Concern for Humanity
“Striving nationwide to bring a smile on every poor and disadvantaged face”
Coordination Office: 252/1, Second Floor, Shahpur Jat, Opposite Panchsheel Commercial Complex, New Delhi – 110 049.
Phone 91 11 2649 0665, Email : <>
Mr.Badri Nayanan
Director Projects
VIBHA,
USA.
Sub : Project proposal for setting up Learning Centres for children in Bhatti Mines, New Delhi, INDIA.
Dear Mr. Badri,
Warm greetings from all of us here at Concern for Humanity.
Please find enclosed herewith a project proposal titled “ Learning Centres for poor and deprived children in Bhatti Mines, New Delhi” for seeking funding assistance from VIBHA.
The proposed project proposal addresses to one of the immediate needs of the slum dwellers of Bhatti Mines.
After the banning of red sand digging work by the Government, hundreds of migrant families who had settled down in Bhatti Mines and were dependent on the digging work, got displaced. Around the Bhatti Mines area there are only Farm houses where there is no work opportunity. The male members of the families travel down to Delhi or to Faridabad to work as daily wagers. Due to stoppage of sand digging work, women have no work to do and so the family income has reduced by half. In this backdrop, children’s education has been hit the most. Education of children has become a least priority for the parents. With the result, there are a large number of children who have never been to school.
During one of the recent surveys conducted by Concern for Humanity in Bhatti Mines, it was found that there was no school for poor children in the age group of 4 – 8 years. With the result, these children are not going anywhere. If this situation continues, these children would never get an opportunity to go to school because :
- After some time, most of the children would be over aged to get admission in any of the primary school.
- Most of them would have taken up some work to contribute to the family kity. And education would have become least priority for them.
During the survey it was found that parents were keen to send their children to schools, they fully realized the importance of education. Some of them went to the extent of saying that “If our children are literate, they will never die of starvation”.
So far 80 such children have already been identified in the area who could be immediately enrolled in the Learning Centres.
With this background Concern for Humanity is submitting the enclosed project proposal for your review and consideration.
With regards,
Yours sincerely,
Arpana
Director(Community Services)
Encl : As above
Application for Project Funding
1.0
/About the Organization
1.1 / General Information1.1.1 / Name of the Organization / Concern for Humanity
1.1.2 / Postal address and telephone numbers in India / 252/1, Second Floor, Shahpur Jat, Opposite Panchsheel Commercial Complex, New Delhi – 110 049.
Ph: 2649 0665
1.1.3 / Postal address and telephone numbers in U.S (if applicable) / NA
1.1.4 / Tax Id / PAN No. AAA TC 4022 C
Also have Income Tax Exempt under 80 G
1.1.5 / FCRA Registration No / Prior Permission
1.1.6 / Society Registration No: (if applicable) / S 38515
1.1.7 / Mission and Vision of the organization / CFH has dedicated itself to help and enable the poorest of the poor build better lives for themselves and for their children.
1.1.8 / Organization WWW address /
We are also there on
1.1.9 / Names and profiles of Directors/Core people involved in the organization / Given as under:
1.1.9 Names and Profiles of Governing Body members involved in the Organization
S.NO. / Name / Office held in the Association / Remarks1. / Gp.Capt.
A.W.Limaye / Advisor / Ex. Deputy Director General, HelpAge India- a national level charity working for older persons; Financial Consultant to a number of Chartered Accountant Companies.
2. / Dr.Mukul Kumar Sinha / President / Ph.D in Geography; has vast experience of over 15 years in development sector; was involved in a number of studies sponsored by the Government of India.
3. / Mr. Amit Kumar / Secretary / Rural Development Professional; has vast experiecne of over 12 years of having worked with funding agencies and with implementing agencies; specialises in participatory Monitoring & Evaluation of social development projects.
4. / Ms. Arpana Luthra / Treasurer / Training Specialist, conducted a large number of training workshops in India and aborad in the field of participatory project management, gender sensitisation, community participation, self help groups, etc.
