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Early Childhood DevelopmentEFI empower marginalized people with education, livelihood skills and self-governance capabilities so that they can make changes to their lives and their children. We serve these people irrespective of gender, age, religion, caste or creed. EFI’s Childhood development approach focuses on the early child’s life by providing education in school. Hence our school St. Paul’s Nursery and primary school, runs on rent basis, ensures that children reach school age healthy and well nourished, intellectually curious, socially confident with solid foundation for lifelong learning. At this school, we bring underprivileged children from interior villages nearby and provide them education. Now we can proudly state that the children in our school are given education equal to the urban city children. Students in our school are also trained with extracurricular activities such as computer class, drawing class, art and craft works, yoga and Karate.   You can join our mission. You can also change lives with your own hands, at an individual level. We welcome your contribution and great volunteers to support our organization. Your generous donations will enable us to educate and empower thousands of less privileged families living in Indian villages. Our school is run by the team members of EFI. They act as the teachers right now. Right now we only have a rented school building and we don’t have a proper vehicle facility to bring children from interior villages. Ways to support us and be a part of the EFI organization’s vision. You can help us by donating a small amount to our account or by spreading the word around. Women EmpowermentWomen are considered as the eyes of a country. Women in India face most of the challenges without any moral support. This maximum applies to the women in villages. Women in villages being illiterates become responsible to run the family sometimes without the help of their partner. The life style of the women in cities significantly differs from the village women. Women living on poverty have not only a physically hard life by sometimes it costs their lives. Improving the economical status of women would make them as equal members of society. Through this they will achieve more self respect and self confidence. This will help reduce the poverty of India.EFI provides practical solutions to women who face challenges in life so that they become self dependent. EFI focus on the development and empowerment of women and widows in Pallamedu, Madurai. Women in our locality face burdens such as early marriage, dowry harassment, and abandonment by husband, young widows and sexual harassment. Women, especially, who are abandon by their husband or become widows at young age are not respected. In such condition it becomes compulsory for these women to run alone. Hence these women need a safe and decent job. EFI helped 20 women and organized a self employment group, so that they can lead a safe and decent life style. EFI organized training camps for these women and youth girls in tailoring, cottage industry, jewelry making and so on. We also supported them by providing them sewing machine. In this way we have supported and empowered the abandon women to lead a self-confident and decent life in this society. Home for Senior CitizensWhen elders do not have any source of income or savings, often their survival itself is a question. These elders without any source of income are left all alone. With tears in their eyes, they struggle for their everyday’s meal. EFI extends its arm to take care of them. In our present locality we found 20 such old people left all alone roaming around the streets without getting their basic needs such as good food, neat shelter and hygienic dresses. Presently EFI is equipped only in providing monthly food for these people, dresses during festivals and free medical camps. Along with this they are being provided with soaps, shampoos, oil, pillows, blankets, bed, etc,.Care and affection is being provided by well-wishers and daily visits by the Trustees of EFI. The loving and kind care of these visitors always bring smiles to the faces of elders. We take care of these elders as our own parents. All other works are shared by dedicated teams of residents (women self-help groups). We are in need of a permanent home for these elders. To provide a perfect accommodation and everyday care EFI is working out to construct an old age home "Saribath" for these elders. If you wish to contribute to EFI, you can sponsor birthdays, wedding days, other events and also remembrance of departed loved ones. Elders who live without any support in tears must be given a decent and happy life. Hence stretch your arms along with EFI to make these old parents live a wonderful and peaceful life. |
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