By KALAIVANAN M | SECRETARY
PROGRESS REPORT OF THE PROJECT NAMED
“CARE FOR 150 CHILDREN OF QUARRY WORKERS IN TAMILNADU”
(Report for the Period up to 24TH NOVEMBER 2019)
Name of the project:
- “Care for 150 children of quarry workers in Tamilnadu”
Main aim of the project
- To attain 100% literacy among the 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 - 16 male children : 19 female children
o In Vasur village - 26 male children : 20 female children
Services provided for the children in the centers:
- Organization of support services in the following areas:
In this year we started the evening class on 24-TH November 2019,.
The students are actively and regularly come 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,3 health check-ups have been organized and also DENGU AWARENESS in Vasur village and 99 Pudupalayam village.
o Recreation & Facilities for skill acquisition – play materials provided in the centers, opportunities and encouragement given to exhibit and develop skills in arts such as singing a song, dancing, acting, drawing etc.
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 particularly girl students.
o We motivate the students to read English literature like Shakespeare, William words woth,Tolstoys’ and to write the tamil poems, tamil literature,and story writing,
Timings of the centers :
- 5.00 PM to 7.30 PM on all week days
Information on the Tuition Masters:
Mrs. M. Thenmozhi, B.A., Panchayat Union Elementary School
Mrs. S. Sakila, B.A., B. Ed., Panchayat Union Elementary School
Like the Previous period: -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 the students to read English literature like Shakespeare’s Novels, William words woth,Tolstoys’, Rabindranath thogure and to write the tamil poems, tamil literature,and story writing, and also motivated to provide Higher Education to the children to get better employment opportunities. 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 services. Through, the provision of education will not be yielded immediate tangible results for fund raising activity the early signs show the success of the project.
We are trying as hard as that can to find a way to relate the subject to the student’s daily lives. It will make it much more likely for them to be invested. For example, if the subject is literature, try to show what they can learn from the characters’ behavior that they can apply to their own lives.
Students think that, at the end of the day, they are at school so they can get ready to get good jobs in the future. This is how most of the people (parents included) see school nowadays, unfortunately. So take advantage of it, and try to relate their subject to how it can be applied in a work environment. Tell them all about how doctors, engineers, IT developers, writers or dancers can use that information to become successful.
The teachers explained and create on Plastics awareness. The hazards by plastics pose are numerous. The Cows are affected by plastics covers and things. 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.
Mr. A. KAILASAM, Pharmacist, and Social Worker has also visited our Evening Class and spoke about the Disadvantages of Plastics and its uses. He spokes the following disadvanges:
A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic amorphous solids [citation needed] used in the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular mass, and may contain other substances to improve performance and/or reduce costs. Monomers of plastic are either natural or synthetic organic compounds.
The word plastic is derived from the Greek (plastikos) meaning capable of being shaped or molded, from (plastos) meaning molded. It refers to their malleability, or plasticity during manufacture, that allows them to be cast, pressed, or extruded into a variety of shapes—such as films, fibers, plates, tubes, bottles, boxes, and much more.
CONCLUSION:
Through our services to the Quarry Workers’ Children, all of the Children are very happy and satisfied. These children’s parents thanks to Global Giving and our SPHEED-Staff.
Thanking you
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