Bulding Self-Reliance

The project supported by Tucai on the occasion of its 50th anniversary for the construction of a 53,000 m3 reservoir in the Anantapur - is now close to completion. 

Properly designed and well-constructed, the reservoir plays a great role.  The first step is to pour a strong foundation and then start the construction of the reservoir itself.  Its function is to store river waters available during wet periods and then use it during lean periods as water is not always uniform along the year. Reservoirs can also be effectively used to control floods as they regulate the river water flows downstream the reservoir.

The Town of  Pacharumekalapalli which is scarce in water and prone to drought as the rest of Anantapur region will soon face the challenge of managing the available water resources.

But the main focus is to empower people to build self-reliance and achieve permanent solutions to fight drought.

To ensure the sustainability of improvements, training is given to the community members and families to manage the water infrastructure and build a better life for future generations.

Hopefully this helps mitigage the miseries of the population of Andra Pradesh and above all fulfill basic needs like the access to drinking water and irrigation.

Thank you!  

Your support financing the Access to Education 
for Children Project has been invaluable 

The collected funds will finance one of the ”Access to Education for Children with Disabilities” Projects and ensure equality and opportunities for all.  

Persons with disabilities represent the poorest of the poor especially in rural areas. Because of their disability, they are isolated and discriminated in the family and community in terms of property, education, health, income and all other socio-economic rights.

Generally rehabilitation services are mostly confined to cities and major towns while such services are not available to people in rural areas and small towns. Even a majority of parents in cities and major towns are unable to access rehabilitation services due to lack of awareness, poor financial conditions and attitudes of parents/family members towards their disabled children.

Vincent Ferrer (1920-2009) and  Anne Ferrer founded Rural Development Trust popularly called RDT in 1969 with Ananthapuram  in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh as its Central Headquarters.  RDT has been working with people with disabilities since 1987.

RDT has been carrying out various need-based welfare and integrated programs of development to improve quality of life of rural poor especially marginalized and underprivileged sections namely persons with disability (PWDs).

The programme interventions of the organization cover major sectors such as Education.  RDT believes that sports and cultural events are very much necessary for the growth, self esteem and confidence of rural children and has been undertaking suitable program activities to bring out hidden talents of rural children in Sports/Games and cultural aspects.

It has 1920 full time staff comprised of senior and middle level managerial staff, professional/ technical cadre, grass root and support level who are experienced and trained in their respective fields of work.  There are also 3037 volunteers such as community health workers and Community Based Teachers who are trained by the organization at the village level.

The Project financed  with the funds given by Tucai employees around the world now ensures access to quality education by providing classrooms that are adapted to their needs, a place to live during the school year and quality training by qualified educational and support staff.

55 girls with disability are pursuing their special education and rehabilitation training at Kanekal residential centre both primary and secondary level run by RDT .

Securing education for these children will create opportunities in the future and break the cycle of poverty in the community.