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
Mar 2025AustinUSD 4026
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 = $139036

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
Jun 2025 Progress Report 2024-25
Nov 2024 Audit Report 2023-24
Aug 2024 Project Quantification
Jun 2024 Site Visit June 2024
Mar 2024 2024 proposal
Mar 2024 Fund utilization report
Feb 2024 Annual Update 2023-24
Mar 2023 Kalanjiyam FCRA 2023
Aug 2017 2017 Annual Report
Aug 2017 2017 - 18 Project Proposal
Aug 2017 SITE VISIT REPORT AUGUST 2017
Jul 2016 Kalanjiyam Project proposal 2016-17
Jun 2016 2015-16 Annual report
Jul 2015 Kalanjiyam Site Visit July 2015.pdf
Jun 2015 Kalanjiyam Proposal 2015-26 Stanford.pdf
May 2015 Kalanjiyam Annual Report 2015-16.pdf
Jan 2015 Kalanjiyam-Stanford-Half yearly report 2015 January.pdf
Aug 2014 Kalanjiyam Site Visit 2014.pdf
May 2014 Proposal 2014-15.pdf
Oct 2013 Kalanjiyam-AuditReport-2012_13.pdf
Jun 2013 Meeting Minutes
Jun 2013 Stanford Proposal for 2013-14
Jun 2013 Project Proposal
May 2013 Proposal and Report
Apr 2013 Site Visit Apr 2013
Sep 2012 Meeting Minutes 2012
Jul 2012 Stanford-Approved_items-Metrics.pdf
Jun 2012 Meeting_minutes-Stanford-Jun12.pdf
Jun 2012 Stanford Meeting Minutes Jun12.pdf
Jun 2012 Project-Proposal-2012-13_Stanford.pdf
Jun 2012 Kalanjiyam - AshaStanford - Annual Report 2012.pdf
May 2012 Kalanjiyam Trust Project Proposal 2012-2013
Nov 2011 Stanford_Approved-Items_Metrics.pdf
Nov 2011 Stanford-Minutes-2011.pdf
Oct 2011 Stanford-Site-Visit.doc
Oct 2011 Stanford-Proposal-Oct2011.pdf
Sep 2011 Site Visit report
Sep 2011 Project Proposal
Aug 2011 Site Visit August 2011
Aug 2011 Meeting Minutes
May 2011 Stanford-Proposal-pres.pdf
May 2011 Stanford-Init-Proposal.pdf