One of the oldest forms of print-making, serigraphy or silk-screen painting involves fixing an ink-blocking stencil onto a woven mesh fabric to reproduce an image. Serigraphy is a fancy term for silkscreen printing, coming from “seri,” which is Latin for “silk,” and “graphos,” which is Ancient Greek for “writing.”

Voice Trust conducted a skill training on “Dry Cleaning” for 60 women of various Self-help groups in Kovil pappakudi and Petchikulam with support from National Rurban Mission (NRuM) and Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihoods Mission (TNSRLM) Mahalir Thittam. Eminent Resource Persons handled the training sessions. They explained how to dry clean both manually as well as through machines. A total amount of Rs. Ten Lakhs was earmarked for the Conduct of this programme. Around 60 women from various self Help Groups were the Beneficiaries through the Training Programme.

Voice Trust organized the training programs in Kovil pappakudi for a period of 30 days from 16th August 2021 to 23rd Sep 2021 and in Petchikulam, for a period of 30 days from 4th of Oct 2021 to 12th Nov 2021. Mr. T. Murugesan, Founder Voice Trust delivered a special address to both the batches. The Trainers, Mr. Ravi, and Ms Chandralekha conducted the teaching sessions on Dry cleaning. They explained that Dry cleaning could provide gainful employment throughout the year. During the Training Programme both theory and practical sessions were conducted. Daily bio metric attendance was carried out for the trainees.

The trainees were taken for an Exposure Visit to Surya Linna Care, Sivagangai Main Road, Madurai Kec Power Wash in Jaihindpuram, Madurai.

After the training program, Exams have been conducted and the trainees have been issued course completion certificates and 16 women have taken up self employment.

Under National Rurban Mission and Rural Development Panchayat Raj Department, Govt of Tamil Nadu, the Importance of Literacy and training program was implemented in 7 Rurban Gram Panchayat – Vaniyangudi, Kanjirangal, Idaiyamelur, Arasani muthupatti, Kottagudi kilpatti, Sakkandhi, Cholapuram, including 18 cluster villages in Sivagangai Block, Sivagangai District. This program was carried out by VOICE TRUST NGO Madurai to MGNREGS Workers (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) .Smt Majula, Integrated Cluster Manager, Mr Kesavan Deputy Manager and Mr T Murugesan, Managing Director,Voice Trust inaugurated the program. The Awareness and Training Program was carried out from 19th November 2020 to 27th November 2020. This program enabled learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and values necessary for being responsible citizens; it also supports them in shaping their own path of development and has had a positive impact on the self-esteem and confidence of the participants, especially on women who have leadership roles in their community. In addition, the program provided an opportunity for participants to engage in lifelong learning on practical aspects of their daily life. The program not only eradicated illiteracy by providing basic education but also ensured vocational skills and equivalency education. An overall of 800 women were benefitted through this program. The concepts in various adult literacy programs such as Rural Functional Literacy, State Adult Education Program, Non-Formal Education for the learners, Mass Program of Functional Literacy, Total Literacy Campaign, Post Literacy, Continuing Education Campaign and Equivalency Program were implemented by our voice Trust during this program.

At Voice Trust Madurai (Education), we believe in literacy as the foundation of lifelong learning and education. People who cannot read or write experience difficulties with simple everyday tasks such as reading the label of a medicine bottle, filling in a job application or understanding traffic sign. When we help someone to acquire literacy skills, we are empowering them with better opportunities in life and breaking the poverty cycle. Literacy, as part of education, is a fundamental human right.

An Exposure Visit for agricultural farmers of Dindigul District was organized during the month of May 2015.This Programme was funded by DWDA Dindigul.The Total amount of funding for the programme was Rs.Six Lakhs and Thirty Thousand Only.500 Farmers from various parts of Dindigul District Participated in the Exposure Visit.

The Objectives of the Programme was to expose the farmers to the various kinds of effective technologies that are being gainfully used in agriculture in the modern times. To elicit how modern technologies judiciously combined with age old time tested natural farming methodologies can effectively solve many of the current problems that the present Day farmers face was also another sub theme of the programme.

The Exposure was innovatively designed the Participants were taken on an exposure tour to different agriculture centres of Tamil Nadu and Agriculture Universities and centre where Organic agriculture is being practiced successfully. The Participants had face to face conversation with actual practitioners of different modes of agriculture and spent enough time in the farmsteads of the Practitioners. They also visited the two Coimbatore agricultural colleges and the Madurai Agricultural College Spent two days with agricultural experts and research scholars. They had fruitful discussions with experts farmers and Technology users both Organic and modern. The ten days exposure Programme was of immense use to the Participants and their confidence was reinforced and we could find the New found commitment and dedication in the Participating farmers

Voice Trust conducted training on“Herbal and Medicinal plants cultivation” for 300 women of various Self-help groups in and around Madurai with support from Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), Govt of Tamilnadu. Mr. Sambath, IFS, District Forest Officer, Dindigul was the Chief Guest and by T. Murugesan, Founder, Voice Trust felicitated the Trainees. Eminent Resource Persons handled the training sessions. They explained how to develop our economic growth through cultivation of Herbal & Medicinal Plants by way of Organic Farming.

The IAMWARM integrated watershed management programme awarded to the trust is the first government project to be entrusted to the trust by the government of Tamil Nadu, which the trust considers a feather in its cap he to take rural development to the next level. IAMWARM stands for Tamilnadu irrigated agriculture modernization and water resources management project. Started in the month of march 2013 the programme saw the trust working in coordination with the Theni district administration in the seven villages of Nallamudipatti, G Usialampatti, Ganeshapuram, Chitharpatti i and ii Okkaraipatti and Muttanuthu. Since the inception of this project, IAWARM has been able to reach out to 1395 farmers in ten villages, where they have been sensitized on the formation of SHGs among the farmers themselves to fund their own work.

Women empowerment through self-reliance and financial independence can be achieved by providing vocational training, through which women can either start up something of their own or take- up a job.

Voice Trust since 1998 have been organizing Vocational tailoring skill training to women from economically/ weaker background sections to make women self-sufficient and confident and to provide livelihood support to earn income. Stitching garments is one job that remains till end of the mankind. Further, basic tailoring skills enable women to work from home, they can continue in their traditional role as homemaker and yet earn. Tailoring is something which women can immediately start right from their homes upon completion of their course. Interested women are trained for embroidery, arts and designing skills as well as tailoring. The course duration is 6 months for basic cutting & sewing, next the participants can progress to the next level which is training in detailed art & creativity.

The Tailoring training project is a very prestigious project for us and was initiated by Voice Trust with an objective to empower Women and build skills in tailoring. After the completion of training each batch of women start their self-employment units, some of them going to nearby textiles garment shops. Trained women get orders from neighbourhoods to stitch different type of petty coats, blouses, zari work on sarees, school children uniforms. They learn skillful training to become self-reliant and self-independent. Due to these extraordinary vocational skills, women are able to send their children to schools regularly and provide educational support in time. Every time we sponsor 6 months skill training in vocational tailoring training course for 25 women in a batch. Both theory and practical classes are conducted, giving sufficient raw material like threads, needles, clothes and scissors. For every batch, course completion certificate and organizing orientation course on marketing skills are conducted. Precisely, the project focus is to support poor women who are keen and willing to improve their family conditions by an increased income by undertaking suitable self-employment scheme. Most of these trained women have started their own tailoring shop in their respectivelocalities.

Around 25000 Face masks were produced and distributed to people in need especially the sanitary workers and underprivileged who were not able to afford them