During the holidays in May, the Glovis Sangamam teachers participated in several training sessions including a 8-day residential training on Programming and Maths at Auroville.
Pudhukandigai Toilet Construction
On Mar 11th – Jun 6th Construction of new toilets at two schools at Ramanjeri and Pudhukandigai were sanctioned by Hyundai Glovis
Teacher Excursions
on May 20th – June 8th 2019: Asha projects, Sangamam and Thulasi organised excursions for their teachers during May 2019. Thulasi teachers went to Ooty and Sangamam teachers to Kodaikanal.
Trimble Funding for Asha Chennai projects
Trimble Information Technologies the Indian arm of Trimble has decided to fund Project Thulasi and Poorna Vidhya for the period Jan to May 2019. They are also considering building and repairing toilets at schools supported by these projects as well as Project Pearl.
Asha Impressions – 2019
Asha Impressions, a presentation and programming competition for teams from our supported schools was successfully conducted on April 25th. PUPS Velagapuram won the presentation competition from a field of 90 teams and PUMS Ramanjeri won the programming competition from a field of 15 teams.
Annual day functions at Glovis Sangamam Schools
On 8 th Mar & 18th Apr 2019 : Annual day functions were celebrated at many Glovis Sangamam schools. Snacks and prizes for children were provided by Asha.
Glovis Sangamam Excursions
On March – April 2019 : Asha is conducting excursions for 600 children from 19 Glovis supported schools over 3 days.Because of the changes in the school schedules because of the elections, we had to make lots of changes to the excursion schedule.
Annanagar Library Teacher Activities
Teachers from Glovis Sangamam project have been visiting the library at Annanagar once a week and have been conducting many activites related to Science experiments, Maths games, Craft activities etc.
Trainers visit Sangamam schools
On 20th March : Mrs. Usha Ananthan, an English teacher trainer and volunteer of Asha Chennai, visited 4 Glovis Sangamam schools on March 13th. Mrs Meena Suresh with Mrs. Kalyani, our Maths trainers from Ramanujan Museum, visited 3 schools on 20th March.
Student Material Distribution 2019 — Part II
On March – April 2019 : Hyjundai Glovis has sponsored a sports costume, a pair of chappals and a hygiene kit for all students in the 60 supported schools. The distribution of the materials started in early Feb. However distribution to all the 60 schools and then exchange of items in wrong size etc. got completed only by April.
Blackboard Painting at Glovis Sangamam Schools
On January and February of 2019 : Asha undertook and completed the repainting of blackboards and scribble areas at 25 schools supported by Hyundai Glovis. These were done in January and February of 2019.
Sugadharam 2019 — Repair of 3 toilets
On Jan to Mar 2019 : As part of Sugadharam Thiruvallur – 2019 work, we first started the repair of three toilets at Neyveli, Kunnavalam and Athipatu. The works were done from Jan to Mar 2019.
Written Assessments
From Feb 18th to March 10th 2019: Asha Chennai conducted written assessments at all the 89 supported schools from Feb 18th to March 10th. The papers were graded by teachers and volunteers. Reports have since been generated and given to all the schools.
Asha India Conference 2019 at Mumbai
On Feb 10th 2019 : Asha India Conference was hosted by Asha Mumbai this year. It was held on Feb 9th and 10th.
Bhoomi Poojai at Pudhukandigai and Ramanjeri
On 4th Feb 2019 : Asha Chennai is constructing new toilets at PUPS Pudhukandigai and PUMS Ramanjeri with support from Glovis as part of project Sugadharam. The construction at these places started with a Bhoomi Poojai on 4th Feb 2019.
Student Material Distribution
On 14th Feb 2019: Hyjundai Glovis has sponsored a sports costume, a pair of chappals and a hygiene kit for all students in the 60 supported schools. On 14th Feb 2019, functions were held in 5 schools where staff from Hyundai came interacted with the children and distributed these materials.
Sugadharam – 2019 launched
Hyundai Glovis will be supporting Asha in building toilets at two schools (Ramancheri and Puthukandigai) and repairing the toilets at 15 schools over the year of 2019.
Term III teacher training – 2018
At the end of term II, during the December holidays Asha Chennai conducted training sessions for its teachers in Computer Science, Maths and English.
Oral Assessments – 2018
In November 2018: Asha Chennai conducts oral assessments at all 85 supported schools.
Annanagar Library – Covered by The Hindu
On 13th October : Hindu carried article on our library at Annanagar on the Children’s day.
Materials Distibution at Project Sangamam School – Oct 2018
on Oct 16th and 17th: Materials were distibuted to 7 remaining Glovis Sangamam schools and all the 6 Project Sangamam school.
Annanagar Library Inaugurated on Oct 13, 2018
On 13th Oct 2018: The library at Annangar constructed with support from Hyundai Glovis was inaugurated.
Term II Teacher Training
In Oct/Sep 2018: Training sessions were conducted for all our teacher in English, Maths and Computer Science.
Annanagar Library Construction Sept-Oct 2018
In September 2018 : Hyundai Glovis sponsored library construction at Annanagar continues in September of 2018. All the construction work completed in early October.
Annanagar Library Construction July-Aug 2018
In July/August 2018 : Hyundai Glovis sponsored library construction at Annanagar continues in July and August of 2018. Building is structurally complete.
Scholarship distribution
On 9thAug & 2nd Sep 2018: First instalment of scholarship for the academic year 2018-19 has been distributed
Laptop Donations to Poorna Vidhya Schools
On 10th – 12th September 2018 : Innerwheel Club of Madras donated 15 used laptops from Ford India to 4 schools supported by Poorna Vidhya project.
Play Area Inauguration at PUPS Gandhigram
A small play area with a slide and swing were inaugurated at PUPS Gandhigram.
Glovis Sangamam School Material Distribution – Aug 2018
On 18th-27th Aug 2018: Educational and sports materials were distributed to all the currently supported Glovis Sangamam schools.
Hyundai Glovis MOU signing function receives wide press coverage
On 5th July : Asha Chennai chapter signed an MOU on 5th July for funding of Rs 4.5 Crores over four years. Click here to read more about this.