BHARATHAMATHA FAMILY WELFARE FOUNDATION
18-B, South Rama Mada Street, Post Box No. 19, THIRUTHURAIPUNDI-614 713.
Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu, S.India lit 04369-223084,295185.
e-mail: ourbharathamatha@yahoo.co.in website: www.ourbharathamatha.org .
ANNUAL REPORT 2008 — 2009
INTRODUCTION
Bharathamatha Family Welfare Foundation being a registered voluntary
organization of secular and non- political, nature, registered under Tamil Nadu Societies
Registration Act 27 of 1975, with registration number 41 / 92 on 10.04.1992 is doing
services to the poor and down trodden people of Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Thanjore
District. Our NGO is Exempted under 12 (A) of Income Tax Act and also under 80 G of
income Tax Act. Our organization has been registered under Foreign Registration Act
Ministry of Home affairs Govt. of India (Registration No: 07607003, Dated: 14.03.2002)
More over as we have been registered in NATIONAL Trust, Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment , Govt. of India, we are doing our services to the person with disability
especially including the person with mental retardation. Let us discuss the activities carried
out by our organization during this year 2008 —2009 one by one.
OUR MAIN AIM
Our main aim of Bharathamatha Family Welfare Foundation is to make the people
to aware the right to education and education for all.
Also to liberate the suppressed and oppressed poor women communities and we
are doing our activities for empowering the disabled deserted downtrodden
destitute neglected and abandoned women and other persons roots.
SPECIAL HOME FOR THE CHILDREN WITH MR, CP, AUTISM AND MULTIPLE
DISABILITIES
We are conducting a home —special home for children with Mental Retardation,
Cerebral Palsy, Autism and Multiple Disabilities at Thiruthuraipundi. We are providing
special care- special education. Nutritious meals, safe residence happy play and recreation
Services for the Welfare of Children with mental retardation we have rendered home
based therapeutic mobility, rehabilitation services. The services will be physical therapy,
-2occupational therapy, Speech therapy, Special Education and Daily living skills training. 25
Children with Mental Retardation are benefited by these special home services during this
year with the financial support and recognition of the State Commissioner for the Disabled,
Government of Tamil Nadu.
EARLY INTERVENTION CENTRE FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION
We have established Early Intervention Centre for Mentally Retarded with the
financial support and recognition of the State Commissioner for the Disabled Government
of Tamil Nadu. We are providing Early Intervention service like Physiotherapy, Speech
Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Music Therapy and Play Therapy.
HOME FOR THE AGED
We are continuing our services for old age people at our old age home at
Thirukuvalai. We are rendering safe and re-creative peaceful and homely atmosphere
shelter. Good nice and nutritious and suitable food provision and needy medical care are
also provided in our Old Age Home visitors, District officials and VIPs have visited our old
age home and appreciate our services 25 older people have been benefited this year by
our old age home under Aegis of Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. Of
India.
SWADHAR SHELTER HOME
We are Conducting Swadhar Shelter Home for this year continuously this year with
the financial assistance of Ministry of women and child development, Government of India
50 Women in the category of widows, destitute, orphaned, HIV +V are benefiting we are
providing them and rendering vocational training.
WORKING WOMEN HOSTEL
We established and we are conducting a Working Women Hostel with support of
Central Social Welfare Board, Govt. Of India at Thiruvarur, Pallivasal Street. We are
rendering safe and security and hygenic Residence with full water supply and latrine and
bath room facilities. We also make all arrangements to have good hygienic and nutritious
food for the inmates of the working women Hostel on a low cost especially on cost to cost
effect. We ensured Emergency medical care tie up with Govt. H.Q Hospital and private
-3TMC Hospital for 24 hours service. in case of any emergency occurrence for the inmates.
So in this year nearly 25 women are by average had utilized per day our working Women
Hostel.
