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SHARE AND CARE CHILDREN'S WELFARE SOCIETY
NEWS LETTER APRIL TO JUNE 2011
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Dear Friends,
Warm Greetings from Share and Care Children’s Welfare Society
I am pleased to present you the news letter for the months of April, May and June, informing you all about the significant events that have happened during the last three months.
This letter brings you news about the school closing and reopening. .Now that the School has started on, Many new children have joined us from the different villages. 10th standard students did very well in their exams; they have passed with good results of 96%. Since the rainy season has started children are working in the flower and vegetable garden, they grew greens last month as they harvested a lot of greens the children were very happy.
I thank all the Teachers, Students, Friends, Sponsors, Supporters and well wishers I offer my gratitude and prayers to each of them.
Thanking you,
STEVEN AROKIASAMY
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WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY JUNE 5TH AWARENESS PROGRAMME
Seven girls from Anbagam attended a Programme at Loyola Collage Chennai spark charitable trust conducted the Programme. Many organizations took part in this awareness Programme. The girls enjoyed the dances and the song performed given by different organizations .to symbolize the importance of the plants for the ecological well being. The Anbagam girls planted the sapling in the hostel.
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THE NEW VAN
The new van is very useful. It accommodates 30 children at a time. The old van makes 4 trips and new van makes 4 trips. The parents are very happy as
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JUNE 15TH World Elders abuse Awareness Day
World elders abuse Awareness Day was organized by Help Age India in Commissioners office. 3 members Kodai, Fathima, and Kalpana from Share and Care Children’s welfare Society participated with the others partners of Help Age. An Oath was taken that elders should be respected and given their importance in the society and also Help Age India will recommend an increase in pension for the elders. |
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BHUMI SERAGUKAL 2011
Boommi an NGO organized a Programme called Seragukal 2011. The Programme went on for 2 days on 9.7.11; and 10.7.11 on the first day from Christ king High School 42 Students attended it, accompanied by
3 teachers John Arokiadas, Dass and Boobalan.
The Programme took place in Madras Christ King
High School. Cinema Actors were invited from the Inauguration of the Programme. Our students took part in various Programmes. The children had a good breakfast and lunch. The Programme was closed
at 6pm. On The second day 30 students took part in the Programme. Group dance, Individual dance, competition such as song oratory, drawing, painting etc were conducted. |
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20.5.2011 Festival in Kumala Kuzhi
20 students accompanied by teacher Dass from Christ King Primary School attended the Programme held at his Native Village Kumala Kuzhi there was a variety of Programmes by different schools. Students from Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Kanyakumari, Pondi and Chennai took part in the all the children’s. Programmes. The children were given breakfast and lunch. They returned on the same day to Katchur.
The children in our home have gradually settled down after their holidays 120 children are present, 90 boys and 30 girls, 2 new teachers are taking care of them under the leadership of Lilly. As the children are made to participate in a lot of Programmes in the week end they are very happy.
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AN EPISODE INVOLVING THESE TWO ABANDONED CHILDREN
Sasikala and Suresh lived in the city slums. Suresh was a daily laborer; they had two children, a girl and a boy. Saravanan 6years and Sasikala 7 years. The father was an alcoholic. He used to drink daily and beat his wife. She used to complain every day to the neighbors but no one could do any thing the wife .for the sake of the children was clinging on to the husband there was no one to help her. One fine day he was drunk and he began a fight and it went on to the extent of burning her to ashes when the children began shouting and crying; they were trembling with fear they ran out of the house to the neighbors, first the neighbors did not think there was some thing very serious but later when they came to see the father who ran away leaving his burnt wife nothing could be done to save her, It was a pathetic situation.. Then the children were given to the grand mother who is very old and also in a very poor condition. The grandmother being very old, she could not care for the children. She brought them to Share and care and handed over the children to our home. They are now kept under our care and help is extended to them.
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NEWS LETTER JANUARY TO MARCH 2011
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Dear Friends,
Warm greetings for the season,
This issue provides an insight to the different developments that have happened through out these 3months.
