To face the generation of next-pace, we need intelligent students who can explicit their talents without a burden. In order to achieve it, we the ARTHAM helped the Destitute School of Children (informed by Mr. Vinoth Pandian, ARTHAM member) with the gift of education by making them know the basics of English better and also to improve their fluency.

The Destitute School of Children located in Madurai, was started in 1974. It comprises of two teachers and thirty five (sixteen boys and nineteen girls) students at present, ranging from Class 1 – Class 5. Mrs. Jayashree, Headmistress of the School maintains the School with extreme dignity fulfilling the requirements of every single student with utmost care and responsibility. The blossoms of friendship and altruism were found among those students. The teachers make the students gain better knowledge of everything. Instead of learning through books, Madurai Corporation has made it much simpler, by using the card system.

Ragadivya, Karthick and Varshini, the ARTHAM members, went to the school on 14th December 2012 by 10.00 PM. They helped the students with the practice session for the sports meet that was about to be held on 15th December 2012. On 17th, Class 3 and Class 4 students were trained on the basics of English and the easy ways to pronounce the words. On 18th December, the children were taught about the basic manners to be followed and then, they were introduced to the world of words which owns great respect and greetings.

The students were very much involved and excited to learn, throughout the event. They maintained discipline and clean environment. On the final day of the event, they gave a feedback by requesting our ARTHAM members to train them with more and more such sessions.

We, the ARTHAM members are always looking out for a better change..Hope it starts from here..!

Educating a man is to earn for a family, and educating a woman is to educate the family and thereby the nation. One such thing was made by ARTHAM, educating present girl children who are the future women.

Balar illam, a home forgirl students (Class 1st -12th), is located at Thanakankulam, Madurai, consisting of nearly60 students. It was started in 1960s with the aim to educate the poor girl children coming from the nearby villages of Madurai.

The children in the home taken immense care and are brought up with high obedience and good qualities. They are provided with healthy food and environment. Apart from education, the students are involved in sports and other form of activities. They are educated with the values and the ways to lead their life.Mr. Sivabalan, member of ARTHAM came to know about Balar Illam, through Mrs.Mala. He then got through the person in-charge of the home and inquired about the needs of the students in the home. He was informed that the students in the home were in need ofextra coaching for theirbasics in grammar and mathematics. And then it was planned to make over the necessary things.

On 16th September 2k12, we, the ARTHAM, took an initiative of educating the girl students. The ARTHAM members, Kavitha, Meena kumari, Raga divya and Varshiniheaded to the place by around 2.00pm.The students had their quarterly Examination on the next day. Initially, they were grouped according to their classes (6th, 7th, 8th and 9th) and the ARTHAM members made them learn the basics of English grammar and few topics in mathematics.

The event can’t be described as a success. But a seed for a sapling. This is the beginning…let all the little drops make the ocean. Make haste for women education.

To raise the funds extensively , many events are planned to be conducted across the city. As a first step,the First Fund-Raising Event was Conducted on Aug -12 2k12 (Sunday) in Madurai. A 10 over friendly cricket match among members of Artham. There were two teams between which a spirited cricket match was played. The Participants :Kumaresh Srvnbv , Sathish Babu , Pandi Kannan , Vignesh Gv , Bharathi Raja , Vinoth Pandian, Poornaraj Selvaraj, Dini Dinesh & his friends, Karthick Kn , Senthil, Vinoth,Praveen , Siva Balan , Siva nishi , Prakash , Dinakar Thangamuthu. Each player contributed some amount and a sum of Rs.1300 was collected through the match and the amount is deposited in artham account for the future cause.

Artham is not only for foundations and funds, but also involves in education by conducting Guest lecture’s in all Technical disciplines, Events and so on. This time it was a Guest lecture made byMr. John Kishore and Mr. Arun Kumar in Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College in Sivakasi. It was conducted on August 4th 2012, Saturday.

The lecture covered,History of electrical energy, Indian power system structure, Electrical energy conservation, Techniques andtips to conserve energy and various losses taking place in generation transmission and distribution.

The main motive of the event was to expose the Diploma students to the ongoing industrial development, the need for energy conservation, the do’s and dont’s which must be followed to conserve energy. The seminar covered topics like the story of electricity, which has become the fourth basic necessity, adding to the list consisting of food, clothing and shelter. Various methods of obtaining electricity from various forms of available energy like thermal, hydro, wind andnuclear were discussed. Topics like electric energy generation, transmission and distribution were discussed in an interactive way. A set of rules that must be followed and the things that must be avoided in conserving the energy was given to the students. Finally a couple ofinspirational videos were played to the students and feedback about the event was gathered from the students as well as the staffs of the college who attended the event.

SHINE foundation,Madurai a special school formentally challenged (Special kids and adults) people, started in 2003 with three children initially. At present, there are around 75 students, 10 trained staffs and 4 physiotherapists. Some students were accommodated in another building at a fewer distance. With the coordinated help of the specially educated staffs and physiotherapists, it is functioning well.

Students are trained based on their capabilities. They are educated about the basic needs. To make them learn their daily routine activities, staffs trained with occupational therapy has been employed. For students withautism (A disorder of neural development marked by impaired communication and short attention span),memory loss and ADHD (A condition, mostly in boys, characterized by behavioural and learning disorders), staffs trained with the sensory integration therapy has been employed. Also, therapists are involved in order to train the students on their basic movements. In addition, various other activities like operating the computer, dancing, and music are also included, specially, to strengthen their abilities and thoughts.

A group of young minds from ARTHAM comprising of Siva Balan, Prabhu, Dinesh, Sundararajan, Arumugam, Vinoth Pandian, Vignesh, Manikandan, Anu renuga, Swetha and Varshini visited the foundation on 18th july 2k12 and engaged students with different activities. Various events were conducted. The day started with the students’ introduction. Few volunteers from ARTHAM, made them to participate in various activities such as crayon colouring, picture puzzle, sticker collage, and snow bowling etc. The turnout of the event was too good. Students took part in the event with more joy and enthusiasm. The shine event planned and executed with extreme care as 1st event of ARTHAM, was a great success.