Pragathi Charities - PC

Established in 1985 and registered in 1995, in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India, Pragathi Charities, a non-profit voluntary organization, is committed to inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups on rights based and co-ownership approach as enshrined in the UN Convention on Rights of the Persons with Disabilities popularly known as UNCRPD. Our students are being invited every year to the Cultural Programme held in New Delhi on the eve of "Andhra Pradesh Formation Day" (1st November) since 2006. Our children's Programme on the Stage, before the A.P. Governor, M.P.'s, Ministers, Chief Minister and Speaker of Andhra Pradesh assembly and hundreds of Audience in the A.P: Bhavan, New Delhi was the high light of the programmes and has been very much appreciated and our students got cash awards of Rs.15,000/- for their performance. The 1st Batch of all the Xth Class, 9 students of Hearing Impaired students have passed, which is a land mark in Nellore District. These 9 students are from the 1st batch of Hearing Impaired students. Out of these students, 2 girl' students are employed in our institution Pragathi Charities as Helper and two other students are employed in an other place as attenders. The main achievement of this year 2007-08 is that we have started "College of Special Education B. Ed. - M.R. with 25 No. of students from various States which is permitted by the RCI and affiliated by S.V. University - Tirupathi. The Delhi Telugu Kala Sangham has awarded "BABU JAGJEEVANRAM PURASKAR" to our Institution on 4th April, 2008 at New Delhi and our Care Taker Smt. V. Suseelamma was honoured by Smt. Sheela Deekshit, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Delhi for the excellence in Social service. Our students with hearing impairment got 26 prizes in sports and 1st prize in cultural programmes on 3rd December, 2008 (World disabled day). Our students got 1st and 2nd prizes in the cultural programme organized at Nellore Police Parade Ground on 15th August, 2008.