annual report 2013-14

ANNUAL REPORT
2013-14
Foundation for Initiatives in
Development and Education for All (IDEA)
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Foundation for Initiatives in Development and Education for
All (IDEA)
ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14
Registered Office:
Foundation for Initiatives in Development and Education for All (IDEA)
Flat No. 10, Fountain Head Apartment,
Opp. Sangam Press, Kothrud,
Pune 411037. INDIA
Telephone: 020-2544 0615, +91-98901 19732 / +91-97302 61878
E-mail: contact@ideafoundation.org.in
Website: www.ideafoundation.org.in
Registration Details:
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Society Registration Act - Mah/195/2002/Pune, dated 8 February 2002
BPT Reg.No. F-22506/ Pune, dated 11 December 2007.
12 A (a) - No.PN/CIT-1/Regn./12A(a)/111/2007-08/5918 dated 01-04-2007
Income Tax Exemption (80G)- PN/CIT-1/12A (a)/80G/281/2007-08/5919,
dated 19/02/2008.
FCRA Registration no - - 083930539
IT PAN NO – AAATF11638
TAN - PNEF01426F
Contents:
1.
Director’s message
2.
IDEA Profile
3.
Funding Partners
4.
Networking Partners
5.
Major Milestones of the Organization
6.
Performance Report 2013-14
6.1
Learning Centers
6.2
Sponsorship Program
6.3
Skill Development Program
6.4
Special Projects
7.
Voluntary Contribution
8.
Activities through Networking
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Trainings and Workshops
10.
Promotional Events
11.
Evaluation and future plans
12.
Acknowledgement
13.
Financial Statements
14.
Appeal for Donation
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Director’s message:
Dear Friends,
It gives me immense pleasure to present the 7th Annual Report of IDEA. I
would like to take this opportunity to summarize the achievements of
last year and share some of the learning that will go towards shaping the
future direction for IDEA.
During the year our Core Programs remained the same - Learning
Centers, Sponsorship Program & Skill Development Program. We could
reach out to around 7000 Children, 1500 Youth & 1800 Women in 10
slums in Pune city, 25 schools and 20 villages located in Bhor Block in
Pune district. IDEA’s holistic approach in dealing with ‘Education for All ‘ has invited global attention
and we have been selected to implement “Inclusive Education for Socially Disadvantaged People- India
Country Project” by Sir Peter Ustinov Foundation (SPUF). This special project has enabled us to reach
out to Bhor Block.
Another highlight of the year has been a yearlong attempt to strengthen the financial and monitoring
& evaluation systems to enhance credibility and accountability of the organization with the funding
support from Global Fund for Children (GFC). We thank Center for Promoting Accountability (CPA), a
sister concern of Financial Management Service Foundation (FMSF) for guiding and supporting us in
strengthening the Financial & Governance systems in IDEA. We are also thankful to Mrs. Parinita Pal for
training the staff on Monitoring & Evaluation of Programs.
As a part of a self-assessment, we conducted a study on the achievement level of children attending
our learning centers and children who are not attending IDEA centers in three slums. It was
encouraging to see that the performance of children in IDEA Center was much better than the other
group. Similarly remarkable performance of sponsored children in Board exams, the number of youth
occupied in skilled job after receiving vocational training and the number of women receiving
supplementary income through art & craft and the positive impact of the Inclusive Education Project
are our motivation for continuing the core programs & projects.
Moving forward, we are in the process of networking with a school of Fashion Technology in Pune to
provide additional professional skills to the students. It will equip them with more skills and better job
opportunities.
We are pleased to have some of our donors and volunteers sharing their experience while working
with us. Contribution of all our volunteers, donors and networking partners was very significant for the
development of the organization.
I would like to thank them all for the trust and support you have in us. We hope you will support us till
we realize our vision of ‘a just society where individuals have access to equal opportunity’.
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IDEA Profile:
Aims and Objectives:
• To conduct and develop Research, Consultancy, Documentation and Training.
• To undertake specific studies, evaluation and research projects in the area of Applied Social
Sciences and Rural and Urban Development.
• To undertake Action Research Projects in the fields of Rural and Urban Development.
• To implement Schemes and Programs / Projects in the field of Social Development with
particular reference to the promotion of education.
• To facilitate development aid and support to the needy children to complete their education,
training and all round development.
• To extend help in exceptional cases to poor and needy.
• To organize seminars, conferences, workshops, etc.
• To provide vocational guidance, training and facilities for vocational rehabilitation of the needy.
• To undertake programs of community development in the field of education, health etc.
• To undertake implementation of the various schemes of Government bodies and local bodies,
in the fields of education, income generation and vocational training.
• To initiate programs for:
1. Needy and destitute children who have no shelter, education and who are found to be
exploited in the society.
2. Street children and school dropouts and to restart their education and organize special
programs for them.
• To achieve the aims and objectives aforesaid, to co-operate, enter into partnership programs
and to take joint programs and or to lend assistance to and seek assistance from other
institutions, national or international with similar aims and objectives.
