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Annual Report 2010 - 11

Children of Literacy India`s Mohhamadpur @ School Project - Delhi, a slum center VIDYAPEETH has - helped started by had second year volunteers SARIKA running year for AGARWAL & Successful DEEPALI Board DALMIA Examinations Ambience through Learning centre , Whereas in ALC , Open school for Gurgaon has Class V, VIII & A Volunteer another Passionate CLASS Xth. Initiative at the Duo ILA , GHEI & construction site PRIA SOMIAH

This needed and ensured optimum use of courses. These courses are covered under LITERACY INDIA resources while helping us to develop Karigari project of Literacy India. Metamorphosis internally. We have also managed to put in During year under review, 10 beneficiaries place replicable model towards achieving appeared for ‘O’ level exams. The Literacy India started in 1996 with 5 seamless introduction of these tools and beneficiaries have been placed in various children at a construction site in Palam latest techniques to the ever growing reach MNC’s as Office Executive, Sales trainee vihar Gurgaon, today LI has grown to 23 of our operations. and for backend job. centers – 17 centres in Delhi NCR, 3 in Financial year 2010 – 11 has covered work West Bengal, 2 in Rajasthan and 1 in on women and children beneficiaries under Karigari Janani sponsored by GPI Himachal Pradesh, having reached out to Pathshala and Karigari projects very well Foundation last three years touched over more than 17,000 beneficiaries. handled by LI teachers and Project 1200 beneficiaries for vocational training Coordinators. and livelihood programs As we grow, challenges often thought Pathshala Project - This year out of 40 girls insurmountable, were overcome by a who had appeared for 10th board Digital Learning, a high impact, fast dedicated team, never say die spirit, examination, 80% scored more than 60 % learning process has been implemented at goodwill and ever increasing awareness marks and highest was 86 % marks. Few various centers in Delhi NCR, West Bengal about Literacy India’s cause amongst a girls have been selected for ARAWALI as well as implanted as Pilot test module in larger, growing number people and SCHOLARS program. Cyber Cafés to assess the receptivity and corporates, providing us funds and response of children towards digital continued support. In many projects, we 10 children have been targeted for Learning and teaching method. The module have exceeded our own targets and rehabilitation program from street to benefited more than 1600 beneficiaries just expectations. provide shelter and life skill trainings. Out during trial phase. of 10 ,two have been successfully placed for Our core objectives remain the same – vocational training and continuing at Our reach has now spread to remotest place education, empowerment and employment respective centers in Yol Camp, Dharamshala, Himachal of the underprivileged children and woman. Pradesh and Chuikhim in Darjeeling. Over the years, we kept refining our Karigari Project – DOEACC has granted approach strategy, embracing innovative accreditation to Literacy India’s Bajghera and modern tools while adapting to the Centre to conduct ‘O’ level and CCA dynamic changes taking place around us.

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ATTEMPT TO FAST TRACK THE LEARNING IN THE CHILDREN AND MAKE UP FOR THE LOST TIME USING DIGITAL MEANS

VIDYAPEETH accessories, LCD projector and latest audio basics. An educational approach that aims During 2011-12, we are expecting video equipments. Children of Vidyapeeth to capture the interest and imagination of accreditation by NIOS for our middle level are given not only given midmeal but also children, this project is now reaching out classes, covering upto 8th Class. they are exposed to the computer labs to to school drop outs, street children, follow the educational software which is a children who are working as domestic help Number of children on rolls now stands at part of a curricullam - Vidyapeeth Science and illiterate adults. Our reach has grown 650, same as of previous year. lab produced many small innovative to 1250 beneficiaries though its current Accreditation by NIOS will definitely help experiments by the children - Children are strength of 12 centres. Pathshala center enrolment of more students. active in debates , sports like Footbal, model is something easier for LI to Cricket and Marshall Arts.Literacy India replicate in any part of NCR – New centers Qualified, experienced and dedicated staff children have bagged many gold medals in which started are Dharamcolony in Palam continues to be LI’s backbone. Marshal Arts and few of the children will Vihar , Sheetla Colony , Main Gurgaon , soon be contesting National Judo Mohhammadpur , Delhi and Ambience To retain and retrain, LI has been Championship.Vidyapeeth till this year Learning Center behind Ambience Mall for following a systematic growth path had been up to Class Xth and after this the children of construction workers which supported by rationalized, remuneration children are mainstreamed to good schools has slums sprawling behind the Mall. package, at par with local privately nearby and for average students they are managed regular schools. The annual helped with Vocational education , also appraisal system has been formulated to given loan to start their own enterprise to identify training needs, strengths and help their families. areas to improve upon has resulted in PATHSHALA teachers giving their best efforts. LI is also planning for Teachers, get-together Our first project conceptualised in 1996, programs, picnics, movies etc. These will providing remedial classes to school going help as a catalyst to create a family children and children who do not attend environment and oneness in the LI setup. regular school to get into mainstream education. A stepping-stone to the LI’s lab is equipped with latest testing mainstream learning process, a child can equipments, advanced computers and spend just 2-3 hours a day to learn the

