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Website: www.skillFoundation.com, E-mail: [email protected]

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Annual Report 2011-SKILL Foundation

• SKILL Foundation is an educational Trust registered in Mumbai with a branch operating in Patna. The

mission of SKILL Foundation is to develop life skills of the underprivileged youth in the country.

Through its many activities, the Foundation is helping the underprivileged children develop a well-

rounded personality to become employable and be able to seize the emerging opportunities in a vibrant

economy. The immediate requirement of the children of the lower end of the society in and around

Patna is English and Computers. The Foundation at the moment offers unique courses in English and

computers. The children are from the lowest strata of society. SKILL Foundation has also taken up a

challenging task of training the children at the government of Bihar orphanage ‘Apna Ghar’, as also

the delinquent youth at a Remand home at Gai Ghat, Patna. • The impact of SKILL Foundation on the society can be gauged from the fact that since its inception, in

a short span of 3 years, SKILL Foundation has seen a phenomenal growth in its activities and has

attracted an incredible response from the community. Our free English and nominally charged

computer courses have become a run away success, with children pouring in from all parts of the city

and the state. A number of them have obtained employment or admission in MBA, engineering and

other higher institutions including IIT. Unfortunately, constrained by the Foundation's limited

resources, we are compelled to refuse admission to many children on a regular basis. These eager

children are drawn to the Foundation because of its unique teaching methodology and positive

feedback from the Foundation's alumni, many of whom continue to be associated with the Foundation

as teaching assistants.

• The Foundation is running on the principles of collective leadership. Unlike some other trusts SKILL

Foundation is unique since two of the trustees Mr. Prem Verma and Himalay Verma are involved full

time in the day to day activities of the foundation.

• Foundation has developed a methodology to involve students in the management of its activities.

Some of the willing students are selected as Teaching Assistants (TAs). The TAs are involved in class

management, attendance of students, upkeep of the premises, maintenance of records of the activities,

documentation etc. On account of this special training the TAs become more employable and are able

to get jobs both outside as well as at SKILL Foundation. Furthermore, some students actually join to

get this on-job training for work experience.

• New trustees inducted into the trust Mr. T. Ashir - IBM,

Mr Binoy Kumar – Architect

• English Training: SKILL Foundation has developed a

unique Yogic method of English teaching. During the year

altogether 189 classes of English speaking were organized.

Every class at SKILL Foundation begins with a 10 minutes

session of Yoga which consists of Tadasana, Bhramari

Pranayam, Meditation and Prayer. Initial English speaking

training is imparted through the Nine SKILL Mantras

which consist of a set of triangles, which help the students to

practice simple sentences using nouns and verbs in the nine

tenses. At the end of the class the students have a short Fun

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• The four month compressed paid English course started last year, has picked up quite well and a

new course in the morning has been introduced from January 2011 to cater to the students who cannot

come in the evening.

• Mantra Chanting Classes – SKILL Foundation has unique Mantra Chanting classes which consist of

Kirtans, Bhajans, Mahamritunjaya Jap, Hanuman Chlisha, and

other mantras on every Saturday at 5pm.The role of Mantra

Chanting in educating the children and honing their creativity

can hardly be overemphasized. SKILL Foundation believes that

Kirtan is a method of using sound for focusing attention and

developing aural perceptions as well as expressing emotions

and therefore an effective tool for teaching a foreign language.

Kirtans organized at the SKILL Foundation are so simple that

even the youngest child can sing them. The children are hardly

concerned with what the song means but willingly join in.

These Bhajans and Kirtans set the children dancing and bring

out the best in all the students. It may be pointed out that our

Mantra Chanting class is all inclusive and intuitive in nature

where all the children in the class spontaneously join the

action.

• Library: SKILL Foundation has a very fine library. The

Library is open to the students on every Sunday between 12 – 2

PM for reading. During this period students are guided by the

faculty of SKILL Foundation especially as regards selection of

books. Dictionaries are made available to the students to help

them understand new words that they come across.

There are approximately 1120 books under the following

categories:

� English Fiction-129

� Non-fiction English, Fiction and Non-fiction Hindi-270

� Children Books-321

� Management-57

� Yoga-215

� National Geography Magazine -73

� Encyclopædia Britannica Series: Macropædia ready

reference and index guide to the Britannica -15

volumes

� Encyclopædia Britannica- Macropædia- Knowledge in

Depth-19 volumes

� Encyclopædia Gardening-3 volumes

� Dictonary-18

• Sunday Movie: English movies were screened on Sundays at 3-5 PM for the students of SKILL

Foundation. The movies were properly selected by the faculty of SKILL Foundation with a view to

help them learn English pronunciation as also important life skills. SKILL Foundation has a collection

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of very good English movies which help the students in learning to speak correct English with

appropriate pronunciation. Thirty seven such movies were screened this year and the children of

SKILL Foundation took to them as fish takes to water.

