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The Secretary,

Women's Organization for

Rural Development (WORD),

No.240/86, Shanthi Nagar,

Pothanur Post,

P.Velur Taluk,

Namakkal District,

Tamil Nadu State,

INDIA-638 181

Tele:+91-4268-220 960

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Dr. M. Kausalya, President

Mr. B.E. Venkatesan, Vice President

Mrs. R. Sivakamavalli,Secretary

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Mr. C. Tamilselvan

Mrs. R. Sivakamavalli

Mr. M. SenthilkumarComputer Operator, WORD

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From Presidents desk.....From Presidents desk.....Vanakkam to all of you

It is an important year, for all of us in WORD and our

people as WORD has completed successfully its

25th year of active presence and activities amongst

most vulnerable families and people.

WORD has contributed much to the grassroots

and their development as the citizens of the world

out of its works and interventions. However this

is a small contribution as the needy people and

families are growing out of vulnerable and volatile situations that are

hurting the opportunities of the poor and the poorest households all

over the world. It is a tough and uphill task to WORD and all of us to

make the situation in favor of all of us and move forward with lot of

motivation, energy and guts to take the situation as what ever may

and what situation it may be. Unity, cooperation, understanding

each other, respect to each and every one, valuing each and every

one as the citizen of the World with all rights as ours, hence the

coming years, WORD will make its endeavors stronger and

energetic to make the world a sustainable and viable one for up

lifting its all children at her hand together !

Let us move forward together and work together !

Thanking you,

(Dr. M. KAUSALYA)

President, WORD

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Vanakkam !

It is my pleasure to first of all, to thank our people, at this juncture as

WORD is completing its 25th year of active functioning and service to

the mankind. The support during the year is good and WORD reached

more and more women and their families. It has its bounden duty to

educate the present generation to keep the Mother Earth intact,

sustainable and lively one so that our future generation will be happy

to receive a sustainable and lively Mother Earth to the coming

generation.

During the years to come, WORD will work towards making our Mother Earth a sustainable

and lively, greener, cleaner and dynamic , that benefits the needy and poorest households in

the earth. It may not be out of place, because of all of you and your support and cooperation, I

have been given the BEST SOCIAL WORKER AWARD 2015 by Our Honorable Chief

Minister of Tamilnadu Ms. J. Jayalalitha on August 15, 2015 during the celebrations of 69th

Independence day. I dedicate this award to you all , without you and your support, this

award has not come through to me. Thank our Honorable Chief Minister and also to you all!

I took this appreciation to strengthen my motivation and confidence to take WORD further

into other levels of works, active functioning with more and more innovative interventions

among you.

Let us work together to make the WORLD a sustainable and dynamic one for all of us.

Thanking you,

(R. SIVAKAMAVALLI)

Secretary, WORD

Annual Report 2015-16

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Secretary Speaks......

Safeguard of Farm Animals

Water & Sanitation to Schools

Women Empowerment & Micro Credit

Family CounselingCentre &Special

Programs

Our Major Programmes

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Care for the Elders &

Children

Prevention and

Control of

STI/HIV/AIDS.

Sustainable Agriculture

Capacity Buildingof CBO’s & NGO

About WORD

Introduction

The year May 1991 saw the foundation of WORD. The arduous struggle started

with a few like-minded people to facilitate the process of social change and

economic development among the rural poor.

Vision

Attaining Socio, Economic, Health, Education, Culture and Environmental

development of rural poor without any gender disparity

Mission

' To improve socio-cultural status of women.

' To attain women’s health rights through training and awareness.

' To bring economic sufficiency and independency through cottage

industries and vocational training.

' To encourage women in the protection of livestock and also

biodiversity conservation.

' To promote literacy, family life, political and education among rural

women.

' Institutional care of abandoned children and senior citizens.

