Activities updates 2019

2019 OCTOBER

Volunteers

A session on Neuroscience and Hypnosis by Sandrine from France living in Switzerland.

 A session on Yoga for Tension release by Sonia from France

Parent-Teacher-Student (PTS) meeting - 14th October 2019

Teachers-2019

2019 SEPTEMBER

ONAM Celebrations

                                     

Floral Decoration-Atham

                                               

                                   

Kids with Atham


Teachers 

                                        

Onam Dance-Thiruvathira

Traditional Meals-Sadya

Onam Meals to Saju, bed-ridden due to accident

Onam games

Balloon breaking

 Bindhi to Beauty

 Kilithattu

 Lemon on Spoon race

 Musical Chair

Rope Pulling

Tail Picking

2019 AUGUST

Independance Day Celebrations

Kids ready for National Flag Hoisting

Joy With the Chief Guest Mary (An elderly person from the village)

 Patriotic Dance

 Gift winners (treasure Hunting)

Introductory Speech by teacher Ms.Anu V

2019 JULY

Sajin happy in his new School Uniform (Class 11)

Pushparaj happy with his Tool kit for Electrical and Electronics Engineering studies

Kids keen at studies in CB centre

Boys enjoy indoor games

 Boys practice Dancing

Girls Practice Dancing

Tutoring beneficiaries

Class 6 with Social Science teacher

Girls enjoy Swinging

CB Kids with Teachers

2019 JUNE
The New School Year started on 6th June.

Current Students of Coastal Brains:

School Level: 32 school kids from Class 6 to Class 11.  29 of them attend our study centre regularly for their studies and co-curricular and extra-curricular activities and educational supports. 3 of them are in boarding schools.

In Boarding Schools:

          

                 Christudasan C, Class 6                          Sandra PS, Class 7

    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Tvm.       St.John's UPS, Anchammadom

Sajin X, Class 11, Marion Public School, Mukkola

After School Level:
3 girls are attending Medical Entrance Coaching after Class 12.

Jeneesha T                        Bency Das

Aakash Institute, Trivandrum 

Sheeba SB,

Brilliant Study Centre, Pala, Kottayam

Professional Education:

Pushparaj P

Electrical and Electronics engineering, Govt.Polytechnic Attingal.

Job L

Chartered Accountancy, ICAI, Trivandrum

Sonia J

B.Sc. Nursing 3rd year

Koshy's, Bangalore.

Master Degree (To be done):

Anu V

B.Sc. Microbiology

Noorul Islam College, Thakkalai.

Completed B.Sc. in 2019 May. She likes to do M.Sc. Industrial Microbiology. Due to lack of funds and sponsor, she is doing volunteer teaching service in Coastal Brains now.

Kids with new school materials

Issuing School materials: We issued school materials to all the school kids on 8th June. The children are so happy and encouraged to start their new school year.

Special Tutoring- Class 6 with Maths teacher

Special Tutoring- Class 10 with science teacher

Games-Chess

Games-Ludo

Games-Foot ball

Meeting with Parents and students on 29th June

Our Trust Exempted from paying Income Tax

12A Registration granted to Good Samaritan Charitable Trust by Income Tax Department, Ministry of Finance, Govt.of India w.e.f. 2017-2018 Financial Year.

Award to Joy Solomon

Mr. Joy Solomon was awarded ‘Karmadarshana Award’ on 01-12-2018 by Padmashree Dr.Hareendran Nair. NIRAVU Social-Cultural Society selected him for this Award considering his contributions towards the basic education of children and the higher education of youth from fishing villages through the project Coastal Brains.

Activities updates 2018

January, February, March

Children were preparing for their year-end examinations.

April
Basic Literacy Programme (BLP): We conduct BLP during the summer vacation (April-May) every year for the other children of the village. This is 1) to ensure that they are able to read and write English, Malayalam and able to do basic arithmetic skills of Mathematics, 2) to gift the children with a joyful vacation through various games and fun, 3) To select clever kids to the regular project of Coastal Brains.
30 kids from two fisherman villages (Adimalathura and Pulluvila) attended the programme.

Skill Development Programme (SDP): The existing students of Coastal Brains regular project attended the SDP. They enjoyed hands-on Science experiments and learned the game of Chess during this summer programme.

BLP & SDP Class

BLP 2018 participants with Joy

May
At the end of the Basic Literacy Programme this time, we had a winding up ceremony on 24^th May. The parents and siblings of the BLP kids attended the ceremony and the kids performed so nice stage programmes.

Preliminary Test: On 25^th May, we conducted a Preliminary test to select new kids to the regular project of Coastal Brains. 26 kids participated. After publishing the Test Results, we visited the houses of the kids to verify their family conditions. Finally we have selected 13 kids from them this time to the regular project of Coastal Brains. 

 June
Current Students of Coastal Brains: 24 school kids from Class 5 to Class 10. They attend our study centre regularly for their studies and co-curricular and extra-curricular activities and educational supports. 7 children are in Class 12 now.

3 Senior students attend professional courses and they stay in hostels: 1) Sonia J- 2^nd Year B.Sc. Nursing, Bangalore 2) Anu.V- 2^nd year B.Sc. Microbiology, Tamilnadu 3) Tiby.A- Civil Service coaching, Trivandrum.

Students and Teachers

Issuing School materials: We issued school materials to all the 31 school kids on 3^rd June. The children are so happy and encouraged to start their new school year. 

New Academic Year: Begins on 4^th June 2018 and ends on 31^st March 2019.

Celebrating Birth Days in June
 Annie, Jini, Rinu, Ashraf and Joy

July
Children are attending Computer lessons in Stephen Fullom Computer Literacy Lab. Mr.Ashraf, computer science teacher, is conducting the lessons.

Celebrating Birth Days in July

August

Independance Day Celebration

Onam Celebration (Aug 25)

September

A Saturday

Group Discussions

October

Evening studies