A Special Reference to Chenchu and Yanadi Tribes

The ¿Salvation Army¿ readily accepted the request and started many rehabilitation programmes16. Particularly, after Indiäs independence the role of voluntary organizations among the tribes including the tribes under study is commendable. In the beginning, NGOs worked mainly in welfare spheres like health and education but in recent times, they have taken up economic and empowerment programmes. Particular mention of the work of voluntary organizations like Andhra Adimajati Sevak Sangh among Yanadis of Nellore District. Besides these organizations which are large and have been functioning for many decades, scores of small NGOs have made their beginning among these two tribes and it is just impossible to describe the activities of these tiny NGOs at a stretch. However, it is possible to deal with the work of the three organizations briefly in one or two paragraphs. Adimajati Sangh established in Andhra Pradesh, Nellore as headquarters by V. Raghavaiah a lawyer did yeomen service to the Yanadis of Nellore District. He is even called Yanadi Raghavaiah by the public though he was not a Yanadi. The Sangh was started immediately after independence affiliated to the Adimajati Seva Sangh a