21, Abhinandan Park Society, Opp. Vastrapur Railway Station, Butbhavani Rly. Crossing, Vejalpur, Ahmedabad- 380051 [email protected] www.swadeepindia.org Page | 1 Contents: 1. About the Organization 03 2. About Vidhya Jyot Project 04 3. About Gyan Jyot Program 09 4. About Learning and Migration Program (LAMP) 16 5. About Sanitation Awareness Project 22 6. About School Ground Infrastructure Development Project 26 7. About Sagar Bandhu Project 28 8. About Sagar Mitra Project 33 9. About Our Partners 39 Page | 2 About the Organization: Mission To work towards the empowerment of vulnerable communities in under serviced area with a special focus on children and women. Vision Improved social service delivery to enable disadvantaged communities to become self- reliant and emerge out of the clutches of poverty. Introduction Swadeep was established in 2005, focusing on sustainable and integrated Rural Development of the vulnerable, with a special focus on children and women. The organization lays emphasis on transparency, accountability, community mobilization, participation and ownership. Swadeep working with a team of committed people, aim has been to secure integrated development through people’s participation. The key areas identified for interventions include of preprimary, primary and secondary education, career guidance, health, safety, livelihoods and capacity building for needy communities. Swadeep provides support to women in strengthening their livelihoods and skills. Swadeep is also conducts awareness programs in the areas of education, Health and Safety, environment, water and Sanitation management practices and sustainable development. Our efforts have developed lasting association with government, non-government and corporate organizations as also with the communities and groups with whom we have worked. Swadeep is guided by transparency and accountability, and committed to sustainable socio-economic development of the vulnerable with the special focus on children and women. Therefore Swadeep develops a platform to mobilize communities and build their capacities. Page | 3 About Vidhya Jyot Project: Project Partner: GHCL Foundation Project Area: Veraval & Sutrapada, Gir-Somnath Introduction: Swadeep Shiksha Vikas Sansthan has made an attempt to strengthen pioneer stone of child with implementing field based programs, named “Vidhya Jyot Project” in partnership with the GHCL Foundation, Sutrapada. In “Vidhya Jyot Project” SWADEEP and GHCL Foundation Works in three stages in Education systems like, First Anganwadis, second Primary School and Third High School joining hands with teachers and Parents together and bringing sustainable education development in children’s life. Project Objectives: . To enhance the capacity of service providers (Anganwadi workers, formal school teachers), improve the quality of nutrition and emphasize to improve the quality of education. To decrease drop out ratio in formal schools by promoting habit of going to pre- schools, better performance and prevention of caring for younger siblings in the age group 3 to 5 years. To start tuition classes for High school children for Math’s and English subjects, and provide easy material and over com his stress through carrier counseling. Project Areas: “Vidhya Jyot Project” spread over the area of Veraval and Sutrapada talukas of Gir-Somnath District, Gujarat with the full financial support of GHCL Foundation Trust, Sutrapada Page | 4 Our Impact: Swadeep was able to achieve the following successes in the past year. Approximately 6000 Children in rural area reached through “Vidhya Jyot Project”. Vidhya Jyot Project was active in 10 Villages of Sutrapada and Veraval Taluka, Gir-Somnath District- Gujarat. 20 Anganwadi centre workers and helpers trained through Vidhya Jyot Project. 1567 Children of Anganwadi getting Preschool education through the project. 3100 Children of Primary school have benefited with Sport and activity, Navoday Exam Preparation, Bal- mela etc. 600 Students of 10th and 12th standard benefited with 0 hour’s classes for Math’s ,English, Account and Statistic and with career counselling. We reached out total 3200 parents Through the Parents meeting and Field visit under “Vidhya Jyot Project” Model and Sustainable Education initiative in A. Anganwadis: GHCL Foundation in order to ensure that in these Twenty Anganwadis Centers of Veraval and Sutrapada Taluka centers also provide preschool educational services roped in the expertise of an SWADEEP an organization involved with similar efforts with other agencies in Gujarat. Swadeep developed an action program and with support from the ICDS office at the block level a program was developed to work on the pre schooling aspect of the children. Twenty Anganwadi centers from 9 villages were selected and the processes initiated for preschool education. According to ICDS Veraval and Sutrapada There are 3 Anganwadis Canters