5. / Mr.K.M.P.Sinha / Member
/ Rural Development professional; has over 12 years of experience in the field of rehabilitation of slum dwellers and micro enterprise.
6. / Mr. Ashish Kumar / Member / Computer professional; developed software on MIS for monitoring on the performance of SHGs;
7. / Mr.Jaganath Pati / Member / Service; worked in All India Radio and presently working for CARA (child adoption agency).
8. / Mr. Brijesh Kumar / Member
/ Qualified MBA; has inclination in the social development sector; presently is in Service with MNC.
9. / Mr.Jagdish Verma / Member
/ Businessman; based at Raipur; has inclination in the social development sector.
10. / Mr.Sanjeev Arora / Member
/ Businessman; based at Nagpur; has inclination in the social development sector.
1.1.10 / Major Focus Area / Basic Health Child Labor Eradication
Primary Education Non-formal Education
Children with special needs Disaster relief
Other (please specify)
1.2 / Background/History
1.2.1 / Please explain briefly your organization’s history, how and when it was formed etc.
Concern for Humanity is a registered Non – Governmental Organization dedicated to help and enable the poorest of the poor build better lives for themselves and for their children. It is a national level, secular, apolitical and not for profit organization.
Concern for Humanity (CFH) was registered in January, 2001 as a Society bearing No. S 38515, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Based at New Delhi, Concern for Humanity has been formed by a group of professionals who come from different fields of specialization and are committed to the welfare of the disadvantaged people.
1.2.2 / Briefly explain projects that have been implemented by your organization in the past. Also, include details of any organization that funded the organization for these projects. Highlight the achievements of these projects
Since its inception, Concern for Humanity has been able to impact the lives of over 1200 children who did not have access to schools or were school dropouts by providing them the opportunity of a bright future through education. So far Concern for Humanity has been working for the integrated development of the poor and deprived communities. In short period of time it has established a small but firm footing.
- Learning Centres for Out of School and School Drop Out children:
We are running 12 Learning Centres for the out of school and school drop out children in the age group of 6 –14 years. These Learning Centres are running at Chattarpur, Rajpur Khurd, Chandan Hola, Satbari and Fatehpur Beri. At each Centre there are 40 children who are provided free education. These are part time Centres which are running at the time convenient for these children. The venue of these Learning Centres are the Government Primary Schools / Community Centres in the respective areas.
- Integrated Child Development Programme for Rag picking Children – In the Shiv Park area of Khanpur, Delhi, there was a large cluster of rag picking families. Our organisation ran an Education Centre for rag picking children for a year and a half. There were 40 children who were in our regular contact. This number had grown from 5 to 40 children. These children came in the morning to attend to the Centre for two hours and learnt literacy, basic manners, sanitation and personal hygiene, and social behaviour. However, due to shifting of these families from this unauthorized encroachment, we had to close the Centre.
- Child Development Centre Project – Project SANKALP – The Child Development Centres Project was successfully implemented in Nuh Block of Gurgaon District. Nuh falls in the Mewat region of Haryana – Mewat is the most backward area in the State. This region is characterized by widespread poverty, illiteracy, poor health and sanitation, scarcity of potable water, etc. Traditional customs and superstitions very much govern the lives of the people.
- Baal Bharati School for Tribal Children – A non formal school for tribal children is being run at Ranchi, Jharkhand State. The school is aptly named as “Baal Bharati”. There are 45 tribal children in the age group of 6 – 14 years who are attending this School and are receiving free education. In addition to running regular classes, separate classes for girls are organised to teach them embroidery, knitting, cutting and tailoring.
- Mewat Development Agency (Haryana) : The MDA received funds from International Federationof Agriculture Development (IFAD), ROME.
- Department of Education, Government of Delhi.
- HPS Foundation
- Radio Mirchi – 98.3 FM, India’s largest private Radio Network
- Mirabelle International
1.2.3 / Please explain your interaction/relationship with other non-profit organization, government agencies, schools, universities etc.
