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ANNUAL UPDATE FOR 2012
Kannan C. IyerGuest presenter: Anouradha Bakshi,
project director
6 Jun 2012
Project WHY
Mission
Project WHY was conceived to answer a series of queries:•Why do children from underprivileged backgrounds perform poorly?•What could be done to enhance their performance?•What skills should be taught to them to better their employment options?•How could this be achieved in a replicable community driven model?
•Project WHY set out to create a model whereby quality education support in underprivileged areas, could be spearheaded by parents even if they were illiterate. The idea was to empower the community to pool its resources and run a sound support programme for its children.
History
• Primary function: after school support center
• Est 1998, started as English speaking class in 2000 with 40 children, now serves 900 children
• Director : Anouradha Bakshi• attitude comes from the top and the top here is
service oriented.
• Serves south Delhi area urban slum residents
• Hires slum residents for teacher, transport, food, etc.• Keep the employment local
Organization Structure
• Primary : Anouradha Bakshi, Founder
• Other :• Rani : Project Coordinator, in-charge for Pwhy• Dharmender : Womens Center Director• Both are Pwhy Alum• Shamika, Project Coordinator (Anou’s daughter)• Other teaching staff with minimal hierarchy – all
from slums• Non-teaching staff and vocation teachers
• Board includes 9 members other than Anou, many of them prominent Delhi citizens
LocationNEW DELHI
Activities
GIRINAGAR - GOVINDPURI - OKHLA
Early Education:
1 creche at Govindpuri
Primary outreach:
Okhla, Govindpuri, Giri Nagr
Special children:
1day care at Govindpuri
Junior Secondary
Okhla Classes VI to X
Senior Secondary
Giri Nagar Classes IX to XII
Computer centres:
Giri Nagar, Okhla
Other activities
Cine Club and Library, Print shop
Profile of community served:
Migrant Labour from Bihar, UP, Nepal and other states
Parents are self employed, daily wage earners, street vendors, part time employees in factories, sweepers.
Average income: 3000 Rs
Average family members:6
MADANPUR KHADER - Women centre
Primary outreach
Classes I to V
Secondary Outreach
Classes VI to IX
Vocational activities
Stitching and Tailoring, Beauty classes
Computer Centre
Children:
Main centre: ~600
Women centre:~300
Staff:
Main centre: 29
Women centre: 15
Finances
• Limited to Education budget in remaining slides• Sri Ram Goburdhun Trust also provides other services• Expenses under these heads:
• Education (Project WHY) – classes, staff, computers, learning aids, transport for kids/staff
• Boarding school for 8 kids - SAC• Medical expenses for slum kids, adults• Nutrition programme• Clothing support (mostly from Europe, now cash sent for local
purchase)• Bldg maintenance for owned buildings and other infrastructure
items purchase like cooler• Other expenses
• Rest of the heads expense limited to support or support raised on ad-hoc basis as needed
• For ex, if someone needs heart surgery, funds raised specifically for this from network and personal pleas
Finances
Column1
Early Edu - Govindpuri
early edu - prep Printing shop
Special Section
Primary - Govindpuri Pri - Okhla
Pri - Sanjay Col Library Sr Sec Jr Sec
Cyber Club - 2 loc now
Focus on Quality
W&C Center - Creche, Pri, Residence
Foster Care Totals
Children 35 0 18 112 204 20 120 75 0 100 290 1 855teachers 3 2 3 3 5 1 1 2 3 1 16 1 41salaries 13200 8000 21000 12000 24000 5200 9200 11000 20000 8000 78600 5000 215200rent 0 0 0 0 2750 2500 0 0 0 17000 0transport/Electricity 8000 0 8000 0 0 0 2000 7800 25000 0 feeslearning aids 3500 0 2500 2000 5000 900 2000 2600 1000 0 12000 0 otherOther (occ therapist, lab ) 1000 6500 0 700 3000 3000 7300 27000 0
food/ toiletries/ living exp
1/8 admin 13937.5 13937.5 13937.5 13937.5 13937.5 13937.5 13937.5 13937.5Total 38637.5 9000 51937.5 27937.5 42937.5 9550 30637.5 27537.5 26000 37037.5 159600 18937.5 479750
USD / mo $8,782USD / yr $105,382
Exch Rate INR 54.63 EUR 1.43 CAD 0.96Other financesUSD Admin
$34,320 24000 Euros - Enfannes Indiennes EUR 2000/mo, EUR500 for Utpal Salary (6 staff) 27500 min wage impact$32,604 36000 Euro/yr, Pwhy Germany (1900 EUR Pwhy and 1100 SAC) all 30 staff expenses 20000 total staff 41
$0 misc donations - paypal stopped by FCRA regulations now transport 18000 current salary 215200$6,000 Other Orgs, random misc donations thru other orgs communication 6000 new min salary 289050
$0 Asha Canada, INR 84000 for SAC electricity 25000 DELTA/mo 73850$72,924 misc 15000 annual 886200
total 111500 USD yearly 16221.86Ask from ASHA Seattle for Oct11-Sep12
$32,458 USD 1773161.88 INRAsha approved funding (Nov 07, then USD 28077, INR 1116075):
$22,522 USD 1230361.08 INRShortfall: 9.428536 %
$9,936 USD $542,800.80 INR
Finances
• Other organizations support• Enfannes Indiennes, EUR 2000/mo
• Dried up in 2010 summer but started again later in 2010 after 5 months break
• Now add EUR 500 for Utpal for boarding expense
• Project WHY Germany, EUR 1900/mo• Also support EUR 110 for boarding school
• Omprakash Foundation• Misc, random donations collected and forwarded
• Shortfall ~10-25% every year – significant time spent on fundraising to cover shortfall; risk network exhaustion and donor fatigue – this is not sustainable.
