Tharuni on Child Protection

During this week Tharuni Director and Coordinators made surprise Visits to Jinning Mills, where they found out Children under 14 years are allowed to work in the Mills. They tried to counsel the children for which they tried to escape that they are working during this vacation before festival. So next day Tharuni arranged a Meeting of the Proprietors of the mills and the Employers to counsel them and enlighten them on the Child Labour Prohibition Act and against child marriages at Geesukonda and Ghanpur Mandals.
It is a memorable event for the villagers of Kasagudem an interior village near Rayagudem in Dharmasagar Mandal where Tharuni cultural Team performed Kala jathas on evil results of Child Marriages and child labour. It is really heartening to note that the villagers belonging to the minority communities do not allow their children to go to schools to study, particularly the girl children are married off at very young age without even basic education. Tharuni decides to educate the parents on these social evils and guide them to get attitudinal changes in this regard in these remote areas.

Training Programmes by Tharuni

Tharuni is conducting Training Programs during this week against child marriages and trafficking for Girls studying 11th and 12th standards in Junior colleges in three mandals of Geesukonda, Station Ghanpur and Dharmasagar, as part of UNICEF Project.The local Education Officers, Principals, Staff, and Officials of Local Bodies are attending the Program along with Tharuni Coordinators, including our Director Mamatha. Local UNICEF Representatives are actively participating in the events.
Similarly training and awareness programs are held for Teachers in secondary schools to take initiative to stop child marriages. Special classes are held for Purohits and Priests who conduct child marriages to inform them that it is illegal on their part to do such events and they are punishable under the Child Marriage Abolition Act.Awareness programs are held for Mill Owners and Proprietors who appoint Child labour in their factories.Special Legal awareness Camps are conducted by State Legal Services Authority of Warangal District ,participated by Judges, Lawyers and local officials.

Homage to our beloved chief Minister

The Director of Tharuni Dr.Mamatha and all the Members of Tharuni deeply mourn the sudden and tragic death of our Leader YSR (Yedugoori Sandinti Rajasekhar Reddy) our beloved Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. We all lost a great MAN of the Masses, a visionary and a dynamic Leader.Our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members, including people of Andhra Pradesh.

Work Shop by Tharuni on 3rd,4th postponed indefinitely

Tharuni was supposed to conduct the Workshop on child Marriage Act on 3rd and 4th September at Warangal got postponed due to the sad demise of our beloved Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
on 2nd September 2009.
The inconvenience caused to the invitees is regretted.The next date of the Workshop will be intimated later.