Our relationship with other NGOs : Concern for Humanity has two wings, namely, Programme Implementation Unit and NGOs Support Services Unit. The NGOs support unit works under the banner of Resource Development Support System (RDSS). RDSS was created with a mandate to build capacity of other NGOs in effective project management. RDSS provides support services to the development sector including community based grassroot organizations, NGOs, national and international donor organizations. The technical support services are extended in the area of :
- Training for Capacity building of NGOs
- Project Development and Project Writing
- Conducting Needs Assessment
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Impact Assessment
- Documentation
- MISEREOR, Germany,
- CARITAS
- Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA)
- Earthrise International , U.S.A.
- Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
- Delhi Medical Association
- Habitat Polytech
- Jana Unnayan Samiti Tripura, Agartala
- Catholic Health Association of India, CHAI
1.3 / Financial Information (Please attach a copy of last two years Auditor’s Report)
1.3.1 / Annual Budget / Rs. 8 Lakh +
1.3.2 / Current funding sources of the organization. / Department of Education, Government of Delhi
HPS Foundation
1.3.3 / Bank/Branch/Account Details (Indian) / Punjab National Bank, Hauz Khas Mehrauli Road Branch, New Delhi – 110 016.
Savings Account No. 111537
1.3.4 / Bank/Branch/Account Details (Foreign)
2.0
/About the Project
2.1 / General Information2.1.1 / Title of the project. Give a brief description of project /
Holistic Child Development Centres
To set up Holistic Child Development Centres in one of the biggest and oldest slums of Delhi – Bhatti Mines.Brief Background of the project: After the banning of red sand digging work by the Government, hundreds of migrant families who had settled down in Bhatti Mines and were dependent on the digging work got displaced. Around the Bhatti Mines area there are only Farm houses where there is no work opportunity. The male members of the families travel down to Delhi or to Faridabad to work as daily wagers. Due to stoppage of sand digging work, women have no work to do and so the family income has reduced by half. In this backdrop, children’s education has been hit the most. Education of children has become a least priority for the parents. With the result, there are a large number of children who have never been to school.
During one of the recent surveys conducted by Concern for Humanity in Bhatti Mines, it was found that there was no school for poor children in the age group of 4 – 8 years. With the result, these children are not going anywhere. If this situation continues, these children would never get an opportunity to go to school because :
- After some time, most of the children would be over aged to get admission in any of the primary school.
- Most of them would have taken up some work to contribute to the family kity. And education would have become least priority for them.
So far 80 such children have already been identified in Bhatti Mines who could be immediately enrolled in the Education Centre.
2.1.2 / Vision and Mission of Project /
Holistic Development of Children belonging to poor socio - economic group.
2.1.3 / Name of contact person / Ms. Arpana Luthra2.1.4 / Address of contact person / 252/1, Second Floor, Shahpur Jat, Opposite Panchsheel Commercial Complex, New Delhi – 110 49.
2.2 / Short Term Goals: Please explain in detail, what you expect to achieve through this project in the next 6 months through 1 year. (Add additional sheets if necessary)
- Children would become functionally literate and would be encouraged to pursue their education through admission in formal school.
- Some children might even teach their parents.
- There shall be overall improvement in the health condition of the children.
2.3 / Long Term Goal: Please explain in detail what are your long term goals from this project? (Add additional sheets if necessary)
- The proposed project would pave the way for these children to grow up into responsible citizens.
- There shall be a strong check on the exploitation of people.
- Over a period of time all children in the age group of 4 – 8 years would get an opportunity to become literate.
2.4 / Project Activities: Please describe in detail the various activities that need to be carried out to successfully complete the project. This should include but not limited to the following.
- Project Activities : It is proposed to organize learning facilities for the identified children. The learning centre would provide following direct benefit / services to children.
- Basic literacy skills.
- Activities for self-development, learning moral education, social behaviour, sanitation and personal hygiene and like wise.
- Opportunity to enjoy childhood.