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Capacitating of People's Organisation for empowering the Neglected

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Supported By: Development Promotion Group, Chennai

Target villages: 6 villages : 006

Target population : 5357

Total SHGs involved : 217

During the year 2015-16, DPG has supported

WORD to undertake the fo l lowing

interventions among the target people and

their families, they are;

i. Capacity building of the members of the self

help groups and building the skills & know how

of the adolescents

ii. Organic farming

iii. Water & Sanitation

Gender Sensitization: 150 adolescents boys

and girls were sensitized on gender

perspectives, role of gender discrimination

since birth of a child till death, biological

difference and precipitation of gender in later

and especially adolescence period has been

dealt during the training. Adolescents from

S . K . M e t t u r , P i l i k k a l p a l a y a m ,

Pandamangalam, and Pothanur

v i l lages took part in the

workshops.

Impact: The adolescents girls and

boys stopped child marriage organized for 2 girls in

Pothanur village as result of the training.

150 young women in the age group of 20- 45 were

sensitized on gender perspectives through 5 trainings

during the year, women in the age group of 25-35 have

internalized the gender discriminations and wished to

change the system into non discriminatory, while

women in 35-45 age group more inclined towards the

male oriented attitude, said that they believe that

only boys will look after their parents in the final years

of their life, that is why they took much care over boys

rearing.

Organic farming

150 women farmers those hail from S.K.Mettur,

PilikkalPalayam, Pandamangalam, and Pothanur

villages have been trained

intensively in organic farm

methods & techniques during the

year. 60 farmers were taken to

exposure to pioneer farmer field

and cultivation to gain in-depth on

hand experiences. All the 150

farmers were given 1 kilo of earth

worms and one container each, to

produce vermin compost and

herbal pesticides, organic crop

tonics using these container and

training inputs.

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Impact: Total of 27.42 acres of lands

being brought into organic one, as

farmers raised paddy, horticulture in

their lands through organic farm

inputs and methods. 15 farmers said

that they produce organic farm

inputs and apply to their crops, and

reduced their cultivation costs of the

crops.

Water and Sanitation

To promote individual and school

sanitation in the target villages, 117

individual toi lets have been

constructed and 400 students of 4

schools have been educated on

water and sanitation, the importance

of having toilets and hand washing

after toileting etc. 100 young girls in 2

villages have been sensitized on the

need for sanitation and its impact on

ind iv idua l , fami ly and the

Integrated Dairy Development Project(NABARD-UPNRM)

Supported By: NABARD, Namakkal

50 women farmers have been supported to

undertake dairy farming since 2013. These 50

farmers were given training in organic farming

methods, production & application of organic

farm inputs, cultivation of alternative fodder(

azolla), green fodder cultivation to enhance

their milch cow rearing activities. During the year, an amount of

Rs.7,10,220/- ( principal) and Rs.1,13,369/- (interest) has been

repaid to NABARD.

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SEED Project

Supported By: Jeevika Trust, UK

During 2015-16 the following

activities have been implemented

among small and marginal

farmers, women, and school

children in the target villages.

Millets Cultivation

50 farmers in the villages of

K o l a r a m a n d P a m a

Goundampalayam, were

supported with sorghum seeds

that will be raised organic means,

while the sorghum grains will be

consumed as food item by the

farmers the stems will be dried up

and stored to provide fodder to

their cattle.

Drip Irrigation

10 farmers were selected and out

of them 7 farmers were given

support to put up drip irrigation to

their horticulture crops all around

the year. So that they will have

cultivation, harvest and income.

Vending of Herbal Pesticides

5 0 w o m e n f a r m e r s o f

Ponnampalayam village, have

been trained in the production of

crop tonic( panchakaviya,) herbal

pesticides, Amirtha karaisal,

Lemon and butter milk extract

production and application to the

crops. Out of the 50 women

farmers trained, 10 of them came

together to put up a shop to sell

the organic farm inputs viz. herbal

pesticides, crop tonics, amirtha

karaisal etc ,@ Rs.50 per liter and

make regular income.

