ANNUAL UPDATE FOR 2013-14

Kannan C. IyerAmol Agarwal

20 May 2013

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 1000+ 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

• Name : Sri Ram Goburdhun Charitable Trust

• Primary contact : Anouradha Bakshi, Founder

• Other :• Rani : Project Coordinator, in-charge for Pwhy• Dharmender : Womens Center Director• Both are Pwhy Alum• Shamika, addl 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 XII

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 XI

Vocational activities

Stitching and Tailoring, Beauty classes

Computer Centre

Children: 1000+

Main centre: ~650

Women centre:~370

Women : 120

Staff:

Main centre: 29

Women centre: 15

Finances

• Shows only 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 – Asha Seattle supports thru 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 : 2013-14

Column1Early Edu - Govindpuri Printing shop Special Section

Primary - Govindpuri

Pri & Sec - Okhla

Giri Ngr - Primary, Library & Cine Club

Giri Ngr - Sr Sec

Giri Ngr - Cyber Club - 2 loc now

Focus on Quality

W&C Center - Creche, Pri, Residence Foster Care Totals

Children 35 0 18 112 285 70 120 0 0 369 1 940teachers 3 2 3 3 5 2 1 2 1 16 1 39salaries 16904 9500 27600 55110 24000 12130 10500 20010 4500 93070 5000 278324rent 0 0 0 0 3000 3000 0 0 20000 0

transport/Electricity 9500 0 9500 9300 0 0 2700 0 28500 0fees

learning aids 4500 0 3200 8700 5000 1500 3250 1200 0 16800 0other

Other (occ therapist, lab ) 1500 7200 8300 0 1200 4500 3200 0 46600 0

food/ toiletries/ living exp

1/8 admin 17109.38 17109.375 17109.38 17109.38 17109.38 17109.38 17109.38Total 48013.38 11000 64609.375 98519.38 46109.38 17830 38359.38 27110 21609.38 204970 22109.38 600239.6

USD / mo $10,199USD / yr $122,394

Exch Rate INR 58.85EUR 1.37CAD 0.91Other finances USD Admin

$41,100Enfannes Indiennes EUR 2500/mo general, EUR500 for Utpal Salary (6 staff) 35075

min wage (Rs 7050/mo) impact

$31,23636000 Euro/yr, Pwhy Germany (1900 EUR Pwhy and 1100 SAC) all 30 staff expenses 24300total staff 45

$0misc donations - paypal stopped by FCRA regulations now transport 21500current salary 250719.2

$6,000Other Orgs, random misc donations thru other orgs communication 7500new min salary 317250

$0Asha Canada, INR 84000 for SAC electricity 27300DELTA/mo 66530.8 $78,336 misc 21200annual 798369.6

total 136875USD yearly 13566.18Ask from ASHA Seattle for Oct11-Sep12

$44,058USD 2592801.9INRAsha approved funding (Jul’13, INR 1230361):

$26124USD 15,37,951INRApproved May’14

Shortfall: XX% w/ minwage short: YY%USD INR

Finances

• Other organizations support• Enfannes Indiennes, EUR 2500/mo

• Now add EUR 500 for Utpal for boarding expense• Was on and off during downturn, stabilized now

• Project WHY Germany, EUR 1800/mo down from EUR 3700/mo starting Aug’14 due to German tourism drop

• EUR 1100 for boarding school, $700 general funds

• 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 ~15% 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.

• Land appreciated from Rs. 80 lakhs purchase price to Rs 2.5 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 (2013-2014) (Rs)

Amount Previous Fiscal Year (2011-2012) (Rs)

Seattle – Project Why 15,37,951 12,30,361(25% over 2012-13 budget)

Planet Why 0 0

Project WHY SAC ??? ???

Updates for 2013-2014

General Partner Updates

• English classes run by International volunteers. • Organised 6 workshops on self esteem for class VI to VII

children of Okhla and Khader• One donor donated RO plant for water – now major

emphasis for water conservation• Gender issues is another area of focus

• 50 boys per class vs 110 girls per class is the reality• Boys from same family sent to private schools

however useless they are while girls go to Govt schools

• Girls get to be free at Pwhy while they are curtailed at home even by younger boys – so, girls like it here

• Now have some common classes with boys and girls, going over gender equality and awareness classes

General Partner Updates

• Workshop of sexual awareness (for girls)• 2D animation workshop for children (Dipankar)• 3D animation classes for teachers so computer center

can teach this to kids• Continuing Workshop on mental health in collaboration

with RML Hospital (for community members)• Continued Dance Workshop for students of Okhla and

Khader• Continued Photography workshop for second year with

good success

General Partner Updates - Successes

• Project why children top their respective classes.• Some selected for the Medhavi exam that secures

scholarships for secondary school.• Have 3 scholarship holders.

• Boarding school kids doing good – Utpal moved to another school due to psychological issues dealing with social level difference

• Anita a project why student since class I passed her XII and is now teaching secondary classes at pwhy while studying for her BA

• Vocational courses at Women’s centre big hit • some started their own beauty parlours, many work in

parlours and some work on call; • Many of our stitching students have got jobs in boutiques,

export houses, etc.; many have started 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 – Planet WHY shelved• Succession planning in thinking stages• Needed to take time off in 2013 due to spouse’s health issues

• 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 Aug 2013, by Kannan.

• Monthly reports from project - uploaded periodically to Asha project website.

• Annual audited statement, annual report and annual Budget uploaded to Asha project site yearly.

Audit Report

• Audited financial report for year ending Mar 2014 is expected around Jun 2014

• 2012-2013 Audit report uploaded to project site

Process Checks

Item Status

Approved Budget INR 1537951.35, May 2014

Approval Type Recurring project – annual budget approval.

Amount(s) disbursed last fiscal year INR 1230360 (Feb and Jul 2013)

Amount Utilized by the project last fiscal year

INR 1230360

Last Site Visit Aug 2013

Current Primary Steward Kannan C. Iyer

Current Secondary Stewards Megha, Amol Agarwal

Status of the web page Up to Date

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.