Association for Voluntary Action and Services

Aim To restore the dignity of slum dwellers and empower them to exercise their right to basic infrastructure facilities

Constituency Served

slum children, school drop-outs, 3-16 years; adolescent girls, 12-16 years


Details of Work

AVAS works with urban slum dwellers in the area of housing, land rights, and basic infrastructure facilities. It works with children in slum communities to provide basic education, and creates awareness about their rights and responsibilities. It has adopted 13 ICDS centres and ensures that they provide quality care. It provides reading, writing and numerical skills, and vocational training for school drop-out youth. It has a forum for adolescent girls to voice their needs, address gender issues, and provide alternative opportunities for the future.

Fact File

Association for Voluntary Action and Services

    Acronym

  • AVAS

    • Status

  • Trust

    • Category

  • Child Development

    • Sub Category

  • Organisations

    • Level of Work of the Organization

  • Local

    • Establishment

  • 1980

    • Focus

  • community development, child rights, education, adolescents

    • Help Welcome

  • books, toys, volunteers for tutoring drop-out children
Contact Information

Ms Anita Reddy , Managing Trustee , Mon-Sat 9.30-6.00
162/1, !st Floor, 8B Main, 3 Cross,, Sadashivanagar Bangalore- 560080.
Ph : 23614227, 65708770 ,Email : avas@vsnl.com