CARE FOR 150 CHILDREN OF QUARRYWORKERS IN TAMILNAD

PROGRESS REPORT OF THE PROJECT NAMED

“CARE FOR 150 CHILDREN OF QUARRY WORKERS IN TAMILNADU”

(Report for the Period up to 2^nd August 2024)

Name of the project:

-          “Care for 150 children of quarry workers in Tamilnadu”

Main aim of the project

-          To attain 100% literacy among children and provide life oriented education to prevent children from becoming child labourers in the target villages.

Project location:

-          District     :            Thiruvannamalai

-          Block        :            Polur

-          Villages    :          1)  99 Pudhupalayam &    2)  Vasur 

Beneficiaries :

-          The beneficiary children are aged 10-14 from quarry workers in Polur block, Thiruvannamalai District, Tamilnadu, India

-          The children are currently studying from 3rd to 8th standards

-          Sex Ratio of the beneficiary children

o   In 99 Pudhupalayam village          - 22 male children : 21 female children

o   In Vasur village                    -           15 male children : 19 female children

Services provided for the children in the centers:

-          Organization of support services in the following areas:

The student enjoyed their vacation and actively come back to school and evening class regularly.

o   To Help and guidance in academic studies

o   Health – organization of base-line health check-up and growth monitoring once in 3 months – so far 2 health check-ups have been organized

o   Recreation & Facilities for skill acquisition – play materials provided in the centers, opportunities and encouragement given to exhibit and develop skills in singing a song, dancing, acting, drawing etc.

o   We organized the Cultural program for the students.

o   We periodically stress the need of personal hygiene of the students with special reference to girl students.

o   The adverse impact of the dust arising out of quarrying and the health problems causing the fatality / permanent immobility also explained to the students.

o   The adverse impact of Plastic use also explained to the students and they are being asked to shun the use of plastics things which used for taking food and other materials.

Timings of the centers :

-          5.00 PM to 7.30 PM on all week days

Information on the Tuition Masters:

1. At 99 Pudhupalayam village

Mrs. M. Thenmozhi, B.A., Panchayat Union Elementary School

1. At Vasur village

Mrs. S. Sakila, B.A., B. Ed., Panchayat Union Elementary School      

            The impact of intervention by SPHEED-GLOBAL GIVING among the quarry workers is the awareness on adverse effects of addiction of liquor, tobacco and health hazards of dust inhaled. Apart from this, the quarry workers are motivated to provide Higher Education to the children to get better employment. The students are interested in learning process and many of them have started shining in their schools. The teachers of their schools are satisfied with our service. Though the provision of education will not yield immediate tangible results for fund raising activity the early signs show the success of the project.

The teachers explained and create on Plastics. The hazards plastics pose are numerous. The land gets littered by plastic bag garbage presenting an ugly and unhygienic seen. The "Throw away culture" results in these bags finding their way in to the city drainage system, the resulting blockage cases inconvenience, difficult in maintaining the drainage with increased cost, creates unhygienic environment resulting in health hazard and spreading of water borne diseases. This littering also reduces rate of rain water percolating, resulting in lowering of already low water levels in our villages and cities. The soil fertility deteriorates as the plastic bags form part of manure remains in the soil for years.

And also our teachers explained and coaching about the women’s self-defense to the quarry workers women.

Thanking you.