Striving for Full-Potential: Building Confidence Through Sport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz5lJCCs4t8&list=PL5HeEh6WFMMKbljO4xZnPi3XH2sTghSTC&index=8 A Challenge:Girls face significant challenges in relation to access to sports rooted in social norms of fears that sports grounds are not safe for girls. This greatly impacts the self-confidence of girls. One of Thamarai’s first projects in Annai nagar was to create an enabling environment for sports so that parents would be at…
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Integrated Learning Space for 6th to 9th Standard
This new school year we looked to begin to more intentionally incorporate into our after-school project in Annai Nager a more holistic, experiential and integrated approach to learning. In Mother’s words, each day for children holds the possibility of so many learning opportunities; “varied, complex, full of unexpected experiences, problems to be solved, clear and striking…
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Thamarai Health and Well being by Carla & Muthu
These past few months, Thamarai Health & Wellbeing Project has continued Yoga & Health Education programs to women’s groups and school children and held monthly health care camps where visiting therapists offered natural therapies at the village centre. 50 women have completed a year long yoga training program in 3 locations and 50 teachers participated…
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Walk-In Wellbeing Morning
A monthly meeting for the residents of Annai Nagar A walk-in Wellbeing morning is being held monthly in the Thamarai building in Annai Nagar village, in collaboration with natural and traditional therapists and healthcare providers from within Auroville. We have been offering primary health checks (including blood pressure, heart rate, blood glucose level), naturopathy, homoeopathy,…
Menstrual Education with the Eco Femme Team
9th standard girls report Many young women have limited information about their monthly cycle. Thamarai team started menstrual education, with the support of the Eco Femme team, because we wanted girls to be informed and empowered in relation to their bodies and their overall health. Initially, the youth facilitators attended training with Kalvi from Eco…
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Distribution of Spices (for Boosting Immunity)
The spice of life ! The generosity and concern of a French friend touched us all deeply recently when he gave us a donation to buy immunity-boosting spices so that the Thamarai children and their families could remain healthy with strong systems to fight symptoms of COVID. This care stretched to over 100 families who…
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