Q4 report Karuna-Shechen

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FOURTH QUARTERLY REPORT

FOURTH QUARTERLY REPORT

OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 2013

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CONTENTS

PAGE

NUMBER Main Activities and Achievements 3 Introduction 4

Health

An Overview of Medical Activities 5 Access to Primary Healthcare in Urban Area: Shechen

Medical Centre in Bodhgaya, Bihar 13

Mobile Clinics 17

Medical Camps for the Poor and Needy 20

Health Education Program (HEP) 22

Education

Strengthening Basic Education 25 Non-Formal Education (NFE) 26 Vocational Training for Women 28

Environment

Solar Electricity 31

Bodhgaya Clean Environment, Hygiene and Sanitation Program

32

Social

Small Money Big Change 35

Kitchen Garden 36

Rainwater Harvesting 37

Computer Course for the Youth 39

Networking with other local NGOs 39

Other Important Informations

Finances 40 International Audit 41 External Visitors 41 Upcoming Activities 42 Our Partners 43

Annex-Success Story 44

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MAIN ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS

Health

In the fourth quarter of 2013, the total number of Consultants who availed the healthcare services of our

OPD (Outreach Patients Department) in Bodhgaya and Mobile Clinic in 18 villages was 15,707, highest in

all four quarters.

In the months of November and December 3 free medical camps were organised in Bodhgaya town for

the poor and needy people where a total of 1540 consultants were registered.

Education

5 Parent-Teacher meetings (1 at Lohjhara school, 1 at Gopalkhera, 1 at Kadal and 1 at Chando) were

held at schools

A candle-making unit was opened within our office premises in Bodhgaya from October with our NFE

students who had gone to Jamshedpur in the third quarter for an advanced training in the vocation.

A member of Iner’Lude, France has come down to Bodhgaya in December to give a 4-month training,

beginning in January 2014 to Anganwadi workers on child development through games and play.

Environment

Solar Engineers have returned home in the second half of December and are now gearing up to install

solar lights in their respective villages.

Household Survey was conducted in Kadal, Chando and Barsuddi as a Solar feasibility survey.

Several meetings were held with stakeholders regarding our Bodhgaya Clean Environment, Hygiene and

Sanitation programme

The Green Schools Programme (GSP) audit was conducted in all our operational villages.

Social

A pond was dug in Banahi under the small money Big Change programme. Besides, the construction of a

bathroom for women and a pond in Kadal have been completed in this quarter. Now sericulture is being

cultivated in the pond as an additional source of community livelihood.

Rainwater harvesting programme has been launched in our villages in this quarter with 32 households

and 4 schools already installing the system and several others in the process of doing so.

After embarking on an extensive data collection task we have gathered detailed information of all the

non-governmental organizations working in Gaya district as the first step towards our goal of creating a

network of like-minded NGOs.

Other Activities

An international Audit conducted management audit for the financial year 2012 successfully took place

during this quarter.

Several esteemed guests visited us during this quarter- Matthieu Ricard, President of Karuna-Shechen;

Tarek Toubale, Chief Operating Officer; Sanjeev Pradhan, Director of Shechen Clinic, Nepal, Anne Oliver,

Chief Financial Officer of Karuna-Shechen, and Vanessa Challinor, Serge, Astrid and Marie Saint-Arnoult

from Shining Hope Foundation.

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The fourth quarter sees the highest number of patients compared to the last three quarters. Besides, in the kitchen garden programme which started in the previous quarter some more fruit and vegetable seeds and plantations were distributed to households and schools. In rainwater harvesting several households have already installed the required facilities while some are in the process

The Bodhgaya Clean Environment, Hygiene and Sanitation programme saw a great progress terms of organisation of meeting with stakeholders, conducting school competition to raise awareness on environmental hygiene and cleanliness. Also, meeting with food vendors led the latter to understand the importance of covering the food on display and place orders with us for the same. Our Rainwater Harvesting programme was started in this quarter with the aim of providing a sustained supply of water to the village communities.

Vocational training took a major step with the introduction of a temporary candle-making unit within our office premises.

