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The New Liberation Education Economic Development Trust Regd. No. 934/2000 TNLEEDT/AR/2013April30 /page 1 - 15 The New LEED Annual Report 2013 I. Introduction a. Mission b. Objectives and purposes of the trust as per The New LEED Trust Deed c. Board of Trust II. Project Centre Perungudi – Chennai a. Area description b. Programs at Perungudi centre 1. Activity Based Supplementary Education Program (ABSEP) a. Basic Computer Training b. Advanced Computer Training c. Activity Class d. Library e. Small saving (Piggy) Banking System f. Child Rights Club g. Magic Bus Program h. Karate Program i. Scholarship Program 2. Skill Development Training Program (SDTP) a. Tailoring b. Basket Making 3. Family Development Program (FDP) 4. Community Development Program (CDP) a. Community Kitchen b. Medical and Awareness Camps c. Nutrition Supplement Program d. Immunisation e. Stop Tuberculosis (TB) network f. Vitamins Angles g. Ante Natal Care and Post Natal Care (ANC/ PNC) program h. Adolescent health education program (AHEP) i. Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulphate (FNF) j. Blood Donation Camp (BDC) k. LEED Community Clinic (LCC) l. International Women’s Day Celebration and Kolam Competition 5. Volunteers III. Donation IV. Conclusion

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The New LEED Annual Report 2013

I. Introduction

a. Mission b. Objectives and purposes of the trust as per The New LEED Trust Deed c. Board of Trust

II. Project Centre Perungudi – Chennai

a. Area description b. Programs at Perungudi centre

1. Activity Based Supplementary Education Program (ABSEP)

a. Basic Computer Training b. Advanced Computer Training c. Activity Class d. Library e. Small saving (Piggy) Banking System f. Child Rights Club g. Magic Bus Program h. Karate Program i. Scholarship Program

2. Skill Development Training Program (SDTP)

a. Tailoring b. Basket Making

3. Family Development Program (FDP)

4. Community Development Program (CDP)

a. Community Kitchen b. Medical and Awareness Camps c. Nutrition Supplement Program d. Immunisation e. Stop Tuberculosis (TB) network f. Vitamins Angles g. Ante Natal Care and Post Natal Care (ANC/ PNC) program h. Adolescent health education program (AHEP) i. Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulphate (FNF) j. Blood Donation Camp (BDC) k. LEED Community Clinic (LCC) l. International Women’s Day Celebration and Kolam Competition

5. Volunteers

III. Donation IV. Conclusion

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I. Introduction The New LEED Trust is an NGO working in the field of education for underprivileged and economically backward people in India. The New LEED means: The New Liberation, Education and Economic Development started in the year 1989, registered as a charitable trust (Regd. No. 934/2000, 12AA Income Tax act1961). The administrative office of The New LEED Trust is at Ayavoo Naidu colony, Ammai Ammal Street, Aminjikarai P.O. Choolaimedu in Chennai.

a. Mission

a. The aim of The New LEED is to help the underprivileged and economically backward people in and around the areas of Chennai.

b. The New LEED will help through educating the people to be self sustainable and economically and socially independent. Special concern for children and women.

c. Through the help of The New LEED the people should learn to overcome social evils like child marriages, dowry, neglecting of women, corruption, diseases.

d. The goal is that everyone in the areas should be able to live a peaceful life with less worry and become a model for the change of the whole of the Indian society.

b. Objectives and purpose of the trust as per The New LEED Trust Deed

• To undertake to impart, promote and spread education and entrepreneurial and professional skills for the

benefit of depressed and weaker section of the society to the subjects to the Union of India and for the said purpose to found, maintain, set up, organize, run, manage, institutes, supervise, superintend, co-ordinate, affiliate, control, guide school, college, universities, hostels, boarding houses, museums, laboratories, exhibitions, libraries, lecture halls, practical classes and other Educational and Technical Institutions.

• To grant stipend, scholarships, studentships and other allowance, concessions or gratuities to deserving students and candidates.

• To hold examinations and to grant certificates of proficiency or other academic distinctions or title to person who have complied with the conditions laid down in the regulations or bye-laws of the Trust and/or the State Government or any other statutory body set up by such Governments.

