March
Rs.45,000 received
(USD500/Rs.22,500 from Freeman and USD500/Rs.22,500 from HHI)
Particulars
Salary to Vanaraj 3 x Rs.1200 (January to March) - Rs.3600
Purchase of Education aids - Rs.1925
Salary to the Health Worker for the month of March - Rs.3000
TOTAL - Rs.8525
BALANCE - Rs.36,475
April
Starting balance - Rs.36,475
Particulars
Salary to Vanaraj - Rs.1200
Purchase of Medical aids - Rs.2800
Salary to the Health Worker for the month of April - 3000
Training Expenses - Rs.1000
TOTAL - Rs.8000
BALANCE - Rs. 28,475
Monday 21 May 2007
April - Non formal education
During the month of April classes were held on 21 days.
For 3 days classes were not held owing to non available of electricity.
No. of students attended: 15 students
Reasons for absentee: Seasonal work
Students were introduce to simple doing words.
1. I am walking
2. I am eating
3. I am reading
4. She is sleeping
Students could follow the instructions and were able to repeat them with out mistake.
Students were also taught how to frame questions. e.g.
1. What are you doing?
2. What is your name?
3. Where is your bag?
4. How is your father?
As per the course syllabus the instructor gave exercises on a words belonging to a particular group.
e.g. Brought, Branch, Bright, Bridge, Birth
Teacher Comment:
1. Ten students are performing well
2. Pictorial charts more useful for furthering.
3. Alternate power system.
For 3 days classes were not held owing to non available of electricity.
No. of students attended: 15 students
Reasons for absentee: Seasonal work
Students were introduce to simple doing words.
1. I am walking
2. I am eating
3. I am reading
4. She is sleeping
Students could follow the instructions and were able to repeat them with out mistake.
Students were also taught how to frame questions. e.g.
1. What are you doing?
2. What is your name?
3. Where is your bag?
4. How is your father?
As per the course syllabus the instructor gave exercises on a words belonging to a particular group.
e.g. Brought, Branch, Bright, Bridge, Birth
Teacher Comment:
1. Ten students are performing well
2. Pictorial charts more useful for furthering.
3. Alternate power system.
ACTION PLAN - HEALTH PROGRAMME
Objectives:-
1. Making home visit to provide treatment for minor elements and make referrals.
2. To organize informal health awareness training every month.
3. To form village Health committees each hamlets.
Name of the villages
1. Moolaiyaru 70 families
2. Vadakaraparai 69 families
3. Valaigiri 18 families
4. Keelkumberaiyur 30 families
5. Kaduguthadi 51 families
6. Thamaraikulam 37 families
Activities:
- Health worker will visit Moolaiyaru and Vadakaraparai on first two days of week.
- On Wednesday health worker will make visit to Valaigiri and Keelkumberaiyur.
- Thursday health worker will visit to village Kaduguthadi.
- Friday she will visit village Thamaraikulam.
- Saturday will be a review-meeting day.
- The health worker will prepare health education material to conduct health awareness training. For this purpose health worker will divide the villages according to proximity.
Schedule for Health Training
1st week Moolaiyaru and Vadakaraparai
2nd week Valaigiri and Keelkumberaiyur
3rd week Kaduguthadi
4th week Thamaraikulam
Topics for training have been chosen keeping in mind the local reality. The selected topics are given in the following table. Every month one topic will be discussed in detail to make the audience, fully aware of the situation and adopt appropriate life style modification.
Topics
1. Family planning & Contraceptives
2. Water and sanitation
3. Reproductive health
4. Nutrition
5. T.B.
6. HIV/AIDS
7. Nutritional Anemia
8. Diarrhea
9. Child health and immunization
10. Safe waste disposal
1. Making home visit to provide treatment for minor elements and make referrals.
2. To organize informal health awareness training every month.
3. To form village Health committees each hamlets.
Name of the villages
1. Moolaiyaru 70 families
2. Vadakaraparai 69 families
3. Valaigiri 18 families
4. Keelkumberaiyur 30 families
5. Kaduguthadi 51 families
6. Thamaraikulam 37 families
Activities:
- Health worker will visit Moolaiyaru and Vadakaraparai on first two days of week.
- On Wednesday health worker will make visit to Valaigiri and Keelkumberaiyur.
- Thursday health worker will visit to village Kaduguthadi.
- Friday she will visit village Thamaraikulam.
- Saturday will be a review-meeting day.
- The health worker will prepare health education material to conduct health awareness training. For this purpose health worker will divide the villages according to proximity.
Schedule for Health Training
1st week Moolaiyaru and Vadakaraparai
2nd week Valaigiri and Keelkumberaiyur
3rd week Kaduguthadi
4th week Thamaraikulam
Topics for training have been chosen keeping in mind the local reality. The selected topics are given in the following table. Every month one topic will be discussed in detail to make the audience, fully aware of the situation and adopt appropriate life style modification.
