Minister K. Krishnankutty officially announced the Community Empowerment Program being implemented in Velanthavalam, the eastern region of Palakkad district, as part of the Community Empowerment Project launched by the People’s Foundation with the aim of comprehensive development and empowerment of socially and economically backward areas in Kerala. The minister said that the people who had to do slave labor for drinking water lived in these areas. Therefore, the People’s Foundation has chosen the most suitable place for this project in Kerala itself. He added that the People’s Foundation will also ensure cooperation in the self-employment projects that the government intends to implement in the Velanthavalam area. He also released the DPR of the Community Empowerment Program.
People’s Foundation Velanthavalam Community Empowerment Project is intended to be implemented by emphasizing employment, education and entrepreneurship for the overall development of the eastern region of Palakkad, one of the most socially and economically backward regions in Kerala. There are many unemployed and low-income people in the eastern region of Palakkad. The main objective of the project is to create employment opportunities for such people. In various parts of Kerala, People’s Foundation has been formulating projects for youth and women to start their own entrepreneurship. Velanthavalam Community Empowerment will provide assistance to start new entrepreneurship.
As an educationally backward region, the main emphasis of the Velanthavalam Community Empowerment Project is to provide assistance to the students of the area from primary education to higher education. People’s Foundation will also provide assistance to new talented personalities from the eastern region in all sectors including the bureaucracy of Kerala and the country.
People’s Foundation Vice Chairman M. Abdul Majeed presided over the function. He also explained the Velanthavalam Community Engagement Program. Baithuzzakath Kerala Chairman Shaikh Muhammed Karakunnu delivered the keynote address. Vadakarappathi Grama Panchayat President Joshi Britto, ward members Narayani and Shasikumar, Jamaat-e-Islami State Assistant Secretary Umar Alathur, Welfare Party District President K. C. Nasser, J. Shahul Hameed, M. Gulabjan, A.P. Abdunazar, M. Basheer, Rafiq Huda, Shahbaz Salim and Abdul Majeed Thathamangalam spoke. Jamaat-e-Islami District President Kalathil Farooq delivered the closing speech. People’s Foundation District Coordinator P.S. Abu Faisal welcomed the gathering and Riyas Velanthavalam gave the vote of thanks. Suhaila Fathima sang a prayer song.
