Project Brief:
Project Type: Fellowships (description)
Primary Focus: other (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Tribal
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Toledo

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Ramana Divarakuni
Project Partner(s): Dhana lakshmi
Project Address: Fellowship: L.Dhanalakshmi
No; 15/10 Diwan Bhashyam Street, West Saidapet
Tamil Nadu 600015
Tel: 9840714997
Stewarding Chapter: Toledo

Dhanalakshmi is a fully committed and experienced grass roots volunteer who is engaged in several Asha projects. She is the steward for Project Build which is empowering children of brick kiln laborers in the outskirts of Chennai. She visited all colleges in Chennai to conduct a comprehensive survey of blind college going students and arrange a conference on Dec 3rd, World disability day. She went through training with Vidya Vriksha to assist blind students with the state of art technology developed at IIT Madras. She visits the schools and homes of Asha scholarship students to track their performance, meeting the Principals, teachers and parents. She is also involved in assisting children of bonded laborers and sex workers. She is able to connect quickly with women and children in underserved communities.

For Tsunami recovery work, Dhanalakshmi is focused on the Nagapattinam district and has visited over 10 villages twice to evolve an intervention strategy. Setting up tailoring units for girls, counseling kids form the core of her contributions.