World Child Safety Day, November 19, Nalamdana will screen there acclaimed film, ‘Maaya Changu’ at Nayantara Theatre in Krishnagiri. Supported by the Rotary Clubs of Madras Coromandel and Rotary Club of Maa-Nagar, Krishnagiri
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NALAMNITE at the Gateway Hotel
Annual Fundraiser Gala at the Gateway Hotel
Nalamdana’s annual fundraiser a smashing success
Thanks to everyone who braved the rain and ‘other’ challenges in Chennai to come to Nalam Night and lend their support last night. Thanks to Sanjay Rao Chaganti for keeping the evening lively and the scores of people who contributed to its planning, auction and success:
- The Gateway Hotel OMR
- A & M Creations
- Covelong Point
- 10 Downing
- Eka Portraiture
- Barefoot Andamans
- Pothole Studio
- Rainbow Fish Studio
- Footprint B&B
- Taj Clubhouse Chennai
- Park Hyatt
- Aloft Hotel, OMR
- Park Hotel Nungambakkam
- Copper Chimney
- Cupcakes Amore
- Bounce Style Lounge
- Thai Sabai
Cherry Tin - Emirates Airlines
- Shobhana Ravi and Surender Babu
- Kalpana Balaji
- V. Balaji
- Ranjini Srinivasan
- Aparna Natarajan
- Hans Kaushik
- Sheetal Shah
- Priya and Sriram
- Bharathi Raviprakash
- Thota Tharani
- and the band, Subject to Change!
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Thendral Community Radio Goes Live!
Nalamdana hits the airwaves with health education radio
Thendral Community Radio – with support from the Rotary Club of Madras Coromandel and a global cadre of enthusiastic individual sponsors – officially launched in January this year. The station broadcasts to the greater Neelangarai community for four hours daily with growing listenership and interest. Ms. Supriya Sahu, I.A.S., representing the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, recently visited the studio (photo) and expressed her excitement and support for this important initiative. Thendral is a non commercial FM station located in Nalamdana‘s own office, made possible with permission from the Ministry for Information and Broadcasting. It serves to get local establishments, schools and communities to create their own programs. A non-commercial entertainment-education enterprise, created and launched by Nalamdana! Thendral community radio has a reach from Kottivakkam to VGP on the ECR, and Thoraipakkam and parts of Perungudi on the OMR. There are several IT offices, schools, residences, apartments as well as fishing hamlets who form the “community” of this Community Radio network. Read more here about Thendral Community Radio!
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Water and Sanitation Project
Pilot Project on Water and Sanitation
2008) Sponsored by UNICEF, Chennai – Nalamdana toured over ten villages in the Krishnagiri District of Tamil Nadu during September and October 2008. Special drama’s on basic sanitation, hand washing, use of toilets and proper storage and use of water have been the key messages conveyed through a new drama. Theatre training and workshops for local youth were planned under this project.
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Theatre Training Camps
Funded by UNICEF Chennai – Nalamdana’s Theatre Training Camps are for college and school students as well as community groups. Nalamdana’s core team of experienced actors trains young people in using theatre as tool to address social and health issues.
UNICEF Chennai funded Nalamdana to train about 100 village volunteers (young men and women) through 2008 and 2009 in the Krishnagiri District of Tamilnadu, which is one of the backward regions in our state. These trained teams have been performing in their village taluks – producing 8 to 10 programs per month August through December 2009. These teams of trained actors can now develop their own programs, creating their own scripts on issues of concern to them.
Nalamdana will continue to seek funds to support these teams. Training workshops for other groups take place based on funds availability. This program is an ongoing one and will continue through 2010 and further depending on funds.
