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Asha (Urbana-Champaign)
Illini Union, 1401 West Green Street, Room 280, Mailbox #83, Urbana, IL61801 /

CONTRACT

Project:Balia Gram Unnayan Samity

Village –Balia, P.O. – Bahirkhand

Dist. – Hoogly, Pin – 712405

West Bengal, India

Description:Balia Gram Unnayan Samity

  1. Asha (Urbana-Champaign) has decided to support Balia Gram Unnayan Samitywith a grant of $3300 (Three thousand three hundred dollars) for the period April 2007-March 2008. This will be given in a single installment in Sept 2007.
  1. The funds are to be utilized for the following purpose only:
  2. Salaries for 10 pre-primary teachers @ Rs 600/- per month.
  3. Salaries for 13 part-time coaching instructors @ Rs. 400/- per month.
  1. Back payment of salaries for teachers and instructors will not be done for any period before April 2007.
  1. Balia Gram Unnayan Samity is required to submit the names, complete postal addresses (including the telephone number if available) and the educational qualifications of the ten pre-primary teachersand thirteen coaching instructors involved with the project. This information should be sent in not more than two weeks after the funds reach the project.
  1. The fund should be used for paying salaries to only the above mentioned teachers. Any changeswould require prior approval from Asha-UC.
  1. Bimonthly calls: As a chapter policy, we monitor our progress through conference calls every two months. The intention is to familiarize volunteers’ more with the project and to improve our relationship with project partners. Balia Gram Unnayan Samitywill participate in such calls and provide us with any information that Asha-UC may request.
  1. Balia Gram Unnayan Samity will submit to Asha-UC the following by March 2008:
  2. Progress reports (grades etc.) of children covered by this grant over the last six months. Asha-UC will protect the students’ privacy and will not make any of these names public in their original form. We could however change names and make them public.
  3. A narrative annual report from the school which outlines the schools’ activities over the last twelve months.
  4. A financial expenditure summary that contains the following information:
  5. Funds received from Asha-UC, date of receipt.
  6. Budget fields funded by the chapter during approval.
  7. Break up of funds utilized.
  8. Any quantitative description of how the funds utilized helped the organization reach its goals.
  9. Any qualitative (not more than 10 sentences) description of how the funds utilized helped the organization reach its goals.
  10. This summary must be prepared or verified by a registered auditor.
  1. Any volunteer of Asha could visit Balia Gram Unnayan Samity to get on-site feedback and get an understanding of the project’s work. Balia Gram Unnayan Samity will be cooperative with these visits and make all efforts to show the site-visit volunteer around and help him meet children, teachers or guardians as found appropriate.
  1. Any change in contract terms requires prior approval from Asha-UC.
  1. AshaUC reserves the right to cancel the contract or terminate the funding at any point, incase of unsatisfactory progress. Incase of a termination of contract, Balia Gram Unnayan Samity may use the remainder of the money that has already been sent as per the terms of the original contract.

If these conditions are acceptable, please sign below and return this contract to Asha (Urbana-Champaign).

For Balia Gram Unnayan Samity

Name: / Title:
Signature: / Date:

For Asha (Urbana-Champaign)

Name: / Title:
Signature: / Date:

Do you have an FCRA account? If so, please give the name and address the cheque should be drawn up on. If not, how would you like the funds to be transferred to you?