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Project – Karigari Park in Gurgaon, Dharampur in Gurgaon availability of raw material, short training It imparts several vocational training and Isapur Kheda in Delhi. period to avoid the high inception cost and modules that help the women and youth of Our Key donor for Sewing , Tailoring and has a definite growing market for the different age groups to self sustain and Various Handicraft had been Godfrey finished products. earn lively hood. The model also helps Philips Foundation for the last three years identify and support the village artisans to increasing our reach to over 1000 women Indha absorbs senior passouts of Karigari hone their skills and provide them as just in Delhi , NCR. and Vidyapeeth projects at its various supportive environment for livelihood centres. Sewing machines are provided to earning opportunities. Vocational training Women empowerment programs: Regular a number of women who work for Indha, modules offered are Cutting, tailoring, workshops through out the year resulted under micro finance scheme. embroidery, beauty culture, Computer in awareness amongst the women about courses (in DTP, Web designing, Basic their fundamental rights and finding their Indha continues to be a member of Fair Accounting, Tally etc.), Spoken English, place and identity in the family and Trade forum. Waste paper recycling through Paper Bag, society. The main points of discussion were designer bag, pottery, pattal making, mask Voter rights, various government schemes Today there are 9 Indha Centres making making, bamboo work, grass chord and for the poor, financial literacy, savings, products which find market in India and many other things which have successfully domestic violence, how to start also overseas. generated income for them. The program entrepreneurship, also provides back-up support and trained Micro loan and other women rights related Recycling Paper Unit also supplies raw workforce to its Paper unit and INDHA issues had been conducted and sponsored material for making calendars, diary, projects. Over 150 woman, who had by GE - Money Employees & Volunteers. paper bags etc., to Indha project. already completed training on tailoring, embroidery, recycled paper products are A group of women at LI, Sheetala colony Exhibitions and Sale of Indha products are working under INDHA project as center started their initiative to work on regularly held in various cities. Envelopes members. They produce all kinds of bags – sanitation problem in the colonies. Mrs. made of recycled papers, Tupperware has general and custom made, home Vineeta, Volunteer from WE THE been a regular generous supporter and furnishing items, recycled paper products PEOPLE’ headed this initiative to connect consumer. to name a few. the common people of community with the administration in order to give them a Indha products are bought by Indian An ambitious model, this will be replicated sense of Participation and their customers, visitors from foreign countries. in various centres which is a sure source of commitment towards their family, society The products are also sold through ebay. income generation for the downtrodden. and the nation. The problems were We are under the process of creating our Many trained woman from rural villages identified, analysed over brain storming own website exclusively for Indha. have now setup their own ventures in sessions and highlighted to the authorities stitching. LI provides the needy with and resolved – in a systematic way. Gurukul Project supports meritorious sewing machines, free of cost. and deserving students to main stream Computer training: DOEACC has English medium schools and other LI now plans to train around 160 women accredited Literacy India’s Bajghera institutions. The project also helps through its 3 centres to help them upgrade Centre to conduct ‘O’ level and CCA mentoring the children. their skills with modern designs and courses. These courses are covered under advance finishing, helping them into Karigari project of Literacy India. During The project continues its relentless pursuit enterprise mode and market the products. year under review, 10 beneficiaries to bring to mainstream a large number of The project will also plan to form TOT appeared for ‘O’ level exams. The street children and school drop outs. (training of trainers) group of 20 trainers, beneficiaries have been placed in various Presently, 319 children are covered and who will be able to train others in their MNC’s as Office Executive, Sales trainee sponsored by LI’s individual donor base villages/places also with training on and for backend job. and NGO partner PVR Nest. budgeting, costing and working out selling prices. LI is under the process of extending CCA LI had started the career enhancement and O level courses to other Centres after cum assessment session through Arawali Recycled paper craft training: During complying with necessary formalities and Scholars Center since last six months. 2010-11, 50 students were given vocational obtaining necessary accreditation. Arawali Scholars is the brain child of Mr. training, some of them also got monthly During the year LI has set up new Prabhat Agarwal, a B. Tech. degree stipend upto Rs.2500/- for their excellent Computer classes in Yol Camp, holder from IIT Delhi and MBA from performance. Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh and IIM Ahmedabad. He has been conferred Lowakui village in Purulia Dist of West the prestigious “Significant Contribution Pottery Training : At LI’s Bhatti Centre, Bengal. to National Development” award by IIT six months training were provided to a Delhi Alumni Association and was group 20 woman in the art of pottery. 18 Students successfully completed the awarded the Industry Scholarship Hardware course offered. (Awarded to top 10%) while studying at Beautician training: Beautician training IIM Ahmedabad. is provided at three Centres on regular Altogether, 307 students passed out basis (at Bhatti, Nebsarai and Bijwasan). from all the centres during the year. 31 children, who have the potential to be 160 women and girls were trained during future Engineers/MBA’s/Doctors, w e r e the year. INDHA aims at creating community based selected from Bijwasan, St. livelihood enhancement models to achieve Soldiers School, Chiranjeev Tailoring : New Centres for training were reduction in poverty. It revolves around Bharati School & set up at Pakhal in Faridanbad, Rajendra products which can be easily Bajghera center for manufactured at village level, continuous future career guidance

