SUPPORT Society Undertaking Poor People ’ s Onus for Rehabilitation Sumathi, Asha Princeton

About the NGO Working with drug-abused street children in Bombay since NGO Components: – Boys center (Details):Details educational project (children aged <13) Vocational training for adolescents boys (in 3 locations – Dadar, VT, Santacruz). – Girls rehabilitation center in Lonavla (Bombay outskirts) – Prevention of HIV-AIDS project; also service for other NGOs – City-wide drug awareness outreach program People involved

Asha ’ s Involvement Shanmuga ‘ discovered ’ SUPPORT in 1999 Seattle funding ‘ 00- ’ 03: $64,000 Feedback: NGO is a no-nonsense group, with a very good rehabilitation program Regular updates in addition to annual balance sheet Successful site-visits (including my own) In Essence: NGO very Trustworthy Details of funding sources, funds for each projects etc

Current Proposal For Vocational Training Program (Details)Details Asha Seattle cannot support with much this year. More boys rescued and under SUPPORT umbrella Local donations in cash/kind to cover: – food and nutrition for 100 boys. – Annual picnics – Locker facility and other misc. expenses

Current Proposal – contd. Proposal for 1 year operation includes: – Center rent and utilities (single center for all voc. training) – Center coordinator, social worker, trainers, educators – salary and benefits. – Health and medical expenses for 60 residents (Food covered by another source) – Office supplies, travel and transportation – Training for 160 boys (8 batches): equipment, stipend (Rs. 300 each/month) (reusing machinery from last year) – Sending some boys back home; Total Requirement : $27,000 (today ’ s exchange rate)$27,000 Will train lesser boys with lesser money.

Project Monitoring So far: Mohan Bulusu (Asha Seattle) Now on: multi-chapter effort: Malti Raghavan – Seattle Sumathi Iyengar – Princeton Interested Person - CNJ Can easily ensure regular site visits every year

Boys center Operation Medical treatment and Rehabilitation – Doctor visits once a week; hospital visits – Group & individual counseling Character building: – Develop self-confidence – Self expression: Drama, paintingDramapainting – Taking Initiative: OWN place to live.OWN – Craft work and card-making Education: – Indoor coaching classes & school for younger children;younger – Vocational training for adolescent boys with a literacy program – based on interesttraining Final goal: Reunite boys with families after developing decent livelihood skills/becoming literate

Vocational Training Program Screen Printing (picture)picture – business cards and letterheads! Welding (picture)picture Carpentry (picture)picture Need at least 6 months rehabilitation before starting to train Stipend to train them how to handle money in a bank, lure them off the street; Joint Accounts for at least 1 year after Keep track of graduated students. – Earn Rs. 4000; become peer educators

Attracting New Funds Drug-addicted street boys are an invisible population – – “ we play role of snake charmers ” Foreign donors prefer rural projects Sujata Ganega: “ we are too grassroots to build social contacts of film stars, MLA ’ s wife, and others …” Troubling Apathy of society towards these kids: – A local dentist approached for donation said: “ They took drugs for their pleasure.. They were not victims! Why should we take the burden ? ” - Very hard to explain problem