March 2004 - August 2004
Hello friends,
We are delighted to inform you that we have launched another initiative,
a partnership between the IDBI bank and our Foundation, called the
citizenidbibank.org. The objective of the citizenidbibank.org is
to be a bridge between those who want to bring about a change and
those who are working on the change process. The website is a joint
intiative of our two organisations. This venture aims to assist
NGOs in catering to various social causes and providing them a platform
to receive information as well as donations. The website will not
only promote organisations or causes, it will also have a mechanism
to accept online and offline donations from anywhere in the world.
It can also donate a page to write about a selected NGO and its
work.
SPRING FESTIVAL OF MUSIC
This year we held a Spring Festival Jugal Bandi at the Siri Fort
Auditorium, New Delhi, on the 3rd March 2004. The concert was a
fusion of Carnatic and Hindustani music, with internationally acclaimed
musicians who have performed in India and abroad. The music lovers
of the city were enthralled by the performers.
The event was sponsored by caring corporate houses involved in community
development. We would like to thank our sponsors, namely: Xansa,
Mphasis, Sun Microsystems, Ernst & Young, Samtel Color Ltd.,
NASDAQ, Hughes, NIIT, Satyam, General Motors, QAI, Canara Bank,
ABN Amro Bank, Bharat Petroleum, Motorola. We would also like to
thank individuals who, aware of the urgent need to address the social
concerns of the marginalised, generously supported us.
ISF Jugalbandi Concert
We participated in the TiE conference in Delhi in December 2003.
We made a presentation to the delegates on the work that we are
doing. Along with this we had a small fund raising activity where
we sold Seasons Greeting cards made from beautiful paintings produced
by the children from the Government school that we have adopted
at Noida. We also sold raffle tickets to the delegates and three
corporates generously donated gift prizes. We arranged for some
NGOs, that we support, get stalls where they could get visibility
and raise funds by having them display and sell products made by
their artisans.
JAN JAGRITI PROJECT
Our work at the Motilal Nehru Camp, Munirka, New Delhi continued to
impact the community under the Saral Shiksha (education), Jan Arogya
(health care) and Jan Suvidha (infrastructure improvement) programmes.
Some of the highlights follow:
The open garbage dump in the middle of the community slum was an
eye sore, health hazard and a haven for scavenging dogs and pigs.
It was not a pretty sight! Something had to be done and fast. Persistent
efforts to work hand in hand with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's
'Bhagidari Concept' led to the successful transformation of the
area into a public park. A public toilet was constructed, which
was a great relief especially to the women and girl children. These
developments triggered the enthusiasm of local youth who have since
been showing personal involvement by way of spearheading a garbage
clearance drive.
Toilets By MCD
The Saral Shiksha has been set up with the prime objective of mainstreaming
the non school going children into formal schools, besides curtailing
the drop out rates among school going children. With this end in
view, the remedial and non-formal education centres have been set
up besides capacity building of the teachers and field workers of
this project. This project reaches out to 230 school going and non-school
going children and has taken into consideration all the holistic
issues related to overall development of the beneficiaries.
The activities related to health include a Cancer detection camp
for women conducted by the Family Welfare Foundation of India. An
upgraded nutritious meal program was started for the children of
the Saral Shiksha Project.
The Creative Tiny Tots
An art and crafts workshop was organized as part of the summer activity
workshop for the children, besides outings and exposure visits for
overall development.
Capacity building for teachers through workshops and exposure visits
was organized. The project was filmed by Doordarshan in April 2004.
Rangoli-The Colourful Five
A one year pilot project in the form of an innovative computer
centre to aid project based learning has been set up in collaboration
with M/s Intel Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd. as a major value addition
to the existing Saral Shiksha Project. Intel is providing six computers
and giving programmatic guidelines for this project.
More news in our forthcoming quarter....
VAHINI SHAKTI PROJECT
The face of Delhi's roads will literally be changing soon. One
batch of six women drivers for private cars and cabs has completed
their training programme which included driving, vehicle maintenance,
self defence, administering first-aid and costumer care. They have
been placed as apprentices at Mega Cab, a luxury taxi service of
Delhi on a stipend of Rs. 2500 per month. The next batch of eleven
is under training.
Behind The Wheels
The Government of Delhi, Delhi Police, Mega Corporation and Institute
of Driving Training and Research are very keen to ensure the success
of this project, for the empowerment of women as well as to make
the roads of Delhi safer for women, children and senior citizens.
Steering Success
Some of the women drivers will be multi skilled to function as
office and domestic helps.
Do let us know if you know any woman who is interested in becoming
a driver. We are also compiling a data list of potential employers.
So if you or any of your friends need a woman driver, please give
us a call.
SWAYAM SUDHAR SHIKSHA PROJECT
The activities in the Government Primary and Junior School, Harola,
Noida, U.P continue with vigour. Despite unexpected interruptions
and disruptions over which we have little control, the school is
a happening place.
In a school having 2100 students with no toilets, the children
of the primary wing now have the luxury of using toilets constructed
by us. This has resulted in the drastic difference by way of removing
the stench caused by its absence. It is likely to have an impact
on absenteeism and drop out rates as well, especially in the case
of girls.
New Toilets Inaugurated by Pradhan
The school depends on the municipal water supply, which is woefully
inadequate. To augment the water supply, we have built a bore well
to tap ground water and provided connection through taps.
Students waiting to catch a glimpse of the new toilets
That school is not all work but also play, our field staff had
given special coaching in athletics for participating in the Inter
School sports competitions at the District and Block levels. The
children romped home with either individual or team trophies at
the meet.
A grand Diwali sale cum exhibition of artifacts produced by the
school children was held at the premises of our corporate sponsor.
A workshop on career guidance was held in the month of May 2003.
The girl children were encouraged to pursue activities like cooking
and tailoring.
The computer lab with 11 computers has been upgraded with the provision
of curriculum based software for teaching Science and Mathematics.
A CD pool has been created with contributions from M/s CyberMedia
(I) Pvt. Ltd.
Girls In Computer Lab
More news in our forthcoming quarter....
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