Topics
1. Family planning & Contraceptives
2. Water and sanitation
3. Reproductive health
4. Nutrition
5. T.B.
6. HIV/AIDS
7. Nutritional Anemia
8. Diarrhea
9. Child health and immunization
10. Safe waste disposal
April: - Health Programme
Topic for the Month: Water and sanitation
04.04.2007 Moolaiyaru 18 participants Guest: Mr.Vellaisami (CHERU)Dindigul District
05.04.2007 Vadagaraiparai 32 participants
12.04.2007 Valaigiri 11 participants
13.04.2007 Keelkumparai 08 participants
20.04.2007 Kaduguthadi 24 participants
24.04.2007 Thamaraikulam 22 participants
04.04.2007 Moolaiyaru 18 participants Guest: Mr.Vellaisami (CHERU)Dindigul District
05.04.2007 Vadagaraiparai 32 participants
12.04.2007 Valaigiri 11 participants
13.04.2007 Keelkumparai 08 participants
20.04.2007 Kaduguthadi 24 participants
24.04.2007 Thamaraikulam 22 participants
March: - Health programme
The Health Worker has earnestly adhered to the yearly action plan. She has visited all the villages on the fixed day.
Two referrals (Thandikudi-Kaduguthadi –1, Moolaiyaru – 1) were made to Pannaikadu Government Hospital to rule out T.B.
Health Training
Education materials - charts and poster where procured from district authorities. The Health Worker also prepared charts.
Topic for the Month: Family planning & Contraceptives
06.03.2007 Moolaiyaru 23 participants
09.03.2007 Vadagaraparai 36 participants
15.03.2007 Valaigiri 14 participants
16.03.2007 Keelkumparai 12 participants
21.03.2007 Kaduguthadi 32 participants
29.03.2007 Thamaraikulam 30 participants
Two referrals (Thandikudi-Kaduguthadi –1, Moolaiyaru – 1) were made to Pannaikadu Government Hospital to rule out T.B.
Health Training
Education materials - charts and poster where procured from district authorities. The Health Worker also prepared charts.
Topic for the Month: Family planning & Contraceptives
06.03.2007 Moolaiyaru 23 participants
09.03.2007 Vadagaraparai 36 participants
15.03.2007 Valaigiri 14 participants
16.03.2007 Keelkumparai 12 participants
21.03.2007 Kaduguthadi 32 participants
29.03.2007 Thamaraikulam 30 participants
A Brief Report on the Non-Formal Adult Literacy Centre
Moolaiaru is a small remote tribal hamlet in the lower Palani hills of Western Ghats in Tamilnadu, India. About twenty year ago, people who lived in the forests and plantations gathered and settled down here. Right now there are seventy families living in the small hamlet. Act India Foundation has initiated its services in the areas of health and income generation during the last few years. During the year 2003, Act India Foundation selected a few youth in the hamlet and organized an income generation self-employment training program. At the end of training program instruction for starting income generating micro enterprises was also given.
In order to initiate income generating micro enterprises it is important to posses certain basic educational skills. In this hamlet a large number of youths have studied only up to third and fourth classes in the local school. Very few individuals have studied up to eighth and ninth standards. Act India Foundation discussed these issues with the members of the youth club in the hamlet and decided to provide special class to enable them to attain the minimum required educational skills. The special class will in addition to providing them with training in acquiring basic skills in the three R’s of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic will also give them basic training in the usage and understanding of English as a language. This will, in the course of time, enable them to use it in learning basic computer skills and enhance their potential to use English for their better welfare in using the web through the Internet.
In the modern days usage of English is quite wide and required extensively. Therefore in order to provide English speaking and reading skills, Act India Foundation has appointed an English teacher. From January 2007 regular classes are conducted at the Moolaiaru hamlet. There are twenty-two “out of school youths“ attending these classes. Classes are held in the evenings from 7pm to 9pm. Simultaneously classes are arranged for fifteen children from 6pm to 7 pm.
We aim that the trainees will be equipped with skills to write and read small words. This learning with further functional and appropriate inputs, we hope, will give them the opportunity to expose them to the usage of computer. Further we expect these exposures will in course of time bring them nearer to interact with computers, particularly in the area of online search to access relevant information and disseminate them to others. Every effort is taken to bring out this ultimate purpose as the desired outcome of the project. In addition these exercises would also give them an opportunity for the trainees to sit for the 8th and 10th standard examinations. These regular certificates will definitely enhance their potential to set up sustainable income generation programmes in the long run.
