Helping
Hands for Underprivileged works in the village of
Ramasamudram, Andhra Pradesh - a village of 35,000 people that has
some of the worst standards of living, poverty and child labour in
India.
To see what we have done and to see what our future porjects are please click on a link below (this will open a new window)
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EMPOWERMENT MODEL
HHU was established to tackle child
poverty and labour through empowerment.
The main premise of the Indian arm of
the charity is to empower children
through education and adults through
training, which would then allow them to
break the poverty cycle themselves.
HHU'S entire aim is
to encourage this
village and future
villages to become
self-sufficient - so
that eventually they
will not need
outside help or
donations.
Just like
dropping a pebble into a pond, Helping
Hands believes that by creating positive
change and allowing this village to
reach a state of self-sustainability,
the village will create waves itself to
surrounding villages and this charity
can move on.
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BACKGROUND OF THE VILLAGE
There are 35,000 villagers existing in Ramasamudram. Agricultural work is the village's main income. The majority of villagers are labourers for external landlords and do not own any property apart from their own houses. The money that they earn from their labour 
work, they use for food. Their work - and income - is directly dependent upon rain. Most villagers, with an average family size of 5, live in a thatched house that is basically a single circular room - where they eat, sleep, cook and reside.
Children as young as 8 years old, work 8-10 hours a day, earning around 50p. Their intensive agricultural work involves cultivating vegetation, plantation and looking after cattle.
There is currently one Primary School providing English medium in the entire village of Ramasamudram. English medium is the key gateway for higher education and employment. This Primary School has concrete floors for the children to sit on and dark cell-like rooms where the children learn. With no developed education in the area, these children are unable to experience the value and worth of education that benefit children in privileged countries around the world.
Aims & Objectives of Helping Hands for Underprivileged
-Improve entire village standards of living
-Improve village's health facilities Increase flow of pupils to already existent primary school
-Improve primary school’s facilities and supplies
- Build a secondary school so that children can migrate from the primary school and be educated to University level - thus accessing any University within India.
-Teach parents in village key skills so that they do not require their children to work in fields as opposed to going to schools. Effectively improving the village's economy - to access the markets of the greater world.
-Promote multi-faith harmony (the existing school already holds a badge commemorating all religious faiths
-Construct a Medical Facility & Recycling Centre