The SHE Centre finally has a roof. Here you see the corridors and in the foreground, a large rain-water harvesting tank.
January 24, 2014
Building Progress
The SHE Centre finally has a roof. Here you see the corridors and in the foreground, a large rain-water harvesting tank.
January 18, 2014
Pongal Sports Day for about 100 of our Tuition-Centre Students
Pongal is the harvest festival and is one of the most important festivals celebrated in Tamil Nadu. During the school holiday, we organised a sports day for all the attendees of our evening study centres, giving them the opportunity to participate in some wholesome activity, and sports, which is something they rarely if ever have opportunity to do. Lots of fun was had by all!
ON YOUR MARKS......
GET SET....
GO!
Some Happy Winners
December 24, 2013
School books for the Little Darlings
December 21, 2013
Christmas Thatha Visits our Evening Study Centres
Christmas 'thatha' had lots of fun with the children and distributed small gifts. Lots of fun was had by all.
December 7, 2013
Playground for the SHE centre going up!
Many thanks to the following people who contributed towards this playground: Kati, Inni Kankainen and Minna, Roopali, Mr. Shivacumar, and the children of Parkside School, London.
November 26, 2013
General Medical Camp for Very Poor Villagers
Last Saturday, we held another medical camp at the SHE centre, this time a general health camp, with doctors from Madurai who volunteered their time and also provided medicines
for the camp.PHOTOS: Audio advertising for people in the area who are illiterate, attendees. Bottom left: our tuition teachers who came to fill out the registration forms, along with two tuition students who also volunteered their time. Bottom right: Jay, an American who is volunteering with his family, had lots of fun with the younger attendees.
October 21, 2013
Thank you to anonymous donor.
A hearty thanks to the anonymous donor who just sent a set of interlocking construction blocks for the children. A great gift which they will surely love.
September 2, 2013
One Dowry Murder Every Hour!
Shocking statistics have been released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Their figures state that 8,233 dowry deaths were reported in 2012 from various states. The statistics work out to one death per hour.
Suman Nalwa, additional deputy commissioner of Delhi Police (Special Unit for Women and Children), said the problem is not only limited to the lower or middle class.
"Higher socio-economic strata is equally involved in such practices. Even the highly educated class of our society do not say no to dowry. It runs deep into our social system," she said.
August 14, 2013
New Term, New Tuitions and Stationery Supplies
The tuition groups are running well again, after the summer holidays, and, thanks Lincpen, we were able to distribute supplies to all the students--notebooks, pencils, erasers, pencil sharpeners, rulers, and compass sets for the older students.
May 12, 2013
April 19, 2013
April 9, 2013
Hindu Newspaper Article on our Work
The Hindu newspaper recently did an article on our work. You can read it here:
The Hindu/A Story of Love
March 30, 2013
News From the Little Darlings
Several of the Little Darlings are going or have gone for adoption. This is wonderful news and we are so happy for them. Suleka was adopted by a local family. They say that she talks often of the Mercy Home but they are determined to win her with love. We couldn't be happier that such a wonderful couple have taken on the challenge of raising Suleka in spite of her physical challenges. Rani has also gone for adoption with a local family. Melvin, who was born with only one hand, will be going to a family in the United States, and Preita, who was operated for a cleft palette, to a family in Scandinavia. (The government has been putting emphasis on finding overseas adoptive parents for the special needs children who have not been chosen for adoption within the country, with great success.)
March 24, 2013
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