Ongoing support for growth and agency building is a key component of Thamarai’s work. We renew ourselves annually by attending Radical Transformational Leadership programs. Some of our team members are currently training to be practitioner coaches with Dr. Monica Sharma, the program creator. We want to bring this valuable work to the local communities in which we work. Abirami … [Read more...] about Sustainable Development Goals by Abirami
Sustainability
Gratitude for our new learning centre
Thamarai, solar powered, learning centre is finally finished!! Thank you to the many friends, family and sponsors who have all supported us to manifest this dream, especially to Ramco and Electric Aid Ireland. Also to the amazing construction and design teams who put so much energy into the new homebase for all our outreach projects. The centre has been built with a … [Read more...] about Gratitude for our new learning centre
Our new garden
The children are designing Thanks to the generosity of a resident in Auroville and a great team of workers, the learning centre’s compound wall and garden have begun! The children are designing it and excited to have flowers and fruits in abundance, see list below. They have been envisioning on paper and boards with Silky and have completed a visit to houses in their village … [Read more...] about Our new garden
Learning to Cook with Native Plants at Solitude Farm
Krishna Invited Us to His Farm Thamarai arranged a Solitude farm visit on the 24th of December 2021 with 26 people who went to the farm, 2 women, 4 youth,13 children and our team. It was very nice to visit the place where we had a chance to re-discover the Indian food and culture. Krishna is an Aurovillian and a very good Tamil speaker. His words really inspired everyone. … [Read more...] about Learning to Cook with Native Plants at Solitude Farm
Thamarai Learning Centre Joyfully Opens Soon
A centre for our programs in the areas of health, leadership and after school education. With the aspiration to foster well-being and full potential for all beyond class, caste or creed we open the 1st stage of a new learning centre for Annai Nagar village on February 28th, 2021, on the birthday of Auroville township who have provided the land for this centre. Our team … [Read more...] about Thamarai Learning Centre Joyfully Opens Soon