Formal initiation of Tie up with TVS -AWT, President Latha Abiruben, Dr.Haripriya, Mr.Karmegam, GM,AWT, Mr.John,CSR Manager, AWT.

SI Madurai’s second mega project this year is the supply of purified drinking water to 300 households involving nearly 1000 people of the village of Narasingampatti, Madurai. THis project involves installation of an RO plant which will be manned by thevillage Panchayat . AS of now there is no clean source of drinking water for the villagers. Currently the villagers are buying water at Rs.25 for 10 litres .Through this project, water will be available everyday (25 litres) by paying a small amount of Rs.60 per month to the Village Panchayat. The dire need for pure water is adequately met by this project.

SI Madurai has tied up with TVS-Aroghya Welfare Trust as a joint project. The cost of the joint project will be Rs.20 lakhs.

The impact of this project will be huge as it will provide purified drinking water on a regular basis at very reasonable cost throughtout the year. Most water borne diseases can be prevented for all the village people especially children. The women of the village will not have to physically suffer to carry water in kudams from long distance places to their homes.

President Latha Abiruben, negotiated the corporate tie up with TVS-Aroghya WElfare Trust to carry our this and more such projects, in villages.

The initial visits to the village to assess the project with officials from TVS-AWT were made by President Latha Abiruben and Secretary Divya Ramu and SI member Sabeena.

Event:   Able Kids School
Year Completed:   November 2015
Value: 2.8 lakhs

Two rooms donated to Able Kids School was inaugurated on 27.11.15 by Dr.Revathy Kailairajan, Dean, Govt. Rajaji Hospital,Madurai and Mrs.Shakuntala Devi, District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, Madurai on 27th Nov. 2015 in the presence of SI Madurai President , Mrs.Latha Abiruben, and members, VP Sangeetha, Mrs.Valli Annamalai, Dr.Sudha Dheep, Dr.Janet, Dr.Lakshmi Subburaj, Founder of JK Mass Foundation /Able Kids School,Mr.Jayakumar, Director of JK Mass Foundation, Mr.Sudhakar.

The children dressed up colourfully for variety entertainment for the occassion

The children of the school gave a variety entertainment also. The cost of the project is rs,2.8 lakhs and benefits the children of the school who are differently abled/affected by cerebral palsy.

Project:  Physiotherapy Equipment
Location:   Early Intervention Centre
Year Completed:   2016
Value: Rs.74500

DONATION OF MUCH NEEDED PHYSIO THERAPY EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILDREN AT ABLE KIDS SCHOOL.

SI Madurai donated Physiotherapy equipments to the tune of Rs.74500 to Able kids School, an Early Intervention Centre, run by JK Maass Foundation for the rehabilitation of children affected by cerebral palsy, in January 2016.The equipments include Standing frame, kneeling stools, physio mats, quadriceps weightlifting equipment, examination bed, ball pool.

Event:   NASI EC meet
Location:  Madurai
Year Completed:   November 2015

he National President Shreelatha Narayan visited the project of SI Madurai during her visit to SI Madurai at the time of the NASI EC meet hosted by SI Madurai in November 2015.

Event:   Women of the year
Location:   Madurai
Women of the Year: Mrs.Premalatha Panneerselvam
Year :   2015

Mrs.Premalatha Panneerselvam receives the award from Founder President Anita Rajarajan and President,SI Madurai, Latha Abiruben

SI Madurai has a tradition of bestowing the honour of Woman of the Year” Award to an outstanding lady for remarkable achievement in her field of activity. This year this was awarded to Mrs.Premalatha Panneerselvam, Principal and Secretary ,Mahatma School (CCBSE) ,Madurai. She has made her mark in the field of education and also organic farming and is a well known personality in Madurai. She inculcates the sense of responsiblity towards society in her students in practical ways besides , educating through classrooms. SI Madurai has instituted this award with the  aim of providing motivation to women to always strive for excellence.

Year :   APRIL 2015
Value: Rs.27,000

ON 17 TH APRIL 2015, Under our Education Scholarship Endowment Programme scholarship to the tune of Rs.27,000 (Rs 9000 each to Shanmugamala, Vasanthi ,Ramya) was given to complete the nursing course to three students of Paul Antony College of Paramedical Sciences.,Sivakasi

They say, “when you educate a man you educate an individual when you educate a woman you educate and liberate an entire generation”.

In line with our theme of “Educate to Lead”, during the month of August 2012, the SI Madurai Fund for Empowerment through Education (SIMFEE) was established. From August to December 2012, 14 scholarships have been awarded to students to complete their full 3 year education at college level. This is an on-going project, open to female students of all colleges in Madurai. The scholarship is based on merit and awarded to deserving students from economicaly weaker sections of society. This fund was conceptualized by Ms. Divya Gupta and Anita Rajarajan.

ON 17 TH APRIL 2015, Under our Education Scholarship Endowment Programme scholarship to the tune of Rs.27,000 (Rs 9000 each to Shanmugamala, Vasanthi ,Ramya) was given to complete the nursing course to three students of Paul Antony College of Paramedical Sciences.,Sivakasi

Event:   Education Scholarship Endowment Programme
Year :   APRIL 2015
Value: Rs.36,000

ON 17 TH aPRIL 2015, Under our Education Scholarship Endowment Programme scholarship to the tune of Rs.36,000 was given to complete the nursing course to three students of Paul Antony College of Paramedical Sciences.,Sivakasiremoving walls, new restrooms, paint, wall coverings, tile and carpeting.

The mega event received overwhelming response from the public with around 2800 people visiting the expo in three days. The stall holders expressed immense satisfaction for the opportunity given to participate in the expo. The visitors were extremely pleased with the theme of the expo and the available products there. There was also a juice stall serving tasty fresh fruit mocktails and a food stall serving tasty healthy millet based food items.

The event was an environment sustainability project and a fundraiser for SI Madurai.The event generated tremendous publicity and goodwill for SI Madurai. Media coverage was given by The Hindu, Times of India, The Hindu Metro Plus, Dinamalar, Radio Mirchi, Hello FM, local cable TVs ,Krishna TV amd U TV. Raido Mirchi gave a coverage on a 2 hour programme,”Rewind Ragam” on 1st August, 2015.

Soroptifest was conceptualised and planned by President , Latha Abiruben and the project officer was Mehrun Ismail, ably supported by Publicity Officer Valli Annamalai.
The contests were organised by committees headed by Dr. Sudha Dheep, Dr.Chalini, Mrs. Sukanya, Dr. Haripriya, Dr.Manju Anilkumar, Dr.Lakshmi Subburaj, Dr.Hema Sathish and Mrs. Mehrun Ismail.

The entrance ticket committee (including lucky draw arrangements) comprised of Mrs. Valli Annamalai, Vice President, Mrs. Sangeetha, Mrs. Unna Vairavan, Mrs.Sabeena and Mrs.Shubra Somani The funds raised from the event will be used for an infrastructure project of SI Madurai.