VIDIYAL NEWS
01.05.2025 Grama Sabai Meetings at 10 Villages
11.05.2025 Image Media Club: Short Film Festival
11.05.2025 Mother’s Day Celebration at all Centres
12.05.2025 to 16.05.2025 Life Skill Education: Workshop on Problem Solving and Decision Making
18.05.2025 Thoorihai: Drawing Forum
18.05.2025 Athirvuhal Forum: Releasing ‘Vidiyal Paravaihal’ (Vidiyal Birds) Hand written Magazine
20.05.2025 & 21.05.2025 Indoor Makeshift Tent Pitching and Camping Activities
22.05.2025 to 25.05.2025 6th National Children’s Consultation at Lady Doak College, Madurai
24.05.2025 A Day in Bus Library – Melavasal 1 & 2 Centres
26.05.2025 Quarterly Trainings
27.05.2025 to 29.05.2025 Work Camp at Karuvelampatti, a Tribal hamlet in the Kodaikanal Hill Range
27.05.2025 to 29.05.2025 Quarterly Training CPCRP Beginner -Training on Sand Play Primary – Training on Storytelling Junior – Training on Healthy Food Habits Intermediate & Senior – Workshop on Gender Sensitization
31.05.2025 Workshop on Career Guidance

Networking

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Networking

Vidiyal has been networking with likeminded organizations in the promotion and protection of children’s rights. Sakthi – Vidiyal was a founding core team member of the National Movement of Working Children – India which surfaced the voices of working children at national and international child participation initiatives.

The CR4WSF, a net work of organizations working with children was founded in the year 2004 in which Vidiyal had been a founding member and took active participation in the facilitation of the children’s processes.

Sakthi – Vidiyal headed the Campaign Against Child Trafficking – Tamilnadu and organized several consultations to map trafficking in children. The results were shared with a wider platform for advocacy.
Sakthi – Vidiyal played a pro active role in the formation and functioning of the Forum for Promotion of Child Participation (FPCP), Tamilnadu and Pudhucherry since January 2006. The South Zone secretariat and the leadership of the Task Force on Facilitating Children’s federation – FCMRP were headed by Sakthi – Vidiyal for the period between 2006 and 2010. Mr. Jim Jesudoss had been elected as the state convener of FPCP in the General Body held in August 2010 and Sakthi – Vidiyal served as the state Secretariat for one term between 2010 and 2012.
Sakthi – Vidiyal was a core team member in the Tamil Nadu Child Rights Observatory (TNCRO) an umbrella group of civil society organisations working for the protection of child rights in Tamilnadu which was launched in December 2012. This initiative is supported by UNICEF.

Apart from these significant positions in networks, Vidiyal also relates with a wide range of development organizations, community based organizations and people‘s organizations for the promotion of Child Rights. Sharing expertise on child rights and child psychology with grass root organizations is always appreciated.

Dr.C.Jim Jesudoss, Executive Director actively participated in the Executive Committee meetings of Forum for Promotion of Child Participation (FPCP) and contributed in the revival process. We hosted the EC meeting in February 2020.