CARE FOR 150 CHILDREN OF QUARRYWORKERS, TAMILNADU

Care for 150 children of Quarry workers in Tamilnadu

PROGRESS REPORT FROM  SEPTEMBER 2014 TO FEBRUARY 2015.

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 

Sl.No     Name of the Center

1            99 Pudhupalayam

2            Vasur

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.

 Sex      99 Pudhupalayam     Vasur     Total

Boys        13                           17           30

Girls         17                           13           30

Total        30                           30            60                                         

NAME OF THE TEACHER & PLACES FOR TUITION CENTERS:

Sl.No   Name of the Village   Name of theTeacher          Location of the Center          Time

1          99 Pudhupalayam    Mrs. M..Thenmozhi, B.A.,  P.U.Ele. school                   5.00 PM to 7.30 PM

2          Vasur                       Mrs.S.Sakila,  B.A.,BEd      P.U.Middle. school             5.00 PM to 7.30 PM

                                                                                                                                                       TRAINING ON EDUCATIONAL TALENT DEVELOPMENT

SPHEED invited  Resources Persons 1.Mr.R.Sekar,Msc.,B.Ed., 2.Mr.A.Alagesan,M.A. B.Ed.,and 3.Mr.Muniappan,Msc.(Biology) B.Ed to provide this fifteen days training from 16^th to 30^th November 2014 to the beneficiaries children(60) in two centres. The syllabus as per the informal education for this training has been provided by the Block Development Resource Centre, Educational Department which contain the following contents:

1. Grammer and idioms in Language (Tamil) .
2. Grammer and phrases, Essay writing and Poetry in English. 
3. Composite Mathematics. Themes, formulas and solutions for solve the problems in Maths
4. General Science and Physics,Chemistry and Botony subjects
5. Social Science, History and Geography and world environmental condition
6. Morale Themes, Ethics and stories
7. General Knowledge and Memorizing capacity building

 The school going children from quarry workers families are much impressed in acquiring this training. The parents have inspired to send their children to this training for their better future. This Training  helped this school going children to score good marks in their lessons and   developed their potentiality  and made them very talent in education.

 HEALTH CHECK-UP CAMPS:

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.  Dr. Sivanesan, MBBS,  gave the medical health check up to the children and quarry workers’ family members.    During the camps, apart from children, parents of the children and elders in the villages are also benefited.

Women Quarry workers’ SHG Formation and Skill Training

SPHEED  initiated for   Quarry Workers’ Women Self-Help Groups  in the 5 target villages . 15 members in a group has been joined. Totally 5 Quarry workers’ women  Self-Help  groups were formed. Now we are planning to provide  another alternative  Income Generation  programme for them.  After a Group discussion with the women SHGs, it has been concluded to provide them Skill Training  on Tailoring and Embroidery.

Provided Nutritious Food for children

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.

VISITORS:

Mr. M. VELMURUGAN,, B.Sc.,B.Ed.,District Convenor of Lions Club in Tiruvannamalai District,

CONCLUSION:

During  this  project period SPHEED has increased its ability to serve for this Quarry Workers’ Families and concentrated in Education of the school going children of this deprived community. With the help  of the local body elected members and government school teachers SPHEED  is implementing this project with effective manner for the welfare of quarry workers in Pudupalayam and Vasur .

CASE STUDIES:

99 PUDHUPALAYAM - 1

I am M. Vaitheeswari D/o. Munusamy, 10 years old and studying in  5^th standard in Panchatyat Union Primary school, Pudupalayam

The school is situated nearly 1 Km away from living place. My mother Mrs. Amutha attempted suicide by fire due to my father’s sadist behavior and liquor addiction. Now I am in the control of my Grandmother Mookaiyee (76 years). Now she is not able to work in Quarry. We are living in a small thatched hut near the quarry.  In my hut no electricity and no safe drinking water.  Daily in the morning myself and my grandmother go for fetching water in a well.  I am very much interest in studying and I want to become as a Doctor in future to serve for  poor people.   So I am going to school regularly.  I am getting food in the school itself in the afternoon only. My grandmother prepares food in Ragi   for both of us for the night and the same has been used for next day morning.    My father is a drunkard and he will come to see me once in a blue moon but he is not cared about me and my education.   

In the year 2012 Mr. M.Kalaivanan (Director of SPHEED) visited my living place and he is very much impressed to support me and for my education. He told that SPHEED has started tuition center in Pudupalayam. I interested and join in the Tuition centre and improved my education and scored good marks in lesson.  This year in 2015 I scored Rank in my lessons in the pre-test and half-yearly examination. This is because of the special coaching from this Pudupalayam tuition Centre conducting by SPHEED supported by Global Giving, UK. I thank all the individual donors through Global Giving who sponsors for the Tution Centres  for Quarry workers’ Children.

 VASUR -2

I am V.Priyadharshini daughter of Mr.Venkatesan 9 years old  and studying in 4^th Standard in  Panchayat Union Middle School in Vasur. My father expired while my age is 5 and my mother’s name is Sathya, aged 37 and she is working in the Quarry at Vasur.  I have a younger sister namely Jayasree and she is studying in 2^nd Standard in   Panchayat Union Middle School in Vasur. We are living in a mud hut near the  Quarry. No Electricity or water facility is available for us. I am not able read and write and unable to complete my homework in my hut. Even then my school is providing education but I could not score good marks as a I am in need of adequate coaching in my lessons.  Hence I am attending regularly in the Tuition Centre conducting by SPHEED at Vasur.  Like me some other children in the quarry workers’ also attending the tuition centre and doing homeworks on school lessons. I want to become as a School headmistress and I am concentrating on my education with the support of the TUITION Centre.  Now I am happy about my education and I believe I could score good marks in my lessons. I like to become a Teacher first and hence to complete my school studies with good marks.  I herby thank SPHEED  and the sponsors and donors through  Global Giving-UK for supporting the Tutition Centres.