RURAL PRE-VENTURES CHARITABLE TRUST

In POOMBARAI KODAI

UPPER HILLS INDIA

Health Initiative Supported in India by Indians

POOMBARAI

VILLAGE

SCENES

Poombarai is a richly diverse community. Here is the Hindu deity, Krishna.

Kodai Kids still hike to Poombarai

RURAL PRE-VENTURES HEALTH CLINIC

IN

POOMBARAI

COOPERATION WITH LOCAL VILLAGE LEADERS

HEALTH CLINIC HALF FINISHED

RETIRED DOCTORS, MICHAEL AND VIJAYA LAL, VOLUNTEER TO RUN OUR MEDICAL CLINIC

OUR STAFF NURSE ON HAND AT WEEKLY CLINICS

WAITING TO SEE THE DOCTORS

JAY HELPS WITH EXAMINATIONS

CLINIC CURRENTLY OPEN WEEKLY ABOUT 70 – 80 PATIENTS ARE EXAMINED

EACH WEEK

ALL PATIENTS PAY A NOMINAL FEE FOR PRESCRIBED MEDICATION

AND CONSULTATION

APOLLO PHARMACEUTICALS

ACCURATE HEALTH RECORDS KEPT ON FILE FOR ALL PATIENTS

RURAL PREVENTURES

PEDIATRICS CLINIC

IN

POOMBARAI

OVER 100 CHILDREN ARE EXAMINED IN OUR FIRST PEDIATRIC CAMP

CHILDREN WAIT PATIENTLY IN LINE

MOTHERS ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL

FOR PROFESSIONAL CARE GIVEN TO THEIR CHILDREN

RURAL PRE-VENTURES

DENTAL CAMP

PROFESSIONAL DENTISTS VISIT

POOMBARAI

SIX HUNDRED PATIENTS EXAMINED IN OUR FIRST DENTAL CAMP

STAFF FROM RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY

RETURN THREE TIMES TO POOMBARAI TO FOLLOW UP WITH PATIENTS

Dental Professionals travel by bus about three hundred kilometers from Chennai to Kodaikanal and out to Poombarai

A SEPARATE BUS BRINGS DENTAL CHAIRS AND EQUIPMENT

A TEMPORARY LABORATORY IS SET UP

RURAL PREVENTURES

WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT In

POOMBARAI

JAYASHREE KUMAR, COMMUNITY LEADER AND TRUSTEE ,

TEACHES BASKET MAKING

BASKETS ARE SOLD IN KODAIKANAL THESE WOMEN RECEIVE PROFIT FROM SALES

RURAL PREVENTURES

CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND

MUSIC LESSONS

IN

POOMBARAI

In Co-ordination with INTACH

(India National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage)

TABLA (South Indian Drum)

GUITAR IS A FAVORITE INSTRUMENT EVERYWHERE

VEENA

Professional Teachers from Coimbatore

Jay took a dozen Poombari children to Coimbatore for Special Musical Training

THE POTTER’S SHED TRUST (Hand-Built Stone Ware)

In PALLANGI

and KODAIKANAL

All Profits Go to Support Educational

Needs of Children In

Kodaikanal Public Schools

THE POTTER’S SHED

PROFIT FROM SALES PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR OVER 100 CHILDREN

EACH YEAR