Tailoring Skill Development training - Funded By Guru Krupa Foundation, USA

• The proposed project is to set up Tailoring skill training centres in 2 places in Vennandur block.
• Girls and women in the age group of 18 to 35 will be targeted for the training.
• Total of 80 girls will be benefitted in one year.
• The project has to be carried out for a minimum period of 3 years.
• Total of 240 girls will be benefitted in 3 years.
• The trainers will be trained by industry experts, the curriculum design will also be done in consultation with the industry experts.
• Guest lectures by Industry experts will also be arranged to provide exposure to the trainees.
• Apart from tailoring training, life skills training will also be given to the women.
• After successful completion of the course the women will be placed in jobs in nearby textile industries.
• Certificates will be provided to the women on successful completion of the course.

My Dream Scholarship – funded by Cholamandalam finance and Investment Ltd, Chennai

• “My Dream” scholarship program utilizes a comprehensive poverty alleviation model that focuses on individual children of trucker communities, while bringing last change on a community-wide scale.
• The program’s primary objective is to provide severely underprivileged children with the resources they need for college education, technical education or higher studies instead of having to enter into the labour force, and thereafter keeping them on track to help them become independent and productive citizens through educational and training opportunities.
• 40 children are get scholarship in this project.
• 205 children of truck and lorry drivers community has received scholarship for higher Education. Apart from Namakkal, this year additionally 4 districts Erode, Salem, Dharmapuri and krishnagiri district students also get benefited out of this program. 132 are studying in Under Graduation, 6 are in Post Graduation,. 41students studying in professional course, 6 are in Diploma course. 20 children are school going children, whose parents are affected by Covid-19 and these children are belong to other states.

Providing Infrastructure to Adidravida Welfare School Kalankani , Namakkal, funded by Kometsu, Chennai

• 643 students and 45 teachers are in the school. The school infrastructure like building, furniture, water facilities, toilets, teaching staff are not sufficient according to student strength and teachers strength in the school. AD department is constructing new building for Higher Secondary classes, but they need desk and benches. The teachers are also need tables and chairs. WORD provided 100 desk and 100 benches for students, 20 table and 20 chair for teachers, 5 book shelf for library, 100 plastic chairs and one computer was give to school on 11.2.21 by Director of Kometsu, Chennai.

Education projects to Government schools located at Zamin Elampalli, ponmalarpalayam, Thidumal, Alavaipatti and Vellaipillayar koil villages of Namakkal dt - Funded by Petrofac, Chennai

• Government Middle school – Ponmalarpalayam has received 5 computers and 2 steel beuro to keep student document safe. Computers will enhance the student knowledge in system work, downloading their important education information.

• Government Middle school – Zamin Ellampalli has received 2 tables, 2 chairs and 1 steel bero. Teachers are going to use this Table and chairs. Apart from this, tiles has laid in one class room and 2 wash basin are installed for students hand wash purpose.

• Government Middle school – Thidumal has received one set of sanitary complex for Girls, because already existing closet is damaged. So, WORD has constructed two toilets, 7 urinals and one hand wash basin in the premises of school and it will help girls students.

• Government Girls Higher Secondary school, Vellai pillaiyar koil, Vennathur has received one bore well with submersible motor bump, because water facility available now is not sufficient according to the strengthen of the students.

• Government Primary school – Alavaipatti, has received tiles for two class room and one wash basin for the usage of students. 2 toilets were constructed with one wash basin for boys. For safe drinking water one bore well has installed, submersible pump has inserted into the bore well for fetching water, connections are made through pipeline to over head tank. Government Primary School – Aramathampalayam s has received 2 sets of table and chair, one computer and sports materials for students. All these are help students to enhance their

WASH program at Government Middle School, Vengamedu, Paramathi Velur, Namakkal dt funded by PwC

• School at Vengamedu has student strength of 550. But toilet facilities are not sufficient according to the students strength. Under CSR fund PwC has approved WORD to renovate girls toilet. Height of the compound wall of the toilet is raised and proper roofing is laid, 2 wash basin built near water tank area and proper flooring will be provided inside the toilet area.

Medical Equipment to Government Hospital, Namakkal - funded by PwC, New Delhi

• During 2nd lock down WORD has distributed medical equipments like oxygen concentrator, triple layer mask, Sterile Gloves 6.5, Sterile gloves 7, hand sanitizer, Bp apparatus, stethoscope etc, had given to Government Hospital..

Covid – 19 - Medical Equipments Given to PHC, Kabilamalai

• During 2nd lock down WORD has distributed medical equipments like oxygen concentrator, pulse Oxygen meter, triple layer mask, N95 mask, 100 bed sheets, 100 pillow covers, Nebulizer, surgical Gloves, cylinderO2 A type, oxygen mask adult & pediatric are given to Primary Health Center kabilamalai and Erumapatti.