• To provide facilities for giving residential accommodation and boarding-house for teacher, staff and other persons engaged in carrying out any of the objects of Trust.

• To provide libraries, reading rooms for the benefits of students and general public for the promoting education.

c. Board of Trustee

The New LEED Trust functions well with the support of our honourable trustees. Mr. Elijah John Mathew (Managing Trustee) Dr. Korula Mani Jacob (Professor of Orthopaedics, Christian Medical College, Vellore) Mrs. Elizabeth Shiney Abraham (Senior Human Resource Manager, Shipnet software Solution India Pvt) Mr. Nazar (Project manager, Visthar, Bangalore)

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II. Project Centre Perungudi – Chennai

a. Area Description Since 2010, LEED is concentrating on the Urban Slum in Perungudi area near to Perungudi (Mass Rapid Transits System Station). This urban slum exists for more than 50 years. This area is surrounded with water bodies, which makes people prone to water related diseases. The local name for this area is “Kallukuttai” with density of the population is 20000 (Approximately) with number of Families is 5000 (Approximately). Housing of the family is Mixed of Huts & Concrete building 70 % - huts, 30% - small concrete building built mostly with waste materials from broken down buildings which is reused.

This area has 8 big streets, 1Km from Railway Station, 1Km from Kandhanchavadi bus stop and 1 Km from Perungudi Mass Rapid Transits System (MRTS) Railway Station. This area has no proper basic facilities such as roads, toilets, water, schools, colleges, hospitals and medical shops. Most of the houses are huts made of recycling materials. Majority of the people are working in an unorganized sector such as construction, domestic maid, housekeeping, security agency, taxi drivers, etc. Illiteracy, alcohol addiction, unemployment and child marriage are some of the social problems in this area.

Most of the families live in the community have Family Ration Card, Voters Identification card and Electricity connection, but No legal land document or ‘Patta’ for the land/house, No announcement from Central / state government for destruction or rehabilitation process. The nearest Thasildhar office (Assistant collector & Executive Magistrate (Class II) revenue administrative officer holds court related to land, Tax and revenue matter) is located in Thorrapakkam.

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The community is benefited by the Educational Services which are ‘Asha Nivas’ (NGO) runs a Balwadi (pre-school) School , Chennai higher secondary School Perungudi 2 Km from area, Chennai Higher Secondary School, Tharamani 3 km from the area, St. Anthony’s high school (government aided), near TANSI (Tamilnadu Small Industry Corporation) Nagar, Velachery 2.5km from the area, Colleges and Polytechnic Institutions - Velachery, Tambaram and Kelambakkam nearest the Guru Nanak College is 5 km from the area. The Health facilities near to the area are Velachery hospital, near Tharamani IIT its 2.5km, Private hospitals located in Velachery (2Km from this area), Government Hospitals – Kilpauk Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi General hospital central, Government hospital in Royapettah and Triplicane , Thorrapakkam Government hospital , near Jain College Bus stop 5km from the area. The Sanitary facilities in the area are that there is one common toilet with usage charge Rupee 1 per head. Few houses have individual toilets with individual septic waste tank. The drinking water is totally depended on the water tankers which are provided by Government Metro Water department which is supplies thrice in a week which is sold illegally for Rs 600 for one Tanker, Rs 5/- for one pot maximum 5 pots allowed per family. This water can be used only for drinking and cooking purpose. The area is spread with domestic and industrial garbage in the area as there is no government support to dispose the garbage, no proper roads or streets and becomes very difficult to during raining season, even a little rain streets fills with filth and dirty water.

