Project Brief: N. Raj Jeba Durai have proven their committment to social change and to Asha's mission for a long time. They are engaged in running and overseeing many Asha projects at any given time. Thus it has become their full-time occupation. In order to enable
Project Type: Fellowships (description)
Primary Focus: other (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Tribal
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Yale

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Ranitendranath Tagore
Project Partner(s): K Murthy
Project Address: Fellowship: N.Raj Jeba Durai
Asha Honor, T-58a 32nd Cross Street,
Besant Nagar,
Chennai., Tamil Nadu 6000090
Tel: 9840340244
Stewarding Chapter: Yale

Jeba is fully committed to over 20 Asha projects with impact across several states of India. He has participated in Asha conferences in Timabaktu, Andhra, Assam, Chennai, and Raja Talab. His many contributions to social change in India include conducting site visits for Asha Colorado to Sebama Foundation overseeing the construction of classrooms for children with disabilities; organizing weekly and monthly Asha worldwide telecon meetings; being a part of the organizing team for the Asha conference in Chennai in 2003; organizing the blind students college meet on world disability day; providing hospitality to visiting Asha volunteers from India and Abroad.Jeba has site-visited several villages in Kanyakumari, Nagapattinam and Chennai districts with an ultimate objective to visit all 386 coastal villages affected in Tamilnadu and learn first hand the grass roots realities. His special role is to engage closely with the Government, especially the Relief Commissioner C.V.Sankar I.A.S, and bridge the gaps wherever necessary and possible between village communities and the govt officials. Jeba is an Asha Honor Academy Fellow supported by Asha Yale.