We have a long way to go!
With your help we can reach the Phase I Goal soon.
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Government Higher Secondary School, Sayamalai
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TNF Washington DC Chapter
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Government Higher Secondary School, Thirumalapuram |
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AMC Government Higher Secondary School, Karivalamvanthanallur |
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G.A. Government Higher Secondary School, Sankarankovil |
The new Tenkasi district was bifurcated from Tirunelveli in 2019. The District is surrounded by the western ghat hills in the West, Tirunelveli District both in South & East, Thoothukudi district in East and Virudhunagar District in the North. The Chittar river flows through the district. The famous Coutrallam Falls is on Chittar River. The waterfalls of Courtallam are said to have medicinal value as they run through forest and herbs before their descent. Courtallam is called as “Spa of South India”. Tamil poet Thirikooda Rasappa Kavirayar sang about the beauty of this place in his “Kutraala Kuravanji”.
The Kutralanatha swamy temple is the location of Chitra Sabha, one of the five abodes or Sabhas of Nataraja, a form of Lord Shiva.The temple has inscriptions dating back to the thirteenth century CE. Records show that Veera Pandyan, Parakrama Pandyan and the Nayaks ruled the region.
The National Child Labour Project introduced in Tirunelveli District (Tenkasi was part of Tirunelveli then) in December 1999. Identified child laborers were admitted in Special Schools and they were mainstreamed within two years. The adolescence groups of children were given life skill training along with vocational training. Due to wide publicity and awareness programmes in the District, total numbers of child labourers have been reduced. The total number of child laborers in 2017-2018 was 1593. ( The above is courtesy of Tamil Nadu Government website) https://tenkasi.nic.in/national-child-labour-project-nclp/
The TNF Washington DC Chapter has adopted Tenkasi as a sister district. The chapter supports the ABC Initiative in three schools in the district since 2016.
FUTURE PROJECTS:
The future of the children who are child laborers in the district is in your hands!
Let us join together to liberate them from being laborers to scholars!
Donate generously to Tenkasi district so that TNF can implement more ABC programs in the district!
With your help TNF can implement these projects in the Government schools in the district:
