WORD-Annual report 2018-19

Registered Office

The Secretary,
Women's Organisation for
Rural Development (WORD),
No.112, Kaveri Garden,
P. Velur Post & Taluk,
Namakkal District,
Tamil Nadu State,
INDIA-638 182
Tele:+91-4268-220 960
E-mail:[email protected]
Web: www.mywordindia.org

Office Bearers

Mrs. B. Pathmavathy,
President.

Ms. M. Sathya,
Vice President.

Mrs. R. Sivakamavalli,
Secretary.

Mrs. D. Sumathi,
Joint Secretary.

Mrs. M. Dhanalakshmi,
Treasurer.

Mr. Pazha. Shankar,
EC Member.

Mrs. J. Ponmani,
EC Member.

Editorial Designer

Mr. C. Tamilselvan Mr. M. Senthilkumar
Mrs. R. Sivakamavalli Computer Operator, WORD

Printed at M/s. Abirami Printers,
No.60, Thiruvalluvar Salai,
VELUR-638 182, P.Velur Taluk,
Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu.

President appreciates… Dear Members, staff and the public!

I took this opportunity to congratulate all
our staff, volunteers and supporters for
their contribution towards achieving our
project goals and also WORD's goal of
empowering the marginalized families in
Namakkal district. I felt happy that
WORD has reached more children,
women, farmers and families in this year
thru our development intervention. More
drinking bore wells with hand pumps,
school toilet complexes, to benefit more children from poorest
families in villages benefitted including their teachers who
educate these children. Children are future leaders of the
country, who should be nurtured with great attention and
affection to make them powerful and stronger to handle
challenges and the needs.

Micro-credit interventions to the marginalized women and
mothers contributed to a great extent, to ensure the regular
employment and income generation around the year on least
services costs and keeping away the money lenders and the
vested interests.

Farmers got supported with training, seeds, seed banks,
exposures, field demonstrations to do their sustainable farming
activities with knowledge, experience and confidence to make
their farming operations sustainable one.

I wish each one of you, the members of the Society, staff,
officials, volunteers, experts, donors, the bankers, school
teachers, and others a Big Thank You to all of YOU !

(Mrs. B. PATHMAVATHY)
President, WORD

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Annual Report 2018-19 Secretary Speaks...

Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) Dear Honorable Members of WORD, Dedicated Staff team, volunteers and friends!

It makes me pleasant to share the successes achieved by WORD, during the
year 2018-2019, that is also 27th year of WORD in the field of development
and empowerment of the marginalized families in the district. It has got
strength to impart skills and vocational training to youth both girls and boys
so that they could have employable skills that will help these youth to have
sustained work and income to them and their families. WORD is pleased to
enable hundreds of young persons with livelihood skills and confidence.
Challenges are manifold, and the needs are also increasing. To address these
challenges, needs and the capabilities are to be increased. WORD is to think
to build the capacities of its staff and personnel to become versatile in
handling all the demands of their work and tasks that are assigned and expected. That will be done
regularly, however it would be done regularly in the coming years to coordinate their activities and
support their endeavors.

School Sanitation, School children Drinking Water needs, education of children on water and
4 sanitation, micro credit needs of the women in challenged conditions in the target villages,

promoting sustainable agriculture, horticulture, intercrops among marginal farmers, HIV/AIDS
prevention education among youth and adolescents are the programs that are implemented and
strengthened during the year under review very much with more number of people and villages.

Ending modern slavery and addressing its root causes, without hurting the employment, livelihood
and income of the families in challenged situations in the vulnerable pockets of the district are
continuing and endeavors are started to yield its fruits as we succeeded in preventing child
marriages, preventing young girls into job market and exploitation, and strengthen the mothers of
vulnerable families with micro credit, their daughters with skill training, creating awareness and
mobilizing all stakeholders at the work spots, and neighborhood to improve working conditions are
all succeeded during the year.

