ANNUAL UPDATE FOR Amol Agarwal Kannan C. Iyer 21 Jan 2015 Project WHY

Mission Project WHY was conceived to answer a series of queries: Why do children from underprivileged backgrounds perform poorly? What could be done to enhance their performance? What skills should be taught to them to better their employment options? How could this be achieved in a replicable community driven model? Project WHY set out to create a model whereby quality education support in underprivileged areas, could be spearheaded by parents even if they were illiterate. The idea was to empower the community to pool its resources and run a sound support programme for its children.

History Primary function: after school support center Est 1998, started as English speaking class in 2000 with 40 children, now serves children Director : Anouradha Bakshi attitude comes from the top and the top here is service oriented. Serves south Delhi area urban slum residents Hires slum residents for teacher, transport, food, etc. Keep the employment local

Organization Structure Name : Sri Ram Goburdhun Charitable Trust Primary contact : Anouradha Bakshi, Founder Other : Rani : Project Coordinator, in-charge for Pwhy Dharmender : Womens Center Director Both are Pwhy Alum Shamika, addl Project Coordinator (Anou’s daughter) Other teaching staff with minimal hierarchy – all from slums Non-teaching staff and vocation teachers Board includes 9 members other than Anou, many of them prominent Delhi citizens

Location NEW DELHI

Activities GIRINAGAR - GOVINDPURI - OKHLA Early Education: 1 creche at Govindpuri Primary outreach: Okhla, Govindpuri, Giri Nagr Special children: 1day care at Govindpuri Junior Secondary Okhla Classes VI to XII Senior Secondary Giri Nagar Classes IX to XII Computer centres: Giri Nagar, Okhla Other activities Cine Club and Library, Print shop Profile of community served: Migrant Labour from Bihar, UP, Nepal and other states Parents are self employed, daily wage earners, street vendors, part time employees in factories, sweepers. Average income: 3000 Rs Average family members:6 MADANPUR KHADER - Women centre Primary outreach Classes I to V Secondary Outreach Classes VI to XI Vocational activities Stitching and Tailoring, Beauty classes Computer Centre Children: Main centre: ~650 Women centre:~370 Women : 120 Staff: Main centre: 29 Women centre: 15

Finances Shows only Education budget in remaining slides Sri Ram Goburdhun Trust also provides other services Expenses under these heads: Education (Project WHY) – classes, staff, computers, learning aids, transport for kids/staff Boarding school for 8 kids – Asha Seattle supports thru SAC Medical expenses for slum kids, adults Nutrition programme Clothing support (mostly from Europe, now cash sent for local purchase) Bldg maintenance for owned buildings and other infrastructure items purchase like cooler Other expenses Rest of the heads expense limited to support or support raised on ad-hoc basis as needed For ex, if someone needs heart surgery, funds raised specifically for this from network and personal pleas

Finances : Column1 Early Edu - GovindpuriPrinting shopSpecial Section Primary - Govindpuri Pri & Sec - Okhla Giri Ngr - Primary, Library & Cine Club Giri Ngr - Sr Sec Giri Ngr - Cyber Club - 2 loc now Focus on Quality W&C Center - Creche, Pri, ResidenceFoster CareTotals Children45, up teachers salaries rent transport/Ele ctricity fees learning aids other Other (occ therapist, lab ) food/ toiletries/ living exp 1/8 admin Total USD / mo$10,,216 USD / yr$122,588 Exch RateINR58.85EUR1.37CAD0.91 Other financesUSD Admin $45907Enfannes Indiennes EUR 2500/mo general, EUR500 for Utpal Salary (6 staff)35075 min wage (Rs 7050/mo) impact $32, Euro/yr before Pwhy Germany (1400 EUR Pwhy and 700 SAC) all 30 staff expenses24300total staff 45 $0misc donations - paypal stopped by FCRA regulations now transport 21500current salary $6,000Other Orgs, random misc donations thru other orgs communicati on7500new min salary $0Asha Canada, INR for SAC electricity27300DELTA/mo $84,042 shortfall of 38,546 misc 21200annual total USD yearly Ask from ASHA Seattle for Oct11-Sep12 $44,058USD INR Asha approved funding (Jul’13, INR ):Asha approved funding (Jan’15): $26124USD15,37,951INR Approved May’14$32,041USD19,22,439INR Shortfall:XX%w/ minwage short:YY% USDINR

