CARE FOR 150 CHILDREN OF QUARRYWORKERS, TAMILNADU

SOCIETY FOR PEOPLES HEALTH EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (SPHEED) 

EACHAMPOONDI VILLAGE, BANAMBATTU POST, KADALADI VIA, POLUR TALUK,

TIRUVANNAMALAI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU, SOUTH INDIA. PIN: 606 908.

REPORT FOR THE PERIOD FROM  1^st July 2012 – 30^th Sep 2012

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: CARE FOR 150 CHILDREN OF QUARRYWORKERS, TAMILNADU

PROJECT AIM: 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

PARENTS MEETING: 

It is conducted initially with the support of Parents teachers’ Association and Village Education Committee Members in the following two villages for convincing the parents who are working in stone quarries in Thonimalai. Parents of the children and community leaders participated in the meeting. The following agendas are discussed during the meeting:

• Send their children to the centers
• Request to provide free time to their children for recreation.

Approximately the meeting goes around one hour. The parents of the children are willing their children to the centers.

MOTIVATIONAL TRAINING TO THE TEACHERS:

spheed identified two female teachers who are qualified and experienced and also residing in the same villages.  Later, we organized informal motivational training to them about the project aim and objectives and strategies to work according to plan and the situation of the children’s families. Later they met the parents and requested to send their children to the care centers. And also they enumerate the children who are studying the schools.

Children who studied in the CENTERs: 

In both the centers we identified school going children aged between 12-13 and in total 60 school going children from quarry workers families studying 3^rd standard to 8^th standard.

 DISTRIBUTION OF READING AND WRITING MATERIALS

SPHEED distributed reading and writing materials to 60 school going children as per their needs.  During the distribution of reading and writing materials, we invited the School Headmaster of Panchayat Union Primary school, 99-Pudhupalayam and he is very much impressed of our work for the children from quarry workers and he requested the parents to send their children to schools for their better future, available services, schemes and supports providing by the Government for their children in the schools and further he added, NGOs like SPHEED providing an opportunity like running tuition centers after school hours will help the improvement of their children in education and health.

 HEALTH CHECK-UP CAMPS:

Our monthly health check up camp conducted in each center with the help of private medical practitioners in nearby areas who are voluntarily provided their service for the target children. The target community preferred allopathic treatment.  So, during the reporting period. Dr. M. MOHANDASS, bsms., (sidha) ,   conducted the health check up camps and provided medicines for common ailments.  During the camps, apart from children, parents of the children and elders in the villages are also benefited.

 Provide Nutritious Food:

SPHEED provided nutritious food through our animators. Fried gram, milk and fruits supplied to all the children in each center weekly twice in working days.

 CULTURAL PROGRAMMES AND SPORTS:                                                      

 We were conducted the  Centre one programme on Cultural activity and sports events have been conducted.  September 5^th , 2012 the day of Teacher’s day Celebrated in the centre.  Speech competition and essay competition were arranged by the centre. The teachers and the students were actively participated in these programmes.

Visitors: 

Dr. M. MOHANDASS, bsms., (sidha) ,   Mr. r. thulasedharan, b.com.,   village councilori,  Polur Block

Conclusion:

During the project period SPHEED involving local community leaders, local body elected members and government school teachers and with the help of them SPHEED motivating the target community and impart them education and health for their children.