The Impact of Storytelling
A huge congratulations to the young people of the Foróige BEY project, Ballyhaunis, Ireland and Thamarai, Tamil Nadu, India who were awarded a 2025 Youth Excellence Award for the publication of the International Storybook. This is a prestigious award given during the #ETBWeek 2025 Excellence Awards. The ETBI is the Educational and Training Board based…
India’s 1st Foroige Youth club
On Brian O’’Neill’s last day in Thamarai, the first Foroige, Indian club was born with the election of youth officers from the Leadership for Life graduates. Students stepped forward for the positions of chairperson, treasurer, communications officer and secretary. The club will provide a safe, enjoyable place for young people to meet, get involved in…
Leadership for Life Program
Brian O’Neill travelled 8,330km from Mayo, Ireland to deliver the Foroige Leadership for Life program to students at Thamarai and to start Foroige’s first youth club in India. Brian is a youth worker at the Bey project Ballyhaunis, Ireland. Both The Bey and Thamarai projects stand for equity and the full potential of youth. Since 2022, young…
Sustainable Development Goals by Abirami
https://youtu.be/RwMT0z5g0Q8 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…
Gender Equity Through Sports
Sports is everyday… and so is gender equity Sports programs continue to develop with coaching in place for girls and boys as the first activity everyday in after school. Volleyball, football and frisbee In recent newsletters we have highlighted the encouragement of gender equity in sports with many more girls are now in daily sports…
Career opportunities and skill development
Sharing information Thamarai team has been concentrating efforts to enhance opportunities for young adults to get started with careers in life. We have a drop in service where information on training and cost free college opportunities is available and supports such as application filling with English and digital literacy training. We are in discussion with…