1.
Half Yearly Update
Puvidham

2. Focus Experimental Learning Holistic Development of children
Organic Farming
Social & Environmental Awareness

3. Brief History
School Started in 2000 in Nagarkoodal village of Dharmapuri Dist.
Supported by Asha since 2002
100 children, 7 teachers
Past disbursal
> Rs. 8,00,000
> Rs. 8,07,401
> Rs. 8,36,120
> Rs. 7,23,281
> Rs. 3,30,690

4. Updates for 2012-13 1st half New Curriculum deployment
Children in 5th and 6th class visited M.M. Hills to learn about bio-diversity and local herbs
12 of the 7th and 8th level children and 2 teachers visited Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on an exchange program
15 children and 2 teachers visited Agumbe Rain Forest Research Center

5. Updates continued…
Children from 7th and 8th level took up responsibilities of the earth worms in the Vermicompost tanks, the Rabbits and Chicken in the school, and the vegetable beds that are being created around the school to make maximum use of the organic matter available on the Puvidham land

6. Stanford Grant
Applied for a grant from Stanford chapter towards Innovation in Education
Didn’t make it but it was good experience overall

7. Donor Interest
Mr. Sridhar had donated $1000 towards corpus funds (Employer’s matching donation has been received)
Remit along with second disbursal of funds
Shruti, Mr. Sridhar’s daughter, prepared a site visit report (separate slides)