Oct 29, 2010 Funding Proposal for Sarvodaya Parivar Trust (SPT) 2010-2011 Executive Summary: 1. SPT continues to do excellent work for Adivasi (tribals) in the isolated hills of Dharampur, with over 95% adivasi population. 2. Asha has supported the project since 1996. 3. 497 adivasi children are studying at the two centers of Pindval & Khadaki. 369 of these children are residential students, living in the hostels of SPT. Total expenses are born by SPT for education, dorms, food, books, uniforms, health care etc of the residential students who come from very poor background. All expenses except evening meals & dorms are born by SPT for non-residential students. 4. SPT also conducts “zero class’ for students who live even in more remote areas. Local teachers are recruited to give basic education to pre-school children. Tutorials are given to older children as the schools in these remote areas have poor record of teaching. 5. SPT is collaborating with another NGO that gives education to Nomadic children. SPT pays the salaries of 6 teachers. 6. Following Capital Expenditures are needed:
Capital Expenses
Rs
Cupboards for Library at Khadaki
80,000
Capital Repairs & toilet block at Khadaki
150,000
Capital Repairs & toilet block at Pindval
150,000
Total
380,000
Total $ 8,640
7. Asha had contributed $ 29,800 last year. It is proposed that Asha contribute $31,300 this year to account for the appreciation of the forex rate. Summary Budget 2009-10 Center/ Activity
Students
Budget 2010-11
Rs
Students
Rs
Pindval
230
1,827,396
242
1,923,124
Khadaki
204
1,721,449
255
1,967,750
Zero Class
350
75,422
274
93,334
40
87,905
0
0
250
114,070
250
200,000
Total
1,074
3,826,241
1,021
4,184,208
Rs/$
46
Vocational training Nomadic children
Total Budget $ Proposed Asha contribution $ % of Total Budget Rs
44 83,179
95,096
29,800
31,300
36
33
1,370,800
1,377,200
8. SPT has been trying to increase the ratio of Girls/ boys ratio. It is not easy. As the demand for admission in SPT is very high, more than 5 to 6 than the vacancies, SPT has made a rule that only one child per family can be admitted. As sons still enjoy preference over daughters, many parents hold back admitting their daughter so that a younger brother may have a chance to get in the SPT School. SPT has steadily improved the ratio. This year for the first time, boys are only 51.6% of the total. That is a good achievement:
Center
Boys
Girls
Pindval
135
107
Khadaki Residential
59
68
Khadaki Local
70
58
Zero Class
134
140
Total
398
373
9. SPT was started by a group of 4 people over 40 years back. Last year, Harvilasben, the third pioneer of SPT passed away. Kantibhai, the renowned writer & thinker, is holding the fort from the original group now. SPT have inducted Ganeshbhai & Sujataben, dedicated Principals of schools at Pindval & Khadaki as Trustees to bring deserving young people to manage SPT in future. 10. Kantibhai believes that young people should volunteer for taking responsibilities of new projects at SPT. The needs of the community are very high. Even funds can be collected due to enormous goodwill & track record of SPT. However, it is the lack of young volunteers to take responsibility that holds back SPT from expanding its activities. 11. Pindval has bought 10 used PC to expose children to basic computer skills. They have recruited a local person who has some basic training on PC. I talked with the new teacher. He teaches typing, basic WORD & PAINT. He would welcome CD’s for teaching Maths, science, English or for just fun for kids. 12. Cattle raising & dairy have not been practiced by local tribals. They claim that local cows give very little milk & cows brought from outside do not survive heavy rains & cold climate of the hills. Milk is therefore a scarce commodity in the hills. Children in both schools get very small quantity of milk. Pindval has started a new project of Gowshala ( Cow shed). They have bought 8 cows of the famous Gir variety, along with a bull. The idea is to get milk for children as also expose them to how to take care of the cows.
