Goodwill Social Work Centre, Madurai, India

Chances for Children Madurai Project : Summer Training for children-April-May 2012
{A holistic childhood enrichment and development programme supported by For Children Australia Inc, Australia}

A series of summer training programmes for children during April –May 2012 which included short term courses on basic computer,art and craft training,life skills education etc. As part of the training programmes the centre conducted oral hygiene campaigns for children,young women and their parents with a view to creating an awareness on the need to practice good oral hygiene which is important to their overall well-being.

The oral hygiene awareness camps were organized on two different days, one at the city training centre of Goodwill Social Work Centre, Madurai and another at the training centre at Kannanendal village.

The awareness programme comprised presentations both oral and visuals with models and pictures, followed by question session, continued with screening for dental diseases and related problems. The whole program was conducted by Dr.Emmanuel Christopher,B.D.S registered consulting Dental Surgeon, Emmanuel Dental Clinic, Madurai.

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Mr.Ian Hutchinson,Director and Trustee,Global Links Initiative,UK with his wife,Mrs.Jackie Hutchinson paid a visit to Goodwill social work centre,Madurai,India in August 2011 to know of the Non-formal employment training for children and youth project being carried out by the Goodwill Social Work Centre under the aegis of the Global Links Initiative, United Kingdom with the fund from the legacy from late Mr.Robin Rowland, Founder and Chairman, GLI,UK. They were taken around our project units located at Madurai city,Kannanenthel, Yanamalai Othakadai villages,Chidambarampati village and Indra nagar areas. It was a momentous occasion and a delightful experience for us to have had them and shown them the good work being done for the poorer and underprivileged children, youth and women in our project locations. Goodwill Social Work Centre places on record its grateful thanks to Ian Hutchinson and Jackie Hutchinson for their august presence and having visited our projects and for their encouraging and inspiring words showered on our partnership initiative.

Click here to view the album containing Ian Hutchinson and Jackie Hutchinson visiting our various project units ,observing various project activities and meeting with our beneficiaries.

Non-Formal Employment training in Textile printing for women under GLI(UK)-GoodwillSWC Partnership Initiative 2011-2012

The training programmes on ‘Textile Printing’ for women being organised by the Goodwill Social Work Centre as part of Non-formal employment training for children and youth project under the aegis of the Global Links Initiative, United Kingdom with the fund from the legacy from late Mr.Robin Rowland, Founder and Chairman, GLI,UK.

The training methodologies include lectures, hand outs , practical sessions, discussions and individual assignments. Our Sewing instructresses who have undergone intensive training in Textile printing have been conducting these programmes .Participants who successfully complete the training are awarded certificates by our organisation. Both professional and technical help and support are being offered to those who intend to set up their own micro- enterprises combining sewing, dress making and textile printing.The outcome of the training is quite encouraging as the trainees have begun to be self employed using the skills acquired at the training programmes.

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