Kani: We have our special member Vijayalakshmi with us. Come lets talk to her. Hello sis, whats your name? how many kids do you have Vijayalakshmi : I am Vijayalakshmi. I have 2 kids. First is daughter Lavanya, 2nd one is Son, Karthikeyan. K: I told her special, because she is separated from husband. But still lets ask her kids marks in exam. Whats your daughter' marks? V: She has scored 495 marks, 99% in 10th and she is second in Chennai dist. Son is studying 9th std. daughter scored 1100 marks in 12th, Bio-Maths 1st group. Now she is doing 2nd year BSc chemestry in Ethiraj college. K: We are happy that her daughter came 2nd in district level. How was this possible? V: we have to adjust maximum in our life. But our future in kids. We cant spoil kids life. In my family life when things were out of control, i had to come out, because y daughter studies well. Due to her father's disturbance, she was struggling to study, when we came separately she started studying well. I am doing tailoring work and taking care of my kids studies. I am happy that even in this situation my daughter is studying very well. K: We are happy that you are a member in PTS.
All the information shard were very useful. I am happy that the meeting has been conducted. Thanks to all. Santhanamari mam has helped 3 widow of AKR i getting their widow pension. We are very happy. Many women are struggling without money and husband. Thanks to Santhanamari mam on behalf of our union.
Kani: We have Pudur incharge Rathnavalli with us. Come lets talk to her. Hello ma. Rathnavalli: Hello. I am Rathnavalli from Pudur. K: What type of work do you do do and what work is your husband doing? How many kids do you have? R: I am working as tailor. My husband has got retired from ration shop. I have 2 kids. elder one is going for work and last month younger one also started going for work. K: How did you came to know about PTS? R: I didnt knew anything earlier. K. Lakshmi has joined me to this union. After coming here i learnt so many things. PTS gave me courage and strength. I request that everyone should be benefitted with PTS. K: Ok. Hoe long you have been as incharge? What kind of meeting have you organised in your area? R: From past 7-8 years i am working as incharge. Whatever is the problem in my area, i come and share with Santhanamari mam. She came to our area and helped us. We have given flood relief materials. I have joined 50-60 people to union. People are asking for road facility and patta document for their house. We said we will organise for it. K: We have given a book to domestic helpers in your area. Are the people using it? R: Yes they are writing it regularly. K: Can you share the medical health check up camp experience. 17 people from your area has participated in the check up. R: Just because i am part of PTS, i got this facility. I took 17 people. Good food was provided to them. Health check up was also good. Today we got the results of the tests. I will give the results to concerned people, they will consult to their doctors. K: Are you and people from your area are listening to UK? R: Yes. Few people are listening. Some are not. I think till now they have not got the proper awareness about it. Thank you. K: Thank you
I am Kani from PTS Ambattur. Hope you all are listening to Pudhu vidiyal drama. I am going to ask few questions to know how keenly are you listening to the drama. Those who didnt listen it completely, you can press 0 twice and listen completely and then answer. 1) What is the name of the lady who is working as domestic helper. What is her youngest daughter's name? 2) What is Meena's husband's name? 3) What is auto driver's name? 4) When the problem was brought to PTS, who spoke to Devika's husband? Did you understand the question? If you know the answer, answer immediately by pressing 3.
