(Home for children in need of care and protection)

Sharing the Information of January 2011

“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to

put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity

and its first chapter is New Year’s Day”

- Edith Lovejoy Pierce

The children and staff are welcomed the new year with great joy and enthusiasm. All the

children enjoyed the first day with special food. All the children enjoyed the day by playing

video game, playing games.

New Arrival

On 20th

January Chandru, Purasapattu Village, Arattavadi

Panchayath (Prasanth’s Village). The family history shows

that the parents are working in Tirupur (cotton industries),

the father died in Tirupur, so the children are let with the

grand mother care. The mother continues to work in Tirupur. Now the grand mother is aged and not able to care the

children, in this situation the elder brother is admitted in a

Christian Mission Hostel. The boy Chandru is struggling to

fulfill his basic needs. In this pathetic situation the 14 years

boy Chandru admitted in our home.

The children are went along with the parents / relatives to obtain the transfer certificate &

Academic Certificates from the previous schools. Amaresh & Anitha came back on 21st of this

month with their certificates. After several information sharing Thiagarajan parents are not

turned to take him to the school, so Viji took him to his old school and received the necessary

certificates from the school.

Medical Assessment & Treatment

This month the preliminary medical examination has been taken place for 13 children. The children

underwent the needed blood tests Total Count,

Total RBC Count, Haemoglobin, PCV, MCV,

MCH, MCHC, Platelet Count, Diff. Count, Smear

Study, Blood Grouping, HBS Ag, Elisa Screening for HIV I & II, Urine – Colour, Albumin, (R)Sugar,

Bile Salt & Pigements, Micro – Pus Cells, RBC,

Epi Cells. The medical check up helps to assess the

children health information.

Savariappan had blisters in the head, for which the child is treated with physician on 1st January

and necessary medications provided.

Loordhu Priya complaints stomach pain after every food, we took her to the doctor on 5th

of this

month the doctor examined and provided with de worming Tablets.

Jaya, Chitra, Subalakshmi are treated with Dentist on 11th

January for their decayed tooth. The damaged teeth are removed, the dentist done the treatment free of cost, the medicines we bought

from outside pharmacy.

Chitra had the complaints of stomach pain after every food, consulted with the doctor on 27th

January provided with de worming Tablets.

Ramesh had chest pain on 28th

immediately he had taken to the hospital, the doctor examined and found that it is due to the cold and coughing so he provided with analgesic syrup.

Chandru (new child) had abscess in the buttock, consulted with doctor the needed medication

provided, the abscess healed well.

Education Performance

The children’s half yearly examination results are announced the marks and ranks are as follows

Name Standard Tamil English Maths Environmental Science

Social Science

Total for

500

Rank

Ramesh 8th

Std 70 81 87 95 63 396 3/26

Thiyagarajan 8th

Std 43 45 49 43 40 220 24/26

Prasanth 7th

Std 56 69 54 80 75 334 5/32

Anitha 7th

Std 41 47 45 48 41 222 26/32

Priya 5th

Std 67 55 65 60 58 305 22

For other children studying upto 5th

standard the teaching method is play way, learning by doing. In this method the children are assessed by their card color. So we are not able to describe the

statistical information about this children educational status.

We faced challenges to admit Chandru and Amaresh in schools, because in Vengikal the school

has class upto 8th

standard. For 9th

Standard we approaches various schools for admission as the

normal admission procedures is completed upto 31st August the school authorities rejected to

admit them in school. After struggle we got special conditional (according to the performance

the promotion will be based) permission by the Headmaster of Srinivasa Higer School in Adi

Annamalai Village.

PONGAL – Festival Celebration & Outing

PONGAL is A Cultural, heritage and important

Celebration of India. It is the most important

popular harvest festival, in Tamilnadu the festival

celebrates for four days. The festival is celebrated from January 14

th to 17

th of this month. The

harvest festival Pongal is to tribute to the natural

resources. On this occasion farmers pay their

respects to the rain, sun and the farm animals.

