TRUST

As in the case of any other organization, Prathista Seva Samithi (PSS) too has the advantage of having committed founder members and zeal to serve the poor in the Society. This led to conducting several programmes which are basically welfare in nature. The contributions from founder members and the donations collected from the like minded people were pooled and devoted to providing welfare programmes like feeding the poor, supply of clothes, providing food security measures etc. were initiated. Thus, the beginning was made on the basic issue of food security. As the founder members gained required exposure and experience in this regard, more activities on the lines of capacity building, leadership development, health and hygiene programmes, sanitation etc. were undertaken.

The philanthropic work undertaken by the founder members has attracted the attention of like-minded people and the encouragement received from them resulted in forming an institution to serve the poor in the society in a systematic manner and also on the large scale. Thus, though Prathista Seva Samithi has been in the service of poor in the society for over three years yet it took the institution shape in the year 2001 after duly registering it under the Government Andhra Pradesh Act 35/2001 in the month of October 2003. This has been the brief origin and background of Prathista Seva Samithi (PSS). Notwithstanding the initial problems, PSS has formulated a clear Vision to place the society in the following manner:

BACKGROUND

In the context of development it is quite natural that several of the geographical area concerned tends to register lesser development due to natural and physical reasons. These reasons may be derived out of geographical conditions, social and cultural conditions, natural phenomena etc. The Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh is one such geographical area, which registered lesser development and consequently registered as background area from the planning Commission point of view. Historically the region was, prior to the Independence , under the rule of the Nizams. Further the region was devoid of irrigation, transport, communication facilities etc. The God of nature has also showed little mercy resulting in lesser rainfall. All these factors have contributed to the backwardness of the region. Consequently the incidence of poverty was on higher side and general awareness among the public was on the lower side. Thus poverty on one side and lack of awareness on the other side has forced most of people inhabiting in the area to tread poverty-ridden life.

Though government agencies have come forward for specific development activities yet their impact was marginalized due to several factors associated with social and geographical conditions. As cited earlier lack of awareness among the general public is often quoted as prime reason for lesser access to development initiatives. Lack of structural arrangements has also making the delivery of development activities sponsored by the government agencies to reach lesser number of people etc. Thus the situation in the district and the region is on e such triple situation that the delivery of development programmes could not able to reach the targeted people due to critical gaps like structural dimensions, lack of awareness among people etc. this in background the Prathista Seva Samithi (PSS) was formed a few years back to address the critical needs in the realm of development initiatives for the needy people in the society, especially in the region of Telangana and other backward areas of Andhra Pradesh.

The conglomeration of committed spirit, devotion to hard work, crystallized vision and meaningful approach of several like minded people resulted in establishing the present organization. These like minded people were driven by the sorrow sight of poverty, crisis and lacunae pertaining to development initiatives ha sensitized the promoters of the organization to provide critical service to the targeted people an the area in a manner resulting in provoking participatory an sustainable development initiatives. This is how PSS was born a few years back. Though the committed and the combined efforts of these people through the organization were initiated from the year 2001 onwards yet a formal registration of the organization was made only in the year 2003.