EDUCATING, ENABLING AND EMPOWERING INDIA’S CHILDREN

1. EDUCATING, ENABLING AND EMPOWERING INDIA’S CHILDREN

2. OUR VISION “ HELP THOSE IN NEED SO THAT NO ONE LIVES IN PAIN, SUFFERING OR NEGLECT BECAUSE OF DISRIMINATION BASED ON CASTE, COLOR, CREED, RACE, RELIGION OR SOCIAL STATUS” We do not ask for cash donations

3. OUR MISSION “ To educate, enable and empower India’s Children by providing them proper education, shelter, nutrition, clothing and permanent LOVE ” We do not ask for cash donations

4. OUR EVOLUTION From two self motivated 20 year olds, Rs 500, open space at Connaught Place, 25 kids and a dream to bring about a change Began SHADES OF HAPPINESS, formerly known as The Sunday Youth We do not ask for cash donations

5. THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER • The right to survival • - To life, health, nutrition, name, nationality • The right to protection • - From exploitation, abuse, neglect • The right to development • - To education, care, leisure, recreation, cultural activities • The right to participation • - To expression, information, thought, religion We do not ask for cash donations

6. THE INDIAN SCENARIO • 40% of India's population is below the age of 18 years. At 400 million is the world's largest child population. • 50% of India's children between the age 6 and 18 are not in school • 17 million children in India work as per official estimates • 1 out of 6 girls will not live to see her 15th birthday • 2 million children (approx) are commercial sex workers between the age of 5 and 15 years We do not ask for cash donations

7. THE INDIAN SCENARIO - contd • 40% of India's population is below the age of 18 years. At 400 million is the world's largest child population. • 50% of India's children between the age 6 and 18 are not in school • 17 million children in India work as per official estimates • 1 out of 6 girls will not live to see her 15th birthday • 2 million children (approx) are commercial sex workers between the age of 5 and 15 years We do not ask for cash donations

8. WHAT DO WE DO? • YOU • RESOURCE • PARTNERS • MEDIA • YOUTH • STATE • PUBLIC Shades Of Happiness CHILDREN IN NEED We do not ask for cash donations

9. WHAT DO WE DO? Contd. • With help from our Resource partners: • Our role is that of an enabler, • Identifying problems faced by children at grassroots. • Providing them with: • Emotional Support • Counseling • Education • Training • Nutrition • Shelter • Clothing • Perspective building on: • Child rights • Accountability • Programmatic • Financial • We strive to create a sustainable model of social change for child rights We do not ask for cash donations

10. SEGMENTS ADDRESSED Ensuring children receive their basic rights to – survival, development, participation and protection Street Children Children in Institutions Girl Children Working Children Orphaned/ Abandoned Children CHILD Children of Commercial Sex Workers Runaway Children Disaster impacted children Sexually Abused Children We do not ask for cash donations

11. HOW DO WE MOBILISE FUNDS? • Corporates • One-on-one • Marketing tie-ups • Funding Agencies • One-on-one • Product Sales • Events • Corporates • Individuals in India • Face to face • Direct mail • Online Advertising • Events • Individuals overseas • Applying for FCRA certification. We do not ask for cash donations

12. SHADES OF HAPPINESS TODAY We have impacted the lives of nearly 600 children in Delhi & Hyderabad by way of providing them with whatever little we had. In order to reach out to the maximum beneficiaries, we are planning to acquire a movable school on wheels. We envisage opening a Mumbai Chapter in September 2010. In Delhi, we plan to send at least 500 children to school by 2011-12. We do not ask for cash donations

13. WHO MAKES IT POSSIBLE? • The primary stakeholders i.e the children and their parents • Ordinary individuals by volunteering, pledging, etc • Corporate/Social Partners like WNS,INTELENET, DETTOL, IBM, • St Columba’s School, etc. • 120 Volunteers who contribute time, skills and effort • 4 Trustees • People who buy the products. We do not ask for cash donations

14. BECAUSE EACH OF US BELIEVE “THAT WHATEVER LITTLE WE DO ADDS UP TO A LOT FOR THEM” We do not ask for cash donations

15. WE NEED YOU • You can partner us by: • Donating old clothes, shoes,etc which our children can wear. • Donate stationary, old books (both school and story books). • Donate old computers, music systems, etc which would help us to train the kids. • Becoming a volunteer in either teaching, administration, fund raising, marketing or Public Relations. • Helping us get associated with the CSR department of your company. • Reviewing our running programs, viz Neev and Go To School and helping us in your kind capacities. • Pledging an amount per month for the year (Rs 500 per child per month) to help us put a child in a good school and take care of her/his academic needs for the year. • Donating in Kind towards our existing programs. • Funding a full project We do not ask for cash donations

16. OUR CONVICTION “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." We do not ask for cash donations

17. CONTACT info@shadesofhappiness.org We do not ask for cash donations

18. THANK YOU