WELFARE ORGANIZATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (WORD) (Regd. No: 700/91, FCRA No: 076040277)

Communication Address: Administrative Office Address: 2/45, Tondamonpatti, R.S., Ayyampatti Main Road, Ayyampatti (Post), Thuvakudimalai North Trichirappalli – 620015, Trichirappalli-620022. , Tamilnadu, India. Cell: 09443797410 E-Mail: [email protected] 08344839835 [email protected]

From the Desk of Managing Director,

Greetings from WORD,

I am very pleasure to submit this annual report of our organization for 2018-2019 before the General body meeting. As we working for the poor downtrodden people’s socio, economic upliftment at Thiruverumbur and Manaparai block, Trichirappalli District and Budalur Block, district, Tamil nadu state, India. For successful implementation of our activities, we offered contribution from General Public and for their financial support. My sincere thanks to those who are contributed us for our programme and activities in current year. In this golden opportunity, I would like to thanks our staffs and Board of Director’s whose dedicated support we could do nothing. Finally I request all to extend their support and assistance for the future course of time as they done in the past.

Thanking you, With warm regards,

Yours in service,

(N.N.ANBAZHAGAN) Managing Director.

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ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2018 – 2019 Preface: The Welfare Organization for Rural Development Trust shortly known as “WORD” is an independent and non-profitable Social Service Organization. It was started in the Year 1988. But, it was registered on 31st October 1991 under the Indian Trust, Act 1882 and its Registration No. is 700/91. Besides it has also been incorporated under the IT act of 12AA & 80G and Ministry of Home Affairs, India under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and its FCRA No. is 076040277 Our Trust is doing its activities with the help of generous people with social values and consciousness of social change along with the members of the Trust with the generous attitude to benefit the rural poor and down-trodden rural people from the exploitation of Man – to Man and Women to Men. Geographical Area Covering: Village : 45 Villages Block : Thiruverumbur Manaparai District : Trichirappalli & Thanjavur Budalur State : Tamil nadu Country : India. Target Population Covered: Men, Women, Children, Youth, Adolescent Girls, Challenged persons and General Public. Activities Conducted during the year: 1. Income Generation Programme for Dalith women: WORD TRUST has organized 25 poor dalith women and motivate to form a Revolving fund management committee among the women and give the initial seed money as a revolving fund loan for starting the small level business like Petty shop, Vegetable business, Tailoring shop, Sari business, flower shop and Landry shop in their respective areas. Now they are getting loan amount from organization and they have started business and enjoying life profitably without poverty. This kind of amount was supported by RSWR – USA for Step up Trust, There is initially 25 women are benefitted and it would extend to other needy poor and single women nearly

Word Trust Annual report 2018-19 2 towards 100. The repayment money was reusing to another needy women. At present that poor women are meet their children’s educational support very easily and this project is much support to eradicate the poverty. 2. Provision of drinking water & Sanitation facility for health center: The WORD TRUST has applied to the Ananda – VZW – Belgium for the provision of drinking water, construction of toilet and procuring the patient beds in community health centre at Kottarapatti and it was approved by our good agency as per the above said your reference cited. Hence we received funds and implemented above said activity through our organization. We Thanks for that valuable support towards conducting above said programme in our proposed target areas. Hence this project is completed the shed, constructed toilet and erection of bore well. And we submit report and utilization certificate to concern agency. Therefore once again we thank to our board members and committee to the ANANDA VZW – BELGIUM on behalf of our organization board members. 3. Free Medical Camp : WORD TRUST has organized a general medical camp at Kalpalayathanpatti Manaparai Block on 07/04/2018 one day. The General Health Medical Officer Dr. R.Gayathri Peramanth M.B.B.S., was attended a cases. There are nearly 100 of women and men including children’s adolescent girls are benefited directly. Treatment and medicines are supporting to all

