Continuing support for Arani Diploma student and Dharmapuri MBBS Student

HM has paid Rs. 1132 towards the mess fees of Arani Diploma student on 18 July 2011 and Rs. 930 on 9 Aug 2011. HM has also paid Rs. 4129 for the mess fees of Dharmapuri MBBS Student on 5 Aug 2011

Continuing Support for Tiruchengode B.Tech Student

The student is doing 3rd year B.tech textile technology at K.S.R college of technology,Tiruchengode . The student has got CGPA of 8.96(till sixth semester). We have already helped the student last year and he had scored 9.1 CGPA last year. Also he had done internship project at vardhman textiles punjab successfuly and they have given preplacement offer to the student. The student had got a bank loan of Rs.42985. But the college fees is Rs. 59450. Helping minds is cotiniuing support to this student and had paid Rs.16465 on July 22 2011.

Support for VSB Engineering College Student

The student is doing BE Computer Science II Year in VSB Engineering College. The student had scored very good marks in 10th and 12th std. The student's father is a textile labour and mother is a tailor. Her younger sister scored 467 in SSLC and continuing in Government School. The student's brother is doing his 9th std in Government School.Though she had chances to get a seat in Government college,Thirukkuvalai, She did not join because of lack of awareness and also they were not in a position to bear hostel fees and mess fees. When the student joined college in first year, the fees was 52500 - 20000 (for first graduation students) = 32500. But now, the College conveyed that only when the Government pays Rs. 20000 for this year, the college will pay back the amount. So the student has to pay Rs.20000 now. Considering the critical condition of the student, Helping minds accepted to help her and had paid Rs. 10000 on Jul 22 2011.

Support for CMS College B.Tech Student

The student is doing B.Tech Information technology in CMS College of engineering. His mother was working as a maid. Now due to her medical conditions, she is not able to work. After 10th std, he had worked as room boy in one of the star hotel for 2 years. Then he did Diploma (Electronics and communication engineering) in CSI polytechnic college salem. Then he had worked as PCB board designer in AIR+MAK industry in coimbatore(1.5years) experiance. Then he joined CMS college of engineering namakkal as a lateral entry student. For his second year, he has got help from friends and relatives and also has got some amount for interest. For 3rd year, he has got money on interest (Finance). He is not able to get money this yr on finance because he has not paid the amount he had got earlier. So he has googled to see trusts that can help him and he requested Helping minds to help him. Considering the critical situation of the student, HM had paid Rs.10000 on 1 July 2011 towards his college fees.

Support for Erode sengunthar engineering college student

The student is doing B.E Mechanical Engineering in Erode Engineering college. The student had scored 82% in his first semester. The student's father passed away. His mother's earning is very less and might be sufficient for her and her daughter. Also her daughter is doing +2 in Government School. She has to bear the tution fee for her daughter as well. They applied for education loan and they are able to get Rs. 40000 per year. The student was initially supported by one of his relative. But now, he is in need of money. Out of the total fees of Rs. 57000, he is getting an education loan for Rs. 40000 and looking for support for the remaining amount. Considering his family situation, Helping minds team decided to support him and had paid Rs. 10000 on 26 June 2011.

Support for Vellakovil Panchayath union middle school

In this school, there are around 73 students from Std I to Std V. But there is only one teacher to take care of these students. But there are more number of teachers present in the school to handle from Std VI to Std X. As per rules, Higher class teachers should not be allowed to to teach primary classes. So the school HM requested AEO to deploy one teacher. Teacher is sent to this school on deputation But it is not regular. The teacher comes once in a week. Mr.Chandrasekar , teacher of this school requested HM to give salary for the teacher at least for Feb, March and April. Also Government will appoint the teacher after July only because of elections,new govt etc. So HM had decided to take up this request and had paid Rs.1250 each month from February 2011 to August 2011.

Continuing help for Trichy Anna University BE Student

HM is continuing support for the Anna University Computer Engineering student and had paid the fees of Rs 10855 on 1 July 2010.

Continuing support for kongu Engineering College student

The student had scored very good marks in her semesters and was rewarded by the college recently. HM is continuing support to the Kongu Engineering student and had paid Rs. 10000 on 30 June 2011 towards her studies

Continuing support for Arani Diploma student

HM is continuing support to the diploma student and had paid Rs. 1085 on June 1 2011 for her mess fees

Continuing support for Dharmapuri MBBS Student

HM had paid Rs. 2759 on June 3 2011 and Rs. 2920 on July 1 2011 for the mess fees of the Dharmapuri student.

Visit to Kenganaickenpalayam school - report by Mani

Here is a report from our member Balamanikandan:

I visited Panchayath union middle school, Kenganaickenpalayam, Tirupur on 19-06-2011. I interacted with school Headmistress. The usage of monthly periodicals being sponsored by Helping minds is highly satisfactory. The students read the magazines and they are doing some activities also. The Headmistress conveyed her thanks on behalf of school teachers and students. You can see the work done by students using chutti vikatan in the upper corner of the photos.

