YMCA RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND ST.MARTIN’S MODEL FARM

The Rural Community Development Project of the Madurai YMCA works on major areas such as child rights, women’s empowerment, local governance, human rights and promotion of sustainable agriculture. The project serves 212 villages in three blocks in Thoothukudi District, Tamilnadu.

This project has initiated an intensive campaign to re-enroll 400 dropout children in schools and has formed children clubs. 871 women’s self help groups and 30 men’s self help groups have been formed and training on group functioning, capacity building, records maintenance and EDP are given to the members.

The model farm serves as a farmers centre for sharing and training for small and marginal farmers in sustainable agriculture, eco-farming, rainwater harvesting, bio fertilizers and pesticides etc, in Kayathar and Ottapidaram blocks of Tamilnadu.