In the month of November Latha Abiruben and team went to KLN college and demonstrated the working of Khambas.this is our ongoing project on environment managing solid kitchen wastes.This was followed by fun and fellowship dinner for Si members.

The highlight of the evening was the two young girls conversing in English, trained by our Si members Anita and Jayanthi in just 18 days! This was one of our projects.
” SI Madurai Fund for Empowerment through Education “
Scholarship money was handed over to the girls of Meenakshi College Madurai
The highlight of every charter day celebrations of Si Madurai is the recognition of one outstanding woman from in and around the Madurai district who has contributed greatly to the cause of women.this year the award was presented to a very dynamic lady. In the eyes of this determined woman, you can surely sense the burning fires of a lifelong passion and commitment to women’s causes. Her steely determination not to compromise on any issues that impacts women’s lives, bursts forth In every word and action of “the Iron Butterfly of Madurai . She is Ms. Bimla Chandrasekhar of EKTA trust.

Yeah I am an endangered
species on this earth because I am murdered before my birth
The whole country is discussing about my empowerment but I am not safe even in my apartment
Numerous court is being made to give vice justice but from my childhood I am thought to live with injustice.
Laws are being referred for my safety but the real need is to reform this male dominated society.
…Monika Jain “Panchi”

Event:   Good Touch Bad Touch
Year :   October – 2015
A normal medical health check also was done free of charge for 30 Tribal children from the areas of Usilampatti, Theni, Ariyalur ,who were brought for the programme by SOCO Trust( Legal Education) , Madurai. These children were given a very informative talk about Gender sensitisation by Dr.Sudha Dheep.

This programme called “Good Touch Bad Touch” is a regular project of Soroptimist International, Madurai.T he children were delighted to take part in the event.

The mega event received overwhelming response from the public with around 2800 people visiting the expo in three days. The stall holders expressed immense satisfaction for the opportunity given to participate in the expo. The visitors were extremely pleased with the theme of the expo and the available products there. There was also a juice stall serving tasty fresh fruit mocktails and a food stall serving tasty healthy millet based food items.

The event was an environment sustainability project and a fundraiser for SI Madurai.The event generated tremendous publicity and goodwill for SI Madurai. Media coverage was given by The Hindu, Times of India, The Hindu Metro Plus, Dinamalar, Radio Mirchi, Hello FM, local cable TVs ,Krishna TV amd U TV. Raido Mirchi gave a coverage on a 2 hour programme,”Rewind Ragam” on 1st August, 2015.

Soroptifest was conceptualised and planned by President , Latha Abiruben and the project officer was Mehrun Ismail, ably supported by Publicity Officer Valli Annamalai.
The contests were organised by committees headed by Dr. Sudha Dheep, Dr.Chalini, Mrs. Sukanya, Dr. Haripriya, Dr.Manju Anilkumar, Dr.Lakshmi Subburaj, Dr.Hema Sathish and Mrs. Mehrun Ismail.

The entrance ticket committee (including lucky draw arrangements) comprised of Mrs. Valli Annamalai, Vice President, Mrs. Sangeetha, Mrs. Unna Vairavan, Mrs.Sabeena and Mrs.Shubra Somani The funds raised from the event will be used for an infrastructure project of SI Madurai.