Child Help Line Meeting at Thadvai on 29th August 2011

The Child Help Line Meeting was held at Thadvai in Warangal District, attended by the Tribal Girls of six schools to enlighten themselves about Children protection who are in distress, with the help of Toll Free Number of 1098.Tharuni Director Dr. Mamatha, Sub Inspector of Police Venkata Rathnam and Mandal Project Development Officer spoke about the importance of Child Help Line.

Kalajathas by Tharuni Cultural Team

Tharuni Cultural Team have given performances of kalajathas to stop child marriages and on empowerment of girl children, in forty two villages of four Mandals of Stn. Ghanpur, Geesukonda, Dharmasagar and Deveruppula in Warangal District, for the last two months.The concluding programme was held at Nelapogula Village in Deveruppula Mandal on 27th August 2011.

Tharuni Gurukul achievements in 2011

Tharuni Gurukul has a feather in its cap by congratulating its two young women Priyanka and Sirisha, who could join the Engineering colleges at Hyderabad, this year. Gurukul a Branch of Tharuni, trained hundreds of girls in soft skills, while improving their academic standards, though they come from the lowest strata of life, without a proper environment and enough financial resources to reach their targets of education. Many could get higher studies with the intervention and motivation extended by Tharuni Gurukul for the last eight years from 2004. Even house wives who were school drop-outs in 4th or 5th standard, are prepared to write Eligibility tests of Open University, joining Degree courses at Warangal and Hyderabad. Tharuni extends greetings to all these achievers and hopes they get many more laurels here after.

UNICEF visit to Warangal 23rd August 2011

UNICEF, Hyderabad Representatives, (state level) visited Warangal to observe the progress made by NGOs on the Girl child Project in the District. Murali Krishna and Sheela met Tharuni Balika Sanghas at Dharmasagar, interacted with the girls groups and appreciated our Director and Tharunis for the changes that were brought in their lives. Rayavarapu Pratap and local leaders and people appreciated the progress brought by Tharuni by stopping the child marriages in the villages, for the young women.

Wall News Training to Balika sanghas

Tharuni and Mahita NGOs, collaborating with Child Protection Alliance held a Meeting to enlighten the thirty leaders of Balika Sanghas on the importance of wall news concept in the rural areas, on 18th August 2011, at Warangal. The girl leaders train their groups on this concept, in villages, to give information and news relevant to the people, by writing on the walls, at prominent places.