MAHALIR THITTAM (WOMEN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME)
As recognized by Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development Women Limited,
Chennai, Govt. Of Tamil Nadu, for Women Self Help Group formation under Women
Development Project we have organized 600 Women Self-Help Group in Thiruthuraipundi
and 1100 SHGs Muthupet Blocks of Thiruvarur District. Totally 1700 WSHGs with 34,000
members. We have guided the women SHG members for doing savings, we have achieved
total savings of Rs.74817800 up to 31.03.09 and we have mobilized loan for SHG. Totally
for Rs.8,57,95,300 on Credit Linkage Loan we have obtained Revolving Fund from DRDA
Rs.3,18,35,000. to WSHGs. We have obtained Economical Activities from DRDA
Rs.19,65,000 Thus entrepreneurship trade establishment such as Coir making, STD Xerox
Shop, Malikai Shop and Agriculture cultivation land purchase as guided by our organization
totally benefited 10,000 families. Their income generated and their living condition
improved the empowerment for Women have been established in their families.
We also conducted Key Activities and Training on Record maintenance and loan
remittance in time. We have conducted periodical Co-ordination meeting in which the
Awareness messages on small savings Entrepreneurship establishment general issues
Women's problem AIDS Control Rain Water harvesting safe motherhood and child survival
and environmental protection.
We have conducted Entrepreneurship Training for women for SHG women we have
arranged and guided for 7 SHGs in doing marketing under DRDA for Tiruvarur to have
separate shops for doing marketing their products in the DRDA marketing their products in
the DRDA marketing complex at Tiruturaipundi. They are doing the marketing
satisfactorily and they have improved their income and their standard of Living also
improved as along with their empowerment.
-4IGNOU—RCI AWARENESS CUM TRAINING PACKAGES IN DISABILITY
We have rendered Awareness Cum Packages in Disability Training Programmes for
parents of all children with Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy, Vision Impairment and
Multiple Disability we have conducted Training sessions by RCI (Rehabilitation Council of
India) as sponsored by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) we have covered
20 parents in this programme.
NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAMME
With the co-operation of Health Department at District level and the PH Centre
Medical Officers and trained teachers and VHNs and our special staffs as a team are
conducting new born screening of children born in Govt and private medical / Hospitals /
Maternity homes. We have identified early disabilities in the neonatal period the
neurological deficit and also we have reduced the high risk babies by early screening. This
year by average 10 — 15 children in Tiruvarur District we have identified children with
disabilities out of 22000 births at average. We render special services of early intervention
programme as a pilot and model service in our area.
SPECIAL SELF HELP FOR DISABLED PERSONS
During this year also we are continuing our efforts for the welfare of the poor
people with disability in our area in helping them and mobilizing the Govt. benefit bus pass
relief measures and Tricycle, Wheel Chair. First up all we are guiding them to get identify
cards and certificates for their respective disability we have formed SHG of person with
disabilities and making all efforts to get loan for trade establishment by them and to have
income generation through the co operation of DDRO of concerned district we have
distributed Tricycle to 40 person during this year through SSA — IED SCHEME.
FAMILY COUNSELLING CENTRE
We had established family counseling centre at Thiruhturaipundi. We have rendered
Counselling to 437 couples in this year and solved various social, ethical, ego-based
misunderstanding, based on Sexual problem, financial problem by our special Ami cable
solution by our trained counseller. In certain unsolved difficult problem we have helped
the poor women on dowry harasser and right of wealth etc, by getting legal aids for them
-5through our organization. We also rendered help line services to the affected women with
the coordination of women police station at Thiruthuraipundi.
HELP LINE FOR OLDER PERSON
In this year we had implemented Help line project for olden persons at
Thiruthuraipundi. We had provided tariff free telephone for any help needed call for the
immediate service fro old age persons depressed and abandoned by the relatives. We had
rendered prelim Mary counseling and referral services to them based on their need and
ensured folloW up. During this year we had served 500 old age persons in this Help Line
programme.
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
We had implemented the Disaster Risk management programme in this year 200809 and covered the area of two block Kottur and Muthupettai of Thiruvarur District with
the co operation of District administration and local panchayat president. As the above
programme is sponsored by UNDP Govt. of India Govt. of TamilNadu and Sanctioned by
the District collector of our Thiruvarur District. We had success fully carry out the following
activities.
We had conducted village level survey hamlet survey and formed panchayat level
separate committees NGO Separate team as noted below to render disaster risk
management with multi sector co ordination and immediate response for early action.
Early warning team.