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Health Post gateway between the developed industrial belts of West Bengal and the hinterlands in SHIKSHARTH The health post project continues to serve Orissa, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Literacy India’s Shiksharth program is a the community and also the direct Uttarpradesh. unique program that aims at providing a beneficiaries of LI from across the projects platform to slum children for bringing out and their families. Literacy India is working in Baghmundi their creative talent in various art forms and other blocks of Purulia district. The such as painting, pottery, theatre, dance, In Bajhgera village and nearby areas, there blocks are remote and placed within the etc. This motivates children to continue are dispensaries, medical practitioners, small hills and dense forest where their academic education. Few creative clinics and Pvt. Hospitals, primary health communication between the places is really artists had already taken part in Blue care centres but maternal mortality and problematic. Local residents are mostly Umbrella, Omkara and Three Idiots. The morbidity rate are not showing a tribal. The Baghmundi is well known for basic aim behind this program is to develop decreasing trend. Community prefers to recent Maoist activity. As a consequence, innovative skill among children that would visit quack s rather than medical most of the time development resources for ultimately ensure Child Participation. practitioners. Ignorance, lack of access and those blocks are not reached; even if those lack of affordability prohibits community to are being reached these are not properly Year 2010 – Senior children directed and avail these facilities. Health post functions distributed. choreographed amny street plays and in these areas as a Rural Dispensary. dance dramas which had been staged in Tribal men and women both are involved MNCs and School & Center Under this project, primary healthcare is into agricultural farming and collection of Functions.Bhratashree a comical Satire provided free of cost and also medicines. Jungle/ forest product such as woods, honey was the latest this year staged at Epicenter One of the major achievements has been etc. Men are mostly addicted into local Gurgaon. decrease in the incidence of Anemia to a made alcohol widely known as Tari; Women These youtube links will give a glimpse of large extent. The centre has adopted are involved into household work. Few few of the children`s Talent curative, preventive and promotional cases it was found that women are facing Literacy India `s YOUTUBE LINKS health care. Under this program several domestic violence too. Illiteracy, poverty, health camps have been organized and lack of communication is the main issues in Development strategy of Youth through started to focus on health care for the the context of the Purulia. Skill Development, Career Guidance, elderly as well. Training and Placement : Literacy India Children are staying in family as idle. Girl plans to work with 50 adolescents who have Specialised treatment, wherever needed child is engaged into the household work passed XII standard, from the deprived were provided and expenses borne by LI on and also involved into upbringing of the section of the society. Through this one a case to case basis. Regular Health siblings. Boy child is mostly roaming and is year program, they will be imparted with checkups for beneficiaries are organized by involved into the temporary agriculture vocational training, will be oriented and our Doctors. Eye Camps at all centres are farming in the field. provided with necessary inputs to develop regular now, children are provided with their skills, improve knowledge base and Spectacles as per need and helped with Against this backdrop, Literacy India guide them to develop a positive attitude Cataract surgery and other treatments started its operation for education and and behavior through Personal grooming workshops, Career Guidance Workshops & vocational training for under privileged LI, despite with virtually no major Career orientation sessions at the center children and women. The centre is located with the support of Network organization, corporate sponsorship, has managed this in Lowakui village in Baghmundi block. project with generous support from volunteers groups, Professional consultancy The main purpose of education program is individuals and well wishers. Almost 6000 services and other sources. In one year OPD visits were recorded during the year. to mainstream the tribal children into the time, every adolescent will be able to school. In that remote area govt. schools develop themselves as an educated skilled Major Achievement are there on the basis of norms but these person with better placement opportunities. Objectively, this will not only help them to Education Sponsorship for the Tribal are totally non-functional. For this LI had bring positive changes in the family but Girls mainstreamed the children into the school also they would become role models within Purulia is located in the western most along with hostel so that children can stay the community and an inspiration for district of West Bengal with all-India and continue academic courses. Around 43 others. significance because of its tropical location, tribal students are already enrolled into the its shape as well as function like a funnel. It funnels not only the tropical monsoon mainstream school program. current from the Bay to the subtropical parts of north-west India, but also acts as a

