ANNUAL REPORT 2012 - Nirmaan Organization REPORT – 2012 Education, ... volunteers, MESSAGE FROM CENTRAL ... Vidya Helpline, Vocational Training and Self Help groups. Over the years,

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“They alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive”

ANNUAL REPORT – 2012

Education, Livelihoods, Participative Community Development, Parishodh, Volunteerism, Active Citizenship, Social Leadership,

Social Responsibility, Collaborative Social Impact

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Contents

Message from Central Committee

Vision, Mission, Values

Education

Livelihoods

Participative Community Development

Parishodh

Grassroot Innovation

Volunteerism, Active Citizenship & Social Leadership

Fundraising Initiatives

Trusted Partners

Financial Statements

Contact Us

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MESSAGE FROM CENTRAL COMMITTEE

Nirmaan has travelled a long way from a small team of 10 volunteers to a large organization with 20

projects, 25 staff, 400 volunteers impacting thousands of lives each day. And it has been possible

because of a huge collective effort by every one of us. Each one of us has given it our blood and

sweat.

The first phase of Nirmaan, was of ideation and evolution of both administration and projects like

School Adoption Program, Nirmaan Scholarship Program, Vidya Helpline, Vocational Training and Self

Help groups.

Over the years, Nirmaan has evolved from a largely voluntary movement to a professional

movement with a few dedicated full time staff and hundreds of passionate soldiers. Nirmaan has

become more professional, flexible, scalable and innovative. Nirmaan has also built wonderful

grassroots innovations, exemplary social leaders and passionate volunteers.

The year 2012 has been very important especially in terms of strategic collaborations, crossing

administrative hurdles, social media outreach, multiplied social impact and sustainable leadership

development. This has been possible only due to passion and commitment of our staff, volunteers,

partners and associates.

So, we look forward to the new year of 2013 with renewed vigor and hope that it will be a

celebration of togetherness, of compassion, of integrity and inspiration and most importantly, the

celebration of the idea of making India one of the better places in the world. In this close to 8 years

journey of service to our country, Nirmaan has crossed many significant milestones which have been

mentioned in this report. We hope you get inspired by our work and join us in this movement.

We have only passion, The Rise of a Great Nation!

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THE GREAT INDIAN DREAM 2047

We aim to realize HAPPY INDIA where every INDIAN enjoys:

• JUSTICE - Social, Economic and Political;

• LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;

• EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all

• FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation

This is the dream for which our fore fathers and freedom fighters have sacrificed their lives. This is

what we have written in Preamble of our constitution & gave it to ourselves but hardly realized after 66

years of independence.

Mission:

• Promote grassroots social innovations, volunteerism, active citizenship and social leadership.

Direction:

Core Values:

• Honesty

• Respect

• Accountability

• Integrity

• Participatory Decision Making

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Project Updates :

Scholarship & Mentorship Program

Vision: Every student will get adequate finance and mentoring support to pursue the education of his choice.

Mission: To monetarily help and guide the meritorious but financially constrained students.

Vision: Every child attains excellent education.

Philosophy:

We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the

intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.

-- Swami Vivekananda

EDUCATION

180 Scholarships awarded

90% of the students are employed out of 25 graduated

40% increase in scholarships year-on-year since last 3 years

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Gyan Bodh at Bhass village, Pilani

Gyan Bodh has shifted its base to Pilani Resource center and the idea has been well received by the

community as well. We saw an initial turn up of around 150 kids daily not just from Harinagar but from other far off

communities as well. Towards the end of the semester, we could reach out to some kids from Bhaas village as well.

Events like Kaun Kehlayega Genius (on the lines of popular TV show KBC), Spell Bee, visit of Gyan Bodh kids to

Natbasthi and Natbasthi kids to Pilani resource center etc. were among the many other remarkable events conducted

during the semester.

School Adoption Program

a) Govt. School, Bhass, Pilani

In the school adopted by SAP-Pilani, along with regular activity-based teaching, various events like

Republic day celebrations, teachers’ day celebration and sports day were conducted. Each of these helped as

a platform for community interaction and exposure for students.