Word Trust Annual report 2018-19 3 beneficiaries as a free of cost. This medical camp was jointly organized by our organization with TNVHA – Chennai and the cost of programme was aided by Fullerton India from the CSR activity. Initially we have published the said medical camp with auto and distribution pit notice for informed as. The local community leader of the said village is also more support for given place and arranged for conducting medical camp peacefully and successfully. Therefore this medical camp is more support to our target poor and aged women and taking treatment free of cost. The doctor is also advising some tips for preventing communicable disease. 4. Cancer Awareness Program: With a view to sensitize the issue of cervix and cervical cancer among the General public and with the Labor Sector of the people, our organization conducted the following activities. a. Campaign: This campaign includes the meeting with the various sectors of people like students, teachers, community leaders and SHG women. Accordingly the campaign visited 10 villages and met 768 students, 76 teachers, 956 community leaders and 367 SHG women. b. Distribution of IEC materials: Regarding the cause of cancer and the remedy for the same, our organization printed and distributed the following types of IECS and with the number noted towards them. Posters - 100Nos. printed. Broachers’ - 1000 Nos. Bit Notices - 5000Nos. c. Meeting for unorganized sector of Labor: For educating the facts and myths of cervical cancer, chewing tobacco, eating harmful tobacco materials like Panparag, Hans, Gutkha etc. Accordingly we conducted 5 workshops wherein 246 labors in Agricultural participated. 5. Child Marriage Awareness: WORD Trust has organized NGO heads and CBOs leader in and around Trichirappalli district for conducting one day child marriage awareness programme. There is nearly 75 delegates are participated in that meeting and we invite the District social welfare Board officer Mrs.Thammunisha and Chairman of District Child welfare Committee

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Mr.Kamala. The Ex child rights commission member Mr.S.Selvakumar is also attended this meeting. They are given motivational speech for preventing the child marriages in their respective field of NGOs, and CBOS. The statistical report of child marriage issues and causes is also discussed in that meeting. At end of the meeting we have published the status report of child marriages in Trichirappalli district was released to the Medias. The participants are learning too much and they are assurance to take steps for preventing the child marriages in their working areas. The printing IEC is supporting to the participants for creating awareness tips to all participants. This programme was sponsored by Samakalvi Iyakkam Tamil nadu. 6. Support of Old age People: Our Trust has conducting some survey within our working areas and we have identified those who have economically socially poor condition and living utter poverty family. Through this survey we have identified near 40 poor families has not living in proper shelter as a home. In this situation we have collecting some donation from well wishers than we have purchase the cloth and bed sheet for supporting to them. Therefore we have fully satisfied for this kind supporting programme by our organization. It’s our hearty touching service in this year. 7. Yoga Awareness Progeamme The WORD Trust has conducted two days training programme on the subject of Naturopathy and yoga practice among the targeted women and general public. This awareness training was conducted at Thiruverumbur among the self help group members and general public were participated in this programme. The Naturopathy consultant and doctors of Dr. Sugumar BNYS, Dr. Menaka BNYS are participated as a resource person. The awareness on Naturopathy medicines and utilization of Natural food has been taught to them at end of the awareness training they have trained and demonstrated by yoga practice. This programme was supported by Trustees contribution. \ 8. Free Tuition for poor Children’s : The WORD TRUST has organized the rural poor dalith children’s in Assor and Planaganankudi villages for conducting evening free tuition. We have appointed one volunteer in village wise they have taught and regularly follow up the studying activity. Each center having 15 to 20 children’s from the standard of 5th to 10th they are regularly assembled at Common places of village

Word Trust Annual report 2018-19 5 in evening 5.00 pm and they have return to 9.00pm finishing the study. Our volunteer has educate them and clearing their subject wise doubts and weekly once they have conducted test and valid the paper for motivation of exam and solve the fearing of exam, Now they have scored high marks and none of drop out the school. This kind of support is sponsored by our trustee contribution. And we would plan to give the sports materials for improving their playing habit and monthly once Sunday we have conducting the awareness on various skills of knowledge. 9. Tree plantation Programme: Our Trust has organized local farmers and they have trained and creating the level of knowledge on the subject of Tree plantation and Nursery formation. Even our SHG groups have motivated them for promoting kitchen gardens. Our organization have purchasing Tree saplings from the private Nursery and it will given to beneficiaries of our farmers for involving the tree plantation there are 5000 of tree saplings are planned in our working areas. We have motivate our village community “each one tree one” concept was initiated and there are three village people initiated this kind of service. At present they have number of trees established and we hope it will give valuable support for our environment sustainability in future. 10. Women Equity Day Programme: WORD Trust has organized the university students of Bharathidasan University social work deportment and conducting half day programme on women equity day observation. This program was celebrating the women equity status in our county than creating awareness among the university students for improving the level of knowledge on status of women and how accessibility of equity in the society with in community family, nation, political and job opportunity. The college professor and women activist are also attended as a resource person for delivered the message to the college students. This programme was jointly conducted by our organization with People collinguim for protection of child (PCPC) Network of Tamil nadu. There are more than 100 of college students are earning the knowledge of history of the women equity benefits. This programme was support by our organization trustees’ contribution. The printing IECs are also distributed to all college students.