The following programmes are currently running under our four areas of intervention:

In the following sections we will see the details of all our programmes and their progress in this quarter.

INTRODUCTION

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OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL ACTIVITIES

OPD and Mobile Clinics

In the fourth quarter of 2013, the total number of Consultants who availed the healthcare services of

our OPD (Outreach Patients Department) in Bodhgaya and Mobile Clinic in 18 villages was 15,707,

highest in all four quarters (7358 in Q1, 8152 in Q2, 13,868 in Q3 and 15,707 in Q4), wherein new

consultants constituted 5366 people (34.16 % of total number of consultants).

We see that the total number of consultants at the OPD and Mobile Clinics has increased over the four

quarters of 2013. Q3 shows steep increase in the number of consultants compared to the first two

quarters while Q4 registers the highest number of consultants, 13.26% more than Q3 and 113.47%

greater than Q1.

HEALTH

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The following reasons primarily account for the maximum number of consultants in the fourth

quarter:

The gradual increase in confidence amongst the mobile clinic consultants in the 6 new villages

and their satellites

Seasonal illness like influenza and cough and cold during winters

The influx of tourists during the tourist season (i.e., September onwards)

Table 1: Total Number of Consultants at OPD and Mobile Clinics

Months OPD Mobile Clinics

October 2398 2909

November 2002 2652

December 2566 3180

Total 6966 8741

Of the total medical consultants at our OPD and Mobile Clinics in Q4:

the number of patients referred to PHC & Government Hospitals was 56 (0.36 % of total consultants at OPD and Mobile Clinics );

the total patients who were treated “Free of Cost” (Pregnant women, children and aged people above 60 years) at OPD and Mobile Clinics were 10,180 ( 64.82% of total consultants).

Apart from our usual healthcare services through OPD and Mobile clinics, in the months of November

and December 3 free medical camps were organised in Bodhgaya town for the poor and downtrodden

where a total of 1540 consultants were registered.

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Table 2: Total Number of Patients Referred to PHC and Government Hospitals

Month OPD Mobile Clinics

Oct 15 14

Nov 6 2

Dec 14 5

Total 35 21

Table 3: Total Number of FOC (Free of Cost) Patients

Month OPD Mobile Clinics

Oct 1249 2121

Nov 1091 2002

Dec 1385 2332

Total 3725 6455

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Direct Observed Treatment (DOT)

Out of 1310 medical tests conducted in our pathology laboratory 88 were Sputum tests (for Tuberculosis). Out of these the number of people who were diagnosed with TB was 10. Currently, the total number of TB patients undergoing treatment at the DOT centre within our OPD and in our operational villages is 40.

Table 5: DOT details

October November December Total

Number of TB patients started medicine

4 4 5 13

Number of sputum tests conducted

48 40 0 88

Sputum Positive 5 5 0 10

Refer TB Patients 4 2 1 7

Completed TB Medicine 0 3 1 4

Total Number of TB Patients currently undergoing treatment (OPD and Mobile)

36 40 40 -

Types of Diseases observed among Patients in OPD and Mobile Clinics

The following table gives us information about the various types of diseases observed among the patients in our OPD and Mobile clinics.

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Table 6 : Types of Diseases

Types of Diseases October November December Total

Diarrohoea/children 3 1 1 5

Diarrhoea / dysentery adults

88 54 70 212

Amoebiasis 53 80 109 242

Typhoid 1 3 179 183

TB 73 54 62 189

Gynea patient 306 124 187 617

Bone & joints patients 1180 1037 249 2466

Burn patient 3 58 6 67 Worm manifestation 2 3 3 8

Skin diseases of all kinds

510 411 9 930

Ophthalmologic infections

0 25 12 37

Malnourished children 0 0 0 0

Cardiac Inf. 0 0 12 12

HTN 287 249 349 885 Diabetes 16 31 27 74

Asthma & COPD 126 163 376 665

Cough & Cold 1160 1114 1270 3544 Epilepsy 6 45 12 63

ENT patient 203 184 1282 1669

Lymphadenopathy 0 10 0 10 I&D Dressing 10 39 67 116

Other Patients 1215 941 67 2223

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The table and graph show that the most common health problems observed among our OPD and Mobile clinic patients were cough and cold, owing to the onset of the winter season; bone and joint problem, and ENT problem.