Covid – 19 Medical Equipments to Government Head Quarters (GH) hospital, Namakkal funded by Rotork

• At the time of second wave of Covid -19 spreading WORD has given 500 pulse Oxygen meter, 1000 triple layer mask, 1000 face shield to GH Namakkal and it was distributed to front line workers, health workers etc.

Production Unit – funded by GKF, US.

• Those who are get training at WORD skill center are get job opportunity at this production unit. We named this unit as Petals garments; here women jointly taking efforts to pick up job order of stitching towels from various power loom in and around vennathur. Other than bath towels, they also take order from companies to stitch yellow bags. 10 power machines are installed, 10 women are regularly getting job in this unit and they earn 3000 to 5000 per month.

My Dream Scholarship – by Cholamandalam Finance and Investment Ltd.

• Continuous support from Chola, 4th year for Higher Education scholarship to truck and lorry drivers children, 304 students are benefited in 7 districts, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Salem, Erode, Namakkal, karur and Tirupur. Out of 304, female students are 196 and male students are 108.

Model Panchayat Development

• We selected Kudaladampatti and Pallavanaikenpatti panchayat for this model panchayat development program. Provided educational aids like play materials, sleeping mat, drawing books, slate, chairs for children to sit has given to 4 anganwadi centers where below 5 years are benefited. 25 women in WORD SHG received Rs. 50000/- each for rearing cow, increasing milk production, selling it and increasing their income. Health camp has conducted to women and adolescent girls.

Scholarship for children of Women in SHG

• Our SHG women are economically developing and socially very backward. WORD aims to uplift their children by giving scholarship for their higher education. Preference has given to widows, destitute women, and women with 2 female children. We selected 39 female children and 23 male children, given them scholarship for higher education.
• WASH & Infrastructure for Govt. Schools in Namakkal - by Petorfac, Chennai Toiletry for 2 Government Middle schools

Bicycle – Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Vennandur.

• Thidumal, which belongs to kabilamalai block, Paramathivelur Taluk, 96 students benefited by this WASH program. Thandagoundampalayam village located in the foothills of other kolli hills. 125 students benefited under this WASH activity. Bycycle – Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Vennandur. 66 girls students get benefited by this program. 22 students from 7th std, 11 students from 8th std, 33 students from 9th std get benefited.

Infrastructure to Govt. Higher Secondary school, Vaiyappamalai– Komatsu.

• 884 students from very poor families will be benefitted by this project in Vaiyappamalai, which has many stone quarries around vaiyapamalai . 50 set of desks and benches will provide for the higher-class students to attend classes comfortably. One computer and one printer will be used to store important data and educational material of the school. 4 steel shelves will be used to store important documents and student’s exam papers and teachers’ lesson plans in a safe and secure way.
• The assistance provided to the beneficiaries will create awareness and will actually help them in availing all the benefits of the Government schemes in which they have eligibility. 225 migrants and their families can improve their living standards and lead a peaceful living, in these challenging covid times.

Skill Development center Mallasamudram – by Guru Krupa Foundation- GKF, US

• Based on the success of the Vennathur skill centers, the Guru Krupa Foundation has donated two more skill centers, one in Mallasamudram and the other in O. Sowthapuram. The first batch of 40 pupils is enrolled and learns how to tailor in addition to embroidering and doing Ariwork. We are grateful to the Guru Krupa Foundation for providing grants to rural disadvantaged women.

Leprosy Awareness program – funded by Basler Leprahilfe, Switzerland.

• 10 villages and 6 schools are selected for creating awareness on leprosy, in kabilamalai union.creating education and awareness is very essential at this stage. In collaboration with District health Department, doctor, Health inspector from Primary health center, kabilamalai created awareness in 10 villages and 6 schools. 15000 public get awareness and 2500 school students are educated on leprosy.

Infrastructure – Govt. Middle school, Sultanpettai, Velur by OTFFEO

• Government Middle school at sutanpettai has student strength of 159. But they have only one computer. They cannot manage with that one computer, so they approach WORD. With the help of OTFFEO, Canada, we gave one desk top to this school.Students and teachers are very happy about it.

Skill Training for Youth – funded by Roviralta, Madrid.

• Now days huge demand in skilled labors like plumber, electrician and carpenter. We focus on these skills, we proposed to Roviralta for skill training to youth on plumbing. 30 youths from remote village of paramathi block got training on plumbing.

Skill Training for Dalit Arunthathiyar women and Girls in Tailoring & Embroidery.

• 25 girls and women belongs to dalit community were trained intensively for 6 months period successfully with the help and partnership of VESI, USA. The trainees are now having employable skills through which the trained women and girls found employment or put up self employment.