13. Children were taken on a field trip to Daman, on the seashore. They also visited air force base, where they could see & touch planes & helicopters. That was quite an experience for the kids from the hills. 14. Kids from Khadaki have started campaign for cleanliness in the villages of Khadaki & Madhuri. They clean the villages once a month. Villagers & teachers also join in the cleaning campaign. They have placed 17 garbage cans in the villages where villagers place plastics waste. They have yet to figure out how to recycle plastic but are burying plastic in a pit. 15. SPT leads a major initiative for building check dams for water conservation & building stone barriers on the slopes of the hills for soil conservation. Local people donate their labor. SPT provides the technical & supervisory services. Farmers are too poor to work on these projects while not earning their daily wage. SPT gives them 9 lbs of grains for each cum ( 35 Cuft) of earth work they do. In this way, the families do not go hungry on the days that they volunteer for the community work. These initiatives have direct bearing on the income generation locally, enabling families to avoid going away to cities to work on construction projects. Children are thus able to stay in the villages & attend the school. 15.1 SPT plan to spend Rs 1.5 Million ($34,000) on grains for 900,000 Cuft of earth work for soil conservation. 15.2 SPT has already built 83 check dams in the past. 17 more check dams will be built this year, bringing the total to 100. On an average, one check dam costs about Rs 45,000 ($1025). The cost of grains for 17 new check dams & repair of 45 check dams will need Rs 1.1 Million ($25,000) 15.3 SPT grows saplings of fruit bearing trees & other hardy local species. 70,000 saplings will be distributed to 45 villages for planting. The total cost of the nursery is estimated at Rs 415, 000 ($9,500). 15.4 We believe that Asha should contribute towards the water & soil conservation projects, which have a huge impact on children’s education. However, as per last year’s discussion, some Asha volunteers felt that we should concentrate only on
the core education activities. We are therefore refraining from making any recommendation for contribution to these very valuable activities. We hope that Asha would look at the big picture of soil & water conservation as an integral part of community development & hence helping child development.
16. SPT operates a Khadi center. Tribals spin cotton at their home on the Ambar charakhas provided by SPT. Tribals get Rs 75/Kg of cotton spun. The whole family, including elderly people participates in spinning cotton, whenever they have time. Rs 1 million were received by tribals for spinning cotton in their homes. Further, SPT has installed several hand-looms at Pindval for use by tribals free of cost. Tribal families come to SPT & weave cloth. They are paid Rs 15/ sqm of cloth weaved. It is great to see families working in the Khadi center. SPT processes Khadi made by tribals to a marketable product. Almost all Khadi is bought by local people as it is inexpensive & suitable for rough use. 17. SPT received Rs 14.6 million from 1137 donors. 86.33% of the revenue went directly to Adivasis. Only 13.67% were spent on salary of teachers & staff, vehicle maintenance, maintenance & repairs of the schools & dorms, administration, depreciation etc. Trustees take no salary for 24 HR X 7 service of over last 40 years. This is an excellent ratio for any NGO. They are teaching an important lesson to children about simple living & high thinking. 18. We recommend that $31,300 be contributed by Asha for recurring expenses plus $ 2,000 for capital expense of Library.
Jyoti & Tushar Shah
Savodaya Parivar Trust
Recurring Expenses Pindval
Serial no
1 Salaries+benefits Groceries & Grains Vegetables Milk 5 Fuel 6 Kitchen apliances 7 Educational devices 8 Uniforms 9 Hostel Expenses 10 Local Travel expense 11 Excursions: Students 12 Vehicle 13 Miscellaneous 14 Total Scholarship for further studies for students 14 passing from Pindval Other expense 1 15 Total
Budget 2008-09 Teachers + Students Staff Total 224 11 235