Identity Cards for Medical Consultants

The total number of Identity Cards issued in this quarter are 4256 which is slightly less than that issued in the third quarter (5037).

Table 7: Total Number of Identity Cards issued in Q4

Month

OPD Mobile Clinics Total

October 908 808 1716

November 783 525 1308

December 887 345 1232

Total 2578 1678 4256

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Table 8: Total Number of Identity Cards issued in the four quarters of 2013

Total Number of Identity Cards issued

Q1 3780

Q2 3300

Q3 5037

Q4 4256

Total 16,373

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The number of identity cards issued in the fourth quarter is higher than that in the first two quarters (12.59% and 28.97% higher than Q1 and Q2 respectively) and 15.51% less compared to the third quarter. However, we cannot pinpoint any specific reasons for this trend.

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ACCESS TO PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN URBAN AREA: SHECHEN MEDICAL CENTRE IN

BODHGAYA, BIHAR

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The total number of people who came to the Medical centre in Bodhgaya for Consultations in the third quarter of 2013 was 6966. Out of this total 2611 were new consultants, representing 37.42% of total consultations in OPD. The number of patients at OPD in the fourth quarter is 16.62% higher than in the third quarter.

Table 9: Details of Consultants at OPD

October November December

Total Number of Consultants

2398 2002 2566

New Consultants 913 788 910

Male 653 605 672

Female 1183 919 1292

Children 562 478 602

November being the month of festivities registered lesser consultants compared to October and December.

December, marking the onset of the winters saw the highest number of consultants in the

fourth quarter as people are susceptible to cough, cold and influenza during this time of the year.

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From the above graphs we can see that women and children form majority of the consultants at OPD (72%).

Pathology Laboratory

Total number of patients who came in the fourth quarter of 2013 for different medical tests were 513

and total anaysis done was 1310. The number of patients and tests are different because one patient

may go for several tests. Total money collected from these tests was INR 17575.

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Table 10: Total Number of Medical Tests conducted in the fourth quarter

Total Number of Tests

TC/DC 221

ESR 199

HB% 158

Malaria 52

Uric Acid 38

Blood Sugar 206

Serum Blirubin 20

AFB (Sputum test) 88

ECG 15

Urine routine examination 72

Urine culture sensitivity test 45

Other Tests 196

Total 1310

The table and graph show that the highest number of medical tests conducted are TC/DC, Blood Sugar,

ESR and HB%.

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MOBILE CLINICS

Mobile Clinics

With the expansion of our outreach activities to 6 new villages in the first quarter services of our

Mobile Clinic was also extended.

In the fourth quarter of 2013, the number of patients who came for consultations in mobile clinic from 18 village was 8741 , out of which 2755 were new patients representing 31.52% .

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5589 consultants from the satellite villages around our 18 operational villages who sought medical help from our mobile clinic services.

The total patients who were treated for Free of Registration Charge (Pregnant women, children and aged people above 60 years) in the Mobile Clinic was 6455 (73.84 % of the total consultants at mobile clinics).

The total number of consultants at the mobile clinic has increased by 10.72% from the last quarter.

Table 11 : Details of Consultants going to Mobile Clinics

October November December Total

Total Number of Consultants 2909 2652 3180 7895

Total Number of New Consultants

1018 865 872 2961

Men 749 753 869 1851

Women 1455 1254 1567 3841

Children 705 645 744 2203

As in the case of OPD, here too the maximum number of people sought our healthcare services in December. The month, marking the onset of the winters saw the highest number of consultants, as people are susceptible to cough, cold and influenza during this time of the year.

November being the month of festivities registered lesser consultants compared to October

and December.

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Women and children constitute 73% of the total consultants at Mobile clinics, which is similar to the

trend in last quarter where they formed more than 70% of consultants at both OPD and mobile clinics.