Search and rescue team.
Shelter management team.
Water and sanitation team.
First AID and medical services team
Relief and Rehabilitation team.
Coordination team for rescue and disposal operation.
Trauma care counseling team.
9. Damage assessment team
-6We also constituted a Block level Disaster Risk Management Committee for the two
blocks with 20 important members in duding Medical Police Revenue. CBOs Agriculture,
youth Development, Department, Special Training on Disaster risk management first Aid,
minor ailment treatment rescue operation in fire accident and other natural calamity. We
had also rendered Mock drill sensitization PRI members training and covered 78
Panchayats in 2 blocks including 161 hamlets. The People response in these training is
more appreciate.
AIDS AWARENESS SEMINAR
On 01.12.2008 we have observed world AIDS Day at Thiruthuraipundi as AIDS
Awareness seminar for women SHG representatives. Our secretary had presided over the
seminar and inaugurated the function.
Dr.P.S.Mani,M.B.B.S., Dr.T.Raja. M.B.B.S., DCH., M.Antonyraj, U.Anbarasan and
Dharshni had participated and explained the ways of prevention of STD / HIV / AIDS and
TB. The messages on the evil effects of STD Syndronic detection of STD spouse
concurrent treatment. ART Treatment availability for HIV Positive AIDS effected persons
all such messages were discussed in the meeting. Totally 75 women had attended the
meeting Selvi.Kavitha delivered the vote of Thanks to all participants hand bills on STD /
HIV prevention and control were distributed.
DE-ADDICTION SERVICES
We had established a 15 Bedded hospital for Alcoholic and Drug depended person
at Thiruthuraipundi. We had rendered counseling services. Medical treatment, relief
measures family meet and counseling rehabilitation services for the addicts of our area
with our special staff. During this year had given counseling for de-addiction to 105
persons. We had admitted 32 persons treated all and recovered for 27 persons.
DAY CARE CENTRE FOR OLD AGED PERSONS
We are rendering special service for old aged persons in our day care centre for old
aged persons established at Thiruthuraipundi. We have provided food medical checkup
and treatment with supportive counseling in this centre during this year Total 52 persons
are benefited.
-7ECG / EEG - YOUTH SKILL TRAINING PROGRAMME
This year we had conducted skill development training for women under the
sanction support and guidance of the District Collector Thiruvarur and the project officer
women development Thiruvarur for a special training on ECG / EEG for 6 month period.
Stipends for the trainees are provided for the women trainees at Rs.500/- per
month totally 15 women are trained in this year. We are doing follow up activities for
seeking employment for the trainers.
DISTRICT LEAD PARTNER NGO (DLP-NGO) - SETHU SAMUDHIRAM SHIP
CHANNEL PROJECT - COASTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
(SSCP-CCDP)
We are District Lead Partner NGO (DLP-NGO) for Sethu Samudhriam Ship Channel ProjectCoastal Community Development Programme (SSCP-CCDP), Govt. India. In this project we
facilitate and co-ordinate the all Training Institution of Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam
Districts under this Programme.
NURSING AND LAB -TECHNICIAN COURSES (SSCP -CCDP)
We are conducting Nursing Assistance and Lab-Technician Training Courses under SSCPCCDP project to Coastal area youth people of Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam Districts.
MOBILE MEDICAL CENTRE
We are doing special services of mobile medical services from our mobile medical
centre established at Thiruthuraipundi. We used to unit a village once in 15 days with a
medical team with special Doctor, Nurse, Nursing Assistant, Lab Assistant and pharmacists
with necessary medical equipment.
We had rendered medical check up, blood exam and treatment is the old age
persons distributed medicine and also rendered needy referral to higher medical
institution. We are doing this service with our own fund with mobile van on rental basis we
had served 750 persons in this year in Thiruthuraipundi Block.
FARMERS CLUB UNDER NABARD SCHEMES
Under NABARD scheme we had established 2 farmers club in Thiruthurapoondi
Talnk of Thiruvarur District one at Thondiakkadu and an Other at Thillaivilagam with the
guidance of the District Development manager NABARD Thiruvarur. We had conducted
Awareness meeting of the farmers club monthly. We had arranged the participation of
special experts of agriculture Horticulture / Health and Bank official co-operative primary.
