Project Abhyaas

Project abhyaas was launched last year as secondary bridge school for the children who have passed the seventh board exam.the idea is to prepare them for the SSC board exam which is minimum qualification for any lively hood opportunity and to simultaneously impart them vocational training to make self reliant inviduals.this project was launched in a separate building with a strength of twenty children.

Slum education projects

Neighborhood slums of Kukatpally i.e., Hafeezpet, Miyapur, BoraBunda, LingamPally, Musapet, RamachandraPuram are adopted by CHORD for both formal and non-formal education for children below the age of 14. These slums also serve as peripheral catchment for referring working children to the rehabilitation center 'Aashirwad'.

Every year 50 tribal children are mainstreamed at our rural project at venkatayapalem Nuzivedu, Krishna District. 
Non-formal education for fishermen children at Vemuladeevi at West Godavari District continued as usual.

Women's Empowerment
Mothers' of the children are formed as mother's committees to enlighten and educate them and train them towards meaningful livelihood earners for their families. Four self-help groups have been formed consisting of mothers of the children rehabilitate at our projects. These SHG's helped these women in availing government loans, house pattas, cooking gas connections and ration cards.It also helps them to unite as group and empowers them to excercise their fundamental rights.The developments have encouraged us to form Four more groups this year. Nearly about 20 women have been provided with livelyhood opportunity in various trades and about 20 poor widows have been supported with monthly help and ration. About 20 girls have reciving vocational training in the trades of computers and tailoring. 

This year we intend to start a technical training program for widowed women and unemployed girls to empower them and make them self-relient. 

Advocacy of Child Rights
CHORD has a nucleus of experts on child rights issues imparting and sensitizing social action groups, schools, educational institutions, clubs, corporate employees and the like. We have highlighted the issue of child labour by making documentary films in lime quarries in Piduguralla, Guntur District, fishermen children in West Godavari District, tribal children in Krishna District, and on working children in stone crushers surrounding Hyderabad District.

Other related activities

• On 10th Oct 2003 eye camp was conducted for the children by views a forum of opthalmologists. This program was sponsored by Bauch and Lamb inc.,

• Aashirwad staff (teaching and non-teaching) have attended one-day orientation program on personality development and life skills conducted by NCLP and Kutbullapur Municipal Corporation. The main resource person of the program is Dr. B.V. Pattabiram renowned personality coach.

• A magic show was arranged on November 29th for the children on the terrace. Children enjoyed the show very much. They have interacted with the magician and have learned a few tricks from the magician

• All the children and staff have carried out a rally on November 29th as part of Chaduvula panduga program to express solidarity to the cause of child labor and to bring about awareness on the issue.

• Christmas was celebrated on 21st December. Children had great fun in the form of dance songs and skits

• Aashirwad children have participated in the local KPHB welfare Association sports meet held on Jan 13th to 15th and have won prizes(cups)in nine events - Dance, High jump, long jump, fashion show ,100 mts dash and singing competition

• On January 26th Republic day was celebrated, the significance of the republic day was explained to the children and sweets and refreshments distributed 

• CHORD has been conferred a meritorious services award by the Government of A.P on the 26th January, at Republic celebrations through the collector of RangaReddy District for the meritorious services rendered to the cause of Child labor eradication. This news was widely covered by the local newspapers

• CHORD attended CSO's networks' state level meeting organize at hotel central court on 3rd March. Commissioner of labor Sri.vallavan was chief guest of this meeting

• E-TV/2 has telecast ten minute feature (16th March, 10.30 Am.) on Suman Malladi, founder of CHORD under a special program called yuva vijethalu as a young achiever in the social sector. The vision mission and activities of chord and all its projects were shown in the program.

• A Martial arts coach has been appointed to teach the children the basics of karate for self-defense and physical fitness. Also a complete cricket kit was purchased to encourage children into playing cricket in the evenings 

• Our Children have participated District Karate meet on 28th March at Lingampally, we are proud to inform you won the individual events and have brought home many momentous.

CHORD has launched greeting cards, Posters and T-shirts with a message against Child Labour to sensitize the public and particularly the Urban Youth to mobilize them as a group that will carry out a concerted and collective action against the social menace 'Child Labour'. On the whole it s been a very satisfying and fulfilling year interms of goals attained and milestones accomplished.