Cloth based Low cost Sanitary

N a p k i n p r o d u c t i o n a n d

promotion

WORD in order to promote the

personal and menstrual hygiene

and health of the women and girls

in the target villages, imparted

training in making and marketing

the low cost cloth sanitary

napkins. The special in this cloth

based napkin is that can be used

after washing and drying by the

women and girls regularly. WORD

is now promoting these napkins

among the women in the age

group of 35-45 years, and plans to

promote the same among girls

and young women.

Campaign against Anti Plastic

In order to educate the public to

reduce and give up the using and

abusing the p last ic and

polythene carry bags from their

day to day life activities, WORD

took up the campaign among the

school going children who do

their education in 5 of the

Middle Schools in our target area

during the year. The children

were educated how to segregate

the wastes at the source points

itself such as schools, public

places, temples, churches,

mosques and in their homes

especially kitchen wastes to

decompose as compost, other

wastes to non- decomposable

plastics to recycling activities.

Dust bins ( made up of bamboo)

were distributed to 5 schools, 2

dust bins each.

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Targeted Interventions - Migrant Project

Supported By: TamilNadu State AIDS Control Society, Chennai

Tamilnadu AIDS Control Society, Chennai in partnership with WORD implements

Targetted Interventions among migrants workers in Namakkal district. The project has

achieved as follows prescribed in the below mentioned table.

Sl.No. Details Target Achieved

01 Total New High Risk Group Identification 10000 10523

02 Followup Services 5000 2716

03 Group Meetings 1800 1398

04 ICTC Tested 3000 3856

05 STI Tested 4000 3986

06 Condom Outlets 50 53

07 Condoms Sold 90000 8465

08 Advocacy Meetings 24 24

09 Street Theatre 24 24

10 Congregation Meetings 08 08

11 No.of Peer Leaders 15 15

12 Positive Identification -- 03

13 ART Registration -- 03

14 Counselling Sessions Conducted -- 2078

15 Stakeholder Meetings -- 10

Teddy Bear Toys to HIV/AIDS Infected Children

Supported By: The Buddies Society of Ipoh Perak, Malaysia

The Buddies Society of Ipoh Perak.

Malaysia, has donated and shipped 30

teddy bears to us to distribute to the

children infected by HIV/AIDS with

generosity to our request made to them

earlier. 30 teddy bear toys have been

distributed to 30 infected children on

December 29, 2015 on which WORLD AIDS

DAY has been observed in Namakkal ,

Tamilnadu, India.

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Family Counselling Centre (FCC)

Supported By: Central Social Welfare Board through TamilNadu State Social Welfare Board

W O R D h a s b e e n

r u n n i n g F a m i l y

Counseling Center in

P. Velur under the

auspices of Central

Social Welfare Board,

New Delhi through

Tamilnadu Social Welfare Board, Chennai. It

has been addressing the counseling needs of

the family members especially the young girls,

married women and mothers in the district . During this year, our counselors handled good number of

cases from the women and others from the district , the details are given below as follows.

No. Of Problems Sl.No. Types of Problem Registered Registered / and Dealt

During the Year

01 Extra Marital Affair 18

02 Suspicious Personality 16

03 Misunderstanding 34

04 Dowry Problem / Harassment 09

05 Alcohol Dependant 37

06 Depression 16

07 Domestic Violence 06

08 Health Assistance 04

09 Personality Difference 02

10 Mental Stress 03

11 Economic Crisis 11

12 Love Affair 17

13 Education Assistance 10

14 Sexual Harassment 17

15 Living Separately 03

16 Loneliness 04

17 Suicides 01

18 Adjustmental Problem 04

19 Marital Maladjustment 03

20 Child Problem 02

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Felicitation of Mrs. R. Sivakamavalli Best Social Worker of the Year 2015

Government of Tamilnadu lead

Ms. J. Jayalalitha, Chief Minister,

s e l e c t e d a n d a w a r d e d

Mrs. R. Sivakamavalli, Secretary ,

WORD, Pothanur as the BEST

Social Worker 2015, and presented

a medal and certificate during the

Independence Day Celebrations.

