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…
On October 1, 2023, at 9 AM our team in Kameswaram was out on the beach. They had phoned all the students of their digital skilling classes, the teachers of the PR Puram school, and the toilet beneficiaries to go as a community to motivate all Indian citizens not to…
On October 2nd, Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday and the Swachh Bharat or Clean India day, we had initiated our “Bus stop Re-painting” project in Kameswaram village at Thaneer Pandal. FIN has a long history of friendship with this bus stop! We had transformed this bus stop from a dump into a…
How long will we continue to pollute our lakes, rivers and oceans, and beaches to honor our beloved departed ones? Today is the first day of the month of ‘Thai’ in the Tamil Calendar when prayers are offered to the ancestors. It is an ‘Amavasai’ when there will be…
Children are the change-makers of the future and schools are mainly where their capabilities, visions, and values are built. FIN believes that by teaching children in schools about our 4Rs, i.e. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Respect, we can empower them to become environmental change agents in their community. We call…
In many parts of the world women are making progress in all walks of life. This is definitely something to celebrate! That said, there are a million and one obstacles that must still be moved while being bombarded subtly or not so subtly by messages that lead us women to…
After all …where there is a will there will be a way! Our discussions were heated from the beginning of December. “What if it rains again like during our Deepawali camp?” “Who will come? Schools have opened.” “How are we going to inform the people – we don’t want the…