Community & CSR

The lesson was written
on a door.

In villages around Dindigul, volunteer teachers were chalking lessons onto wooden doors — the only flat surface they had. We helped them put up real blackboards instead. Twenty-two of them.

June 2026 Dindigul, Tamil Nadu with Partners in Change
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From a wooden door to a working blackboard

Some of the children in these villages had begun falling behind in school — maths and science especially, the subjects where confidence goes first, and dropping out usually follows.

A group of volunteer teachers had already stepped in, running free tuition classes after school hours to help these children catch up. What they didn't have was a classroom built for the job. With no blackboard available, they did what committed teachers do — they made do, writing out lessons in chalk on the wooden doors of nearby homes.

Partners in Change, a community group working closely with these volunteer-run tuition centres, recognised the gap and brought it to us. The request was simple: could these classrooms get a real blackboard to teach from?

We sponsored and delivered 22 blackboards to village tuition centres around Dindigul — turning 22 informal teaching spaces into proper, working classrooms.

Lessons in English grammar and Tamil chalked onto a wooden door, used as a blackboard before the donation
BeforeA wooden door, chalked with that day's lesson
Two students working through an arithmetic problem on their new classroom blackboard
AfterWorking through sums on a proper board
Teachers and students from the village tuition centre with one of the 22 blackboards delivered by The Jayavel Impex
HandoverTeachers and students with one of the 22 boards delivered across Dindigul's village tuition centres
Volunteer teachers receiving a blackboard delivered by The Jayavel Impex at a village tuition centre near Dindigul
DeliveryHanding over a board to a volunteer-run tuition centre

For the teachers, it meant being able to run a full lesson — grammar, arithmetic, sentence structure — without running out of usable space mid-class. For the students, it meant a clear, dedicated surface to learn and practise on, something as basic as a working blackboard making a real difference in how confidently they approach subjects they were once struggling with.

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Blackboards delivered, 22 classrooms equipped
Dindigul
Village tuition centres across the district
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Community partner driving the work — Partners in Change

In partnership with Partners in Change

A community group working directly with volunteer-run tuition centres in villages around Dindigul, who identified this gap and brought it to us.

Partners in Change

We believe responsible business extends beyond the factory floor. Just as we work to make our supply chain more sustainable and ethical, we look for small, practical ways to support the communities around us — because access to a stable education is often the first link in a much longer chain of opportunity.

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