News
08 Oct 2008
The 'Teach India' volunteers assigned to Brthya were addressed today by the Trustee of Brthya to ascertain their interest in continuing with Brthya' competence enhancement programs. The Teach India program was promoted by Times of India for three months ending 10th October 2008. The Volunteers were also addressed to know whether thay would be interested in working with Brthya in other service projects of Brthya. It was very encouraging to find that they have enjoyed working with Brthya and remain quite motivated continue to work with Brthya
01 Oct 2008
As on date a total of 66 girl students have been assisted in studying for Nursing. Seven have been admitted to BSc degree in Nursing Colleges and one in BSc Physiotherapy, seven in three year diploma course in Nursing Schools, twenty nine in two year diploma course in Nursing, and the balance twenty two in one in two year certificate course.One boy as the 67th student has been educated in the two year diploma Lab Technician course. Brthya has already been able to place this boy in a lab with a reputed ENT clinic in Chennai
28 Sep 2008
An orientation programme for the third batch of Teach India Volunteers were held. Totally TOI allotted 42 volunteers to Brthya for its competence Enhancement Programme.
30 Aug 2008
In a simple function organized in The RKM Sarada Vidyalaya Model Higher Secondary School, scholarships for 75 students were handed over to the Secretary of the Schools. This covered students from all the three schools of The RKM Sarada Vidyalaya. .Earlier Five students from Avvai Home were given Scholarships.
09 Aug 2008
An orientation programme for the second batch of the Times of India 'Teach India' volunteers was held in KRR Learning centre
02 Aug 2008
As part of the Teach India program, the Times of India Volunteers, commenced the ‘Competence Enhancement programme’ of Brthya in two schools of Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalaya. These volunteers were given the orientation programme on the 19th July by Brthya. The subjects covered included commerce, accountancy, economics, mathematics, chemistry, and English.
20 Jul 2008
Value based education program was commenced for the Nursing Students of Sarva Vidya, Brthya’s education Trust. This was held in KRR Learning Centre. This has been one of the unique inclusions to the nursing curriculum.
19 Jul 2008
An orientation program was organized for the Volunteers allotted by Times of India, through their “Teach India” education project. About 22 volunteers have shown interest in working with Brthya in the ‘Competence Enhancement Program’ In this program which Brthya organizes through the KR Radha Learning Centre, there has been an attempt to provide additional coaching in various subjects for the week students to improve their comprehension of subjects enabling them to face their exams with confidence. And this includes soft skills also such as Spoken English.
12 Jul 2008
As of 12th July about 75 girl students studying in 6th to 12th grades, were interviewed for providing scholarship. These students were from Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalaya Model Higher Secondary School for girls, Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalaya Girl’s Higher Secondary School, and Avvai Home Schools, all from Chennai. Of these, 30 Students had received scholarships the previous year.
05 Jul 2008
The annual function of Keerthana Institute of Paramedical Sciences was held at the institute’s premises in Vellore. The Trustees of Brthya co-chaired the function and addressed the students on the opportunities in the Nursing line.
03 Jul 2008
Brthya has agreed to financially assist ‘Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Women’s Association’ to train one batch of twenty five students as Nurse-aides in the area of Home Nursing. The one year course, similar to the one conducted in the previous year, by the Indian Red Cross Society, Tamil Nadu branch, is expected to commence in August. These students will be absorbed in the home nursing careers offered by Shraddha.Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886-1968) was an eminent medical practitioner and social reformer in India. In spite of various constraints faced by girls in India of her time, she could complete her higher education, and was admitted into medical profession. She became one of the first woman doctors in India. Soon thereafter, she came under the influence of Annie Besant, and then of Mahatma Gandhi.She was nominated to the Madras Legislature as a member of legislative council in 1926, and became the first woman to be a member of any legislature in India. She was the founder-president of the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) and became the first alderwoman of the Madras Corporation. Dr Reddy was actively involved with several orphanage homes and women’s welfare organizations, and initiated measures to improve the medical facilities given to slum dwellers. In 1930, she founded Avvai Home, a home for destitute women and orphans at Chennai. She founded the Adyar Cancer Institute for which the foundation stone was laid by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1952. It is today a world-renowned institution offering treatment to nearly 80,000 cancer patients every year
30 Jun 2008
More than Twenty five students have enrolled for the second batch of the two year diploma course on Nursing organized by Brthya at Chennai. The first batch of six students was taken-in, in August 2007. The course is conducted by Keerthana Institute of Paramedical sciences. As a result of intense village development activities and awareness programs taken up in the months of April, May and June 2008, students from several villages are now aware of the opportunities in the paramedical line and home nursing areas. Of the twenty five students 90% are the children of farmers. 75% are from Science Groups in the twelfth grade. 65% of the students are financially assisted by Brthya and will be absorbed in the Home Nursing jobs of Shraddha.Geographically 55% of the students come from villages to the west and 30% from villages to the south of Chennai situated in a radius of about 100 KM. As was anticipated, 72% of the students have secured 50 to 70% marks in the twelfth grade which is the targeted strata. It is the students in this performance level that would find very meaningful jobs through this scheme and add value to the family, instead of getting left out by the main stream.Noteworthy is the fact that two students at 80-90% performance level in the twelfth grade have also joined this scheme, since they are otherwise unable to go to colleges by themselves.
