This year, our celebrations of World Toilet Day began on 14 November, Children’s Day, in the coastal village of Vizhundamavadi, where the spirit of environmental stewardship came alive through the eyes and colours of children. Teaching Change Through Children Our programme at Jaya Nursery and Primary School focused on…
On 15th August 2025, the 79th Independence Day celebrations were held in a grand manner at the Nagapattinam District Collectorate. In this event, our NGO, Friend In India Trust got felicitated. We participated in a competition held by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board several months ago. We…
For the fourth year in a row, FIN Trust offered a summer camp during the school holidays in Kameswaram village. Started in 2022, the May camp has always been a great success! Taking a maximum of 20 children, every afternoon, they came to our field office to enjoy…
Karan, Jeeva, Srinath, Duraiyarasu, Gowtham, Raakesh – six enthusiastic students in the final fourth year of their undergraduate Agricultural Studies came to Kameswaram hearing of FIN to complete their assignment of NGO outreach with knowledge exchange. What do they learn? Interestingly each…
In FIN, in Kameswaram village, we always do a special event on March 8, to demonstrate and nurture women’s empowerment and this year we decided to hold a music competition. Today, Amutha madam from FIN, the main organizer of the event was there at the office by 8 AM to…
On Sunday October 27th, Nagalaxi madam, Ranjita madam and Paranjothi sir were there bright and early at 10.30 AM in Karuvelankadai village. This time, the FIN WASH+ (water, waste management, sanitation and hygiene behaviour) workshop for the children of the SOS Children’s Villages of India programme was held in the…
FIN principle: #MinimizePollution The idol of Ganesh is generally made up of clay, Plaster of Paris (POP), plastic and cement. Toxic paints containing heavy metals like lead and mercury are often used in decorating the idol. After the immersion, the ingredients of the statue does not completely dissolve in…
The International Women’s Day debate on early marriage versus pursuing higher education was a success, as mentioned in our previous post. However, we were surprised to see that local newspapers reported it as a debate on “child marriage.” Amutha Ma’am called them to inquire why, and the reporters explained, “Ma’am,…
Eighteen children who are learning to type on the computer were invited to the World Toilet Day workshop on Sunday, November 19 at 11.00. All of them came. The workshop was conducted by Amutha Madam and Raveena Madam. They first conducted a short quiz on FIN so that the…
In South India, millions celebrated ‘Saraswathi Puja’ or ‘Ayudha Puja’ i.e. day of prayer for the ‘instruments of livelihood’ on Monday, October 23rd and ‘Vijaya Dasami’ – the day of new and fresh beginnings for attainment of personal targets on Tuesday, October 24th. In order for FIN staff to celebrate…