Finances Other organizations support Enfannes Indiennes, EUR 2500/mo Now add EUR 500 for Utpal for boarding expense Was on and off during downturn, stabilized now Project WHY Germany, EUR 2100/mo down from EUR 3700/mo starting Aug’14 due to German tourism drop EUR 700 for boarding school, EUR1400 general funds Omprakash Foundation Misc, random donations collected and forwarded Shortfall ~10-25% every year – significant time spent on fundraising to cover shortfall; risk network exhaustion and donor fatigue – this is not sustainable.

Asha, Seattle Involvement

Asha Seattle supports ~25% of Project WHY’s annual budget Asha support used for educational expenses including staff salaries, educational aids, transportation, etc % of total expenses covered by Asha has increased from 15% to 25% in last one year. With Asha Seattle since 2006 Dallas and Vancouver did some grants in 2005, Vancouver supported since 2007 as well Key contacts : Anouradha Bakshi, Founder Rani, Project coordinator & Dharmendra, Womens Center Director send monthly reports

Asha, Seattle Involvement Contd. One-time partial funding for Planet WHY (Rs 20 Lakhs) social enterprise planning a commercial activity, motel, to support Project WHY activities; this will also house residential foster care unit. Land appreciated from Rs. 80 lakhs purchase price to Rs 2.5 crores est value now. Project WHY SAC for 8 children to attend residential school, in cooperation with Asha Canada. Barely covers costs – shortfall covered by personal pleas and fundraising Asha Seattle contribution is sporadic and sparse

Asha, Seattle Budget ItemAmount Current Fiscal Year ( ) (Rs) Amount Previous Fiscal Year ( ) (Rs) Seattle – Project Why 19,22,43915,37,951 (25% over budget) Planet Why00 Project WHY SAC???

Updates for

General Partner Updates English classes run by International volunteers. Organised workshops on adolescent issues for children of Okhla and Govindpuri Gender issues is another area of focus 50 boys per class vs 110 girls per class is the reality Boys from same family sent to private schools while girls go to Govt schools Girls get to be free at Pwhy while they are curtailed at home even by younger boys – so, girls like it here Now have some common classes with boys and girls, going over gender equality and awareness classes

General Partner Updates Workshop of sexual awareness (for girls) 2D animation workshop for children (Dipankar) 3D animation classes for teachers so computer center can teach this to kids Continuing Workshop on mental health in collaboration with RML Hospital (for community members) Continued Dance Workshop for students of Okhla and Khader Continued Photography workshop for second year with good success

General Partner Updates - Successes Project why children top their respective classes. Some selected for the Medhavi exam that secures scholarships for secondary school. Have 3 scholarship holders. Boarding school kids doing good Anita a project why student since class I passed her XII and is now teaching secondary classes at pwhy while studying for her BA Vocational courses at Women’s centre big hit some started their own beauty parlours, many work in parlours and some work on call; Many of our stitching students have got jobs in boutiques, export houses, etc.; many have started their own tailoring units in their homes.

