Institute for Self Management

Programs

Women Empowerment

We empower women from most marginalized communities to have better standard of living as well as to take an effective part in community development. To begin with, we make them recognize their basic rights through awareness campaigns. We rescued many bonded women labours, women suffering from domestic violence, and enhanced their lives through capacity building, and skill development training. We form SHG groups for them and provide linkages to bank to avail credit facilities. Many women acquired loan and started their business. As an additional effort, we also help women get social entitlements, and register assets in their name.

Child Development

Education being a fundamental foundation in altering their lives, we provide access to them for education. In addition to that, we have an Evening Supplementary Education Center to facilitate their educational needs and create systematic improvement in their academic performance. Through our initiatives, we also ensure that children don't fall prey to child marriages, child trafficking, and bonded labour practices.

Organizing laborers

Laborers from disadvantaged communities are unorganized which affect their social, economical and political status. So we organize them into different trade union groups, co-operatives, and federations; help them avail social entitlements, and social security measure. Through this approach we promote their standard of living and encourage them to make best of the schemes they receive from the government.

Awareness

Awareness generation is an integral part of ISM's developmental programmes. Through awareness we sensitize target communities and stakeholders on important social issues, such as, child marriage, child trafficking, bonded labor practice, occupational hazards, domestic violence, gender inequality, and caste discrimination etc. This approach helps community recognize their basic rights. We also encourage them to give much importance to children's education, women development, and mobilizing resources for their growth.

Our Activities

08-Sep-2024

Tribal community Forest land ownership

More than 75 years the tribal community having the enjoyment right of land and according to the forest Act of 2006 they were eligible for legal entitlement of their land. After continues representation with DFO and officials the Forest department visited the Tribal village and explained about the forest Act of 2006 and their social rights enshrined in the Act and asked the Tribal people to undertake cultivation of the land allotted to them and assured for Montery benefit to involve in cultivation and it was held on 9th Aug 2024 at Samakkadu Colony, Kodaikanal. The forest officials also informed them to submit petitions along with needed documents like community certificate, evidence on enjoyment of land rights, Aadhhar, Photo and other Valid Individual IDs to get legal entitlement for their land.

21-Aug-2022

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WDRC Organizing Dalit Sub caste Women and got housing for 91 women in their name. 45 house sites for 1 sub caste and 46 for 1 sub caste. The idea behind getting housing in one place for the 2sub caste in creating integration among the sub castes of Dalit Community.

In this meeting it was discussed to represent District administration to construct the other left out 55 housing sites and also demanding the Government to construct Bal-wadi, Community hall and children park at the 12 plot allotted along with the 91 house sites.

08-Aug-2022

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ISM based at Madurai Organizing village panchayat manual scavenging workers and water suppliers. They are denying the salary increase for the past 35 years. The Government has Ordered to pay the back wages and salary hike. The workers representatives from Alaganallur panchayat Union representing the block development Officer and Summitted their grievance petition to take needed action at the war foot.

27-Jul-2022

ISM distributed the Community certificate for 28 families

ISM Involved in facilitating the target group of unorganized workers to get the entitlement needed to get government relief, welfare measure and social security measures .

At the village panchayat level ISM took survey among the workers and assist them to get the entitlements.

Today 27.07.2022 ISM distributed the Community certificate for 28 families at perugudi village -Madurai .

18-Jul-2022

Construction Supporting Worker Union Meeting

The Construction Supporting Worker Convening their union. Governing body members meeting on jul18. The meeting was facilitated by the Co-Ordinator for the Ism union Activities. In the meeting it was discussed on the need for representing the district collector to get the welfare measure like equipment and tools for their Work.

16-Jul-2022

Implementation POA Act - Atrocities Against Dalit & Tribal people CVMC-Meeting

The Madurai District CVMC – Citizens Vigilance and Monitoring Committee Meeting. Quarterly meeting was held on July 16. Mrs.Manohari Doss explained about the various Relief, rehabilitation measures could be extended according to the POA act-Prevention of Atrocities against Dalit and Tribal People.

The CVMC – Madurai is monitoring the Implementation of the Act under the presidentship of District Collector. The Quarterly meeting are conducting Regularly and the report has been sent to Chief minister Of Tamilnadu regarding the number of caste violence cases dealt and the relief and rehabilitation extended were asked through the CVMC Madurai by sending RTI letters and getting the information. Regarding this the Madurai CVMC monitoring meeting to analysis the information got and the need to fill appeal after 30 days of RTI filled if any information got from concern authorities.

17-Jun-2022

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South Tamilnadu Representative Formi

13-Jun-2022

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WDRC -Women Development Resource Centre -- Tamilaga Mahalir Iyyakkam

11-Jun-2022

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Children Joyful Sharing Programme

01-Jun-2022

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May Day Celebration

18-Oct-2021

International women's day

International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women, who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.

15-Oct-2021

Rural Women Day Celebration

We conducted this program with the participation of women and Girl Children. Rural women day is celebrated every year on October 15th We educated women about the various problems faced by them and tried to solve their problems. It is necessary that women should be aware of various aspects so we tried to educate.

Members

Board Members

Adv. Karthikeyan

President

Dr. Nancy Mano Doss

Secretary

Miss. Arul Rosaline

Treasurer

Mr. Murugan

Executive member

Mrs. Anthoniammal

Executive member

Mrs. Arul Jothi

Executive member

Mrs. Sundari

Vice President

Advisory Panel

Adv. Akalya

None

Mr. Palanisamy

None

Mr. Suresh Srinivasan

None

Team Members

A. Yogalatha (Computer Operator)

None

Dr.Packiyaraj (Co – Ordinator)

None

Kasthuri - (Co-Ordinator)

None

Mary Maxcyin - (Co-Ordinator)

None

Michael Kennedy (Co-Ordinator)

None

Victoria Yesurani - (Co-Ordinator)

None