ECG - Orientation Session - 2015

Environment Care Group (ECG) team had a Orientation session on July 19. The session happened with the following agenda:

1. The event started with following Video Clippings:
   1. Speech of President Barack Obama in UN's Climate Summit 2014.
   2. Speech of Actor and Peace Messenger Leonardo DiCarpio in UN's Climate Summit 2014.
   3. Documentary on Jadav Payeng, the Forest man of India.
2. Inspiring speech by our Dynamic volunteer Gowtham on `Why we should care for Nature?`
3. Briefing on all the activities in Team ECG.
4. Arun Prasad gave an overview of achievements of the team in last 1 year.
5. Break.
6. Video on M. Yoganathan, Tree Bank of South India.
7. Detailed briefing of sapling followup process.
8. Discussion on Field Visit and Tree Album ideas with Action Plan.
9. Zone leads Registration.
10. Feedback / Suggestions.
11. National Anthem.

Thanks to the following green warriors for attending the session and taking up `Zone lead` roles as follows:

1. Pavithra - Adyar
2. Surya - Valasaravakkam
3. Arun - Teynampet
4. Gowtham - Tondiarpet
5. Saiyasodharan - Alandur
6. Sanjai Kutty - Pallavaram Municipality
7. Jaffer - Ambattur
8. Bharathi - Valasaravakkam
9. Swetha - Adyar
10. Kirubhakaran - Thiru Vi Ka Nagar
11. Sowmiya - Anna Nagar
12. Dinesh - Alandur
13. Akshayaa - Kodambakkam
14. Yeshvant
15. Rajendran Selvamani
16. Prithviraj

Zonal leads for following zones still open:

1. Tiruvotriyur.
2. Manali.
3. Madhavaram.
4. Royapuram.
5. Perungudi.
6. Sholinganallur.

"We are the first generation to feel the Climate change and we are the last generation to do something about it."

 - President Barack Obama, UN Climate Summit 2014.

Links:

1. Chennai Zonal Map - http://chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/MAP_ZONE_WARD.jpg

Reading session for visually challenged students - 15th Nov, 2014 - Session 3

Third session of our reading centre went on well @ Triplicane

Total Students: 29 (26 from Presidency, 1 from Queen Mary's College & 2 from Madras University )

Total number of volunteers: 20 (14 CSS members, 4 from TCS and 2 from Thomson Reuters) Thanks to All.

Pavithra

Jai Sankar

RathiDevi

Balasubramaniam Sir

Renganathan

Ashwin

Bala

Sudha

Karthik

Meenakshi

MeenaKumari

Sripoongothai

Parthiban

Charumathy

Master Varun

Nalini

Manine Thiraviya

Meenakshi

Deepa

Venkat

40 cups of tea were sponsored by the TKKNN Vysya Charities.

5 biscuit packets were sponsored by Balasubramaniyam sir's friend and 1 packet by Bala from TCS.

1.Those who wish to be part of these events can enroll themselves in our site - www.chennaisocialservice.org

2. During the reading session, please put the mobile in silent or in low volume. If you need to make/attend any calls, kindly come away from the premises, so that it won't disturb other readers and students.

3. Please don't share your numbers with any of the students. If they ask for the number to be contacted during the time of requirement, kindly ask them to meet/contact me. 

Kindly share your suggestions/ideas/feedbacks. Will improve our capability.

For any queries, reach @ 98415 50476/ 87540 45125

More Snaps at https://plus.google.com/photos/100029059227283819807/albums/6084006396221652241

Child Abuse Prevention - Brainstorming Session

An awareness/brainstorming session was conducted on Novermber 16, 2014 among CSS volunteers on how parents can play a better role to prevent child abuse. The main purpose of this session was to have a discussion with the parents in CSS before conducting awareness session among the general public on child safety.

Attendees

Ponmurugan, Venkat, Charu, Ashwinkumar, Meenakumari, Akshya, Akshya’s mother, Sasikumar, Sasikumar’s wife, Rathi, Lakshmi Rekha, Saiyasodharan, Swaminathan, Muthukutti, Manohar, Pavithra, Kanchan, Kothandapani and family.

Session by

Venkat, Pon Murugan, and Kanchan

Number of Parents: 6

At the start of the session, the parents present there stated their expectations from the session. Next, a written survey of 20 questions was conducted to understand how parents interact with their kids.

Next, a discussion was conducted on the responses to the survey questions. The parents explained their responses. Other parents and volunteers gave their opinion on the recommended approach for each question. 

Following were the key takeaways from the survey:

• Children also watch television while their parents are watching. In some families, the children watch television in their own rooms. This is a concern as it may be difficult to monitor the child’s activity. Children try to imitate what they watch on television. For example, Watching WWF or some fight scenes in cartoon shows encourages children to do similar acts. Parents also stated that they avoid switching channels when some awkward scenes are shown.
• Children emphasis on parents following rules. For example traffic rules.
• When children make mistakes, parents talk to them and give them opportunities to correct them. Only then do they shout or beat the child.
• Parents appreciate their kids for their achievements and usually answer queries of the child.
• Parents usually treat their own parents in a respected way in front of their children.
• In some families, fights between spouses in front of the children is a concern. The recommended approach was to take efforts and avoid such fights in front of the children as these fights have a negative impact on the child.  
• Some parents try to monitor their child’s online activities. Monitoring the activities was recommended.    
• Parents are not comfortable using the actual names of private parts. However, it is recommended that parents need to educate their child with actual names of private parts.
• A couple also expressed their opinion on how they find it difficult to monitor their child’s activity when she visits her neighbor.  

