Education/Vocational Training for Slum Girls

NAAZ WELFARE SOCIETY FOR URBAN & RURAL DEVELOPMENT Office:19/142,Miskinpura,Latur-413512, Maharashtra State, India. Mobile Phone:91+9422657141, E-mail:[email protected] ======

To Executive Director

Subject: Submission of Application for Grant To provide Education and Vocational Training for Slum Children(Girls) Project

Dear Sir,

NWSURD is an organization registered in the year 1998 under The Society Registration Act,1860 and Bombay Public Trust Act,1950 and Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act,1976.As the word denotes NAAZ stands for Natural Accumulation of Affluent Zone and stands for good health and environment. The organization for last five years has been working in the field of Child Rights and Child Protection, promotion of peace and development, development of vulnerable children, etc.

With the enclosed application for grant, We hope that you will kindly go through it and extend your support to our organization.

Sincerely

(Mrs. Nazima Nikhat ) Trustee & Executive Secretary

Please See Attachement:- Project Proposal

About the organisation

Name of the Organization and Address Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development, 19/142, Miskinpura, Latur-413512, Maharashtra State, India Contact Person & Designation Mrs. Nazima Nikhat Ahmed Trustee and Executive Secretary Telephone No. Mobile No. 9422657141 Legal Status Of The Organization Registered under:- Society Registration Act, 1860. Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950. Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976. FCRA No.083910061 (22March,2002) Banking Information: Account No.SB/CA 110 Bank: The Latur Dist. Central Cooperative Bank Ltd, Khadak Hanuman Branch, Latur-413512

Brief History Of The Organisation:

Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working in 165 villages of Latur districts. It was incepted in the year 1998 and since its inception the organisation working with the people towards the economic, social, environment and education promotion of the people. Over the past 06years Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development worked to identify the needs and meet the aspiration of the rural poor and weaker sections through participatory approaches. Awareness raising, community health care, child labour elimination and rehabilitation, environment protection, HIV/AIDS awareness, income generation activities, joint forest planning and management, natural resource management, poverty alleviation, small family concept, sustainable agriculture development, watershed development, women and child development programmes, promotion of local groups and involvement of the groups in development activities are the major thirst areas of the organisation activities.

During the last few years Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development has initiated a lot of activities on Rural Women empowerment through Micro credit and micro enterprise issues.

It was involved in building local groups and strengthening it for the development of villages by involving them in participation methodology. The organisation has undertaken various project and implemented by involving them in the project activities for their village development.

Objectives of the Organisation: - To organize the people to participate in social action process for village self-reliance. - Strengthening the savings habit in rural women and their control over economic resources. - Improving access of women to micro credit - To improve the habitat and environment condition of the villages with appropriate strategies. - To promote participatory exercises for the conservation, development and sustainable of natural resources. - To promote general health of villagers particularly children and women & lactating mothers. - Family oriented approaches. - To discriminate information to the villagers about government development programmes and encourages people to exercise their rights to access to the programme. - To develop healthy relations with government, NGOs and village groups for better implementation of projects and involvement. - To promote assistance to the aged and disabled people. - To lend if support for the development of human rights and work for the welfare of the child labourers.

Activities of the organisation:

- Organising the rural poor people. - Promotion of health & education, women & child development activities - Formation of Self-Help groups, promotion of income generating activities - Non-formal Education schools, activities. - Agriculture, Horticulture promotion, Watershed development activities. - Elimination and Rehabilitation of child labourers. - Networking of local groups & NGOs.

Project Proposal Education/Vocational Training for Slum Girls

Mission: To provide Education and Vocational Training for Slum Children (Girls) Location : Latur Organization Responsible : Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development Number of Beneficiaries : 200 girls directly 1500 people indirectly Amount Requested : £8150

Organization Address : 19/142, Miskinpura, Latur-413512, Maharashtra State, India Organization Profile and Background: Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development was established in 1998 by a group of experienced professionals who had been working in the development field for a long time. The main aim of the organization is to help people (specific target group being women and children of socio–economically weaker sections of society) be aware of their rights to education, good health and self-respect.

Objectives of the Project Project Proposal: Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development has undertaken a program, which aims at the education and vocational training for girl children in slums in Latur , India This project has two objectives/ programs: Girl Child Education Program: Vocational Training:

Project Background and Scope Project Proposal: This project has been started in the following three slums in Latur: 1. Khori Galli, 2. Barkatnagar, 3. Maligalli. The project areas, located in Latur have low electricity, drinking water, or road facilities. The people live in unauthorized colony in 12.5 yards rooms. The men and women living in the slums are primarily engaged in factory work, tailoring, domestic help, drivers, rickshaw pullers or are unemployed.

This project is divided into the following components: Girl Child Education Program: The status of the girls in the community is very poor. The literacy rate among women in the slums is 28%. The girls typically leave school after the 6th grade and many never get the opportunity to go to school due to poor socioeconomic status of the community. The girls are also subjected to constant gender discrimination. Often, parents prefer to send their sons to schools rather than their daughters. The children are also expected to work in order to support the family. Due to lack of adequate educational resources for the girls in the slums Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development felt that there is a strong need for an educational program specifically for girl child education. 200 girls (rag pickers, housemaids and sibling caretakers) were selected by Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development staff. These girls will get direct benefit from this project. At the same time, 1500 other children will get the benefit indirectly, through awareness programs based on this project. The progress of children in this program will be closely monitored and those who are weak in studies will be given extra support from the teachers. Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development’s intention is to make sure that dropout rates be reduced through this project. Awareness meetings and counseling among the community would help remove the gender discrimination that is quite persistent in the community at present. This project will also expose these girls to more opportunities and make them self-reliant. Parents as well as the rest of the slum community will be exposed to the importance of Child Rights through this program. Street and working children will benefit from this program through education opportunities. Vocational Training: A vocational training center at Khori Galli for embroidery / cutting, tailoring has been set up by Naaz Welfare Society for Urban & Rural Development. The girls belonging to economically weaker sections in the slums have to work to support their family income. The vocational training will help these girls to earn some income for their families and at the same time the vocational skill they will learn in the center will help them be more self reliant. Out of the 200 girls selected for the program, 50 girls who belong to the economically weaker group have been enrolled in the vocational training program. During training, the girls will produce tailoring products and at the same time sell them. The money being generated from this project is being used for raw material (and other miscellaneous materials). The program will encourage the girls to keep the money they earn through vocational training to help support their family income and also encourage the girls to open bank accounts in the bank as a group, called the self-help group.

Budget The following table gives the information about the monetary aspects of the project. Item Amount Teachers Salary £2300 Teaching aids £215 Teaching Material £145 Study Tour £214 In-house Training/ meeting £85 Rent of Education center £357 Counselor Salary £714 Library Equipment £357 Tailoring Teachers salary £285 Cost of 10 tailoring machine £371 Rent for Vocational center £514 One helper’s salary £257 Coordinator salary £857 Accounting Charge £428 Office Rent £342 Postage & Telephone £85 Stationery £85 conveyance £214 Office equipment £280 Audit fee £45 Total Grant Requested £8150