From 2010 onwards, it is Fr. Sathish
Fernandes who took reigns of Vimukti at Pothnal and extended its
patronage to the taluk, district, and State level by recognizing the
needs of the people and the demand of service from Vimukti. In
recognition of his work, he has received some honorary titles and
become the member of Child Welfare Committee of the District of
Raichur. Briefly, the significant achievements of Vimukti from the
year 2010 until 2019 have been the following:
Analysing the cause for the lack of education in the rural areas,
Vimukti made provision for many a programme to protect the rights of
children, increase their learning opportunities through
supplementary training, establish children’s Rights Club and to
focus on such problems as infrastructure, environmental concerns,
health awareness, child labour, child marriage, livelihood etc.
thought of developing social leadership through children's
parliament.
Children have indeed become great socialists with the help of good
many of these programmes and they have been also able to develop
their native talents and skills though cultural events,
sport-activities, community-camps, etc. The children’s parliament
deserves a special mention in as much as it has moved up from the
district level to the State level and even enabled the participants
to hold dialogue among themselves in the presence of the chief
minister of the State.
Thanks to Vimukti unstinting efforts, young people are today able to
opt for professional skills and self-employment at the rural level
itself, thus reducing the level of unemployment in the State. They
are also capable of focussing on improving their life and seek
equality, honour and dignity as good citizens in line with the
Constitution of India.
Vimukti has tried to ensure good health not only to children, but
also to women in general, and especially to pregnant and lactating
mothers. In addition to healthcare, providing clean drinking water,
nutritional supplements, vaccination, maternity care etc., to the
public has been a priority to Vimukti. To the disadvantaged people
in particular, it has tried to provide certain services even at
their doorstep like assistance to fight malnutrition, anaemia and
epidemics.
Social services are essential for the general public and it happens
that people who have to pay for the facility pay more to the
mediators than others and at times still fail to get their due.
Fraud and corruption has become a burden to the public. For this
reason, Vimukti has been reaching out to people to receive their
dues like daily wages, birth, death and conduct certificates,
monthly salary, identity cards, especially by senior citizens, bus
passes, ration, Aadhar and health cards, help to open bank accounts,
get houses for the poor from the corporation and construct toilets,
receive gas cylinders, Bhagya lakshmi and Madilu Yojane, timber and
agricultural equipment etc. All this is more difficult to obtain
especially in rural areas.
Health awareness programmes regarding HIV AIDS and infectious
diseases, smoking, tobacco and alcohol consumption, and health camps
and inspections for various schemes like counselling, vaccine
programmes, nutrition and health care programmes etc. have been
regularly organized by Vimukti. It has sought to implement also
other schemes like social nutrition system, abolition of
child-marriage, child labour, women and child trafficking etc.,
appreciation of environmental concerns, water management, clean
water usage, cleanliness, toilet use, child rights protection, and
the National Food Security Act. Posco Act, RTE / RTI Act, SCP/TSP
Scheme, Legal Aid Assistance Programs and free help-lines etc.
Specifically speaking, the service has been extended to children,
young women and girls, youth and adults, people who are differently-abled
etc. Here then is a short report of all the services rendered by
Vimukti. Recently Jana Manada Jeeva Dvani Sathya Marga Magzine
published an article highlighting his strenuous work.