Project Description:

Since the olden days honey collection and consumption is one of the main activities of the tribal. But now the restriction of forest department in name of reserved forest and private people land alienation, the tribal can collect MFP (minor forest produces). But they are more knowledge on honey bee making and honey collection. In the forest, artificial honey boxes can be provided and honey will be given as more to the tribal by the honey bee business. It will rejuvenate of the forest livelihoods and self dependency by income. The food deficiency and nutrious deficiency 

Ten boxes for each family will be given to fix in the forest area in that monthly 3 kg / box that 30 kg will be collected. It will give income Rs 3000 along with nutrious food. 

Target area

In Tamil Nadu state, Dindigul district –Tholukkadu, Ponnuruvi and Velampannai areas in Sirumalai hills.

Purpose :

            To protect tribal from starvation and health problem.
            To provide input for Income generation programme (IGP).
            To make tribal toward self defendant in income and survival.
            To develop tribal in livelihoods and environmental based activities.

Beneficiaries’ details

 Budget

Honey boxes with bee – 10 nos x Rs 1300                                                  =           13000
Honey sucking equipment, scale and packing item                                    =             1200

Total / one                                                                                                                     14200

For 20 families, 20 nos x Rs 14200                                                             =         284000
                 (The amount is requested to twenty families)

You can donate whole or a part amount (that is starting from INR 1000 or 20 USD) through the following Account(s)

BACKROUND INFORMATION AND WORKS ON GOING IN TRIBAL AREA

Introduction : PALIYAN tribal - group is very backward at present scenario in Tamil Nadu that most of them are still in cave life in Sirumalai Hills and Palani Hills at endangered condition. They are not having even single time food and hunger and starvation are continued in their life. Roots, hunting and other forest available edible items give survival to them food. But in the occupation of plain/new people in the forest land and restriction / reserved areas by Govt, their areas have been shrunk to habituate and survival. 

In the forest and CAVES life, they are not having ration card, name in vote list and others whatever is being required as Identification to be Citizen because most of them are not come in to population census if not having house. Discrimination, human rights violence, death and birth whatever being are not in the counting if they not in to census yet. So, often murder and other violence have been taken place by the outer people if they were involved in slavery works, sex torture, sending out of the forest, etc that resulted them in to endangered population.

ROSI Foundation has been taking major role by its continuation works since the last 7years for the tribal of Sirumalai and PALANI Hills on Human rights, community certificate issues, solar lights provision, ration card and voter ID obtaining, MFP (Minor Forest Produces) and other issues based activities. The housing are very urgent and emergent issues

01. Solar Lights Provision : ROSI Foundation has provided 20 solar lanterns to 20 tribal families in Velampannai, Meenachipuram and Ponnuruvi. Still 259 tribals are to be provided by the solar lanterns in both Sirumalai Hills and Palani Hills.

The tribal lives without light and security from animals and outsiders. Very few families have been rehabilitated from caves and dense forest. But most of families are living in a small thatched hut and caves without any basic amenities. Their traditional occupation and habitations are destroyed and they have become refugees. They live in a state of constant vigilance

02. Community Certificate : In the ROSI Foundation continue efforts since the past five years, Community certificate has been obtained for 46 tribal in that 29 tribal have just received the certificate (March 2009). This is done after a major campaign have been made by ROSI Foundation since the last few years following the first batch of 17 received the certificates in 2007. The remaining tribals as male, female and children are taken further for receiving community certificate. The list of tribal received community certificate that are belonging to Ponnuruvi, Velampannai, Thalakkadai, Kannadiparai and Tholukkadu areas of Sirumalai Hills, Dindigul dist

01.V.Balu S/O Velu, 02. T.Meena W/O Balu, 03. Moorthy S/O Veerasinnu, 04. Palaniammal W/O Moorthy, 05. Velu S/O Vellaiyan, 06 Vellaiammal W/O Velu, 07. Alagarsamy S/O Vasimalai, 08. Murugayee W/O Alagarsami, 09. Sankar S/O Palanisami, 10. Choolaiammal w/o Sankar, 11. Mathuraiveeran S/O Kambisadaiyan, 12. Veerammal W/O Maduraveeran,13. Anti S/O Sinnasami, 14. Mariammal W/O Anti, 15. Lakshimi W/O Sadaiandi, 16. Sankar S/O Palanisami, 17. Cholaiammal W/O sankar, 18. Palanisamy S/O Velu, 19. Lakshimi W/O Palanisamy, 20 Murugan S/O Veerasinnu, 21. Parmeswari W/O Murugan, 22. Perumal S/O Veerachinnu, 23. Parvathi W/O Peruimal, 24. Vellimalai S/O Subbaiah, 25. Markatham W/O Vellimalai, 26.Murugan S/o Ponnandi, 27. Lakshmanan S/O Gandhi, 28. Athi W/O Lakshmanan, 29. Raman S/o Gandhi, 30. Panchwarnam W/O Raman, 31. Mudian S/O Ponnandi, 32. Nathiya W/O Mudiyan, 33. Murugan S/o Vellasami, 34. Antiammal W/o Murugan, 35. Verasinnu S/O Kunndusadaian, 36. Mariappan S/O Kodangi, 37. Alagammal W/O Mariappan, 38. Murugan S/O Kodangi, 39. Subramanian S/O Sanjeevi, 40. Pasupathi W/O Subramani, 41. Katturaja S/O Velu, 42. Karuppaiah S/O  Kundusadayan, 43. Theivam S/o Mudsiyan, 44. Meenal W/O Tehivam, 45. Pandi S/O Periyasubban, 46. Murugan S/O Chinnasami.

03. Ration card - 60 tribal families applied for ration cards in that 25 families have obtained till now. ROSI Foundation in its struggle and pressuring of Govt since the last five years (2005), the work is on going with success.

04. MFP Rights - MFP (Minor Forest Produces) rights for 50 families out of 80 families applied, have been obtained and the identification cards were given to them. This work is on going since 2005.

05. ID Card 13 tribal obtained identification cards from Tamil Nadu Tribal Welfare Board. Remaining 15 are to obtain it shortly. The work is on going by ROSI Foundation for another 440 persons.

06. Educational support - 5 tribal Children were brought from the dense forest and caves and joined in school (Dindigul) with accommodation facilities. They are under studies of various classes by the support.  The children are brought to Dindigul town and put in Hostel and All requirement of education and other needs are provided by us.

07. Vote ID 25 tribal are in to the vote list that has been obtained after the severe efforts of ROSI Foundation.

08. Health Support -  Muthulakshmi W/O Ponnandi, tribal belonging to Tholukkandu area in Sirumalai Hills has been undergone Scissorian operation and gave birth of female child. This is the first one delivery to tribal in such operation because they have not had the facilities in to the forest. In the complication of the mother condition, ROSI Foundation is supporting her treatment although it is under complication in maintaining and follows up treatment if she returned and are being in to forest.