HEROES FOR HUMANITY PROJECT INAUGURATION

SPS INDIA Foundation, The Retreat – Don Bosco, Yercaud in collaboration with Desai Foundation have been conducting various awareness campaigns and welfare assistance to help Yercaud residents recover from the impact of the second wave of COVID. In continuation of the service Heroes For Humanity project is launched for the tribal community of Yercaud on 2nd October, 2021.

The programme started with a prayer song. Fr. Raj SDB, Rector, The Retreat, Yercaud and the TNPSC Commission member felicitated the guests and welcomed the gathering. Mr. Venkatesan , Block Development Officer (VP), Yercaud, Mr. Senthil Murugan – Block Development Officer (BP), Yercaud were the special guests for the event and they have appreciated the activities we have done during the second wave of pandemic. Fr. Selva Kumar SDB the director of SPS INDIA Foundation has given a brief description and importance of the project. This project aims to cover the Health and Hygiene Awareness of COVID19, vaccination camp, menstrual hygiene awareness, baseline survey, hotline tele-support and distribution of antigen rapid test kits and medial kit distribution.

In this programme Block development officers, BDO coordinator, government officials, medical officer, panchayat president, Yercaud youth volunteers, Salesian co-operators and volunteers participated. The programme ended by vote of thanks proposed by one of the volunteers present for the meeting.

After the inauguration, small meeting was arranged for the volunteers to make them understand the project. There were around 36 volunteers from 4 zones namely Yercaud, Nagalur, Manjakuttai and Maramangalam. Fr. Selvakumar SDB, Project Director and Ms. Sangeetha – Area Coordinator explained the roles and responsibilities and functioning of the project especially the expected outcome of the Community Facilitator Head (CFH), Community Facilitators (CF), Data Support and Tele support volunteers.