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MEDICAL CAMPS FOR THE POOR AND NEEDY

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In order to reach out to maximum number of under-served population we organised 3 medical camps

for the poor and downtrodden in the months of November and December. Total turn-out in the

medical camps was 1540. In these camps, apart from free medical check-ups and medicines, detergent

and body soaps were given to each consultant and free sanitary napkins were distributed amongst

women and girls.

Table 12 : Details of Consultants at Medical Camps for the Poor and Needy

Total Number of Consultants

Male Female Children

October 0 0 0 0

November 523 158 198 167

December 1017 264 419 334

As we can see from the above table and graph, no medical camp was conducted in the month of

October. 2 medical camps were organised in December and 1 in November and hence the huge

difference between the number of consultants registered in the two months, with December

accounting for almost twice the number of patients as in November.

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HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME (HEP)

Community Health Meeting Sanitary Napkin being given free to women at Medical Camp

Health Education Programme (HEP), which was introduced in our 12 villages in 2010, continues to

run smoothly. Currently there are 87 health groups under HEP.

Table 13: Some Important Data on HEP

Indicators Total

Total Number of Home Visits by Village Coordinators 633

Total Number of Home Visits by Motivators 2416

Family visit By V.C 850

Total H.P committee 53

Funcational H.P committee 51

Repaired Hand pump 11

Hand pump Meeting By V.C 37

Health Group Meeting By Motivator 175

Total Population Reached 1055

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Table 14 : Some Important Data on Reproductive and Child Health (RCH)

The number of child deliveries is greater at PHC than at home. The number of pregnant women taking the required vaccinations is also very impressive, with almost all going for vaccination.

Table 15 : Number of Sanitary Napkin Packets sold

Month OPD Mobile Clinics & Motivators

Medical Camps

October 46 580 0

November 80 624 97

December 186 745 255

Total 312 1949

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Indicators Total

Mother & Child Meeting By V.C 65

Mother & Child Meeting By Motivators 187

Total Pregnant Woman 68

Total Pregnant women taking T.T.1 62

Total Pregnant woman taking T.T.2 66

Total pregnant women taking Taken T.T.0 29

New Born Children 43

Children born at PHC 76

Children born at Home 48

New-born Child Immunization 50

Immunization for children below 2 years of age 250

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The above table and graph clearly demonstrate increase (from October to December) in the number of sanitary napkins sold at our OPD and Mobile Clinics. At the medical camps the napkins were distributed free of cost to all the women and girl consultants.

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STRENGTHENING BASIC EDUCATION

Yoga class at Dema school

In an effort to provide a nurturing and holistic approach to basic education and helping in the all

round development of children, we have introduced various educational programmes since early

2013.

Our initiative to empower basic education is running successfully with the following activities:

The support faculty to rural schools are continuing successfully

regular Yoga classes are conducted in the village-schools

organisation of Parent-Teacher Meetings

providing Teaching-Learning Materials

A fitness instructor hired by our organisation, provides Yoga and other physical exercise training to

the school-going children in all the 18 villages. Matthieu Ricard, President of Karuna-Shechen and

Tarek Toubale, Chief Operating Officer of the organisation, during their visit to India in November,

2013 lauded our initiative to start Yoga training for school children.

The support faculty we have provided to schools in Dema and Banahi continue to impart enjoyable

and interesting learning experience to the children.

Various Teaching-Learning Materials like have been distributed for more effective and fun-filled

learning experience for the children/ we continue to supply Teaching-Learning Materials (TLM) to

schools in an effort to fulfil the basic requirements of teachers and students and help improve the

education standards in rural schools.

5 PTA meetings (1 at Lohjhara school, 1 at Gopalkhera, 1 at Kadal and 1 at Chando) have been

organised at schools in the fourth quarter.

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Various sports and game materials like football, skipping rope, Badminton racket and shuttle cork,

Carom Board, Cricket bat and ball, etc have been provided to the rural schools to encourage extra-

curricular activities for overall child development.