Okhla center- Successes 25 children who were not in school were admitted in age appropriate classes. 8 students passed their Boards are now in college 1 student has opened his own dance academy in the slum and is doing his 12 Board examination by correspondence. A drawing competition was organised. Two new teachers were appointed. The roof of the centre was repaired as it was leaking and was in a poor state. Workshop on adolescent issues

Govindpuri center successes Primary We had 20 new admissions from class 1 to students were admitted in school 3 of our students participated in district level sports and won medals Workshop on adolescent issues Early Education 20 children graduated and have joined regular school. We have an affiliation with Anubhav Learning centre which is a early education and day care centre and organise regular activities with them. This is a good interaction opportunity between children from privileged homes and under privileged children. Special section A new admission of a young girl with schizophrenia Got three of our children disability certificates Appointed a special educator who also organises regular workshops for the staff

Madanpur-Khader Women center Weekly hand wash programme to reinforce the importance of hand washing for good health. Medical workshop on the abuse of antibiotics for the parents Viewing of Teacher day’s Speech by PM by all students Launching of Clean India Programme on October 2 by cleaning the school and the lane that leads to it. On going Workshop on the unnecessary ritualism and the need to adapt religion to modern life

Madanpur-Khader Child center Achievements Aman, a class X student completed a 3 month drawing course. He now teaches art to the interested children every Saturday Geeta secured 84% in class X. Reena a young girl who had never gone to school was taught by us and has now registered for class X through the Open School Asha Class X came first in mental math district competition Chandni passed science scholarship examination & got Rs15000 scholarship. Megha class VI came first in an essay competition organised by the education department. Her photo appeared in the newspaper. Swhetha and Meera, completed our beauty course and have now opened their own beauty parlour in the slum The primary children ranks in school 2014 are- 6 children got 1st rank, 8 secured 2 nd rank and 6 got 3 rd ranks. The secondary children ranks in school 2014 are- 2 children got 1st rank, 3 children got 2nd rank. 3 children got 3rd rank

General Partner Updates - Concerns Funding remains unstable Asha Seattle, Enfances Indiennes, Project why Germany are the only stable sources now This secures about 75-85% of the needs for education programmes. The balance comes from one time support, answers to SOS calls etc. Project Director aging and still primary fundraiser Spending lot more time on raising funds Sustainability plan not taken off – Planet WHY shelved Succession planning in thinking stages Needed to take time off in 2013 due to spouse’s health issues Force major risks as usual - project may get smaller with govt action, slums razed Womens center - on rent, nearby bldgs getting demolished for apts or guest houses, can be asked to vacate Mitigation / Action plan : move to Planet Why land and serve children in that area.

Site Visit Report Last site visit in Aug 2013, by Kannan. Monthly reports from project Annual audited statement, annual report and annual Budget uploaded to Asha project site yearly.

Audit Report Audited financial report for year ending Mar 2015 is expected around Jun Audit report uploaded to project site

Process Checks ItemStatus Approved Budget INR 19,22,439, Jan 2015 Approval TypeRecurring project – annual budget approval. Amount(s) disbursed last fiscal year INR (May 2014) Amount Utilized by the project last fiscal year INR Last Site VisitAug 2013 Current Primary StewardAmol Agarwal Current Secondary StewardsMegha, Kannan C. Iyer Status of the web pageUp to Date Status of the yahoo databasesUp to Date

Primary Okhla, Khader and Govindpuri

Secondary Khader, Okhla

Computer Centres Giri Nagar, Okhla, Khader

Women programmes

Project Photographs Saifin, the scholarship holder Special section

Resources/Contact Website : Blog : Book by Anou on Utpal : Call Anou anytime at : skype: projectwhy To schedule visit to Project Why for any Asha volunteer/donor/guest.

Questions?

FAQs Some FAQs at Asha, Seattle meetings. o How many rs are we spending per kid per year? o Does the amount being spent on infrastructure items (building schools, repairing roofs, etc. ) look reasonable? o Where exactly is the partner located? (especially for remote projects. Be ready to locate the project area on a map) o What is the graduation rate of the school? o What is the student to teacher ratio in class rooms? o What is the girl to boy ratio in the school? o What are the line items in the budget? o 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) o Community opinion of the project. o What went well, what didn’t go as expected, what can be done differently.