Health, Educational & Vocational Training

As a part of psychosocial counseling, DPG organized a series of camps for children in a few villages between Jan and May 2005, concluding with a 22-day summer camp in May 2005 for 150 children in Nagapattinam district. The children were exposed to different kinds of painting skills like glass painting, fabric painting and were also taught new crafts like pot painting and ice-cream stick painting.
Following this, DPG provided tuition classes to schoolgoing children (42) at Vilunthamavadi and Vanavanmahadevi and non-formal classes for drop-out children (16) in both the villages at Nagapattinam district. A bridge course for drop-out children is also being conducted at Vanavanmahadevi for 17 children. In Mapillaioorani village, Tuticorin, a nursery is being maintained with 25 children.
Till March 2005, regular health camps were also conducted in almost all the villages in a few cases on a monthly basis and in a couple of areas on a quarterly basis and in other places in cooperation with other NGOs. Till date, 284 girls / married women have either undergone or are undergoing tailoring training. The objective is to provide trainees with a skill base to make at least 12 common garments and in the process cater to the tailoring needs of their own villages. DPG has provided motor mechanic training to the youth (20) in Perumanal village, Tirunelveli district.

                                                         

                   Dress Making Training For Vilunthamavadi girls with            Health Camp At Vanavanmahadevi

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