Showing Inspirational Videos Sweaters Distribution

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b) Govt Telugu School, Ulsoor

i. Computer course is completed successfully with the help of school staff & us for the year 2011-12

ii. Organized a Exposure trip to HAL Museum for 6th, 7th & 8th class children

iii. Republic Day celebrations - Prizes for competitions (Essay writing & Drawing)

iv. Career workshop for 8th class children and prizes for toppers, regular attendance etc

c) Govt Kannada School, Ulsoor, Bangalore

i. Computer & English courses are completed successfully as per the schedule

ii. Conducted tests to check the impact of the program & distributed prizes to the children

iii. Moral & confidence building sessions for final exams

iv. Republic Day celebrations - Prizes for extra-curricular competitions conducted

v. Career workshop for 8th class children

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d) ZPHS, Kothaguda, Hyderabad

Computer Literacy Program

Computer Literacy Program (CLP) started with an objective to provide computer education

essentially with hands-on experience to every child attending the program. CLP is a weekly program

conducted every Saturday with the help of about 15 volunteers for 3 hours.

Children during the Saturday CLP session Children engaged in hardware connections

Building Renovation

Each classroom in Kothaguda high school has an average strength of about 80. One feasible solution is to

bifurcate classrooms with high strength into sections. Trouble goes severe when worms enter the classroom due to

damaged flooring.

In high school, Nirmaan identified that there are 3 rooms currently closed due to completely damaged

flooring, Nirmaan took up renovation activity with the help of SRUDO (Spandana Rural and Urban Development

Organization).

Flooring work under progress

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Electricity Renovation

Under the module, key priorities addressed at ZPHS-Kothaguda to facilitate sources for other Nirmaan programs are:

Basic Electricity renovation: Earthing is provided to the whole building as a precautionary measure against any accidents. The school’s electricity lines are renovated to be organized and reduce Electricity wastage.

Power Cut: CLP Activity is highly affected due to regular power cut. As a solution Nirmaan facilitated the Computer Lab with a Generator to keep Computer Classes going even in power cut.

Utensils to Midday Meal Activity

Midday meal program provided to children every day is one of the core criteria of reducing

dropout rate. Nirmaan went forward to provide vessels for Mid-Day Meals program which helps in feeding

750 students every day.

Science Lab & Library Inauguration

Nirmaan attained essential equipment and facility to avail a full-length laboratory experience to

children in general science, biology, physics and chemistry through charts and experiments. The school is

having library with minimum number of books. Keeping this in mind we provided an array of books

(Motivational, Fairy tales, biographies of great personalities etc) to the Kothaguda School.

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School Management Committee (SMC) Meeting at ZPHS, Kothaguda

Shiksha

Shiksha project aims to coach students to get admission into Jawahar Navodaya schools by

guiding 5th standard students for JNVST entrance test. Admission into Navodaya schools ensures 7 years of

quality education provided by Central Govt. for free of cost. Two students got admission in the batch of

2012.

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Teach Zari

Aims to supplement school learning for primary school kids through fun filled activities and focus on values.

Prerana

Aims to empower SHG women by giving basic communication skills, math & accounting skills. They are also

given knowledge about filling forms and dealing with school management to track their child’s progress.

UTKARSH Scholarships

A total amount of Rs. 23,300 has been distributed to 10 meritorious students of Pilani.

DISHA – Career Workshops

Career workshops are organized in & around Pilani to give guidance to villagers from rural background on various career options.

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Livelihoods Initiatives at Anjaiah Nagar, Kothaguda, Hyderabad

Livelihoods: With an aim to provide skills and confidence to women from socially & economically backward

families to stand up on their feet, “Vocational Training Centre” project is taken up. To build upon their

trained skills and to achieve financial sustainability “Entrepreneur Development Centre” is established. The

two projects are running simultaneously at a newly procured space in Anjaiah Nagar.

Vocational Training Center for Women Empowerment

Training program is carried out for women from financially constrained families. The selected

women beneficiaries are given training for 3 months duration in their interested vocations like Tailoring,

Embroidery, Bag Making and Mehendi. We have trained more than 230 women in 7 batches till now.

Batch of Trainees with certificates Women getting trained in various vocations

LIVELIHOODS

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Milestones

The training for first batch started on 23-May-2010. The training for the 8th batch was started on

December 3rd 2012 and is underway currently.

Vocation Skill: After completing the course, some of the trainees are able to open small business units at

home and earn money and few trainees took up jobs related to stitching. Exploration of their entrepreneur

skills: Established a stall during Joy of Giving Week and marketed their products thereby improving their

confidence levels and experiencing their first entrepreneurial activity.

Disciplined Lifestyle: The attendance system, exams, cleaning the class room by taking turns and the class

room environment makes the trainees lifestyle more disciplined.

