KIGS Brick Lane Project

1. KIGS Brick Lane Project Annual Update for 2015-2016 Kumarappa Institute of Gram Swaraj (KIGS) September 20th, 2016

2. Provide education (in the form of on-site schools) for the children of migrant brick workers who are excluded from mainstream education in Chaksu, outside of Jaipur. Develop tools to enable brick workers to support their children’s full participation in education. Conduct action-oriented research to provide practical solutions for the educational inclusion of migrant brick workers’ children. Project Vision:

3. Need: 15 Brick Kilns currently operate in the Chaksu region - 50 km south of Jaipur 625 families residing and working at the kilns 624 male workers among the families 600 female workers among the families 900 children of kiln workers ranging from 4 years - 10 years old. 10% literacy rate among men and women working at the kilns Project Need:

4. The traditional academic calendar runs from July - April with summer vacation from May - June. Due to migrant workers arriving at the brick kilns in October and departing in June, the program was tailored to fit the schedule of workers and their families. KIGS piloted a program at the brick kilns in 2013-14 in one brick kiln with 30 students, in 2014-2015 in 4 schools with 175 students and in 2015-16 in 10 schools with 604 students for either five or seven months, depending on location. In addition to this a central school was also opened this year for full day scholar students i.e. from 10 to 4 pm. 43 students were enrolled to whom lunch and transportation facility was also provided. Project Activity:

5. The Brick Lane Project is located in Chaksu, Rajasthan (a rural area approximately one hour outside of Jaipur City) • School locations – students • 1. RNB Brick Kiln, Garudwasi - 38 • 2. Aman Brick Kiln, ThikariyaMeenan - 41 • 3. Maya Brick Kiln, BadhMurlipura - 55 • 4. LBT/LBU Brick Kiln, ThikariyaGujaran - 76 • 5. IBC Brick Kiln, ThikariyaGujaran – 38 • 6. Mahadev Brick Kiln, ThikariyaGujaran - 34 • 7. Kamal Brick Kiln, BadhMurlipura - 80 • 8. RBK Brick Kiln, BadhMurlipura, Garudwasi - 49 • 9. CBT Brick Kiln, Garudwasi – 60 • 10. Taj Brick Kiln, Dharampuri Road, Thikariya – 37 • 11. Bajaj Brick Kiln, ThikariyaGujaran – 33 • 12. Central School – 43 Location

6. Asha, Seattle Involvement

7. Checklist contd. Asha, Seattle Involvement Contd.

8. Total no. of school opened: 5 • Total no. of brick kilns covered: 7 • Total no. of students enrolled: 328 • Total no. of students who attended classes regular: 248 • Total no. of boys: 126, girls: 122, teachers: 10 • The name of brick kilns where the schools were opened are as follows: • Maya Brick Kiln • LBT and LBU Brick Kilns • RNB and CBT Brick Kilns • Aman Brick Kiln • IBC Brick Kiln • The school timing was 1 pm to 5 pm. Updates for Asha, Seattle supported activities

9. Success Story • Two positive things are visible (a) the children are very enthusiastic as well as intelligent (b) the teachers are dedicated and are doing their job with missionary spirit. • Most of the schools have an average strength of 45 students, LBT has about 75 students. • All the schools have 4-5 super smart students, who need special mentoring and guidance. • There has been increased awareness among parents to send their children to school. Most of them don’t want their children to work but because of poverty they don’t have any options. • Every student is unique in this group and has different levels of learning skills; therefore all students’ learning skills have to be mapped in order for us to evaluate them. Updates for Asha, Seattle supported activities

10. What went well, what didn’t go as expected, what could have been done differently. • Presently we were working with two group of students (i) illiterate children and (ii) literate children. But now according to PRATHAM four categories of students are emerging at our Brick Kilns (i) children between 3-6 years i.e. aaganwadi students (ii) children between 6-8 years, who do not know how to read and write and (iii) children above 8 years, who are illiterate and have problems in reading and writing (iv) children who know reading and writing and are studying in some class i.e. class 2, 3, 4, 5…. • Owing to lack of resources and space we cannot cater the needs of all the children. Young children come with elder children as there is no one in the house to look after them. We are looking for the answer to this problem. Updates for Asha, Seattle supported activities