Helping Minds Team wishes Chatrapatti diploma student who has got a job

In 2009, we got a request from the student of Chatrapatti village. She was doing Textile Technology at P.A.C.Ramasamy Raja Polytechnic college, Rajapalayam. Considering her family background and her interest towards continuing education, Helping Minds supported for her college fees. Now the good news is that she has got a job. Helping Minds Team has conveyed wishes to her. She is currently working in Saravana Mills, Dindugal.

National Child Labor Project Schools

Helping Minds team discussed about the National Child Labor Project (NCLP) Schools and decided to find out how Helping Minds can extend support to NCLP schools.

As a first step, Muppi from our team visited Coimbatore to meet Collector Umanath IAS to check on NCLP Schools. Umanath IAS provided the details about the schools.

NCLP schools are funded directly by Central Government, and the fund is managed by district collector. General data about these schools in Coimbatore
Total NCLP Schools in Coimbatore : 21
Total Teaching Staff : 69 (Approx 3 to each school)
Non teaching staff for each school (Helper) : 1 (Cooking, cleaning)
Ages of students in school : 9 to 14
Coordinator for all 21 schools : 1 (Mr Vijaya Kumar)

The salary paid for the teachers in NCLP schools is very less and so the collector has written to government saying the salary can be increased for the staff to have better management of these schools. 90% of the students are immigrants from other state (Manipur, Assam etc). Most of them come here as cheap labour, once the work is finished, they go back or move to some other jobs. Making the students continue in the school and advising parents about the importance of education are really challenging tasks for the officials here.

Here are few statistics about Child labor in India -

Of 12.6 million children in hazardous occupations in the world, India has the highest number of labourers in the world under 14 years of age.

According to the New Delhi-based National Sample Survey Organisation, nearly 16.4 million Indian children aged 5-14 years are engaged in economic activities and domestic or non-remunerative work. The World Bank puts that figure at 44 million.

National Child Labor Project is a Central Government program, with the help of UNICEF, which aims to provide education for the children who were employed. The NCLP schools are different from the normal schools since the education needs of the students are different. The education needs and the aptitude of the students are assessed and they are taught here till they are good enough to be brought to the mainstream regular schools. In the state of Tamil Nadu, NCLP has helped more than 3,600 child labourers leave their jobs and be mainstreamed into regular schools.

Muppi visited three NCLP schools in Karunya Nagar, Kaaramadai and Rangarajapuram. Some school buildings are government owned and some are rented. There is just one small building, very small in size, with asbestos on top and side. Actually it is very difficult for the kids to sit there during summer time. The students were singing songs, rhymes etc to reveal their talents. Muppi and friends had a look at notebooks of each kids and checked them how good they are at what they have written and were amazed to see the way they were responding. The students are making very good progress overall.

Link to Coimbatore NCLP Schools visit photos:

https://picasaweb.google.com/muppitathi/KovaiTrip?authkey=Gv1sRgCO7rnqWdg6-T6QE&feat=directlink&fgl=true&pli=1#

More information about the requirements of NCLP schools will be posted in our future blogs.

