Last Saturday we had a meaningful meeting with parents and students in Puliyur. Gatherings like this are very important for our work because they allow us to listen, share experiences, and strengthen the relationship between families, students, and the Malar Trust community.
Continue reading “A Meeting with Parents and Students in Puliyur”The new academic year has started, and with it, our after-school programs are back in full swing!
The Malar Trust India team recently visited all our centres to meet with students and teachers, and as always, to reaffirm our shared belief: education is the most powerful tool to break the cycle of poverty.
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Kunnapattu is a village 6 or 7 km away from Mamallapuram.
The tribal community that we began to follow at the end of last year is made up of about 50 families who have lived in the village in a fairly stable way for many years now.
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A new Tuition Center was opened last January in MGR Nagar, an area of Poonjeri largely inhabited by gypsies and tribals.
Continue reading “New Tuition Center opened in Poonjeri MGR Nagar”A new project has just started in the ST community of Kuyil Kuppam (Peryar Nagar): extra English lessons for a selected bunch of students.
Our fourth Day Care Centre opened in the Irular community of Puliyur village (Chengalpattu District) on Saturday September 12th 2020. The centre is serving children from 15 families who live in the village, who have only been able to attend school occasionally until now.
Last Saturday, beginning of this new academic school year, Malar Trust donated and distributed notebooks to all the students of Poonjeri Masima Nagar Tuition Center.
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Malar Trust starts a day care project for children in the tribal (ST) community of Masima Nagar.
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Last Sunday, Malar Trust India organized a commemoration day one year after the passing of Nandini, a child of Poonjeri who, at only 14 year of age, committed suicide for reasons that were never clear but were probably linked to a small disappointment in love.
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