In order to initiate income generating micro enterprises it is important to posses certain basic educational skills. In this hamlet a large number of youths have studied only up to third and fourth classes in the local school. Very few individuals have studied up to eighth and ninth standards. Act India Foundation discussed these issues with the members of the youth club in the hamlet and decided to provide special class to enable them to attain the minimum required educational skills. The special class will in addition to providing them with training in acquiring basic skills in the three R’s of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic will also give them basic training in the usage and understanding of English as a language. This will, in the course of time, enable them to use it in learning basic computer skills and enhance their potential to use English for their better welfare in using the web through the Internet.
In the modern days usage of English is quite wide and required extensively. Therefore in order to provide English speaking and reading skills, Act India Foundation has appointed an English teacher. From January 2007 regular classes are conducted at the Moolaiaru hamlet. There are twenty-two “out of school youths“ attending these classes. Classes are held in the evenings from 7pm to 9pm. Simultaneously classes are arranged for fifteen children from 6pm to 7 pm.
We aim that the trainees will be equipped with skills to write and read small words. This learning with further functional and appropriate inputs, we hope, will give them the opportunity to expose them to the usage of computer. Further we expect these exposures will in course of time bring them nearer to interact with computers, particularly in the area of online search to access relevant information and disseminate them to others. Every effort is taken to bring out this ultimate purpose as the desired outcome of the project. In addition these exercises would also give them an opportunity for the trainees to sit for the 8th and 10th standard examinations. These regular certificates will definitely enhance their potential to set up sustainable income generation programmes in the long run.
March: - Non-formal education
No. of day’s classes held: 22
No. attended: 17
Reasons for absentee if any: 5 did dot attend due to contractual work
Words taught: Cat, Rat, Mat, Cot, Coat
Rearranging jumbled words: Mgnaco(Mango), Alppe(Apple), Cyti(City)
Story with pictures: Vanaraj taught an Ant and Dove story. Different pictures were described with small sentences.
Teacher's comments:
1)Fifteen students are performing well. Three find it difficult to follow. I have spent extra time with them.
2)I used placard for instructions
3)I employed games to make the participants to improve vocabulary
No. attended: 17
Reasons for absentee if any: 5 did dot attend due to contractual work
Words taught: Cat, Rat, Mat, Cot, Coat
Rearranging jumbled words: Mgnaco(Mango), Alppe(Apple), Cyti(City)
Story with pictures: Vanaraj taught an Ant and Dove story. Different pictures were described with small sentences.
Teacher's comments:
1)Fifteen students are performing well. Three find it difficult to follow. I have spent extra time with them.
2)I used placard for instructions
3)I employed games to make the participants to improve vocabulary
2007 Education syllabus
January
Alphabets
Matching the picture to the word
Joining the dots to get a shape
Filling in the missing letter
Learning objectives
To get exposed to alphabet
February
Simple action words
Ordinal numbers
Rhyming words
Words belonging to a particular group
Learning objectives
To learn new words
March
Vowel sounds
Narrating story with pictures
Rearranging jumbled sentences
Words belonging to a particular group
Asking questions who/what/where
Learning objectives
To learn new words
April
Introduction to simple doing words
Use of who /what how/is /where
Recognition of “ing” words
Words belonging to a particular group
Learning objectives
To learn to ask simple questions
May
Phonic sound “bl” “cl” “fl”
Use of is this/Are these?
Use of He/She/.It/These
Picture composition
Making questions
Learning objectives
To learn to describe pictures
June
Phonic words “a” “I”
Naming words(nouns)
Reading
Punctuations
Doing words
Learning objectives
To learn skills in reading with right pronunciation.
July
Describing words
Opposites
Use of polite expressions
Describing pictures
Words belonging to a particular group
Learning objectives
To about opposites
August
Prepositions
Use of can and can’t
Following instructions
Singular and Plural
Learning objectives
To gain skills in following instructions
September
Use of a ,an, the any ,many
Correct pronunciation of number names
Learning different profession
Understanding relationship in the family
Words belonging to a particular group
Learning objectives
To get exposed to understanding relationships in the family
October
Asking students to speak out their likes and dislikes
Writing sentences with nouns and adjectives, describing the face(sad, happy etc)
Use of tenses (past, present, future)
Learning objectives
To learn skills in writing
November
Dialog
To talk about vegetable market
Enacting play
Learning objectives
To acquire skills in talking
December
Story telling
Descriptive Writing
Words used in computer operation
Learning objectives
To gain skills in how to operate computers
Alphabets
Matching the picture to the word
Joining the dots to get a shape
Filling in the missing letter
Learning objectives
To get exposed to alphabet
February
Simple action words
Ordinal numbers
Rhyming words
Words belonging to a particular group
Learning objectives
To learn new words
March
Vowel sounds
Narrating story with pictures
Rearranging jumbled sentences
Words belonging to a particular group
Asking questions who/what/where
Learning objectives
To learn new words
April
Introduction to simple doing words
Use of who /what how/is /where
Recognition of “ing” words
Words belonging to a particular group
Learning objectives
To learn to ask simple questions
May
Phonic sound “bl” “cl” “fl”
Use of is this/Are these?
