Report for the month of November

REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2009

“Merry Christmas to all our friends”


Highlights of the month

• Prithika
• Children’s day celebrations
• EXPLORE Tour Team visit
• IFAD Program



Joyful Prithika

3 years old Prithika is a student of pre-KG. She is the only daughter of Deepa. She is one of the most joyful kid in the pre-Kindergarten section.
Deepa lives in Pudupattinam fishermen colony along with her mother. Deepa recalls that “Three years ago she was separated from her husband barely after a month of her marriage due to property dispute”. Despite the fact that she was carrying Prithika at that time, she had to come back to her mother’s house and start her life from the scratch. Deepa went through difficult time as she was not educated she could not get job. Today Deepa works as a gardener in the near by township and supports the family. She understands the value of education. She says she wants to

educate her daughter so that she can stand on her own feet.

Children’s day celebrations
14th November – Birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is celebrated as children’s day in India. Mr. Venkat reddy- Coordinator of Childline, Mrs. Supriya- Senior officer of MAPS, Mrs. Christeen Godden- Yoga therapist and volunteer for school were present on the occasion.
The program started with prayer by 1st standard children followed by welcome dance by 4th children. Mrs. Supriya spoke to the children and said that children should dream big, especially girls should continue their studies. Mr. Vekat Reddy inspired the students to bring out the hidden talents. Mrs. Christeen Godden also greeted and encouraged children.

EXPLORE Tour Team visit
Explore team visited our school on 28th Saturday, kindergarten kids welcome the guests and 4th standerd children performed special dance for the guest. They visited all the class rooms and interacted with staff and children. The children gave them specially hand made cards for the guests.


IFAD – Disaster management program for the Coastal Communities

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nation along with tamilnadu government organised a special disaster management program for the school teachers and children. Seven teachers from our school attended IFAD’s two days training program for the teachers in coastal area in Sadras Government Higher secondary school. They were trained to respond to disaster and they were taught about the importance of coastal and fisheries resources and their sound management. Resource persons from forest department, fire-safety department, health department, fisheries department were present on the occasion and gave guidelines to teachers to tackle disaster in and around the school.
On 20th, 300 children along with Government school Uyyalikuppam together watched series of disaster awareness, preparedness CD’s in the HOPE FOUNDATION SCHOOL’S premises.
School Statistical Report – August 2009

CONTACT DETAILS

Santhosh Peter Kagoo
Program Director
Wilhelm Hamm Centre of HOPE
(a program of HOPE foundation)
Pudupattinam, Kalpakkam, Kancheepuram District,
Tamil Nadu 603102, INDIA.

Email: santhoshpkagoo@rediffmail.com
Office: +91-44-27481501
Mobile: +91-9840027066

In the running of this school and clinic program there are many needs. We accept donations in kind, cash or by check. Checks are to be made in favor of
‘HOPE FOUNDATION’.
Thank you

Wilhelm Hamm Centre of HOPE - HOPE FOUNDATION SCHOOL

Mission

Our mission is to provide sustainable education programs thorough staff and volunteers, which empower vulnerable children.

School Profile

The HOPE foundation school at pudupattinam Fishermen colony (80km form Chennai city) is a project to be benefit the children from families affected by the 2004 tsunami. The School promises the children from the villages and surroundings a quantum transformation in educational facilities and lifestyle. Prior to the tsunami, a good number of children in these villages had dropped out from regular school. What is more, a majority of the fishermen here have not attended school in their lifetime.

The HOPE Foundation (English Medium) Primary School was started on Jan19, 2005. At that time, the school had 58 students and was housed in a temporary shed.

Objectives

• To provide Free quality education (including instruction in English medium and computer education)
• Widen the opportunities for a community that has more or less than dependent on fishing for generations
• Community development through an educated generation
• Inculcate civic values among the fishermen

Curriculum

• English medium Education
• Subjects English, Mathematics, Environmental Studies, GK, computer education
• Conversation English
• Co-curricular activities
• Music, Art and Dance
• Computer Aided Learning Program of COMPUGEN
• Metamorphosis Program( Montessori and Happy Reading) of “Milestone”

Facilities

• Fully equipped 7 class Rooms constructed in 11,000 sq feet ground
• Seven divisions Kindergarten to 4th grade
• 15 Teaching staff 2 admin staff and 3 non teaching staff
• Pavilions and Amphitheater
• Library
• Computer Lab
• Play ground

Impact

 A grateful community for whom an English medium school was a distant dream!
 The value addition to the children at the HOPE foundation school has motivated parents of other children to give greater care to their own wards education
 Numerous instances of children imparting the values and knowledge to their family members and neighbors ,including, the elders
 292 children from three different villages enrolled in the school

Vision

• To construct Higher secondary block

• To Educate the parents about social evils such as dowry, child marriage, child labor, Alchoholism etc.,
• To build socially responsible younger generation
• To Empower the girl children through education and vocation skills