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Annual Report 2010-11
Projects and activities
o Nature Walk
o Children’s Day
o Visit to Dog Farm
o Interaction with EMU Students
o The Love tree project
Events
o Bangalore Futsal Mania
o Udaan
o Joy of Giving
Content
Overview
Educational Activities
Workshops
o Sports
o Dance
o Art and Craft
Overview An initiative that began in 2008 as a small project by college students took the shape of a formal
organization in 2010 by the name of Reach Out and Pass It On foundation aka ROPIO Foundation.
ROPIO began its journey with the children of a slum called old G point ,locally named khand gaon,
aged between 5 and 20. Everything from tuitions in subjects studied at school, re enrollment of
drop out, basic English and communication classes to workshops in music, art & craft, dance and
sports were conducted. Within no time the team was assisted by college students and working
professionals who came to volunteer.
A beautiful bond was created with the families of G point
and the volunteers of ROPIO and all programs ran
smoothly. Classes and workshops for children and women
were held throughout the day with occasional tea breaks
and chit chats with the women and men of the community.
Overview In November’10 the slums of Old G Point were demolished, and the people were not
given apt and adequate warning. This caused a huge disturbance to everyone who
was a part of that slum. Families were displaced, children were unable to attend
school and unavailability of a shelter topped the list of problems. However with the
combined efforts of all the volunteers at ROPIO and the children and families of G
Point we pulled through. After almost a week of struggles and suffering, we were
able to provide continued support through a learning center to as many children we
could reach out to. We took up a temporary shelter at Satya Niketan
where for the next 3 months we catered to 25
children. From food and accommodation to tuitions
and workshops whatever support we could provide we
did.
The Children continued to study and despite facing
such hardship so close to their exams they made it
through to the next class with flying colors.
Educational Activities
We re-created a classroom learning structure for the children
from the slum of G Point in Kali Bari Marg in the comfort of
their own surroundings. Classes spanned from 0700 hours to
1700 hours covering apart from academic sessions, their extra-
curricular activities and overall growth
Mornings were dedicated to physical well-being. Most mornings
we found ourselves enjoying a game of football or badminton
with the children and volunteers altogether
After a quick breakfast break, the children would re-assemble
into their respective batches divided on the basis of classes,
for some intensive but interactive sessions covering their
academic syllabus.
To ensure an optimum retention, the classes were structured
to balance academics with extra-curricular activities, which
proved to be good energizers that kept the overall
environment light yet fruitful.
Educational Activities Features
Academic assistance provided to 100 children aged between 5 and 17 (class 1 to 10)
Workshops conducted on communication skill and English grammar
Achievements
95% children cleared to the next grade
Children in X cleared with average 65%
Workshops Sports
Games and exercises became a great energizer to create focus in studies
Badminton every morning at 7 (summer vacation time)
Football every evening post classes
Dance
Classes were conducted periodically by volunteers who were trained professionals
Hip Hop / jazz
Bollywood
Workshops
Art and craft
Origami and paper craft
Madhubani and Kalahandi painting style
Sketching
Clay modeling
Achievements
Selected children sent to DanceWorx for further training
Participated in art workshop at National Museum
Projects & Activities
Nature Walk (June’10)
All the children were taken to the ridge forest one early morning for bird watching and trekking
22 different species of birds identified
Volunteers and children bonded over the night stay and morning walk.
Children’s Day (14th Nove’10) 100 children were taken to Yusuf Sadan basement,
near the cathedral, where they were joined by
children from other NGOs and Slums. St. Anthony's
church youth organised the games after which
lunch was served along with juice and sweets.
Projects & Activities
Visit to Dog farm (Jan’10)
The children and team of R.O.P.I.O visited Brian’s home where he shelters and caters to around 35 dogs. It was a fun filled day where the kids got to see other people who were striving to make society a better place in their own way. Every one enjoyed playing with the dogs there and got to learn a lot about animal care.
Love tree project (11th-20th Feb)
The Pacific mall at Subhash nagar along With
ROPIO organised a fund raiser during the
valentines week. Butterfly and heart shaped
brooches were sold to people at the mall in
exchange for a heart shaped red leaf which
they then hung on the branches of a golden
tree with messages for their loved ones.
Projects & Activities
Interaction with EMU students, Virginia
(1st and 2nd Feb’11)
An exposure visit to provide insight to the students from the Eastern Mennonite University about the situations of people living in slums and providing an opportunity of interaction, learning and growth to the children from the slums.
Features
Day1: ice breaking and team building
games such as treasure hunt and junk to
jewels
Day2: Visit to the slums and Football
match
Events
Bangalore Futsal Mania (July’10)
A two-day street football tournament organized in collaboration with students of Christ University in Bangalore, Karnataka.
32 teams participated
Hosted at SPT sports complex
Cash prize of Rs.15000/
Udaan (5th Sep’10)
A 2 hour program of musical and dance performances by the children and professionals.
Hosted at Convent of Jesus and Mary
Graced by Jaya Jaaitely, Fr. Alwyn D’Souza and Fr.Vincent D’Souza
Musical performances by Tarini and team, Fire Exit, Gautam Nima and Delhi Drum Circle
Dance Performances by Kinkini, M.R Pradeep & Raghu And Sushant &Himani
Children’s performances:
oIndian Contemporary by the girls
oStreet Jazz by the boys
oSilent skit by the children on ‘life of a street child’
Events
Events
Joy of Giving(Dec ‘10)
A Christmas charity event organized in
association with Youth Activ8 Foundation.
It was a musical event-cum- photo
exhibition, where delegates from various
embassies were invited to attend.
Musical Performances by Timson Thomas, Emmanuel Marthoma Church Choir and the Delhi Drum Circle
Photo Exhibition by Shivani Garg, Nitin Singh and Ankit Singh
ROPIO kids performed a duet on ‘Roshan hui Raat’
Budget 2010-11
Income
Donations 176375
Funds raised from Events 93000
Total Income 269375
Expenses 142615
Rent 29.45%
Food 33.66%
Centre Expenses (Including Tution Fees) 33.28%
Event Expenses 3.61%
Others 0.01%
Total % 100.00%
Surplus/Deficit 126760