they cultivate only a single crop of rice. The youth work in the nearby industrial areas where they get jobs on daily wages. The other jobs taken up by adults are in the farm and fruit orchards in the neighborhood. Home visits were made to the very poor families most of whom had half acre or no land. The 20 families identified from the survey were assisted with food items of good nutritional value. The older children in the school tuition program were also given nutrition supplements. Fruits from the Reach Out farm are also given regularly to the children. Special attention was given to Santosh Gavad who had a neck deformity. He was taken for an orthopedic consultation and various investigations like X-ray and MRI were facilitated through the Trust. Medication helped to relieve the pain but he has been referred to Wadia Hospital, Mumbai for further treatment as he has a mass in the spine. There were 3 other handicapped children including a 11 year old girls with spasticity of all 4 limbs Fr Andrew &Sr Marie Trustees take special interest in the school activities on the monthly visits This year the Rotary Club assisted the school in the computer program They provided the 6 laptops, a printer, a Xerox machine. Required soft ware ,internet connection and 2 teachers for training the children according to the curriculum prescribed to the school This year we also assisted urban school children in the vicinity of our urban office in Bandra The girls were mainly from St Joseph’s convent school and the boys from St Thresa’s school The financial assistance was for school uniforms and books Most of the children were from migrant tribal families working as daily laborers Vocational Training . We have had 4 batches of students with six months training in tailoring and welding. All the students are now either self employed or have secured jobs in the industries in the vicinity .The tailoring students apply for machines at a discount from the local government. One student was donated a sewing machine as he came from a very poor family. Sunil Correa co-ordinates the technical program and is very busy with recruitment and job placement of the students . We also placed some of the students in the industrial belt They were to be further trained in tailoring and then to be employed by the firm
they cultivate only a single crop of rice. The youth work in the nearby industrial areas where they get jobs on daily wages. The other jobs taken up by adults are in the farm and fruit orchards in the neighborhood. Home visits were made to the very poor families most of whom had half acre or no land. The 20 families identified from the survey were assisted with food items of good nutritional value. The older children in the school tuition program were also given nutrition supplements. Fruits from the Reach Out farm are also given regularly to the children. Special attention was given to Santosh Gavad who had a neck deformity. He was taken for an orthopedic consultation and various investigations like X-ray and MRI were facilitated through the Trust. Medication helped to relieve the pain but he has been referred to Wadia Hospital, Mumbai for further treatment as he has a mass in the spine. There were 3 other handicapped children including a 11 year old girls with spasticity of all 4 limbs Fr Andrew &Sr Marie Trustees take special interest in the school activities on the monthly visits This year the Rotary Club assisted the school in the computer program They provided the 6 laptops, a printer, a Xerox machine. Required soft ware ,internet connection and 2 teachers for training the children according to the curriculum prescribed to the school This year we also assisted urban school children in the vicinity of our urban office in Bandra The girls were mainly from St Joseph’s convent school and the boys from St Thresa’s school The financial assistance was for school uniforms and books Most of the children were from migrant tribal families working as daily laborers Vocational Training . We have had 4 batches of students with six months training in tailoring and welding. All the students are now either self employed or have secured jobs in the industries in the vicinity .The tailoring students apply for machines at a discount from the local government. One student was donated a sewing machine as he came from a very poor family. Sunil Correa co-ordinates the technical program and is very busy with recruitment and job placement of the students . We also placed some of the students in the industrial belt They were to be further trained in tailoring and then to be employed by the firm
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