Friday, October 2, 2009

Help needed to make a poor boy pay Engineering Fees

Stephen is currently pursuing his 2nd year B.Tech (IT) in SSN and is a physically challenged student. While being treated for a fall in the well during his early childhood, the doctors found out that he was affected by polio. He studied in the Corporation Boys Higher Secondary School in Saidapet, Chennai and ranked consistently as one among the top 5 in the school. He has 4 sisters and 2 brothers and out of which 3 sisters are in school. His father and brother are doing a business and the family income is around Rs. 7000 a month. Such adverse conditions did not deter him from hitting hard at books during his schooling. He toiled very hard and scored 75% in his higher secondary examinations.He was a Tamil medium student in school and so found going tough during the first semester. His first semester GPA was 5.6, with a backlog in Maths. But he thrived hard to improve on it and spiked his score to 7.8 GPA in the 2nd semester, but still with an backlog in Electronic Devices and Circuits. Despite hailing from a Tamil medium background, he held his ground and improved considerably with his performances.Stephen’s father paid Rs.1 Lakh fees for the first year by borrowing money for interest. In the second year, he had to again borrow money for interest and paid around 65K. They are yet to pay Rs.18,750 for the second year, which is pending. Also, they have bought a laptop in an installment scheme, since it has become a compulsory requirement in SSN. Stephen’s father’s income is just enough to face the daily needs of their family, pay for his brother's and sisters' education and meanwhile repaying the housing loan that they have. Stephen’s classmates have been raising money for his books and fees. HE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR MERIT-CUM-MEANS SCHOLARSHIP, BECAUSE OF ARREARS AND IS IN A FIX ON CONTINUING EDUCATION. At this juncture, Stephen requires help. Help in any form of contribution will help this talented kid climb obstacles and conquer heights.STEPHEN IS REQUESTING HELP . PLEASE DO THE NEEDFUL.
We supported in the total contribution of Rs 20,390/-

Swine flu - Provision of masks by CSC

Dear Fellow HCLites,
Hope this mail finds you in good health, high spirits and great contentment. Now I am struck with a saying from Albert Einstein, “Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them”. When I say PREVENT nothing other than SWINE FLU (H1N1) would have stroked your thoughts. It is threatening the mankind like that of a demon. Many are getting infected and few have lost their life too. While we mourn for all those souls, it is equally important for us to make sure that our near and dear is not one among the victims.
To make each HCL facility a ‘H1N1 Prevention Zone”, CSC has come out with a plan to sell masks in order to keep ourself away from this dreadful virus. These masks will be made available in your respective facilities starting today at cost price. Kindly make use of this special drive and help in having a safe work place.
We have procured from the manufacturer out of CSC fund at Rs 3 for a piece whereas in the local market it is being sold for Rs 10 to15. These masks will be available in a central place in your building and you will get a mail from the CSC team leader or Admin. You just have to drop a minimum of Rs 3 in the box and pick one. If you drop more it will go to CSC fund.
Wearing instructions. You will feel a plastic stick at the edge. That portion is the top and press the stick over your nose and it mould to your size of the nose. Wear the loops on the ears and pull the bottom portion below the chin. If there is additional demand we will procure more.
It is small effort from HCL CSC as we care for you.

CRR Activity 3

Our CRR-Activity 3 happened successfully on 05/09/2009.
I would like to thank to NCLP(National Child Labor Project) members and Child Help Line(CHL) Members.
Also would like to thank the HCL-CRR volunteers who made their presence in this activity

My special thanks to Samson and Porres for their support and Mrs.Mercy Joy Joshua (NCLP Project Leader) and Ms.Sridevi(Child Help Line Project Leader)for arranging their team members for us.

As per our plan, we rescued the child labors from the below locations :

1.A to Z Automobiles,Avadi Identified By Kumar(Outsider).
2.Venkateshwara Sweet Stall,Ambattur Identified By Augustin.
3.Bobby Auto Works,Ambattur Identified By Augustin
4.Kaveri Textiles,Ambattur Identified By Augustin.
5.Automobiles and Hotchips in Korattur(we had already identified this case in CRR Activity-1 and put fine amount for shop owners,again they have allowed those children for job)

Following are the details of rescued children’s in detail:

CRR-Activity 2

1. Name :- Prasad
Age :- Above 14
Address :- Pattabiram,
Gandhi Nagar Street,
Chennai
Job :- Mechanic
Working Address :- A to Z Automobiles,
166,N.M Road,Avadi,Chennai-54
Parents :- Samuvel
Salary :-
Working Hour :-
Identified By :- Kumar(Outsider)
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and rescued and handed
over him in CHL Office,Shenoy Nagar. His details got
submitted in CWC(Child Welfare Committee). Now after
the CWC process is done, we can come to know about
further process, I shall track about him.

2. Name :- Balamurugan
Age :- Above 14
Address :-
Job :- Helper
Working Address :- Venkateshwara Sweet Stall,
Ambattur,Chennai.
Parents :-
Salary :-
Working Hour :-
Identified By :- Augustin
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and shop owner has
produced the age certificate to CHL office,Shenoy
Nagar. They have warned them for not allowing any child
labor to job.


3. Name :- Vinoth
Age :- Above 16
Address :-
Job :- Mechanic
Working Address :- Bobby Autoworks,
13/6 Redhills Road,
Vinayagapuram,Ambattur,Chennai-53
Salary :- Weekly 100
Working Hour :-
Identified By :- Augustin
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and shop owner has
produced the age certificate to CHL office,Shenoy
Nagar. They have warned them for not allowing any child
labor to job.

4. Name :- Samsudeen Meeran
Age :- Above 16
Address :-
Job :- Helper in Textiles
Working Address :- 86/5 M.T.H Road,
Ambattur,
Chennai-53
Parents :-
Salary :-
Working Hour :-
Identified By :- Augustin
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and shop owner has
produced the age certificate to CHL office,Shenoy
Nagar. They have warned them for not allowing any child
labor to job.

5. They have put fine amount for shop owners(Automobiles and Hotchips in
korattur),again they have allowed those children for job,again those shop owners has
got severe warning from CHL. I shall track about them.

Royapuram Boys Home Visit on Aug 15th

We had visited royapuram boys home on Aug 15th 2009. The officials were receptive & gave us lot of details.I'm summarizing them below:
1) It has 3 parts - the reception unit, the home & in-house school.
2) Reception unit - this is the place where the children are initially kept and stay there till CWC(Child Welfare Commitee) decides on their future. All child labourers that we rescue end up here only. The population is dynamic - we saw nearly ~50 kids, ~50% north indians, yesterday.
3) Home - currently accomodates ~120 kids from 1-12the std. Kids stay in a big long hall, dormitory style.It has TV and kids keep their bags in one corner. there is a store-room that has the blankets,pillows etc.
4) School - kids from 1-6th study here.The rest go to a nearby corporation school accompanied by a guardian.
5) Stay - kids can stay till they complete their 12th std.Then they are either sent to their parents or if possible a job / higher study is arranged.
6) Staff - i think ~20+ govt employees work here in a front office. Superintendent - Mrs.Glory Gunaseelan. Asst . Supt - Mrs.Devika Manager - Mr.Adheesan.
7) About the kids - contrary to our expectation most of the kids are not child labourers. They come from a poor family, single-parent, orphan etc.Child labourers form a miniscule of the population.Non tamilnadu kids in reception unit are sent to govt homes in their respective states accompanied by a escort.Only tamilnadu kids are kept in the home. We were informally entertained by a kid called madhan who showed his gymnastic & trick skills - talented boy!

Shelter Home Visit on 29th Aug

Its pleasure to share with you all about the wonderful time we had on 29th Aug in shelter Home.
As per our plan we provided Chappels to home children(approx.72 pairs) and dustpin(2 nos),

For Fund,

Ram is handling the account details in keen manner.
We had collected Rs 9600,
Apart from below expenses(Rs 3340) We are having remaining amount of Rs 6260 in our hand.

Expenses :-

Chappels – Rs 1910
Dustpin – Rs 840
Paint (for shelter home rack) – Rs 590

For Classes,

Premnath is working for arranging classes, he will get back soon.

CRR Activity 2

Our CRR-Activity 2 has also executed in more excitement and successful manner on 01/08/2009.
I would like to thank to NCLP(National Child Labor Project) members and Child Help Line(CHL) Members.
Also would like to thank the below HCL-CRR volunteers who put their presence with us.

My special thanks to Samson and Porres for their support and Mrs.Mercy Joy Joshua (NCLP Project Leader) and Ms.Sridevi(Child Help Line Project Leader)for arranging their team members for us.

