CAST - Community Action for Social Transformation
CAST - Community Action for Social Transformation
Project Brief: Located in a dry, drought-prone and economically marginal region southwest of Tirunelvelli district, these crèches would help the mothers to be able to go to work. It will also encourage the elder siblings (particularly the girl children) to be...
Project Type: Alternative Education (description)
Primary Focus: vocational training (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact: Berkeley
Project Type: Alternative Education (description)
Primary Focus: vocational training (description)
Secondary Focus: other
Area: RuralSupporting Chapter Contact:
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Praveen Krishnan
Project Partner(s):
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , Poothathankudieruppu,ThiruviruthanPulli P.O.,Poothathankudieruppu,
Tamil Nadu 627414
Tel: +91-4634-63355 (Off), +91-9443
Stewarding Chapter: Berkeley
Project Steward: Praveen Krishnan
Project Partner(s):
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , Poothathankudieruppu,ThiruviruthanPulli P.O.,Poothathankudieruppu,
Tamil Nadu 627414
Tel: +91-4634-63355 (Off), +91-9443
Stewarding Chapter: Berkeley
| Dec 2002 | Berkeley | USD 2300 |
| Dec 2002 | Silicon Valley | USD 300 |
| Dec 2001 | Berkeley | USD 5400 |
| Dec 2001 | Silicon Valley | USD 3300 |
| Dec 2001 | Silicon Valley | USD 1500 |
| Dec 2000 | Berkeley | USD 5500 |
| Dec 1999 | Berkeley | USD 1700 |
| Dec 1998 | Berkeley | USD 3400 |
| Dec 1997 | Berkeley | USD 3200 |
Total = $26600
CAST has been running nursery schools (day care centers) for children under five in ten villages in the area for several years now. ASHA Berkeley learnt about this project through one of its members, Anand Pandian who visited the project in Summer 1997. ASHA supported five of the ten nursery schools in the year 1997-1998: those at Pathai, Nalantheru, Pottal, Thiruviruthanpulli, and Chidambarapuram villages. The project came up for renewal in 1998 after a site visit by Anand Pandian. It was funded for the period of 1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001. The project is currently an Asha-Stars project. Contact one of the Asha-Stars if you wish to join the team.
Community Action for Social Transformation (CAST) is a secular, non-profit organization involved in health education, community empowerment, income generation and environment activities in Thirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu. Initiated by P. Sucila Pandian, a local nurse and social worker in 1984, CAST is now working in 45 villages in the dry, drought-prone and economically backward south-west region of the district.