ANNUAL REPORT LITERACY INDIA Its All About Education , Empowerment and Creating Livelihood Opportunities
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ANNUAL REPORT LITERACY INDIA Its all about Education , Empowerment and creating Livelihood opportunities... 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 Haryana Learning centre , Whereas in ALC , Open school for Gurgaon 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. LITERACY INDIA ANNUAL REPORT - 2010 - 2011 1 LITERACY INDIA 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 LITERACY INDIA - ANNUAL REPORT 2010 - 11 2 LITERACY INDIA 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