Includes Teachers+ Assts T+A+S +visitors T+A+S T+A+S T+A+S T+A+S T+S Students Students T+S T+S T+S Students
Budget 2009-10 Teachers + Students Staff Total 230 11 241
Students 242
Teachers + Staff 12
Total 254
Average per person Total Rs Numbers. /year
Average per person Total Rs Numbers. /year
Average per person Total Rs Annual Numbers. /year
Budget 2010-11
11
46,356
509,919
11
50,992
560,911
12
50,992
611,903
240 240 240 240 235 235 235 235 235 235 235
1,698 297 402 288 22 105 517 70 27 383 361
407,560 71,185 96,496 69,116 5,276 24,657 121,484 16,351 6,237 90,061 84,796
256 256 256 256 238 238 238 238 238 238 238
2,038 356 482 317 25 115 569 90 29 460 397
521,677 91,117 123,515 81,096 5,878 27,469 135,338 21,528 6,948 109,453 94,466
254
2,038
517,601
254
356
90,405
254
482
122,550
254
348
88,509
254
27
6,900
242
115
27,931
242
569
137,613
254
127
32,165
254
32
8,157
254
506
128,492
254
437
110,899
235
6,396
1,503,138
238
7,476
1,779,396
1,883,124
8
6,000
48,000
8
6,000
48,000
40,000
224
6,925
1,551,138
230
7,945
1,827,396
242
7,571
1,923,124
Savodaya Parivar Trust
Recurring Expenses Khadaki
Local students
2008-2009 Teachers & Staff 8
Resident Students 99
Total 147
students in std 1 to 7 from Khadaki village, who do not stay in the dorm. 40
Sr. No 1 Salaries+benefits 2 Groceries & Grains 3 Vegetables 4 Milk 5 Fuel 6 Kitchen apliances 7 Educational devices 8 Uniforms 9 Hostel Expenses 10 Local Travel expense 11 Excursions: Students 12 Vehicle 13 Miscellaneous 14 Total
Includes Teachers+ Assts T+A+S +visitors T+A+S +visitors T+A+S +visitors T+A+S +visitors T+A+S T+S Students S+T T+S T+S T+S Students
Khadaki
Resident Students 120
Budget 2009-10 Teachers & Staff Total 11 215
84
Budget 2010-11
Resident Students 127
Teachers & Staff
266
128
Average per person/yea Total Rs Numbers. r
Average per person/yea Total Rs Annual Numbers. r
Total
11
Total Rs
8
43,037
344,292
11
47,340
520,742
11
47,340
520,742
154
2,455
378,088
180
2,946
530,305
202
2,946
595,120
154
230
35,492
180
277
49,781
202
277
55,865
154
159
24,533
180
191
34,410
202
249
50,200
154 154 147 139 107 147 147 147
284 57 160 434 604 146 290 823
43,672 8,854 23,484 60,394 64,592 21,523 42,625 120,936
180 180 215 160 131 215 215 215
312 50 176 478 785 161 348 905
202
406
81,916
139
8,406
1,168,485
204
8,438
56,150 9,000 37,782 76,470 102,804 34,627 74,811 194,567 0 1,721,449
202
55
11,110
255
176
44,811
127
478
60,698
138
863
119,127
255
177
45,176
255
383
97,603
255
1,041
265,380
0
20,000
255
7,717
1,967,750
Savodaya Parivar Trust
Recurring Expenses
Notes 1. Local students do not stay at hostel but eat with resident students. 2 Pindval & Khadaki being vey remote places, visitors ( Average 7) are served meals. 3. Sarvodaya trust pays for repairs & maintenance, electricity, heath care, telephone, miscellaneous expenses etc & are not 4. Khadaki students of std 1 & 2 walk to the Government school in village for classes. All students are registered under Government school roster. Government school has 4 teachers paid directly by Government.
Serial no 1 Teachers 2 Students Total
Khadaki: Zero Class 2008-2009 2009-10 Average Average per per person/yea person/yea Total Rs Total Rs Annual Numbers. r Includes Numbers. r Teachers 8 8,571 68,565 8 9,428 75,422 300 NA 0 342 T+S 300 229 68,565 350 229 75,422
4 Vocaional Training Students 37 Total 337 Collaboratve Program for Nomadic children Mital Patel for Education of Nomadic children in Prantij + Vijaypur village 5 +Thorad+Surendrangar 6 7 Total
Students Teachers S
1,998 2,226
250 5 250
73,920 142,485
89,621
0
40 390
300 5 300
Students 224 139 300 37 250 950
9
Rs 1,551,138 1,168,485 68,565 73,920 89,621 2,951,729
Students 230 204 350 40 300 1,124
10,370
93,334
274 283
93,334
87,905 163,326
0
0
0
0
114,070
250
200,000
6
114,070
250
Rs 1,827,396 1,721,449 75,422 87,905 114,070 3,826,241
Students 242 255 283 0 250 1,030
Summary Budget 2009-10
Budget 2008-09 Center/ Activity Pindval Khadaki Zero Class Vocational training Nomadic children Total
2,198 2,426
Khadaki: Zero Class/ Extension 2010-2011 Average per person/yea Total Rs Numbers. r
200,000 Budget 2010-11 Rs 1,923,124 1,967,750 93,334 0 200,000 4,184,208