NON-FORMAL EDUCATION (NFE)

Our NFE programme continues to run efficiently in all 18 centres across 16 villages.

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Table 16: NFE Attendance details

The total number of enrolled students has slightly increased from 444 to 447 with 3 additional women

joining the NFE centre at Kadal. The average attendance has fallen from 63% to 51% primarily due to

the engagement of the women, most of whom are engaged in agricultural activities, in harvesting of

winter crops. Also, the months of October through December, being the festive season, saw student

attendance drop during this quarter.

Name of Villages Number of Students enrolled in NFE

Average Attendance in NFE classes

Banahi 30 15 Dema 30 16 Gopalkhera 30 15 Lohjara 30 17 Bandha 32 16 Nawatari 32 17 Mansidih 31 16 Sripur 30 15 Mastibar 25 15 J.P.Nagar 28 15 Kharati 18 9 Karhara 60 31 Trilokapur 21 8 Bhupnagar 25 11 Kadal 25 13 Total 447 229

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VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR WOMEN

Women making candles within our office premises Cash Receipt for Sold Candles

After undergoing training in candle-making, at a 2-day workshop that we had organized in Bodhgaya exclusively for our NFE students, 7 participants were chosen on the basis of their ability to produce what they had leant, and sent to Jamshedpur in August for a week-long intensive advanced training. As the third and crucial step towards empowering these women a candle-making unit was opened within our office premises in Bodhgaya from October, prior to the celebration of the Festival of Lights, ‘Deepawali’. These 7 women were assisted by 4 more NFE students who had participated in the candle-making workshop at Bodhgaya. These 4 women worked under the guidance of those having advanced training which helped them improve their knowledge and enhance their candle-making skills. The combined effort and sincere efforts of all the women enabled them to produce 27 different types of candles and sell INR 14,499 worth of candles, definitely a huge achievement for these rural women who had been otherwise confined to their communities and severely lacked socio-economic empowerment.

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Table 17 : List of the Different Varieties of Candles produced by the Women

Serial Number Types of Candles

1. Big pillar

2. Square pillar

3. Small pillar

4. Spiral Big

5. Spiral small

6. X-Mass

7. Simple small

8. Simple middle

9. Small Rose

10. Sunflower

11. Small doll

12. Temple

13. Normal candle

14. Laughing Buddha

15. Sharifa

16. Buddha statue

17. Date

18. Quince

19. Apple

20. Ship

21. Nehru

22. Banana

23. Papaya

24. Papaya Big

25. Spire

26. Micky Mouse

27. Maize

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Now, these women are working as vocational trainers in our operational villages, imparting refresher

and advanced training in candle-production and marketing to the NFE students.

NFE students in villages being trained by the women who had undergone advanced Candle-making training and participated

at our Candle-production unit

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SOLAR ELECTRICITY

A household with Solar light at J.P.Nagar One of the 3 Solar Engineers undergoing training at Tilonia

After 6 long months of hard work the 3 women who had been sent to Barefoot college in Tilonia,

Rajasthan successfully completed their training to become Solar Engineers. They returned home in the

second half of December and are now gearing up to install solar lights in their respective villages.

In this quarter a survey was conducted in the three villages where solar lights will be installed;

Barsuddi, Chando and Kadal. The objective of the survey was to know the number of households

willing to pay a one-time installment, specifying the amount they are willing to pay; how much, if any,

are they willing to pay on a monthly basis for light maintenance and battery replacement; the number

of lights required per household, etc.

ENVIRONMENT

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BODHGAYA CLEAN ENVIRONMENT HYGIENE AND SANITATION PROGRAMME

Meeting with Food Vendors Showing them types of food covers

Community Meeting for awareness generation on clean, hygienic surroundings

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Drawing Competition

Speech competition at school in Dema village Speech competition at a school in Bodhgaya town

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Participants with the Jute bags distributed by our organisation to discourage the use of plastic bags

As an integral component of our Awareness campaign under the Bodhgaya Clean Environment,

Hygiene and Sanitation programme we organised drawing and speech competitions in 27 schools (15

schools in Bodhgaya and 12 in our operational villages) in a bid to create a more environmentally

sensitive and responsible generation of citizens.