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IDEA's Outreach:
Project Locations (during 2013-14):
10 slums in Pune. 25 schools and 20 villages in Bhor.
• Children: 7000
• Youth: 1500
• Women: 1800
• Total population Coverage: 92300
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Council Members:
The management and staff at IDEA is guided by a Governing Council consists of esteemed members
with expertise in varied fields. The Governing Council met five times during 2013-14 on 20th July 2013,
7th December 2013, 22nd February, 2014 and 22nd March, 2014.
Sr.
No.
Name
Designation of
Board
Profession
Area of Competency
1
Balakrishna K Pillai
Mechanical
Engineer
President and
Trustee
Strategic Direction &
Administration
2
Dattatraya S.
Waghmare
Social Work
Practitioner
Trustee
Strategic Direction
3
Ajay Talreja
IT Expert
Treasurer
Technology
4
Dr. Prachee
Prasanna Joeg
Psychologist
Member
Program Development
5
A.G. Budhkar
Finance
Member
Finance, Marketing
6
Shilpa Khangaonkar
Legal Consultant
Chairperson
Strategic Direction
7
Mr. Sachin Gokhale
Member
Finances, Marketing
8
Dr. Vijay Kulkarni
Hon. Secretary
Program Development and
Staff Training
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Dr. Usha Pillai
Co-Founder and
Director
NGO Management
Chartered
Accountant
Social Work
Educator
Social Work
Practitioner
Full time Employees as on 31st March, 2014
1. Dr. Usha Pillai (Director)
2. Mrinal Badawe (Program Manager)
3. Kripa Deshpande (Program Officer)
4. Anita Khatikpatil ( Program Coordinator)
5. Ravikiran Patil (Senior Project Officer)
6. Priya Yadav (Instructor-cum-Facilitator)
7. Deepali Karpe (Instructor-cum-Facilitator)
8. Rajshri Nikam (Social Worker)
9. Jyoti Yadav (Instructor-cum-Facilitator)
10. Uma Kale (Accountant)
11. Usha Bhosale (Social Worker)
12. Sachin Malekar (Social Worker)
13. Suraj Mohite (Social Worker)
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Volunteers & Interns contributed during 2013-14:
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Siddhi Gokhale
Milind
Aishwarya Kolisetty
Soumya khanna
Sonakshi Sharma
Tamnay Jadhav
Varsha Sathe
Repaka Nilekha
Isha Akhairomka
Amita Kumari
Kriti Kumari
Fatimah Rahmani
Jayna Sorathiya
Ameya Kokate
4 Interns from Bharati Vidyapeeth Social Science Center- Varsha, Sundip, Nikhil and Maitreyi
Chowdhary
Intern from Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth- Sonali
2 Interns from Karve Institute of Social Service- Yuvraj Borhade, Kiran Kadu
NMIMS Interns- Apurva Datar, Nikita Sharma
8 Volunteers from Vodafone:
11 volunteers from Symbiosis, Khadki
Symantec volunteers: Rahul Sarda, Atul Swamy
Auditors:
CA Satchidanand A Ranade, Partner, SPJV & CO
C-102, Devgiri Apts, Ganeshmala, Sinhagad Road, Pune 411030
Bankers:
ICICI Bank Ltd,
Kothrud Branch, Plot no.1, S. No. 15/1, Sarthak Terraces, Opp. Gandhi Lawns, Pune 411 052
Shri Laxmikrupa Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd.
Siddharth Chambers, Kothrud, Pune 411029.
Indian Overseas Bank
Dahanukar Colony, Kothrud, Pune 411029.
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Funding Partners during 2013-14:
1.
Sir Peter Ustinov Foundation & German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ)
2.
Global Fund for Children (GFC)
3.
Give India
4.
Godparents.in Foundation
5.
Give Foundation USA
6.
Volkart Foundation
7.
Global Giving
8.
Samhita
9.
Let’zChange Foundation
10.
Jindal Foundation
11.
Seva Sahayog
12.
Infosys Technology
13.
Prorigo Software Pvt. Ltd.
14.
Caring Friends
15.
Trent Ltd.
Individual donors who have paid Rs 25,000 or more :
1.
Mrs. Neesha Kharva
2.
Mrs. Madhuri Dalal
3.
Mr. Sachin Nambiar
4.
Mr. Anil Devnani
5.