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11. Environment Awareness Programme : The WORD Trust has organized the women headed small and marginal formers from 10 villages of Budalur Block, and we have conducting three days training programme for preparation of vermi compost and its uses for cultivable land. We have organized 50 women farmers and we invited the external resource person Mr.S.L.Murugesan and Mr.A.Veeramani for conducting the said training programme in Budalur. They have delivered the message for control the chemical fertilizer and urge the people for involving the bio fertilizer and promoting the tree plantation. The vermi compost preparation guide resource book is also published in this meeting by the Budalur Union Chairman on that day. This resource material is also prepared by our organization and distributed to the entire beneficiary at end of the training programme. The component of vermi compost preparation, causes of soil fertility and how can able to develop the soil fertility, Methodology of vermi compost and verity of vermi and how can able to use the domestic and local resources for utilizing the preparation of vermi compost is also explained in that training by our resource persons. 12. School uniform for poor children’s: WORD TRUST has collecting donation from well wishers and purchasing the school uniform for supporting to identified poor children’s in Thiruverumbur block. There are more than 50 children’s are benefited directly by this kind of support. The poor children even single women children are find from our target villages and they have organized and give this kind of dresses and we have motivate that all children’s for going to school regularly and without hesitation. Mostly they are coming from poor especially dalith and those who are coming from single women headed families are selecting and supporting.

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13. Relief Support for Gaja Cyclone: The WORD TRUST was collecting relief materials from well wishers in Thiruverumbur area and that was delivers by our board of trustees and volunteers in the area of affected by flood in Kerala and Gaja cyclone in Pattukottai, Thiruvarur and we have jointly support with Ananda India Team. The cost of material is also supported by ANANDA AALST – BELGIUM. The cooking materials are also supported to the needy poor dalith people of Thiruvarur district. 14. World Aids Day: During the 1st week of December 2018, our organization conducted Essay competition to students, cycle rally and public meeting on the day of World AIDS day at Thiruverumbur town. The Essay competition was conducted for 92 students in 12 Higher Secondary School both male and Female. The concept of HIV/AIDS, its spreading and the preventive method were the contents of Essays. All the participated students presented their knowledge on HIV/AIDS properly and among them 16 were selected for awarding prizes and accordingly they were distributed prizes and certificates. Likewise, we conducted a cycle rally which started at Thiruverumbur Bus stand and passed through important places. The participants attended the rally with their cycle and shouted slogans regarding creation of awareness on HIV/AIDS. Around 200 youths participated in the Cycle rally. 15. Educational aid support for poor children: In this academic year, Our Trust has support to the 50 poor students for supporting the educational aids for helping to their higher educational. Those are poor and economically backward and living below the poverty line. These things were given away through our Trust in the presence of our Inthalaur Panchayat Board President. The concerned parents of the school going children felt happy on receipt of these benefits. This year our organization has planned for giving gift to the winning students of 10 th and +2 level in the punchyat level for encouraging that studies. This program was supporting by the public donation.

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FUTURE PLAN: The Word Trust has plan to continue our service by the way of following future plans therefore we wish to place and regard my sincere and heartfelt thanks one and all who have given all assistance, guidance and moral support to overcome the obstructions in our way. We thank to each one and all who have understood with us for achieving the objectives of our organization in future.  Promoting campaign activities for House Rights through our “National Campaign for House Rights (NCHR)”  Promoting people development through the following concept by the way of NGOs Network  New Entity for Sustainable Agricultural Management – Environment and ecology development  Providing the socio economic development programme for poor people sustainability.  Promoting Educational support for Dalit and minorities through the “Academy for Dalit and Minorities” by the way of fund mobilizing mela among the partners and well wishers. CONCLUSION Our Trust is always for the promotion of Social Welfare. It is fighting for eradication of poverty, social evils and other matters relating to society. It takes necessary steps for the entire social welfare of the society. Hence, our Trust has organized various Awareness Programs and Training Programs among the general public at Thiruverumbur and Manaparai Block in Trichirappalli District and Budalur Block of Thanjavur district in the State of Tamil Nadu, India. Our Trust will continue the same in future too. Thanking you, Yours Sincerely, Place : Tondamanpatti Date : 31.03.2019

(N.N.ANBAZHAGAN) Managing Director

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