Annai Fathima Trust

(Karapakkam, Kancheepuram District)

Site Visit Report

Requested by

Sri Kumar

Conducted by

N.Raj Jeba Durai and M.Sathya Priya

On 26th July, 2005

Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu, India

Jeba holds an MA in public administration from MadrasUniversity and has been a volunteer of Asha in Chennai, India for over 2 years. He is deeply involved in over 10 diverse Asha projects and looks forward to site visits as exciting avenues to facilitate India-wide team work towards UQE.

Sathya Priya holds an MA in Social Work from StellaMarisCollege and has been a volunteer of Asha in Chennai, India for over 1 and half years. She is deeply involved in over 10 diverse Asha projects and looks forward to site visits as exciting avenues to facilitate India-wide teamwork towards UQE.

“If love is what you give away

Love is what comes back each day”

-American Poetess Amy Cassidy

Annai Fathima Child Welfare Centre:

We visited only to“Annai Fathima Child Welfare Centre” is a Government registered voluntary charitable organization taking care of 186 orphan children including 10 handicapped, some mentally retarded. Food, shelter, clothing, education, medical attention, recreation besides motherly love and affection are given free to them.

This organization is running for 25 years helping many orphan children by educating them. The land was given by Dr. MGR. After certain age, organization itself take the responsibility in getting marriage for the girls.

After completing XII, some children are doing engineering, polytechnic, catering and teacher training. Within the organization, they have school up to primary level for their children.

The organization has its own FCRA for funds. Major funds are being raised through local funding.

In Annai Fathima Trust, 10 staffs and 5 volunteers are looking after this organization. There are nine people as the management body.

Within the campus, two shops are given for rent. The rent amount is coming as income for the organization. One shop is a beauty parlor, so all the children do their hair cutting (boys) over there for free of cost.

Annai Illam:

“Annai Illam is a Government registered voluntary organization taking care of 40 old women whose age range from 65 to 99 years. Abandoned and forsaken by their words, all facilities are provided free to them.

List of Tsunami affected children:

These children belong to various affected villages like UrurKuppamSchool (Chennai District), Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Andaman, Pattinapakkam (Chennai District) and Kannagi Nagar (Chennai District). Government referred these list of children to these organization. Besides these, one family (4 members-parents and two kids) from Andaman are staying in the organization.

GirlsClass

1. TamilarasiI

2. ArthiI

3. JeevithaI

4. NivebaI

5. SumathiI

6. SoniaI

7. AngleII

8. RanjithaII

9. AnburasiII

10. Raja lakshmiII

11. LakshmiIII

12. NithyaIII

13. Siva SangariIII

14. UmaIII

15. VidhyaIV

16. SangunthalaIV

17. Tamil SelviIV

18. BhargaviV

19. PushpalathaV

20. AmmuV

21. Durga DeviV

22. SangeethaV

23. PapithaV

24. KamatchiVI

25. VinodhiniVI

26. SathyaVI

27. ThilagavathiVII

28. AmudhaVIII

29. KalaivaniVIII

30. RevathiIX

31. LathaX

32. SelviVocational training

33. AjithaVocational training

BoysClass

1.NehruI

2. ThiyaguI

3. AnanthI

4. Deva ChandranII

5. GouthamII

6. Ajith KumarIII

7. ParthibanIII

8. VeeraIII

9. HariharanIII

10. SelvamIII

11. DineshIV

12. AravindIV

13. VivekIV

14. AbdulIV

15. JeevaIV

16.VinothV

17. VigneshV

18. Arul rajV

19. LokeshV

20. ParbakaranVI

21. KarthiVI

22. Tamil SelvanVI

23. VentakeshVI

24. SatishVII

25. MoorthyVII

26. GaneshVII

27. Raja MoorthyVIII

28. YuvarajVIII

29. Raja SekarVIII

Total Girls33

Total Boys29

Total children62

Proposal for Annai Fathima Child Welfare Centre:

Fund required for:

1.Tuition Centre building:

There is a building planned to have a tuition centre for all the children. Without funds, the construction was stopped in half way. So they require funds for putting the roof and the building to be completed. It is constructed in the form of a big hall for using as tuition centre.

Roofing and completion of buildingRs. 4 lacs

2.Educational support:

It contains uniforms, shoes, notebooks and fees

Tsunami affected children: (62 children)

I to V

One childRs.1000

42 childrenRs.1000x42

TotalRs.42000

VI to VIII

One childRs.1800

16 childrenRs.1800x16

TotalRs.28800

IX

One child Rs.2700

1 childRs.2700

TotalRs.2700

X

One childRs.3850

1 childRs.3850

TotalRs.3850

Vocational Training:

One childRs.9000

2 childrenRs.9000x2

TotalRs.18000

Nursing

One studentRs.8200

1 studentRs.8200

TotalRs.8200

(Tsunami affected

children)

Total funds neededRs.103550

Orphan children:

I to V

One childRs.1000

65 childrenRs.1000x65

TotalRs.65000

VI to VIII

One childRs.1800

30 childrenRs.1800x30

TotalRs.54000

IX to X

One child Rs.3000

15 childrenRs.3000x15

TotalRs.45000

XI to XII

One childRs.3500

4 childrenRs.3500x4

TotalRs.14000

Teacher training

One studentRs.15000

TotalRs.15000

Engineering

One studentRs.15000

TotalRs.15000

Polytechnic college

One studentRs.30000

5 studentsRs.30000x5

TotalRs.150000

(Orphan children)

Total funds neededRs.358000

Total Funds Details:

1. Tuition centre buildingRs.4 lacs

2. Educational support

Tsunami affected

ChildrenRs.103550

Orphan childrenRs.358000

TotalRs.861550

Contact Person:

Mrs. Rani Krishnan

Founder Secretary

Annai Fathima Child Welfare Centre

Annai Illam (Home for the aged)

Contact Address:

Annai Fathima Children’s Welfare Centre

48, Old Mahabalipuram Road,

Karapakkam, Chennai-96.

Phone No: 24501094, 24500898

Annai Illam

34, East Mada Street,

Mylapore, Chennai-600004

Phone No: 24950003.

Feedback:

The organization is running for 25 years, the person who is running this organization Mrs. Rani who had also spent her life in hostel. So this inspired her start an organization for orphan children. She had gained lot of learning experience through out 25 years in running this organization. She has seen the various development in each child from childhood to adulthood and also managing the situation to run the organization. The children have the feel of the family. The organization is serving lot of children by providing good education which makes bright future.

M.Sathya Priya

The organization has a pleasant atmosphere for the children which makes them to feel as they are with the family because of people surrounding and the campus. The children are given first preference about their choices in educational line, what they want to do as higher studies after completing XII. If any child is not interested in studies, looking for other alternatives like cooking , teaching beautician course for girls. So, children are comfortable and there is no feeling that they are orphan.

N.Raj Jeba Durai