The Krishnagiri-based non-governmental organisation,
Integrated Village Development Programme (IVDP), headed by Magsaysay
awardee Kulandai Francis, distributed Rs. 2.10 crore as Life Security
and Solidarity Fund to the next of kin of 422 SHG members who lost their
lives due to accidents and diseases during the last year, at function
held at the R.C. Fathima Boys High School in Krishnagiri on Saturday.
Handed over
Mariya
Susai, Rector, Don Bosco College, Dharmapuri distributed the cheques to
the next to the kin of the deceased in the presence of Kulandai
Francis, President, IVDP.
R. Jesudass, Principal, Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, participated.
Presiding
over the function, Mr. Kulandai Francis said that the scheme was being
implemented for the last 13 years and as many as 3,018 kin of the
deceased members of self-help groups had been given Rs. 10.10 crore.
Members
A
total of 9,000 women SHGs with a total of 1,65,000 members are
operating under the Integrated Village Development Programme (IVDP).
Manickam of Saint Mary’s Leprosy Hospital, Salem spoke on the occasion.
The
scheme was introduced to help the families of those who lost their
lives in accidents or because of disease, and to all those who had been
permanently disabled in accidents from 2001.
Scheme was introduced to help kin of self-help group members who lost their lives due to accidents and diseases
