Community & Develpment

Tribal Welfare Card

Tribal Welfare Card

With TENT'S effort tribal welfore card was provided to around 90 tribal families residing in madurai.This card helps them in accesing and availing community benifits provided by the Goverment.

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Traditional Cultural Performance

Traditional Cultural Performance

In 2023,at gandhi muesum,madurai our tribal children of kattunayakau community performed their traditional dance form as part of the program and received a momeuto from the organisers.

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Legal Awaeness Training

Legal Awaeness Training

On 8/1/23 legal awarness training about SC/ST Prevention of atttocities act was conducted in sipcot village, manamadurai to street circus performing community vilage to train them to be legally aware of such acts and how does it safeguard...

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Field Visit

Field Visit

On July 2023, TENT has visited Kanikar tribal community people living in kaniyakumari district to get to know their living condition, problems they face like access to electricity, roads and community benefits,etc. And so after getting to...

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Getting Land & Construction Of House

Getting Land & Construction Of House

With continuous efforts by TENT in getting access to free plots and construction of houses to tribal people under government’s scheme in the year 2023, Tamilnadu government has provided for free plots to 115 tribal families and free...

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Field Visit

Field Visit

On November 2022 TENT has visited Paliyar community people in their settlements at Kurinji nagar, alagamapuram and Mukathanparai in and around Madurai district to get to know their problems, needs and analysed their livelihood condition.

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Ungal Thoguthiyil Muthalamaichar

Ungal Thoguthiyil Muthalamaichar

With constant persuasion and efforts by TENT, Tamilnadu government under ‘Ungal thoguthiyil muthalamaichar’ programme with the presence of Thirunelvelli district collector and the then revenue minister distributed community certificates...

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Awareness Training On Education

Awareness Training On Education

Nearly many nomadic people have no idea about the value of education and its importance. Keeping this is in mind, TENT conducted an awareness training programme on 20th May,2019 to around 100 tribal nomadic students and parents.

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Training On Preserving Culture

Training On Preserving Culture

Training to preserve and promote tribal nomadic cultures to uplift tribal lives was conducted by TENT Society on 16th March 2019. Even though economic and social status of tribal nomadic people are very week, their tradition and culture are always...

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Anthropology Visit

Anthropology Visit

In Sivagangai district, Mana Madurai Taluk, around 250 families of street circus community nomadic people are living for years. In order to get Thomban(SC) community certificate for them, more than five years TENT- Society have given several...

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Field Visit

Field Visit

Since nomadic people roam around the state from place to place for living they are deprived of safety and security and sometimes even lack basic rights. We visited their fields, analysed the situation and inquired about their problems. We arranged...

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Awareness Training

Awareness Training

Nomads community people attended two day training conducted by TENT to motivate them to educate their children giving awareness on need and importance of education for life and day to day living on 21st April 2013.

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Legal Awareness Training

Legal Awareness Training

Since nomadic people are Vagabond, who roams from once place to another place for living, they at many times they are made scape goats by the police. With this view, TENT conducted a legal awareness training to nomadic people on 8th February 2013....

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Human Rights Training

Human Rights Training

Forty two leaders and youth of various nomadic community are benefited by attending the two day training on human rights conducted by TENT Society at Gandhi museum on 8th and 9th July 2012.

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Human Rights Training

Human Rights Training

Thirty five members of Nomads community attended one day training conducted by TENT Society in its office to motivate them to educate their children giving awareness on need and importance of education for life and day today living on 9th...

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District Collector Visit To The Village

District Collector Visit To The Village

Mr.U.Sagayam I.A.S, District collector , Madurai visited Sathyamoorthy nagar, to visit nomads who were the residents of that area to know their actual need in perusal of the petition submitted by TENT Society on issuance of community certificates...

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Leadership Training

Leadership Training

A two day seminar cum debate session was conducted on 6th and 7th August 2011 gathering both youth and adult leaders. The training was based on the topics such as ethics, fundamental rights, election, etc. under constitution of India.

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House Plot Distribution

House Plot Distribution

TENT- Society demanded house plots for 62 nomadic families who are from day maskers nomadic community residing in LKB nagar in sakkimangalam village panchayat at Madurai. Due to continuous persuasion by TENT Society, free patta were distributed by...

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Training Programme

Training Programme

As a part of our regular training programme, we organised training programme on 7th June,2011 gathering peoples from different tribal nomadic community.

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Inagurating A Federation

Inagurating A Federation

TENT has started a federation named ‘Tamilnadu Tribal Nomadic Federation’ in the year 2010 with an intention to gather all tribal and nomadic community together and work for the development together in a wider range.

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Free Milch Animals

Free Milch Animals

By the strenuous efforts of TENT, Mr.U.Sagayam I.A.S, district collector of Madurai distributed milch cows under self employment scheme to twenty nomadic families in Madurai.

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Field Visit

Field Visit

Since nomadic people roam around the state from place to place for living they are deprived of safety and security and sometimes even lack basic rights. We visited their fields, analysed the situation and inquired about their problems. We arranged...

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Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day

We started awareness programme among our nomadic people from December 1 to 10. Among our nomadic people we have selected few representatives like community leaders, women representatives, etc. And they were given training on effective...

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Cultural Development Program

Cultural Development Program

TENT has formed a cultural team among the nomadic people which included nomads and tribes from different community. To showcase this we organised a cultural programme at Trichy on 9.8.2010. Around hundreds of various tribes and nomads...

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Legal & Human Rights Training

Legal & Human Rights Training

Tribal nomadic people were given human rights and legal training on acts like SC/ST prevention on atrocities act, Right to information, etc. The training was given in 2 villages I.e Paramakudi, snake charmers community and at Sivakasi, Sooth...

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General Training Programme

General Training Programme

An awareness programme was conducted on the present status of nomadic people in Tamilnadu. It took place at the seminar hall of Dalit resource centre.There was debate on the development of nomadic people in Tamilnadu. As a part of this many related training programme...

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Human Rights Training

Human Rights Training

‘Nomads Rights is also Human Rights’. This concept is given much emphasis among our nomadic people to make this occasion has a first step. TENT organised this human rights training at Sathyamoorthy nagar, Madurai on 22nd and 23rd November 2009.

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Anthropology Research

Anthropology Research

TENT Society has been struggling for getting tribal community certificate for the benefit of 300 nomadic families in Sathyamoorthy nagar, Madurai. T o get the clear picture of this struggle a high level team consist of tribal welfare director, Adhidravidar welfare,...

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Installation Of Statue At Tribal Research Centre

Installation Of Statue At Tribal Research Centre

Since 1989 kattunayakan tribal community certificate were not provided to tribal people in Madurai. Owing to this the community people were affected and lost their governmental employment opportunity and had to wander around the state for livelihood. Our organisation...

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Awareness Training

Awareness Training

During October 2006, Panchayat election was conducted in Tamilnadu. Since nomadic people are living at various places in scattered manner, TENT took earnest steps to insist the awareness about panchayat raj system and significance of participation in local body...

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