It was a great moment when our new modern kitchen was opened with the help of Ingrid, the headmaster, teachers and students Tessinskolan Nykoping Sweden. I must thank all the sponsors, well-wishers, active members and volunteers for their support. I thank also all the head masters, teachers and students for their cooperation during the camp 2010-2011 Especially Bo and Inge for their active participation in the various camp activities. We cannot forget to thank Thomas Lilly and Malcha both from New Zealand for paying us a visit, and for their great concern for Share and Care.
I thank all our staffs who are so dedicated and hard working making our projects meaningful.
I hope that you will enjoy reading all our news and please continue sending us your suggestion about our news letter.
Thanking you
STEVEN AROKIASAMY |
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Jan.15.2011: Pongal, one of the most important popular Hindu festivals of the year. It is a harvest festival; a festival of thanks giving to Mother Nature. Thus, the harvest festival of Pongal symbolizes a grateful offering of the first fruit. The crop is harvested only after a certain time of the year, and cutting the crop before that time is strictly prohibited. Even though Pongal was originally a festival for the farming community, today it is celebrated by all. The festival is marked by cooking Pongal with rice, milk, jaggery, ghee, cashew and plums. The children enjoyed the pongal. Our teachers and children gathered together in celebrating the festival. |
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26-01-11 we celebrated the Republic day. On this grand occasion we remembered our elders who fought for the national independence. |
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The elders hoisted the flag, remembered the heroes of the country; their greatness of valor. Sweets were distributed to the elders. |
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On 14th January Tamil Nadu was among those biggest cities in India that celebrated bogy festival. In the last day of the month Margali( 14th January) as part of Tamil customs and tradition people burn old stuffs such as mats, old clothes, other old stuffs and began with new mats and new items. People burnt old tires and plastic items too along with all the old stuff thus polluting air much. The government has also warned people not to burn tires but still people continue this practice. This causes the entire villages covered with heavy smoke. Our people realize that this practice causes environmental problems. The Eco Club of the Christ King High School took a rally to prevent burning trash in all the villages surrounding the school. They carried banners and created an awareness to keep the environment clean. |
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04-02-11: Mobile Science Laboratory was stationed in Katchur Christ King School for two days. Children made best use of the opportunity; this was organized by an NGO, to help the rural children to get an exposure to the latest lab facilities. |
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8-02-11: Seminar was organized in Thiruvallur. The main speaker was NagaSubramani, High court Judge. He focused on the rights and security for the elders it was organized by Social welfare board. Carmel, G. Krishnan, and Lilly attended the Programme. They shared the information with the elders, it was very Informative and useful. |
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15.02.11: The Annual day 20th annual day celebration dawned for the children of Christ King High School.
The children worked very hard preparing for this day, sports activities, yoga, drill and drama were the features of the day. |
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01-03-2011: Eye camp was organized on 01-03-2011: The total numbers of elders screened were 98. Cataract surgery was done for 10; spectacles were given for 10 elders. |
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01—3-11: On Our Honorable Deputy Chief Minister Stalin’s birthday a grand lunch was served, a cake was cut and served to the elders and all the children. Member of the legislative Assembly, past presidents, union head, Panchayat leader were present. |
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Activities of the Eco Club:
The Eco Club was very
happy when they
harvested radish |
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World women’s day celebration was celebrated on 7-3-11 in Manali; the elders enjoyed the games. Prizes were distributed to the winners and every elder got a gift. Sweets, biscuits and tea were given for the elders. |
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26-03-11 We organized a Federation Day; 70 older persons, school children college students from Jaya college of Physiotherapy, staffs of Share and Care attended the function. The important speakers were: Advocate Samy, Balamurughan - the Principle of Jaya College, Arul selvi - Director of Anadha jothi. The Programme was concluded with the physiotherapy camp organized by 2 professors and 6 students. 28 elders benefited. |
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29.3.1125 We render health and nutrition services in Manali for 65 older persons; now 25 elders are added into the project. Altogether 90 elders will be cared for through this project. We thank Help Age for their support. |
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NEWS LETTER OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2010
October 1-10-2010
 | Dear Friends,
Warm Greeting of the Season!
