Kuilapalayam Cultural Centre started in 2003, offering many programs and activities for the children and youth in Kuilapalayam in Auroville’s Bio-region. Since 2014, Kuilai Creative Centre became a sub-unit of SAIIER – Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Educational Research in Auroville, in the Universal City Auroville, near Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry), in southern India.

Vision and Missions:

The vision of the Kuilai Creative Centre is to connect the beneficial influence of Aurovilian philosophy and activities with the Tamil Culture so that the Centre can be a place where the two cultures integrate.

Leaders and team:

A. Selvaraj, H. Suryagandhi, E. Harikrishnan, S. Tamillanthi, and Alain Bernard.
We’re a group of 5 staff members, including part-time staffs for Office, Admin, Tuition, Tailoring, and Extra-curricular activities

Current Activities:

Kuilai Creative Centre has some daytime programs from 9 am to 5 pm(English Classes, Tailoring, Karate, Kick-Boxing, Kung Fu & Arts Classes) and after-school programs(Evening Tuition) from 6 pm to 8 pm and various Weekend activities(Silambam, Hip – Hop, Yoga, Bharathanaatiyam, Music-Keyboard, Arts Classes, Community Art Reach Programmes). During these hours, children and adults come and participate in different activities.

Context:

Thamarai is a rich cross-cultural center in a local village next to Auroville. It promotes cultural and educational activities and programs. One of its priorities is to bring awareness about the well-being of the local people living in the rural area around Auroville and help them to take responsibility for their health.

Volunteers will be exposed and very much in touch with day-to-day Tamil life and culture. They will be part of a learning-in-action project that aims to develop skills, competencies and inner capacities in an educational context.

Goal:

They can participate in guiding children’s learning, in administration and record keeping, and in leadership and sports activities.

Duration:

The minimum duration is 2 months for Indian citizens and OCI holders, and it is possible to extend if fitting. For Volunteers from a foreign country, a long-term opportunity (6-12 months) stay is possible.

If you feel like this Volunteer Opportunity might be for you – then please contact us with a short summary of why and how you would like to contribute to this project, in line with the above description.