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Mitraniketan

( Educational Organization )

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Activities: Educational, Networking
 
Type: Educational Organization
 
Scope: regional
 
Main Email: N/A
 
Contact Name: K Viswanathan, Director
 
Phone: 91- 472- 882045,
 
Fax: 91- 472- 882 015
 
Local office: Mitraniketan PO
Vellanad
Thiruvananthapuram 695543
Kerala
India
 
Local Time: Tue Nov 24 11:28:34
 

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Today we visited a self sufficient village known as "Mitraniketan". This place is well known abroad as a non-profit organization that has pioneered people-centered holistic rural development for improving the quality of life and living of village communities. To evolve an attractive development paradigm with a focus on sustainable rural development is the vision of this institution.



A variety of vocations for rural employment are promoted at Mitraniketan with efficiency additions through appropriate science and technology inputs. It also strives to promote and enhance rural human resource development capabilities that can foster a participative culture and work ethics. It seeks to blend tradition with modernity and indigenous knowledge system with other knowledge systems.

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Mitraniketan deserves your support.  The Vishanathan family has take developmental risks for years.  Their health clinic aimed at training young women to provide primary health education to the poorest rural areas and the plan was sound, take girl from outlying areas, train them and then they would do the same.  In two cycles 6 nurses became 36 and strained the ability of the community to sustain that kind of growth. Unfortunately the passing of the American doctor who was overseeing the training curtailed that expansion.  I am sure that the community continues to selflessly fill a need in rural Kerala.  I experienced their care and concern in the 1970's, the fact that they are still involved demonstrates the Vishwanathan's dedication to sustainable development and education.
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