The economic situation of the people is helped with the presence of Government supported self-help group giving loan with interest. Most of the men get daily wages or weekly wages in construction work, some of them are auto drivers / taxi drivers, Most of the women are house maid workers and some of them are home makers. There are no vocational activities for women, and there is no self-employment, No small scale businesses and very few shops sells provision, electrical products and tea shops which are in the main street near to railway station. The Political situation is that there is no other local welfare organization; there is illegal way in purchasing or selling of lands which has no proper land documents. People living in the area are of mixed of different caste and community with various political party affiliations also people from other parts of India stay in the area.

b. Programs at Perungudi center

The project office has activities conducted such as skill development training center, computer development with library, medical camps and Sunday Medical clinic and awareness programs are been conducted 7 days a week. Programs at Perungudi can be classified as Activity Based Supplement Education Program (ABSEP), Skill Development Training Program (SDTP), Family Development Program (FDP), Community Programs and Health Programs. 1. Activity Based Supplement Education Program (ABSEP) The main objective is to engage children in purposeful activities which would allow them to grow personally and academically. This computer training program trains children to know the basics of computer; the syllabus is framed in simple method to increase the usage of computer

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among children. Basic Computer knowledge like Windows, Keyboard handling, Parts of the computer, Microsoft word, Usage of icons, Network, Internet Explorer, Computer Virus are explained. This program is especially designed for children in English and Tamil, the instructor would teach the children in Tamil to make them understand better about computers.

Computers are considered as elite learning and a dream for the slum children, this program allows children to utilize their leisure time constructively. These computer programs make children to learn and share their ideas related to computers. Children have limited practical exposure in their computer practical classes, and this program allows children to know better to handle systems. This program aims to support children above the age of 10 years and benefit the children in a greater extent. This is a short term course for one month where maximum children would benefit in the area. Computer training courses outside are costly and unaffordable

for urban poor children, this computer training would really benefit the poor children in a greater extent. This program was introduced to make children involve in better actions. Children get mentally affected due to familial disputes when they are at home. This program is designed for children to make use of the time during evening in a better way. Children who study in government schools have less opportunity to know about computers, special concern would be given for poor children.

a. Basic Computer training

As part of Activity Based Supplement Education Program (ABSEP) Basic computer training is one of main program which is successfully going past 3 years, at present 15 students enrolled for Basic MS office training. Ms. Manjula College student is the part time tutor during evenings, she is in charge for all children activities, daily 20 - 25 children visit LEED centre, children not only learn computers but actively involved in using library, drawing, piggy banking, and cultural activities.

b. Advanced computer Training

This course started during October 2013 with 8 students, students who are trained in Basic Computer training attend this advanced Computer training, Java, C++,Web Designing and other advanced computer programming are trained. This class is been taken by Java Trainer Mr. Sairam who is been volunteering to serve the children.

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c. Activity Class

Activity Class in LEED to help the children to involve in various cultural and fun based learning activities. Activity Class includes Drawing Creative painting, making science models, maths aptitude tests, Quiz, storytelling, indoor games, communication games we get great response for this program. Children actively participate in all above activities. These programs have many professionals guiding the children.

d. Library

As there was no library for the youths and children in order to have a good library and didn’t have any opportunities to read good books. LEED started the Library with the help from well-wishers and included as a part of Activity Based Supplement Education Program (ABSEP). At present Library has 300 Books for children, daily 30 to 35 children and youths visits field office to use library which also includes youths and students of various other activities of LEED.

. The Library have all categories of books to enrich creativity of the children which includes general knowledge, moral stories in English and Tamil, science , world affairs, autobiography of leaders, comic books, books related to psychological problems, dictionary, Thirukural, yoga, meditation many other interesting books to motivate children to practice the habit of reading books daily. Students spend about 2 hours after coming from school for reading. Some students feel that the pictures are very useful for them to understand about the topics. Students felt happy and expressed that the library unit would be useful for them to develop their knowledge.

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e. Small saving (Piggy) Banking System

Small saving (Piggy) Banking System sometimes called as educate saving habits to help children in their future needssponsored the piggy pots for children to drop coins daily, and maintain a saving card with their photographthe transaction would be entered and maintained. This idea is to collect the money and to make them open a bank account in a nationalized bank for further savings. The children paint their piggy bank pots attractively so they are identified by them.

f. Child Rights Club

There was a great need to establish a forum for the children to address the rights and to the society. This helps to train the youths from the area Club. Main idea of the Child Rights Cluborganize role dramas where children can enact and take role of their teachers to explain their problems at school. This program was started on children’s day 2013children are allowed to talk about their problems to

g. Magic bus Program

With the help from Mumbai Based NGO ‘Magic Bus India’ activity program was started. Every Monday we have magic bus program at field office, around 3actively participate in this program, Mr. Albin Magic bus Youth Mentor program for children along with LEED staffsgames. Recently a football team was formed and boots were given to the children.