Agriculture Bank secretaries and discussed the important messages and Techniques of
paddy special cultivation, Organic cultivation, cotton cultivation, etc for the benefits of our
area farmers.
STATE BANK OF INDIA - BUSINESS FACILITATOR
This year we had been appointed by the State Bank of India Authorities as business
facilitation for the SBI of (1) Thiruthuraipundi and 2) Muthupettai. Our Secretary
Mr.Edaiyoor R.V.Manimarn with the women SHG members and the local 'panchayat
representations and Banking authorial is doing the non Banking services in the area.
Mobilization and opening of Bank account and facilitating needy loans to eligible persons
under the cooperation of the Bank authorities such as housing loan, car loan, individual
personal loan and also fixed deposit collection etc. By our services both the rural people
customer's women and youth and the Bank authorities all are mutual benefited.
CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE
We had established a child welfare committee under the chairman ship of women
and with 4 members induding co operation Doctors, CBOs, Education Department, Social
Welfare Department, Medical and labour welfare department and local panchayat leader.
We are conducting the committee meeting twice in a week at our organization premises.
The committee will discuss about the child related issues, Child Rights, Child Care
Immunization camps, Child labour Eradication, Child misuse and vulnerability of trafficking
etc and suggest remedial measures.
-9EYE CAMP
In order to ensure eye care services for the poor people of our area. We had
organized 2 Eye camp 1) at Thiruthuraipundi 2) at Muthupettai with the participation and
services rendered by Sankara Eye Hospital, Rotary Clubs Tiruthuraipundi and our Nursing
Students we had organized the Eye Camp, conducted the Pre camp publicity and mobilized
people for the eye camp and all passable help and support for the camp. Total 276
persons are benefited by the camps during this year.
ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMME
In order to strengthen the youth and vehicle users we have conducted three
seminar at Thiruthuraipundi , Muthupet and Edubavanam on Road Safety Awareness. In
each seminar drivers of various vehicles, owners of vehicles and youth club members have
attended our lawer resource person Kalidasan B.A.B.L. our special press reporter
Kannadasan our Doctor Govindrajan had attended the seminar and explained the road
rules, how to avoid accident how to save life in case of accident what are the main aspects
including blood donation, scan arrangement emergency transportation all have been
explained in detail.
Nearly 400 persons are benefited by our programme. Education materials hand bills
are distributed to the participants on Road Safety Programme.We have mobilized students
with St.John Ambulance Association Branch members of Thiruthuraipundi and Lorry
owners association members all have participated in the special campaign for a fixing
block stickers on the head lights of all vehicles at Thiruthuraipundi.
BIO — SAFETY AWARENESS PROGRAMME
We have observed NEAC at Muthupettai during this year 2008 -2009 in Muthupet
town Panchayat coastal the Alaiyathi forests are importance of Bio-Friendly. We have
educated the seashore area people about Bio Safety of Special type forest in the sea -sore
area — we have stressed the people that the bio-forest should not be destroyed and it
should be safe guarded.
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NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES (NPRPD)
We are conducting National Programme for Rehabilitation of Person with Disabilities
in Thiruvarur District covering 3
Blocks (i).Kottur,
(ii).Muthupettai, and
(iii).Thiruthuraipundi. We are Conducting Community Based Rehabilitation services with
block level MRW coordinators
SUPPLEMENTARY STUDY CENTRE
As our Organization is experienced in conducting training and educational services
we have applied for establishing study centre with all the following universities;
PERIYAR UNIVERSITY — SALEM.
MANOMANIUM SUNDARANAR — TIRUNELVELI.
3. INDIRA GANDHI OPEN UNIVERSITY.(IGNOU)
For Diploma, Degree and PG and Certificate courses in all leading subjects. By this
study centers we have guided 250 students to have these courses as selected by them.
After the enrolment the students are guided for better education, with seminar and good
coaching & frequent revision test and counselling on the test answer paper individually.
ENTERPRENUER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME
We have given training of establishment of the following trades.