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CLiteracy India `s first ever Recycled Paper Calendar handmade by the women beneficiaries , Painted by the children

Year 2010-211 assessment where program. In first Achievement and Miles work was most phase 4 children has tones - challenging to deal Children in difficult been rehabilitated and with community Circumstances and in 2nd Phase 3 children 1. Rehabilitation of the children to change Rehabilitation and has been rehabilitated street children mind set of Reintegration program: and referred to Sahyog 2. Digital Dost Digital beneficiaries to Clinic and Muskan learning module completion of work. The children in the street are Foundation. development and Pilot 7. Children mental the worst sufferer of denial assessment starting health and Mind map rights. These children are After completion of 9 with the cyber Cafes program with the help either ran away from home, or month treatment and and involving and Manas another forced to leave from home due rehabilitation, 2 volunteers not for profit to parental conflict, family Adoloscent Boys Ravi 3. Class Xth and NIOS organisation. distress. Few children are and Gaurav has been children outstanding 8. Expansion of activities orphan. The children are living admitted in Vocational results. at Pathshala centers: in a world of dreams and training program AC 4. Successful completion like Pottery, nightmares and struggled for refrigeration Whereas for school life children Animation, Health survival each day. They picked Ravi is interning in school program with awareness campaign up rags to get a square meal at the waste paper recyle outstanding results and community health the end of the day. They also unit - to get hands on and performance with guide trainee program are forced to beg otherwise they to learn Paper and Zero Drops out. 9. Literacy India `s are not provided food from the Paper products.These 5. Opening a new centers waste paper unit elders. Boys are under g u i d a n c e o f Dharam Colony, is helping the Ambience Learning There are 7 children Psyhologists and Center and centers with identified and referred Mentoring of Project Mohamdpur drawing books and Sahyog Clinic and Heads 6. Bhati and Saket sheets for writing on Muskan Foundation center`s impact a regular basis. for Drug De addiction

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Lalita in her late teens belongs Ravi belongs to the family She has been regular and to a village – Bhati khurd which migrated from Nepal. punctual in classes. She had completely isolated from Delhi Ravi since then he is living in scored 86% in her Class Xth due to poor transportation and Delhi board Exams – seeing her other facilities , this is where Ravi’s father adopted Ravi from performance and her desire to Literacy India has opened a an orphanage where he used to pursue engineering as her center. work. His father was unaware Career - Literacy India `s has The villagers once upon a time of the legal issues of admitted her in Pvt School - St. were involved in Mining which adoption.Ravi was very much Soldiers School in class XI. has ceased sometime back attached to his father. Being Despite her Govt school thereby villagers are now naughty Ravi regularly got background her performance in deprived of livelihood. beaten up by his siblings as well the St. Soldiers School is Lalita s family members also as by his mother. His father was extraordinary. She is hard going through similar crisis addicted with country liquor. He working. Her new school with father going through was died due to cirrhosis of Teachers are also impressed. psychological problems.Lalita lever while Ravi was 11 yrs old learnt sewing and tailoring , After his father death, family also enrolled in High School started struggling for survival. studies with the help of Literacy Mother began to work as India.Life has changed and domestic help. Ravi ran away given courage to Lalita and her from home and soon straying on family members. the street and found by Literacy India `s counsellors with severe Lajja’s father is a daily wage addiction of alcohol and worker with a huge family. whitener.A year later Ravi not Lajja completed school only willed out of addiction but examination and persuading BA also lives with Literacy India`s 1st year through college. Lajja staff and learning various always feel that she must learn vocational skills.LI hopes that something through which she Ravi will soon be managing his will be able to provide support life very well as he is showing to her father. She completed signs of progress. CCA successfully from Literacy India `s Learning centre at Bijwasan She regularly Pratibha belongs to lower attended the career grooming income group where the family courses. She appeared in members struggled to make interview conducted by MNC ends meet.Pratibha is a and managed to start her beneficiary of Pathshala project Career at Backhand. running at Bijwasan center.

