"Vaanga Padikkalaam"
How It All Started
I have always been a privileged person. I have everything I need, want, and more. For my entire life, I’ve lived in a shell, leaving me oblivious to witness every person in the world that is struggling to merely survive. Never did I know the real meaning of the words hunger, thirst, or poverty. It was not just me who didn’t know, it was and is the majority of a generation. A good portion of them had been brought up in an ecosystem where wants are necessities. Where dreams and success aren’t valued. However, in the same generation, the smaller percentage values everything beyond anything you could imagine. It bewilders me when I say that those people are the ones that struggle to survive.
When our power of choice is untrammelled when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed every pain get avoided. But in certain circumstances owing.
Righteous indignation & dislike men who are so beguiled demoralized by the charms pleasure the moment so blinded by desires that they cannot foresee to bound.
- Architha Srinivasan
"Residents Showed Commitment & Courage In this Crucial Situation."
"VAANGA PADKIKALAAM"
Transforming education to empower tribal children an initiative of Nizharkudai foundation
Nizharkudai Foundation is a not-for-profit development organization striving for bringing sustainable development in the lives of marginalized communities. It works with Adivasi, Dalit and marginal farming communities in Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India. Nizharkudai, in partnership with ARUDECS, is working to ensure that all citizens can access rights, justice, knowledge and resources. It supports disadvantaged and marginalized communities to build their capacities, access benefits from mainstream institutions and promote sustainable development. In May 2022, Nizharkudai launched “Vaanga Padikalaam” – a tribal education project with an objective to ensure 100 percent enrollment and quality of education for the tribal children.
"VAANGA PADKIKALAAM"
It is extremely important that promoting child rights is the major objective of our organization in which children can freely develop their capabilities to the fullest extent possible and imbibe sound values and respect. So, it is essential that all children must be assured of their rights to survival, protection, development and participation in all the events both in the families and in society. Considering all these facts, we concluded that all children must get the best possible start in life and have access to quality education and all children must have ample opportunity to develop their individual capabilities in a safe and supportive environment.
So, we aim at the following:
- Put children first
- Leave no children behind
- Care for every child
- Educate every child
- Protect children from harm and exploitation
- Listen to children and ensure their participation in all the events
Based on the above-mentioned principles, we have been working for the enablement of the tribal children to get all their fundamental rights and to have their education in a comprehensive way without any hindrance.
Foundation Objective
“Vaanga Padikkalaam” project, equip children with skills and knowledge to participate and succeed in mainstream society whilst making them aware and proud of their cultural heritage and identity.
The objective of this project is to increase school enrolment, increase girl education, reduce school dropout and improve the quality of primary education through remedial centers. This project has created an environment of joyful learning for the tribal children. In 2022, this project was implemented in 8 tribal villages in Bodinayakanur and Periyakulam Taluks of Theni District. Totally 149 tribal children are benefitting under this project. Nizharkudai adopted an integrated development approach to ensure safe and secure life through education to tribal children.
"VAANGA PADKIKALAAM"
The components covered under the project are:
Tribal Village Learning Centers
Promotion of Tribal Village Learning Centers (TVLCs) in 5 tribal villages
Organizing Children’s Learning Forums
Organizing Children’s Learning Forums
Organizing Children’s Learning Forums (Childrens Club) in 5 tribal villages
Distributing Educational Aids & School Uniform
Distributing Educational Aids & School Uniform
Distributing Educational Aids & School Uniform to 149 school going children
Organizing Transport Facility
Organizing Transport Facility
Organizing Transport Facility for Tribal Children at 2 tribal villages
Organizing Summer Camps to Villages
Village Development Committee
Village Development Committee
Village Development Committee (VDC) at 8 tribal villages and benefited 474 tribals.
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This project has successfully reduced the dropout rate to less than 10% (from 45% in the past) and improve the quality of education by distributing education aids, school uniform, evening learning centers at 5 tribal villages, transportation facility to 2 villages, helped in securing accommodation for children from remote villages in government schools & hostels, fulfilled community and children’s need with the support of village development committees and village volunteers.
Nizharkudai continuously engaged with the tribal villagers to discuss child education, project activities, importance of education, employability opportunity, support provided to them. The project helped to reduce school dropout by fulfilling basic needs of children, transportation facility to go to school, good exposure to children and parents thereby motivating parents to send their children to school. One of the highlights was one of the dropout children from the past was re-enrolled in school, underwent extra coaching in our “Illam Thedi Kalvi” center and completed her 10th state board examination successfully.
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