EXCURSION

CARDS children club members all planned to have a one day excursion to Mahabalipuram and Vandalore Zoo. 35 children in a van left first to vandalore zoo and had a sight visit, when children enjoyed on visiting all animals. Breakfast and lunch are finished in vandalore. Noon we left to mahabalipuram a historical place which ensure the pallavas stone status. Children till evening played in sea shore sand. Took bath in Bay of Bengal. These 35 children are visiting these two places first time. We left with joy and amazing situation.

CHILDREN CLUB

Our target people are dalits and tribals, they are belongs to agriculture coolies family. Many of their parents and grandparents are unable to read, or write. All children are from impoverished backgrounds, where their families are unable to feed, clothe or educate them. Many of the families earn $1 per day. They all live in Villupuram district; most of the lands are looking for monsoon rains and frequent rains. If it fails to rain whole year these areas will be drought and dry. These people have to search for the livelihood support works in near by cities and towns. While they float to near towns all family shift for collective work and income. This attitude disturb children those who study below secondary education. These children are belongs to uneducated parents. All of the children in the village have missed some form of education ranging from one month to five years. Many of them have worked in a variety of industries, for example, as daily wage farmers or at cotton mills, or brick chambers. Much of this work required a huge amount of physical labor and many of the children suffered from ill health because of this. Most of the children have worked a minimum of 5 days a week, some even 7 days, with hours ranging from twelve to fourteen per day. The families visited suffered from poor amenities such as clean running water and sanitation also, many of them experienced severe food shortages and school dropping.

In order to save all these children from illiteracy and school dropping we have formed children clubs in each target villages and conducted parents, guardians and teachers meet to avail an opportunities to educate these deserving children. To support these children on need base we have provided schoolbags, uniforms dresses, note books, playing materials and education supportive materials. These all motivate them in continuing education.

Naturopathy and yoga awareness program

(I).NIN-Pune has supported many Non-Government organizations all over India to avail adequate knowledge on naturopathy and yoga awareness to the general public. We are also one of them to provide awareness on naturopathy and yoga awareness to the shg members on 10-04-2009 at panchayat union middle school gingee. Auditor S.Pandiayan inaugurated the function, Jc HGP A.S.Askar, president of JCI gingee, Mr.K.Devasagayam, Treasurer of CFHR, Gingee and A.Balamurugan, Founder ICM Foundation, Tindivanam have facilitated the function.
As a Chief Gust we invited L.Azhagiri, Vice President, GingeeTown Panchayat has presided over the function. To provide awareness knowledge Fr.D.Sivakumar, B.N.Y.S and Dr.T.Vijaya Babu, B.N.Y.S were invited. They have given knowledge on breathing exercise, yoga, Neutral vegetable, fruits, leaves and other green leaves to eat daily for contorting or eradication chronic diseases in our life.300 participants from morning 10.00 am to 5.00pm attended the awareness program.

(II).11-08-2009, at Adhil Complex, Gingee, Second program was conducted for the general public. Local merchants and naturopathy treatment needed patients. For this program Auditor S.Pandiayan inaugurated the function, Jc HGP A.S.Askar, president of JCI gingee, Mr.D.Pari, Vice President CARDS, Gingee and A.Balamurugan, Founder ICM Foundation, Tindivanam have facilitated the function.

As a Chief Gust we invited L.Azhagiri, Vice President, GingeeTown Panchayat has presided over the function. To provide awareness knowledge Fr.D.Sivakumar, B.N.Y.S and Dr.T.Vijaya Babu, B.N.Y.S were invited. They gave adequate knowledge on Naturopathy and yoga. Participants all did yoga exercise taught by the doctors. All were given natural juices and fruit padding for eating. 165 participants benefited form the program. To day all were leading healthy life, many participants registered their wellbeing through phonic conversation.

ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS PROGRAM

We have arranged one day environment awareness program at mudaiyur panchayat union elementary school. On this day parents and teacher association members, volunteers and CARDS staff all cleaned the school campus which was filled with bushes and collective of wastages. We have invited village panchayat leader Mrs.Poongothai to distribute the dress, note books and prizes to the children. And to deliver environment knowledge Goonj Delhi NGO’s Tamil Nadu program officer Mr.Vimal Kumar,Auditor Mr.Pandian,Teacher Mr.Karthik and Mr.Francis from Anilady. Public,children and women SHG were attended the meeting and gained knowledge on environment.

Candle making training programe

Our women shg members and adolescent girls are prepared a training schedule for the year 2009-10. On this schedule they gave more priority for candle making. We made all arrangements to provide candle making we have asked Mr. Ervin Durai, who is able to avail sufficient knowledge on candle making training. All the participants above 60 gained knowledge and demonstrated on candle making. Now 7 women SHG members doing candle making in their house and doing prefer marketing to ensure their economic sustainable development.

LEGAL AWARENES PROGRAME

CARDS major activities are for the well being of rural women. We are going along with the major fact-findings of rural women problems, which makes them isolated from the rich and caste people. Our Awareness creating Components are related to empower our deserving rural depressed women. Today we have organized free legal awareness program. This is not a formal program, but still to fight for their equal rights and identity. This joint Action Program was Organised with Taluk Legal Service Burea of Gingee Taluk. This program contected on 23.04.2009, Tuesday at Thurinjipoondi village at St.Sacret Heart Higher Seconday School. Around 5.30 p.m. programme was started with prayer song sung by SHG Representatives. Mr.Shattu president of Mannur panchayat, Mr. John Williams, Secretary of CARDS greeted all the guests with shawl and delivered welcome address. Hon.Mrs.J.Mevis Depika Sundaravadana,M.A.,M.L., Magistrate, President, Taluk Legal Service guild. Gingee, Hon.Mr.S.Vuttamaraj,M.A M.L., Judge in Gingee were presided over the meeting as Chief Guests. Along with them following Advocates facilitated the meeting through conveying Legal aid to rural women to protect them from violence against women, Dalit atrocities, First Information Report, Divorce, and other legal points what ever protects them form Agony and disaster.

Smt.Bharathi - Advocate

Mr.Sanjeevi - Advocate
Mrs.Manjula - Advocate
Mr.Sakthirajan - Advocate
Mr.Devakumar - Secretary, Lawyers Society, Gingee
Mr.Rajadurai - President, Lawyers Society, Gingee.
At last many women filed petition on many problems to guests in front of the participants. All attended enthusiastically. Smt.Amutha, coordinator, Amutha Surabi SHG delivered vote of thanks.