The  “Integrated Village Development to improve the Lives of women and Children ” was initiated by Plan International (India Chapter) with the support of Hyundai Mobis India Foundation, and  implemented by “Rural Education and Action for Liberation” (REAL).  The project was implemented in three villages  viz., Valarpuram, Nemili, and Mannur located in  Sriperumbudur Taluk of Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu.  

This project aimed at reducing poverty and vulnerabilities of the local communities, especially children, and women to empower them with an enabling environment for their overall well-being and community development by way of adopting a “sustainable integrated village development model”. Thus it focused on the overall development of the village communities through infrastructure and soft skills development that would ensure to reap long term impacts after the completion of the project cycle.

The activities envisaged focussed on improving improving  ICDS and school  infrastructure facilities to create a safe, conducive, supportive, and enabling learning environment, and other infrastructure such as individual household toilets, renovation of ponds, construction of Community Centre.  In addition to the hardware interventions, the project also implemented various  activities focussed to improve the overall development of women and children by way of imparting capacity-building training for SMCs, life skill education & career guidance to adolescents, vocational skill training & job fair program for youths, Entrepreneurial development skill training & IGP support for SHGs, general health camps for village people, awareness generation meetings, summer camps for children life-skill training,  holding sensitization campaign and awareness raising on child rights, child protection, gender equality, Water pollution, rainwater harvesting, tree plantation, control of plastic use, etc for improving the lives of women and children at large.  

1. Construction of Community hall in Nemili -1

2.Construction of Dining Hall in Nemili -1

3.Solar Street Lights - 45

4.Individual Household Toilets - 225

4.Construction of Kitchen in Mannur-1

6. Construction of Houses - 15

7.Renovation of pond-2

8.School toilet renovation -3

9.construction of school compound wall -1

10.Construction of school pathway -1

11.Construction of Hand wash platform in school-1

12. Construction new ICDS - 1

13.Renovation of ICDS - 1

14.Construction of compound wall for community hall -1

15.772 member benefited in  health camps

16. Vocational Skill Training benefitted  70 women from two villages of Mannur (30) and Valarpuram (40) in Tailoring Course, 25 in Computer Course.

17. 86 youth benefits on Job trade linkages.

18. IGP Support for 100 Women Members (Revolving Fund)

19. 651 children benefitted on safe hygiene education

20. 218 children benefited on Awareness through activities for children – Poster making/essay writing