1. Educational Activities for Children
1.1 Day care centre by RDTRDT runs Day care centres for the children below 5 years of age. Children are given preschool education in the Day Care Centre. Basics for learning are taught through play way method by the teacher. We provide nutritious food to the children and this has been a good and useful activity which keeps the all the children remain in good immunity. There are Day care centres in Jeeva Nagar, Kalaignar Street and Kuppathu Kuntram. Totally 52 children benefit out of the activity in 3 Day care centres. Young parents feel happy that their children are nurtured well in a good child friendly environment. RDT also plans to start the centres in 15 places in 2023-2024.
Outcomes of the program Children below 5 years are able to get nutritious food through day care centres
Needs were accomplished for smooth running of the centress
Children are cared in the absence of parents
RDT supports Day Care Centres, which are run by the government. RDT focuses its mission in 4 Panchayats namely Alathur, Paiyanur, Thandalam and Mullipakkam. 10 centres in these panchayats have been receiving supports from RDT. Totally 204 children benefit out of the program. Government runs these day care centres but to improve the quality, RDT supports with following activities.
Activities Food materials are provided to all the centres
Cooking utensils are given to centres in need
Nutritious flour is provided to the centres who were in access to
Games materials are provided
Celebrating functions and common festivals in the centres
Medical supports are given to the sick Children
Facilities have been face lifted and renovated
Needs in the centres were attended to
Infrastructure has been created
Evening Tuition centres were started during the covid-19 Lock down and after the pandemic it was expanded to many villages in Chengalpet District by RDT. It covers the population of Tribal, Migrant and unorganised sectors, who were in accessible to private tutoring after the school hours. Parents often view private tutoring as an avenue for enabling their children to excel in examinations. Parents, who can afford, send their wards to paid tuition centers, where the focus is only on their subjects and scoring good marks. RDT replicated this model to learn their subjects as well as to inculcate different skills to excel in their present and future life. Parents of these children go for daily wages and they are illiterates. Children, who come to RDT tuition centers, are first generation learners.
Children attend evening tuition with warming up exercises. Children are given nutritious snacks and they are given some time for sports and games. Evening tuition is handled by teachers who have completed either under or post graduation in arts and science.
Activities in the Centres Revising the subjects handled by class teachers in the school
Supporting the children in completing their home work
Group study to clarify their doubts
Book reading and sharing the knowledge with other students
Time is also given for sports and games
SL.NO | NAME OF THE VILLAGE | Number of Tribal Children | Number of Migrant Children | Number of children of Unorganized workers | TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN |
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1 | FISH MARKET ROAD- THIRUPORUR | - | 17 | - | 17 |
2 | HANUMANTHAPURAM-1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
3 | HANUMANTHAPURAM-2 | - | - | 20 | 20 |
4 | IDAYANKUPPAM | 32 | - | - | 32 |
5 | INDRA NAGAR-ALATHUR | - | 12 | 9 | 21 |
6 | JEEVA NAGAR, ALATHUR | 10 | - | - | 10 |
7 | KALAIGNAR STREET, ALATHUR | 17 | - | - | 17 |
8 | KANGAI AMMAN KOIL STREET, VENKILERI- | - | 10 | 6 | 16 |
9 | KOTTAMEDU | 10 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
10 | KUPPATHUKUNTRAM | 17 | - | - | 17 |
11 | LENIN NAGAR, ALATHUR | - | 5 | 11 | 16 |
12 | METTU STREET, SIRUTHAVUR | 7 | 13 | 20 | |
13 | MGR NAGAR, ARUNKUNTRAM | 16 | - | - | 16 |
14 | MGR NAGAR, THIRUPORUR | - | 12 | 13 | 25 |
15 | ORAGADAM | 27 | - | - | 27 |
16 | PADAVATTAMMAN KOIL STREET, THIRUPORUR | - | 15 | 12 | 27 |
17 | PANDITHAMEDU | - | - | 16 | 16 |
18 | PERIA STREET, SIRUTHAVUR | - | - | 21 | 21 |
19 | RAYAMANGALAM | - | - | 22 | 22 |
20 | SAALUR | 30 | - | - | 30 |
21 | SCHOOL STREET ALATHUR | - | 10 | 10 | 20 |
22 | T. ANNA NAGAR, THANDALAM | - | 5 | 9 | 14 |
23 | THAIYUR ERI ETHIRVAYIL | 10 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
24 | THULUKKANATHAMMAN KOIL ST, THANDALAM | 5 | 14 | 19 | |
25 | VANIYANCHAVADI | - | 28 | - | 28 |
26 | VENKILERI | - | 16 | 10 | 26 |
Total | 179 | 157 | 212 | 548 | |
Percentage | 32.7 | 28.6 | 38.7 | 100 |
Children are able to revise their subjects and complete their daily home work
Subject related doubts are clarified by the tuition teacherk
Peer learning is encouraged and group study has reaped good results
RDT has found that many people were inaccessible to drinking water. People had to walk for long distance to fetch water. It was felt that arranging bore well for the families dwelling in remote villages was one of the most important services of RDT. The felt need was assessed by the volunteers and the difficulties of the people were noted down. Kind donors were approached with data of the villages for fulfilling the need. RDT was successful in identifying the generous hearts to support the needy at the right time with good intention. RDT has installed bore wells in Thirukazhukuntram, Lathur and Thiruporur blocks. People who benefited this water facility are very grateful for the activity.