- Mid day refreshments for supplementing nutrition of 80 children enrolled in the Learning Centres.
Project Coordinator (1): The Project Coordinator would be the overall Incharge of the project, would be responsible for identifying children for admission to school, convincing parents on the benefit of education, holding regular parent teacher meetings, tying up with formal schools for admission of these children to suitable grades, arranging for latest learning material for children, reporting on progress of project, process documentation, etc.
Instructors (2) : These will be the teachers who would be actually teaching children through play way methods, doing counseling to children, teaching them moral education, social behaviour, etc.
Assistant Instructors (2): These two persons are integral part of the Learning Centres. The children of these age groups are too difficult to be managed by one teacher. The Asst. Instructors would assist in organizing activities for these children, maintaining cleanliness at the Centres, providing toiletry assistance/ services to children and in the absence of the Instructor take the classes., and like wise.
Please include any infrastructure costs that need to be incurred. Also include their purpose, location etc. – There are no infrastructure costs involved in this project.
If any infrastructure costs (land, vehicles etc.) to be incurred, please include details such as the location, purpose etc.
Description of various awareness methods used (print material, projection slides etc.) – The one to one contact approach would be used because of its advantages.
Miscellaneous Materials that needs to be procured. (details given in the budget.)
2.5 / Project Sustainability and Evaluation
2.5.1 / How do you propose to measure the effectiveness of the project? Please specify and detail any clear or quantifiable yardsticks.
- Atleast 80 children learn basic literacy skills.
- Atleast 60% of enrolled children are admitted to formal school.
- Atleast 80 children become more sensitive towards their families and immediate kith and kins by demonstrating respect for elders, by continuing to dress up neatly, by not using abusive language, and like wise.
- Nutritional status of children improves leading to improved resistance against diseases. With the result, lesser number of children falling sick due to communicable diseases and seasonal diseases.
- Parents approach the Teacher and Assistant Teacher for enrolling their children in the next batch.
- Opportunity to enjoy childhood.
2.5.2 / How does this project affect the children involved, their families and the local community?
The Project and its benefits to the beneficiaries
The education centre would provide following direct benefit to children.
- Opportunity to learn basic literacy skills.
- Opportunity to get admission in suitable standard in formal school after one year.
- Health check up once in every quarter.
- Opportunity for self development, learning moral education, social behaviour, sanitation and personal hygiene and like wise.
- Opportunity to enjoy childhood.
- Mid day refreshments for supplementing nutrition of 80 children enrolled in the Education Centre.
- Education facility for the children of the slum is available at the doorstep at no cost.
- Children are positively integrated in the society.
- Education assumes significant priority in the community.
- Better health condition of children through regular Free Health check up camps and also through mid day refreshments for the children.
2.5.3 / What plans do you have in place to make the project self sustainable or sustainable with minimum support?
Once the positive impact of project becomes visible to the families, we could propose to charge a token amount from children as fees. However this amount would not be sufficient to sustain the project. We would require support for the study material cost, and Instructors’ salaries. We assume that this would start happening from second year onwards. For the uniform cost and mid day meal refreshments, we could tap some corporate/ or may be do local fund raising.
2.5.4 / What factors do you think may affect the sustainability of the project?
- Non availability of salary for the instructors.
2.6 / Project Budget (If there is a project budget document that answers all the questions from 2.6.1 to 2.6.9 please attach)
2.6.1 / Total Project Cost / Rs. 4,52,000
2.6.2 / Amount self-financed/already available / Rs.36,000 (salary of one Instructor)
2.6.3 / Funds requested from Vibha / Rs. 4,16,000
2.6.4 / Alternate source of funding (if any) / NA
2.6.5 / Will the money be spent for any specific purpose or will it contribute to a general/existing pool of money? / The money would be spent as per the appended budget heads.
2.6.6 / If the answer to the above question is “YES”, detailed breakup of how and when the money will be spent. / The budget is as under:
2.6.6 Budget for the proposed Learning Centres