• Visit to Bihar School of Yoga (BSY), Munger: As in past this

year also a batch of students were sent to the world renowned

Bihar school of Yoga, Munger for special training from 1st to the

6th

of August 2011. Mr. Prem Verma and Mr. Binoy Kumar

accompanied the students. During the visit they met to Swami

Niranjananda Saraswati and Swami Suryaprakash Saraswati.

They blessed the students. This year the batch was much larger

and consisted of thirty one students (21 Boys and 10 Girls).

SKILL Foundation observed a remarkable change in the attitude

and confidence level of students trained at BSY.

• Seva and Karma Yoga: SKILL Foundation Environment Council is a very successful activity for

providing the opportunity to do things as well as for teaching the benefits of Karma Yoga, Seva,

cleanliness, health and hygiene. SKILL Foundation has adopted about 10 streets in the locality which

is kept neat and tidy. The students of SKILL Foundation came every Sunday from 2 -3 pm, and took

up the noble work of cleaning the community. A special mega karma yoga event was held during the

Chath Puja wherin the entire locality was cleaned and decorated by the students of SKILL Foundation.

Also,the venue for the Annual Function was in the campus of the Sheikhpura Utthan Samiti,

Brahmasthan. Since the campus was very dirty, the students concentrated on the cleaning of this

campus of Sheikhpure Utthan Samiti, Brahmasthan. This karma yoga of the SKILL Foundation

students was very much appreciated by the people of the locality as also the guests in the Annual

Function.

• Quiz Competition is an important part of the curriculum of SKILL Foundation for developing the

speaking power of the children on every Friday, the students of SKILL Foundation had Quiz where

English speaking skills were tested. This has become a runaway success with the students. In view of

the enthusiasm of the students they have been divided into four groups viz. SKILL Panthers, SKILL

Leopards, SKILL Lions, SKILL Tigers and a running tournament type scoring is done. One of the

most important rules of this competition is that if any child speaks any language other than English, its

team loses two points. Quiz has been found to be a very good tool for removing the inhibition of the

students in speaking English freely. Apart from the fact that regular English training is given with

Laptop & LCD Projector, SKILL Foundation has started using power point presentation for Quiz

Competition which has generated a lot of interest among the students. This year the winner of the Quiz

5th Batch Students of BSY

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competition is SKILL Lions. SKILL Lions is a champ of three years.

• Guest Lecture: The Guest lecture program is a special tool employed by SKILL Foundation for

development of the under privileged children. The students get to meet people who have been

successful in life and there by learn various soft skills of life. The guests this year were:

1. Mohan Singhania, IRS Commissioners of Income Tax, Dehradun- February 2011.

2. Mr. Professor S.S. Prasad {Prof and head of English, Patna University (Retd) April 2011.

Comments of Prof. S. S Prasad the students of SKILL Foundation are highly motivated.

3. Mr. R.P. Verma {Presidents Police Medal for Meritorious

Service 1900 (Retd)}, He had offered free Homeopathic

medical Checkup- May 2011 and June 2011

4. Mr. Abhinav Verma June 2011. Mr. R.P. Varma dated of

free Homeopathic medical Checkup.

5. Dr. Ranjan Akhaury (Eye specialist) October 2011. He

has offered to support eight students in Computer

Training under SACP.

6. Mr. Anand Sinha, November 2011.

• Morning Sadhana and Yoga Classes: - Every day in the morning SKILL Foundation students do

Morning Ssadhana at 5am, which consists of chanting of Vedic Shanti Path, Mahamritunjay Mantra

(11 times), Gayatri Mantra (11 times), and 32 names of Durga (3 times). In addition they chant other

mantras on specific weekdays such as Shiv Tandav on Mondays, Hanuman chlisa on Tuesdays, Devi

Suktam on Wednesdays, Guru Paduka strota on Thursdays, Mahishasurmardini on Fridays and Om

chanting 108 times 0n Saturdays. On every Sunday the students chant the 12th

chapter of the

Bhagwatgeeta. Apart from Mantra chanting the students also practice yoga asanas suitable for

youngsters under expert guidance. A few students join at 4:00 am in the chanting of the

Saundaryalahiri led by Sri Himalay Verma, the Managing Trustee. On every Ekadashi the students

chant the 12th

chapter of Bhagwatgeeta nine times. SKILL Foundation has observed marked

improvement in the concentration level, pronunciation of English words and confidence level of the

students joining the Morning Sadhna classes.

• Free computer training: This year from Jan to December 2011 forty students were provided free

computer training at SKILL Foundation. They have been trained under “Sponsor A Child Program”.

