RPV has been set up by small group of people as an Outreach Program that would focus on prevention, intervention, and education. It was also to be a new venture, complementing but not supplanting the work of other NGO’s, and offering a helping hand to those most in need.

1. RURAL PRE-VENTURES
CHARITABLE TRUST
In
POOMBARAI KODAI
UPPER HILLS
INDIA
Health Initiative
Supported in India by Indians

2. POOMBARAI
VILLAGE
SCENES

12. Poombarai is a richly diverse community.
Here is the Hindu deity, Krishna.

14. Kodai Kids still hike to Poombarai

16. RURAL PRE-VENTURES
HEALTH CLINIC
IN
POOMBARAI

17. COOPERATION WITH LOCAL VILLAGE LEADERS

18. HEALTH CLINIC HALF FINISHED

19. RETIRED DOCTORS, MICHAEL AND VIJAYA LAL,
VOLUNTEER TO RUN OUR MEDICAL CLINIC

20. OUR STAFF NURSE ON HAND AT WEEKLY CLINICS

21. WAITING TO SEE THE DOCTORS

23. JAY HELPS WITH EXAMINATIONS

27. CLINIC CURRENTLY OPEN WEEKLY
ABOUT 70 – 80 PATIENTS ARE EXAMINED
EACH WEEK

28. ALL PATIENTS PAY A NOMINAL FEE
FOR PRESCRIBED MEDICATION
AND CONSULTATION

30. APOLLO PHARMACEUTICALS

37. ACCURATE HEALTH RECORDS KEPT ON FILE
FOR ALL PATIENTS

38. RURAL PREVENTURES
PEDIATRICS
CLINIC
IN
POOMBARAI

39. OVER 100 CHILDREN ARE EXAMINED
IN OUR FIRST PEDIATRIC CAMP

47. CHILDREN WAIT PATIENTLY IN LINE

55. MOTHERS ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL
FOR PROFESSIONAL CARE GIVEN TO THEIR CHILDREN

56. RURAL PRE-VENTURES
DENTAL
CAMP
PROFESSIONAL DENTISTS
VISIT
POOMBARAI

57. SIX HUNDRED PATIENTS EXAMINED
IN OUR FIRST DENTAL CAMP

59. STAFF FROM RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY
RETURN THREE TIMES TO POOMBARAI
TO FOLLOW UP WITH PATIENTS

60. Dental Professionals travel by bus about three hundred kilometers
from Chennai to Kodaikanal and out to Poombarai

63. A SEPARATE BUS BRINGS DENTAL CHAIRS AND EQUIPMENT

64. A TEMPORARY LABORATORY IS SET UP

68. RURAL PREVENTURES
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
In
POOMBARAI

70. JAYASHREE KUMAR,
COMMUNITY LEADER AND TRUSTEE ,
TEACHES BASKET MAKING

74. BASKETS ARE SOLD IN KODAIKANAL
THESE WOMEN RECEIVE PROFIT FROM SALES

79. RURAL PREVENTURES
CULTURAL ENRICHMENT
AND
MUSIC LESSONS
IN
POOMBARAI

80. In Co-ordination with INTACH
(India National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage)

81. TABLA
(South Indian Drum)

83. GUITAR IS A FAVORITE INSTRUMENT EVERYWHERE

86. VEENA

88. Professional Teachers from Coimbatore

90. Jay took a dozen Poombari children to Coimbatore
for Special Musical Training

91. THE POTTER’S SHED TRUST
(Hand-Built Stone Ware)
In PALLANGI
and
KODAIKANAL
All Profits Go to Support Educational
Needs of Children
In
Kodaikanal Public Schools

92. THE POTTER’S SHED

96. PROFIT FROM SALES PROVIDES
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR OVER 100 CHILDREN
EACH YEAR