Sneha Chhavanis - Camps

Since the first Shiksha Shivir held at Lonavala (Karla Holiday Camp) in May 1974, Yuvak Biradari has been organising Rashtriya Sneha Chaavni almost every year during summer/winter vacations for the development of the youth. It is aimed at channelizing the potential of the youth towards a constructive movement that will lead to their personal and societal transformation. The camp is an opportunity for rural and urban youth to develop leadership qualities and to sail unhindered towards the heights of success in their careers. The camps also motivate, encourage and direct the youngsters to participate and lead a social movement in their own ways.

These camps are held almost every year at, wherein 250-500 students and youth representatives from all over India participate and enrich their experiences. The camp experience makes the participants socially cohesive and sensitive to each other’s concerns. Participants go through a number of lectures, seminars and experiential activities on various subjects relevant to their daily life, like self-employment, career guidance, as well as on important issues like national integration, environment protection, universal brotherhood, peace, national duties and social responsibilities etc. Art appreciation, yoga, fitness are also part of the workshop module. These youth representatives coming from different cities, towns and far-off villages of India are, later on, trained to conduct similar workshops on relatively smaller scale at their native places to extend similar benefits to other people.

Upto March 2006, more than 15,000 youth and students have participated and benefited from 100 such camps organized at various places in India. The Brahmaputra Sneha Chaavni, organized in Guwahati on the occasion of the International Year of the Youth (1985), was highly appreciated as well as awarded by the Government of Assam for its commendable role in national integration. Some of the camps held at various places in India include:

1. Karla Holiday Camp, Lonavala, (27 May - 1 June 1974)
2. New Zealand Hostel, Aarey Colony, Mumbai (11 – 16 June 1975)
3. Boys Town School, Nasik (June 1976)
4. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (27 May – 2 June 1977)
5. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (1 – 6 July 1978)
6. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (June 1979)
7. Mafatlal Kalyan Kendra, Prabhadevi, Mumbai (March 1980)
8. Vriksha Sneha Chaavni (NewZealand Hostel, Mumbai, 24 May – 3 June 1981)
9. Panhalgarh (August 1981)
10. Pune (5 – 9 August 1981)
11. Agha Khan Palace, Ellora ( 6 – 10 August 1981)
12. Sevagram, Wardha (11 – 15 August 1981)
13. Mafatlal Kalyan Kendra, Mumbai (29 September – 6 October 1981)
14. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (23 May – 2 June 1982)
15. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai ( 23 – 30 May 1983)
16. Bahubali, Kumbhoj (May 1983)
17. Karla Holiday Camp, Lonavala (15-17 June 1984)
18. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (25-31 May 1985)
19. Erandol, Jalgaon (5 - 8 July 1985)
20. Sevagram (7 - 10 July 1985)
21. Brahmputra Sneha Chhavani, Guwahati (25 September - 2 October 1985)
22. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (25-31 May 1986)
23. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (25 - 31 May 1987)
24. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai ( 25 - 31 May 1988)
25. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai ( 8 - 14 November 1989)
26. Dhulia (8 - 11 June 1989)
27. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai ( 20 - 31 May 1990)
28. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (31 May - 6 June 1991)
29. Khultabad, Aurangabad (26 - 31 October 1991)
30. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (5 - 12 January 1992)
31. Borivali National Park, Mumbai (21 - 23 March 1992)
32. Chinchani-Tarapur (16 - 19 May 1992)
33. Warana Nagar (5 - 8 June 1992)
34. Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune ( 3 - 10 May 1993)
35. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (22 - 29 May 1994)
36. Hotel Woodland, Lonavala (6 - 13 January 1995)
37. Chikhaldhara, Amravati (1 - 8 May 1995)
38. Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune (25 May – 1 June 1996)
39. Shatrunjay Sneha Chhavani, Gujarat (25-30 January 1997)
40. Chikhaldhara , Amravati (1 - 7 May 1997)
41. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (24 - 29 June 1998)
42. Taj Milan Sneha Chaavni, Agra ( 7 - 9 August 1999)
43. Chikhaldhara, Amravati (1 - 7 May 2001)
44. New Zealand Hostel, Mumbai (28 May - 3 June 2001)
45. Rashtriya Yuva Chaavni, Ahmednagar (29 - 31 December 2001)
46. Chikhaldhara Sneha Chaavni, Amravati (1 - 7 May 2002)
47. Rashtriya Sneha Chhavani, Aarey Colony, Mumbai (19 - 27 May 2002)
48. Sevagram Sneha Chaavni, Sevagram (9 Aug 2003)
49. Mahiravani Sneha Chavani, Nasik (May 2004)
50. Mahiravani Sneha Chavani, Nasik (May 2005)
51. Mandovi Milan Sneha Chaavni, Goa (7 - 11 January 2006)