It is opt here to conclude this letter by thanking the donors, agencies, philanthropists, Government
officials in the district, State and Central, local leaders, groups, target families staff members and
experts for their support and patronage.

I expect more support to us to continue and relationship with all strengthened to benefit the
marginalized families effectively..

Thanking you all!

(R. SIVAKAMAVALLI)
Secretary, WORD

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Care & Support children S Women Empowerment
Empowering Adolescents
ustainable and Organic Farming

Family - Harmony Care for the Senior Citizen

Our Major Programmes

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About WORD

The year May 1991 saw the foundation of WORD. The arduous struggle started with a few
like-minded people to facilitate the process of social change and economic development
among the rural poor.

VISION OBJECTIVES

!

!

Attaining Socio, Economic, Health, ! To educate and organise the powerless
Education, Culture and Environmental ! people to make them more stronger to solve
development of rural poor without any ! their own problems by themselves.
gender disparity. ! To work for the rural development and
welfare of the women who are economically
MISSION downtrodden and socially backward.
To educate and organise the women to
Annual Report 2018-19 ' To provide education for ! make them more economic.
' underprivileged children. ! To establish orphanage, community hall,
Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) ' To improve socio-cultural status of health centre and welfare centre for women
' women. ! and children.
To attain women’s health rights ! To establish “Mathar Sangam” in rural areas.
' through training and awareness. To obtain loans, public funds from local,
To bring economic sufficiency and ! national and international funding agencies
' independency through cottage ! for rural poor women through “Mathar
industries and vocational training. ! Sangam”.
' To encourage women in the To work for the welfare of the old age people
06 protection of livestock and also and handicapped people.
biodiversity conservation. To create alcohol and drug awareness through
To promote literacy, family life, camps and counselling through de-addiction
political and education among rural counselling centre.
women. Initiative will be taken for the medical services
Institutional care of abandoned to prevent the HIV/AIDS.
children and senior citizens. To provide environment education to students
and rural mass.
To establish family counseling centre to
counsel the needs.

Creche

Day Care Centre

Hundreds of provided day care Integrated Child Development Services, Chennai
women workers services, nutrition,
belong to health care, rest, (This program
Arunthathiyar leisure time activities, was supported by
Community live in orientation to Integrated Child
Kondhalam villages alphabets, words, Development
who work in country animals, birds, plants, Services,
sugar production units' people, relatives and Chennai.)
function in this the transport etc. 17
Panchayat. Those who boys and 9 girl children
have little children in are being taken care at
the age group of 0-5 this crèche.
years are being

This program has been aspects. Family Counselling
implemented for the Centre
past 13 years in Namakkal Sub Committee consist of
Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi
district. This FCC is District Social Welfare
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functioning at District Social Officer, Representative of all

Welfare Office, Namakkal Women Police Official,

district and at All Women Advocate, Teacher etc; that

Police Station, Namakkal. meets once in 3 months to

During the year under review discuss the challenges faced

185 cases have been dealt at by the counselors, and help

FCC. them to address the

challenges successfully. FCC

It offers individual, family organized 6 neighborhood

and group counseling for the meetings on Family

welfare of the family Counseling Centers its

harmony, besides awareness services, activities and the

generation in the target reasons for the family and

areas about marital and marital problems in the

family conflicts, and help families and among young

families to address their day couple etc.

to day family problems

related to marriage and allied

Ms. Gayathiri is doing her bachelor degree. She felt love

with a youth in her neighborhood who is looking for a

job yet. Ms. Gayathiri disclosed her love with the boy and

ascertained to the parents that she marry only this Counselled Cases
youth. Parents as usual opposed her decision and ask

her to keep calm and think over to break the love. She Economic
tried to elope with her lover, but the youth rejected her 16%
idea of elopement and marrying her. She was adamant

and in fear of lack of parental support, she tried to Social
commit suicide, but was saved from suicide. Then the Education 37%
parents decided to approach FCC for support in this 4%

regard. Thus Ms. Gayathiri turned up at FCC for

counseling. She attended 2 days individual counselling

sessions. She was allowed to ventilate her emotions,

frustrations, guilty feeling and isolation. Gradually she Health
came up to think over her future, look around her 43%
parents, and found a meaning to her life and started to do

her studies and continue her studies… leaving behind her

past love affair with her friend. The parents thanked

counselors at FCC for the support provided to her and

them’