Mr. Karthik Ranganathan
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Networking Partners:
Major Milestones of the Organization:
2002-Registered under
Society Registration Act,
library & study centers
and awareness programs
in a slum
2009- Listed by
Godparents.in foundation
2006- Programs in 2
slums and 3 schools
2010- Accredited by
Credibility Alliance,
Received ‘Outstanding
Annual Report Award’,
Initiated Vocational
Training for youth
2012- Expanded work to Bhor Block
to implement ‘Inclusive Education
for Socially Disadvantaged peopleIndia Country Project’ in
collaboration with Sir Peter Ustinov
Foundation and German Ministry
2008-Listed by Give
India, Implemented
ICICI Bank sponsored
‘Read to Lead’ Project
for 1 year
2011- Listed by Global
Giving, funding support
-Volkart Foundation and
Global Fund for
Children, received Dhyas
Social Excellence Award
2011
2013- Received organizational development
grant from Global Fund for children to
strengthen our systems in financial,
management and monitoring and
evaluation programs, Partnered with
Samhita
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Performance Report 2013-14:
Core Programs / Projects:
• Learning Centers
• Sponsorship Program
• Skill Development Program
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Program Impact in numbers (during 2013-14)
Beneficiaries from
Slums in Pune
Beneficiaries from
Rural Project in
Bhor
No of children received
school bag and note books
936
479
1415
No of children enrolled in
Learning centers
543
175
718
No of children under Early
childhood Care and Education
(Preschool)
30
11
41
No of Youth received
Vocational Training
174
71
245
No of Adolescents and Young
women benefitted from Craft
and Embroidery Classes
106
97
203
No. Of Adolescents attended
Life Skill Sessions
239
101
340
No of Children participated in
various co-curricular activities
like study tour and Summer
camp
1212
701
1913
No. of Children under
Sponsorship Program
359
21
380
560
360
No. of Children attended
Health Check up
170
-
170
No. of Children received
Career guidance
93
155
248
Particular
No. of Parents attended
various Awareness sessions
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Total No. Of
Beneficiaries
920
Learning Centers:
‘Play & Learn centers’ and ‘Activity oriented study centers’ are set up for the children coming from
lower socio-economic and educational background. IDEA Team has modified teaching- learning
methodology based on its own experience as well as from lessons shared by other NGOs.
Presently there are 27 Learning centers located in Pune slums and villages in Bhor. As the name
indicates, the ‘Play & Learn Centre’ educates children in class 1 to 4 through educational games, songs
and dance, with an intention to develop an interest in schooling along with a strong educational
foundation in them. The focus is on enhancing the reading, writing, comprehension and arithmetic
skills of the children. Children in class 5 to 7 attend the ‘Activity oriented study centers’. Here they
develop a habit of regular study supervised by a trained teacher. Each child gets individual attention in
studies. The teachers follow a standardized syllabus and a time table. Children attend the centers
either before or after school for around 2 hours, starting with a few exercises for improving
concentration followed by reading a small story / passage every day ,children learn the lessons preplanned by the teachers . Last one hour is kept aside for self-learning, supported by the teacher, if
necessary. Children look forward to Saturdays to learn many new things through play and activities.
Along with the co-curricular activities planned by their teachers, involvement of volunteers is an
attraction for the children. Sports competition, Children’s Fun Fair (Balmelawa), Celebrations of special
days, learning science through fun, Math Workshop are some of the curricular and co-curricular
activities held during the year in all the Learning centers apart from the regular routine.
The Learning Centers are supported by Global Fund for Children, Volkart Foundation, GiveIndia, Sir
Peter Ustinov Foundation and GlobalGiving.
There is a remarkable improvement in school attendance, achievement level and interest of children in
regular schooling. Yet we need to do a lot to improve their arithmetic skills and English Language skills.
We have observed positive changes in the motivational level of parents too; they attend parents'
meeting regularly. Some of them come to meet the teacher in the centre voluntarily.
Beneficiary Coverage of Learning Centers:
Sr. No.
Type of Center
No. of Centers (in
Pune and Bhor)
No. of Students
1
Play and Learn Center
16
413 (233 Girls + 180 Boys)
2
Study Center
11
296 (161 Girls + 135 Boys)
Total
27
709
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A Comparative Study on achievement level of children:
We conducted a study on the achievement level of children attending learning centers and children
who are not attending IDEA centers in three slums. It was encouraging to see that the performance of
children in IDEA Center was better than the Non centre children in 3 subjects like English, Mathematics
and Marathi. A vast difference in the performance of Mathematics was seen in level 1. (Only 8.1%
children from IDEA centre got less than 40 % marks whereas 26.8% non-center children got less than
40%). In Marathi all IDEA Children were above 40% in Level 1 while 7.3 % non center children scored
below 40 % marks. The inputs given by IDEA like training to teachers in Mathematics, use of teaching
Aids, games and regular monitoring have improved the achievement of the students. We are
undertaking more capacity building programs for our teachers to increase the performance of children
in level 2.
Level 1: Class 3 & 4. Level 2: Class 5, 6 & 7
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Sponsorship Program:
The educational sponsorship is given to needy children from class 3 to class 12 and above if needed.
The Program is supported by individual donors either through Giveindia and Godparent foundation,
Caring Friends, TRENT Ltd, Symantec or donation in kind and cash collected by IDEA. 380 children
received benefits like school materials, uniform / civil dress, school and coaching class fees and
opportunities for their all round development through co-curricular activities. Sensitization and
awareness programs for parents on adolescent issues and importance of education, Right to Education
Act, Right of the child etc were held frequently. Life skill sessions on gender equality, child abuse, love
and friendship, leadership development were organized for the youth. Our collective effort for the
empowerment of youth resulted in formation of a youth group. 15 young girls and boys are actively
involved in organizing some of our activities like craft and art, joy of giving week, yoga, exercise, fun
games, felicitation program, and summer camps. IDEA has built a strong sense of ownership which
they continue to pass on to others.
