Rejuvenate India Movement

Tamil Nadu

All Tamil Nadu villages and RIM fellows are sponsored by RIM of Flint, Michigan USA for the year 2002

Operating in 2 Districts, 14 Villages and 6 Volunteers

  Village in Spotlight
Volunteer in Spotlight

A Self-Help Group (SHG) has enabled the women of the village to take up vegetable vending. The SHG has helped women of Kalikkampatty village become independent and earn a livelihood.
           "Sponsor a Village"
Ms. Pothumpen has been focusing on women’s issues. She has been organizing the women in the villages into 2 Self-Help Groups (SHGs). These SHGs are being motivated to address developmental issues in the village.

District	Villages	NGO(s)	Volunteers
Dindugal	Kalikkampatty, Kottaipatty, Gandhiji Colony; Kollapatty, Samiarpatty ; Vellankanipuram	Gandhigram Trust	Ms. Pothumpen, Ms. Nagavalli, Ms. Mariammal
Kancheepuram	Devanoor, Vellarai, Kalpattu ; Onambakkam, Samanthipuram ; Mampattu, Murungai, Munnakulam	Makkal Sakthi Eiyakkam	Mr. K.Sagadevan, Mr. Jayaseelan, Mr. N.Sadagopan
	Alamarathu SC Colony, Rathnagiri Madha nagar, Periyar Colony, Varadharajapuram		Ms. V. Latha
	Kunnavakam		Mr. Muralidharan
	Patalam		Mr. Muthu
2 Districts	14 Villages	2 NGOs	13 Volunteers (Including 7 Senior fellows)

RIM Volunteers in Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu volunteer program has two types of volunteers: the RIM Volunteers and Senior Fellows.

RIM Volunteers:

Three women volunteers have been working in the Aathur block of Dindugal District since December 2000 under the guidance of Gandhigram Trust as a mentor NGO. Three male volunteers have been working in the Madurantakam and Acharapakkam blocks in the Kancheepuram district. The nodal NGO for Tamil Nadu state- Makkal Sakthi Eiyakkam gives them the much needed guidance and support.

RIM Fellows:

Tamil Nadu also has identified 7 volunteers who have had experience in rural development. These volunteers work independently of any mentor NGOs and report directly to the state coordinator.

Sri. Kumaravelu, the senior-most of them, plans to cover 10 villages and has been working since April 2001. The other six have commenced work on 1^st September. These fellows are supported by a 'Support A Volunteer' scheme, mobilized by the RIM-USA group in Flint, Michigan.