Sevabharathi

Sevabharathi® Kanyadi was conceptualized and started its community activities in the year 2004 and later registered in the year 2012 under the Trust Act. Sevabharathi was founded with the avowed objective of extending social service to the deserved and marginalized segment of the population of Belthangady Taluk, a remote taluk in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka State. “Sevabharathi” is actively engaged in social work and community services during the last 16 years in the field of health, education, and empowerment of rural women by self-employment and rehabilitation of persons affected with spinal cord injury.

Shri K Vinayaka Rao met with electrical shock which resulted in spinal cord injury. When he realized there is no possibility for him to walk again he was depressed then he decides to commit suicide but he was motivated by one of his well-wisher saying that “You don’t think about yourself think about others who are leading life with difficulties help them support them find happiness in serving others” all these made him to serve for the society. Latter he went to CMC Vellor to get himself updated through Rehabilitation. This rehabilitation resulted in the positive change within him then he dreams towards setting up of Rehabilitation centre in his locality to serve People with Spinal Cord Injury (PwSCI) in Karnataka state. In the year 2018 his dream got true by setting up of Sevadhama the rehabilitation centre for spinal cord injured.  

Our Vision: To build a Society where Equality, Justice, and a confident life with Self-reliance is assured to people with spinal cord injury, rural Women and poor people.

Our Mission:

• Empowering People with spinal Cord Injury to imbibe skills to lead and live healthy and dignified life through rehabilitation and livelihood support. 
• Empowering rural women by providing training to work their way out of poverty, care for their family and lead a happy and dignified life. 
• Emphasize on helping the poor in the areas of health support.

Service Activities:

• Identify PWSCI, help to improve their quality of life
• Assist PWSCI to register with government agencies and secure them due benefits
• Extend rehabilitation services, empower them with life skills and enable to lead a life with dignity and self help
• Provide them mobility accessories like wheel chair, callipers, ramp, toilet facility etc. to lead a better and self-reliant life
• To impart vocational training for self-employment leading to economic empowerment.
• Publish relevant materials and organise awareness programs for community awareness.

Impact:

• Identified and served 303 PwSCI
• Rehabilitated 89 PwSCI   
• Assisted for self-employment/ Livelihood 32
• In taotal Walkers, Caliper, wheelchair, Ramp and toilet provided 160  

Your vision for the next 5 years:

• Empower all People with spinal Cord Injury through rehabilitation and livelihood support in five district of Karnataka (Dakshina kannada, Udupi, Hasana, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu) & Kasaragod.

Contact Person: Charan Kumar M