Mrs. R. Sivakamavalli, Secretary

has been given the award, and the

certificate in person on August 15,

2 0 1 5 d u r i n g t h e 6 9 t h

Independence day Celebrations

held at St. George Fort, Chennai.

Ms. J. Jayalalitha, Chief Minister of

Tamil Nadu presented the medal

and the Certificate.

To commemorate and celebrate

the award, the village public,

local leaders, officials, and the

grassroots organized felicitation

program on September 18,2015

at Pothanur Town Panchayat

M a r r i a ge H a l l p re m i s es .

Mr. S. M. Narayanan, President,

Pothanur Town Panchayat

presided over the program.

Mr. M. Mahimaidoss, Addl. BDO

(Small Savings & Mahalir

Th i ttam) , Kab i la rmala i ,

Mrs.V. Selvi, Block Project Officer,

Small Savings & Mahalir Thittam,

Paramathi block,were present

during the felicitations.

Dr. P. Loganathan, Head of the

Department, Department of

Economics, Kandaswami Kandar’s

C o l l e g e , P . V e l u r ,

Mr. M. Karthikeyan, LIC agent,

P.Velur, Mr. B. Chandra Sekar,

Director, SERVICE, Namakkal,

Mr. N. Parameswaran, Director,

WINNER TRUST, Kallipatti,

Mr. P. Saravanaraja, SEED TRUST,

Mettaala, Mr. P. Rajendran,

Director, CDO, Thiruchengode,

Mr. A. Vijayan, Program Manager,

WORD, Pothanur offered

felicitations to the Award winner

Mrs. R. Sivakamavalli.

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Flood Relief Works in Cuddalore District among Dalit Families

Supported By: FEMI, Nederland

During October 2015 to December

2015, Tami lnadu rece ived

unprecedented rains that

inundated Cuddalore, Chennai,

T h i r u va l l u r, Ka n c h i p u ra m ,

Thirunelveli and Thoothukudi

districts. Hundreds of families were

evacuated to safer places by the

district administration.

Stichting FEMI, Nederlands, at the

request of ZERO KAP, Nederlands

supported WORD to do the relief

w o r k s i n K o l l i d a m a r e a ,

Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore

district. 109 dalit families those

were affected badly due to the

continuing rains and floods in their

villages. Relief package consists of

25 kgs rice, 2 kgs of Red gram,

Oil - 2 liters, plastic bucket-1,

saree-1, lungi-1, torch light-1 one

towel and nighty per family had

been distributed on March 9,

2016 in the presence of 109

fami l ies , the i r fami ly

members, officials, NGOs in a

simple function organized for

distributing these relief

packs. Relief package is worth

of Rs.3000 has been given to

all 109 families.

Flood Relief to Irula Tribal Families of Thittujayakondampattinam

Supported By: Castricum helpt Muttathara, Nederland

With the help of Stichting Helpt

Muttathara, Nederlands (our Current

partner) supported our relief works

among the 35 families of Irula Tribal

w h o l i v e i n T h i t t u

Jayamkondampattinam village of

Kumartchi block, Chidambaram Taluk,

Cuddalore district. Since the irula

tribal are migrants, they mostly left

out from Government support, that is

why WORD wrote to Muttathara who

heard our request with concern and

supported WORD to do the relief

package to 35 Irula tribal families.

Rs.3000 worth of rice, clothes,

torchlight, bedsheets, oil,

groceries have been distributed to

all the 35 families in March 2016.

