Asha for Education TM
Project Proposal Submission Form
P.O. Box 322New York. NY 10040-0322
Project Name: “To promote right based approach on education,health, nutrition & skill develop training for marginalized slum girls 9-19 Years”
Date: 28th March 2010
Project Contact / Asha ContactName / Trinita Society for Social Education and Health Research / Padmanava Sen
Address / 19, Kankulia Road, Kolkata-700 029 / Atlanta GA
Phone(s) / 033 24417019 (office) 9433079313 (mobile)
Fax / NIL
E-mail / ,trinita.in @gmail.com /
Part I : Information about your group/organization
Please feel free to attach any additional sheets and/or information such as brochures, press reports etc. attached brochure
1.Name of the group/ organization requesting funds.
Trinita Society for Social and Health Research
2.When was the group established?
Group established on Dec 1997 and Registered under society registration Act 1961, on 23rd July 2001
3.Briefly described the motivation for starting this group.
The motivation for starting the group was inspired by the need to help, organize program and motivate the poor people living in the slums. Looking at the appalling conditions of health and education in the slums of Kolkata, Howrah and neighboring areas as also in other districts, a group of women social activists and doctor to work for uplifting the conditions of these poor people in the distress and to meet the challenge of the day with their active participation where they will act as a change agent for their society.
The low social status of women and children coupled with unsanitary and unsafe living conditions which live makes the children are very vulnerable physically, socially and economically. Under these circumstances, there is a grate need for extending integrated package of intervention specially for the these privileged malnourished and school drop-out children in order to improve their condition and provide them with an opportunity for a better and meaningful life.
4.Briefly described the aims of your group.
The aims of this group has been to promote all round sustainable alternative development process through bottom up approach, ensuring target group participation and social security for healthy and meaningful life.
5.Does your group have any religious or political affiliation ? If yes, pleasure describe the type of affiliation and the reason for it.
No
6.What non education-related community development activities is your group involved in ?
- Health Check up and health awareness camp – Once a month with free medicine distribution.
- Health Camp – like diabetic camp (free of cost blood test and medicine distribution, Hepatitis-B vaccination camp.
- Vocational training – Providing vocational training for adolescent girls & Village Women & women inmates in jail
- Bank Account open- Opened bank account for 250 child labour.
- Food &Nutrition programme – for street & working children and children in jail
- Children’sday, Teachers day, 15th August, 23rd and 26th January celebrations
- World AIDS Day , Environment Day,Women’s Day Celebration etc.
- Women empowerment – set-up training –cum- production unit
- Girls club centre Set –up
- Computer centre set –up for adolescent boys & girls
- Quilting training for adolescent Girls
- Design workshop on jute product
- Sports , picnic & exposure visit for children
Part II : Details about your educational project/s
7.List the school/s run by your group, and their locations. If you are requesting funds for only a few of several schools, please specify which one/s
List of school/s run by your group, and their location. if you are requesting funds for only a few of several school, please specify which one/s.
Sl No / Name of school / Location / No. of School1 / National Child labour School & non formal school / Ultadnaga, Ward No.-13 & 6 / 2
2 / Centre for Adolescent girls / Topsia
Tiljala
Tangra
Ultadanga
Maruti Bagan / 4
1
1
2
1
3 / School for working children / Topsia
Tiljala
Tangra
Maruti Bagan / 4
1
2
1
4 / School for National child labor children & NFE Centre / Chinsurah , Hooghly , / 1
5 / Non formal centre in correctional home for children of inmates and in ghughumari / Cooch Behar / 2
Requesting funds only for adolescent girls at Topsia no of.School-4 Tiljala-1, Tangra -1,Ultadanga canal side-1, maruti bagan -1 , bypass side - 1
8.Location of School/s Urban Rural Other
Specify the type of education provided (e.g.basic literacyAlphabetical & Numerical along with Skills enhancement and vocational training etc.√)
Back up support for school going girls
bridge course for school drop out girls
Alternative education for non school going girls
10.Please tell us about your teaching techniques (conventional vs. alternative).
