Karthumbi
Karthumbi, a children’s association, is active in all the main tribal settlements in Kerala, includi…
THAMPU
Thampu-A National Trust for Tribal education, Development and Research
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Karthumbi
Karthumbi, a children’s association, is active in all the main tribal settlements in Kerala
A Social Workshop
Welcome To Thampu
Thampu (A National Trust for Tribal education, Development and Research) is a shelter home especially for the rights of the tribal in Attappadi and today Thampu has an active participation in other regions of tribal presence like, Wayanad, Kannur, Kasargod and Malappuram etc. We gratefully remember the late Hon. Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer who inspired and guided us in this effort of establishing Thampu. It was in the 1990s that THAMPU commenced its activities. However, it was formed into an organization only in 2002. Thampu has its publication named Gothrabhoomi which depicts the life of tribal to the external world. THAMPU has been an active presence in the tribal villages since then. Studies reveal there has been a substantial increase in the number of tribal votes polled in the 2011 (assembly) and 2015 (local bodies) elections. THAMPU has been instrumental in stimulating and augmenting the involvement of the tribal population in the democratic process.
WHO and Child Care
Malnutrition, availability of potable water, and child marriages are the children’s right issues that WHO pointed out with respect to Kerala. All the three are predominantly tribal issues. As a child rights organization, THAMPU notably intervened to raise the first two issues
Right to Education Act and Tribal Children
THAMPU conducted awareness classes for tribal villages and Karthumbi associates on Right to Education Act and its impact on the tribal regions. Over the last many years, THAMPU and other social organizations have been demanding that primary schools be started in place of the 354 MGLCs in Kerala. Amidst these protests, the right for primary schools was legally protected with the implementation of Right to Education Act in 2009. It was the persistent protests and demonstrations of organizations including THAMPU that prompted the government to announce the decision to start 111 primary schools instead of the MGLCS (GO. MS 44/14/G Edu-Dated 1st March 2014). Education is the only path to emancipation of a society.
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Thampu Directors
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Rajendra Prasad
President
Manesh N. Krishna
Secretary
Sarath Babu I
Treasurer
Lakshmi V. – GB
Member
Vally K. V. GB
Member
Ramu K. A. – GB
Member
Maneesh M. – GB
Member
A Social Workshop
Events
November 14, 2015 – A press meet of a group of children from the tribal, dalit, and fishing belt was held in Press Club, Ernakulam. “Can you understand if I talk in our language?” asked Ponmani from Attappady in her native Irula tribal dialect. The language she spoke sounded strange and surprised the journalists. She raised that question in her native tongue with a purpose – to draw attention to the problems that they face in the tribal belt, that the biggest challenge they face in the primary classes is that of the medium of instruction. She explained the challenges they face in communicating with teachers who do not understand their tribal dialect. That was a revelation of denial of right to education in their mother tongue.
Ponmani, a 16-year-old girl is the secretary Karthumbi, a children’s cultural association under the wings of THAMPU, an organization that strive to achieve the educational rights of children in the tribal regions of Kerala.
Gaavu (The Sage of Sacrifice)
It was in preparation of making a film portraying the issues encountered by the children in Attappad…
Forest Rights and Land Ownership
Legal awareness camps conducted in the villages – both before and after the implementation of the Fo…