Tolerance: Every batch has trainees from various communities. Working together in such an environment

makes the trainees tolerant towards people of various sectors and mindsets.

Entreprenuer Development Center for Micro Entreprenuer Development

Entrepreneur Development Centre has been created where selected trainees work on

delivering products/services demanded & utilized in market. This internship model has been designed

keeping in mind the three prong approach of Economic Independence, Skill Enhancement and confidence

building, all of which are very essential to transform themselves into capable entrepreneurs. The pilot run

of the project has been successfully completed and the project is running in its full capacity from June

2012.

The project focuses on incubating 20-25 interns over a period of 6-8 months with a variety of skill set. The

interns are encouraged to go for marketing of the products, procurement of the raw materials, quality

check at customer site, etc. All these activities are done to give the interns a holistic picture of the business

mode

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Women working on executing market order

Infrastructure: With the support of Flagstone, Nirmaan was able to procure 25 high standard sewing

machines which were necessary for the establishment of EDC. The new machines are of industrial standard

which enable the interns to increase their stitching speed and accuracy which is a must for marketable

finished goods of good quality.

Economic Impact: Interns at EDC are able to earn on an average Rs 2000 per month and the team is trying

to increase this amount up to RS 4000 per month. The interns started of earning Rs 800 per month and this

amount has gradually increased up to the current amount. The interns are able to invest this extra income

in studies of their children, infrastructure and other necessities. Our goal is to achieve economic

independence and through it social independence.

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Stories of Change

One of the interns from EDC, Kushbu after working for 2 months in EDC went ahead and has

setup her own shop where she works on executing orders from local customers. She stitches different

kinds of dresses, blouses etc. She also has a small section where she sells different accessories for women

like bangles, bindis, and fashion accessories for sarees, dresses, etc. Now she is able to generate revenue of

Rs 9000 from which she is able to retain Rs 3500 per month after deducting all the costs. Now she is

planning to expand her operation into embroidery as well and has requested our support for the

procurement of an embroidery machine and we are working towards that.

4 interns who worked in EDC for a period of 3 months voluntarily came up and informed us that

they want to setup a small micro-enterprise as a group. They formed a group and are getting orders from

the market and are able to generate an income of Rs 4500 per head. They are very happy about it and are

telling us that doing this work gives them satisfaction and a sense of self-respect as they are not dependent

on anyone and they are able to invest this amount on the education of their children.

Successful execution of go green bags order for Almond House

The interns were able to successfully manufacture and deliver the go green cloth carry bags for

the famous and well known sweet outlet Almond House. It was a very crucial turning point for the team

and interns as this was very important order and upon successful execution we would get a continuous

contract of order from them. The interns were also very excited as this task required them to attain and

apply new skill of Screen printing. The team learned it very quickly and was able to complete the order on

time. The Almond House management was also impressed and satisfied with the quality of the bags and

the precision of screen printing and they informed us that the bags we made were much more superior in

quality. The management also directed all the orders towards EDC.

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Intern stitching a bag Cloth bags for Almond house

Products & Services Offered: EDC has 20 interns who will be working on executing market orders which

they get from the local market. The interns work daily from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm and work on executing

different orders. These orders include wide range of products ranging from Saree petticoats, Night dresses,

School frocks, Raincoats, cloth bags, etc. Apart from delivering the market orders, the staff and interns also

work on designing and developing different products which can be manufactured and sold in the market

directly. The EDC team has come up with a variety of innovative and beautiful products which include

Laptop sleeves, Hand bags of different designs, Doormats, Low price go green bags which can be used

instead of plastic, etc. These products have a price range of around Rs 100 – Rs 500 on which the interns

can earn a profit of up to 20%.

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Self Help Groups

With Nirmaan’s assistance 70 women have been able to work in groups, develop their skills and generate

additional income for their families.

Goa

Place: Zuari

No of Women : 6

Skills Developed : Candle & Paper bag making.

Place: Birla

No of Women : 6

Skills Developed : Crochet bags and ear-rings

Average Income – 600 per order

Pilani, Jhunjhunu

Rajasthan

Village : Bhaas

No of Women : 10

Skills Developed : Cellulose Bags, Travel Bags

Village : Khedla

No of Women: 10

Skills Developed : Notebooks, Kurtas

Income per order : Rs.500 per order

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Shamirpet, Ranga Reddy

Andhra Pradesh

Village: Pothayapally

No of Women: 40

Skills Developed: Tailoring, Embroidery, Candle

making Flower Making

Income per order: 500

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PARTICIPATIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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Zuari, Goa

Involvement of volunteers in the local festivals.