This News Letter gives you detailed news of the elders, children and the Christmas celebration that went on during these 3 months. At this moment, I thank God for His guidance and care in leading us through this year to achieve great success. Also I particularly thank all the staff members for their tireless work and cooperation.
I do feel very much indebted to all the donors: the private agencies, the Government agencies, socially- concerned individuals and all the well-wishes for their support and financial commitment.
Steven
Executive Secretary |
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World Elders’ Day Celebration
October 1-10-2010 |
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World Elders’ day was celebrated in Kulchalambal Kalyana Mandapam. Help age India organized a grand function. All the Chennai partners of Help age attended the function. Our elders had a very nice get together. Our 36 elders from Manali and 2 staff members attended the celebration. Our elders met other elders of different organizations. They had a grand lunch and later also snacks together and enjoyed the whole day of programmes. The elders participated also in different competitions. It was a day of great fun for them. |
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World Elders’ Day Celebration in Thiruvallur |
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| Our 45 elders from Katchur and nearby villages attended the World Elders` day celebration in Thiruvallur. 4 staffs accompanied them. Many elders from other organizations came to participate in the celebration. Social welfare board organized the Programme. 25 elders were honored for their age. Beds were given to the elders.15 Walking sticks were given to the elders. 4 elders received ear phones. The Programme was concluded with lunch. It was a grand Governmental Programme where the Minister himself handed over the gifts to the elders and also very much appreciated our elders for their dance Programme. There were a variety of programmes staged in which our elders took part enthusiastically. |
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| October 27-10-2010 World Elders’ Day Celebration in Katchur |
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| World elders’ day was celebrated in Katchur. 210 elders attended the celebration. A grand lunch was served and each elder received a gift with a cake and a banana. The Elders participated in the different competitions such as Kolam, Fancy dress competition, King and Queen and singing. Ms.K.Joseph Rotarian Managing Director of Maxi Cars was the chief guest. He gave away the prizes. Mr. Jeyaraj from Help Age handed over the prizes to the staff that are working for the Age care and appreciated them for their work.
Then we had 10 High School Students who came from 5 Schools from the surrounding villages. They participated in an interesting debate, representing different sides of the common debate in society with regard to elderly care. This debate went on very well. The students gave well-informed talks about the present social status of the elders. The Judge was a school teacher from Uthukottai. He did well to balance the opposing views of both the groups and asserted in his final verdict that the elders are our precious treasures and they should be cherished till the end of their lives and be treated with great respect and honor. |
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| October 9-10-2010 |
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| During the medical examination , the doctors of Chettinad Hospital Chennai examined the children in Christ King School and followed it up with other services like Heart, Dental, Eye, ENT and Skin Care. |
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| TRAINING, WORKSHOP AND SEMINARS
15.10.2010: Work shop on global sustainability development |
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From 13-10-2010 to 14-10-2010, a training Programme of two days duration was held. 2 teachers, Margaret and Jiggi from Christ King School attended the course on Teen Age problems and How to solve them.
October 4-10-2010: Ms. Lumina attended a one day seminar course on Junior Red Cross that was organized for all the Head Masters in the District. It was conducted in Thiruvallur at a government School.
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Eco Club organized a workshop on Global Sustainability development. 2 teachers Ms. Josephine and Ms. Elizabeth gave talks on this important subject. Mr. Alex, the secretary from Exmore International chaired the Programme.
October 17-10-2010
Green world project was opened by Ms. Josephine and Ms. Elizabeth, both teachers from Norrskoping. All the students and teachers together planted trees.