Annual Report 2018-19 Integrated Programme

for Senior Citizens

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, New Delhi

Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) WORD has been running a counseling, mutual support, at
shelter home for the aged this home.
female and male at Gandhi Nagar,
Kondhalam Panchayat of Yoga, Meditation and physical
Kabilarmalai block, Namakkal activities, 3 days in a week, are in
district, under the auspices of practice trained by the
Ministry of Social Justice and professional practitioners at the
Empowerment, Government of home for the aged persons
India, New Delhi. This home now regularly.
shelter 16 female and 14 male in
it. These elderly grandparents Dr. Jayanthi MBBS did leprosy
given up by their own kith and kin screening camp on August 10,
for their own reasons, being 2018 at the home for the aged
sheltered , provided with food, persons, Gandhi Nagar.
health care, leisure time activities,

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Dr. Saranya M.B.B.S., Medical Officer and participate in the Democracy festival 2019 among the aged and
Mr. Vinoth Babu, Health Inspector, Primary elderly inmates at Home for the aged persons, Gandhi Nagar
Health Center, Kabilarmalai conducted on February 16, 2019.
Pneumonia prevention camp, and vaccinated
all the inmates to protect them from Dr. Karthikeyan, M.B.B.S., conduct every 4th Friday of the
pneumonia infections on December 27, 2018. month at the Home for the aged persons, Gandhi Nagar, do

health checkups and medicine distribution to keep the health
Mrs. Rukumani, Tashildar, Paramathi Velur of the inmates intact. Every month, all the inmates are
Taluk, paid her official visit to assess the life screened for health problems, helped to have medicines,
and strength, safety of the building of Home vitamin supplements to address the malnutrition/nutritional
for the Aged Persons on December 21, 2018. deficiencies etc.

Dr. Anbu, District Social Welfare Officer,
Namakkal district paid her visit to home for
the aged and elderly persons for regular
officials' visits to the home on February 21,
2019.

Special Tashildar for Election Commission
“Campaign on voters” awareness to vote and

'Kaliamma is now 84 years old, she was admitted by the police officials on November 2007. To go back,
Kaliamma is a widow, and her deceased husband was retired army personnel. Due to illness, ageing he died.
After her spouse departure, she took shelter with her elder sisters' son's care. Her sister's son, daughter in
laws failed to treat her respectful. Unable to bear the disrespect, she walked towards Cauvery River and tried
to drown and kill herself in the flowing water. People, who were bathing nearby at that time, rescued
Kaliamma and handed over her to Police. Police officials after listening to her woes and story, took her in
their custody and admitted at this home. For the past 12 years, Kaliamma is with us, she does not like to go
with her relatives and end her last days at this home. She is having eye problems and pressure, takes
medicines regularly. She made friends with other inmates, spends her time with other inmates, and she feels
at peace here.

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WORD Celebrates

WORD has entered into 27th 27th Year !...
year and organized events
Women’s Organisation for Rural Development, Velur
on September 10, 2018 at Mrs. R. Sivakamavalli, Secretary,

Pothanur, Namakkal district. WORD briefed the audience on the

Cultural events, skits and dances a c h i e ve m e n ts a n d c u r r e nt

are part of the celebrations. Staff programs of WORD and thanked

members performed the events in all, the staff, board members,

stage in front of women group target groups, families, and the

representatives, public and the officials for the support rendered

guests to the celebrations. over the years.

All the staff members, who work Mr. P.Lakshmanan, Coordinator,
with WORD for more than 18 years WORD proposed a vote of thanks.
and new entrants, were

appreciated and honored with a

shawl, and shield with their photos

and the years of service with

WORD during the celebrations.

