| Dharaneeswarar Educational Trust was founded in February 2002 by a group of highly dedicated professionals with high integrity and urge to encourage and implement the building of a strong India by the providing opportunities to the underprivileged and disadvantaged people in urban and rural areas. The Trust is dedicated to bring progress by wide spread education and preservation of the rich cultural and spiritual heritage, a bedrock of our great civilization. Dharaneeswarar Educational Trust is implementing the above ideals through the path of an Integrated Rural Development Program. The program is being carried out in a cluster of villages around Thandalam Village- a village 40 km north of Chennai in Thiruvalluvar District ( a declared backward district) of Tamilnadu. Thandalam Village was selected because of its backwardness and yet its proximity to Chennai so that the Trustees can give. personal attention to the progress. Starting in a small shed in 2003, the school is now housed in a full fledged building and has all government approvals that is necessary to run a successful school The Primary Objects of the Trust are -. 1. EDUCATION: The Trust set up a Primary School in 2003 in the name of Sankara Matriculation School in Thandalam village for imparting education in the backward and rural areas at an affordable cost to the underprivileged and needy. Special efforts are being made to i. Enroll children whose parents cannot afford to pay fees charged by nearby private schools. ii. Enroll and retain the Girl child who many times is compelled to leave school at an early age and whose parents feel insecure in sending them to far off places for education. iii. Provide quality education to the children in English medium and prepare them for the future iv. Provide opportunities to educated young men and women within the village to become teachers and be a part of the village development programs. v. Provide opportunities for the children to be involved in sports, cultural and other personality building activities. 2. RURAL DEVELOPMENT Keeping in view the vulnerable status of women and children in Rural Society, particularly owing to their economic dependance on others, the Trust will implement Training Programs in Technical Skills and impart management skills to give rural women opportunity to build their own co-operative enterprise. 3. HEALTH CARE In the field of Health, Nutrition and Family Welfare , the Trust will offer high priority for Primary Health Care infrastructure. We have already conducted an “Eye Care” camp for the people in the villages around Thandalam Sankara Matriculation School The Trust set up a Primary School in 2003 in the name of Sankara Matriculation School in Thandalam village for imparting education in the backward and rural areas at an affordable cost to the underprivileged and needy. Special efforts are being made to  Enroll children whose parents cannot afford to pay fees charged by nearby private schools.Enroll and retain the Girl child who many times is compelled to leave school at an early age and whose parents feel insecure in sending them to far off places for education.Provide quality education to the children in English medium and prepare them for the futureProvide opportunities to educated young men and women within the village to become teachers and be a part of the village development programs.Provide opportunities for the children to be involved in sports, cultural and other personality building activities.The school which started functioning in a temporary shed in 2003 has now moved to a larger building, the funds coming from the Trustees and a number of wellwishers and organization committed to social welfare. Only a part of the proposed building has been completed and a major portion needs to be constructed. Presently the school is operating upto class 7 and the proposal is to expand upto class 12 in progressively each year. For this the building needs to be completed fully. The Trust has procured 5 acres of land for implementing this project. |