PWDS-Non Government Organisation

HAPPY CHILDREN; HEALTHY WORLD Special Caring Center for Tribal children under 2 to 5 years in Thottankombai, Kinathadi, Kakkayanur
INTRODUCTION: Our Country India has more concern with Child rights and women rights for their betterment and livelihood even in gross root level. Tribal are under developed in the aspects of social, education and economic. Due to our NGO intervention the following need gaps were identified in the area of child development and child welfare.
- All the tribal people of under reproductive age group are going for earnings and left their infants / children under custody of their elder children who are the school going children. Due to this care taken children are irregular for school attendance.
- The family income is not meeting nutrition to family members particularly the children’s balanced diet.
- Due to malnutrition and parental care the developmental milestones are delaying.
- The parents are mere supporting for early child hood development and overall development such as social, cognitive, language and emotional, psychological aspects.
- Therefore the above situation creates malnutrition and lack of psychological development among 2 to 5 years children in this indigenous community.
Need of the Project: By and large to tackle above problems there is need Community base Care Center (CBCC) to protect our tribal children from the malnutrition delayed mile stones.
The supply of nutrition, activity based learning, language development, erasing school fear in future, will ensure overall early child hood development and produce the healthy and self esteemed tribal children. Based of the above project need the organisation intends to work for the tribal children development. There is need to establish 3 centers with accumulation of 60 children undern2-5 years at thottankombai, Kinathadi and Kakkayanur intervention areas.
Financial need for 3 Community based Child day care Centers for benefit of 60 children 2-5 age group for year:
Sl Details Computation Amount
1 Establishment of CBCC Maintenance, equipments for ABL Materials Rs 10000 x 3 Centers 30000
2 Supply Nutrition, Health drinks for child milestone development Rs 20 x 25 days x 12 months x 60 children 360000
3 Honorarium for Child care promoters Rs 2000 x 3 Centers x 12 months 72000
Total 4,62,000

Conclusion: Integrated and milestone development are needed for every children particularly to the tribal community children. This type of small activities will ensure the healthy children and healthy community in the Western hat mountain remote tribal villages of reserve forest area of Erode District of Tamilnadu


General View of the Project Area
Name of Implementing Organization and Contact person PUBLIC WELFARE & DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY 2/51, Kamarajarnagar Kanakkampalayam-638505, Gobichettipalayam Taluk, Erode Dist, Tamilnadu,
K A Natarajan, Secretary 04285-263737, 9442263431
Location of Project Thottankombai, Kinathadi, Kakkayanur –Tribal hamlets in reserve forest area under Erode District Forest Limits of TN.
Project Beneficiaries 198 Families
Duration of Project 3 years