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Small saving (Piggy) Banking System

Small saving (Piggy) Banking System sometimes called as penny bank or money box to help children in their future needs during 2012, and still going successful,

the piggy pots for children to drop coins daily, and maintain a saving card with their photographthe transaction would be entered and maintained. This idea is to collect the money and to make them open a bank

her savings. The children paint their piggy bank pots attractively so they are

to establish a forum for the children to address the rights and to youths from the area and take responsibility in maintain

Child Rights Club is to ensure the child have safe environment at home and school we dren can enact and take role of their teachers to explain their problems at school.

started on children’s day 2013 and has associated with NGO ‘Childlinechildren are allowed to talk about their problems to Childline mentor.

Mumbai Based NGO ‘Magic Bus India’ a children sports activity program called . Every Monday we have magic bus program at field office, around 3

actively participate in this program, Mr. Albin Magic bus Youth Mentor who visits every week along with LEED staffs. This is a sports program to ensure behavioural change through

games. Recently a football team was formed and boots were given to the children.

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penny bank or money box This was to encourage and during 2012, and still going successful,. LEED

the piggy pots for children to drop coins daily, and maintain a saving card with their photograph where the transaction would be entered and maintained. This idea is to collect the money and to make them open a bank

her savings. The children paint their piggy bank pots attractively so they are

to establish a forum for the children to address the rights and to ensure child protection in maintaining the Child Rights

is to ensure the child have safe environment at home and school we dren can enact and take role of their teachers to explain their problems at school.

associated with NGO ‘Childline- 1098’ where our

a children sports activity program called Magic Bus . Every Monday we have magic bus program at field office, around 35 children

who visits every week conduct this . This is a sports program to ensure behavioural change through

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h. Karate Program

It was found that there is a need to bring a behavioural change and discipline among children and youth; this can prevent delinquent behaviour as this is prevalent in the community. This program has been recently started during November 2013 with 15 children, we started this program to introduce Martial Arts to help children as this would bring a behavioural change and discipline among children and youth, this can prevent delinquent behaviour among their peers and use the positive energy for the personal and society development. International Okinawan Shorin- Ryu Seibukan Karate – Do, India under the leadership of SHIHAN P. R. Ratnapala - Chief Instructor has provided with the assistance of Sensei. Bose, Karate Master who volunteered to train students in Karate. There are 2 classes per week. LEED congratulates SHIHAN P. R. Ratnapala for receiving his highest order 8th belt in the Okinawan Shorin- Ryu Seibukan Karate order and he is the only 1 and 2 in Asia to do so and to receive from the great master of Okinawan Shorin- Ryu Seibukan Karate in Okinawan Island in Japan.

i. Scholarship Program

In order to help children from the community to encourage them in their academic development and provide them with a scholarship with the support from the well-wishers and identified students from poor economic background form the community and provides cash Scholarship for them to continue their studies. Most of the students discontinue their studies or having tremendous pressure from the family members to support their parents work and discourage them to complete their schooling. This scholarship program reduces the dropout rate in the community. In the year 2013 year LEED identified 2 students from the community.

Mstr. Duraimurugan , aged about 10 yrs, studying in 5th STD in Government school, coming from low economic background and illiterate parents. His father is an ice peddler who is sole bread winner and struggles to full fill his basic needs of the family as he hardly fetches money through his ice peddler business. Mstr. Duraimurugan is among 4 siblings 2 twin sisters and 1 elder brother; he is very much interested in fulfilling his educational aspiration despite his family struggles. The child is very ambitious towards continuing his education. The social workers gave moral support as he was found undernourished,

depressed and quiet and less spoken in expressing his needs. ‘LEED’ daily provided nutrition supplement and Social workers motivated the child to study well and encouraged to visits the LEED centre daily and attended activity classes, Karate, learns computer. He also encouraged Mstr. Duraimurugan’s mother to learn the skill to makes wire baskets to have an alternative income for the family and she became member of basket producer group of The New LEED. Ms. Iswarya aged 12 yrs, studying 8th std in Government girls school, have a younger brother, father works as construction labourer, Mother works as housekeeper in an private company and takes care of the family expenses as Ms. Iswarya father is an alcoholic, do not support the family or take any responsibility in the family. The