Donor wise distribution of children in Pune under the Sponsorship Program
Donor
Give India
Godparent
Individual donors
IDEA General
Caring Friends
Trent
Symantec
Total
Number of children
Boys
Girls
32
83
20
40
21
9
28
42
17
43
1
20
6
18
125
255
Total
115
60
30
70
60
21
24
380
• Our Champions: In 2013, 48 sponsored students of IDEA succeeded in 10th Exam.
Cheers to our top Scorers:
Pradnya Paigude-93%,
Nutan chavan-90%,
Ankita Thakur- 86%,
Somnath Kangude- 83%,
Shubhangi Taware-82% and
10 more students got above 70%
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Felicitation Program:
Every year IDEA takes pleasure in organizing the Annual Felicitation program. It was held on 31st
August 2013 at Tridal Hall, Zala society, Kothrud, Pune.
Dr. Dilip Garud, guest speaker of the function is a retired Principal & an expert in storytelling.
He motivated children to set goal in life through moral stories of great persons. He also talked
about roles and responsibility of the youth in family and society.
Dr. Vijay Kulkarni, Chief Guest is Associate Professor in Social Work College. He is also a Board
member of IDEA. IDEA felicitated 76 sponsored students of 9th, 10th and 12th standard for their
excellent performance in their annual examination.
Distribution of school material
Session with youth group
Best Motivated Mother
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Skill Development Program:
Skill Development project is basically for the youth struggling for livelihood. Many a times youth in
slums face problems like poverty, lack of interest in education, lack of guidance, household
responsibilities which leads to illiteracy or lack of awareness. The youth could not be enrolled in school
either due to their over age for school. So after a need assessment a vocational training program was
started to provide a second chance for education. This gave them recognition and skills for their
livelihood.
Vocational Training:
Total 245 students have completed training in
Beautician, Tailoring, Nursing, Spoken English and
Retail Marketing in 2013-14. Courses are
conducted at 3 centers in Pune and one center in
Bhor. Beneficiaries of Spoken English, Computer
and embroidery course are college students.
Tailoring class
Course
Duration
No of Trainees (May
2013 to April 2014)
in Pune and Bhor
No of trainees employed
after completion
Beautician
4 months
53
14 (20 are self employed)
Basic Nursing
6 months
7
3
Retail Marketing
2 months
4
2
Tailoring
4 months
107 (under training)
65
Spoken English
2 months
25
-
Computer literacy
2 months
35
-
Hand embroidery
1 to 2
months
14
-
245
84
Total
Visit to Tailoring unit: 22 ladies visited Tailoring unit of one of the famous sports material production
centre and were surprised to see tremendous scope in garment industry. They saw all kinds of
machinery, raw material and the whole process of tailoring.
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Case study of Nayna :
Nayna is a young and cheerful lady from a low income community. Her native place got affected by
construction of a dam and the entire village was displaced. Nayna and her 2 sisters dropped out in
7th and 8th in the process of rehabilitation to a new place. Her father was a keertankar and her
mother used to do labor work. Nayna has been very hard working and patient girl from childhood.
She got married at the age of 18. Her husband is 9th pass and works as a local bus conductor. They
were very happy in the initial few years. Their daughter was born in 2 years. But very soon Nayna
could trace her husband’s secret affair with another lady. To make it worse he started beating
Nayna. Separation was the only way but she kept quiet looking at her daughter. She neither had
education nor any skill to stand on her own feet. Moreover, she had no courage to face the
challenges of being a single woman and a single parent. But she had the courage to live with such
husband for 10 years.
She always had an urge to be independent and this incident made her strong to step out. She heard
about IDEA Foundation from women in neighborhood and within no time she completed Beautician
course in 2011 as part of vocational training program of IDEA. She completed an internship with a
local beauty parlor and worked with them for Rs 2000 a month. Then she found a job in another
parlor where she got an opportunity to grasp new techniques of hair dressing. She was very excited
and decided to go for the advance course in the similar line. She requested the master trainer from
the same parlor to deduct the fees from her monthly salary of Rs. 3000 for learning advance
techniques.
Today, Nayna works for a famous beauty parlor and earns a respectable salary of Rs. 10,500 a
month. It has been an amazing ride to start from a drop out to a stand out! Nayna is earning more
than her husband does and it gives her immense pride. He does not beat her anymore. Her daughter
is 8 years old and studying in 3rd standard. Her status in the family has increased and it has a
positive effect on her relationship with husband.
She thanks IDEA for bringing about a change in her personality. ‘‘It was a big change in my speech
and overall standard of living”, she admits. IDEA is proud to see her visualize her own beauty parlor
in next 10 years.
