Water tank for Avanippoor Government school

'Avanippoor' is a remote village around 120 kms from Chennai. The school has around 1000+ students studying from the surrounding villages. The academic results have been commendable with pass percentage of 98%(Year 2009) for 10th standard & 74%(Year 2009) for 12th standard.

The school lacked the basic amenities like sufficient drinking water. It has a sintex water tank of 2000 litre capacity which is not sufficient for the students. Hence the Head Master had requested for an additional water tank to store the water. Helping Minds has provided with Rs. 10000 for additional water tank on 25th February 2010. Our Helping Minds member Devaraj Balakrishnan co-ordinated for this project.

Water tank installed for Mayanoor Govt School

Helping Minds Trust had provided Rs. 10000 for installing water tank for Mayanoor Government school. This work has been completed and the children have started using the water facility.

Water tank for Mayanoor Govt school

We got a request for water tank for Mayanoor Government primary school at Karur district. We had earlier provided the uniform for about 50 students of this school last year. See here for more details.

The Head Master of the school is taking good care of the school. The total cost for the water tank is about Rs. 10000 (Sintex 1000 litre water tank for Rs. 4500, One inch Pipe = Rs. 250 x 6 = Rs.1500, Water Taps - 5; each Rs. 100; Total Rs. 500, Miscellaneous - transport, bend, coupling etc- Rs. 1000, Labor cost - Rs. 2500) We had provided a cheque in the name of the Headmaster on 25th Aug, 2009.

Water tank and toilet repair for Nathakadu Govt school

We had got a request for help for a government school from a rural village through Senthil of Payir trust. The school is in need of repair for water tank and toilet. The school name is Adi Dravidar Welfare Elementary School. There are about 105 students studying in this school. Nathakadu is a small village at Kunnam taluk, Perambalur District.

Senthil had approached the government and they are taking up Rs. 20k out of the total budget of Rs. 32k and are in need of the remaining amount.

HM has contributed Rs. 3000 towards this request on 16th Mar '09 and the remaining amount was provided by few other NGOs. Senthil had co-ordinated the work completely.

Update on Parandur Govt school water tank

Here is a photo of the water tank constructed by Helping Minds at Parandur school. More details about this activity can be found here

Water tank for Govt school in Parandur village, Kanchipuram

There is a Government school in Parandur village about 14 kms from Kanchipuram. The school has 498 students (272 boys and 226 girls). The school has upto 10th standard. There are buses only every 2 or 3 hours to this village from Kanchipuram. This is the only school in nearby 10kms. The teachers who are working now in this school, are very committed. For the past 3 years, the pass percentage of the school is about 96%, which is really great for a school with this background. There are couple of students who have scored about 460/500 last year in 10th standard. There are regular special classes being conducted for 10th std students. The students who attend this class sometimes stay in the school itself since there are not enough commuting options.

The school has a very small water tank which has a lower capacity than required. The tank is filled with water supplied by municipality in the morning. This water is drinkable and tested in TWDA(Tamil Nadu Water Development Authoritiy). The water in this tank is sufficient only for the morning hours. For the afternoon, the school is dependent on the bore water which is not of good quality. The Head master of the school requested Helping Minds trust for an additional water tank so that sufficient municipality water can be stored for the entire day. HM member Murali visited the school on Jan 10th and validated the request details. HM trust has provided Rs. 15000 for installing another water tank in this school.