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parents do not take care of the overall development of the children and children live in the violent family atmosphere. The family stays in a hut which is in unhygienic and poorly maintained. Ms. Iswarya very much interested in fulfilling her educational aspiration despite family problems as parents were not motivating and been pressured to stop going to school and do household chores. the social workers gave moral support and motivated to improve her personal hygiene and also she was found undernourished, depressed and were interested to be the part of LEED Activity class through which she was encouraged to be interested in all the school activities but there was no support from family to encourage her to develop her skills and making her depressed. LEED identified this family through regular home visit, counselled the family and chosen to sponsor this child for her education until she complete her schooling. 2. Skill Development Training Program for Women (SDTP) Through the interaction with the women from the community and frequent discussion encouraged the women to realize the fact and necessity to improve their economic condition through some technical skills and setting up alternative income generation programs. The group of women showed interest to learn new skills which could be easy to grasp and fetch employment opportunities. The women from the community could utilize the time which they are spending every day without any aim or purpose and by that they would enable themselves to earn a stable income. During the baseline survey and need assessment, It was identified that the majority of women are interested in learning tailoring, basket making and other income generation skill development programs. More interest been shown by women who are separated, widow and women who want to support the family and also women who have difficult family environment.

a. Tailoring

Tailoring classes for women in Perungudi to help the women from the community in the year 2010 with 6 women students and it had grown to 20 women and getting trained on 8 tailoring machine, cutting and hand stitching and hand embroidery. This training enabled the women to learn a new skill and to help them to become self-reliant. This project helps to improve economic situation of the families. Women could come out of the shell and have a chance to share their knowledge and experience with others through a short term certificate course. At the end of three months of training program, certificate will be distributed to the participants. Skill Development Training Program for Women (SDTP) helped many young married and unmarried girls, women for the area, college going girls to come regularly for the period of 6 months and learn, tailoring, and embroidery. Certificates are issued for students who had completed the tailoring classes.

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This Skill Development Training Program Tailoring is been taught for underprivileged women, this program is going on since 3 years at project centre. 300 women in the community are been trained since inception and we recently Introduced Embroidery as Advanced Tailoring program during 2013. The women who completed the course were given certificate and linked to the export company by inviting the people who need tailors for their work. The trainees who have interest to start a tailoring shop are encouraged and those who are not in a position to go out of their home and work in production houses would also be benefited by stitching their cloths in their homes and save the money.

b. Basket Making

This group now consists of 20 women who are earning and average income of Rs.3000/- per month from the finished baskets. LEED women Group consisting of mostly single mothers, widows, women with difficult family situations, with partially visually challenged and family with economical disability. Through this LEED women Group gets regular orders from fair trade shop to make baskets which ensures regular income generation program for LEED women Group from the community which LEED coordinates in training and also to complete the orders efficiently. During 2012 LEED basket producers have generated nearly Rs.1.25 lakhs. In the year 2013 it has crossed more than 1.5 lakhs which motivates the producers to get more orders. The group gets an average income around 10000 to 12000 a month by the group 40 active basket makers in the community.