27 May 2008
One Student from RKM Sarada Vidyalaya Model Higher Secondary School has been sponsored to BSc Nursing course in Chettinad College of Nursing.
05 May 2008
Brthya seeded a new Trust in the name of ‘Sarva Vidya’ dedicated to Education and Village development. This is in line with the objective of aiding in the establishment of institutions for social service to work for providing education for needy and deserving students. The first such institution promoted in the Health Services was ‘Shraddha’ which is completing three years shortly.
26 Mar 2008
Brthya organized medical examinations for about 1000 girl students of sixth to eighth standards, at the request of the two Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalayas,. With the team of one doctor and three Nurses the medical examination in the two schools was covered in about ten days
25 Mar 2008
Brthya participated in an exhibition conducted by CIOSA (Confederation of Indian Organisations for Service and Advocacy ) in Chennai. Titled ‘Seva Mela’ this is an exhibition where only service organizations bring to the fore information on various services rendered to the society by them. Brthya exhibited information on the services in the target sectors. Education and Health Services. Brthya met several Non Governmental Agencies to discuss co-operation in implementing Village development Programs.
22 Feb 2008
The Registration in the Family Physician Centre crossed 2000
08 Feb 2008
A general medical check up was performed today for about 40 students of Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalaya in the Hostel where they are resident. The medical check up included hemoglobin test for common conditions in children who could potentially have problems associated with food and family conditions in which they were raised. It is intended to cover the entire students who are resident in the hostel coming from under-privileged families and also perform periodical medical check up for sustained results.
08 Feb 2008
The third and final dose of B1 hepatitis inoculation was completed today at Avvai Home Schools. About 1700 School Students, teachers et all were covered by the three programs of inoculation which were held on Aug 17th, September 17th and February 18th. All three days Dr Niranjan of Family Physician Center of Brthya and the Nurses from Shraddha Home Nursing organised the inoculation program very effectively. It is significant that each program was covered in a single day.
07 Feb 2008
The KR Radha Learning Centre was inaugurated on this day in the 'College-within-School'. (Late) Ms. KR Radha was a student of the same school about forty years ago and had provided for scholarships for five students of the school year after year through 'Brthya'. After her demise on the same day in 2007, her family assisted in building the facilities in the Learning Centre in her memory.The facilities include black boards, projection screen, Library for students, audio-visual equipment, etc for aiding education
29 Jan 2008
The State Bank of India at Village Milaganur provides education loan to the three girl students from the village admitted last year, in the Chettinad College of Nursing. These three students were sponsored by Brthya
22 Jan 2008
The Vice Principal and the Associate Professor of Chettinad College of Nursing addressed over 200 students of the Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School for Girls, about opportunities in Nursing education and careers in nursing – this was arranged by Brthya as a program to increase awareness of the health care sector opportunities.
18 Jan 2008
Brthya coordinated with the Forum for Women's Rights and Development (FORWORD) in a Village called Madambakkam as part of its village development program
17 Jan 2008
Brthya coordinated with the Forum for Women's Rights and Development (FORWORD) in a village called Kelambakkam as part of its village development program.
11 Jan 2008
The 'The College within School' that was commenced in August 2007 in the RKM Sarada Vidyalaya Model Higher Secondary School was given a much larger work space for expansion in the Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School for Girls under the same management.
10 Jan 2008
To create awareness of the 'The College within School' concept and the opportunities for girl students in the nursing areas, Brthya has been taking steps to meet the people in the nearby villages through the local NGOs and self Help Group of women.In the second such effort in a village called Banavaram, Brthya coordinated with the Kaverippakkam Comprehensive Rural Development Society. Kaverippakkam is a small town around which villages like Banavaram exist. These are in the state of Tamil Nadu in the northern districts surrounding the metropolitan city of Chennai.
10 Jan 2008
A program on fundamentals of English Language Communication was commenced for the Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School for Girls, in T-Nagar Chennai. About 50 students studying in middle and high schools (Grades 6th thru 11th) evinced keen interest in joining the classes.