Next, Pon Murugan made a presentation on how to prevent child abuse. The presentation focused on why and how parents should talk to their children regularly and empower their children to prevent sexual abuse. Pon Murugan also showed a sample video on how to educate children about sexual abuse.

The session concluded with the participants sharing their opinion on child abuse. Ashwin also recommended that it is essential to educate boys about sexual abuse, and break the myth that boys are not sexually abused.

VScribe - Exam scribe - October Updates

We supported a whooping 76 scribing sessions.

Students of M.O.P. college scribed for 14 of such sessions and Students from Ethiraj college volunteered for 6 sessions.

On individual perspective, Kanchan and Jeyashree madam scribed for 5 sessions each.

Divya scribed for 4 sessions and helped in arranging scribes for 6 sessions.

Second Reading Session @ Triplicane and Need Volunteers for Scribing

Second session of our reading center went on well today @ Triplicane

Total Students: 18:

• 13 from Presidency,
• 1 from Pachiayappan college,
• 2 from Queen Marys College,
• 1 from Madras University,
• 1 Student from Vivekananda College

Total number of volunteers: 22

1. Mahesh
2. Pavithra
3. Jai Sankar
4. RathiDevi
5. Balasubramaniam Sir
6. Saravanan Mani
7. Renganathan
8. Ashwin
9. Harikrishnan
10. Abinaya
11. Sridhar
12. Ashella
13. Anitha Srinath
14. Edith
15. Priyamvadha
16. Bala
17. Sudha
18. Karthik
19. Madhushree Mukherjee
20. Meenakshi
21. Meena

Thanks to everyone for your time and appreciate your voluntarism.

Please find the schedule for exams for the next 1 week. Let me know if you are available on any particular days.

10th Nov, Monday - Queen Mary's College - English - 3 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

10th Nov, Monday - Queen Mary's College - Tamil - 2 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

10th Nov, Monday - MSSW - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

11th Nov, Tuesday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

11th Nov, Tuesday - Ambedkar Law University, R.A.Puram - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Queen Mary's College - English - 3 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Queen Mary's College - Tamil - 2 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - MSSW - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Chellammaal College - Tamil - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Chellammaal College - Tamil - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Ambedkar Law University, R.A.Puram - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

14th Nov, Friday - Chellammaal College - Tamil - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

14th Nov, Friday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

14th Nov, Friday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Queen Mary's College - English - 3 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Queen Mary's College - Tamil - 2 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Ambedkar Law University, R.A.Puram - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

PS:

1. Those who wish to be part of the events can enroll themselves in our site - www.chennaisocialservice.org

2. During the reading session, please put the mobile in silent or in low volume. If you need to make/attend any calls, kindly come away from the premises, so that it won't disturb other readers and students.

3. Please don't share your numbers with any of the students. If they ask for the number to be contacted during the time of requirement, kindly ask them to meet/contact me.

More Snaps @ https://plus.google.com/photos/100029059227283819807/albums/6079765432264083441

Kindly share your suggestions/ideas/feedbacks. Will improve our capability.

For any queries, reach @ 98415 50476/ 87540 45125

Reading session for Visually challenged students

We successfully launched `Reading session for Visually challenged` friends.

Thanks to the trustees of `TKKNN Vysya Charities` who provided their community hall located at Sunkuwar street, Triplicane. Thanks to Balasubramaniyam sir for co-ordinating in getting the venue for reading session.

All 5 trustees of the charity inaugurated the session, by lighting the "Kuththu Vilakku" and the session started at 11AM and went on until 12:30 PM.

Trustees of the TKKNN Vysya Charities assured to sponsor for Tea/Coffee and snacks in all further reading sessions. Thanks to you all.

Totally 16 students (11 from Presidency, 3 from QMC and 1 from Nandhanam Govt. college) attended the session today. Thanks to Palanichamy for co-ordinating and bringing the students from various colleges.

21 volunteers turned out for today. Thanks to everyone for your time.

1. Pavithra
2. Satish Bonthu
3. Jai Sankar
4. Nagappan
5. Rathi Devi
6. Balasubramaniyam Sir
7. Kanchan
8. Anitha Srinath
9. Komal
10. Gopi Krishna
11. Ranganathan
12. SriPonkothai
13. Sowmeya
14. Bala
15. Sasikumar
16. Sudha
17. Praveen
18. Saranya
19. Priyamvadha
20. Swaminathan
21. Venkat

All were served with Tea.

Snaps @ https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/110670418832208697263/albums/6076952344467445009

This reading session will happen on every Saturday from 10AM - 12PM. If there is any change on a particular week, that will be informed in prior.

Going forward Balasubramaniyam sir and Rathi Devi will co-ordinate the reading session with the guidance from the board members of Chennai Social Service.

Those who wish to be part of CSS can enroll themselves in our site - www.chennaisocialservice.org

Kind Requests:

1. During the reading session, please put the mobile in silent or in low volume. If you need to make/attend any calls, kindly come away from the premises, so that it won't disturb other readers and students.

2. Please don't share your numbers with any of the students. If they ask for the number to be contacted during the time of requirement, kindly ask them to meet/contact me. 

Kindly share your suggestions/ideas/feedbacks. Will improve our capability.

For any queries, reach @ 98415 50476/ 87540 45125