11. What went well, what didn’t go as expected, what could have been done differently. • There are lots of thing that can be done but owing to the temporary nature of the project (i.e. the school runs for only 6 months in a year) not much investments can be made. • Shelter for class is a very big issue, there is no shelter at the brick kilns even the residing place for workers is so small that you cannot stand. • Irregular attendance is a major issue. Children take breaks from the class if their parents’ work load has increased or some one falls sick at home. For parents, earning their livelihood is the priority and not education. Awareness and regular persuasion is the only solution to this problem. Updates for Asha, Seattle supported activities

12. Asha, Seattle Budget

13. Asha, Seattle Budget

14. Go over the latest site visit report. . Site Visit Report

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18. KIGS was founded on January 4, 1967 (75th birthday of J. C. Kumarappa). • Guided by economics of peace & permanence - influenced by the social transformation of leaders like Gandhi and Kumarappa. • For the last 45 years, KIGS primarily focused on socio-economic research in rural areas and has completed more than 50 research studies on various issues. • KIGS has also worked intensively on strengthening local self governance by building capacity of Gram Panchayats and organizing gram / ward sabha. • In 2014, KIGS launched the Brick Lane Project, an educational initiative establishing schools for the children of migrant workers of Brick Kilns in the Chaksu area of Jaipur. Kumarappa Institute of Gram Swaraj – an Introduction

19. Socio-economicResearch on Rural Problems - to date more than 50 research studies have been completed by the organization. • Rural Development Projects - Natural Resource Management: construction of new ponds, check dams, rooftop rainwater harvesting, contour bunding, land leveling, vermi and earthen compost pits, etc. • Income Generating Activities - dairy, goat rearing, organic vegetable production, plantation, computer and vocational training, etc. • Institutional Development - women’s cooperative society with approx. 1000 members. • Housing and Sanitation for Poor Families - library, fans and furniture in schools, solar lights, special schools for migrant workers children, etc. Activities

20. Payments FY 2015-2016 - Rs. 3,765,239/- Receipts FY 2015-2016 - Rs. 5,735,058/- Savings in FD - Rs. 5.5 Lakhs Details of Donors for FY 2015-2016 • ASHA for Education, Seattle Chapter Rs. 11,27,000 • LetzDream Foundation (LDF) Rs. 10,00,000 • The Restoring Force Rs. 4,39,171 • Rajmeru Rs. 2,50,600 • National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) Rs. 2,44,200 • Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Rs. 2,00,000 • Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) Rs. 80,000 • Other donations from friends Rs. 5,00,000 Finances

21. KIGS has completed two research studies “Problems and Prospects of Dairy Enterprises in the Desert Area” for ICSSR and “Education among migrant children- a study of brick kiln workers children in Chaksu block of Jaipur district”, with funding support from NUEPA. • KIGS has also set up an organic vegetable farming initiative with members of a women cooperative society, assisting with the marketing support of the vegetables in Jaipur City. • Other projects include well recharge structure, a water harvesting system in Tonk district of Rajasthan and a month long campaign on “Gender Violence”. General Partner Updates – KIGS for FY 2015-2016

22. Some FAQs at Asha, Seattle meetings. • How many rs are we spending per kid per year? • We are spending Rs. 3435/- per kid per year. • Where exactly is the partner located? (especially for remote projects. Be ready to locate the project area on a map) • Partner is located in Jaipur city which is capital of Rajasthan but the field area is 50 kms. south of Jaipur city in the rural area. • What is the graduation rate of the school? • It’s a non-formal part time school running 4 hours per day for about 6 months. It operates as a bridge course and not formal school, therefore pupils do not traditionally ‘graduate’ as they would in other schools. • What is the student to teacher ratio in class rooms? • The student teacher ratio is 33:1 in class room FAQs

23. Some FAQs at Asha, Seattle meetings. • What is the girl to boy ratio in the school? • Girl: 122, boy: 126; ratio is approx. 1:1 • What are the line items in the budget? • Please refer to slide 29 and 30. • Why is the partner asking for more funding for line item N? (You will be asked this if there are changes in the budget line items) • More funding is needed for salary payments as minimum wages has been increased by the government and previously the payments were less than the market rate. • Community opinion of the project. • The community is very happy about the initiative and they feel good that someone is taking care of the education of the children of migrant workers. FAQs

24. Some FAQs at Asha, Seattle meetings. • What went well, what didn’t go as expected, what can be done differently. • Everything went the way it was planned except some teachers left in between sessions. Also, some families returned home earlier than expected. Irregular attendance of the students was an issue. The children didn’t come on time. • The good thing was that the majority of the students were very keen to learn and they were the ones to come on time. The children complained to us during our visits about the children who were not regularly coming to the class. According to teachers, the migrant children had a better grasping power than local, government school students. FAQs