Sowbhagya Illam Children's Home - My Next Project - Starting June 6

Name of Institution:	Sowbhagya Illam Children's Home
Address:	Sowbackya Illam Children's Home, Gandhigram Trust, Gandhigram, Dindigul District Tamil Nadu, India
Your Supervisor:	Ms. Neela SubramaniamSivam
Job Title:	Superintendent
Email:	ggmtrust@sify.com
Role of Supervisor:	Your supervisor is your main contact at your work placement and should always be available to help you with any problems and answer any questions you might have.

OVERVIEW:

Sowbackya Illam is run by the Gandhigram Trust. This trust also runs other institutions like a University, a primary school, a creche and an old age home. Between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm the majority of the children attend local schools. You are expected to help the children get ready in the morning and then the majority of your work with the children will be from 4:30pm until they go to bed. Note: April and May the children's number will be less due to the usual summer vacation.

LOCATION:

The home is in Gandhigram, 10kms to the south of Dindigul and about 65kms to the north-west of Madurai. There is a post office and a bank on the campus and an internet cafe just across the main road. There is a train station in Dindigul which has a computerised reservation facility. To get to the Projects Abroad office in Madurai, you have to take a bus from Gandhigram to Arapalayam bus station in Madurai and then from Arapalayam take a direct bus to Thirumangalam. You have to get down in Baikara bus stop from there our office is 5 minutes walk towards thirumangalam direction.

KEY FACTS:
No. of people cared for	174
Age Range in institution	2+ to 17
Age range cared for	2+ to 17
Av. Group Size	N/a
Hours of work/day	6
No. of staff	12
Type of institution	Orphanage
Other type	Baby care & Adoption centre.

YOUR ROLE:

On our care placements it is important that you show the initiative and enthusiasm to immerse yourself into the job and spend your time productively. Your role is essentially as an extra pair of hands, and where children are involved, the more help available the better! Flexibility, on both sides, is the key to all our placements. As long as you are prepared to work hard and do the best you can no-one will insist on you doing something you are not happy about.

Project Structure:

Help is needed from 6am until 8.30am when the children need to be woken up, washed, dressed and fed before school. In the afternoons when the kids are back from school, you can help them with their homework, improve their conversational English skills, teach them about hygiene and play games with them. During the period when the kids are at school you can either spend your time helping in the baby care centre or to the other staff members maintain the home or you can go to a local school and help with the English classes.

Other Activities:

You will always be welcome to help with administrative tasks and with the purchasing of essential commodities for the home.