An exhibition was organized by Christ King School on Global Sustainability Development. |
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October 17-10-2010 Picnic to MGM |
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A picnic was organized for the Home and Katchur village. 100 children and 4 teachers accompanied them to MGM a tourist centre near Mahabalipuram. The children enjoyed themselves. |
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| October 19-10-2010 Eye camp in Manali |
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| Eye camp was conducted in Manali. 70 elders attended the camp. 6 elders were selected for surgery. 6 of our elders regained their full vision after the surgery. We thank the Agarwal foundation for the eye surgery and after -care. |
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| November 5-11-2010 Celebration of Deepavalli |
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| Ms. Lucy, the Director for Fund-raising and Ms. Pushpa, the secretary accompanied the 15 children for celebrating Deepavalli in the home of artist Ms. Pooja. They burned fire-crackers; had a grand lunch with a variety of sweets. The children were very happy as they could not afford to celebrate Deepavalli at their own homes. |
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November 16-11-2010 Children’s Day celebration |
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Children’s Day is a day set aside to remember Pundit Nehru and his great love for children. As a tribute to this great man and his concern for the children, his birthday is celebrated all over India as ‘CHILDREN’S DAY’. Most schools have cultural programmes on this day, with the students themselves managing it all. All over the country, various cultural, social, and even corporate, institutions conduct competitions for children. Children's Day is a day for children to have fun and frolic. Schools celebrate this day by organizing cultural programmes. Teachers of the school perform songs and dances for their students.
The children from Christ King School were given cakes and sweets during the children’s day celebration. Also competitions were conducted in writing, drawing and breaking the pot. Prizes were distributed. The children enjoyed this eventful day. |
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| November 23-11-2010. A Government meeting for all the Home Services |
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| Non -Governmental organizations of the district attended a meeting regarding the Juvenile Act for the Homes. It was held in the District commissioner’s office. The Director of the Social Welfare Board organized the meeting. Ms. Lumina, the Principal of our School and Mr. Gopala Krishna, the Manager for programmes attended the meet. |
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| December 3 -World Disabled Day |
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World Disabled Day is observed every year on 3rd December. Also known as “International Day of Persons with Disabilities”, the day aims to promote an awareness of the physically challenged persons and their Fundamental rights.
26th November: The Anbagam girls joined the competition along with other physically challenged girls and boys in Chennai, organized at KK Nagar government hospital. Our girls participated in different competitions like throw - ball, Rangoli, Kolam and singing and won 4 prizes. The Health minister gave away the prizes. |
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| 25th November Help Age International Director’s Visit |
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| Ms .July, Help Age International Director for Funding, along with Ms. Edwin Babu, the Director –Programmes and Mr. Jeyaraj, the Programme coordinator visited Katchur and met with the elders. Ms. July visited the spokes- person of our elders, Kamala. She visited also Kamalama’s house and spoke to her grand children. She was pleased to meet in person the elders who are being reached out by their organization. |
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| Christmas Programme celebrated in Anbagam Chennai and Arul Anbukkudil Katchur |
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Christmas celebration in Anbagam, our home for the physically challenged, Chennai was held on 21.12.2010. The girls gave several programmes. They sang Christmas songs and Father Abraham from Perambur Parish Church gave a beautiful message on how Jesus accompanies us in our lives. The girls and the staff were given Christmas gifts and all had a grand lunch.
Christmas celebration in Arul Anbukkudil was held on 20.12.2010. Our children had several programmes that day. They sang and danced and also staged a play in order to narrate the Christmas story. The parish priest from Uthukkottai conducted a memorable carol service in our home; they sang many Christmas hymns. The children and staff enjoyed the Christmas dinner and the cakes. The staff and as well as the children were given Christmas gifts. The singers of the carol group were given a nice dinner. |
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| Training Programme Elder’s Self Help Group and Opening of the Physiotherapy Centre |
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This training Programme for the elders was organized on 30.12.2010.
120 Elders attended the Programme. Mr. Jayaraj, Help Age- Programme Coordinator conducted the Programme. 14 Self Help Groups participated in it. |
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New physiotherapy centre was opened on 30.12.2010 by Mr. Anbazhagan, the Director of Help Age for Tamil Nadu;
Mrs. Poongodi, the physiotherapist attended the Programme and gave the first physiotherapy to Mrs. Lakshmi, one of our elders. |
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NEWS LETTER JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2010 |
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PAPER UNIT STAFF MAKING FILES |
Dear Friends
Warm Greeting from Share and Care
I take great pleasures in coming back to you and thank all are sponsors who support our programmes.
