“The work and cultural ethics are strong in Indian villages” Interaction with ICHEC-2013.

ICHEC-2013 Teams visit the class rooms of the School

ICHEC Housing -2013 project participants build class rooms in Arumbuhalnagar in Trichirappalli District of Tamilnadu. The mission of ICHEC Housing -2013 was to construct two class rooms in SEVAI Shanthi Matriculation Higher Secondary school. This school has a pupils strength of around 1500 and they additional class rooms for accommodating these pupils in the school buildings.ICHEC-2012  constructed two class rooms and 80 students have been accommodated and ICHEC-2013 also construct 2 more class rooms in Arumbuhalnagar school for accommodating 80 more students. The Founder of SEVAI of this school, Dr.K.Govindaraju presented his organizational activities to the students of ICHEC-2013 for the two teams namely Sevai Allur and Sevai Amoor. The students of Anbil Dharmalingam Agriculture college,Trichy were also camping in the school campus in the same time for their internship in SEVAI Organic farming.During the evenings there were interactions between the local students and ICHEC-2013 Students and the Indian students  enlightened the students of ICHEC 2013; the general scenario of Villages of this region and said “Scattered throughout India are approximately 600,000 villages. Most are nucleated settlements, while others are more dispersed. It is in villages that India's most basic business agriculture takes place. Here, in the face of vicissitudes of all kinds, farmers follow time-tested as well as innovative methods of growing rice, lentils, vegetables, fruits, and many other crops in order to accomplish the challenging task of feeding themselves and the nation. A cluster of mud-plastered walls shaded by a few trees, set among a stretch of green or dun-colored fields, with a few people slowly coming or going, , cattle lowing, and birds singing--all present an image of harmonious simplicity. Each village is connected through a variety of crucial horizontal linkages with other villages and with urban areas both near and far. Indian village dwellings are built very close to one another in a nucleated settlement, with small lanes for passage of people and sometimes carts. Village fields surround the settlement and are generally within easy walking distance. Generally, land, prosperity, and power go together. Fellow villagers typically include representatives of various service and artisan castes to supply the needs of the villagers--priests, carpenters, blacksmiths, barbers, weavers, potters, oil pressers, leather workers, sweepers, water bearers, and so on. Artisan in pottery, wood, cloth, metal, and leather, although diminishing, continues in many

Interaction with Indian students by ICHEC 2013

contemporary Indian villages as it did in centuries past. Village religious observances and weddings are occasions for members of various castes to provide customary ritual goods and services in order for the events to proceed according to proper tradition. The work ethic is strong, with little time out for relaxation, except for numerous divinely sanctioned festivals and rite-of-passage celebrations. Villagers feel a sense of village pride and honour, and the reputation of a village depends upon the behavior of all of its residents”. The construction of school building is in full swing, simultaneously ICHEC -2013 students show a lot of interest in Indian students’ way of life and their families in rural setting. Sports activities, Cultural events exchanges, village visits and interaction with Arumbuhalnagar community are integral part of the construction of the school building of ICHEC-2013.ICHEC students also visit the villages of the school pupil taking the school bus along with school children and also organise volley ball in school camp-Govin