Plans for the New Sites

We have a couple of immediate plans to share regarding the new sites in Ramavaram where we will be working. It is official that we are going to start operating in these areas and there is a lot of excitement about this.

This weekend, we are planning another informal visit to the slum. During this visit we hope to plan out some simple activities to do with the children; perhaps some name-games, some reading, or some coloring exercises. This is being decided by the Education Committee. In addition, a number of our members will work on a map of the slum using GPS mapping technology. We also hope to collect census data about the community during this time.

Over the next two weeks, we will be planning on a new survey to find out more information about the residents of the community. This is similar to what we did a year ago with the old community, but this time we hope our survey will be much more in-depth. Different departments are working on formulating their parts of the survey. The survey will address the following aspects: socioeconomic, health, sanitation, and educational. More information on the survey will be available soon.

Finally, the tentative date for the survey is be scheduled to be on Saturday, July 18th. We will need as many volunteers as we can get for this operation. If you are in Chennai and would like to volunteer, we really need you! Please contact us at +91 9789901650.