Makkal shakthi

Makkal shakthi – Advocacy for Governance, Protection and Promotion for Human Rights. 

          EMPOWER carries out community development in Tuticorin uban slums covering a population of about 1 lac.  There are individual cases of human rights violation represented to EMPOWER guidance and redressal.

            EMPOWER has imparted training to teachers trainers, Block Level Teachers Educators on Human Rights, Child Rights and Child Rights Protection. Mrs. Meera Shankar is one of Tamilnadu State trainer for UNICEF on Child Protection issues.

          EMPOWER had been in the forefront to popularize the Right to Information Act 2005 in Tuticorin District, through various strategies such through a mobile van disseminating information through street corner meetings, distributing information pamphlets, conducting RTI clinics beneath the trees in the villages and guiding the eager citizens how to utilize the RTI act to access information and their part in transparent and accountable governance.

      EMPOWER had been active in organizing the Voters Awareness Campaign for Free and Fair Election, motivate the general public to cast their vote without fail and facilitate a common platform for the candidates to express their promises and programs for their constituency.