Reconstruction for Tsunami Affected Schools - Suyam

Project Brief: Reconstruction of schools in tsunami affected Nagapattinam region
Project Type: Special Needs (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: Seattle
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Parna Khot
Project Partner(s): Rajaraman Krishnan
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , No.23 (I Floor), LAWYER CHINNTHAMBI STREET,KONDITHOPE,CHENNAI,
TAMIL NADU  79
Tel: 91-044-25204822
Stewarding Chapter: Seattle
Feb 2005SeattleUSD 13640

Total = $13640

Suyam Charitable Trust, Chennai has been operating in AKKARAPETTAI Panchayat,Chennai. They have been working with local youths give immediate relief like food and books.
The Akkaraipettai Panychayat (hamlet) has 3 schools under its jurisdiction (Akkaraipettai Primary School, Kallar and
Samathankuppam). The JEEVARATHINAM NURSERY & PRIMARY SCHOOL was partially destroyed and its furniture (tables, chairs, desks, etc.) was washed away by the tsunami. In this project, the goal is to rebuild the classrooms and refurnish them so that school life can return to normalcy.
• Conducts Nadaipathai Pookkal Program for rag pickers and street children (and their parents/caregivers)
• Conducts free Tuition Centers in and around Chennai
• adopted Corporation Middle School, Amman Koil Street
• conducts educational and awareness programs in Corporation Highs and Higher Secondary Schools in Chennai
Tsunami Relief Effort. Suyam works in Nagapattinam