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VARUN Voluntary Association For Rural Upliftment and Networking. Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers Primary Focus: Remedial Education Region : Rural Areas. September 2010. Purpose And Goals.
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VARUNVoluntary Association For Rural Upliftment and Networking Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers Primary Focus: Remedial Education Region : Rural Areas September 2010
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
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 Jhariya. • Self help group (women micro finance). - Introduce Organic Farming (Nursery, Seed Bank) • Library (in 5 villages) • Permanent structures in Shahpur, Dobahi and Lerha. • 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.
Current Status of teachers Timing of School : July to March : 09.30 to 3.30 P.M. April to June : 7.00 to 12.00 P. M.
Number of students Total students = 384 Note : It is expected that the end of August 2010 the student strength will be up to 400 (aprox)
Extension Activities • Participating in solving issues in 3 villages of Naugarh block (Parsia, Majhgawan and Nonwat). • On request from Women Federation of Naugarh block, Dr. Singh will be guiding them as Community Extension Worker. Mr. AK Singh will help. Initial survey report will be sent soon. • NREGA, RTI and Health issues to be addressed. • Work will involve collecting data, meeting with panchayat officers, awareness campaigns, training sessions, etc.
Evaluation • Shahpur primary school has been handed over to Govt. with Mr.Punnu Singh elected as Shiksha Mitra. School being monitored closely. • New school started in Jhariya. • Training women in stitching: Due to funding issues and priorities, this has not been going as expected. • 15 children cleared Std V. 8 students from 4 villages to appear in 2010. • Constantly trying to update people about RTI/NREGA. Numbers shared. • 10 students cleared Std. V (6 boys, 4 girls) and 8 students cleared Std. VIII (5 boys, 3 girls). 100% Result. • 1 drop-out from class V to class VI. 4 drop-outs from class VIII to IX. • 10 students (Girl & boys) from different centers sent to Mankaiya, Varanasi (an ASHA partner) to participate the ‘Child Skill Development Program’ along with 2 teachers. The program was organized by ASHARA. • 2 teachers hired for Sukhdeopur.
Activities under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act • (MNREGA) During the quarter 24 accounts were opened in Bank of 14 villages and 42 job cards were prepared from 12 villages of Naugarh block. Trainer : Mr. Vijay Lal facilitated by Dr. S. P. Singh
Shiksha Jagrukta Abhiyan(Education Awareness Campaign) • 7th to 11th June 2010
Budget for 2009-2010 (2) = 4,28,625/- Total = Rs. 4,28,625/- + 19,200 (Addl. For Shahpur) = Rs.4,47,825/-
Budget for 2010-2011 (2) Net requested amount from AFE: Rs.4,77,820/-
Budget comparison 2010-2011: • Rs.4,77,820.00 (requested from AFE-SV) • Number of children in session: 384 (expected to be 400) • Number of schools: 6 2009-2010 : • Rs.4,47,825.00 • Number of children : 263 • Number of schools: 5 Addl. Comments: • Had 3 revisions of budget. • Reusing some material from last year.