Activities in the Special School Classes from 9.30 A.M to 3.30 P.M
Conducting regular classes
Monitoring the ongoing development of the children
Encouraging the children to participate in competitions
Awareness on important themes
Migrant children are engaged through educational activities
Children are able to learn in their mother tongue
Children are not trapped in wrong activities
Children do not become child labourers
RDT works with the children who have lost both the parents and a single parent. These children were nurtured by their parents before pandemic. Some of them had to lose their parents due to Covid-19 and some lost them due to chronic illness. Now they were left abandoned by their relatives. Many of the children were forced for labour at their younger age. This was brought to the attention and RDT came forward to support them. RDT supports these children according to their need. Totally 30 children were supported in 2022-2023.
Activities Enrolling the children in the schools
Paying tuition fees, school fees and College fees
Providing dresses to them
Supporting them with subject Guides, exam fees
Supporting them with food materials
Supporting the children to get all their educational materials
Beneficiaries could continue their education
Better concentration on their studies
Lift in their standard of living
They could lead a peaceful life
Board Examination conducted by the state is one of the most requirements for the children who step into the door of higher education. Children from rural villages are unable to cope with the heavy syllabus and they fail in certain subjects like English and Mathematics. RDT found it very meaningful to deal with these children. Once they complete this examination, they become eligible to enter in to higher education. Thinking this in mind, RDT has identified 60 children and they were given counselling. They also assessed their eagerness to complete their degree course. All the children who have accepted to complete their school education come to RDT training centre and equip themselves to appear for the board examination. 43 students enrolled to undergo rigorous training in 2022-2023. They are guided to appear for the board examination
Activities for the coaching Special classes during holidays
Self study at Home
Supporting the students with text books and note books
Financial support in paying their examination fees
Children who became drop outs cleared their subjects
Students were enabled to continue their higher education
They could elevate their life through this support
RDT has been supporting students from poor economic situations. The organization selected 35 students in 2022-2023. Of them, 13 students have been supported in paying their academic fees. The other students were supported with Bag, Educational materials, stationery and others. These students are encouraged to attend computer classes and tailoring classes conducted in the main office. Totally Rs.1, 20, 000 was supported for the students from the poor economic status.
Outcomes of the activity Students who had a dream could realize their dream
It was a great relief to pay their fees
Students were able to be motivated to continue their education in the same colleges
Children from our working villages are studying in Government schools. These schools do not have all the facilities. RDT took steps to create infrastructure so that our children learn their subjects in a good environment. Schools functioning in Pandithamedu, Alathur, Thandalam, Paiyanur, Rayamanagalam, Siruthavur, Eri Ethir Vayil, Sembakkam, Venbedu and Hanumanthapuram were selected for our intervention. Team members did a baseline survey and conducted focussed group discussion with Heads of the educational institutions. Discussion was held in the office. Preparatory works were done and proper implementation was done in the schools.
Activities Play and sport materials are given
Appointing teachers in the schools where teachers are in need
Conducting science exhibitions in the schools
Providing computer training
Celebrating the important festivals
Providing masks and sanitizers to the students
Bore well is being established for drinking water
Constructing toilets in the schools
Children could engage themselves in different games and sports
Teacher’s appointment made the children attend school regularly
Students have been educated in computer literacy
Children felt happy when they celebrated their birthdays
Basic infrastructure created a decent atmosphere in the schools
RDT distributes educational materials once in two months. All the children in the tuition centres, activity centres, Students in the computer training, College students, Adolescents and children in summer camp receive the educational materials and use them for their learning. Children are given Note books, Table books, Pen, Pencils, eraser, Sharpener, Scales, Slates, sketch pens, colour pencils and so on. These materials are given through respective teachers now and then. The needs of the children are conveyed to the staff members and they are accomplished immediately. Children do not hesitate as they need any educational material in their school education. All the needs are attended like responsible parents in all the places wherever we make interventions. This is a great relief for the parents, because their burden has been reduced because of the support done by RDT.
We provide food to Tribal children, elders and children in tuition centres. We provide food when there are functions and celebrations. RDT also gives sweets, cakes, bananas, Butter milk, juices and biscuits to the children occasionally. This activity creates a festive mood. This is mainly given during the time of examinations too.
Outcomes of the programs Children could fulfil all their educational needs
The burden of the parents is reduced maximum