Cosmetics preparation
Sanitary Wards Production
Wax Candle making
Soft Toys making
Penoil and Agar Pathi Making
This year we have provided the above training for 65 SHG women to Tailoring
Training. We are facilitating tailoring training to SHG members especially schedule
caste women and widows and guided them to get social welfare sewing machine for
their income generation total 50 women were benefited by this training. -
ACTIVITIES
S.
No
National Day/
Importance Day
Date
Theme
Place
Day
1
20.02.08
Anti Mosquito Day
Health Awareness Meeting
Tiruturaipundi
2
07.04.08
World Health Day
Tiruturaipundi
3
30.04.08
4
11.05.08
ANT Child Labour
Day
Nurses Day
SHG Meeting & Health
Education
Child Right Awareness meeting
Muthupet
5
31.05.08
6
05.06.08
Health Camp by Paramedical
trainees
Cancer prevention awareness
camp
Environment awareness camp
7
26.06.08
8
27.06.08
9
11.07.08
10
01.08.08
11
15.08.08
Independence Day
12
Nutrition Week
13
01.09.08
07.09.08
08.09.08
14
01.10.08
15
01.10.08
16
07.11.08
17
17.11.08
World no smoking
day
National
Environmental Day
Anti Drug abuse Day
Awareness meeting for Drugs
addicts rehabilitation
Anti Dialetic Day
Diabetic screening testing camp
and awareness camp
World Population Day Seminar for Paramedical
trainees
Mothers Milk
Seminar for Awareness for SHG
Promotion Day
Women on Breast Feeding.
International Literacy
Day
Voluntary Blood
Donation Day
World Elders Day
National Cancer
Prevention
Awareness meeting
National Day for
Deafness
Celebration of Independence
day
SHG Meeting and Nutrition
Education
Literacy awareness and school
admission promotion camp
Youth awareness camp
Tiruturaipundi
Muthupet
Muthupet
Tiruturaipundi
Tiruturaipundi
Tiruturaipundi
Tiruturaipundi
Tiruturaipundi
Tiruturaipundi
Muthupet
Tiruturaipundi
Old Aged persons counselling
meeting.
SHG meeting and health
education
Thirukuvalai
Awareness camp for SHG
Muthupet
Tiruturaipundi
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02.12.08
19
03.12.08
National pollution
control day
National disables day
20
08.12.08
Mental Health Day
21
12.01.09
22
26.01.09
Vivekawanthah Birth
Day
Youth Welfare Day
Republic Day
23
31.01.09
Anti leprosy Day
24
11.02.09
World Day for Sick
25
08.03.09
World Women's Day
26
15.03.09
World Consumer
Rights Day
Awareness camp for youth
Tiruturaipundi
Awareness camp for SHG for
prevention of disability &
Rehabilitation
Awareness camp for SHG for
prevention of disability &
Rehabilitation
Youth club meeting & pledge
taking for national integration
efforts
Celebration of Republic Day
Tiruturaipundi
Women's meet and health
education
Awareness cum sensitizing
seminar for nursing trainees
SHG Rally & meeting on
women's welfare and
empowerment
Seminar on consumer
awareness for youths
Tiruturaipundi
Muthupet
Tiruturaipundi
Tiruturaipundi
Tiruturaipundi
Tiruturaipundi
Muthupet
OUR FUTURE PLAN
We had continued our services of rendering training camp arrangement relief and
rehabilitation services. We had planned to do the following services and programme for
next year.
Women self help groups micro finance and economical up liftmen guidance
Home for disabled children.
AIDS awareness and intervention programmes
0 Special programmes for farmers under NABARD scheme
2 Village development schemes with the financial asst from CAPART
El Vocational training for youth and women.
Higher educational guidance.
El Restoration of livelihood training
El Relief and Rehabilitation services for person with disabilities
Orphanage
Old age persons integrated services
Help line for Juvenile children.
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THANKS
We thank all Officials and Leaders and District Collectors Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam
and Tanjore District PO — DRDA, PO- Mahalir Thittam, DDRO, Spastic Society—Chennai,
National Trust—New Delhi, Rehabilitation Council of India, BDOs and Panchayat
Representatives, Health Department Officials, Our Staff and one and all who have guided
helped and co-operated us in all our programmes during this year.
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