Foundation for CSR @ Redington

REDINGTON CSR – CONNECT

April 2019

Redington Students

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Good Bye 2018 - 19

From Trustee’s

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ONCE UPON A TIME, READ PROJECT

WAS JUST A TRAINING ACTIVITY.

What does it take, to make a training activity realize it is more than just

training?

The answer is parents!

As part of our training program, we do interact with the parents of the

trainees. Many of such parents are single and/or daily wagers. In some cases,

the student is the only resort the parents are depending upon. Many are

happy in expressing that their children started speaking in English. They

shared that they are waiting for their son / daughter to complete their degree

and post exams they need to get employed suitably. It will change their family

life style and condition as well.

Keeping the interest of the parents, our team put lot of efforts this year and

enhanced its training approach to bring improvement in the placement.

During March and April, several campus interviews, job fairs and HR

Conclaves were arranged to enable the students get the job opportunity.

Several colleges appreciated our initiatives and the Letters of Placement Offer

from corporates were shared to the students.

We feel proud that we could do our mite to the parents’ expectation.

We wish our team for their tireless efforts put in this endeavour!

Contents

GLIMPSES - NEW INITIATIVES OF

THANJAVUR ZONE 2019 - 2020

SUMMER CAMP - THANJAVUR ZONE

SCHOOLS

STUDENTS CORNER

SUMMER COURSE & SUMMER

CAMP OF TIRUNELVELI ZONE

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

(FDP) AT TIRUNELVELI ZONE

MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT CENTRE

FOUNDATION ‘S NEW AVTAR

SENGUNTHAR ARTS AND SCIENCE

COLLEGE - THIRUCHENGODU

THE PLACEMENT DESTINATION -

WAY TO GO.

CARE GIVERS TRAINING PROGRAMME

THANKS LETTER FROM GANDHIGRAM

TRUST FOR THE REMEIAL CLASSES

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GLIMPSES - NEW INITIATIVES OF THANJAVUR ZONE 2019 - 2020

READ PROJECT

Dr. Nalli Kuppusamy Arts College (for Women),

located at Thittai Road at (near Paliagaraharam)

Thanjavur has become one of our ESLCs. Mr.

Muthukumarasamy, Managing Trustee, Mr.

Murugan, Regional Lead (South) and Dr. Indira

Kannan, Zone Lead had a visit to the college and

signed the MOU with the college.

REACH Project

ISHWAR (Indian Society for Handicapped

Welfare and Rehabilitation) School for

mentally retarded children, gets added as one

of the Resource Centres under the REACH project

from this academic year. The School trains the

children on how to take care of their own needs

without depending on others. We have planned to

support them by providing vocational training for

the children of this school.

EXCELLENCE PROJECT

Vallalar Hr. Sec. School located near

Koteeswaran Temple in East Kottaiyur

joins hands with us for the holistic

development of students under Excellence

Project.

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In association with Pinnacle Services we offered summer camp at the following

Schools who are associated with us under the Excellence Project.

Fatima Matric Hr. Sec. School, Vadalur

Annai Hr. Sec. School, Trichy

Uma Maheshwara Hr. Sec. School, Thanjavur

Kalaivani Matriculation School, Pullambadi

Sri Vivekananda Matriculation School, Lalgudi

SUMMER CAMP -

THANJAVUR ZONE

SCHOOLS

M. Iswarya, Project Coordinator, EXCELLENCE AND REACH

Summer camp is not only for having fun.

The value of experience is more important.

It builds the child in a lot of positive ways.

It develops the child’s mental, physical and

social ability. It is the opportunity for them

to grow emotionally and socially.

Creativity Is As Important As Literacy

The purpose of conducting summer camp in schools is to engage the kids in

activities, which gives them both enjoyment and knowledge. Lot of

opportunities are given in the camp to learn and develop the skills like

Painting, Craftwork, Dance, etc. We provide, even platform for all kids to

explore and express their creativity in any form. The camp educates and

creates awareness among them in various fields like Environment, Health,

etc.,

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We are feeling the scorching heat of the sun in this summer, April and May,

but our students are coming to our Basic Computer and Tally class conducted

at Thiruvalluvar College, Papanasam, with lots of energy and enthusiasm

despite the hot climate. These rural students who are from majors of History

and Tamil, found it very difficult to move the mouse in the beginning but now

this barrier is removed and they are brought out from the hesitation to work

with computer. One of the batch of students are learning MS office, which will

be very helpful for them to acquire a job. Totally 70 rural students are

undergoing this technical training.

