AVISA CHARITABLE TRUST (R)
# 165, 2nd Floor. Anjanappa Building, Water
Tank Road, 8th Cross, 3rd Main, Sanjeevini Nagar, Bangalore—560092
Mobile No: Harish H.T., +91 8904419501,
Manjunatha S.R., +91 9036140881, Divakar H.S., +91 9591377282
About Avisa:
In
Sanskrit ‘AVISA’ means Amrutha (sweet nectar or joy). This Avisa trust
distributes sweet nectar to the needy people of society.
Vision:
To
promote an egalitarian society of education, health and peace
Mission: To bridge divide prapatically and ethically
Our Project:
Healthy Village Healthy India
Healthy
Village; healthy India
On
the premise of the ideology “Healthy Village leads to Healthy India” AVISA has
taken up the onus of reaching out hygienic sanitary napkins to villagers in
association with the philanthropist, Mr.Arunachalam, acclaimed for his
pioneering similar effort in Tamilnadu.
The
larger the crisis, the greater the Goal
Since
times immemorial, in a patriarchal society such as ours, women have only been
portrayed as second fiddle in terms of receiving civilised benefits such as
health, education and occupation.
Shamelessly
men have been either mute spectators or contributors to this injustice, we at
AVISA, men of not such attitude of bias or discrimination against the fairer
sex, have risen to the occasion to iron out this malady.
The
first question is: are today’s rural women healthy and accessible to hygienic
living ?
Menstrual
Days
Statistics
have revealed that despite the mask of modernity that the country wears, 97% of
the Indian women are still exposed to unhygienic, hazardous and, at times,
fatal practice of usage of traditional absorbants like ash, sand, scrap cloth
and the list is only endless.
It
is, indeed, deeply unfortunate that these women are plainly ignorant of the
risk that they can run into with such unscientific ways of sanitising
themselves during the menstrual days; media have brought to the fore cases of
uterus tube cancer, nervous disorder and such grievous ailments arising out of
this outdated and unhealthy practices.
Some
of the causes why rural women resort to traditional practice rather than using
the hygienic sanitary napkins are:
· Lack
of awareness.
· Lack
of availability of napkins.
· Poverty
Superstitious beliefs.
Mr.Arunachalam
and his creation
A
decade ago an unassuming man from the region of Coimbatore in South Tamilnadu
was the centre of ridicule, threat and assault. He received this ignoble
treatment for his concern and care towards a better life for his fellow rural
women.
This
man bearing the name Arunachalam approached the wary, skeptical villagers with
his novel creation: the sanitary napkin. From being a victim of rejection and
apprehension, he is now hailed the messiah of female hygiene in Tamilnadu. His
sanitary napkins are tailor-made for an average village woman that is
cost-effective and in quality at par with the best of international brands.
Where
we are headed…
AVISA
believes in lending shoulders and hands of togetherness to the unique social
service that Mr.Arunachalam has set out on. A mission of this magnitude takes a
stupendous effort to translate from wishful thinking to hardcore action. It is
our humble call to every society-conscious individual reading this appeal at
the moment to chip in with your contribution: ideologically, morally,
financially and in anyway that serves the needy rural woman.
AVISA: Transforming the
rustic belle of yore to a woman of substance…
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