Asha, Seattle Involvement
Asha, Seattle Involvement
• Asha Seattle supports ~20% of Project WHY’s annual budget
• Asha support used for educational expenses including staff salaries, educational aids, transportation, etc
• % of total expenses covered by Asha comes down every year, not even keeping up with inflation
• With Asha Seattle since 2006 • Dallas and Vancouver did some grants in 2005,
Vancouver supported since 2007 as well
• Key contacts :• Anouradha Bakshi, Founder• Rani, Project coordinator & Dharmendra, Womens
Center Director send monthly reports
Asha, Seattle Involvement Contd.
• One-time partial funding for Planet WHY (Rs 20 Lakhs) • social enterprise planning a commercial activity,
motel, to support Project WHY activities; this will also house residential foster care unit.
• Project still looking for funding and sponsor• Land appreciated from Rs. 80 lakhs purchase price
to Rs 1.7 crores est value now
• Project WHY SAC for 8 children to attend residential school, in cooperation with Asha Canada.
• Barely covers costs – shortfall covered by personal pleas and fundraising
• Asha Seattle contribution is sporadic and sparse
Asha, Seattle Budget
Item Amount Current Fiscal Year (2012-2013) (Rs)
Amount Previous Fiscal Year (2011-2012) (Rs)
Seattle – Project Why 1230361.08 1183040
Planet Why 0 0
Project WHY SAC ??? ???
Updates for 2011-2012
General Partner Updates
• English classes stopped for some months as teachers left for personal reasons
• difficult to find new teachers as such teachers have to come from a higher social strata.
• International volunteers filled the gap. • Looking for 2 English speaking teachers.
• Organised 6 workshops on self esteem for class VI to VII children of Okhla and Khader
• Workshop on mental health in collaboration with RML Hospital (for community members)
• Photography workshop for 8 students of Khader (http://projectwhy.blogspot.in/2011/08/lensmen-of-project-why.html)
• Dance Workshop for students of Okhla and Khader• Workshop for parents on Right to Education
General Partner Updates
• Workshop on Jan Lokpal Bill• Workshop of sexual awareness (for girls)• 15th August celebration
(http://projectwhy.blogspot.in/2011/08/magic-of-celebration.html)
• Special section shifted to another building across the main building. They now have more space and have begun new activities.
• Gave up rented premises and closed one of the early education centres. Moved primary to main building .
• Appointed a new secondary teacher for Okhla as the number of children is now 75
• Appointed 2 special educators
General Partner Updates - Successes
• Project why children top their respective classes.• Some selected for the Medhavi exam that secures
scholarships for secondary school.• Saifin passed the exam and is now a scholarship holder.
• 3 more children were admitted in boarding school one being Meher the burns survivor
• Anita a project why student since class I passed her XII and is now teaching secondary classes at pwhy while studying for her BA
• The 2 stitching teachers are our old students• 3 women have started their own beauty parlours, one in Khader
and 2 in their villages, many work in parlours and some work on call.
• Many of our stitching students have got jobs in boutiques, export houses etc.
• 10 have startd their own tailoring units in their homes.
General Partner Updates - Concerns
• Funding remains unstable • Asha Seattle, Enfances Indiennes, Project why Germany are
the only stable sources now • This secures about 75-85% of the needs for education
programmes. • The balance comes from one time support, answers to SOS
calls etc.• Project Director aging and still primary fundraiser
• Spending lot more time on raising funds• Sustainability plan not taken off• Succession planning in thinking stages
• Force majure risks as usual - project may get smaller with govt action, slums razed
• Womens center - on rent, nearby bldgs getting demolished for apts or guest houses, can be asked to vacate
• Mitigation / Action plan : move to Planet Why land and serve children in that area.
Site Visit Report
• Last site visit in Dec 2010, by Kannan.
• Will get next one done by Aug 2012.
• Monthly reports from project uploaded quarterly to Asha project website.
• Annual audited statement, annual report and annual Budget uploaded to Asha project site yearly.
Audit Report
• Audited financial report expected Jun 2012• 2011 Audit report uploaded to project site
Process Checks
Item Status
Approved Budget INR 1230361.08, May 2012
Approval Type Recurring in 2011; new process for 2012 – annual.
Amount(s) disbursed last fiscal year INR 1149557 (May and Nov 2011)
Amount Utilized by the project last fiscal year
INR 1149557
Last Site Visit Dec 2010
Current Primary Steward Kannan C. Iyer
Current Secondary Stewards Megha, Meera Venkatesh
Status of the web page Not updated since May 2011
Status of the yahoo databases Up to Date
Primary Okhla, Khader and Govindpuri
Secondary Khader, Okhla
Computer Centres Giri Nagar, Okhla, Khader
Women programmes
Project Photographs
Saifin, the scholarship holder
Special section
Resources/Contact
• Website : http://projectwhy.org
• Blog : http://projectwhy.blogspot.in
• Book by Anou on Utpal : http://www.dearpopples.com
• Call Anou anytime at :
+91-9999079705skype: projectwhyTo schedule visit to Project Why
for any Asha volunteer/donor/guest.
Questions?
FAQs
• Some FAQs at Asha, Seattle meetings.o How many rs are we spending per kid per year?o Does the amount being spent on infrastructure items (building
schools, repairing roofs, etc. ) look reasonable?o Where exactly is the partner located? (especially for remote
projects. Be ready to locate the project area on a map)o What is the graduation rate of the school?o What is the student to teacher ratio in class rooms?o What is the girl to boy ratio in the school?o What are the line items in the budget?o Why is the partner asking for more funding for line item N?
(You will be asked this if there are changes in the budget line items)
o Community opinion of the project. o What went well, what didn’t go as expected, what can be done
differently.