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3. Family Development Program (FDP)

This program was started during 2011 and successfully going on still now with working with around 1900 families. The main objective of Family Development Program (FDP) bring a sustainable growth among the underprivileged families through facilitation to enable the families get the benefits of all welfare schemes available in the country. Each Social Worker is responsible for 40 families and visits 8 in a day and helps the family know about the situation and facilitate them to reach their goals. 4. Community Development Programs (CDP)

a. Community Kitchen

In community kitchen food were prepared and sold to the community people especially for needy families in the community at subsidized price. The program was successful with the help of well- wisher who sponsor on special occasions, in memories of their dear ones, we give opportunity for families to cook good taste food and the organization gives it in a subsidized price to the community as community participated approach as is not an income generation or profit program, main idea is to involve families participation. About 8 such community kitchen organised programs in year 2013.

b. Medical and Awareness Camps

Awareness programs for the children, adolescent, youth and women groups are very important with understanding the situation of the area and to create awareness on various topics like health, hygiene, communicable & non communicable diseases, child rights, women’s rights, Blood Donation, alcohol and drug addiction, environment etc. this program with the purpose to make the people aware of their rights, duties, availability of welfare schemes and treatment on health issues, importance of timely medical help and proper understanding of medicine were very poor among people living in slum area and the people lack basic health facilities as the area where people live uncongenial environment and have high chance to get affect with serious communicable diseases.

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We have conducted several medical camps such as Medical Psychiatric and Counseling, de-addiction and family counseling with the voluntary support from doctors of NGOs and hospitals. One of such camp is Eye Camp which is been organized with the help of Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal – Tambaram, Corporation of Chennai had associated with LEED to conduct mass multi facility medical camp in the area where 270 people participated.

LEED organize regular camps such as Blood donation every 6 months, Diabetic, Paediatric, Geriatric camps and Awareness programs every 3 months. We also organise General Medical Clinic every Sunday with Free medicine distribution. Corporation of Chennai did a mass medical camp as in Chennai there was outbreak of dengue, foot and mouth, and gastric diseases in the slum community

c. Nutrition Supplement Program

We provides Nutritious snacks daily to all the children who attend various programs in the LEED centre, where periodical weight check for anaemic children are conducted to ensure their growth, and identify Anaemic and underweight children from families and provide special Nutrition Supplement. LEED give counselling for parents about low cost nutrition food and about the government nutrition supplement for each children which LEED get support from government to do this program.

d. Immunization

Government PHC Community health worker have agreed to visits LEED centre which is in the community to do periodic health checkups and immunization for children. This program was started during year 2013, Every 4th Wednesday Government PHC Community health worker visits LEED and checks the children from the age of 3 days to 16 years and give vaccination as part of immunization program for children.

e. Stop Tuberculosis (TB) network The New LEED (www.leed.in) have been partnering with international NGO Stop TB Partnership and World Health Organization (www.stoptb.org) from Genève- Switzerland since 2012 in providing the resource materials, posters, newsletters etc. LEED also started Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) for the Treatment of Tuberculosis with the help of Government Public Health Centre provides medicines for 10 patients, as it was found that Multi-

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drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is defined as tuberculosis that is resistant to at least isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RMP) the two most powerful first-line treatment anti-TB drugs.

Our social workers are been explained that how MDR-TB develops in otherwise treatable TB when the course of antibiotics is interrupted and the levels of drug in the body are insufficient to kill 100% of bacteria. This can happen for a number of reasons like we have among the in Perungudi families where Patients may feel better and halt their antibiotic course, drug supplies may run out or become scarce, patients may forget to take their medication from time to time or patients do not receive effective therapy LEED social workers regularly visit the families to do health counselling which would motivate them to recover, our social workers are now the DOT providers who are trained in providing medicines and to do injection. But the main problem we face is that staffs often do not have food and this is very harmful for the drug giver as wells as social worker who interacts with the patients.

f. Vitamin Angles

This program from March 2013 with the support from California based International NGO ‘Vitamin Angles’ (www.www.vitaminangels.org); through which LEED provides Albendazole tablets for children above 1 year and less than 5 years. Vitamin-A supplement is given 2 days after Albendazole tablets are administered to avoid Anaemia, diarrhoea and measles. Vitamin Angles program is been started to eradicate Night blindness and vitamin deficiency. LEED so far we have administered vitamin capsules for more than 350 children from the community.

g. Ante Natal Care and Post Natal Care (ANC/ PNC) program

There were the need in the community to help the women to have Ante Natal Care and Post Natal Care (ANC/ PNC) checkups and approached the Government Public Health Centre we organize this program for lactating mothers from the community. Government Public Health Centre were very supportive to start this program in LEED centre from 2012, it is organised that on every fourth Monday Government Community Health Workers