Sumathi: Hello, we have our AKR nagar area member today in our union. Come lets talk to them. Hello Sis. Nagamma: Hello. S: Whats your name and what type of work do you do? N: My name is Nagamma. I am working as domestic helper. S: Tell us about your husband and kids. N: My husband was working as plumber. I have 2 kids one boy and 1 girl. My son is mentally challenged. My husband is no more. I went to asked for widow pension. I asked many people including party office and once i went directly to Taluk office and wrote application for it. But they said that they cant give. I really felt bad. I thought if i get that money, it will be useful for my son's medical expenses. Its been 5 years that my husband passed away. From last 5 years i tried to get it but no one helped me and gave the pension. PTS called me one day. Santhanamari mam told to try one more time. They filled the form and went to VO office and then called me again. This time i came with the confidence that i will get it. But i never thought that collector himslef will come and give me widow form. This month itself i got the pension amount. Thanks alot to PTS. S: We are very happy. You told that you went gave asked party office, and everywhere. But you didnt get the pension. But PTS asked me to apply once again. As a result i am seeing the letter in your hand that from this month you can get the pension. More than you we PTS are very happy for this. Do you want to say anything else to union? N: Believe in Union and i would like to thank my union head Vimala. I never thought that i will get it. I struggled alot, even this time i cried alot. Thanks alot to Vimala. S: Thank you sis. --------------------------------------- Sumathi: We have Amutha from Vadipatti. Lets ask Amutha for the reason for being here. Hello sis. Please tell us about your family. Amutha: Its been 2 years that i lost my husband. My 2 daughter are married and my son is no more. S: For what reason are you here today? A: I came here to tell you that i have got my pension money. S: You said that its been 2 years that your husband died. In this 2 years, did you apply for this? A: I did apply for it. But i didnt get any information about. But this time while camp, i applied again and this friday i got this. Thanks alot. S: How did you came to know about the camp? A: I came to know through women's group. S: Even we are happy that you got the letter. Do you want to say anything to PTS? A: THanks alot. ------------------------------------------------- Sumathi: We have our member Kanchana with us. Come lets talk to her. Hello sis. Kanchana: Hello. S: For what reason are you here today? K: For widow pension. Vimala introduced me to PTS. She asked me to join PTS. Last friday, she asked me to give the petition to collector. PTS members went there. And they took me along with them. Successfully they helped me in getting pension. S: Its been how long that you have lot your husband? K: Its been 15 years. S: You didnt get any pension in last 15 years, is it so? K: I asked many about it but no action was taken. My neighbor told me to go through her, and surely i will get money. I went and spoke to her, she asked me to bring all the documents. I submitted all the documents we gave the petition to collector. S: You have got the order saying you will get money from this month. Thats really good. Do you want to say anything to PTS? K: There are many who are doing domestic help like me. I showed them this form. ANd told them to join PTS.
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Kani: Hello. We have one of our member with us in Ambattur PTS. She is not willing to disclose her name. She is Papad making worker. Daily while working she face chest pain. She thought its just a simple pain. When the pain continued, she went to hospital along with her daughter and found that she has breast cancer. After many tests, doctor suggested for operation. Everything became fine. Now its been 3 years and she is continuing her medicine. She is healthy and full of confidence. Come, lets hear her talk. PTS member: Hello. I am coming from Ambattur. I had breast cancer. I had pain in chest so i went to doctor in the initial stage itself. First time itself they told me that it is cancer. Its been 3 years of my operation and now i am stepping into 4th year. I am healthy. I am taking medicines once in 3 months.
I am Rathnavalli from Pudur. Through PTS we took women for health check up. All types of tests was taken to them. They provided the food too. Everyone said that it was good and useful. They also said that we will join many other people please take them too. They are all happy with the checkup and they said that the check up was really useful. The hospital staff took good care of us. only because we are members in PTS I got this opportunity to take them and help them. I am happy thanks alot.
Kani: hello, we have Subathrama, Iyapakkam incharge. Come lets talk to her. Hello how are you? Subathra: I am doing good. K: What work are you and your husband doing? How many kids do you have? S: I am a tailor and my husband is a welder. I have 2 daughters. K: When did you came to know about PTS? S: 7-8 years back i came to know about it. Through a known person i came to union. She joined me here. Santhanamari mam was there at that time. I like what all she spoke. So i became member here. K: Ok, you came here as a worker. The how did you become the incharge of the union? S: i used to come to union. I liked the way they used to talk. I used to participate in meetings. I started joining member to the union. So they made me as incharge. K: Ok. So far how many people did you join in union? S: More than 50 members. i have joined all types of workers like Domestic helpers, tailors, flower sellers, construction workers. K: Very good. Have you organised for meeting in your area? S: Sumathi mam and Santhanamari mam came to our area and conducted the meeting. They made to sit all the workers and started talking. From then even i started to conduct meeting. K: We have given Job information record book to all domestic helpers. Whether all the domestic helpers of your area noting in that? S: They are taking the book daily. What time they are going, what time they are coming back, how many hours are they working, they are recording everything. Those who dont know to write, they are taking the help of their kids and recording it. K: Good. You are making the use of book in a right way. Are you listening to Urimai kural regularly? S: Yes. Pudhu vidiyal drama is really nice, i like it very much. They are acting so well. They are showing all the things a domestic helper go through. K:OK. Now there is a survey happening in Urimai kural by pressing number 9. Do you know about it? S: I dont know about it. K: Ok. Now you please press 9 and answer the questions asked. Please tell everyone in your area too.
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