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Volunteer`s Initiative

Literacy India had been quite fortunate to have some dedicated volunteer force from Various walks of Life - CMD of Rennaissance , Maruti Suzuki Engineers, IIT Topper , TV Professional , DAV School Teacher , Management Heads from GE , Wives from Business Families to Software Engineers from Aricent - Each one of them contributed towards Our Journey......

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MANY CHILDREN AND CENTERS BLOSSOMED UNDER VOLUNTEERS GUIDANCE AND INTERVENTION

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LITERACY INDIA`S BENEFICIARY REACH OUT ACROSS THE PROJECTS

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AMOUNT MALE FEMALE >5000 31 55 5000-10,000 7 5 10,000 – 30,000 11 4 30,000- 100,000 NIL 1

1.The difference between the “Inflows less Outflows” and the growth in cash & bank balances is represented by depreciation, a non- cash charge and changes in Fixed Assets and Working Capital.

2. Corpus Fund: consists of donations received from donors specifically for creating a corpus or for capital expenditure and not to be used for day- to-day running expenses.

3. Contingency Fund: Historically, there have been timing differences between projects needing funding and donors funding the same. Further, donor budgets tend to expand and shrink with the economic climate they operate in. To make sure our beneficiaries stay unaffected by such vagaries, we have created a Contingency Fund, which is equal to six months’ spend.

4. Outreach Fund: consists of resources set aside for expanding the reach of our existing projects. These could be doing more in the existing geographies or expanding to wholly new geographies. For example, this year we expanded our number of centres and also initiated a project in Manoharthana Rajasthan & Himachal. Next year, we are looking to launch our digital learning software, Gyan Tantra, which provides basic education to street children. TEAM LITERACY INDIA

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LITERACY INDIA NEW CENTERS- 2010 Auditors Statutory Auditors Umesh Chand & company * Karigari Centre at Manoharthana in Jhalawar Dist., and Raipura Jagir in Chartered Accountants Sikar 1315, Ansal Tower Dist., Rajasthan 38, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 * Karigari Centre at Pakhal Village, Faridabad Consultant * Karigari Centres at Rajindra Park & Dharampur, Gurgaon Accounting & Income Tax Compliance UCG Mancons Private Limited * Karigari Centres at Isapur Khera & Vasant Vihar, Delhi 1315,Ansal Tower,38, Nehru Place New Delhi-110019 B.O: H-31 Sushant Arcade, Sushant Lok -1 Gurgaon-122002 * Pathshala Centre, Dharam Colony, Gurgaon * Pathshala Centre, Mohammadpur, Delhi * Pathshala Centre, Ambience Learning Centre, Gurgaon * Digital learning using Technology i.e. using educational software is being practiced at 11 Centres

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10 ANNUAL REPORT - 2010 - 2011 LITERACY INDIA In Appreciation

LITERACY INDIA has been able to cover lot of grounds in our various projects and in our outreach program , we still have many of our old consistent Donors and Many new Friends have joined us in this mission.The funds received with gratitude, was spent mostly on projects, with our overheads as low as three per cent of our total spend. Our spend went up by about thirty per cent over the one last year with the opening of vocational centres in Rajasthan , Delhi - NCR and Himachal.

Reach out for more children under Pathshala projects using more innovative tools is on the rise.Literacy India aims to use technology to fast track the lost years of learning for the older children and for the younger to remain engaged.

Methods of fun learning like painting , pottery , Theater , dance and making projects is emphasized more in the curricullam .With the generosity of our donor, we are sure we will be able to continue to make a difference to the lives of our beneficiaries.

In coming years - LI aims to synergise its activities with like minded Partners like CAF , FAIRTRADE FORUM -INDIA , GE - FOUNDATION etc. Fund Raising is always our major concern yet somehow we feel our Donors will remain consistent with us and we will build relationship with new friends , volunteers and Donors.

We have had overwhelming success with the help of donors like ENCORE - INDIA , CAF - INDIA , GODFREY PHILIPS, PVR NEST

Board of Trustees AM DENZIL KEELOR

CAPT INDRAANI SINGH

ANIL KALIA

RAJPAL DUGGAL

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BOARD OF ADVSIORS

ABHISHEK DALMIA - RENAISSANCE , INDIA

JOY JAIN - PWC

MANU RIKHEY - ENCORE INDIA

AKHIL BANSAL KPMG

PRAPHUL MISRA NET CARROTS

PRABHAT AGARWAL ARAVALLI SCHOLARS

VIRENDRA RANA ISTSINC.

VENKAT MATOORY JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT INDIA

Advisory Board have been formed to help the Trust Board in Fund Raising and helping find solutions in HR & Better Governance

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