'I thank WORD, for providing us

relief materials such as food,

biscuits, water bottles, in

November 2015 when we are in

relief camps. Later WORD heard

that no Government assistance

done to our Irula habitation, they

distributed Rs.3000 worth of rice,

dhall, oil, dresses, torch light, bed

sheets etc to tide over critical and

helpless situation provided by

FEMI, Nederlands with a great

heart. Mrs. Amutha, 35 years,

w i f e o f P a l a n i v e l ,

Kumaramangalam Irular

Kudiyirruppu, Parangipettai

taluk, Cuddalore district,

Tamilnadu, India


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Economic Empowerment of Widows, Destitute Women through Goat Rearing


In partnership

with Muttathara,

N e d e r l a n d s ,

WORD received

f i n a n c i a l

ass i stance , to

s u p p o r t 3 0

women to do goat

rearing in the year

2014. This project

is to support all

the identified 112 women viz widows, destitute among Arunthathiyar caste.

Till March 2016, all the 112 women beneficiaries have been provided

financial assistance to do goat rearing activities and repay the loan amount,

all interest free loans.

Provision of Safe Drinking Water to School Children

Supported By: Aasha Charity, UK

136 children studying at Primary

Schools located at Urambur and

Poosaripalayam of Kabilarmalai block,

Namakkal district, Tamilnadu are from

Arunthathiyar community. Left out

without drinking water provisions.

Since water is so important for the

children’s growth, lack of water put

disturbances to the children studying in

these public schools. The parents,

teachers requested WORD to support

their need. WORD submitted a project

to Aasha Charity, UK who came forward to support to put up 2 bore wells

fitted with hand pumps. Now 136 children and 5 teachers there in these 2

primary schools are having round the clock drinking water that is potable,

sweet and safe. The children, the parents have been educated on the need of water, its relevance to

humanity, washing hands after toileting, before and after food intake.

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"I am Nivetha studying at

P r i m a r y S c h o o l ,

Poosaripalayam in V

standard. Recently WORD

Pothanur supported by

AASHA CHARITY, UK put

up bore well and hand

pump in our school. Now

we have potable, sweet

and safe drinking water

throughout the hours

when we there in our

school. Thanks AASHA

CHARITY and WORD for

their support’

World Water Day 2016

Supported By: Water for Humanity Fund, USA

WORD in partnership with Water

for Humanity Fund, USA ,

(promoted by American Society of

Dowsers) WORLD WATER DAY

2016 has been celebrated in

March 2016 from March 22, 2016

to March 26, 2016 in 9 villages

t h r o u g h s t r e e t t h e a t e r

performances, cycle ral ly,

workshops for farmers, women

g r o u p m e m b e r s , a n d

d e m o n s t r a t i o n o n w a t e r

harvesting in this year. The

workshop covered 9 villages, 50

farmers and 50 women group

leaders attended the workshops.

100 young students took part,

pedaled through the 9 villages and

educated the public on the

importance of water and its

relation to

providing

j o b s t o

humanity

d i r e c t l y

a n d

indirectly

and asked them to conserve, promote

and protect the water sources. A

special poster on WORLD WATER DAY

2016 has been printed and distributed

to participants, NGOs, Government

officials and the target villages.

International Yoga Day 2015

Supported By: Ministry of AYUSH, Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy, New Delhi

WORD has been supported by the Ministry of Ayush, Central Council for Research in

Yoga & Naturopathy, New Delhi, to organize yoga camp from May 21, 2015 to June 21,

2015 that is on International Yoga Day. 150 persons were given yoga training morning

and evening hours from May 21, 2015 to June 20, 2015 continually. The participants

showed greater interest in learning all

yogas and assured that they will

continue to practice as benefits them

physically and psychologically.

This a 3 weeks course for benefitting

women, men and youth in the area,

who were trained and educated in


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yogas and meditation courses