Under this program well wishers of SKILL Foundation donate Rs 2500 for the English and computer

training of needy children during the year. All donations to the SKILL Foundation are exempt under

section 80 G of the Income Tax Act. The names of the donors and the studnts sponsored by them are

published on the facebook of SKILL Foundation and the website www.skillFoundation.com .

• Apna Ghar: We have been very fortunate to be able to teach

the unprivileged students of Apna Ghar, a Government of Bihar

orphanage behind Lalit Bhawan at Punaichak,We are teaching

English to about 150 students at Apna Ghar. We must admit that

this has been a life changing experience for us as well as most of

the students of SKILL Foundation who have accompanied the

trainer to Apna Ghar. SKILL Foundation uses yogic methods of

Mantra chanting, Kirtan and dance, simple yogasanas and

selected movies. The result is phenomenal and the children are

seen to follow simple instructions and behave in a disciplined

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manner. The students who till very recently had a tough time even sitting for the full duration of the

class have now begun to sit in neatly defined rows and columns. In addition, they have started coming

in and going out in a single file which is very difficult for even the students who study in very good

schools. It may be noted that very few students from Apna Ghar have ever been to school and the ones

that do are a very small minority.

• Observation Home Classes: Another novel and extraordinary experience for SKILL Foundation is

the class that is being conducted at the Remand (observation) home. We were teaching English to

more than 70 students at Gai Ghat. Here again SKILL Foundation have used the benefits of Yoga

asanas, Kirtan, Dance, mantra chanting and English movies. The results here are also exemplary. With

every class the students are getting more and more inclined toward this class and they wait for the

whole week for the SKILL Foundation class; so much so that some students have contacted SKILL

Foundation when they have been released from Gai Ghat to continue to gain the benefits.

• Computer Class: - Computer Classes are held on Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 2pm to 6pm

and on Tuesday Thursday & Saturday from 3pm to 7pm. During the course we teach them (Basic &

Advance Computer, Tally, AutoCAD, photoshop etc.)about 120 students have trained by SKILL

Foundation for the year of 2011.

• Free Homeopathic Medical Camp – Dr. R.P.Varma has started free medical checkup of SKILL

Foundation students and their parents. Every ulternet Saturdays he came for checkup in campus of

SKILL Foundation Sheikhpura at 6pm. He checked up and given free medicines. He checked up

about 120 students and their parents. • Durga Puja: - During the Durga Puja from the 28

th September to 5

rd October, the students attended

the Puja between 5:00am to 7:30am. During the puja Gaytri Mantra 108times, Mahamirtunjay Mantra

108 times & Durga part by pandit Ji were chanted 10am to 12pm. In afternoon 3pm to 5pm 32 Names

of Durga 32 times, Mahishasurmadini & Hanuman chlisa were chanted and after that did Arti. About

612 students attended the Durga Puja. The Puja was finished with Hawan.

• New branch:-During the year two new branch have been opened. The branch at Gola Road, Law

Kush Nagar, Danapur in Patna was inaugurated on 3rd

May 2011. After puja and prasad distribution, a

small program was put up by the students of SKILL Foundation wherein they gave speeches, as also

dance and kirtan. etc. Guests spoke about the importance of

English & Computer. There was a large crowd of about 150

including children, parents and guests. The chief guest was Sri

U.N. Panjiyar, IAS, Chairman, Electricity Regulatory Authority,

Bihar. The other branch at Siljori village in Chandan block of

Banka Distict was started in September 2011. This branch in a

complete rural area is a new experience for SKILL Foundation.

Mr. Prem Verma the founder Trustee personally conducted the

classes at Chaandan. These centres were necessitated due to the

growing demand for the English course for the underprivileged

Children farther away from the specially in non urban areas.

• Annual Function: - The 5th

Annual Function of SKILL Foundation was held on Sunday the 18th

of

December from 12PM to 4PM. This year SKILL Foundation was fortunate to get the Shikhpura

Utthan Samiti, Brahmasthan Gali Sheikhpura Patna-14, all the outstation Trustees viz., Mr T. Ashir

and Ms Shalini Verma could find time and grace the Annual function. Apart from 300 students which

included 27students of Gola Road Branch, over 500 people including the parents, guests and friends of

SKILL Foundation attended the function. The chief guest of the function was Sri Mr. Navin Kumar,

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IAS, Bihar’s Chief Secretary. The event was organized and managed by SKILL Foundation students

themselves. The students worked really hard to organize the function which has been appreciated by

one and all. The students demonstrated their English speaking talent by Speeches, thoughts, and dance

performance on based of Hanuman Chalish, Gaytri Mantra, Mahishasurmardini strot and Kirton- Hay

Maa. The main highlight of the program was Ramayana play in English. A number of students

demonstrated their skill in English by speaking confidently before the large audience. 22 students were

awarded certificates on successful completion of their English course. About 16 students were given

various awards for their special skills. Skill Lions were given the Quiz Shield for the year 2011. The

valedictory address was given by Sri Prem Verma. The 5th

Annual Function of SKILL Foundation was

widely covered in the media. The Mahua News TV channel covered the whole program.