Annual Report 2018-19 Dr. Anbu, District Social Welfare
Officer, Namakkal district,
Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) Mrs. Priya Anand, Jeevika Trust,
Bangaluru, Mrs. Samundeswari, All
Women Police Station, P.Velur
were present at the dais to offer
felicitations on WORD and its
services.

Mr. C. Tamilselvan, Consultant,
Chennai, Mr. Bhavineshkarnan,
Winner Trust, Erode,
Mr. R. Chandrasekaran, HILLS,
Sathiamangalam,
Mr. M. Anbalagan, Samanethi,
Relationship Manager, Namakkal
addressed on various specialties
and works of WORD for the
women, children, youth and
farmers here in Namakkal district.

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HIV/AIDS Prevention Education
among Migrant Workers

TamilNadu State AIDS Control Society, Chennai

I n a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h ,Paper Mill, Dying Factory, Crusher & Quarry, Textiles, Fabrics & Hydraulics &
Tamilnadu AIDS Control Bore wells etc.
Society (TANSACS),
Chennai, WORD has been This project is being implemented in 22 blocks of Namakkal district and
implementing multiyear Namakkal Municipality successfully as the migrant workers live in widespread.
partnership project in the
district of Namakkal among
migrant workers who are in
larger numbers in each and
every village and urban
slums in the district. They
work in trades viz. Brick
Allied, C o c o n u t A l l i e d
,Sugar cane laborers, Steel
Company, Spinning Mill
,Construction Workers ,
Poultry Farm & Feeds, Sago
Factory, Bakery Workers

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Leprosy Awareness and
Eradication Programme

Women’s Organisation for Rural Development, Velur

WORD organized awareness program on leprosy among general public, school children at Kondhalam
village on August 7 2018. Dr. Jayanthi Medical Officer, Primary Health Center, Paramathi has done
screening of school children and the general public in this camp. She oriented the reasons and cause of
leprosy, types, its transmission from infected to non infected persons, modes of transmission, symptoms,
treatments available, regular treatment till cure, marriage to infected and cured persons from diseases etc.

Adolescent
Empowerment Project

The Freedom Fund, United Kingdom

Annual Report 2018-19 In partnership with Geneva
Global and Freedom Fund,
adolescent empowerment
project is being implemented
in 25 villages of the
Vennandhur block,
Namakkal district among the
working adolescent girls and
young women workers in
various industries in the
block.

Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) Health Check up and child marriages, child labour and As a result of the workers right
screening camps have been school drop out are reduced. During campaign initiated for the
conducted at 3 textile mills Grama Sabha meeting held on Community Support Groups and Self
that helped 330 young girls January 26, 2019 at Alaivaipatty Help Groups members, and General
and women workers to do Panchayat peopel are declared that public, 5 young adolescent girls'
their checkups and address Thatchangadu village is free child workers and 4 young women workers
the health issues that they marriages. quit their work from the textile.
face.
3 alcohol dependants from women These 9 girls and women workers are
As a result of awareness workers families have been admitted now doing their own income
campaign, “Call Me Priya” at De addiction Centers for generation activities using the micro-
Film Based interventions, of treatment as a result of the “Call Me credit interventions. 5 adolescent
this project some issues like Priya” Film Based training endeavors workers who quit their jobs and
under this project. joined in the tailoring training

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program. Once they completed, they will be helped to get free sewing machines from the District Social
Welfare Office, Namakkal district to do their self employment.

