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Scheduled Caste & Tribes Education, Economic and Life Trust
Organisation At a Glimpse
Scheduled Caste & Tribes Education, Economic and Life Trust (STEEL Trust) which is
serving for the upliftment of the weaker section has been promoted since 2010. It has done many
programs including sporadically in a small manner with initiative. Now the trustees felt the need
and importance for its legal status to expand its intensive service activities. The Founder and
Managing Trustees of STEEL TRUST namely Mr. Sadayandi – an experienced persons on Health
and Education Development and wishes to communicate the society with greater confidence to do the
service to the people in need and promote awareness and action efforts for their wholistic
development.
Our Mission
Form groups of women SHGs, Awareness to Environmental Protection And Biodiversity conservation,
Training to enhance the rural youths for self employable and sustained life style, and advocate with
CBO’s and other Stakeholders to ensure access to Education, Health, Employment and Social
inclusion and to promote advocacy to bring about positive change in their lives.
Activities of the trust:
Formation of group’s women SHGs in rural areas.
Conducting Awareness to School Students on Environment and Biodiversity conservation
Assisting youths for education, livelihood activities and for their employment.
Awareness on prevention of diseases to the community, especially to pregnant women.
Provision of rehabilitation services for differently able person.
Providing awareness and leadership training to members of the trust.
Any activity that will promote the welfare and rights of the need person. Our Target Area:
STEEL TRUST is working in the admin Blocks like, Bodinayackkanur, Thevaram, Chinnamanur and
some places in Theni Corporation in Theni district, Tamilnadu. It is working with the population
covered about 1, 86,500 spreader over including the 136 villages panchayats are engaged in the
activities of our organisation.
VISION
“To improve the lifestyle and livelihood of downtrodden people, especially women &
children towards their upliftment, socially, educationally and economically through
integrated participatory development approach.”
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PROGRAM & PROJECTS FOR 2016 – 2017
During the year our organization has conducted the following range of
programs and services during the period from 01.04.2016 to 31.03.2017
Free Toilets Construction – IHFL Clean India Program
Women SHGs Formation & Trainings
Women Legal Issues and Awareness Camps
Awareness on Bio Gas Production to Farmers
Free Note Books Distribution to School students
EDP & Skill Training to Rural Women
Civic Governance to PRI Women SHG Programs
Health Awareness on RCH/RSH to Adolescents
Girls Program
Our Sincere Thanks to ..
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Free Toilets Construction – IHFL Clean India Program
Under the eminent support of the IHFL through the promotion of Clean India Program
awareness that our STEEL Trust has took a special initiative on to promote the Sanitation &
Hygininc villages in the working area constructed the Toilets to the remote village families.
This program was facilitated the Toilet and lavatory facilities to the individuals in the working
villages of our STEEL Trust and our organisation has constructed the Individual Toilets to
the selected beneficiaries. About 33 numbers of families were selected in and around of
working villages in Theni district and our Trust have constructed the Toilets with quality
construction materials as per the norms given by the IHFL - Clean India Program. The
financial support was provided through the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) of
Theni District through the monitoring and supervision by the Block Development Officers
(BDO) of the respective blocks at where the program was implemented.
This program enables the working community, the beneficiaries to use the safe and clean
toilet facilities in their household premises and would involve in doing their responsibilities
on promoting Clean and Greener environment. It also creates awareness among the rural
village public and children on Sanitation & Hygienic living environment.
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STEEL TRUST - Theni Dist. TN
Event Photos of the Program implementation of IHFL – Clean India Program (through the support of DRDA – Theni Dist) by 2016 – 2017
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Women SHGs Formation & Trainings
STEEL TRUST believed that the women
are the vital part of the living society and
continuing its service performances on the
field of women development and
approaching welfare activities centered
with women participants. For achieving
this we have formed them in to self help
groups. Every year we have organised
new self help groups among the disadvantaged women community and make them to use our
beneficiaries for their sustainable living. These woman SHG members were supported
through development trainings on accounts and book keepings, group organisation and
management, motivational training and economical development training. This sangam
meeting was regularly organized by the cluster level initiatives at periodical intervals. This
meeting monitors the performance activities, loan repayment capacity, involvement of
members and local issues and problems. This can educate the members in the groups on
accounts and book keeping procedures maintenance of minute’s books etc., facilitated them
on realising power of Unity & Strength, created cohesiveness within the women and makes
their collective efforts for their women community as well as social development.
Civic Governance to PRI Women SHG Programs
Our STEEL TRUST highly believed the functioning works of the Three tire system of
government which is declared by Mahatma Gandhi for ensuring the social justice and peace
to every citizen in India. The Three Tire system covers the all the functional aspects of
implementation of any of the Government Welfare Scheme benefits to the Public started
from District Administration, Routed through Block Level Cluster Office (Taluk Office) and
reached to the Panchayat Level / Village Administration (i.e the Panchayat Raj Institutions).