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would visits the LEED centre to conduct Ante Natal Care and Post Natal Care (ANC/ PNC) checkups to pregnant mothers and later Post natal care for the infants of the community..

h. Adolescent health education program (AHEP)

During the family interaction LEED team found that it is important to help the adolescent girls with health education program and started Adolescent health education program was started in the year 2013. Adolescent health education program (AHEP) helps to educate the adolescent girls and women educate about Menstrual Hygiene, Sexual and Reproductive Health education. Through this Program Menstrual Health Program (MHP) was introduced and Government Public Health Centre supported this program by supplying sanitary napkins and distributing among the adolescent girls and women from the community. We are also in discussion with other organisations and to make it an important program.

i. Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulphate (FNF)

While organising medical camps and interacting with the community it was found that many girls and women were anaemic and to eradicate anaemia among adolescent girls and lactating mothers, we had approached the Government Public Health Centre who supported by providing FNF tablets and these tablets are been distributed among the women from the community.

j. Blood Donation Camp (BDC)

As part of Medical awareness program we started Blood donation camp in the area to help children affected by Thalassemia, hemophilia and other cancer affected children of Government children hospital, Egmore. These moves were welcomed by the community. Blood donation camp are been organized with help of Cross Blood foundation and Tamilnadu state Blood bank and national AIDS control Organization (NACO) 2 to 3 times in a year from 2011, in the camp about 40 to 60 members visits the camp and volunteers to provide blood and 24 to 35 units are collected and are been used to help children affected by Thalassemia, hemophilia and other cancer affected children of Government children hospital, Egmore. In October 2013, Chairman Elijah John Mathew was facilitated by His Excellency the Governor of Tamilnadu, Dr. K. Rosaiah for organizing Blood Donation camps for the children of Government Hospital suffering from cancer related disease. This was a major government felicitations LEED got so far these achievements were only possible through the support donors and staffs.

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k. LEED Community Clinic (LCC)

This Sunday clinic was started during Dec 15th 2013, Sunday. Dr. Radhakrishna, MBBS, General Physician is the consultant for the Sunday Clinic, as most of the families fell sick often due to water stagnation and water fill inside their houses. Children are more prone to get waterborne disease; this clinic would address all categories - pediatric to geriatric.

l. International Women’s Day celebration and Kolam Competition The New LEED (www.leed.in) conducted Kolam Competitions for women in Perungudi Community on the occasion of international women’s Day every year since 2010 and gave away prizes to all the winners and participations. This had given an opportunity to the women to show their creative talents.

5. Volunteers LEED received volunteers from many international, national organizations and educational institutions to send their students to our organisation for internship training. This year Mr. John Peter from ‘Kanthari International Institute of Social Entrepreneurship’, Trivandrum- Kerala had spent 3 months in our organisation and Mr. Adrian Hilber from Switzerland for a month.

III. Donation

To achieve our goal we are in need of financial resources. Therefore we kindly ask you to support our work with donations. Donations are exempted under s.80G of Income Tax Act 1961. No: DIT (E) No.2 (187)01-02. PAN No: AAATT7523M For Local contribution: HDFC bank Account No: 04411450000184 - RTGS/NEFT IFSC code: HDFC0000441 In favour of ‘The New Liberation Education Economic Development Trust’ in HDFC Bank Limited, No 117 Nelson Towers, Nelson Manickam Road, Chennai 600 094 Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 Registration Number: 075901331 Bank of Baroda Bank Account No: 06750100012641 - Swift Code: BARBINBBOBM In favour of ‘The New Liberation Education Economic Development Trust’ in Bank of Baroda, Choolaimedu Branch, SJM House, 52 Nelson Manickam Road, Choolaimedu, Chennai – 600094

IV. Conclusion The New LEED Trust take this opportunity to thank all the donors, staffs, volunteers and well-wishers for all the support given to the organisation by which we could perform successfully its duties tirelessly for helping its beneficiaries for many years. This was possible only with the help of our donors, staffs, volunteers and community. However The New LEED Trust has miles to go to reach its goal for the service to the humanity.