IMAYAM in financial assistance with Suzlon Foundation, Pune started village Develoment programme in the year 2014. The project operational Districts are Tiruppur, Coimbatore and Palghat. In the Coimbatore District, 23 village, in Tiruppur 28 villages and in Palghat 3 villages are covered under this project
The mail goal of the project is
1. To make village as Zero Cataract
2. To make the village as Zero Carbage
To attain the goal of Zero cataract, Imayam identified reputed Eye Hospital like Aravind, Sankara and Moses Gnanabaranam Eye Hospital for Eye Camp. Imayam has conducted 341 Eye camps in which 6985 persons are attended out of which 496 Eye Cataract operation was done free of cost successfully. Through this project, 496 Men and Women get good vision and which helps them to lead a life without dependency.
Plastic collection drive programme by involving Panchayat, Community members, school students and SHG members are conducted in all the villages. Through this campaign, 543 kg of plastic waste collected and given for recycling. The village members are motivated and practised to segregate wet waste and plastic waste at home itself.
In all working villages, socially interested women are formed as a village development committee (VDC) consists of 5 to 7 women for project sustainability. The VDC members were trained on leadership, Economic development, Exposure Visit and making them to participate in all village level meetings. Few selected VDC has given financial assistance to start micro enterprises like yellow thread making to run independently.
In the education concept, 43 tuition centres were started in all target villages. A qualified local women is appointed as a Teacher and school authority has given a premise to conduct the tuition. In each centre, nearly 20 to 25 slow learner children are benefitted. 43 physically challenged persons are helped for their livelihood by assisting loan for Income Generation activities like petty shop.
The important days like waterday, sanitation day, Kamarajar day every year December was celebrated in all villages to make the day meaningful to the society. 27th is observed as Suzlonday where in Treeplantation, sports event will be conducted. Other than project activities, Suzlonians will educate road safety method to the school children.
In the Karumathampatti village, the waste cover box was made as desk, round table and shelf given to the school. 23 villages Panchayat overhead water tank was cleaned by Eco friendly methods. This results in reduction of water borne disease especially among children.
Morethan 46000 saplings was planted in and around of all villages, which gives shadow to the villages. 29 schools got sports materials and 15 Anganwadi has received kitchen Equipment materials which helps them to promote education.