By S.M. Arasu | Founder Director
Summary
This project aims to help those living in the shadows of society in Pondicherry. The long term ambition is to establish a centre for the homeless and offer them services to improve their quality of life. Our project will provide empowerment, counselling, de-addiction and vocational training to help these individuals transition from a life of poverty to integrated members of our society.
Challenge
The urban poor and homeless individuals of Pondicherry suffer with many challenges. The picture above shows children sitting on the street in what is their home. Entire families raise their young and live off the scarps they get from the streets. Though there is some government support available, these individuals struggle to find access to these limited resources. Their lack of financial resources, education and home stability result in them living in cycles of poverty and homelessness. Their inability to shower often and maintain good hygiene often adds to existing health issues. People who are homeless are often at risk of infectious diseases—like hepatitis A, B, and C, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS—due to compromised immune systems, poor nutrition and hygiene, and frequent overcrowding at shelters.
Solution
In 2017, we aim to support 10 homeless women with children at our Homeless Centre. At our Centre we will provide them services such as counselling, domestic violence protection, de-addiction and rehabilitation support. We will also arrange access to vocational training and micro-credit opportunities to help them achieve financial stability. Children will be provided proper education and access to any of the evening schools of Prime Trust. We try to find support for them through the government.
Long-Term Impact
The long term impact would be that they will reintegrate into the society without having to live on the streets. Providing awareness generation on health and hygiene, alcoholism, HIV/AIDS will help them a lot.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a DOCX file (projdoc.docx).
Resources
http://www.primetrust.org
https://www.facebook.com/Adhanahomelessproject
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
