K. C. MAHINDRA EDUCATION TRUST Annual Report 2008–2009 CONTENTS CONTENTS Chairman’s Message 4 Chairman’s Message 3 Trustee’s Message 5 Project Nanhi Kali 4 Project Nanhi Kali 6 Mahindra Pride School 14 Mahindra Pride School 14 Grants & Scholarships 20 Scholarships 20 Financials 24 Financials 24 KCMET Trustees & Team 26 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE Keshub Mahindra Chairman he globalised world we live in students, educational sponsorship offers many challenges and to 49,505 underprivileged girls and T opportunities. It is education livelihood training for 760 socially that endows in us courage and vision marginalized youth, the trust has over to explore limitless possibilities. the years taken small but significant steps towards its vision of transforming The K. C. Mahindra Education Trust lives through education. since its inception in 1953 has continued to direct efforts on a I am happy to present to you our sustainable basis in an attempt to report for financial year 2008–2009 tackle the many socio-economic highlighting opportunities provided to problems that face us – the route children and youth through our varied taken is through education. initiatives. In the coming year the trust remains committed to educating Through scholarships and grants to children and youth and transforming over 9,108 needy and deserving them into powerful agents of change. 3 PROJecT NANHI KALI for the girl child 4 For girls entering school, there’s more to becoming a student than opening a book. It’s a complete transformation: school uniforms, supplies, and a new attitude towards their worth as a person. Nanhi Kali makes this change possible for girls whose families cannot bear the burden of hidden costs of ‘free’ schooling. PROJecT NANHI KALI for the girl child 6 K C Mahindra Education Trust Annual Report 2008–2009 including her photograph. I believe Anand Mahindra, Founder of Nanhi Kali that this helps develop a personal and Trustee of KCMET, bond with the child that is difficult to shares his thoughts on break, and which also ensures that the educating the girl child sponsorship continues. I suppose I could have chosen to donate money directly to NGOs, which in turn could have passed it on to needy girls. The other choice was to create an avenue for more interested young people such as myself to donate for the cause of the girl child. I chose to do the latter. here is a strong correlation between most societal ills and Among all the girls Nanhi Kali has T no education for the girl child. supported, I distinctly remember three By empowering her with education, we from our programme in Udaipur who can begin to put an end to ailments braved floods to go to school. My such as the spiralling population rate, daughters have forgotten how many caste system and dowry deaths. In times I’ve shown them this photo and that sense, one of the foundations exhorted them to understand “…what of a secular, modern society is the people have to go through to get an education of its women. education that you take for granted!” On a more emotive level, I come from As a culture, Indians are prone to a family where women are very strong philanthropy, though historically, personalities. I am the father of two this has been linked to religion, for daughters and the son of a feminist, instance, giving of alms to beggars. who is also an author, and was, However, I believe that as our therefore, naturally inclined towards society evolves and our sense of the girl child. civic duty evolves, we will witness a rapid acceleration of philanthropic So I started to think about putting behaviour. Like in the West, it will soon together a system where people be fashionable to start “giving.” had a direct connect with who they were helping, where they could see And as far as I am concerned, so long the results of their contributions. I as we are able to contribute to make borrowed the Nanhi Kali model from a difference in the lives of those who charity organizations I had seen need it the most, that is all that matters. abroad. We adopted best practices of several NGOs. A Nanhi Kali’s sponsor Excerpted from an interview given to Mint, is sent progress reports on the child, published 17 October, 2009. Project Nanhi Kali Founder’s View 7 Project NANHI KALI (which means a little bud in Hindi) was started by K. C. Mahindra Education Trust in 1996 with the objective of providing primary education to the underprivileged girl child in India. The Nanhi Kali project was piloted amongst the urban poor in Mumbai and Delhi. The initiative was welcomed and readily accepted by the stakeholders – parents, teachers, community. It had a positive impact on the enrolment and retention of girl children in public schools. Considering its positive impact, it was decided to take the project to scale and replicate it in the rural and tribal areas. Therefore, in 2005, KCMET entered into a partnership with Naandi Foundation to jointly manage the project. The scope of the Nanhi Kali project was broadened to assist marginalized and underprivileged girl children of not only urban poor but also rural and tribal families living in remote areas and to provide them with 10 years (Standards I–X) of formal, quality education. By the end of the financial year 2008–2009, the project has reached out to 49,505 underprivileged girls. 