continually so that they could

practice in their day to day

lives to enhance their health

and mind. The course started

on June 1, 2015 and concluded

on June21 , 2015 that is on the International Day

of Yoga. The celebration of International Day of

Yoga has been celebrated among 250 people on

June 21, 2015 at Paramathi Velur, Namakkal

district. Mr. Sundara Subramanian, Yoga Master,

Jedarpalayam, Mr. P. Selvaraj, Yoga Medicine

practitioner, Pandamangalam, Ms. P. Malarkodi,

Pothanur, Namakkal, Yoga practitioner, and

Mr. S. Nagarajan Yoga Master, Pandamangalam trained

the participants. The celebration of IDY has been

celebrated on June 21, 2015 at Velur which was

presided over by Mr.Sundara Mahalingam, District

Coordinator, NYK, Namakkal, Dr. P. Loganathan, HOD,

Dept.of Economics, Kandaswami Kandar’s College,

Velur, Mr. P. Saravanaraj, SEAD, Mettala, Nammakkal

are the guests and did special address on yoga and its

relevance to the present generation. All the

participants did a model yoga sessions on IDY

June 21, 2015 in the morning 7.00 am -7.30 am.

Celebration of International Yoga Day

Supported By: Nehru Yuva Kendra, Namakkal

In partnership with Nehru Yuva Kendra,

Namakkal district under the Ministry of

Youth Affaris & Sports, WORD has

organized International Day of Yoga

2015. 250 people that is men, women,

youth and children turned out at the

program., The participants were

educated on the benefits of yoga , its

impact on one's physical and mental

health.

International Day of Yoga has been

celebrated at Community Hall, P.Velur,

Namakkal district on June 21, 2015 that

was presided by Mr. Sundara Mahalingam,

DYC, NYK, Namakkal district. Prof.

Dr. P. Loganathan, HOD, Kandaswami

Kandar’s College, Velur, Mr. S. Nagarajan, Yoga Practitioner,

Velur, Mr.P. Selvaraj

Yoga Practitioner,

Pandamangalam,

and others spoke

on the occasion.

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Micro Credit Promotion among Vulnerable Women in Kabilarmalai Block

Supported By: Zero Kap Foundation, Nederland

ZERO KAP, Nederlands supported WORD in 2013 with a loan to loan to the women in poorest households

on lowest interests, so far 455 women were given loans and invested in income generation activities, and

bettered their economic situation. 455 families are having now sustained work and income and also freed

from the clutches of money lenders who charged exorbitant rates of interests from the poorest

households.

Enabling the School Education of School going Children in 5 Villages

Supported By: Korea Hope Foundation, Korea

With the help of KHF, Korea, WORD has received assistance to

enable young widows to do goat rearing, 112 young widows were

helped in 2 years. Out of their repayments, 5 Tuition centers in

Kabilakuruchi, South Sellappampalayam, Chinnampallimedu,

Periyasolipalayam and Nagapalayam have been running under this

project. 130 children are being enrolled, educated and supported

with school stationeries and needs. 5 toilets renovated for the

children use in 5 schools and 5 classrooms at the tuition centers have

been given black boards, text books and other education needs.


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Country Poultry Keeping for Women in Challenging Circumstances

Supported By: Korea Hope Foundation, Korea

This project is supported by Korea Hope Foundation, Seoul , South

Korea, to WORD to enable 30 women to do country poultry

keeping activities. Under this project,30 women in challenging

circumstances from Arunthathiyar and dalit families were helped

to undergo training in country poultry birds keeping activities to

have additional and alternative income sources to their lack of

income situation. After training, 30 women were given financial

support to purchase and keep country poultry birds in their

backyards. 30 women now are making regular income from the

poultry keeping activities and also started to repay the financial

assistance back to their forum that is supporting new women in

the target villages to do country poultry keeping activities. Out of

repayments an additional 22 women were supported to do

country poultry keeping activities during the year under review.

Enabiling Low Caste for a Sustained Income Through Rural Based Micro Enterprises


St icht ing Helpt Muttathara ,

Nederlands supported WORD to

provide interest free credit to 39

young women in Namakkal district. 39

women were given training in

financial literacy, books and accounts

keeping and entrepreneurship

development. 39 women formed

their own federation with officials and

rules to operate the project funds ,

repayments, distribution of new

loans to women, on a regular

manner. During the year under

r e v i e w, 3 2 n e w w o m e n

beneficiaries availed loans to do

rural based micro enterprises of

their choice and started to work

and make income.