Use of He/She/.It/These
Picture composition
Making questions
Learning objectives
To learn to describe pictures
June
Phonic words “a” “I”
Naming words(nouns)
Reading
Punctuations
Doing words
Learning objectives
To learn skills in reading with right pronunciation.
July
Describing words
Opposites
Use of polite expressions
Describing pictures
Words belonging to a particular group
Learning objectives
To about opposites
August
Prepositions
Use of can and can’t
Following instructions
Singular and Plural
Learning objectives
To gain skills in following instructions
September
Use of a ,an, the any ,many
Correct pronunciation of number names
Learning different profession
Understanding relationship in the family
Words belonging to a particular group
Learning objectives
To get exposed to understanding relationships in the family
October
Asking students to speak out their likes and dislikes
Writing sentences with nouns and adjectives, describing the face(sad, happy etc)
Use of tenses (past, present, future)
Learning objectives
To learn skills in writing
November
Dialog
To talk about vegetable market
Enacting play
Learning objectives
To acquire skills in talking
December
Story telling
Descriptive Writing
Words used in computer operation
Learning objectives
To gain skills in how to operate computers
Introduction to the project
Philanthropist Freeman Murray decided to donate funds to initiate a project in the Paliyar tribal region of the Palani Hills of Kodaikannal, S India, after gaining exposure to the desperate situation of the people there. He was introduced to the work of Action for Community Transformation (ACT) India Foundation through friends Soumyadeep Paul and Ruth Gamston.
Ruth was introduced to ACT India Foundation through a mutual friend in January 2006, and has continued to volunteer for the organisation, despite not currently living in India. Ruth introduced Soum to Ashok and Mano, Managing Trustee and Project Coordinator of ACT India, when he was requested to make a short film documenting the lives of the tribals.
The current social, economic and political situation of the tribals is in desperate need of change and improvement. You can learn more about the Paliyar tribe and the work of ACT India at http://www.actindiafoundation.org.
Freeman, who comes from the IT industry had a vision that the tribal population may be able to get global and get connected, utilising the many benefits the Internet can offer. It was realised that in this global age knowing English is vital to accessing the Internet as well as to compete and manage as a global citizen. In India better jobs and higher paid overseas work opportunities are secured by those who are able to speak English. Of course this vision is a long way off for the Paliyar tribals, but with no one assisting their education, they would never be in a position to better themselves and reach for the higher aspirations their better off peers are going for.
Funds to start the programme were received in March, 2007, after a process that incorporated UK organisation Transrural Trust as a partner in the project.
ACT India found Freeman's vision to be inspiring, and after consulting the tribal beneficiaries whether they would be interested in the programme, and gettikng a positive response teaching began from the beginning of the month. Vanaraj, a qualified teacher and self-taught English speaker, from a nearby village was hired to conduct calsses on 6 days of the week. Vanaraj started to teach the prerequisites of learning English to two classes of students, children and adults, in Moolaiaru village.
It was noted early on when lesson started that levels of Tamil, the local language were somewhat inadequate among both adult and children classes. So, it was decided that teaching Tamil (with a focus on reading and writing)was also necessary. Many tribals are either completely illiterate or semi-literate, due to either never attending school, dropping out early or attending a school with standards to poor to invoke any learning.
The "Play-Way" methodology has been adopted as a teaching tool and text books are not used at all. As the classes were not accusotmed to formal teaching situations, or structured learning it was essential to hold their attention and desire to learn through making classes fun and easy for them to understand and participate in. With this type of teaching method games are an essential part of the class, and attention is paid to keep the teacher talking less and thestudents participating more. Educational language games, aimed at beginner-young learners, have been purchased and are used to assist fun learning.
Donated funds to this programme also allow for other, complimentary, projects to run. It was decided that as poor health is an issue that plagues many of the tribal population, education and awareness must be raised. Much of the illness suffered can actually be avoided if proper diet, early diagnosis/treatment and general education about improved living conditions and situations was followed. This programmes aims to reach as many villages as is physically possible to meet on a regular basis to discuss and educate about a variety of health topics. As the health worker goes to the villages with the purposes of education, she is also there to look out for diseases and illness in the village, to treat what she can, and to refer cases which are more serious.
To find out more about the projects please see other entries
A BRIEF REPORT ON THE NON-FORMAL ADULT LITERACY CENTRE
2007 EDUCATION SYLABUS
ACTION PLAN – HEALTH PROGRAMME
We also aim to keep a month to month diary of events on this blog. Please see the entries under the relevant month
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