'Sowmya, 14 years Vocational Training for Boys
b e lo n g s t o
Kuttalampatti village WORD recommended and admitted 7 adolescent boys from the target villages to
who is under the undergo vocational training in Air-condition Mechanism for 90 days. They were
care and support of admitted at ICICI Academy Foundation, Coimbatore for Skill Development. All 7
her grandfather, due boys completed their 90 days course successfully and got placements while they
to the loss of her are in training period from Coimbatore based firms. Another 12 boys are
parents, was saved undergoing training in the same training academy.
from child marriage.
She was kept at Community Resource
Children's Home for Centre
one month and later
admitted at CRC centres are running in 25
Government Girls villages, where 825 children are
High School, Mallur receiving supplementary
at IX standard and education in evening between
she is continuing her 6pm to 8pm. Children are read
studies now. She also moral story books. Children are
helped to get taken a exposure visits to
admission in the common places like Police
girls' hostel run stations, Banks, Railway station
exclusively for the and etc., Children’s parliaments
dalit girls by the were conducted, where children
Government of are motivated to take a real time
Tamilnadu’ problem and propose solutions.
Sports materials are given to each
centre to encourage the children
in sports and develop team
building.

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Enabling low caste girls and boys to acquire
occupational skills for their livelihood and free
them from caste discrimination & exploitations

Stichting Castricum Helpt Muttathara, Netherlands

Annual Report 2018-19 Farming failed to end hunger, applications. The goal of the
poverty and especially caste project is to train 80 girls in
based discriminations against computer skills and 80 girls in
dalits and dalit Arunthathiyar in Tailoring skills in a period of one
villages. To bring them out from year. In 1st ,2nd and 3rd batch 60
discriminatory farm sector that girls in computer application and
pay low, not regular work, and 60 girls in tailoring had
discriminatory one, WORD with successfully completed their 3
the help of Stichting Castricum month course of training. In final
helpt Muttathara", Netherlands, batch 20 girls in computer
implemented vocational training application and 20 in tailoring
center in tailoring (for school has completed this 3 month
drop outs and semi literates) and course of training. So they got
computer training (for educated certificate and some of them are
girls & women) in Pothanur get job in nearby ready made
village. garments units.

To start with 20 girls in computer 160 girls both educated and the
and 20 girls /women in tailoring semi literate cum drop outs are
skills have been trained for 3 trained in employable skills with
months continually with the help 90 days training to build their
of experienced professionals in career and also livelihoods.
tailoring and computer
Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD)

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Collective organic horticulture
by landless dalit women farmers

Korea Hope Foundation, S.Korea

Korea Hope Foundation, Seoul, plant) were distributed to
Korea supported this project the farm to plant and take

to make the landless dalit women care of the planted

to become collective landowners of saplings by the women

'Anna Farm 'with Guava plants, and farmers.

other support. It was run by the > All labor works in
dalit women members' federation
called Amudha Surabi Women cultivation done by the 25
Federation collectively.
women members.

> Field Farmers schools

Activities done: have been organized at
Anna Farm on periodical
> Land purchased in the name of intervals to support their
cultivation and clear the
Amudha Surabi Women doubts and strengthen
their experiences.
Federation.

> Land reclamation, and fencing

done.

> Bore well with solar powered

motor pump provide water to

the horticulture plants.

> 25 members of the women

federation were trained in

sustainable agriculture and

horticulture practices and

methods with demonstrations.

> Guava saplings( fruit bearing

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Safe & sustained drinking water facilities to
low caste Arunthathiyar Families in 7 villages

Korea Hope Foundation, S.Korea

happy to have the

drinking water pumped

Sirukinatrupalyam, into their village itself.
Irukkur, The families were trained
on the successful water

Kollakattupudur , usage methods,

Sithampoondi,Kondarasa conservation methods,

mpalayam, Pamakka sanitation etc. Water

Goundanapalayam, pumps management

Thaalakaarai Karumakka team has been created

Goundanpalayam of and trained, given tools

Namakkal district faced kit to address minor

serious drinking water problems and run their

problems since they are pumps on their own.

dalits and outcastes in

Annual Report 2018-19 the caste dominted

Indian Society for years.

