To make possible enrollment of these children in normal schools the cooperation of their mothers was needed. Thus gradually the women in different areas were formed in to women’s associations. Their focus gradually changed from monitoring their wards in to over all development of women and the community. Various projects in North Chennai helped in the reduction of child labour. Jeeva Jyothi moved on to the neighboring Thiruvallur district. Working with the children in this area. We Stumbled
upon the existence of bonded (forced) labour particularly in the rice mills and Brick kilns. Our intervention to better their conditions of these workers and their families lead us to organizing the unorganized and peripheral workers.

To uplift the socio economic condition of the community we serve. Jeeva Jyothi started a Hand Paper unit at Kosappur. Thiruvallur District. This project is aimed at providing financial sustainability to Jeeva Jyothi in the future. Experience in recycling and production of hand made paper taught us the need to take up the question of preserving the environment.