awarded best Anganwadi Center in 2016-17 from them 2 Anganwadis are from Vidhya Jyot Project. There are total 12 Anganwadi workers Talim, 4 Anganwadi Helper Talim 40 Anganwadi Parents meeting held during 2016-17 Page | 5 Anganwadi Parents Quarter AWT AHT PM M F T First 3 1 4 13 126 139 Second 3 1 16 53 412 465 Third 3 1 14 80 375 455 Fourth 3 1 6 67 114 181 Total 12 4 40 213 1027 1240 B. Primary School: GHCL Foundation trust also takes remarkable education initiative in surrounding mines area. Majority of the people are engaged in mines work one or other way. GHCL Focus on 100% enrolment of mines area worker children in school. In the respective year 2016-17 there are total 600 children from 10 are enrolled in our Project School. With the financial support of GHCL Foundation, we provided enrollment kit to 1st standard student. Primary School Parents PTM Balmela STU PM M F T 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 704 9 0 0 0 0 7 2413 2 75 31 106 1 10 3117 9 247 58 305 4 20 6234 20 322 89 411 C. High School: Secondary education serves as a link between the elementary and higher education, and plays a very important role in this respect. The policy at present is to make secondary education of good quality available, accessible and affordable to all young persons in the age group of 14-18. SWADEEP and GHCL Foundation had started extra tutor for Maths and English Subject class in 4 high schools one is Saraswati Vidhyalay, Page | 6 Gorakhmadhi, RMSA School Bolas, Bhagavati School-Harnasa and Vadodara-Zala High school, Total 450 students have benefited with this class.Such Class divided in to 4 categories as per student education level (A, B, C, D), and teach them as per his/her level. 0'Hours Class in year 2016-17 Sr School Students 10th Class 12th Class Total No. Math’s English Account Stat Class Saraswati School , 1 287 95 95 58 58 306 Gorakhmadhi 2 RMSA School, Bolas 44 131 0 0 0 131 Bhagavati School, 3 16 72 72 0 0 144 Harnasha 4 Vadodara Zala 84 0 0 0 0 0 Total 431 298 167 58 58 581 D. Site School / LEP Class: Site school and LEP class run under direct observation of GHCL Foundation, Sutrapada, There are 3 site schools (Sutrapada, Haranasa, Nakhada village site) total 155 children’s of mines labour studied in site school after and before schooling time. Site School/ LEP Class Parents PM T F T 2 36 21 57 5 83 49 132 1 13 8 21 5 40 49 89 13 172 127 299 Page | 7 Parents Gathering: To enhance the effectiveness of “Vidhya Jyot Project” GHCL Foundation trust Sutrapada and Swadeep Sansthan provide such an opportunity for the Student of Anganwadi, Primary School and High school to develop their artifice capability with the Abhibhavak Samelan. There are total 65 Students participated in Program and 560 parents were present to see their children’s stage performance. Page | 8 About Gyan Jyot Project: Project Partner: APM Terminals, Pipavav Project Area: Introduction: The coastline of Amareli district cover two blocks, namely Jafarabad and Rajula. These two blocks are very much backward in terms of educational attainment. The level of primary education in these two blocks is lowest in the state. The Pipavav port and the multinational terminal handling the company are working in these two blocks. Through the CSR Initiatives SWADEEP is the implementing partner of APM terminal. The programme named GYAN JYOT is implemented by Swadeep and is operational in six villages and two hamlets. Figure 1: Literacy Rate of Rajula 56.72 74.49 79.31 74.04 Rajula Amreli Gujarat India Literacy Rate Objectives: Increase in the literacy rate of the block - particularly female literacy rate Decrease in drop out (in Primary Schools) Increase in the number of students passing with good percentage marks Open in distance learning system at the school and village level Page | 9 Activities of Swadeep A. Parents meeting Parents meeting of the children are an important activity for the overall development of the children. It is a regular activity that is done. Basically the meeting time depends upon the parent’s time. Mainly it held at night time. In these meetings the discussions are cantered on. B. Cleanliness corner in ICDS Centers We also organize parents meeting for cleanness corner. In the meetings we try to spread messages on clean homes and clean villages. In the meetings we basically focused on women because they are more involved in various house hold responsibilities. If the mother is aware about clean environment, then the house and children also learn and remain clean. SWADEEP team worked with the AWC worker to make this a habit among the children. The focus was on hand washing as a practice. SWADEEP also provided materials required to keep the Anganwadi centre clean. The meetings with the workers were centered around issues like. 0 C. Cleanness corner at Schools In all the 11 schools SWADEEP provided cleanness corner kits. The students were seen to be using these kits.