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…
FIN’s Community interventions are a method to bring about behavioural changes in a population by identifying and grooming change makers in an area. This is done through education workshops, group meetings and involving community members in activities such as reviving public spaces. Here are a few interventions.
Our outreach activities are targeted to motivate behavioural change towards a greener and cleaner India through action and education. 1.School Workshops on Waste Management and Hygiene Behaviour
– Prior to lock-down – March 1-14: During the first half of March, while the staff was informed of the coronavirus situation in Europe by the founder, life continued as usual in Kameswaram. The basic rules of hygiene behaviour for protecting against coronavirus were discussed with our staff. All understood…