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Craft and Art
We run Craft and Art classes in Pune and Bhor. Many drop outs and young women are benefitting from
these activities. They learn to make paper articles, jelly candles, mehendi work, glass and fabric
painting, pen stand and artificial jewellery making. The articles are displayed and sold during NGO fairs
and exhibitions at various places. They get a small but regular income by undertaking work order in the
neighborhood.
Many women are very proud to utilize their skills like tailoring, craft and Art in their household after
completion of training. Total 197 women completed Craft & Art classes through IDEA in 2013-14 and
most of them are earning a supplementary income.
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Pallavi- A Budding Artist:
Pallavi has an inborn talent of creativity. Private
classes for learning craft were too expensive and
far from her home. IDEA center was close to
home. She enrolled for craft and art class and
was very excited to learn different varieties. She
could complete this class along with her college
education. She acquired formal education as
well as art forms like paintings, jewelry making
etc. She has flair in paper quilling. She takes
orders and sells paper made jewelry in her
neighborhood and also in exhibitions. A timid
girl is now become confident enough to take up
a jewelry designing profession in the coming
years. She is teaching this art to the new batches
of IDEA and earning a supplementary income
which gives her immense satisfaction. Pallavi
does not like a routine job and therefore plans
to build a career in this field. Though the talent
was inborn through IDEA it was discovered and
well groomed.
Dangles she made!
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SPECIAL PROJECTS
1. Inclusive Education for socially disadvantaged people –India Country Project
IDEA’s holistic approach in dealing with Education for All has invited global attention and selected to
implement “Inclusive Education for Socially Disadvantaged People- India Country Project” which is
being funded by German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) & Sir Peter
Ustinov Foundation (SPUF). This Project is part of a Project titled “Inclusive Education in Action:
Worldwide Experiences” implemented in 5 developing countries & IDEA is the implementing partner in
India.
This project is implemented in 25 schools, a few slums and many villages in Bhor Block in Pune district.
Major activities under the project are:• Survey & Need assessment
The objective was to identify & implement school specific and community specific interventions. Total
25 schools, 10 villages and 185 households from 5 slum communities were surveyed initially &
periodically. The survey findings helped us to have data and need assessment for implementing school
specific & community specific interventions.
• Capacity building of Staff
The project staff received training in English Language, communication skills as well as Inclusive
Education and Right to Education Act (RTE).
• School level interventions
The school level interventions include Capacity Building of teachers, parents & School Management
Committee (SMC) members, programs for School Quality improvement & initiatives for creating an
interesting school environment for students
Capacity Building of teachers included workshops on Right to Education Act (RTE) & Activity Based
Learning (ABL) , Personality Development, Understanding roles, importance of creativity, problem
solving in teaching, Training on Reading skills, Use of teaching aids on Math & Science, importance of
Storytelling in classroom teaching etc.
Capacity building of SMC members & parents included exposure visit for teachers and SMC members
to 'model schools' and awareness program on RTE.
Interventions we had taken for School Quality improvement include supporting 6 schools to implement
ABL, Implementation of e-Learning in 8 schools, Provision of Mathematics kit, Soft board, Sports
materials, Musical instruments etc.
Children in class 10 were benefited through career guidance programs and Model Question & Answer
papers.
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Our initiatives for creating an interesting school environment for students included children's club
activities like life skill education, spoken English classes & art & craft, competitions on essay, elocution,
drawing and summer camp.
• Community level interventions
Along with the school level interventions, we worked with the villages and slum communities close to
the selected schools. These interventions started with awareness on RTE & Role of SMC in school
development, developing a local Resource team to impart Art & craft classes for girls and women, Life
Skill Education for young girls, Vocational Training in Tailoring & Computer, Study - cum- activity classes
for children, Sessions on Women’s health awareness & child abuse
• Experience sharing session with Mr. Andreas Wenzel (SPUF Representative)
This sharing session was to discuss the interventions undertaken under the IE project in Bhor & to
share their views and first impact. Thirteen headmasters attended in this session. In this session
Successful interventions were discussed & the areas where more focus has to be given were identified.
The head masters understood the IE project more clearly & the SPUF representative got a firsthand
understanding on the IE Interventions undertaken by IDEA
• Project Sharing with International partners
The Project Coordinator has participated in the international meeting and field visit in South Africa to
understand the ' best practices' adopted in the Inclusive Education Project in other countries like South
Africa, Ghana ,Burkina Faso and to share the experiences of India Country project with other country
partners of the Inclusive Education Project. It helped us to be focused on the objectives of the IE
project and to make necessary modifications in the activities to achieve the project goals.
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A few case studies from the field
Sana (name changed) - the budding leader!
Sana lives with her parents and siblings in Dhangwadi village in Bhor Block, Maharashtra. Her father is
a welder and mother is a housewife. She has one brother who is also schooling.
Like many other village girls, Sana also goes to a Government primary school, devoid of any
opportunities for bringing out the hidden talents in them.