On their pleas, WORD

approached Korea Hope

Foundation, Seoul, Korea

to support these dalit

families with bore wells

and hand pumps. That

Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) was approved by KHF,

Seoul. The project was

implemented from

November 1, 2018 to

May 31, 2019 in these 7

villages. 1880 people in

375 families in 7 villages

are now having round

the clock drinking water

supply to their needs and

also these hand pumps

are located nearby their

houses and they are

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Ensuring poorest women thru
Micro loans to sustained income

Zero-Kap Foundation, Netherlands

Zero-kap, Netherland
has supported with
loans to WORD to lend

money to poorest

women who wish to take

up their income

generation activities/

economic endeavors and

keep away the money

lenders exploitation etc.

Under this project, till

March 31, 2019, 179

women availed loans

while 94 women are the maximum per head. Mostly the loans revolved around Rs.10000-Rs.15000 per
primary beneficiaries of head. New women beneficiaries are being supported every monthly repayments
this project. Loans have and the women beneficiaries are repaying their installments promptly to support
been availed by the their fellow women in waiting to avail this loan.
women beneficiaries for

15 types of income

generation activities viz.

Tea shop, vegetable

vending, fruits , flowers

vending, greens vending,

rice flour vending, petty

shop, vadai , pajji , ponda

sales, idly and dosa

vending, etc. Women

have availed loans after

carefully assessing the

prospects and scope for

their income generation

and its sustained

demand and income to

them , the competitors

etc. Loan size is from INR

5000 to INR 15000 at the

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HIV/AIDS prevention education among youth,

out of school going and migrants in 10 villages

of Namakkal district, Tamilnadu, India

The Mercury Phoenix Trust, United Kingdom

WORD submitted a available etc to reach
project proposal to 4500 students.

cover the school going >30 village level

children, young migrant orientations to reach

workers, and general hundreds of out of

populations in 10 villages to school youth girls and
Mercury Phoenix Trust, UK, boys were done in the 10
that was approved from
target villages on STD,
April 2018 and that has
HIV/AIDS infections,
completed by March 31,
symptoms, modes of
2019. Details of activities
transmissions,
that have been done from
prevention methods
April 1, 2018 to March 31,
available.
>2019 are given in detail as
40 volunteers amongst
below;
Annual Report 2018-19 out of school youth
>10 street theater population of 10 villages

performances by a were identified, selected

professional theater and trained to make

group staged to educate them as peer educators
the public, migrant
to educate their fellow
workers on HIV/AIDS
youth population to
infection, symptoms,
prevent STD, HIV/AIDS
prevention methods
Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) infections among the
available, and also
younger generations in
sexually transmitted
particular.
infections.
>IEC materials were
>15 school level
printed, and
orientations among the disseminated among the
adolescent children
public and young
were organized to
people. WORLD AIDS
educate them on STD,
DAY 2018 has been
HIV/AIDS infections,
organized to educate the
symptoms, modes of
larger population on
transmissions,
STD, HIV/AIDS infections
prevention methods
and prevention aspects.

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Educate the school going girls in 5 schools on

their personal & menstrual hygiene, health,

nutrition and kitchen gardening activities to

support their growth & development

Aasha Charity, United Kingdom

This project was implemented in Government Among 500 girls, 50 volunteers are selected to make
Higher Secondary School, Pothanur, them as peer educators so that they will educate and

Pandamangalam, Thidumal Pudur, & Kabilarmalai support the health related issues of the fellow girls in 5

and Government High School, schools and also in their neighborhood.

Kondarasampalayam of Kabilarmalai block, 500 girls were given seeds kit to promote kitchen
Namakkal district for 12 months from August gardens and make use of greens & Vegetable from
2018 July 2019. It selected 500 adolescent girls, kitchen garden. Health check up camps prior to the start
from these 5 schools in the age group of 13-16 of the project done and also health check up camp at the
years to train them and support them with seeds end of the project period done to assess the health
kit to put up kitchen gardens in their houses. The status and changes occurred among the girls as a result
idea is to educate the girls on their personal and of the project interventions.
menstrual health and hygiene, nutrition and

address their health problems successfully

kitchen garden promotion and also using sanitary

napkins to keep them healthier during menstrual

cycle.

