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.
No smart cards, no food!
It was only when the Government began free food distribution in March and April that we realised how many people – especially Gypsies and tribal people – do not have their family ration smart cards yet.
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A tailoring machine has been delivered yesterday in one of the backward areas where the Association works, a village called Periyar Nagar (Manampathy, Thiruporur block).
Continue reading “Tailoring machine donated in Periyar Nagar”Distribution of notebooks to the children of Poonjeri Masima Nagar Tuition Center
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.
Continue reading “Distribution of notebooks to the children of Poonjeri Masima Nagar Tuition Center”New day care center in Poonjeri – Masima Nagar
Malar Trust starts a day care project for children in the tribal (ST) community of Masima Nagar.
Continue reading “New day care center in Poonjeri – Masima Nagar”Panjartheerthi Irular children attend school regularly
On March 2nd we visited Panjartheerthi school where most of the children from our Tuition Center attend school from 1st to 5th standard.
Continue reading “Panjartheerthi Irular children attend school regularly”Daytime care for Poonjeri orphan children
Last February, after a couple of Italian volunteers spent a few weeks in the Poonjeri Irula community an anomaly caught our attention: there was a group of children wandering through the village streets during the day, apparently without attending school and unsupervised by adults.
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Malar Trust helps a senior Masima Nagar citizen to start a waste collection business
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