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WHAT WE DO: Overview
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Informal Education
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Human Rights Awareness
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Economic Help
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Health
CECOWOR
is a not for profit, apolitical organization registered under the
Society Registration Act 1992. (Reg.No 58/92) It is also
registered under the FCRA division of Ministry of Home affairs.
Its services are for everyone, irrespective of gender, creed,
caste, class or ethnicity.
CENTER FOR
COORDINATION OF VOLUNTARY WORKS AND RESEARCH
257,
GANDHI BAZAAR, GINGEE, VILLUPURAM DT, 604 202.
TAMIL NADU,
INDIA.
Tel: 0414 5223674 / 5222747 cecowor@gmail.com
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Technologies.
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Informal
Education
Education
is a key to long term change but children are not able to benefit
because:
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the teaching in state schools is often of very
poor quality and the staff are not conscientious
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parents cannot afford expenses like school
fees, books, uniform
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parents do not appreciate the value of
education and prefer to have children working
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families have to move around to find work
So we have developed centres in the villages to offer:
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pre-school
nurseries so that children can get into the learning habit
from an early age
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remedial
education for school dropouts
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homework
clubs
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adult
basic literary classes
Awareness
of rights and capacity building for adults
People are often unaware of their basic rights (e.g. the right to vote
or rights to pensions and maternity assistance) and lack the
confidence to claim these rights, so they are exploited and
abused. We offer:
Economic
help
We help people to move out of poverty by:
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encouraging
self help groups which organize savings schemes and loan
applications
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offering
training in practical skills e.g. radio and television repair
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running
an agriculture centre to train women in growing food
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running
low cost training schemes for nursing assistants
Health
In this area we run:
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an emergency ambulance scheme in association
with the Tamil Nadu health services
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eye camps to screen people for eye problems
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awareness campaigns for TB, Aids and breast
feeding
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