500 girls identified and selected, they were
trained intensively on personal and menstrual
hygiene, nutrition and kitchen gardening.

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Organic horticulture to ensure sustained

livelihoods for the marginal women farmers

Hand in Hand - Fonds, Germany

This project was supported by value to soil fertility and compost, growth promotors
Hand in Hand-Fonds, environment diversity and ( Panchakaviya,
Germany to WORD to undertake relevance to food security of the Amirthakaraisal, Meen
this project in 5 villages of human beings and the other living
Dasampalayam, Rasampalayam, beings).
T.Goundamapalayam,
Kondarasampalayam and >2 days training to 35 women

farmers have been organized in

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Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) Kunnamalai of P. Velur taluk, order to make the women Amilam, Moore Karaisal,
Namakkal district, Tamilnadu, farmers to produce organic farm Herbal pesticides) with
India. This project has been inputs( compost, vermin demonstrations so that
implemented from August 2018 to
July 2019. Achievements made at
this project are given below, they
are…..

>35 women farmers have been

given 3 days training, in
sustainable horticulture (one day
project orientation and formation
of beneficiaries group, 2 days
introduction training on organic
farm practices, raising of
vegetables thru organic means, its

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farmers could learn and apply the inputs
effectively.

>35 women farmers were taken to one day exposure

to Indo Israel Project Farm located in
Reddyarchathiram, Dindigul district. The women
farmers gained first hand knowledge and
experience from the farm.

>35 women farmers have been given vegetable

seeds like tomatoes, chilies, brinjal, lady's finger,
and onions to cultivate.

>35 women farmers were given support costs to do

nursery raising, raw materials for the production
and application of compost, vermin compost,
herbal pesticides, crop tonics, to put these organic
farm inputs in to the crops

>12 field farmers' schools have been completed so

far amidst their horticulture cultivation. Field
Farmers Schools on weekly basis, once in a week
from sowing to harvesting period.Farmers met one
of the farmers lands to understand the growth of
the crops, pest management the solutions done by
the farmers and the other solutions to mitigate the
challenges faced in the cultivation with the help of
fellow farmers and experts.

Vocational Training to Rural Women

Volunteers in Service to Education in India Inc. USA

Volunteers in Service to Education in India Inc, USA supported WORD to provide 6 months training in
tailoring and garments production skills to 30 women from poorest families of our target villages.
This 6 months training has been organized from April 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018 at Vengamedu village.
30 women mostly from Arunthathiyar Caste families have been supported to undergo the 6 months training.
They learnt measurement, various women and children garments, cutting designs, stitching, finishing of the
garments, customer's requirements and satisfaction etc. One full time trainer appointed to train these 30
women for 6 months.

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Skills Training Centre

Guru Krupa Foundation, New York, USA

Annual Report 2018-19 This project main focus is on
development and creating
self employment among young
girls and women in Vennandhur
block of Namakkal District of Tamil
Nadu.

2 centers were established at
Vennanthur and Thengalpalayam.
This course is for 6 months in
cutting, tailoring, embroidery and
hand works skills with the help of
master trainer in Tailoring and
garments production. 80 girls and
women will be trained in a year.
After the training placements and
self employments interventions
and assistance will be done to
these trained girls and women.

Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) Credibility Alliance Norms Compliance Report

WORD Registered Under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 Act 25 of 1975,
With the Joint Sub-Registrar, Dharmapuri [Registered as No. 39 of 1991, on 16-05-1991].

WORD registered u/s 12A of the Income Tax Act 1961, with the Commissioner of Income Tax
[Regn. No. C.No.9755(7)/SLM/1998-99, Office of the Commissioner of the Income-Tax, dated:14/11/2002].

WORD registered under section 6(1)(a) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976.
[Registration No:075870040 dated: 06-08-1999].

WORD registered u/s 80G(5)(vi) of the Income Tax Act 1961, subject to the fulfillment of conditions laid down
in clauses [i] to [v] of sub-section (5) of section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961.
[C.No.9755(7)/SLM/1998-99/80G Dated 27.07.2018].