Scholarships for the year from April 2011

#	Date	Recipient	Amount
01	21-Apr-2011	Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS Student	2917
02	5-Apr-2011	Mess fees for Karaikudi Chemical Engineering student	1100
03	13-May-2011	Mess fees for Karaikudi Chemical Engineering student	1060
04	24-Apr-2011	College fees for Teacher training student	5000
05	13-May-2011	College fees for Sriviliputtur VPMM Arts College Student	10000
06	2-Jun-2011	College fees for Pollachi Mahalingam College Student	20000
07	3-Jun-2011	Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS Student	2759
08	1-Jul-2011	Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS Student	2920
09	1-Jun-2011	Mess fees for Arani Diploma Student	1085
10	30-Jun-2011	College fees for Kongu Engineering Student	10000
11	30-Jun-2011	College fees for Trichy Anna University Student	10855
12	01-Apr-2011	Support for Vellakovil Panchayath union middle school	1250
13	01-May-2011	Support for Vellakovil Panchayath union middle school	1250
14	01-Jun-2011	Support for Vellakovil Panchayath union middle school	1250
15	01-Jul-2011	Support for Vellakovil Panchayath union middle school	1250
16	01-Aug-2011	Support for Vellakovil Panchayath union middle school	1250
17	26-Jun-2011	Support for Erode Sengunthar College Student	10000
18	1-Jul-2011	Support for CMS College B.Tech Student	10000
19	22-Jul-2011	Support for VSB Engineering College Student	10000
20	22-Jul-2011	Support for PACR Diploma Student	9382
21	22-Jul-2011	Support for Tiruchengode B.Tech Student	16465
22	18-Jul-2011	Mess fees for Arani Diploma Student	1132
23	9-Aug-2011	Mess fees for Arani Diploma Student	930
24	5-Aug-2011	Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS Student	4129
25	5-Sep-2011	Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS Student	3201
26	7-Oct-2011	Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS Student	3357
27	17-Sep-2011	Mess fees for Arani Diploma Student	960
28	13-Oct-2011	Mess fees for Arani Diploma Student	910
29	7-Sep-2011	Mess fees for Salem Civil Engineering Student	1300
30	13-Oct-2011	Mess fees for Salem Civil Engineering Student	1019
31	01-Oct-2011	Salary for Nagapattinam tuition teachers	2000
32	01-Nov-2011	Salary for Nagapattinam tuition teachers	2000
33	01-Dec-2011	Salary for Nagapattinam tuition teachers	2000
34	20-Sep-2011	Children Magazines for Govt. School- Tirupur	716
35	29-Nov-2011	Mess fees for Salem Civil Engineering Student	1174
36	29-Nov-2011	Mess fees for Parthasarathy	963
37	29-Nov-2011	Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS Student	2983
38	28-Dec-2011	College fees for Saravanan	10855
39	29-Dec-2011	Mess fees for Salem Civil Engineering Student	1252
40	29-Dec-2011	Mess fees for Parthasarathy	991
41	29-Dec-2011	Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS Student	3022
42	7-Oct-2011	Mess fees for Parthasarathy	1088
43	22-Jan-2012	Support for NCLP School	846
44	27-Jan-2012	College fees for Vaishnavi	21360
45	27-Jan-2012	Support for NCLP School	20000
46	31-Jan-2012	Salary for Nagapattinam tuition teachers	2000
47	10-Feb-2012	Roofing for Kumaran High School Manjakollai	17500
48	15-Feb-2012	Mess fees for Parthasarathy	1728
49	15-Feb-2012	Mess fees for Salem Civil Engineering Student	1651
50	28-Feb-2012	Salary for Nagapattinam tuition teachers	2000
51	29-Feb-2012	Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS Student	6068
52	29-Feb-2012	Salary for the teachers in learning center	30000
53	23-Mar-2012	Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS Student	3453
54	23-Mar-2012	Siragu School - Sanitary facilities	5000
55	27-Mar-2012	Mayanoor School- Toilet facilities	25000
56	30-Mar-2012	Teacher salary for the schools,Mayanur-Government primary school,Ponmudiyar Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School-Goripalayam,Government High school-Porani Velliyanai	77000
Total			389381

The details of the scholarships for the year 2010 is available here, for the year 2009 is available here for the year 2008 is available here and for the year 2007 is at here

Support for Sriviliputtur VPMM Arts College Student

The student is doing B.COM in VPMM Arts and science college, sriviliputtur. Her parents are doing weaving. The student had scored 75% in her first semester and her major subjects mark average is 82%. Considering the family background, Helping Minds team decided to help her and had paid Rs 10000 on 13 May 2011 for her college fees.

Support for the teacher training student

The person is doing his teacher training. He has got information about Helping Minds from one of the teacher training candidates Helping minds had helped before. The person has got very good academic records. He has got 89.5% in 10th and 81% in 12th. His father is a tailor and mother is a flower vendor. Since he has scored good marks and the fees is high, Helping minds decided to support him and had paid Rs. 5000 on 24 April 2011.

Continuing help for Karaikudi Chemical Engineering student

HM has paid Rs.1100 for Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering student in Karaikudi on 5 April 2011 for her mess fees and also Rs. 1060 on 13 May 2011.

Continuing support for Dharmapuri MBBS Student

Helping Minds is continuing support to Dharmapuri MBBS Student and has paid Rs. 2917 for his mess fees on 21 Apr 2011

Support for Pollachi Mahalingam College Student

The student is doing computer engineering in Dr. Mahalingam college of Engineering & Technology, Pollachi. The student has good academic records. She had scored 91% in 10th std and 93% in 12th std. She had also scored 83% in her first semester. Their parents are working as day labors. For first year, they have some how managed with help of friends and families. The student is expecting help for second year. Helping minds decided to support the student with Rs. 20000 per anum.

Kongu Engineering College student rewarded for her excellent performance

Kongu Engineering student stands 6th in Civil Engineering Department in her last semester. The student was rewarded with Rs. 20,000 by the college.

Initially the student was working in a factory because of poverty. But after her marriage, her husband supported her to continue her studies. Her husband salary was not enough to meet her requirements. They took loan. HM had supported the student and paid Rs 10000 earlier.Our support helped her to reduce the monthly interest payment towards the education loan

HM had already conveyed wishes to the student. The student had conveyed her heartfelt thanks to helping minds for supporting her.