SUMMER

COURSE &

SUMMER CAMP

OF TIRUNELVELI

ZONE

A similar summer course program is also conducted at Avvai Ashram,

Sivasailam. The rural students of 10th, 11th and 12th classes are given MS

Office, Photoshop, PageMaker and CorelDraw trainings.

These summer courses are happening in full swing and is

attended by the students in a very enthusiastic way. This will be

very helpful to them in choosing their career in the future. The

certificates issued will be helpful for their future employment.

A summer camp was conducted in our associated schools, Valliyoor Vivekanda

School, Amarseva Sangam and Avvai Ashram for our students and our faculty.

Our First summer camp program was conducted at Our Associate Valliyoor

Vivekanda School and the program called “Soon Youth” was successfully held

from 8th to 13th April 2019 in that School.

The motive of this program is to make the students mingle with everyone

in the team, to know each other, to make new friends, to coordinate with every

student in various groups, to improve the concentration level and also to

improve team coordination skills.4

The activities conducted at the camp are Warmup Exercise & Voice Exercise,

Chair Game, Empty Chair Filling, Reaction Game, Clock Wise Rotation &

Anti Clock Wise Rotation of object and much more.

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Our associated organisation Amarseva

sangam at Ayikudi, Tirunelveli district is

owning two schools named Sivasaraswati

Vidyalaya and Sangamam school in the

campus. Sivasaraswati Vidyalaya is a

primary and higher secondary school

offering inclusive education to normal and

physically challenged students in and

around Ayikudi and Tenkasi. Whereas,

Sangamam school meant for special children

(mentally retarded) in the age group of 6 to

16 for over a decade.

Recently, Amarseva Sangam approached us

to conduct a Faculty Development

Programme (FDP) for the Sangamam School

teachers in this summer as such training can

strengthen the professional development of

the faculty members who deal directly with

students.

Faculty Development

Programme (FDP) at

Tirunelveli Zone

We arranged the training on 23rd and 24th of April 2019. Mr. Pattabiraman from

“Pinnacle Services” who have more than 15 years of experience as a trainer,

conducted the two days program. Irrespective of the summer vacation Twenty

special teachers including the Principal Ms. Meenakshi from Sangamam School

eagerly attended the training. Ms. Krishnaveni from our team welcomed the trainer

and the teachers for the program.

The training session started with the topic “Transactional Analysis”, and then he

explained the teachers about the importance of having Self Image and Motivation.

Also, he conducted a session on influencing the students with Assertive and

Nurturing behaviours. In between he conducted several group activities to trigger

teamwork within the teachers.

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Article By, Ms. Dolores Scholastica, Centre Coordinator

In the afternoon session Tirunelveli

Zone Lead, Ms. Shanmuga Vadivoo

visited the centre and observed the

training activities. She also interacted

with the trainer and teachers. The

trainer explained to the teachers about

the role of faculty members in

developing the institution and thereby

completed the first day session.

The next day session started with the

topic Effective Communication with the

students and the need for emotional

intelligence in the handling students.

As the trainer built a good rapport with

the teachers through the ice breaking

sessions previous day, all the teachers

voluntarily participated in the second

day group activities enthusiastically.

At the end of the session , teachers

shared positive feedback about the

training. All the teachers were

thankful to Redington Foundation and

they also said that the training was

recreational for them and it motivated

them to aspire their goals. All of us

including the trainer were impressed

by the involvement of a teacher named

Ms. Vijayalakshmi, who is affected by

cerebral palsy and having speech

problem, participated in the training

with lot of interest.

thanks and finally a group photo was

taken to keep the program a

memorable one.

The teachers also requested our

Foundation to conduct these kind of

programs frequently as it will mould

their career.

A similar Faculty Development

Program was also conducted at Avvai

Ashram, Sivasailam, on 29th and 30th

April 2019 for the teachers of Avvai

Ashram and Shanthi School.

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Sangamam School Headmistress Ms.

Meenakshi read a poem about the FDP

program, Ms. Dolores gave the vote of

MEANINGFUL

EMPLOYMENT CENTRE

FOUNDATION ‘S NEW

AVTAR

Meaningful Employment Centre is based on the concept, if the mountain

will not come to Mulla, then Mulla must go to the mountain.

Our past four years of experience in conducting employability skill training at

various places for the rural students, have made our team to understand that,

many talented human resources are available at rural places. Corporate

selects the best talent in the interview conducted at rural colleges but the

candidate’s reluctance to relocate to other cities, is the major drawback in

exposing their skills at corporate level.