Alternative modern technique and environmental studies
11.What is the literacy rate in the local community ?
The literacy rate in the slum community of Kolkata based areas is around 30% to 40 % .
12.Describe the socio-economic background of the children and their parents (e.g. education, occupational). If any of your students are employed, please tell us about that as well.
The area selected for the project during our need assessment study on the specific and selected target group through surveyby PRA methodology. The people of the project area living under BPL category and till date out of developmental process. And socially, economically and culturally they are living in a very bad shape, attitude of anti social activities, alcoholism, drug addiction, sexual and girl child exploitation and abuse are predominant and common in the area.
Female child’s particularly adolescent education and health care services is still neglected , high rate of illiteracy , school drop out , exploitation ,early marriage , early motherhood , low self esteem are prevalent and contribute to make them vulnerable. Girls are not getting adequate opportunities and social security under strong social stigma and conservative family system.
They are also thus deprived from recreation, game, education, emotional development, which are very essential to healthy growth for children’s mind and soul.
They have to live their life in extremely unhygienic condition without minimum sanitary and minimum cleanliness facility. They do not get rest and sufficient nutritional food and any medical care or attention. Each family has approximately 5-8 children who are deprived of all basic needs.
Some of the student employed as daily labor basis, help the mother with domestic work and rag – picking etc
13.In addition to education, does your group provide any other services to the children in your schools (e.g. food, healthcare, clothing etc.)
Yes, we have been providing them nutrition, primary with healthcare facilities, once a month along with referral health services is also provided clothing during festival times and educational tour etc
14.Does your school have :
Its own building (s)Yes. No.1Number and type of classroom (e.g. pucca)-1
Yes NoYes No Yes No
Toilets Playground Toys
Chairs & Tables Black board Library
Drinking water Electricity Computers
Laboratory Teaching aids (e.g. books/ slates)
15.How many children are currently enrolled in your school (s) ?
Male -519Female -692Age Range -6-19
16.How many staffs are employed at your schools?
Teachers 25Minimum Qualification – Higher Secondary
Other staff – 7
17.Average distance the children travel to attend your school.
Within 1 Km
18.How many children have gone through program in the past five years and what are they doing currently ? Please tell us about their future education and employment possibilities.
Approximately 1800 to 2000 children gone through the program and about 600 to 700 mainstreamed in the govt school , drop out from the program, some of them migrated and employed .
Trinita’s main object to mainstreaming children at nearby govt school after completion the basic primary education and giving them back up support of school education and simultaneously giving them skill development training for future livelihood.
19.Do you help your students with their future education efforts after they have passed out of your school?
Yes, we keep in contact with their present school teacher and parents. We also provide them coaching at our coaching center as also some time provide them Text books exercise books and other Stationery requirement etc.
20.Are there any other schools (Kindergarten/ Balwadi, Elementary school, High school) in the area? If so, please list the schools and the range of classes each of them offers.
TiljalaTopsiaby pass ultadanga Tangra
Kindergarten2 20 1 1
Balwadi, 2 01 0 1
Elementary school1 201 1
High school4 41 2 2
21.Is your program different from that provided at these schools? Please explain.
Yes obliviously our program are different. The back up coaching support center run by us is not at our project area and in other side where the children are getting supplementary food , health , with various recreational training. Moreover, our school with street and working children is also different in many away it’s a bottom level approach. and the uniqueness of it is our Parents teachers and Community rapport build up .
22.Why are the children in your school/s not attending Government/ other schools in the local area?
- Parents are not aware about their wards education ,less of interest and poverty etc
- Engaged with work from early childhood ;
- Not available birth certificate
- Parent can’t bear expenses of school.
- Many are 1st Generation of Learners
The children in our child labor school are not attending formal school because they engaged in work for around 16 hrs.a day ( during day time)
In our other school children come because it is absolutely free and they are given free Tiffin, books and also free medical check up and medicine, if necessary. Moreover, the friendly atmosphere of our school makes them very attractive for student from the distressed section of the society.
