Vision
„To see sustainable and self-reliant communities which are free from poverty, hunger and discrimination and have better quality of life.“
Society for Community Action Network-India (SCAN-INDIA) is a registered non-profit, humanitarian organisation came into existence in the year 1995 on the vision and initiative of Mr.John J. Kennedy. This is one of his philanthropic endeavors in order to address the magnitude of poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, drought and declining health status of people in Chittoor district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The acute poverty and deprivation of people was the major driving force behind establishing this organization by the founder and his team.
OUR VISION AND MISSION
Mission
„To improve the living conditions and quality of life of the poor and the underprivileged, with special focus on Children, Women and Youth through education, health care, skill training and economic development activities.”
OUR OBJECTIVES
SCAN-INDIA promotes education as the fundamental right for the children and youth, especially the girls. Educating girls and women is widely acnowledged as the most powerful and effective way to address the issue of poverty. We envision a world in which all children and women have quality education and job skills to reach their full potential and contribute to the welfare of the society. To achieve this goal, SCAN-INDIA started a vocational skill training in the year 2010 in Chittoor town. This center offers courses to young people in computers, tailoring, spoken english and soft skills. Furthermore, the students are tought basic entrepreneurship knowledge to enable them to become self-employed in their own village or town.
OUR TEAM
The success of SCAN INDIA is ensured by our engaged team that strongly beliefs in the value of quality education and strives towards the empowerment of the poor and underprivileged.
Mr. John J. Kennedy
Founder & Hon. Director
Mr. John J. Kennedy is the founding father of SCAN INDIA. Since 1995, when he started SCAN-India, he is dedicated to improve the lives of the poor. He is currently working for The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Bangalore.
Mr. Suresh Babu
Training Centre Manager
Mr. Suresh Babu is our Program Coordinator who oversees and keeps track of all current activities.
Mr. Meshak
Public Relations Officer
Mr. Meshak manages all daily activities in our Vocational Training Centre and is responsible for our Office.
Mrs. Y. Kasthuri
Tailoring Teacher
Mrs. Kasthuri is an expert in nearly all important stitching and tailoring techniques. In our daily classes she gives her best to share her knowledge and teaches our students.
Jakov David Wallbrecher
Volunteer
Jakov David is a volunteer from Germany. After completing his high school studies he decided to join SCAN-India and support them from March to September 2023.
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Computer Instructor
Become a member of our team and support our cause. Teach the computer course and guide the students to practice MS Office skills, theoretical computer knowledge and more.
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Volunteer
Become a member of our team and support our cause through volunteer work. With your intercultural knowledge volunteers enrich our work and help us to realise unique projects.
OUR HISTORY
A brief overview over the most important events since our foundation.
1995
Foundation
Our organization has been founded in 1995 in Chittoor Town, Andhra Pradesh (South India).
1996
Initiation of the first Child Care Centres
The first Child Care Centres were started in Puthalpattu and Damalcheruvu mandals in Chittoor district to provide foundational education, health care and recreation to the rural children.
1996
2010
Launching of the JIVT Training Centre
In the year 2010 on the ‘Johnson Institute of Vocational training’ (JIVT) was started to provide job oriented skill training to the unemployed youth. The centre was inaugurated by Mr.Anil Kumar Reddy, Director, District Rural Development agency, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
2010
Inauguration of another Child Care Centre in Pulimadugu
During the year 2010 another Child Care Centre was started at Pulimadugu village in Bangarupalyam Mandal in Chittoor district.
2010
2011
Vocational Skill training programme for Rural Youth
A new project called “Vocational Skill training programme for Rural Youth” was established in the year 2011 with the support from Rotary Germany. This project became a reality with the untiring efforts of Mr.Tillman carnap family who were Rotarians in Germany.
2012
Opening of the Beautician and Hair Care Training Centre
On 31st July 2012 Scan-India in association with the LabourNet services, Bangalore started a Beautician and Hair Care Training Centre to empower the rural women in job oriented skills.
2012
2015
Initiation of the Madhavaram Child Care Centre
SCAN-INDIA initiated another child care centre in its fold on 16th June 2015 at Madhavaram colony, a tribal village which comes under Irala mandal of Chittoor District.