Bless acknowledges the significance of improving water and sanitation in schools where children act as "Ambassadors of hygiene" sharing their knowledge with friends and family.
Bless - Wherever The Need UK have constructed 25 eco-san toilet units in various schools, with 8 still in progress.
Bless and Plan International have built 73 permanent houses, each cost Rs.3 lakh for the tsunami affected people of Agram coastal village in Parangipettai town panchayat.
On 14.03.2008 (Friday), "Cycle Distribution Function" was conducted by BLESS at BLESS Field Office, Puduchatram in presence of DESWOS-Germany, General Manager Mr. Werner Wilkens.
Bless is to plan pleased to announce the recent completion of the ‘Women’s Eco-sanitation Complex’ at Mohan Singh Street. This construction will cater for the women and children of 80 local families and generates numerous health, hygiene and convenience advantages.
In 1995 Bless set out upon the ambitious objective of total sanitation of its target villages. This was only possible through the use of appropriate technology; the villages are situated in a shallow water area, hence flush toilets are inappropriate as it is not possible to dispose of the water. Thus the idea of the household eco-san toilet was born. The eco-san toilet presents a wide range of advantages for such rural communities as listed above; hence, Bless moved to an eco-san only policy.
On 24th November 07 a Child Protection memory game was released by our District Collector Mr. Rajendra Ratnoo. 2 children (1-M, 1-F) from each block (Cuddalore, Parangipettai and Kurinjipadi) participated, played and demonstrated the game. The children explained that this game was designed in such a way that the children would come know about their child rights in protection perspective while playing the game.
We, Bless- Plan received nearly 20 youth volunteers from Birmingham, U.K. and Australia. They visited the Bless – Plan Child Care Centre and Child Activity Centre of Indira Nagar and Shanmuga Nagar and the nearly 30 children (amazing kids) performed puppetry show, Villupattu, Child Rights song, etc. The youth were very much impressed by the children performance and dance along with them.
A child consultation meeting (25 children-M10 / F15) was organised at our Bless- Plan village (Agaram) with the children regarding the construction, design and structure of the new CCC construction at Agaram. Mr. Nandeesa, Point Person from Plan along with Bless-Plan key staff participated in the meeting. This consultation was focused mainly based on the child rights (Right to Participate).
From Sunday 26 August the children from the Open School had a Summer camp for 10 Days. Five volunteers from Holland organized several activities for the camp. They played sports such as football and taikwando; they played games, sang English songs, danced Salsa, performed plays and most off all they had fun! The children enjoyed the Camp, the volunteers enjoyed spending time with the children.