Sana being an active girl by nature, started participating in all the co-curricular activities under the IE
India Country project in her school. Introduction of co-curricular activities is an initiative to create an
interesting atmosphere in school. She became one of the best members in the Children’s club. The
children’s club initiative has started with an objective to bring out the best in children by creating
various opportunities for their talent development. Art & Craft sessions, Life Skill education, English
Enhancement program, exposure visit, encouragement in sports activities, introducing stories to
improve learning skills etc are part of the children’s club activities adopted to achieve this goal. Apart
from creating opportunities for children, the club also focuses on a ‘child to child’ approach.
Sana attended all the above activities with great interest, her overall development within a few months
time was amazing .We have also noticed the leadership skills in Sana. She started taking a lead in all
programs. The guidance and motivation of her teachers and Social Workers also contributed towards
her overall development.
Sana regularly conducts Craft & art sessions and reading activities for the younger children in school.
She guides children in various types of paper art , paper quelling, greeting card making & various other
craft .
Sana’s School teacher says ‘children in rural areas lack only opportunities not talent ‘.
Recently during a session with her Social Worker, Sana said “I got an opportunity to learn many things
in school, now I will teach these skills to my friends and younger children in my village “. The Social
Worker was overwhelmed to hear this from Sana. Opportunities coupled with parental support can
create many budding leaders like Sana.
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Kasurdi Fishermen community on the path of change - A case study
Tribal community (fishermen) in Kasurdi -one of the project areas of the Inclusive Education Project in
Bhor- has around 25 households. These families have migrated around 25 years ago from a remote
village. In the initial years of their struggle the people felt happy and lucky if they could earn money for
one square meal a day. Children’s education was the last item on their priority list. The living condition
was extremely poor. On top of all the male members in the family were addicted to cheap alcohol. The
family never had money to buy clean clothes or toiletries. The women and the children had to suffer
everything silently. The vicious cycle of ‘Poverty-unhygienic living condition-theft – alcoholismilliteracy and poverty’ kept them away from the people of the main village.
When we started our work in this community in 2012, there were 25 children who were in the school
going age (6 to 14 years) but only 6 children were attending school though others were also enrolled
in School. Every year around 5 to 6 months the parents had to move from one place to another
depending on the availability of fish in the river; children too accompanied the parents during this
period depriving them of educational facilities. Because of this children were not keen on education
and disliked going to school.
We started an activity oriented study center in this community, provided school materials for children,
held awareness programs for parents on education, health & hygiene and also helped the families to
get benefits of welfare schemes of the Government for them . Women are also learning tailoring to
earn an additional income.
All these resulted in a gradual change in the behavior and attitude of grandparents & parents . They
have also realized the need for regularly sending their children to school for creating an interest in
them to study. They now leave their children in the care of the elderly while they move from the
community in search of work.
Today we are happy that ALL children in 6 to 14 years in this small community are attending school.
Katkari community receiving solar lamps
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2. Promoting Science & Maths:
To boost children’s interest in science and mathematics various activities were planned for different
age groups. Objective was to get children interested in the subjects, to motivate and inspire
adolescents through career guidance in science and maths and to promote science education among
girls by sponsoring them. The method we used was innovative teaching-learning aids in the study
centers, practical learning of selected students in exploratory and exposure visits science parks etc. 2
mentors were provided in study centers. As part of this project, presentations and video clips on solar
system, different human body systems, natural disasters and nutrition were shown to study centre
children studying from 5th to 7th Standard. A workshop was organized at Muktangan Science
Exploratory, Pune for the students interested in core Science field. A practical session in the laboratory
and interaction with experts from respective fields was an extraordinary experience for them.
As part of National Science Day celebration, Junkyard Genius Science Competition was organized by
Science Exploratory. Tejas and Akshay from IDEA won 3rd prize among 150 participants. They made an
electronic door bell from the used material provided to them. They are studying in 10th standard and
both want to pursue science stream further.
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Voluntary Contribution:
IDEA’s attempts towards minimizing disparity in the society are always supported by many individual &
corporate volunteers. A brief note about their efforts this year:
• Systems Plus Technologies: Volunteers of Systems plus Technologies took responsibility of a
study centre at Hadapsar last three years back. Apart from the educational guidance given by
the volunteers to children in the centre, they celebrated Children’s Day, Independence Day and
the festivals with the children with fun filled events. They have also sponsored events like
sports day and snacks to children on many occasions. The company and its volunteers also
arranged for the transportation cost and served as care takers of the children in the centre
during Balmelava. They also represented IDEA during Pune Marathon and sponsored prizes
during Annual sports event of IDEA.
• Symantec: Under our ‘Joy of Learning Science and Mathematics’ Project, two active volunteers
from Symantec- Atul Swamy and Rahul Sarda were mentoring students in Higher secondary
classes to solve their difficulties in the subjects like Math, Science, Biology and English. They
were also a big help during Sports event, Running event and Balmelava.
• Vodafone: Volunteers from Vodafone conducted sessions on Road Safety for IDEA children.
They also participated in various ways like storytelling, teaching word power games and songs
and basics of English Language.