We had our hostel day celebration, teachers day and others important events that you could read in this issue.
I hope that you will enjoy reading all our news
Thanking you
STEVEN AROKIASAMY |
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Boomi Serughal 2010 organized a Programme at kilpauk garden Chennai at Bhavanas Vidyasharam High School. Vice Chancellor of Madras University presided over the function. Film Play back singer and actors are participated in the Programme. From 30 Institutions, 900 students and 70 teachers are participated and it was an interesting cultural Programme. Our students from Christ King High school took part and won 3 first prizes and one 3rd prize they won for singing, essay writing and dancing. Children from our school enjoyed the trip 2 teachers Dhas and Vasu accompanied them. The children had a delicious lunch. |
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PICNIC FOR ANBAGAM |
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3 staff and 17 girls from ANBAGAM had a wonderful day on 21.9.2010. Xansa Software Company organized a picnic and also they enjoy a feature film bass alias baskaran. They had a wonderful day and also got grand lunch. |
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EYE CAMP FOR ELDERS |
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Two Eye camps were organized by Share and Care and Agarwal eye hospital. The doctors and technicians arrived at 8am and worked up to 2pm and meet 29 cases. Most of them had cataract 20 elders were willing for surgery they were taken by the vehicle to Chennai and operated 25 elders needed spectacles15 need ed eye drops for infections and other eye problems 20 Elders had the cataract surgery, on the 3rd day the elders were discharged. The share and care staff visited all the elders in their homes. And saw to their needs after the surgery. |
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INDEPENDCE DAY CELEBRATION |
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| We celebrated our 64th Independence Day ON 15th August 2010. Children were reminded of the freedom fighters and builders of modern India our commitment to our country and work for the underprivileged and to be loyal citizens to our country |
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YOUNG STUDENTS MOVEMENT |
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| Young student movement was organized on 15th August 2010. The inauguration as on 24th August 2010 and the students had an interesting seminar for half day. |
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EYE CAMP FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN |
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| An eye camp was conducted on 27.08.2010 in the High School. 20 children were selected with defective sight and they were referred to Thiruvallur Government Hospital for further Treatment. |
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TEACHER'S DAY CELEBRATION |
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Teachers’ day was celebrated on 6th September 2010. The education department commemorate this day to Dr. Radha Krishnan as a model for teaching. The children gave flowers to their teachers wishing them and also a nice Programme was conducted by the children. The teachers cut a big cake and enjoyed the day together .Carmel participated in the function. |
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FEAST DAY CELEBRATION |
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On the day of 8th September, Being a great day the Birthday of our Blessed Virgin Mary and birthday of share & Care also feast day for the Director there was a big celebration. The children’s gave a grand performance each staff was gifted according to their seniority. 28 old students joined the celebration. They were very happy at the improvement of the institution and its growth. Boys who studied in 1991 were also present. A grand dinner was served for every one. The elder’s and children enjoyed the meal |
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C.S.E. Computers have agreed to give training for short time as well as long time soft ware training to our students in Katchur. 10 students can learn at the same time. The centre will start functioning as soon as the school start many students are interested to study. |
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On 29th of July 2010 conducted the Seminar on How to manage a good library at district level. Ms.Elisabeth, one of our teacher was deputed to attend the seminar in Thiruvallur |
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High School Girls won the Kho Kho games in competition with other Schools in Poondi Taluk on 23rd of August 2010. |
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The Government of Tamil Nadu inaugurated a beautiful Library on 15.09.2010 with 9floors one of the biggest in Asia well designed by our chief minister it was very much appreciated by all. The invitees were ambassadors from other countries. Education minister and staff from the Department of education all Head mistress of all schools and Lumina represented as a Headmistress from Katchur High School. There will be thousands of children to benefit from it. |
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ELDERS SELF HELP GROUP TRAINING PROGRAMME |
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A training Programme was organized by Share and care and Help age on 15th September 2010. 70 Elders including high caste and schedule caste were present. Training was imparted to them on micro finance and saving system. Different ways of earning to make small business and cultivating the system of saving. |
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