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Attappadi Adivasi Developmental Initiatives is a concern of Kerala Jesuit Society.
The aim of it is the overall development of Adivasis (Tribes) in Attappadi. AADI engages in different works to fulfill it.
Higher Education – This is an area where we give special focus. Now there are many Tribal youth who have finished schooling and who do not know how to procced for higher education. Though there are a lot of Govt. schemes and financial support, most of the time they are not made use of by the Adivasis only because they do not know the procedure. So we give information and guide them in this field and accompany them through out the course.
We also guide them to choose courses which have higher scope in getting good jobs.
Non-Formal Technical Training – The youth between the age of 16 to 30 are school drop outs and illiterate or neoliterate and hold no certificate or skill they cannot go out in search of job when they have no job in Attappadi. Thus it some times will result in starvation and other social problems. So we have started technical training in the Tribal settlements. Thus the youth after their regular work attend theses classes and acquire a skill. As an experiment we have started Electrician course. There are 42 students attending the same. Now many have started to work in the near by villages as electricians and seven of them have got job as Electricians in Ernakulam, Kerala. They draw a starting salary of Rs.4500/- (Four thousand and Five hundred only) and accommodation.
The third area is organizing women and making them more productive and self relaent. We are in the process of training women in banana fiber extraction and production of articles using banana fiber. Also we will soon start training on tailoring, mushroom cultivation rabbit rearing,etc. to enhance the income. Women can work part time or any other free time for these works.
What is special to our approach is that we are going to the tribal settlements with training which they seem to appreciate well. The response to the programmes are very encouraging. We are looking forward to further expansion to more settlements with more programmes.
The aim of it is the overall development of Adivasis (Tribes) in Attappadi. AADI engages in different works to fulfill it.
Higher Education – This is an area where we give special focus. Now there are many Tribal youth who have finished schooling and who do not know how to procced for higher education. Though there are a lot of Govt. schemes and financial support, most of the time they are not made use of by the Adivasis only because they do not know the procedure. So we give information and guide them in this field and accompany them through out the course.
We also guide them to choose courses which have higher scope in getting good jobs.
Non-Formal Technical Training – The youth between the age of 16 to 30 are school drop outs and illiterate or neoliterate and hold no certificate or skill they cannot go out in search of job when they have no job in Attappadi. Thus it some times will result in starvation and other social problems. So we have started technical training in the Tribal settlements. Thus the youth after their regular work attend theses classes and acquire a skill. As an experiment we have started Electrician course. There are 42 students attending the same. Now many have started to work in the near by villages as electricians and seven of them have got job as Electricians in Ernakulam, Kerala. They draw a starting salary of Rs.4500/- (Four thousand and Five hundred only) and accommodation.
The third area is organizing women and making them more productive and self relaent. We are in the process of training women in banana fiber extraction and production of articles using banana fiber. Also we will soon start training on tailoring, mushroom cultivation rabbit rearing,etc. to enhance the income. Women can work part time or any other free time for these works.
What is special to our approach is that we are going to the tribal settlements with training which they seem to appreciate well. The response to the programmes are very encouraging. We are looking forward to further expansion to more settlements with more programmes.
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