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Home for the Aged and Elderly Persons

Supported By: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, New Delhi

Under the Grants in aid program

of the Ministry of Social Justice

and Empowerment, Government

of India, New Delhi, WORD has

been running a Residential home

for the aged and elderly persons at Konthalam village. There are 12 grandfathers and 18 grand mothers

being sheltered, taken care of by the care takers at the home for the aged and elderly persons. These

elderly parents who are thrown out by their own kith and kin, are being sheltered, provided a feeling of

family set up, home feeling, and feeling of secured living here in our home for the aged and elderly

persons. District Social Welfare Officer, Namakkal, Officials from the Commissionerate of Social Welfare ,

Chennai, and other district officials used to pay their regular visit and encourage us to do the services in a

better manner.

Creches for Preschool Children

Supported By: Tamil Nadu State Social Welfare Board, Chennai

Tamilnadu Social Welfare

Board, Chennai is supporting

WORD to organize and

conduct 3 Crèches for the preschool children of the poorest families in

the district. WORD is running 3 crèches at

Arunagiripalayam , Karattur and S.K.Mettur in

Kabilarmalai block of the district. There are 75

and 75 children of mothers belong to poorest

" I am Mrs. P. Malarkodi

Palanivel live in the village of

Thidumal. Our family

suffered without adequate

income to address our family

needs. That time WORD

supported my request to lend

money to me to do vegetable

vending, out of Rs.6000 loan ,

I do vegetable vending and

m a k e

Rs.250-300

p e r d a y

a f t e r

having my

day to day

expenses,

Thanks Muttathara and

WORD !’


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households and make their income out of day to day work in unorganized works. Children are being given

nutrition, health care, preschool education, training, plays and leisure etc at the Crèches.

" this Crèche being run by WORD and Welfare Board is enabling me to leave my child at here and work and

make my daily income. The child is happy and safe at the hands of the care takers, thanks WORD and

Central and State Social Welfare Boards for sharing my burden’

Skill Training in Door Mats and Floor Mats out of Textile Wastes for a Sustained Income

Supported By: De Brug, Nederland

WORD in partnership with De Brug, Nederland,

implemented one year project of provision of

skills training in door mats and floor mats out of

textile wastes. 12 women from Arunthathiyar

ICICI Credit Linkages

Supported By: ICICI, Namakkal

44 women self help groups have

been linked with the nearby ICICI

Bank Ltd branches in their

location for availing credit to

their economic advancement

needs. During the year, an

amount of Rs.57,01,000 has

been loaned to the members of

44 women self help groups in our

target area.

WORD has linked the

women self help groups

with their PACB Ltd banks

that are functioning in the

villages to lend money to

farmers to do the i r

cultivation successfully.

WORD linked 45 women

groups and these women

groups availed an amount

of Rs.12,00,000 as loan

during the year under

review.

caste from target

villages have been

selected and they

were given 45 days

intensive training in

stitching door and

floor mats out of textiles wastes. Textiles wastes have

been obtained from Erode, Thiruppur and Karur

districts that are adjacent to our district. After training

these 12 women with the 6 sewing machines, they are

producing door and floor mats and market them and

make income regularly.

Linkages with PACB

Supported By: PACB

Micro Insurance under LIC

Supported By: LIC of India, Salem

WORD in partnership with LIC of India,

Salem, promoted micro insurance to the

members of the Women Self Help

Groups (SHG’s) in our target villages. An

insured woman will get insurance

coverage during accidents, death,

permanent disability etc.

During the year, 114 women members

have been brought under insurance

scheme called Jeevan Mangal at a rate

of least insurance premium while 14

women availed the benefits under the

scheme.