We also conducted household survey in 142 households in Bodhgaya town to get an idea about the

level of awareness, problems and practices related to sanitation and hygiene at household and locality

levels.

After this initial step of data collection 4 community-level meetings have been held to discuss about

the importance of keeping our surroundings clean.

In a bid to discouraging the usage of plastic bags and motivate people to use substitutes we have

ordered jute bags of different sizes from West Bengal. We have been distributing them for free among

participants of school competitions and our medical consultants and selling the same at meager price

of INR 20 (in contrast to the market price of INR 60 or more) to the locals who desire to purchase

them.

After having selected two types of covers that can be used by the food vendors for protecting the food

from dust and germs by the roadside while on display, we conducted several meetings with food

vendors and sweet and snack shop-owners in Bodhgaya and at Gaya station regarding the same. Till

now 30 vendors have placed orders for the food covers.

Besides, we have successfully conducted audit for the Green Schools Programme for which we had

undertaken a training at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi. The programme, in

our operational areas, will be conducted by us in collaboration with CSE.

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SMALL MONEY BIG CHANGE

Pond that was digged in Kadal

Fish added to the pond for Pisciculture

Our community-planned and community-managed programme continues to run successfully.

Repairing of the well, the construction of bathroom for women and digging of a pond at Kadal has

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been complete and are being used by the villagers satisfactorily. Besides, some fishes have been

thrown in the water with the aim of developing sericulture and thereby improving livelihoods of the

otherwise very poor community.

Besides, the construction of a pond in Banahi which had started in the third quarter but had to be

stalled due to the monsoons, was completed by the beginning of the fourth quarter. With the digging of

the pond the community now has a clean and adequate water resource.

KITCHEN GARDEN

Growing a kitchen garden in the backyard of a house with the objective of improving the overall health

of the rural poor and providing them with an additional source of livelihood was the idea behind our

new Kitchen Gardening Programme which began last quarter in close to 1000 households across 18

villages.

Through this quarter the kitchen gardens have been monitored and supervised by our village

motivators and coordinators. Also, some more fruits and vegetables like coriander, spinach, potato,

garlic and lemon have been distributed among households and schools.

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Table 18: Kitchen Garden details

RAINWATER HARVESTING

In the face of water problem facing the villages we have introduced our new programme this quarter,

Rainwater Harvesting which will help in the accumulation and deposition of rainwater for reuse

before it reaches the aquifer. Interested households and schools would be provided water tanks by

our organisation free of cost and they have to bear the minimal cost of plumbering that would be

required to install the system.

The rainwater harvesting system will enable the communities to utilize the locally available rain water

to meet water requirements throughout the year. This would facilitate availability of uncontaminated

water for domestic and irrigation needs.

The programme’s first step was to explain about rainwater harvesting-its importance and uses, to the

target communities. Next, a list of the interested households and schools was prepared. The third has

been to build an elevated platform where the water tanks will be fitted. While some households have

already completed the process of installing the whole system and are ready to use the system, several

are yet to accomplish the task. In this quarter 32 households and 4 schools (Dema, Gopalkhera,

Chando and Barsuddi) already have the whole rainwater harvesting system in place while several

others are in the process of installing it.

Villages Households receiving Vegetables and Fruits

Banahi 27

Lohjhara 11

Dema 42

Gopalkhera 21

Manshidih 25

Bandha 15

Nawatari 15

Kadal Only in the school

Chando Only in the school

Total 156 households and 2 schools

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COMPUTER COURSE FOR THE YOUTH

Our programme to provide free computer training to the underprivileged youth is running

successfully. Apart from the basic minimum academic qualifications, the only criterion for enrollment

in these lucrative training is a few hours volunteering service in one’s own community. Thus, our

students engage in volunteering exercise like teaching poor children for free, etc.

