Pudiyador |
Pudiyador's vision is to empower underprivileged sections of Indian society, primarily through an education program that fosters intellectual, social and cultural development of the children. Pudiyador strives to increase awareness of values such as compassion, personal responsibility, and respect for others in the children and their families. In addition, pudiyador seek to provide the families with means to improve their social, economic and personal well-being through programs that include health care, substance abuse awareness, adult literacy classes, vocational training, and self-improvement workshops. The Pudiyador center at General Cariappa school, Saligram, Chennai has been running an after school program with 41 students for the last 3 quarters. Students from Classes I to VI visit the center weekday evenings and weekends. OPEN supports the centre with operational expenses and infrastructure development. Last quarter, we got them a projector which will help students watch educational videos, web presentations and power point presentations. It will also come in handy to conduct lessons through Skype for the whole class. Cost $400/- |