Kalanjiyam Trust

Project Brief: Kalanjiyam's main aim is to support people and communities in their own development to bring sustainable and meaningful changes for a better tomorrow.
Project Type: Community Awareness Programs (description)
Primary Focus: health and cleanliness (description)

Secondary Focus: creating resources

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: Austin
Status: current / ongoing
Project Steward: Aditya Jayanti
Project Partner(s): Lakshmi Ramakrishnan
Other Contacts: Aditya Jayanti
Project Address: , No 11 Avatar apts, ,27 Balakrishnan Road, Valmikinagar, ,Thiruvanmiyur,
Tamil Nadu  600041
Tel: 044 24455568
Stewarding Chapter: Austin
Sep 2024AustinUSD 10283
Dec 2017StanfordUSD 15572
Oct 2016StanfordUSD 13690
Dec 2015StanfordUSD 6509
Aug 2015StanfordUSD 6792
Feb 2015StanfordUSD 6239
Sep 2014CentralNJUSD 7689
Sep 2014StanfordUSD 6426
Apr 2014CentralNJUSD 8714
Mar 2014StanfordUSD 6524
Sep 2013StanfordUSD 6113
Jun 2013CentralNJUSD 6841
May 2013StanfordUSD 2768
Feb 2013StanfordUSD 2340
Oct 2012CentralNJUSD 6563
Jul 2012StanfordUSD 6515
Nov 2011StanfordUSD 8500
Sep 2011CentralNJUSD 6932

Total = $135010

The project interventions will be aimed towards achieving the following outcomes:

1. 80% of the students provided remedial education are able to:

a. Read and write alphabets, words, sentences and stories in Tamil and English

b. Counting numbers till 1000, doing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

2. 85% of the students provided computer instruction are able to prepare

a. Among middle school students able to document word, calculations in EXCEL and a

presentation using Power Point

3. The middle school students who had English classes are able to:

a. 75% able to read, write and understand simple sentences and short stories and 50% able

to speak some basics in English

4. Increased / enhanced knowledge and awareness and 60% of students able to apply these for self-

development / improvement (among the middle school students

5. Increased interest and participation in school and students talents are recognized and nurtured

6. Improved self-confidence and public speaking skills improved among students in middle schools
Kalanjiyam's mission is to bring impact in a core set of areas such as:
1.Informing and educating families and communities about health and well being, as key to having healthier future generation of children
2.Promoting health and well being of communities, focusing on prevention
3.Increasing exposure and interaction of pre-school children for a strong foundation
4.Ensure primary education and strengthen quality of education
5.Supporting and ensuring that all students go on to complete higher secondary education and increase number students going to college
6.Strengthen, adolescent and youth to provide life-skills and livelihood skills and empower them
Kalanjiyam was founded in 2006 with the vision to bring about a society where future generations will be healthy, have attained educational success and are able to make informed decisions in their lives.
Their efforts are taken up under the premise that a great deal of change can be brought about by investing in children and young people, who are the future of any community.

Kalanjiyam's main aim is to support people and communities in their own development to bring sustainable and meaningful changes for a better tomorrow. Their goal is to develop a community development model with the core guiding principle being the involvement and ownership of the community in the process of development.

Annual newsletters from the organization can be accessed in the link below:
Internal wiki: http://wiki.ashanet.org/display/Chapters/Kalanjiyam