Sports & Joy Ful Learning   for Tribal Children of Megamalai Hills in Tamil Nadu

Peoples Organization for Women Empowerment – POWER TRUST

No. 31, Bhagavathi Amman Koil  Street, Erasakkanayakkanur – 625 515

Chinnamanur  Block, Theni district 

Tamil Nadu, India

Mobile: +917550373695

E-mail : powertrusttamilnadu1998@gmail.com

ORGANIZATION DETAILS:

Name of the Organisation:

Peoples Organization for Women Empowerment -POWER TRUST

Project head contact: Ms. P Meenakshi, Chief Executive Officer

Contact Email:  pmeenakshimsw@gmail.com

VISION: 

POWER TRUST envisions a society where the poor and the marginalized enjoy equal rights, opportunities and justice and live in an environment of improved quality of life within the ambit of empowered community sustainable development process.

MISSION: 

• Creating a future of hope for children, families, and communities by helping them to develop skills and mobilizing local resources for sustainable development initiatives to improve their living standards;
• Organizing and strengthening Community-based Organizations (CBOs) among tribal and rural community members to involve them in participatory development processes;
• Capacitating CBO leaders to ensure self-governance at all levels to get empowered socially and financially;
• Protecting and promoting environmental concerns as part of climate change responses and ensuring ecological balance;
• Creatively upholding the dignity of children, youth, women, men and senior citizens;
• Involving all stakeholders appropriate to local culture to analyze, assess and articulate their needs; and,
• Working with poor and marginalized to eradicate poverty and pursue justice.

OUR CORE VALUES

• Inclusiveness
• Diversity
• Equality
• Integrity
• Compassion
• Respect
• Transparency
• Innovative

Number of Management Committee members:4

Number of employees:4

Number of active volunteers:10

Geographical focus

Country  – India, State – Tamil Nadu, District – Theni.  Target Area – Megamalai Hills

Track record of success: 

POWER TRUST – in Eradication of Child Marriage System – Campaign in Rural Areas

POWER TRUST has been closely working with rural communities, where the system of child marriage was practiced before many decades, the abolished practice is being  developed in many other ways today.  The practice still persists and there are thousands of girl children are affected by this.  To stop  child marriage, POWER TRUST have implemented a Special Campaign on Eradication of Child Marriage Events and awareness programs have been organised through Trained Women SHGs to create awareness among rural masses in the working areas. 

POWER TRUST – CHILD HELP LINE 1098 – Protection of Child Rights – Community Action

In association with the District level CHILD HELP LINE 1098 and in coordination of the Sub Center, Chinnamanur, our POWER TRUST has initiated the Child Rights Awareness to create democratic space for all children to participate in governance and Protection of Child Rights through forming children’s groups at the neighbourhood level, federated at Panchayat, block, district and state levels, backed by the mandate of the state. The participation of  children representatives is linked in all above said levels by us and our POWER TRUST has promoted the District level “Child Parliament” in the rural areas.

CAMPAIGN ON GIRL CHILD EDUCATION 

Sumangali scheme is a well known child labor scheme in textile industries in Tamil Nadu.  POWER TRUST in association with the TPF (Tiruppur People’s Forum) is working in selected blocks and villages to create awareness about the anti children scheme – especially the Adolescnet Girls.  It organizes consultations,  awareness programs for Girl Children and stake holders about the importance of Girls Children Education and Development. 

 Relief and Rehabilitation for the affected children have been done by the organization. Identifying and mainstreaming the affected children by fire accidents in the fire works industry in Theni District.  They are linked to the Tripur Peoples Forum – Care -T

POWER TRUST has been awarded for the effective implementation of Government Welfare Schemes in the District by the District Administration, Theni 

POWER TRUST has studied in detail on forest biodiversity in all the eight forest ranges of Theni Forest Division. 

POWER TRUST received Appreciation Award for better implementation of UNDP Program in Theni district in collaboration with the District Administration and the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

PROJECT:

Project Title: 

Sports And Joy Ful Learning   for tribal Children of Megamalai Hills in Tamil Nadu

Project Objectives: 

• To conduct regular   Sports training for tribal   children of Megamalai area of Theni district
• To recruit volunteers as Sports facilitators to work in the   Anganwadi and schools.
• To orient parents, PRI representatives, and community leaders to achieve the goal of the project in a realistic way through workshops;
• To sensitize the parents and communities through special events; and,
• To organize special events on tribal folk lore and games to these children

Project activities:

•  Regular Sports (outdoor games for tribal children and tribal youth
• Conduct   Sports events/ tournaments at village levels
• Recruit volunteers for   Sports / games motivation
• Monitoring and Evaluation 

POWER TRUST will facilitate the formation of a Monitoring Committee consisting of 10 persons represented by the representatives of local bodies. 

Expected Outcomes:

• Children participating in   Sports program are exposed to a structured curriculum that helps to improve their academic development.
• The children placed in Sports will have better language and cognitive development during the first phase of their life.
• At the age of 6, children who attended this project will have substantially stronger reading and math skills relative to similar children who attended informal, home-based childcare settings.

Sustainability:

This project would sustain with the active participation of its peer groups and also with district sports authority, when the visible changes are noticed.

Budget details:

Training Workshop – 10,000

Orientation Program – 3,000

Sports  materials – 20,000

Sports   coaching  costs – 36,000

Sports  events – 10,000

Monitoring & Evaluation – 5,000

Admin Costs – 10,000

Total   in INR – 94,000

Total  in USD – 1071

Local  contribution in INR – 15,053

Grant  requested  INR – 78,947

Grant request  in  USD – 900