Over the last few years, it was reported that around 15,000 families living on the banks of the Coovum River and around 10,000 families living along the Adyar River Bank were relocated Perumbakkam, on account of post-flood rehabilitation measures.
Perumbakkam resettlement site has one Primary School and a High School within the settlement colony for entire 25,000 families. Many of the children are studying outside to Perumbakkam and have less access to quality of education and often struggle to sources of supportive school environment. We are sparked by high-profile cases involving children who commit violent crimes have escalated in Perumbakkam.
Turning point is promoting multicultural linkage programs to these children that link education with health and nutrition, by generating support from various stakeholders. Children in the age group of 6-17 years, covering a wide spectrum of socioeconomic, systemic deprivation and marginalization are covered under the project.
With the funds raised through this initiative Turning Point would be able to provide supplementary nutrition for around 120 Children, for a period of one year.
ABOUT THE NGO
Turning Point Educational Trust
Turning Point Educational Trust
Turning Point Educational Trust is a registered charitable organization that promotes the cause of education amongst underprivileged children. The people behind the organization have envisaged children to be the building blocks of the future and therefore have developed programs ranging from education, livelihood, and women empowerment.
We mainly work with resettlement slums in order to rehabilitate towards new life.