NETWORKING WITH OTHER LOCAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

We have collected detailed information of all the non-governmental organizations working in Gaya

district. This is the first step towards our goal of creating a network of like-minded NGOs so that

instead of working in isolation, organisations with similar views and mission would be able to work

collectively towards the realisation of their common aspirations.

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FINANCES

The budget and expenses for the fourth quarter of 2013 is presented below:

Table 19 : Budget and Expenses

Indicators Budget in USD ($1=INR 58)

Expenses in USD ($1=INR 58)

Administration, transportation and functioning cost

51,719 12,039.60

OPD direct benefit to population in Bodhgaya town and close surroundings

66,042 18,121.88

Mobile clinic benefit to population in 18 villages

91,816 21,831.80

Education direct benefit to population in 18 villages

39,714 6576.98

Environmental Program 42,355 9,579.46 Social Program 59,441 19,078.07 Program Support 16,917 2,674.80

Investment: Equipment 18,355 1,141.81

Contingencies 19318 2,518.29

Total 4,05,678 93,562.69

OTHER IMPORTANT

INFORMATIONS

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INTERNATIONAL AUDIT

An international Audit for the financial year 2012-201 successfully took place during this quarter.

EXTERNAL VISITORS

Anne Oliver, Chief Financial Officer of Karuna-Shechen, paid us a visit in October. In the month of

November we had the honour of welcoming Matthieu Ricard, President of Karuna-Shechen; Tarek

Toubale, Chief Operating Officer; Sanjeev Pradhan, Director of Shechen Clinic, Nepal and Vanessa

Challinor, Serge, Astrid and Marie Saint-Arnoult from Shining Hope Foundation. All our esteemed

guests were impressed and extremely satisfied with our programmes and appreciated our hard work

and dedication towards the same.

Our honourable guests on Field Visits

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Anne Olivier with an NFE student

Our guests with the entire team of Karuna-Shechen, India

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

A 4-month training imparted to Anganwadi workers in our villages by a volunteer from

Inter’Lude, France. The primary focus of the training will be child development through games

and activities.

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A pathology laboratory expert will join us from France for a 6-month training and supervision

session at the laboratory in our medical centre, Bodhgaya.

Solar lights to be installed in the villages of Chando, Barsuddi, Kadal and Banahi by our newly

trained Solar Engineers.

Rainwater harvesting to be completed in the households and/or schools where the process of

installation has begun. Also, as there is a gradual increase in interest regarding the project

amongst the communities in our operational villages more households are likely to install

rainwater harvesting system in the coming months.

We may conduct the Green Schools Programme in schools in and around the town of

Bodhgaya.

This year we envisage extending our services to Aurangabad, Jehanabad, Nalanda and Nawada,

i.e., the districts neighbouring our present area of intervention; Gaya district. Besides, we

intend to expand our geographical area of operation to the neighbouring State of Jharkhand.

OUR PARTNERS

Current Partner: Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan

Prospective Partner: Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.

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The Story of an NFE Student- Anita Devi

Anita Devi at NFE centre

Anita Devi, a 24 year old woman hailing from Dema village is an NFE student.

Previous to joining the classes she was an illiterate woman with a low self-confidence. When the NFE

centre was started in her village she knew that this was a golden opportunity for her to fulfil her

dream of learning to read and write.

Past 7 months of regular classes has enable her to read and write the alphabets of Hindi language,

numerical, construct sentences, write her own and her husband’s name and her residential address.

She can also recognise several countries on the global map and read and write their names.

Her husband and in-laws have been very supportive of her decision to pursue NFE classes and take

care of her children if, for some reason, she cannot bring them along with her to the classes.

Talking of the advantage of attending NFE classes, she says that reading and writing skills have not

just enabled her to interacting with people and understand things better but has also empowered her

to help her small children with their lessons. Besides, she now helps the illiterate women of the

community if they have to read or write anything, and has thus become as a source of inspiration for

them. Her family is proud of achievements, she says happily. Her whole NFE experience has been

enjoyable and satisfactory and she looks forward to learning new things in the days to come.

ANNEX -SUCCESS STORY

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