By this every citizen in India can avail the endless benefits of the welfare programs of both
state and central government through Civic Governance activation. We are creating PRI
Awareness on the working villages in Theni District. Our organisation encouraged the
marginalized people to participate in Panchayat Raj – the Local Civic Governance activities
through conducting Trainings etc.,
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Awareness on Bio Gas Production to Farmers
This year our STEEL Trust was conducted the special awareness program on the Bio Gas
Production and Usage. This awareness was given about 35 Farmers in our working villages.
The resource persons were supported through the Tamilnadu Agricultural University &
Research Station (TNAU & RS) in Coimbatore district. During the program the resource
persons were provided guest lectures and awareness on Bio Gas, preparation methods of Bio
gas and how the cow dunk uses for preparing the renewable energy sources.
The Bio gas is a eco friendly, economically viable fuel through which the farmers and their
families were supported by it for daily cooking and minimising the cost of fuel purchase etc.,
The resource person have demonstrated the preparation method of Bio Gas and its various
techniques involved on it. Our Founder and Managing Trustee have a special discussion with
the resource team and experts to develop a demonstration Unit of Bio-Gas Production unit in
our working area.
Women Legal Issues and Awareness Camps
Our STEEL TRUST has conducted a special awareness program on Women’s Rights
Awareness to the rural women community living in the working area. The purpose of this
awareness program is to create awareness on Women Rights, Constitutional Guarantees of
the women, etc., This program facilitates the rural poor women victims, to come forward to
understand their roles and participating in prevention of atrocities and violence against
women. Further this program promotes the awareness on Domestic violence against women
and constitutional guarantees of women, women rights and Law for prevention of women
from domestic Violence Act 2005 etc., and understanding their rights and the ways to access
it through their collective efforts. A special registers will also be maintained for registering the
cases related to women issues and the follow-up activities in the upcoming days.
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Free Note Books Distribution to poor School students
Our STEEL TRUST knows well that the children are the future society and it is our
responsibility to provide complete, comprehensive and intensive, quality education to the
children at the schooling will help to provide potential human resources to the upcoming
society. Hence we decided to provide educational assistance to the poor school going
children to continue their schooling by providing free educational materials and teaching aids
and we have distributed free note books and teaching materials to school students at the age
group of 8-11 yrs old.
This programme is mobilized the resources from the community level and assisting the rural
poor children for their educational development and also the major philanthropist donor also
supported this program with necessary equipments and financial supports. Over 25 students
from poor and disadvantaged community in the working area and nearby urban slum area are
benefited by these materials. This year we have provided scholarship and educational
assistance to 8 poor students who are studying in primary and high schooling in local schools.
EDP & Skill Training to Rural Women
One of the main objectives of our STEEL TRUST is to promote the economical
empowerment among the rural women masses. For promoting it, our organization makes
them to achieve themselves through the locally based available resources and collective
efforts. This year we have conducted a special Skill Development Training on Tailoring and
Fashion Designing to the unemployed women in the working area. Resource persons were
provided the sessions on the Basics of Tailoring, Stitching methods, History of cloths,
ornamentation works on fabrics and readymade garments Aari, Zardosi works, making
fashion designing works on readymade cloths etc., This EDP and Skill Development
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Training provided the various methods of Modern Dress making, Ornamental designs on
Garments and success women entrepreneur, leadership qualities, and marketing assessment
etc., This helped to improve their skills on trade based trainings and would provide
economical gain through establishing their trade on this activity in future. Over 25 women in
the working area were attended this EDP & Skill Development training for 3 days and they
have developed their skills and entrepreneurial activities on Modern Dress making and
tailoring. By this training program they got knowledge exposures on several issues and how
they earn income that enhance their family’s economical condition.
Health Awareness on RCH/RSH to Adolescents Girls Program
To promote the rural women’s health and creating awareness on rural women’s health issues
our STEEL TRUST has conducted a special awareness meeting to the rural Adolescent girls
and women SHG members. This Awareness program conducted for 46 beneficiaries having
knowledge exposure on reproductive child health, personal hygiene, skin disorders, family
health, child care, and home based remedial measures. Resource persons from health
department and medical professional were conducted the guest lectures and sessions on:
Pandemic disease, vulnerability, Stigma against HIV/AIDS. Care and support procedures for
PLWAs Safe sex practices, counselling the Eligible couples etc., further they have explained
the details of STD, RTI and STI, Menstrual hygiene and Personal hygiene etc.,
Our Sincere Thanks to …..
STEEL TRUST has a range of partners, working together to achieve common objectives.
These include government agencies private and individual bodies. The Trust would now like
to thank all the Supporting bodies, Funding agencies, Government line departments, officials,
resource team and friends as follows who were generously supported to make the noble cause
during the year 2016 – 2017. Now our STEEL TRUST extends its thanks and gratitude to all
the persons, the community and all others for the support received during the year for its
activities. We convey our sincere thanks to all our community people who make us a
productive path in social development sector by providing their generous supports. We thank
our all partners for their continuing commitment to empowering our working community
during the year 2016 and the upcoming years as well.
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