The first day of Pongal is BOGI, during this day the homes are cleaned and decorated with

“Kolam” (Floor Design) and in all the four days celebration. Early morning on the day, mainly

the children burnt the waste mat and household wastes. There is a famous saying in Tamil is

Pazhaiana Kazhidhalum Pudhiyana Pugudhalum, means old wastes will go out and new things

will enter.

SUN Pongal – The people wears new dresses, on this day the new rice is collected and cooked in

mud pots until they overflow. (Pongal another Tamil Meaning means overflow), The people

thanks and prays to the god that like the overflow the joy, happy, good harvest and all the good things need to overflow throughout the year. This overflowing of rice is a joyous occasion,

during this the children and adults will shout Pongal “O” Pongal.

COW Pongal – this celebration is dedication for the cattle. The Bull(ox) helps the farmers to

plough the land, cow gives nutritious milk. This festival gives us chance to thank the cattle. The farmers honor their cattle friends by celebrating it as a day of thanks-giving to them. During this

day the cattle are washed, the horns are decorated with colorful paint, balloons, colorful new

ropes, and bells and cared with good food. On this day in Tiruvannamalai we are celebrating one

of the famous festivals – Thiruvoodal.

Kanum Pongal (Karinal), now a days the people is celebrating this day for gathering(friends and relatives) in a picnic spot and spent this day with special food and with full of joy and fun. In all

this four days the Kolam, Sugar Cane, Variety of Pongal (food) are custom.

In our Rainbow Life Home we provide all these adequate things, new dresses, happy and joy of

the Pongal Festival to avoid the feelings (missing relatives) to children that they are away from

their relatives during the festival season. During the Pongal Festival we provided the children with Cable (satellite) connection. The children enjoyed the special festival shows.

During the Kanum Pongal the picnic spots will be fully packed with people, so on 15th

January

the children are taken to the Picnic spot – Sathanur Dam. The children are enjoyed much the

sight seeing, games, special food, water around the dam, animals, aquarium, Crocodile Farm,

etc.,

During these festival holidays Priya, Savariappan, Jaya, Subalakshmi and Chitra’s relatives /

parents visited. Subalakshmi & Chitra’s mother provided them with new dress.

Hygienic Measures

The girl children are badly affected with lice and dandruff, which made the girl children very

inconvenient. So considering the hygienic reasons the girl children are requested and shorten

their hair.

Community Contribution

On 26th

January Praveena & Family (Hariksha Learning Center regular sponsor) from Mumbai

visited and donated Rs. 1,000/- for the snacks and sweets for the children.

The house owner supplied 6 packs of biscuits to the children while he came to collect the

monthly rent.

Chitra & Subalakshmi’s mother got permission from us (because we restricted the relatives /

parents to offer individual child’s snacks). She prepared snacks (muruku) in her house for all the

children in our home, she provided to us to supply for all the children during the Pongal Festival.

The school head master offered one set of school uniform to Priya, Subalakshmi, Savariappan,

Chitra, Sivasankar, Jaya, Asha, Prasanth and Anitha. As he has the readymade uniform provided

by the government he gave them this dress. For other children he told that he tries to get as soon

as possible.

Relatives / Well Wishers Visits

The relatives / parents and well wishers Visitors are 19. The specific visitors are Mr. Shridhar

Family Members from Mumbai and Jayapaul from Credibility Alliance.

General Information

The necessary steps are started to apply for the recognition from the Government. As a first step

the building blue print is make ready.

The Wet Grinder we ordered arrived on 13th

of this month.

The washing machine had problem, the company mechanic came and attended the complaint free

of cost as the machine is with warranty.

The children broke the tap in the terrace nearby the water tank. The needed plumbing repair work done.

Yours Sincerely,

K.Satheesh

The Programe Part time Director