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| Project Steward |
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Steven Fine
stevenbfine AT yahoo DOT
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Nithya Balaji
nithinal DOT balaji677 AT
gmail DOT com |
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Manju Krishnan
manju_aid AT yahoo DOT com |
| Project Address |
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Nithya Balaji, Executive Trustee
I Floor, Kadambam Apartments, 2/192, Elliamman Kovil Street
Neelankarai, Chennai, TAMIL NADU 600041
India
Tel: +91-44-24491422, 24493772 |
| Funds Disbursed |
| ??? | 1999 | DC | $1,300.00 | | ??? | 1999 | Princeton | $2,800.00 | | ??? | 1999 | Kentucky | $400.00 | | ??? | 2000 | Silicon Valley | $2,500.00 | | ??? | 2000 | Stanford | $2,500.00 | | ??? | 2000 | Kentucky | $400.00 | | ??? | 2000 | Princeton | $2,800.00 | | ??? | 2000 | DC | $1,300.00 | | ??? | 2001 | Stanford | $2,500.00 | | ??? | 2001 | DC | $1,800.00 | | ??? | 2002 | DC | $1,076.00 | | ??? | 2002 | Princeton | $2,800.00 | | Oct | 2002 | Stanford | $2,500.00 | | ??? | 2003 | Princeton | $3,200.00 | | Nov | 2003 | Princeton | $3,200.00 | | ??? | 2004 | Princeton | $3,200.00 | | Mar | 2004 | DC | $2,700.00 | | Feb | 2005 | DC | $2,700.00 | | Feb | 2006 | DC | $3,500.00 | | Oct | 2006 | DC | $3,500.00 | | Mar | 2007 | DC | $3,500.00 | | Feb | 2008 | DC | $3,500.00 | | Oct | 2008 | DC | $3,500.00 | | Jun | 2009 | DC | $3,500.00 |
Total = $60,676 |
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Project Description
Chennai (Madras) has an estimated 1250 slums and several hundred more low income housing communities within the city limits. Nalamdana's educational program targets students from these communities. The project is directed at students that are in the 8th grade or above that demonstrate (i) academic ability (ii) leadership (iii) motivation and (iv) a commitment to social change. The literacy in these communities in Tamil Nadu is estimated to be only 30%. Most of these people do not have the opportunity to attend college. Nalamdana's mission is to create a cohesive group of the brightest and most socially committed students from the low income group and empower them through education.
Purpose / Goals
Promote a widespread communication of preventive health messages to help people make informed decisions about their health and develop local leaders that can harness the cooperation of the critical mass needed for visible change.
Organization Description
Nalamdana started in 1993 as a group of artists trying to spread the message of health, hygiene and good living through the popular medium of street theatre in tn urban slums and rural areas. As a development on this, they have an ongoing health program and a women's program. In 1994 they also started an education program to develop talent of local youth to assimilate them in their street plays and for possible future local leadership. This is the segment of Nalamdana that Asha funds.
http://www.nalamdana.org - nalam@vsnl.com
Project Type: Community Awareness Programs
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Primary Focus: children from slums
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Secondary Focus: health and cleanliness
Area: Urban
Additional Information (In USA) Friends of Nalamdana, 14 Curtis Street, Salem, MA 01970 (In UK) UK Friends of Nalamdana, Charities Aid Foundation, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling
Kent ME19 4TA
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