Aid-gurgaon An Introduction

AID-Gurgaon

• An Introduction

The Ideology

• Seva, Sangharsh, Nirmaan

• Seva, Nirmaan – Education

• Sangharsh – RTI cell, Gurgaon Begger Free Campaign (in planning stage)

Location

Education

• Unnati - Introduction

• A non-formal school targeting children of construction laborers

• Started on 26th January 2007

• Located at Jharsa Village, Gurgaon (Haryana)

• Has a regular teacher (Suman Ji); Around 35 students study in two batches

• Classes are held 6 days a week for 4 hours everyday

• Refreshments are given everyday

Education

• Unnati – In pictures

Education

• Unnati - RSEP

• Regular School Education Program

• 4 children admitted to a private school (Vivek High School, Sector39, Gurgaon) for the session 2008-09

• Education funded by sponsorship scheme

• Sponsors from AID-Gurgaon volunteers as well as outside

Education

• RSEP (Childrens’ profiles)

Education

• Unnati – RSEP (Childrens’ Profiles contd…)

• Tara, Vinod and Pankaj – admitted to Class 1

• Sheetal admitted to LKG

• Classes started from 15th April, 2008

• Sanayak and Amanraj – recently admitted to a regular school (Pallavanjali Institute for the Actualisation of Individual Potential)

Education

• Unnati’s Nutrition Program

• Monthly budget INR 5000 ($103)

• All students covered under the program

• Bananas and milk with nutrition mixture

• Mixture recipe contains almonds, cashew-nuts, walnuts, roasted chanas and sugar

• Funded by RBS, Gurgaon till March 2009

Education

• Disha

• Second school (first was Prayas) on the concept of Unnati

• Started on 26th January, 2009

• Located at Jharsa Village, Sector 39, Gurgaon (within a mile of Unnati)

• Has a regular teacher (Devender Ji); Initial strength of around 50

• Classes are held 6 days a week for 4 hours everyday

Education

• Expenses & Proposals

• AID_Gurgaon_Estimates_Proposals.xls

Education

• Possible areas of funding from AID-Atlanta

• Disha – basic annual recurring costs of $1484 (INR 72000) plus one time setup cost of $72 (INR 3500)

• Disha – additional programs like RSEP and Nutrition (costs to be determined)

• Unnati – Nutrition program (based on the status of funding after March, 2009 from RBS)

• Full timer for AID-Gurgaon (interviews being held) – approx salary of $2475 per annum (INR 1,20,000)

• Gurgaon Beggar Free campaign – planning stage (no estimates as of now)

• Dormitory for HIV infected children – in collaboration with another NGO (proposal from the NGO)

Thank You

• “Be the change you want to see in the world.”

• - Mahatma Gandhi