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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 2011. 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 2011

  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. 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.

  5. Number of students (previous year, need to be updated) .. Updated in next slide Total students = 384 Total students expected this year = 240

  6. Number of students (updated on 09/23/2011)

  7. Enrolment update contd… • In last session 86 children were enrolled in Junior high school. • 14 children in class V and 25 were in class 8. • They were registered to appear for examinations and all of them cleared std. VIII. Almost all of them are trying to enroll for further studies.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. RTI Activity 3226 pamphlets distributed in RTI awareness campaigns.

  11. Women Federation • Around 2000 women members of Women federation divided into clusters and groups. • This 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.

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

  13. 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.

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

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

  16. Budget for 2010-2011

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

  18. Budget comparison 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: • VARUN has agreed to raise funds for the components we are not able to support them. • They clearly understand the need to reduce or cut-off dependency on AFE. • Need to get the new list of number of students enrolled in the school. Currently approving for 240 students • FCRA has been obtained.

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