Our MEC concept will bridge this gap and make the rural candidates work for

corporate by being at their home towns. Meaningful Employment Centres -

Centre of Excellence is currently set up at Thanjavur and Tirunelveli zones to

enhance the employment opportunities at these locations in collaboration with

other likeminded corporate/concerns. The students will be trained to carry out

corporate’s back office activities at these centres and receive the salary from

the corporates. The corporates will also be benefitted through cost effective

man power.

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SENGUNTHAR ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE -THIRUCHENGODU

ANNUAL DAY CASCADE - 2019

The Annual Day Celebrations of Sengunthar Arts and Science,

Thirunchengodu was held on 29th March 2019. The celebrations began with

Welcome Address and Annual Report of their achievements by the Dr. S.

Ravikumar, Principal and Er. R. Rajasekaran, Secretary cum Correspondent.

The Chief Guest for the celebrations was our Regional Head, Mr. R.

Subramaniam, Redington Foundation and Zonal Lead, Ms. K. Kalaivani. The

Placement Offer Letters Distribution event also happened on the same day at

Auditorium in the campus. The Function was facilitated by Er. R. Rajasekaran,

and Congratulated by Dr. S. Ravikumar.

160 Offer letters issued to the students by Mr. R. Subramaniam. The chief guest

also delivered a valuable speech in which he emphasized the importance of

arranging such employability skill training programme and Ms. K. Kalaivani

addressed the students to be equipped with knowledge and skills. The vote of

thanks was rendered by Prof. A. Baladhandapani.

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THE PLACEMENT

DESTINATION -

WAY TO GO.

The season for Job Hunt has started for

the final year students of the Arts and

science colleges. First job is very

important for every graduate. The

eagerly awaited trainees, landed to the

job during the campus placement by

cracking the campus roundsS. This is

the high time to search for the right job

in the appropriate place as per the

student’s talent, skill and requirement.

READ a key project of Foundation for

CSR @ Redington, has been carried out

in ESLC colleges in rural areas and

SLCs in major cities towards the

Employability Skill Training for the

final year college students and

unemployed.

Placement process was started in the

month of March in all SLCs and ESLCs

and it has been continued in April also

facilitating the out-going trainees to

step in their choses career. Mock

Practice, Training on GD, Resume

Preparations, etc., has supported the

beneficiaries to attend the interview

confidently and become successfully.

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Images of Placement Drives Conducted at Various Centres

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Placement Graph

Beneficiaries Placement

The above graph shows the

Beneficiaries and Placements comparison.

The students are awaiting to receive their academic results to complete the joining

formalities. We thank the Employers who showed interest in conducting the

placement drives at rural colleges and the College Management who provided their

full support in organising and making all the placement drives successful. Last but

not the least, we thank our Foundation Team for the efforts and energy that they

rendered in this whole academic year and for the placements.

We would like to wish the placed candidates all the success today and

always. It is just a beginning and a long way to go.

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Our Foundation conducted a three

day training program for the

Care Givers of different childcare

homes on 23rd, 24th and 25th April

2019 at Sivasailam Centre. Forty

two staff from various homes

participated in this program. The

aim of the programme is to update

the knowledge of the staff working

with the child care institutions on

the regulations and law, approaches

and strategies for handling children

and counselling methods. Mr. Dev

Ananth, District Child Protection

Officer and Ms. Neela, Former Chair

Person of CWC (Child Welfare

Committee), Dindigul Dt. served as

the resource persons.

They gave lectures on the roles and

responsibilities of the care givers in

Children's Home / Hostel,

communication system with each

other and understanding the feelings

of the children and strategies to

mingle with the children who needs

care and protection. They also

handled a session about the acts

especially " Juvenile Justice Act“

and "POCSO“, related to Children

and Child Care Institutions. They

elaborately described the acts with

examples and also narrated about

action taken against the child

marriage and the points to be

remembered for adoption

procedures by the institutions.

The resource persons and the

participants thanked Redington

Foundation for the continuous

support and guidance extended not

only for the welfare of the needy and

special children but also in building

capacity to the staff working for the

special children.

CARE GIVERS

TRAINING

PROGRAMME

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THANKS LETTER FROM GANDHIGRAM TRUST FOR THE REMEDIAL CLASSES

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We have received a letter of appreciation and gratitude for the CSR Activities

carried out in Gandhigram Trust

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