As per our plan, we rescued the child labors from the locations which is mentioned below:

1.Sri Murali Krishna Foods,Shanthi Colony Identified By Premnath Sathmeegam
2.Construction Working Place,Anna Nagar East Identified By Preethe Madhavan
3.Cloth and Books Selling Children in Thirumangalam and Koyambedu Signals

Following are the details of rescued children’s in detail:

CRR-Activity 2

1. Name :- Manohar
Age :- Below 14 Std(Studied) :- 4th
Address :- Nellore,Karalam
Job :- Table Cleaner
Working Address :- Sri Murali Krishna Foods,
10th Street,Shanthi Colony
Parents :- Siniaya - Alamelu
Salary :- 2000
Working Hour :- 13 Hrs
Identified By :- Premnath Saathmeegam
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and rescued with the help
of police and handed
over him in CHL Office,Shenoy Nagar.
His details got submitted in CWC(Child Welfare
Committee). Now after the
CWC process is done, we can come to know about further
process,
I shall track about him.

2. Name :- Vasu
Age :- Above 14 Std(Studied) :- 4th
Address :- Nellore,Karalam
Job :- Table Cleaner (As last 4 months)
Working Address :- Sri Murali Krishna Foods,
10th Street,Shanthi Colony
Parents :- Govind - Mangammal
Salary :- Cant Identify
Working Hour :- 13 Hrs
Identified By :- Premnath Saathmeegam
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and rescued with the help
of police and handed over him in CHL Office,Shenoy
Nagar.
His details got submitted in CWC(Child Welfare
Committee). Now after the
CWC process is done, we can come to know about
further process,
I shall track about him.


3. Name :- Suresh
Age :- Above 16 Std(Studied) :- 5th
Address :- Nellore,Karalam
Job :- Table Cleaner (As last 4 months)
Working Address :- Sri Murali Krishna Foods,
10th Street,Shanthi Colony
Parents :- Govind - Mangammal
Salary :- 2000
Working Hour :- 13 Hrs
Identified By :- Premnath Saathmeegam
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and rescued with the help of
police and handed over him in CHL Office,Shenoy
Nagar.
His details got submitted in CWC(Child Welfare
Committee). Now after the CWC process is done, we can
come to know about further process,
I shall track about him.

4. Name :- Nanoji
Age :- Above 14 Std(Studied) :- 7th
Address :- Baligram Sunsarpur,Mushidapathi Jilla,Kolkatta
Job :- Helper in Construction
Working Address :- E Block,No 48,
3rd Street,Anna Nagar East,
Chennai-102
Parents :- Bhirsahib – Nadamma Devi
Salary :- Cant Identify(his brother is working there,no specific
salary for nanoji)
Working Hour :- Depends
Identified By :- Preethi Madhavan
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and rescued with the help
of police and handed over him in CHL Office,Shenoy
Nagar.
His details got submitted in CWC(Child Welfare
Committee). Now after the CWC process is done, we can
come to know about further process,CHL Chief Sridevi
has talked to nanoji’s brother,he is not willing to hand
over him in any home alone,they are trying to convince
him otherwise has told him to take his brother to his
home town.I shall track about him.

5.Identified Selvam(Age 13)in Anna Nagar East construction Place, he is studying 8th std and he is in govt. home, his father is working in that construction, as his father wants, we have told him to contact concern NCLP members to change the home of that child for his further studies, have asked NCLP members to track him

6.Identified cloth and book selling child labors in thirumangalam signal ,but unfortunately not able to rescue them. Then we rescued one child in koyambedu signal, we had gone to K4 Police Station with that child and with his mother, his mother told that he is studying and helping us in holidays, police have warned them.

P.S :-

=>That day, while rescuing children’s begging in traffic areas, we had a bad experience in police station. The police peoples treated that lady in bad manner like beating and all. So, we have changed our approach. Instead of rescuing them in signals , we have planned to go in their living areas and will talk about the govt policy and their children education in soft manner.

=>We are planning to do some needful to the home(which is in shenoy nagar CHL office and other govt.home)along with CRR and provide some teachings to those children in the weekends. Those who are interested to participate please contact below responsible persons…

CRR-Needful to Home --- Ramakrishnan Thiagarajan
CRR-Teach at Home --- Premnath Sathmeegam and Pattabirman Rajamannar

=>One point- Ms.Sridevi told that - only if parents or children agree to join the govt home , then only the child can be sent to special schools. The CHL and CWC members are giving lots of counseling for that. Also the fine amount can be collected by the child after the age of 18 from concern govt.office.

=> Those who are know any magazine peoples(especially local magazines) or tv channel peoples as personally please let us know so that we can spread this information to society in all possible ways.


Success will be ours ,only if the concern child is sent to home for studies.
Till now no such child has been sent to home. So our further aim should be to send the
identified children to home.
Further using our CRR activities , we all should create awareness on this so that the identified shop owners will not allow any child labours in their shops.
I request all your cooperation for this.