8 K C Mahindra Education Trust Annual Report 2008–2009 IMPACT… ON THE GIRL CHILDREN …and bEYOND Improvement in academic performance Improved teacher effectiveness Acquisition of grade-specific competencies Informed decision making abilities Reduction in absenteeism Enhanced community awareness of importance of girl-child education Enhanced self-confidence and self-esteem Increase in overall number of girl children Inculcation of hygiene practices completing minimum education Increase in retention; reduction of dropouts Reduction in early marriages of girl children Reducing women’s fertility rates Lowering infant and child mortality rates Lowering maternal mortality rates Increasing women’s labor force participation rates and earnings Creating intergenerational education benefits EXpeNDITURE BREAKDOWN SPONSOR COST 38% Material support per girl child per annum uniforms, notebooks, stationery, school bags, shoes, socks exam fees hygiene material 45% Academic support parent/community gender sensitization programs Rs 1800 Rs 2500 study classes, learning studying in studying in material, (workbooks) Standard I–VII Standard VIII–X educational mela 10% Advocacy, donor servicing detailed profiles of children with photographs, progress reports sent to donors resource mobilization 7% Administration Project Nanhi Kali Impact 9 NANHI Kalis by… STANDARD STATE, DISTRICT, & POPULATION TYPE Preschool 335 VI 6232 I 3089 VII 4229 II 7067 VIII 2950 III 8031 IX 1198 IV 8165 X 405 V 7804 TOtaL 49,505 BASED ON detailed field research, Project Nanhi Kali has identified several criteria for selecting beneficiaries: Girls enrolled in government schools Girls from the poorest sections of society Girls who are first- generation learners (their parents are illiterate) Girls belonging to economically and socially backward communities Nanhi Kalis by state Eldest girl child and 1 – 1,000 girl children with many siblings 1,000 – 10,000 Girl children with over 10,000 potential to be STEP BY STEP role models in A walk through the components of NK the community 1 Individuals and 2 Twenty-four grass- 3 Girl children at risk 4 Detailed profile 5 Material support 6 Academic support 7 Monitoring and 8 Teacher support 9 Regular meetings 10 Varied events 11 Semi-annual 12 Nanhi Kali corporates extend roots NGO partners of dropping out of of each Nanhi Kali is is given to the Nanhi is extended through- evaluation of the is extended in the are organized with are organized (e.g., progress reports promoted to next support for the provide academic government schools prepared and sent by Kalis once every out the year at academic progress form of pedagogi- the community and camps, field visits, are sent to Nanhi Kali class; Nanhi Kali sponsorship of and material sup- due to either financial KCMET to her respec- year in the form of Academic Support of the girl child in cal insights, teacher parents to discuss melas, competitions) guardians to update guardian renews girl children. port to the Nanhi constraints or social tive guardian. a kit consisting of Centers (ASCs) Maths, Science and learning material, the performance of to enable Nanhi Kalis them about how their sponsorship. Kalis. conservatism are uniforms, school bag, two hours before Language is con- etc., to build their the Nanhi Kalis and to show their talent girl child is faring identified as Nanhi shoes, socks, under- or after school to ducted through a capacities. to sensitize varied and creativity and to in both academic Kalis by NGOs. garments, notebooks ensure grade-specific child-tracking matrix. stakeholders on the enhance self-esteem and extra curricular and stationery.* learning competency importance of girls’ and confidence. activities. * Kit may differ by location and NGO. amongst Nanhi Kalis. education. 10 K C Mahindra Education Trust Annual Report 2008–2009 STATE, DISTRICT, & POPULATION TYPE PARTNERS GUARDIANS of 100+ Nanhi Kalis Akanksha Akshat Events IDFC Amar Jyoti ATDTA – Foundation Indian Oil Corporation Help For Self-Help Apnalaya Bank of India Johnson & Johnson Aseema The Broadwall Johnson & Johnson Foundation Medical Asia Pacific Ashraya Capgemini J. M. Morgan Stanley BCT Consulting India Foundation Capgemini Mahindra Group Bal-Jeevan Trust Deutschland Mahindra