1. Mr. R. Bhakthar Solomon CEO, DPG, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

2. Mr. S Bhuvaragavan DGM, NABARD, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India.

3. Ms. Judith Crosland, Programme Officer, Jeevika Trust, UK.

4. Ms. Priya Anand, Consultant, Jeevika Trust, Bangaluru, India

5. Ms. Primola Nicole, Association Suisse Freres de nos Freres, Geneva.

6. Mr. G. Perumal Samy, Joint Secretary, Tamilnadu Social Welfare Board, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

7. Dr. D. Dhanikachalam, Joint Director (TI), TSU, TNSACS, Chennai, , Tamil Nadu, India.

8. Mr. S. Swaminathan, Team Leader, TSU, Chennai, , Tamil Nadu, India.

9. Mr. Rabeen Dhivahar, Program Officer, TSU, Chennai, , Tamil Nadu, India.

10. Mr. Kabilan, Program Officer, TSU, Chennai, , Tamil Nadu, India.

11. Mr. Ananthasivan, Condom Program Officer, TSU, Chennai, , Tamil Nadu, India.

12. Mr. Eswaramoorthy, Program Officer (M&E), TSU, Chennai, , Tamil Nadu, India.

13. Mr. R. Suman, Revenue Divisional Officer, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India.

14. Mr. V. Loganathan, Thasildar, Paramathi Velur, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.

15. Photographer Team, GIZ, UPNRM-NABARD, Bangaluru, India.

16. Dr. Sherin Philip, District Social Welfare Officer, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.

17. Mr. Selvam, Regional Resource Centre, MSJ&E, Bangaluru, India.

18. Ms. Chung Seo Bin, Int’l, Program Officer, Korea Hope Foundation, South Korea.

19. Ms. Kim Mihye, PR Team Manager, Korea Hope Foundation, South Korea.

20. Dr. Venugobal Arikeri, Deputy General Manager, NABARD, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Our honourable visitors

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Our AuditorsShri. H. Sekhar, B.Com., F.C.A.,

Athayammal Nagar,

Kannankurichi Road,

SALEM-636 008

INDIAN BANK,

Paramathi Velur Branch

FCRA Account Non FCRA Account

INDIAN BANK,

Paramathi Velur Branch

STATE BANK OF INDIA,

Namakkal Branch

Our Bankers

Credibility Alliance Norms Compliance Report

WORD Registered Under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 Act 25 of 1975, with the Joint Sub-

Registrar, Dharmapuri (Registered as No. 39 of 1991, on 16-05-1991)

Copy of the Society Registrations Certificate is available on request.

WORD registered u/s 12A of the Income Tax Act 1961, with the Commissioner of Income Tax (Regn.

No. C.No.9755(7)/SLM/1998-99, Office of the Commissioner of the Income-Tax, dated:14/11/2002)

WORD registered under section 6(1)(a) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976 (FCRA)

Registration No:075870040 dated: 06-08-1999


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List of the Staff as on 31.03.2016

Sl.No. Name Designation

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

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Mr. M. Senthilkumar

Mr. P. Lakshmanan

Mrs. K. Malarmangai

Ms. N. Dhivya

Mrs. S. Archana

Mrs. L. Ashmi

Mrs. K. Thilagam

Mr. A. Vijayan

Mrs. Savitha

Mr. Ragunathan

Ms. Suganya

Mr. D. Rajkumar

Mr. Prakash

Mr. V. Sathish

Mrs. C. Hema

Mrs. M. Ranjani

Mrs. Meenatchi

Ms. Nathiya

Accountant cum Computer Operator

Organic Extension Worker

Project Coordinator

Accountant

Counsellor

Counsellor

Warden

Project Manager

Counsellor

M&E Officer

Out Reach Worker

Out Reach Worker

Out Reach Worker

Out Reach Worker

Creche Teacher

Creche Teacher

Creche Teacher

Nurse

GenderPaid Full

TimePaid Part

TimePaid

ConsultantsUnpaid

Volunteers

Male

Female

07

11

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4

3

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Slab of gross salary plus benefit paid to staff (Rs.) Male Female

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02

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06

04

01

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06

08

03

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5,000-10,000

10,000-25,000

>25,000

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Traveling Expenses to Board Members

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