ANNUAL REPORT

SOCIETY  FOR  PEOPLE’S  HEALTH  EDUCATION AND  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT  ( SPHEED )

Eachampoondi village, Banampattu Post,Kadaladi via, Polur Taluk,

                     Tiruvannamalai District- 606908. Tamil Nadu State

               

ANNUAL  REPORT    2017 – 2018

INTRODUCTION:

I am much obliged to submit this our progress 24th Annual Report for the Financial  year 2017 – 2018 before this  committee and I  will remember the staffs, Volunteers and the Trainees spontaneous service. And at the same time I remember the members with gratitude who have supported during the time of financial crisis. I feel happy that SPHEED have crossed over the days and we are fully concentrating and this improvement of our services. In this financial year we dwelt and implement the felt need demand and development of the rural villages by the programme as follows:

NON FORMAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME:

            We are running 2 non formal education centers in 2 remote villages namely Vasur and 99 Pudupalayam in Polur Taluk, Tiruvannamalai District , with the support of GLOBAL GIVING UK .  This programe is conducted to educate and revise the lessons of the school syllabus of the school going quarry workers’ children. Through this centers we provide primary education and vocational skills to the quarry workers’ children. Through this NFE centers 75 quarry workers’ children benefitted. The children also have been trained and practices indoor and outdoor games like Chess, Football, and Cricket. Moreover in these classes the competitions on essay writing, drawing and Yoga  were conducted and the children have been distributed with certificates  and prizes. The parents of the children were acquired Health Check-up and treatment.  For each village one Teacher totally two Graduate Teachers within the villages have taken tuition and lesson classes to the children attended in the centers. Further . -2-

·        SPHEED Organizing Two Evening classes for school going Tribal children’s  in kilaiyur and Bandro at jawwadhu hills  .

·        SPHEED Organizing Tailoring training to rural poor women at pudhuppalayam village.

·        Queary Children  99 Pudupalayam and Vasur villages.

                                                                      

SHG FORMATION PROGRAMME:

                    More than 10 new SHGs have been formed in this financial year 2017-18 among youth and rural women  in three blocks viz., Kalasapakkam, Polur and Jawadhu hills Our staff team visited the villages in these three blocks and organized these women and youth Self-Help Groups and provided trainings on group forming, meetings to be conducted and maintenance of accounts and resolution writing in records.

SHG   TRAINING:

            We conducted this training programme to equip the personality and leadership qualities of SHG leaders. The officers from nationalized banks, Leading NGO representative from RMK, NMDFC, and block development officer, Mahalir Thittam provided training on keeping the books and ledger, loan disbursement and recovery of loan, project management, auditing, accounting and reporting through this programme. More than 20 SHG’s leaders were benefited from Kalasapalkkam block of  Polur Taluk.

                                                             

Care for children Programme:

             In two villages namely Turinjikuppam of Jamunamarathur Block   and Kuppanatham of Chengam  Taluk. this programme has been conducted. More than 100 children were benefitted through this programme. The Training to conduct the Children’s Parliament. This programme has been provided the health assistance like BCG vaccination, polio drops and other disease control ailments. The Siddha Dr. Kailasam B.S.M.S of  Mottur and  Dr.Ashok, M.B.B.S., of Tiruvannamalai have  provided health check-up to children.                   

                              

INCOME GENERATION  PROGRAMME:

            SPHEED NGO organizing in order to encourage the unemployed youth  and women, we started income generation programme by providing training and seed mone  to the deprived class youth and women. The wax candle production, pappads and pickles making, scented bathis production have been encouraged in this programme.

To the deprived class youth and women. The wax candle production, pappads and pickles making, scented bathis production have been encouraged in this programme and also provided milch cow to destitute widows.

GLOBAL WARMING AWARENESS:

Deforestation, cutting of trees in the lands were degraded the environment and factories’ smokes causes the Global warming which makes the earth very hot and dry. The atmosphere of the earth becomes heat and hot. The bio-diversity conservation in the earth decreases.

Hence this awareness programme has been conducted in two villages namely Kadaladi and Kizhpalur. More than 500 participants attended this awareness programme and acquired the knowledge about the Global warming and its impacts in the earth and atmosphere. The resources persons Mr.V. Mani and the Forest Ranger Mr. Alavudaiyan have lectured in this programme. The participants have taken an oath to act to stop and decrease the Global warming.

                                                       

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS CAMP:

            SPHEED and C.P.Ramasamy Iyer Foundation Chennai have organized two days Environment Awareness Campaign on  10^rd to 11^th   of February , 2017   at Thurinjikuppam, Mottur and Thottimadur of Javadhu hills. In awareness progamme hand bills and display cards were distributed among the camp participants.  Women 350 SHG’s members  and 500 small and marginal farmers were attended. This programme was focused on Combating dessertification,drought and land degradation. An action programme by digging water shed tanks and preparation of  organic manure and natural pesticides  have been demonstrated. The adoption of using  oranic farming in agriculture were stressed in the programe. Recycling the waste and vermin compost production was demonstrated in the programme. The Forester Mr.Kanapathi , Mr.Ellappan , Mr.A.Ramadoss , Mr.P.Ramesh  was invited as faculties  of  the programme.

 HEALTH CAMP PROGRAMME:

            This year we conducted free medical camp to our cluster head village kilaiyur and oorekavundanoor.  There are nearly 380 participants attended and benefitted. The school children, adolescents and old age persons have attended and benefitted. We supplied vitamin tablets to the children, and conducted well baby competition in this camp and provided   prizes and awards. The diabetics and blood pressure check up has been conducted in these camps to the participants. The local Primary Health centre staffs have conducted and gave guidance to the beneficiaries.

SCHOOL AND HOSTEL PROGRAMME :

SPHEED Organizing  school and Hostel for the welfare of Tribal Girl children . The first program is KASTHURIBAI GANDHI BALIGA VIDHYALAYA RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL ( KGBVRS) in Perungulathur , Thandarampet , Tiruvannamalai District. Totally 52 girl children were benefitted through this program . The second one PENGAL VIDUTHI VALARCHI KUZHU ( RMSA GIRLS HOSTEL ) in Perunkattur village in Jawaddu Hills. More than 102 Girl children were benefited through this program . Totally 21 Staffs were working for this program . This program was supported by  Department  of Education , Govt of Tamilnadu  & Central govt of India,

  CONCLUSION:

            I humbly submit my sincere thanks to all the beneficiaries, resource persons, staff and well wishers extended their co-operation and financial support to implement our programmes for the development of rural people. I submit this Annual Report for financial year 2017-18 before all of you with a request to approve this for future communication to our colleagues and funding partners and to well wishers of our Society. Also I invite all of your kind co–operation to achieve our future goals for the development of our target people of  Polur,Kalasapakkam and Jamanamarathur block .

            Thanking you.

                                                                              Yours Sincerely

                                                                             (M.KALAIVANAN)

Secretary.