PEAS Trust is a registered, non-profit motive and voluntary social service organisation promoted in 1997 by a band of social minded and dedicated youth and women hailing from the bottom strata of rural and tribal society with an overall objective of empowering the rural, urban slums and tribal people on socio-economic, education, health, human rights, cultural upheaval and livelihood development through participatory approach.

PEAS Trust is governed by 5 members board of trustees of whom 3 are women. Following are programmes implemented by PEAS so far:

Promotion of women self-help (SHGs)
Group savings and micro credit activities for SHGs women
Entrepreneurship development programme (EDP) for SHGs members
Awareness generation programmes for rural women (AGP)
National environmental awareness campaign (NEAC)
EDP training on food processing industries
Revolving loan for income generation of rural and tribal women
HIV/AIDS prevention education for SHG women, School children and PRI members

Past performance of PEAS Trust

• PEAS promoted 165 women SHGs with a total membership of 2476.
• Revolving fund of Rs.`10,000 each to 110 women SHGs for internal lending.
• Revolving loans were disbursed to 60 SHG women to the total of 4,78,150/-
• Awareness Generation Programme (AGP) were conducted to 175 women through 110 session covering 25 women in each 10 days event.
• 45 day EDP training for 25women on food processing industries
• World AIDS Day Campaign-2006 among the Hr.Sec. School Students, PRI members and women SHGs through multi events.
• Science and technology awareness on health and nutrition and preparation of organic manure were conducted for 200 SHG women.
• Awareness on Naturopathy, Yoga and meditation for 300 SHG women and girls
• Health check-up camps were conducted with the support of TNVHA in 6 villages of Lalgudi block collaborating with Fullerton India.

 

Achievements of PEAS Trust

• About 2500 SHG women who were daily wage earning relieved from debt burden from greedy private money lenders through revolving fund (RF) for internal lending.
• US based RSWR funding organisation supported with revolving loan to more than 500 poor women to undertake IGP activities that charcoal making, palm leaf knitting, fruit vending, tailoring, vegetable vending, wed grinding etc.,
• Nederland based st.Cestrium Muttarra supported with revolving loan to more than 150 poor women to undertake IGP activities that fruit vending, tailoring, vegetable vending, wet grinding, palm leaf knitting, etc.,
• Ministry of food processing industries, Govt. of India supported for 25 poor women through 45 days EDP on food processing. All the trained women involved in pickle making, banana and tomato jam making, banana stem sweet candy making and marketing in Lalgudi and surrounding areas.
• APAC Project (USAID funded project) Chennai enabled to observe the World AIDS Day campaign -2006 among 300 school students, 500 SHGs women and 60 PRI members through multi events.
• TAHDCO (Tamilnadu Adidravidar and Housing Development Corporation Ltd.,) disbursed subsidy loan to 10 women SHG towards promotion of individual diary.
• Tamilnadu Social Welfare Board and Central Social Welfare Board sanctioned mini grant to conduct AGP for 175 rural women through 7 batches on various socio-economic, education, health, HIV/AIDS, micro enterprises, organic farming, environment etc.,
• About 7000 different categories of manual workers were enrolled as member in Tamilnadu manual workers welfare board and benefited from various welfare schemes in Lalgudi, Pullambadi and Manachanallur blocks of Trichy district.
• Out of the total members of Tamilnadu manual workers welfare board, nominees of 55 natural death received compensation of Rs.55,000 each and one nominee of accident death received Rs.5,00,000/- as accident compensation.
• 700 students received scholarship of Rs.1000 to 8000/- per year, 20 women received 20,000 as marriage aid for the past 16 years.
• More than 300 elderly persons received free specks with eye check-up.
• With the grant support of Ontario Teacher’s Federation (OTF) Canada, 168 girls at LNP girls Hr.Sec. School, Lalgudi were distributed educational materials, kits which consisted of geometry box, English dictionary, English grammer book, pen, pencil and eraser.

Ongoing  Project of PEAS Trust:

For the past 3 years, the major project entitled, “organic farming of horticulture crops among the marginal farmers” is being implemented in Lalgudi, Pullambadi and Manachanallur blocks of Trichy district. Under this project, the horticulture crops that brinjal, lady’s finger, chillie and pitter guard are cultivated by the farmers.

 

Preparation of organic external inputs by the target farmers themselves. The following organic external inputs are being prepared:

• Vermi compost
• Panchakavya
• Amirtha Karaisal
• Waste fish based organic pesticides

 

Potential target groups being covered and benefited:

Year – I – 30+30

Year – II – 60+60

Year – III – 120+120

 

Marketing of the product:

The farmers are marketing their organic produce in local weekly market, local villages and district market thereby  make daily earnings.

PEAS Trust is governed by 5 members board of trustees of whom 3 are women. Following are programmes implemented by PEAS so far:

• Promotion of women self-help (SHGs)
• Group savings and micro credit activities for SHGs women
• Entrepreneurship development programme (EDP) for SHGs members
• Awareness generation programmes for rural women (AGP)
• National environmental awareness campaign (NEAC)
• EDP training on food processing industries
• Revolving loan for income generation of rural and tribal women
• HIV/AIDS prevention education for SHG women, school children and PRI members.