SNEH Foundation Helping children. Creating future. Annual Report 2017-2018 www.snehfoundationindia.org Helping children, creating future !!! 1 It’s not enough to be compassionate, you must ACT! With this belief, SNEH Foundation has been trying to act for the betterment of the society focusing majorly on solid nutrition, education and health. 2017-18 was highlighted by some of the excellent initiatives and achievements that have been documented in this annual report. INDEX 1. Founder’s Message 2. Vision Statement 3. Mission Statement 4. Sneh’s Initiatives 5. Project-wise impact 6. Nutrition (Poshan) 7. Education (Gyan) 8. Health (Vatsalya) 9. Events 10. List of donors 11. Awards & Acknowledgements 12. Links to reports FOUNDER’S MESSAGE Dear Reader, 2017 has been a very busy and highly productive year for us at SNEH! We've been tirelessly fortifying our focus on children and their rights. If every child in this world gets education, nutrition and health, he/she will grow to become a great citizen/human being and can change the humanity for good. SNEH envisions the heaven on earth if we all work together for this mission leaving behind our personal priorities. To have empathy and love towards fellow human being is the key to make this world a better place to live on. So let’s join hands to work towards this goal. Join SNEH today to work for this common cause. Social service is the way to pay back to the society. I spend every weekend to rescue someone from illiteracy and poverty rather than sitting and cribbing about petty issues. If someone stronger breaks the chains and start looking beyond, we can end the world’s misery in a flash of a second. The best part of serving the humanity is it does not require any illustrative qualification, but only a loving heart. People from diverse back grounds can work together and be a part of the CHANGE. “Communication & Commitment are the keys of success”. This year we tried to work on the areas of development that are vital for living in the 21st century. Those are- Education, solid nutrition and Health. In the coming years, we plan to have services under all three areas, under one roof. As partners, you have been an integral part of what we have achieved today. Its because of supporters and contributors like you that we have come so far. Dr.Pankaj Bohra is an ace pediatrician with more than 7 years of active With faith and goodwill, practice in Chinchwad, Pune. SNEH Foundation was a result of his Dr. Pankaj Bohra experiences while helping the underprivileged community in his SNEH–Solid Nutrition, Health and Education for All professional endeavors. Dear Reader, Thanks for looking at our annual report. Our Annual report talks about ‘what we do’, but here is ‘what we believe’. SNEH Foundation believes in sustainable solutions to issues pertaining to Education, Health and Nutrition among the most marginalized population. We do not want to be an organization that seldom empathizes with people’s problems and just works on temporary issues with mere interim results to show the world a pool of extravagant statistics of success stories. SNEH strives to dig out From CEO’s desk the deep rooted causes of people’s problems, and offer them long- lasting solutions. We believe that feeding people for free or distributing materialistic assets to needy people doesn’t encounter the basic quest. However, educating people to earn what they need, providing equal opportunities and knowledge to the so called ‘Underprivileged’ population, linking the Government facilities to the most needy beneficiaries, and making people aware about them is something that will surely be sustainable and a permanent solution As a part of SNEH Foundation, I truly believe that, the success of the to poverty, illiteracy, illnesses etc. Through our array of initiatives, organization and a true sense of being a difference to make the change we strive to educate people about Health, Education and Nutrition rests in cognizant and committed impulse and urge by honest group of with a touch of empathy and compassion so that they do not depend individuals; and having said that, we are lucky to have an extremely on anyone unless its an emergency or requirement of funds. dedicated team of employees, donors and volunteers who are making a difference instead of cribbing about the problems of our nation. 