of the campaign Bhujal Badhao, Peyjal Bachao Abhiyan (enhance groundwater, protect drinking water campaign) in 2019 found a place in Limca Book of Records.
ABSSS Bags Fifth FICCI Water Award 2017
Akhil Bharatiya Samaj Sewa Sansthan bagged Fifth FICCI Water Award 2017. ABSSS working at the grassroots got second position in a fierce competition from different organisations.
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