Kuyilkuppam Village Project

  • Located near Thiruporur, 60 kms from Chennai
  • Around 64 Irula families living in the village, where men and women are uneducated and do not have proper / regular jobs resulting in total poverty
  • Children are not sent to schools due to lack of awareness and affordability. 
  • Village does not have medical facilities and the people are living in huts made of coconut leaves, which leak during rains, and with no electricity
  • RCMC along with District 3232 have take up a novel and first of its kind project of providing houses for the 64 Irula families living in the village
  • Each family will be given a non-transferrable patta for around 3.5 cents by Government at free of cost and a 2 BHK house of around 585 sq ft builtup area
  • Overall project also include 
    • Utensils and equipment for leading daily life
    • Clean drinking water and sanitation 
    • Roads, community hall, sewerage system, water tank and street lights
    • Providing opportunities to them for regular work by training them on dairy farming, masonry work and related activities for their self-sustenance