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VARUN Voluntary Association For Rural Upliftment and Networking

VARUN Voluntary Association For Rural Upliftment and Networking. Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers Primary Focus: Remedial Education Region : Rural Areas. August 2012. Purpose And Goals.

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VARUN Voluntary Association For Rural Upliftment and Networking

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  1. VARUNVoluntary Association For Rural Upliftment and Networking Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers Primary Focus: Remedial Education Region : Rural Areas August 2012

  2. Purpose And Goals • To increase the level of literacy and intellectual development of the children in the targeted area. • To give technical instruction to increase skill level • To provide technical tools so that the local population can join the main stream society

  3. About VARUN • Voluntary Association for Rural Upliftment & Networking (VARUN) is a self-motivated, social and non-profit organization. Varun started it activities in 1999. • Outline: • Schools in (6 villages) Shahpur, Dobahi, Pathrour, Sukhdeopur,Hathini and Danavgarh. • Self help group (women micro finance). - Introduce Organic Farming (Nursery, Seed Bank) • Library (in 5 villages) • Permanent structures in Shahpur, Dobahi and Lerha. • Govt schools established in Amritpur, Horila, Lerha, Shahpur and Jharia • FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976) applied in February 2005, until then, donations go through Asha-Varanasi. • People: Dr.S.P.Singh (PhD, Agriculture), Mr. A.K.Singh (Journalist) and few teachers like Punnu Singh, Ramkrit, etc.

  4. Again…another school… • Pathrarur is set to be handed over to Govt and people to run. • Current budget is only for 5 schools.

  5. Current Status of teachers (need to update) Timing of School : July to March : 09.30 to 3.30 P.M. April to June : 7.00 to 12.00 P. M.

  6. Number of students

  7. More details on number of students

  8. 2011 Number of students

  9. Enrolment update contd… • Students registered to appear for examinations and all of them cleared std. VIII. Almost all of them are trying to enroll for further studies.

  10. Details of School Related Program

  11. Evaluation Criteria • Self-sustenance of schools. • Train women in stitching and thereby expand into other villages. • Identify and recruit teachers who can effectively teach the students. • Identify potential students for enrollment in each of the schools. • Pass percentage of 5th grade students. • Receive results of standard 4 examinations and identify number of students appearing in standard 5 examinations. • Educate people about RTI. • Recruit a new Educational Coordinator.

  12. Extension Activities • Participating in solving issues in 3 villages of Naugarh block (Parsia, Majhgawan and Nonwat). • NREGA, RTI and Health issues to be addressed. • Work will involve collecting data, meeting with panchayat officers, awareness campaigns, training sessions, etc. • Data collected is described in the report.

  13. Details of Awareness Programme & R.T.E.

  14. RTI Activity (2011)(need to update) 3226 pamphlets distributed in RTI awareness campaigns.

  15. Women Federation • Around 2000 women members of Women federation divided into clusters and groups. • Last year, few contested and won in Panchayat elections • Every month there is a meeting to discuss about local issues as well as any personal issues. • VARUN helps get employment to women from federation if at all there is any job vacancy in area. • VARUN spread the awareness amongst people about elections. • 68 qualified women got 95,200 through Govt. programs. Another 41,000 was procured.

  16. Details of Organise Women and Farmers Club Related Programmes

  17. Impact in Majhgain– 9kms from centre • Due to intervention of Women’s federation committee member, TotraBano, illegal water re-routing was taken care of. • Reason is fight over land was on for 5 years within Yadav community people who are mostly farmers and workers. • Victims were persuaded to approach Police fearlessly and work out in legal manner.

  18. Seed and Grain bank • Collective effort of women helped establish this effectively. • 37 farming clubs. • VARUN provided some seeds to the bank initially.

  19. Details of Agriculture

  20. Impact in Majhgaon– 15kms from center • A wormi bed that was constructed with the help of VARUN. • A villager by name Gnaneswari Devi has used closed to 15 quintals of compost for growing vegetables. • Saved around Rs.4000/- per year. • Crop is better, people are healthier. • Importance is growing.

  21. Loans and bank accounts • Women’s club took a loan of Rs.2000/- from VARUN. • Ujala farmer’s club has also taken Rs.2000/- as loan. • Biggest reason is due to bank accounts not being active. • Need to update about the terms and conditions of loan

  22. Activities of MNREGA • Meetings in 15 villages with an average of 40 people attending in each village. • Awareness workshops in 7 villages. • 2432 applications for jobs. • 244 bank account holders. • 265 new job card holders. • VARUN helps in getting people a lot of these things.

  23. Case Study- Dobahi • Brief Description • Village is 12km from Naugarh and is quite tough to get there with water body on one side and hills on the other. • 15 families live there with main occupation being farming and animal rearing. • With Asha’s help past 6 years, they were able to run all the major programs.

  24. Case Study- Dobahi • On 29th October 2011, a 4.7km Road has been inaugurated. • Main objective was for connectivity during emergency. • Road was built in 35 days cutting way through all hills. • Village can now be accessed by car.

  25. Case Study- Dobahi • Villagers took the initiative to make this road. • Meetings were held and the project was coordinated and executed by • Bhuvan Kumar (teacher) • Women from SHG, Women federation, • Mr.Pyarelal from farmer’s club • ….21 more names mentioned

  26. Wall Writing Program Writings include educative and informative slogans and related messages

  27. Budget for 2012-2013

  28. Budget 2011-2012(numbers in red are suggested by Asha and ones struck out are proposed by VARUN)

  29. Amount proposed for funding Rs. 3,87,500.00

  30. Budget for 2010-2011

  31. Budget for 2010-2011 (2) Net requested amount from AFE: Rs.4,77,820/-

  32. Budget comparison 2012-2013: • Rs.4,58,400.00 (2012) Vs. Rs. 4,77,820.00 (2010). 4% reduced 2011-2012: • Rs.4,77,820.00 (2010) Vs. Rs. 3,87,500.00. 19% reduced • Number of schools unchanged: 6. 1 new school Addl. Comments (check other reports on website for info): • Will obtain info on summer camp activities. • RTI update needed • Site visit pending

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