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Project Brief: This Project focuses on supporting the continuation of the education of the 175 children who have been rescued form the rice mills and have been relocated in the nearby villages.The total estimated number of children is around 2700.
Project Type: Alternative Education (description)
Primary Focus: children who are working (description)

Secondary Focus: children of dalits/tribals

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: Toledo
Project Contacts
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Gayathri Ramasubramanian Sharma
Project Partner(s): Siddamma E
Other Contacts: Rajendra Gosavi
Project Address: , Red Hills,,,
Tamil Nadu 
Tel: 9884080048 (C)
Stewarding Chapter: Toledo
Funding History
May 2007AustinUSD 5900
Mar 2006ToledoUSD 7000
Dec 2005ToledoUSD 2000
Dec 2004ToledoUSD 200
Dec 2004ArizonaUSD 367
Dec 2004ToledoUSD 100

Total = $15567

Project Description
There are around 10000 families who work in rice mills as bonded laborers in Thiruvallur district, Tamilnadu. Bharathi Trust plays a key role in rescuing them and till date, 300 families have been successfully rescued and rehabilitated.
In addition to providing rehabilitation for the adults, Bharathi Trust aims at mainstreaming the children (175 till date, projected total number is around 2700) of these families. Asha in collaboration with Bharathi Trust intends to create a ‘Child Friendly Center’ wherein children will be trained with basic skills and education like counting numbers, reading alphabets, craft work, drawing etc.
Goal of this project is to create a ‘Child Friendly Center’ for education which would include
1. Necessary infrastructure
2. Nutrition and health care
3. Books and other educational supplies
4. Salaries for teachers and helpers
5. Teacher training programs
Bharathi Trust is a non-profit development organisation working for the cause of upliftment and empowerment of Irula Tribal communities living in the interior pockets of Thiruvallur district.
Since 1990, it has been working among the Irula communities in more than 60 villages spreading over 5 Taluks of the District. It has been conducting a number of development programmes such as Sangam formation, awareness camps, liason work with government for obtaining development schemes, day care services, motivation centres for eradication of child labour. etc

Siddamma's fellowship webpage:
http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=579
Project Documents
Mar 2009 Case Study : Anawim
Oct 2008 Conference Call Minutes
Apr 2008 Site visit on April 5
Mar 2008 Vocational Oppurtunities : Funding Proposal Presentation
Mar 2008 New Proposal and QnA : Vocational Oppurtunities
Jan 2008 Conference Call Minutes, Jan 13th
Nov 2007 Conference call minutes
May 2007 Budget_06_07
Apr 2007 estimate for construction
Mar 2007 Bonded Labor Report Mar 2007
Feb 2007 Conference Call with Siddhamma
Jan 2007 Freedom Site Visit Report Jan 2007
Dec 2006 Conference Call with Sanjeev & Sridhar
Dec 2006 Conference Call with Siddhamma
Jun 2006 June2006 Conference Call
May 2006 Bonded Labour Report
May 2006 Estimate for Child Friendly Center
Mar 2006 Blueprint Child Friendly Center
Jan 2006 Conference call Jan 2006
Dec 2005 Aug-Oct 2006 Project Update
Aug 2005 Site Visit Photos
Aug 2005 Site Visit Report
May 2005 BBC Report on Bonded Laborers
Dec 2004 Application to request funding
Nov 2004 Second Site Visit Report (w/ pictures)
Nov 2004 Second Site Visit Report (Text Only)
Sep 2004 Project Proposal