23.Do you try to involve the parents of the children in the running of the school (e.g. in setting the syllabus etc.)? Please specify.
Yes- we try to convince parents to sent their wards to schools and also discussed with them what we intend to teach. But since all of them are illiterate, the syllabus not discussed with them. Most of the community mother help us for cooking .centre cleaning , provided space for centre always try to support the project.
24.What are your expansion plans for the future (e.g. adding more classes or schools)
Adding more classes and schools both and number of children. We intend to start residential school in Topsia and also concentrated on setting up twoschools in other slum area of kolkata.
25.Do you have any suggestions on how Asha can be a positive influence in changing the education scenario in India?
Asha could play a positive roll in penetrating into the slums of Calcutta and some other district town of West Bengal by spreading literacy, schooling and also vocational education among the poor and the deprived section of the society. After 2-3 years a center may be established in Kolkata to co-ordinate the activities of the region and develop Synergy with concerned Education Dept which would be look after by a partner NGO. A survey could be undertaken to find out the beneficial effect to the NGO& CBO’s it had been supporting .
26.If possible, please provide us with the contact information of two individuals from your community who can describe the impact of your program.
1 / Name / Dhrujyoty Mukherjee / 2 / Name / Sanchita DasAddress / 28.Sura East Road
Kolkata. 700010 / Address / Natun pally ,Budge budge
Kolkata-700 103
Phone / 033 – 23707659 / Phone / 9831034232
- Asha for Education requires reports from its projects every six months to continue funding. Please provide the contact information for the person from your group who will be responsible for these reports.
Name / Shampa Roy
Address / Flat No. D/2/6, ESI Complex, Purbachal, Sec-III, SaltLake, Kolkata-700 097
Phone / (0) 9433079313
Part : III Financial Details.
Please feel free to attach any information such as annual reports, budgets etc.
- What sources fund your group’s activities at present ? List the sources and the current and future funding from each of them. If these funds are meant for a specific part of your group’s activities, please describe those restrictions.
Source of fund / Activities / Specific activities
NCLP( National Child Labour Programme) labor Dept / Special school / Education, health, nutrition, vocational
Thadhani Foundation ,USA / Health Education girls club centre / Health Education, Vocational Training
John Cotcher UK / Hepa ‘B’ Camp and Health Check up ,Women Empowerment / Hepa-‘B’ Camp – health check up camp ,production –cum –training unit
VAN EDU ZIEST (Netherlands) / Rehabilitation prog’ for child labor / Education ,health ,nutrition, hot meal ,recreation etc
Ministry of Textiles
Handicrafts Dept / Design Workshop / Design training
IMPULSIS (Netherland) / Multipurpose training / Computer training,Nght Shelter etc
29.Please provide us with details of your projected budget for the next 3 years:
Year (s) / Recurring Costs / Fixed costs2009 / 1,615,01.00 / 68,200.00
2010 / 1,721,02.00(app) / 41,50,000.00
2011 / 2,175,00.00(approx) / 1000,000.00(app)
10.Salary expenditure details:
Number / Salary rangeTeachers / 25 / 1000- 1500
Paid staff / 7 / 1000- 4000
Volunteer staff / 19
31.Please provide details of the fixed costs of your school/s for the next three years. 500,000.00 (approx)
32.How many of your students pay school fee? Please provide details.
Totally free for education.
33.What amount are you requesting from Asha, and for what specific purpose?
Items / Amount / One time/ AnnualEducational kits 200 girls / @Rs100X200 / 20,000 .00
Health check up with medicine / @Rs2000x4 time / 8,000.00
Tiffin For 200 girls 2 days a week / Rs@5x200x96 days / 96000.00
Contingency(stationery,traveling,center maintenance) / 1000x12m / 12000.00
Honorarium for 8 educators & 1vocatonal trainer / 1500x9x12 / 162,000.00
Raw material for vocational training / @Rs1000 x 12m / 1 2,000.00
Total cost for the year / 3,10,000.00