DOVE Children's Home:
DOVE Children's Home is functioning at Pudur in the southern part of Thoothukudi District in Tamil Nadu State in India. There are a number of villages and little towns scattered around the area which is a typically rural one. The villages are located some distance away from each other with the people in a compelling situation to cover much distance to go for work places, Shopping and hospital purposes. The children are the worst affected as they have to travel a wide area to reach their respective schools. Considering their worries to get basic education ,DOVE Children's Home was started in a vantage area where good schools are located. This Home provides good opportunity for children from marginalized families to get quality education. Presently there are around 120 children who are in the home with a comfortable shelter, food, and proper accommodation. They are admitted in nearby schools from class 3 to the final year of higher secondary education. The children are in a happy frame of mind as though they are in their own homes. They are in good hands with the board members of DOVE and other care takers taking great responsibility to give them proper care and good education. The Home is running for the past 20 years and hundreds of children have been helped complete school finals and later guided to reach college education.
A new Block is needed for the stay of 70 children:
We are in a dire need of constructing another building to house another 70 children. The existing building is already crowded with the stay of 120 children. But there are 70 more children who need to be given admission this year. They are from a very disadvantaged background. If we do not care for their stay at DOVE Home there is every possibility of their education being cut short and they would end up in child labor . Now they are accommodated in temporary arrangements and a new block is very much needed for their comfortable stay. This will lessen the burden of other children who are already in a cramped accommodation. Construction of a new block will help renewed admission of children every year and we could help more number of children get quality education with safe home and food.
Budget:
The total cost for the construction of the additional block will come around 170451 USD (14000000INR). The total constructed area will come around 7000 square feet and at a cost of Rs.2000 INR per square feet for the current construction cost rate. A detailed budget with break up cost is available on request.
We thank in advance the possible donors to support this cause with a generous nature. We are very eager to share the area of our operation and the functioning of DOVE Children's Home with visuals. We would love to take volunteers to stay with the children with love and care.

Help us construct a new building for DOVE Children's Home.

Opportunities for better education and health care for the underprivileged children

Our Mission

DOVE’s mission is to assist underprivileged children by providing quality education, creating opportunities for education and job-oriented training in rural areas, prioritizing rural healthcare, especially for children, and conducting livelihood programs for women to enhance family income.

The Need

Current projects lack education opportunities for children of daily laborer parents, leading to high dropout rates and child labor. Increasing access to education is essential to improving their future, as higher education is currently difficult to access due to the absence of colleges in the area.

The Solution

DOVE provides learning opportunities for underprivileged children and youths in multiple districts. Strategies for school access include midday meals, feeding programs, and livelihood skills. DOVE’s programs provide individualized attention to students' needs, bringing more children into education.

Our Impact

DOVE has supported over 1000 children in completing arts, science, and technology courses. DOVE Children's Home supplies shelter, food, healthcare, and education to 120 children. Hundreds of dropouts have returned to school. DOVE Health Centre provides medical services to 40 villages.

**Development Of Village Education (DOVE)** was established in the year 2000 under the Societies Registration Act. Further it was with Home Ministry of India under FCRA making it eligible to receive funds from abroad to receive funds from abroad to implement development activities. A seven member board is monitoring the administration work as well as field activities. The area of operation is Tamil Nadu state in India.  The area of operation is Tamil Nadu state in India. The prime activities include Children’s Education, higher education for young people, Health Care, Women Empowerment, and Disaster Management. In the period spanning 20 years, development activities in a wide area of 12 districts in Tamil Nadu are underway targeting underprivileged children getting proper education and Health Care.

**Current Projects**
**Children’s Education**

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds who have no access to school education are organized and helped to get quality education in a concerted effort.

**DOVE Children’s Home:**

Further DOVE Children’s Home is running for the past 20 years with an intake of 120 children from poor backgrounds. They are given proper accommodation, food, health care, and quality education. They are from class 1 to class 12. The Children are from marginalized families who are  in no way supported by their parents for their education. After they complete class 12 they are admitted in colleges for higher courses. Thus a child is fully grown up in DOVE Home till they complete college studies and land in a good job. A child's bright future is shaped at DOVE Home.

**DOVE Health Centre:**

DOVE Health Centre is catering to the health needs of people from 40 villages. People from this surrounding area have no access to medical help even for mild illnesses. Under the care of a Surgeon and support staff health care is provided for a population of 20000 people from the surrounding area. Periodical medical camps are conducted to enhance the health aspects of people living in remote areas. A full-fledged hospital with modern facilities is a long-felt need in this area that can give advanced treatment for a greater number of patients and can save many lives.

**Women Empowerment:**

In all the working villages women's groups are organized and development activities are undertaken with a major thrust on livelihood programs and savings. Currently, there are 400 Women Self Help Groups functioning vibrantly in the working villages.

**DOVE financial support for College Studies:**

For the comprehensive growth of the children, they need to pursue College Courses once they finish school education. With this in mind, DOVE is extending deserving young people from disadvantaged communities financial support to pursue higher education. More than 1000 young people have been helped complete college studies in two decades. Presently there are 40 students pursuing different courses who are in need of financial support. There are more students waiting for financial help to pursue their courses.

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