CRR Activity 1

Finally our CRR-Activity 1 has finished in more excitement and successful manner on 04/07/2009.
I need to thank to NCLP(National Child Labor Project) members and Child Help Line Members and also HCL-CRR volunteers whom joined with us.

Especially I should thank Samson and Porres for their support and Mrs.Mercy Joy Joshua (NCLP Project Leader) and Mrs.Sridevi(Child Help Line Project Leader)for
arranging their team members for us.

Initially we planned to rescue the child labors from the location which is mentioned below…

1.Chithra Hot Chips,Mylapore Identified By Chithra Viswanathan
2.Ironwala in Mylapore Identified By Anitta Venkatesh
3.Helper in Bike Mechanic Shop,Korattur Identified By Nagabhushanam Vemula
4.Helper in Karpagam Hotel,Mugappair Identified By Ponmuthu Ramalingam and Pandiarajan

On the way to second place(ironwala) , we identified one child labor on the way(one mechanic shop in mylapore).

CRR-Activity 1

1. Name :- Sakthi
Age :- Below 14 or 15
Address :- Moongil Medu,
Pennagaram Taluk,
Darmaburi District.
Job :- Helper
Working Address :- Chithra Hot Chips,
No :4 Venkateshwara Agraharam,
Baba Koil Road,Mylapore,Chennai-4.
Parents :- No Idea for owner
Salary :- No
Working Hour :- No
Identified By :- Chithra Viswanathan
Status :- We didn’t see that child,he is staying in paniththurai. shopkeepers told that he
is not coming for working purpose.
NCLP and CHL warned them and got report about that child and one letter
too.
Chithra and other volunteers whom are near to that place, please track
this case.

2. Name :- Manigandan
Age :- 14 Std(Studied) :- 9th
Address :- Chennai
Job :- Helper
Working Address :- KJG Automobiles,
No :66/164 P.S Sivasamy Salai,
Mylapore,Chennai-4.
Parents :- Venkateswaran - Gangammaal
Salary :- 500 (per week),owner told that he is working in last 2 weeks
Working Hour :- 9 - 7
Identified By :- On the Spot
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and rescued with the help of police and handed
over him in CHL Office,Shenoy Nagar.
Owner and others came to CHL office and made trouble so that boy got
transferred to Royapuram Boys Home and
He details got submitted in CWC(Child Welfare Committee). Now after the
CWC process is done, we can come to know about further process,
I shall track about him.

3. Name :- Yuvaraj
Age :- 13 Std(Studied) :- 6th
Address :- Vagai,Kanchipuram
Job :- Helper
Working Address :- GK Autoworks,(On the way to Vivekananda school,right side
shop will come in that street from korattur main road)
Korattur.
Parents :- Munusamy – Kanniamma , Sister :- Lakshmi
Salary :- 1000 (per month)
Working Hour :- 8 - 8
Identified By :- Nagabhushanam Vemula
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and told the shop owner to handed over the boy
on Monday 6th July in CHL Office,Shenoy Nagar.
CHL has confirmed to me that Owner handed over the boy and his details will
be submitted in CWC(Child Welfare Committee)after the CWC process
only we can come to know about further process,
Nagabhushanam and other volunteers whom are near to that place,
please track this case.

4. Name :- Muthuraj
Age :- 15 or below Std(Studied) :- 10th
Address :- Narkalai Kottai,tuticorin
Job :- Helper
Working Address :- New Kerala Hot Chips,(Just opposite to GK Autoworks)
Korattur.
Parents :- Ramasamy – Vadamalliga , Brother :- Muthu Selvaraj
Salary :- 1700 (per month)
Working Hour :- 7 to 10
Identified By :- On the Spot
Status :- NCLP and CHL reported him and told the shop owner to handed over the boy
on Monday 6th July in CHL Office,Shenoy Nagar.
CHL has confirmed to me that Owner handed over the boy and his details will
be submitted in CWC(Child Welfare Committee)after the CWC process
only we can come to know about further process.
volunteers whom are near to that place,please track this case.

P.S :-

=>Yesterday(09/07) CHL Went to Karpagam Hotel, Mugapair and reported about
the child labor who is identified by Ponmuthu Ramalingam and Pandiarajan.
As police didn’t come to the spot at right time, they couldn’t rescue him after
that shop was closed.
Today(10/07) they are going to rescue him with the help of police and labor
inspector
=>Next time we are going to rescue the ironwala who is in mylapore identified by
Anitta Venkatesh
=>I have attached the manigandan snap who rescued by our CRR Activity
=>Because of the time constraint I couldn’t able to prepare the above information
in report format in word or excel,I have to do that soon.