Plight of a Primary School

Dr. Mamatha Raghuveer, Director Tharuni, recently visited a Government run Primary School. In her own words let us understand the plight of the school.

"I happened to visit Kommala Thanda/ Kotha Thanda part of Panchayat - Nandanayak Thanda, Warangal District recently where we have started an 'Evening School' to motivate the drop out children after a Kalajatha performance. The Parents asked me to visit the Primary School near this Thanda which is in Gunturpally Habitation (Vishwanadhapuram Panchayat) beside Nandanayak Thanda, where all these children have to study. Their complaint was, the premises of this school stink with cow dung and urine as all the Buffaloes and cows are tied in the school premises entire night. Every Saturday, there will be a market for selling Buffaloes in front of the school where there is an open place. The parents complained that the students are not having mid day meals in the school as the premises stink. Every Saturday, the Children have to bunk the school due to the Market.
I went myself to analyze the situation and was shocked to see the Buffaloes being tied to the School entrance(gate) itself. There was lot of dung and other wastage near the walls. Kindly go through the photographs - I have attached - you can find that our Wall Writing is also spoiled by dung & urine. We could find hundreds of Buffaloes in the open place opposite the school. When enquired with local people, they told me that the Buffaloes belong to a Politician and they will not listen to us ."

Hope the People, and the Authorities suitably react and improve the situation to enable the poor children to educate themselves.

Drive to Badi Bata RBC, Gurukuls by Tharuni

Tharuni started a Drive for children out of schools to Residential Bridge Courses.More than 12o children are admitted in RBCs in the three Mandals of Station Ghanpur,Dharmasagar and Geesukonda. They are being trained to get habituated, leading to Badi (school) Bata (way). Books, small libraries and play material were distributed by us. Hope parents and local people cooperate with Tharuni coordinators to get the children go to schools regularly.
Tharuni is starting Gurukul branches at different places to educate and develop the skills of children who are unable to go to schools regularly due to extreme poverty conditions of parents and assisting them in their daily chores, looking after younger siblings of their family , make them attend the gurukul of Tharuni, in the evenings. The children learn basic education to read and write in a playful manner and music in the evenings. Tomorrow on 28th October Tharuni gurukul is being initiated at Nanda Naik Thanda in Geesukonda Mandal. Tharuni Gurukul was already established at Hyderabad from 2004 and the all round development of hundreds of school going children took place. Many dropouts could complete their studies even upto degree level. The audio clippings of gurukul can be heard at http://tinyurl.com/ykrjmyu Let us all join together to extend this program everywhere.
Today a petiton was filed against the parents of Geesukonda Mandal who are about to perform a child marriage, to get it stopped by the State Legal Services Authority, Warangal.

Trainings to Govt. Depts. in the District on HIV

Tharuni Could successfully complete Training and awareness Programs to Twenty Eight Government Department Officials in the District of Warangal on HIV AIDS as scheduled by the State AIDS Control Society within the stipulated period. All the Officials cooperated with Tharuni to conduct the program and got motivated to eradicate the disease in the District. Tharuni is grateful to all of them for cooperating with the organisation and also the AIDS Control Society for providing the opportunity to conduct the Program.

Tharuni on Domestic violence

Tharuni Director visited some of the villages in Jafarghad Mandal to act as a Service Provider to the women under Domestic Violence Act. She discussed the details of the cases wih both husband and wife in both cases and counselled them and explained the Law to them. She assured the women the services they get under the Act and tried to negotiate with both parties to overcome the situation.

Tharuni on HIV AIDS

Tharuni has associated itself with A.P. AIDS Control Society to undertake Training Programs to Officials as well as non Officials, including local MLAS to take initiative to spread the message to curb AIDS among the people in Warangal District.
Andhra Pradesh is second State in the country which is facing the spread of this epidemic without awareness among men and women to use the condoms for sexual relations. Lakhs of people particularly women and children are affected mostly by the negligence of men in the society. Let us hope to get the attitudinal changes in sexual behaviour among the people.