QUARTERLY REPORT 2010-11

HOPE FOUNDATION – TSUNAMI REHABILITATION PROGRAM

PUDUPATTINAM

QUARTERLY REPORT 2010-11

quarterly report

highlights

• School Annual Day
• New Admissions
• New class room
• Volunteer activities
• NYK Youth Corps Training
• Medical Camp
• “Helping Hands”

SCHOOL ANNUAL DAY

The school annual day was celebrated on 23^rd April at HOPE community Hall. Mr. Steel, Asst. MD and Mrs.Padma Venkatraman were the guests for the event. Celebrations were started with the welcome dance

NEW ADMISSIONS

The new academic year began with lot of enthusiasm. The school re-opened on 7^th of June. The children came to school with lot of excitement. The assembly began with special prayers and welcome. The class teachers arranged warm reception for their children.

The children from five surrounding villages were admitted to the school. Each and every child’s parents were met individually counseled about upbringing the children, health and hygiene, food habits and the requirements of the school.

NEW CLASS ROOM

Shekar Construction Company built a new class room for our school. Mr. Shekar, Proprietor of Shekar Construction Company inaugurated the new class room for 3^rd standard. He also distributed sweets for the students.

Teacher’s Training

Two days Teachers orientation and training program were conducted by MILESTONES. The training was on Montessori Method of learning.

Teachers’ meeting was conducted on the last working day of the month. Power point presentations on corporal punishment were shown. They prepared the syllabus for the next month they were also updated on the staff policies.

Volunteers Activities

· “Helping Hands”

· People visited the school

Helping Hands:

The Young volunteers from IGCAR (Helping Hands) -visited the school and interacted with the children. They also provided Text books, Note books and uniforms for the 20 needy children of the school. One of the volunteer from “Helping Hands” engaged the children with amusing art.

Statistics

Class	No. of students	New admission	Transferred	Total
Pre – KG	-	42	­-	42
LKG	37	7	1	43
UKG	32	2	-	35
1st std	30	16	8	37
2nd std	36	-	-	36
3rd std	32	1	1	32
4th std	37	2	3	36
5th std	32	1	-	33
Total	236	71	13	294

Community development Program Report

NYK Youth Corps Training

On 1^st to 10^th June Nehuru Yuva Kendra (NYK) organised a training camp for the Youth leaders at HOPE foundation school .26 Young NYK leaders from 13 different blocks of kancheepuram district participated the training program. Residential Training program lead by Mr. Sudhagar, coordinator NYK, kancheepuram. Training sessions were conducted by various NGO representatives. Participants empowered form NYK groups and conduct various social activities. Traing program was councluded by the validetery function on 10^th June, Mr......, deputy Director, NYK gave the vote of thanks.

Medical Clinic Report

Medical Camp

Jayabalan 50 years old, fisherman, sole bread winner for the family of four, had stroke while he was fishing since then he is not gone for fishing..................

Selvi 45years old, mother of four boys met with an accident and had wound in the leg, due to infection in her right leg. It was amputed.................

They both had blood sugar but the not aware of the fact that they were diabetic!!

Volunteers from Accenture children welcoming the volunteers

To create awareness about blood sugar among the fishermen community, On 29^th Saturday Accenture, Chennai along with the HOPE foundation organised a free blood sugar testing camp for the community members of Pudupattinam and Uyyalikuppam fishermen hamlets. Children from village welcomed the volunteers from Accenture.

The camp started at 7 am at the HOPE Primary Health Centre ( uyyalikuppam) , Paramedical staff and Volunteers from Accenture helped the community members to register themselves for collecting blood and Urine samples for test. 235 tests were conducted for the 73 community people and 17 patients were diagnosed with blood sugar. All those who tested positive have consulted the doctor for further treatment.We are thankful to volunteers and management of accenture , Chennai for organising the free medical camp for the underprivileged.

Summary

Program Period	No. Of patients	No. Of test
APRIL- JUNE 2010	73	235

contact details

Santhosh Peter Kagoo

Program Director

HOPE foundation

Pudupattinam fishermen village , Kalpakkam, Kancheepuram District,

Tamil Nadu 603102, INDIA.

Office: +91-44-27481501

Mobile: +91-9840027066

Email: santhosh@hopww.in

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 favour of

‘HOPE FOUNDATION’.

Thank you

The Tsunami Children

The Tsunami Children

They sit at tiny desks, intent, intense,

Guardedly glancing at us, their visitors, who file before them.

Greetings are semi-formal. Standing rows.

Then, nods and smiles and introductions done,

we hunker down amongst their desks.

They jostle round, wide-eyed in welcome,

eager to talk and proud to share their skills.

We frame and take their pictures and they crowd to see,

amused and curious at images of faces - selves - not fully known.

Their hardest learning is to come.

Later they dance for us;

each wrist and arm, each arc and sweep, curling and weaving

the timeless grace of pattern deeply learnt.

All India is there.

And then it's time for lunch

and out they go in line, small lunchbags tightly clutched.

More grins and waves, some handshakes and goodbyes,

before, their duty done, they're off to eat and play.

Slowly we move towards our bus, eyes misting,

searching and grasping

to firm and fix

just what we've seen.

The ocean hurled its worst.

Out of the wreckage little children came.

Each smile

Each dancing step

A rainbow shyly born.

Poem by;

John Carrington May 2010

*John visited the school last year along with the volunteers from EXPLORE worldwide