Children
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Supplementary Education
Marialaya’s evening study centres/tuition classes focuses on the provision of additional support for curriculum subjects including languages, & main subjects, health & nutrition, safety & protection, right based education, sports & cultural enrichment activities such as faith, arts and sports. The classes are taken every day except weekends from 4 pm to 5.30 pm. The evening study centres’ activities are much excited to children to learn & to exhibit their talents. 414 children of Kannagi Nagar community benefits through these evening study centres. Constant care is given to prevent school drop-outs. The Weekend programmes enlighten them on children’s rights and the Child Participation activities like children parliament equip them to fight against the abuses of all sorts.
Children’s Parliament
The Children’s Parliament is a group of children leaders of a particular neighborhood, or region who as leaders carry out their group for activities, plan out their effective programmes for the good of their student community and represent their interests, opinions and rights to the decision makers of their community. A lack of communication between adults and children in the decision making process have hindered the development of their health, education, and their ability to make their own choices. To counter this non-participation, Marialaya promotes children’s participation and help them exercise their rights through children’s parliaments. Children are taught to fight for their rights, and work for the social cause.
Children’s parliament members organise rallies to give awareness on Importance of education, Child rights, prevention of drug abuse, no to Plastics etc. and they effectively communicate the message to the community.
Now, the children’s parliament members along with other children are waging war against Covid-19. In their every house, posters are pasted instructing to take the precautions of Covid-19 and strictly follow the rules prescribed by the govt. They safe guard themselves from the disease and also save their families and the community in general. They are waiting to take up their position as ministers in the upcoming academic year June 2021- April 2022
Child Protection Committee
So far 9 Child Protection Committees are formed to ensure children’s rights in the area. A Local leader, a teacher and a woman from Marialaya SHG are the members of CPC committee. Each member is trained to take immediate action to safeguard the children from child abuse, discrimination, and exploitation, violence at schools, corporal punishment and bullying or peer abuses. Their role is to respond to child protection issues immediately on the ground and in case of emergency to quickly contact child emergency line.
Youth
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Youth Club - Legal Education & Skill Training
The Marialaya Youth club empowers young people to get legal education, to know and defend their legal rights. Marialaya Youth club is open to all the young people of Kannagi Nagar aged between 17 and 25. On second Saturday of a month, the club gather for a regular formative programme on Human Rights Education, to discuss their problems, challenges and opportunities for a collective growth. Marialaya organises various awareness programs and provides training to empower them as a young adults to build a Better India.
The first phase of the project covered 30 youth trained them to become defenders of human rights. The youth are trained to become children’s trainers on child rights in their respective areas and voice out against the human right violations in their living areas. They are motivated to take charge of their lives and develop their right conscience through positive beliefs, values and attitudes.
Skill Training & Development
In association with Tech Mahindra Foundation, Marialaya and MFET (Mazzarello Foundation Education Trust), Marialaya offers the following Skill training and Job Placement for the Young people of the area.
Accounts Payable & Receivable ( Tally ) – 5 Months
Diploma in E – Publishing – 4 Months
Diploma in Accounting and Finance – 4 months
Along with the above mentioned training, Career Guidance, Life Skills, Communicative English, Work Place Readiness, Counselling and basic Computer training are provided for both men and women within the age group of 20 to 30 years.
Women
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A gain of Psycho Socio Economic Status
Marialaya’s constant journey with the women, made us realize the truth that women are the vital force around which a community grows and sustains itself. Be it in the field of education, health or skill development, empowering a woman leads to the betterment of the entire family which leads to a better society. If one woman can pave the way for a better society, why not train a group of women to empower themselves and their own society through their families. Marialaya instils in women the habit of saving and using banking facilities among the members. Marialaya’s SHGs play a major role in sensitising more women to form SHGs thus helping the women to make a collective decision to enhance their confidence. The culture of SHGs brings in the community a change the gender dynamics of power, women’s greater say in the family’s decision-making and also are seen women as stakeholders and partners in taking the community forward. The financial independence has eventually paved the way for societal upliftment of women with their voices.
Tie up with Sathiyabama University
Marialaya strives to raise the economic standard of women through vocational training programmes like Bakery and Catering and computer education. We tie up with the MBA department of Sathiyabama deemed University where our women go for regular training in Bakery and catering and with university certificate get jobs in big commercial bakeries and some of them start their small bakery unit in their houses preparing pastries and sell them. 2 Women group members have few women even run catering unit on their own and supply food on small occasions.
Healthcare
The day you help others is the day you start living. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Medical Camps
Once in 3 months Marialaya organises Free Medical Camp & Health Check-ups in partnership with Lions Club for the people of Kannagi Nagar. These medical camps are extremely helpful for the poor population who earn a meagre income and cannot afford expensive healthcare services offered by hospitals or clinics. We invite specialised Doctors from renowned hospitals for General health check-up, Dental check-up, Eye check-up, Breast cancer check-up for women and other medical check-ups to people to be aware of their health status. Treatments are provided according to their need. Referrals are made to the hospitals.
Family visits
The teachers and Coordinators of evening study centres visit the families of the children to get along and understand their current life situations and issues. It helps both the child and teacher/Coordinator for a mutual understanding and growth, help the families foster loving and caring relationship in an emotionally and physically safe environment while maintaining neutrality between couples. We visit children’s families which gives them the opportunity to maintain a strong relationship with their parents and in turn parents also build a healthy relationship with their children.
COUNSELLING
The problems that exist in families, can have lasting psychological and emotional effects among the members of the family. We through counselling, assist parents, children and young people to live in a non-judgmental way, supporting each other and live in peace and harmony.