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Our esteemed guests who paid their
visit to WORD during the year...

1. Ms. Maria CS Rahie, Executive Director, Korea Hope Foundation, Korea.
2. Mr. Henk de Graff, Consultant, Zero kap Foundation, Netherlands.
3. Mr. Willibrord Smit, Country Manager, India Country, Zero Kap, Netherlands.
4. Ms. Ginny Baumann, Senior Program Manager, The Freedom Fund, USA.
5. Ms. Chloe Bailey, Program Officer, The Freedom Fund, USA.
6. Mr. K. Abdul Jaleel, Program Adviser, The Freedom Fund, South India.
7. Dr. P. Balamurugan, Program Adviser, The Freedom Fund, South India.
8. Dr. Thiripurasundari Thiyagarajan, Program Adviser, The Freedom Fund, South India.
9. Ms. Colleen Boselli, Program Officer, The Freedom Fund, USA.
10. Mr. Prabhu, Senior Prog.Co-Ordinator, Southern Regional Resource Center, Child India Foundation, Chennai.
11. Mrs. Rubika, Program Co-Ordinator, Child India Foundation, Chennai.
12. Mrs. Radha Srinivasan, CSR, Chennai.
13. Mr. M.Edwin Moses, Cognizant Foundation, Chennai.
14. Dr. G. Perumalswami, Joint Secretary, TamilNadu Social Welfare Board, Chennai.
15. Dr. N. Anbu, District Social Welfare Officer, District Social Welfare Office, Namakkal.

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Annual Report 2018-19 Sl.No. Name Our pillars, the staff of
our organisation....
Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) 1 Mr. M. Senthilkumar
2 Mrs. K. Thilagam Designation
3 Mrs. K. Malarmangai
4 Mr. P. Raguvaran Accountant cum Computer Operator
5 Mrs. K. Gowsalyadevi Warden
6 Mr. A. Vijayan Programme Co-ordinator
7 Mrs. S. Savitha Counsellor
8 Mr. S. Ragupathi Counsellor
9 Mr. D. Rajkumar Project Manager
10 Mrs. G. Lilly Ezhisabeth Counsellor
11 Mr. S. Silambarasan M&E Officer
12 Mrs. M. Arulselvi Out Reach Worker
13 Mrs. M. Prabhavathi Out Reach Worker
14 Mrs. T. Jayalakshmi Project Manager
15 Mrs. M. Suguna Field Coordinator
16 Ms. R. Geetha Field Coordinator
Field Coordinator
Field Coordinator
Field Coordinator

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Auditor of our organisation...

Shri. H. Sekhar, B.Com., F.C.A.,
Athayammal Nagar, Kannankurichi Road,
SALEM-636 008, TAMIL NADU.
Membership No.203846

Our Bankers...

FCRA Account Non FCRA Account

INDIAN BANK, INDIAN BANK,

Paramathi Velur Branch Paramathi Velur Branch

STATE BANK OF INDIA,
Namakkal Branch

Total Staff / Volunteers

Gender Paid Full Paid Part Paid Unpaid
Time Time Volunteers Volunteers
Male
06 -- -- 4

Female 10 -- 25 3

Slab of gross salary plus benefit paid to staff (Rs.) Male Female Total

<5000 -- – --
02 03 05
5,000-10,000

10,000-20,000 03 06 09
>20,000 02 -- 02

Accountability and Transparency

Traveling Expenses to Board Members Rs. --

Remuneration highest paid to Staff Rs. 20,000

Remuneration lowest paid to Staff Rs. 3,000

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Conclusion

With great pleasure and enthusiasm we are expressing our gratitude and sincered
thanks to all who are help us financially, guide us technically, and who are taking
us a way forward to further growth in the development field. Once again our
sincere thanks to funding agency, Government officials, Auditors, staffs and board
members to lead our organisation in a successful path of development.