A new Tuition Center was opened last January in MGR Nagar, an area of Poonjeri largely inhabited by gypsies and tribals.
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Wheel chair delivered to disable
Deepa Priya is a young woman of about twenty-five, suffering from muscular dystrophy, that we have been helping for more than two years with a small monthly subsidy.
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A new project has just started in the ST community of Kuyil Kuppam (Peryar Nagar): extra English lessons for a selected bunch of students.
Couple of elderly included in our individual sponsorship program
scholarship distribution 2021/22 now closed
Monsoon emergency: distribution of plastic sheets to cover damaged roofs.
A story of success
This is the story of Divya Barathi, one of the students who graduated thanks to our scholarships – and whose results give prestige to our program.
Checking in on a struggling family
You may remember the story of a young mother from the village of Anjeneya who was killed by tuberculosis (TB) back in 2019.
Her widowed husband, with their two children, returned to his native village to live with his elderly parents, moving away from our educational and community activities.
Transforming lives: 10 years of scholarships
In December last year, Malar Trust made scholarship awards to 63 students – worth 10 lahks rupees – to pay for their schooling in 2020/2021. The 33 new scholarship students and 30 existing ones come from all age groups, from primary school up to college.
workshops on menstruation for tribal women
Malar Trust India organised a series of workshops about menstruation and associated issues for women belonging to the tribal communities of the villages where we work. The four sessions were delivered in collaboration with the Institution of Research and Development for Rural Poor Trust (IRDRP) and the Consortium of Health Associations in India (CHAI) which jointly financed the project.
Medical student Yuwasri running one of the workshops in Panjartheerthi
Over 100 women attended the four workshops which provided knowledge on the functioning of the female body and basic hygiene information..
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