Friday, October 24, 2014

2014 Onam Celebrations

Flower collection

 selecting the petals



Floral decoration in progress


Athappoookkalam

Onam games







Thiruvathira (the classical dance of Onam)

Ona-Sadya (special meals)


Saturday, May 10, 2014

Extra Activities

 We often clean the public places during our games time.

                       







  
 We conduct Basic Literacy programme(BLP) during the summer vacation (April-May). 






Sunday, January 26, 2014

Contact information


Email: coastalbrains2011@gmail.com
Phone:: +91 9995167606
Address:: Good Samaritan Charitable Trust
                  Adimalathura
                  Chowara.P.O.
                  Trivandrum-695501
                   Kerala, India
Web  blogwww.coastalbrains.blogspot.in


Project Description


Introduction: The family of a Coolie fisherman is always economically and educationally backward in India. The education and the future of the children are not cared for, due to the ignorance of the parents.  Many children stop their studies at an early age and take up fishing due to the poor financial condition of the family. A few children manage to go to colleges/universities, but with no specific goal. They end up with poorly paid private jobs in India and abroad. There are very few professionals like Administrators, Police officers, Medical Doctors, Engineers, Scientists, Pilots, Captains, Professors, Nature Activists, Sports (wo)men/ etc from these fishing villages. This is because there is no proper guidance.

Purpose of this projectTo identify brilliant and talented, financially poor fishermen children who aspire for higher education and to train and guide them to achieve greater goals.
This project visualizes the reformation of these families through the education of fisherman kids to become better professionals like Administrators, Police officers, Medical Doctors, Engineers, Scientists, Pilots, Captains, Professors, Nature Activists, Sports (wo)men/ etc.

Procedure: Children who study in Malayalam medium Government schools are selected at the beginning of their upper primary schooling   (at the age of 10 years) through written & oral tests and according to their family conditions.  
Experts are brought in to give them special tuitions, spoken English coaching, computer literacy, Personality/Leadership/Spiritual Development Programmes, Yoga Class, Soft Skill programmes(music, dance, drawing & painting..).
In the mornings, evenings and on holidays the kids attend Coastal Brains study centre. They attend regular schools as well. All their educational and Nutritional expenses are met by Coastal Brains Project.
The next steps are High school in English medium(optional)-Career guidance- Goal setting -Higher education-training for competitive exams-Goal achievement.

The fishing village, Chowara-Adimalathura has been selected to start with the project and it is expected to expand to other fishing villages in future.

Headed by: 
                  Mr. Joy Solomon, a Biotechnology Post Graduate and High School teacher,  returned from abroad, has initiated this project. He has a first class B.Sc. and a First Class M.Sc. degrees. He has completed a Bachelor of Education qualification in Nov 2012. Joy is son of a fisherman from this village and has experienced the very realities of this community. 

Expectation: By helping these gifted children achieve their potential, it is to be hoped that some will return to their village to help the next generation of children, as Joy himself has done in pioneering this project. From small acorns, great oak trees grow.

But it can’t happen without your support. Your sponsorships and support will be invaluable in helping these gifted children achieve more.

‘’Serve the children of the Lord if you have the privilege’’- Swami Vivekananda.

The ways you can support
1) Spend some time as Volunteer teacher when you/your friends visit Kerala.
2) Donate to common charity fund for teacher salary/ study materials/infrastructure.
3) Sponsoring a child’s education and becoming its Godparent.