• Admission: - The admission process in the free English classes was conducted from 3rd

to 5th

January

for the batch of 2011. There was a great rush for admission and on the first day itself 168 students

were admitted. This year SKILL Foundation has made a qualitative jump towards computerization of

the record and maintenance of Data Base of the profiles of SKILL Foundation students. The

admissions were taken directly on the Laptop and the daily attendance of the students is now being

computerized on weekly basis. The entire process was managed by the Trainers, Trainees and the

Teaching Assistants. It was a direct demonstration of the organizing skills learnt by the students at

SKILL Foundation.

• Media coverage of SKILL Foundation: - This year for the first time SKILL Foundation came to the

notice of the Media. Sahara TV came to know about the pioneering work being done by SKILL

Foundation for the empowerment of the underprivileged youth through the addition of skills in English

and computer. On 18th of January a live coverage of the English class and other activities was made

on the national channel of Sahara Samay. Live interviews of the Founder Trustee Sri Prem Verma, the

Managing Trustee Sri Himalay Verma as also some students were broadcast. SKILL Foundation has

been receiving messages of appreciation and goodwill from many friends and well wishers.

• Alumni Party: - Graduate students of the 4th

Batch and 5th

Batch of SKILL Foundation held an

Alumni Party on the 4th

January, 2011 and 20th

December, 2011 in the SKILL Foundation campus.

The function was organized by the students themselves. The students enjoyed themselves and also

felicitated the faculty. A novel game for testing the English speaking ability of the Graduate students

was organized by the students. To 5th

Same students 22 students were awarded certificates on

successful completion of their English course. They did photography and Snack.

• Sponsor a Child program: Sponsor a Child Program has been launched since January 2011.

• Inspection FCRA – An FCRA team came for inspection on 26 February at 3pm

• Ramayana: - SKILL Foundation does Ramayana Drama in English. SKILL Foundation found a tool

to teacher English and give knowledge of our culture. We found that many of these children do

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not know the story of Ramayana. SKILL Foundation has prepared PowerPoint presentation of

Ramayana dialogue. The dialogues are practiced in class for developing the English speaking skills of

the students.

• Study Tour: -On 28th June, students of SKILL Foundation visited the famous Patna Museum with

Sri Prem Verma, the founder trustee and Sri Binay Verma, Trustee. The tour was very enjoyable and

educative and the students became aware of our ancient cultural heritage.

• Independence Day Celebration: - SKILL Foundation celebrated the Independence Day. The Flag

hosting was done by SKILL Foundation Trustee, Mrs Sangeeta Verma. SKILL Foundation students

sang the national anthem, recited thoughts and sang songs. Mr. Prem Verma (The Founder Trustee of

SKILL Foundation) addressed SKILL Foundation students by phone from Chaandan (Banka). Mr.

Himalay Verma (Managing Trustee) also addressed the students. Some Other guests were present on

that special occasion.

• Plans for 2012: As earlier, this year also SKILL Foundation will take forward its expansion

programme on account of the persisting pressure of high demand. At the SKILL Industrial Training

Centre (SITC) the following computer courses are running smoothly – Basic and Advance courses in

MS office, Tally (Basic and Advance), AutoCAD (Basic and Advance), Photoshop. This year new

courses like Data Entry Operator, Desktop Publishing, Computer Operator and Programming

Assistant, Revit, Front Office Assistant, Corporate House Keeping, Digital Photographer, HTML web

designing, Architectural Assistant, Interior Decoration and Design, Building Maintenance will be

introduced.

SKILL Foundation Statistical Report for the Year_2011

Subject Trainer No. of Classes

No. of Hours

Attendance for the Year

English Reading, Writing & Speaking

Mr. Prem Verma 189 314 11307

Games Mr. Ranjeet Kumar 2 6 150

Gola Road English Class Mr. Himalay Verma 66 107 1359

Mantra Chanting Mr. Prem Verma 46 83 2438

Seva and Karmayoga Mr. Ranjeet Kumar 47 54 1344

Sunday Movie Mr. Ranjeet Kumar 43 54 2241

Apna Ghar Mr. Prem Verma 43 86 4099

Observation Home Mr. Prem Verma 11 22 594

Library Mr. Prem Verma 43 86 1235

SKILL Foundation Computer Class

Mr. Himalay Verma 37 54 2241

Morning Yoga Mr. Prem Verma 364 702 4400

Evening & Morning Paid Course

Mr. Himalay Verma 193 346 2313

Hanuman Chalisa Old Students 39 41 661

Gayatri Mantra Old Students 38 40 797

Annual Function Practice Old Students 20 30 647

Total 1181 2025 35826

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