• NMIMS Interns developed modules for science presentations and also conducted experimental
sessions in all the IDEA study centers
Volunteer speaks:
Jayna Patel: "िजंदगी ने हमे एक खूबसूरत मौका िदया. िजंदगी ने हमे मुलाकात करवाई IDEA FOUNDATION से. जहा हमे
इतने सारे बचो का यार िमला. और शमा मॅम, आपका साथ िमला. ये पल हमारी िजंदगी के बह
त हसीन पल थे. जहाँ हमे बचो क
जादू क झपी िमली. ये सारे िदन हमे बह
त याद आएँ ग.े और IDEA FOUNDATION ने हमे सोसायटी के िलए, और इन सब मासूम
बचो के िलए काम करने का एक शुभ अवसर िदया. थॅकं यु सो मच IDEA FOUNDATION!'
(Life gave us a beautiful opportunity. Life introduced us to Idea Foundation, where we received love
from all those children; and Shama mam, your cooperation as well. These are delightful moments in my
life, where I received a miraculous hug from the kids. These days will be remembered a lot. Idea
Foundation gave us an auspicious opportunity to work for the society, to work for these innocent
children. Thank you so much IDEA FOUNDATION!)
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Payal Aarya:
"The teaching experience at idea foundation has been
enriching and satisfying more so for the fact the students I
taught passed with flying colors. The kids help me grow as a
better individual with each passing experience. Thank you Idea
foundation for providing me with opportunities to serve the
ones in need."
Donor speaks:
Amit Bhansali:
“I have known IDEA organization for about 5 years now. I have
personally met them twice over this period to understand their
working and provide any help that is needed. Both times, I have
been humbled by all the work and effort that the organization and
their employees put to provide educational, emotional, and most
importantly a positive support to all the children they have. I also
admire their continuous counseling efforts with the families to
make the development of a child a cumulative effort and cover all
aspects of their life and not just what they learn at school. With
Godparents.in, i have seen them grow and have appreciated their prompt feedback to any of the
suggestions or questions that we have had. They are doing an excellent job and i am sure will continue
to do so to give hopes to many looking to make a difference in the world."
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Activities through Networking:
• In March 2014, annual health check up was conducted for all children. Along with this,
Hemoglobin (HB) testing for women was also organized in collaboration with ICDS (Integrated
Child Development Scheme) and local doctors. It was disturbing to know that 72% girls who
were examined were detected with anemia; another 22% were with borderline anemia and
only 6% girls were not anemic. IDEA provided them with Iron and folic acid tablets and with
multivitamin syrup as prescribed by Doctor. Guidance for nutritional diet and medical help is
also being provided for those women. As part of these efforts, an awareness session on anemia
and nutrition was held on 18th April 2014 in the community
• Children's Day was celebrated on 14th November, 2013 in collaboration with 5 other NGOs by
organizing games and drawing competition for the children. This event was organized by ARC
(Action for the Rights of Child)
• All IDEA Study Centers are now equipped with mini portable Libraries and Pratham books are made
available.
• Sports Day was organized by KOOH Sports on 15th Dec 2013 for which 17 children from our centers
have participated.
• In association with BHAASHA which literally means LANGUAGE a weekly activity oriented session
on reading, enacting and craft work was conducted in our study centers. It basically aimed at
improving language skills of the children.
• Awareness program on Superstition: On 20th Jan 2014 awareness programs were held in 3
communities simultaneously. It was in collaboration with ARC (Action for the Rights of Children)
and about 150 to 200 people were present in each community. By using simple methods the
resource persons demonstrated how people become prey to superstitions. Spectators of the
event shared their experiences and said that the event was an eye-opener for them.
• International Women's Day: IDEA celebrated the day by organizing sessions on 'Understanding
Oneself' in Shravandhara slum, Kothrud. It was held in collaboration with Tej Gyan Foundation.
35 women (mothers of the study centre children and sponsored children) were present and
said that this session gave them a sense of self respect as none of the family members also
wished them on this day.
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Training and Workshops:
• All the staff members received training on Monitoring & Evaluation of Programs imparted by
the consultant Mrs. Parinita Pal. Accountant & the senior staff members received training on
Financial Management from Center for Promoting Accountability (CPA), a sister concern of
Financial Management Service Foundation (FMSF). These training programs were of one year
duration with the funding support from Global Fund for Children ( GFC)
• 2 staff members participated in a workshop on Child Abuse conducted by Awakening Jagruti
and 2 staff members participated in a workshop on Fund Raising organized by Guide Star
• Program Manager attended Satara Hill Marathon meeting and ‘Open House for NGOs’ for
forthcoming Cyclotron Godrej Eon Tour De India, 2013 organized by Samhita, Mumbai. He
participated in ‘Inspired Workshop’ Organized by Teach for India. He also attended training on
‘Learn to manage your data’ conducted by GYAN (I Volunteer) and ‘Thinking Classroom
Program’ organized by Guide Star.
