Beautician Training Program

Assessments were conducted for the Beautician Training Program on September 12th and 13th which were conducted by WORD in co-ordination with Trends in Vogue, a CavinKare Group of Company in August 2014 under the The National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward (STAR) program of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The Assessment were carried out by the Assessors of Navriti Technologies, Bangalore.

70 participants were trained on Pedicure, Manicure, Junior Beautician and Junior Stylists under this program. The trainers from 'Trends in Vogue' trained the participants. 

Scholarship for the Girl Children of Truck Drivers in Namakkal

200 scholarships of Rs 10,000 each have been distributed to the girl children of the truck drivers who are continuing higher education after 10th standard in a glittering function in Namakkal today. All the 200 children received a certification of appreciation along with the scholarship cheque of Rs 10, 000.

Certificate & Scholarship Distribution

Certificate & Scholarship Distribution

Sections of the students who availed the scholarship

Felicitation Ceremony

Sections of the students who availed the scholarship

The participants 

Felicitation address by Prof. G. Raghuram from IIM-Ahmedabad.

Certificate Distribution

This scholarship is distributed under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program of ‘Mahindra Saarathi Abhiyaan’ of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd – Truck & Bus Division.

Prof. G. Raghuram & Prof. Debjit Roy from Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad (IIM-A) were the chief guests for this program.

WORD is proud to be a partner of this pilot program. 

Follow up Program for Camp Rainbow

WORD NGO in Namakkal District is one of the field based referral partner to 'Camp Rainbow' program for the HIV/AIDS infected children in Tamilnadu which is jointly implemented by YRG-CARE & CHES-Chennai.

A one day follow up program for the campers in 2012 & 2013 held at WORD in Namakkal on 31st August 2014.

The children from WORD & HPPWS attended the program. The trainers from YRG-CARE & CHES trained the students on Life Skills with participatory approaches.  

Independence Day Celebrations

The 68th Independence Day Celebrations held in our Short Stay Residential Home in Namakkal. Ms. Sudha Menon from Best Practices Foundation, Bangalore was the chief guest and hoisted the tricolour flag on the occasion. 

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Capacity Building Training for NGO Trainers

WORD hosted a four day training program from 13-16 August 2014 at the training center organised by Best Practices Foundation, Bangalore and Fair Climate Network for the NGO Trainers. The training is on communications and Information Technology.  Ms. Sudha Menon trained the participants. 10 participants from the FCN partner NGOs participated in the training program. 

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Special Summer Programs for Children, 2014

During this summer WORD has organised various programs for children to enrich enjoyment, new learnings, social gathering and to trigger creativity. 

WORD has organised special summer Computer Course where children have joined and learnt basics of computers and basic computer operations including MS Office package. 

We have also organised an exposure visit to Pallipalayam Police Station where children had the opportunity to interact with the Police Personnel, got to to know the procedures, how the complaints are being processed and the community initiatives by Police. 

The Children were taken to Thanthai Periyar and Anna Memorial in Erode. The children were learnt more on Periar and Anna and their notable activities. 

The Children were also taken a Park next to Jedarpalayam and the children enjoyed a lot with the fellow gathering. 

Consultation meeting on labour laws

WORD is the partner to SAVE/FIDH program in Namakkal District in implementing Community Awareness Building towards prevention of child workers in Textile Industry.  

                  

 

            

Under this program, a round-table discussion was organised by SAVE in Chennai on 8 May 2014 on the situation of garment workers in India with various stakeholders in India's garment industry: international organizations, union leaders, government representatives, lawyers and NGOs. 

WORD has also participated in the meeting. During the meeting the challenges to implement the national and international law on labour rights in garment industries were discussed.