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With faith and goodwill, Shraddha Deo SNEH–Solid Nutrition, Health and Education for All To make the underprivileged families cognizant about the benefits of a nutritious meal, provide equal means and opportunities of education to the unprivileged children and VISION spread awareness pertinent to health issues To have no child in our beloved country being deprived of the elementary necessities of life and his/her rights MISSION Ensure excellent early childhood education, nutrition and health for every child in Pune and PCMC SNEH – Initiatives 2017-18 Nutrition (Poshan) Education (Gyaan) Health (Vatsalya) Aims to eradicate the horrors of Aims to provide good quality English Aims to address every health issue that we come malnutrition from the underprivileged medium Early childhood care and across in the field and provide medical guidance to sections of the society education the beneficiaries focusing on maternal health COMAL: SNEH TATA Motors SNEH PRE School Project “Vatsalya” 600+ kids 230+ kids 1500+ beneficiaries COMAL: SNEH KOTHRUD Project Kalakhadak Project 300 kids 150+ kids MAS (Mahila Arogya Samiti) COMAL: Community Awareness GYAAN – Delhi chapter 54 Samitis in 10,000+ people 100+ kids 34 communities Project-wise Impact Nutrition (Poshan) COMAL - Overview • SNEH Foundation is the implementing partner of TATA Motors’ CSR health COMAL - Impact initiative ‘Arogya’. • We are working together for four years • 90% children from 2017-18 have moved to to combat malnutrition (COMAL) in the the healthier zone. most marginalized communities of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation • 10000+ families indirectly impacted by (PCMC), Pune. conducting street plays, digital sessions, recipe sessions, health check ups, rallies • COMAL adheres to the Community-based etc. in the communities. Management of Acute Malnutrition Model (CMAM) endorsed by UNICEF and WHO • 1000+ severely and moderately • Awareness related to preventive malnourished children have been identified methodologies is spread in the till date from around 17 slum pockets of community so that healthy children do PCMC. In 2017, 272 kids from 8 slum not suffer from malnutrition pockets were the target beneficiaries. • The project was initiated in liaison with Integrated Child COMAL Kothrud Development Services (ICDS) popularly known as “Anganwadis” • 500 + severely and moderately underweight children have been identified from 30 Anganwadis and the awareness-based intervention has been done • Multi-dimensional theme-based approach was being implemented for mass awareness and home visits covering “frequency of food”, “food pyramid”, “baal-kopara (Food corner for kids)”, “recommended dietary allowance” etc. to ensure sustainable development. • 5000 + community residents were made aware about topics like cleanliness, nutrition, importance of healthy food, growth of children, ways to make low cost nutritious food etc. 12 From Survival struggle to Rehabilitated life Through the child welfare committee, the three kids namely- Soham (3yrs), Jamuna (7yrs) and Renuka (12yrs) have been rehabilitated in an institute named ‘Maher’ with constant efforts by our social worker Ms. Meenakshi. 13 Education (Gyan) SNEH Pre-school - Overview Educating parents about importance of early childhood education, awareness about Our vision is to have a chain of SNEH preschool, especially for girls, in all the disadvantaged sections of the country so that Education, Nutrition documents required for RTE admissions, and health are taken care of under one roof involving them in their child’s education was a real challenge in Preschool red In 2017-18, the activity-based model of teaching was followed right considering the locality and kind of through the start. Each concept has been taught to the students with population that recites in the vicinity. utmost care and detailing so that the students are conceptually clear However, all the challenges were accepted Parents involvement was enhanced in both preschools through activities and taken care of skillfully like individual PTMs, activities by parents, exhibition of activities made by parents, healthy cooking competition etc. SNEH Preschool Impact 2x Strength Sponsors Starting off with 25 kids in its first year School works on a Sponsorship model (SNEH preschool Rainbow, 2015) strength got where every kid’s education is partially doubled in just one year. In 2017, we initiated sponsored by a well-wisher. 300+ SNEH preschool Red located at Shanti Nagar, sponsors have come together till date Bhosari. to support the initiative. Enrollment Lorem Ipsum Right To Education 250+ 250+ kids have been benefitted till date. Our change makers have ensured that Currently, we have enrolled 150 children in 100% of the kids are enrolled to primary both Preschool Rainbow and Red from the education wither through RTE or otherwise. most marginalized families Project GYAN - Kalakhadak Project Gyan was started with a vision to educate children from Through Project Gyan around 70 the slums despite their formal kids of the community - The In 2017-18 around 150 kids schooling going on Future, was supported in terms of attended the daily (all seven days) simultaneously. Kalakhadak and evening classes, mostly on support classes within the Shanti Nagar were the two slums weekends within their community community in PCMC, Pune where the project itself till 2017 was started. Evolution SNEH also arranges various other We also wish touch upon the A "learning center" has been activities for the benefit of the health and nutrition of these started where kids come together community viz. health check-ups, children so that all their major with other kids of their age, study street plays, donation drives, needs are met.