• Two study center teachers attended training for teachers organized by Khelghar, Palakneeti
Parivar, Pune
• Accountant participated in a training program on Accounting in NGOs conducted by Guide Star.
• 3 exposure visits were organized for the staff: Shashwat NGO, Dimbhe, Wablewadi School and
Rivca Sahil Akshar Institute, Wai.
Promotional Events:
• Participation in an exhibition organized by ‘Dene Samajache’ from 27th to 29th September
2013
• Participated in ‘Joy of Giving Week’ by putting up a ‘Wish Tree’ & exhibition-cum-sale of Art &
craft materials of women in Phoenix Mall, Emerson and Cognizant. Great response was
observed in sale and donations
• Pre-Diwali exhibitions were held at Ishanya Mall, Tata Business Support Services and Shailesh
hall from 19th to 21st October 2013
• An exhibition was put up at Ganga Satellite, Wanorie on Women’s Day.
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Evaluation and future plans:
Under our vocational training project, we had expected a maximum number of candidates to get
employed after completion of our vocational training program. But we fell short in achieving that
target this year. However, we continue our efforts in the same spirit and plan to expand our work in
different areas especially in vocational training and study centers. We also look forward to collaborate
and network with some other NGOs for undertaking activities relating to education.
We are in the process of networking with a school of Fashion Technology in Pune and reputed Beauty
parlors to provide additional professional skills to the students. It will provide more skills and more job
opportunities for them.
Acknowledgment:
We gratefully acknowledge the help of all our supporters and well wishers in our endeavor in
education. Some of them are listed below:
1. Sir Peter Ustinov Foundation & German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ) for giving IDEA an opportunity to be part of a worldwide initiative.
2. Volkart foundation and Global Fund for Children (GFC) for the funding support for our
Community Learning Centers.
3. GiveIndia, Godparents. In and Global Giving for the unit based funding support.
4. Symantec Software India Pvt .Ltd, TRENT Ltd, Prorigo Software Private Limited and Caring Friends
for the funding support
5. Guide star India, LetzChange & Samhita for listing us as a Credible NGO.
6. Credibility Alliance for awarding Accreditation status to IDEA.
7. Seva Sahayog and Infosys – CSR group for providing School kits for children.
8. Shoppers stop for engaging their employees in activities for children and women.
9. Education Departments of Pune & Bhor for granting us permission to work in the schools run by
them.
10. ‘i-Volunteer’ for fulfilling part of our need for volunteers during major events and events for
children.
11. System Plus for taking complete charge of running a study centre in Hadapsar .
12. Bharathi Vidyapeeth’s Social Science Centre; Karve Institute of Social Science, Tilak Maharashtra
Vidyapeeth, Pune and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management studies, Mumbai for placing
students for internship.
13. Ishanya Foundation, Phoenix Mall, Artistry, Seva Sahayog, Cognizant, Emerson, Tata Business
Support Services for providing opportunity to take part in the yearly NGO Fair.
14. Pratham Books for donating books for our libraries and Bhaasha for conducting sessions in our
centers
15. All resource persons, volunteers and interns who have been associated with us.
16. Donors like Neesha Kharva for their funding support for our Vocational Training Project.
17. All our volunteers (names mentioned earlier) who have contributed for the cause we are
working.
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Financial Statements:
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Appeal for Donation:
We need support to expand our reach to more slums and rural communities. You can help us by:
Sponsoring one or more child:
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Educational support – Rs.5000/- per child per year.
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Sponsoring a youth for vocational course. Rs. 3500/ per student.
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Donating any amount for the activities undertaken by IDEA.
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Donating any amount to our general fund or corpus fund.
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Volunteering the activities run by us.
How to make donations:
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Send a cheque, payable at Pune or DD – In favor of ‘Foundation for Initiatives in Development and
Education for All (IDEA)
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Direct deposit to our bank account, under intimation to us. (Donors from India & NRIs)
-Name of the Bank - ICICI Bank LTD, Kothrud Branch, Pune.
-Name of the account holder - Foundation for Initiatives in Development and Education for All (IDEA)
-Account no: - 033801004401
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Donate through Giveindia website
http://www.giveindia.org/m-858-idea-foundation.aspx
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Donate through Godparents.in website
http://www.godparents.in/FindAChild_IDEA.aspx
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Donate through Global Giving US website
http://goto.gg/7584
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Donate through Global Giving UK website
https://www.globalgiving.co.uk/7584
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Donate to our projects on LetzChange
https://letzchange.org/nonprofits/idea/
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Creative Activities
SPUF - IDEA bringing joy in their life
Story telling session in school
on Literacy Day
Tailoring class in Bhor
WE created logo for SPUF
IDEA's Vision :
A just society where individuals have access to
equal opportunity
Mission :
To create equal opportunities for the underprivileged
sections of society for their all round development
Contact details of IDEA:
020-2544 0615/ 98901 19732/ 9730261878
E-mail: contact@ideafoundation.org.in / foundation.idea@yahoo.com
Website: www.ideafoundation.org.in
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