Identified a local leader who is now taking part in few activities of Nirmaan.

A full-fledged awareness rally in zari along with the school kids and local youth.

Pamphlets were distributed door-to-door

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Paper bag making machine in the final phase

“Biogas purification and storage project” finished its first phase.

Graphical User Interface for the Social Impact Assessment software has been designed.

Working on a water Measurement -Akash Ganga by Prof. Rajiv Gupta of BITS.

Launched Parishodh internships in collaboration with NIF and TIDE.

Power Tripping System.

Innovative Video Lectures

Water Solar Heaters

PARISHODH

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VIDYA HELP LINE

Vision - Every student will obtain excellent guidance and appropriate ways to obtain monetary

support to pursue the right education of their choice.

GRASSROOT INNOVATIONS

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Key Sponsor Amount in Lakhs

Flagstone 14.35

IBM 4.5

You See 9

Government 10

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Shiksha Ki Ore Shiksha ki Ore, a project of 'Nirmaan-Pilani' aims to build a quality educational infrastructure

accessible to the poor kids who don’t go to school or have dropped out due to financial constraints and

motivate them to join school. We have started a school in Natbasthi, a small locality of poor farmers near

Pilani and a teacher has been appointed. The place had lost its school 3 years back and from then no kid in

the locality had gone to any school. Apart from daily school, Fun, Educational and Sports Activities are

conducted for overall development of kids and most importantly, effort is being made to admit them in

real schools...

After getting 18 of our kids admitted to Dhindwa Government School; our aim this time is to ensure that no kid

drops out. We want to help realize our kids the importance of education and keep up their motivation levels.

Our fun innovative school will continue for kids who couldn't be admitted this year and as an evening tuition

for others.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

― Nelson Mandela

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/367338.Nelson_Mandela

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Accelerated Learning Program

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled” - Plutarch

The children are trained in various arts like origami, dance and music for 2 hours after school. The program

is designed in a way such that the attendees improve their basic Mathematical, logical and Spoken English

skills on Spiral basis. Children are also trained in Story Telling; encourage performance during exposure

visits.

January 31, 2013

International Bio-diversity Exhibition, Hyderabad

Exposure Trips has always been the priority under Educational Initiatives. Recently, Nirmaan has

taken children from Kothaguda Zilla Parishad High School to International Bio-Diversity Exhibition in Hitex-

Grounds. The children shared their experiences post the visit with volunteers.

Children interacting with Stall members and various stalls

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JOY OF GIVING :

Children spend 2 days visiting CHIREC, KARE Trust and HOWARD Public School on Joy of Giving

program. While various such schools visited Kothaguda School, the children has igniting experience during

interaction with students from various schools.

Children during Gift Exchange Program at Howard Public School and Chirec school

STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM:

Children from Kothaguda School are taken to other schools and vice versa, with children from other schools

visiting Kothaguda School. The children are benefited with occasional interactions with students from other

schools that can help in enhancing their boundaries in communication.

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Workshops are conducted to make people aware of their rights & responsibilities, leading to

active citizenship & social leadership. Events like Joy of Giving Week, Ignite & others are conducted to

promote the spirit of volunteerism and develop empathy towards less privileged brothers & sisters leading

to Humanism.

300 kids from Orphanages are brought to Bits-HYD campus for a fest called IGNITE

Discussion during a Citizenship Café Clothes collection drive during Joy of Giving Week

VOLUNTEERISM, ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP &

SOCIAL LEADERSHIP

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Bangalore Marathon

The fifth edition of 10K Run Bangalore happened on 27th May 2012. Nirmaan has participated in this event for the first time and it was very successful.

1. It gave us platform to communicate with MNCs such as NetApp, Wellsfargo, Gensuite, AmbaResearch, Google with whom we have built good partnerships. 2. 35 volunteers have run for Nirmaan to spread the word on the race day and 14 people have raised funds worth Rs. 9,05,570/- through the event.

Airtel Delhi Marathon

Jamba Cloud United Way Hyderabad Marathon

FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES

16th September, 2012

10 I Care Runners

Funds Raised – 25,000 INR

Organized by Concern India Foundation

Sponsored by Airtel

25th November, 2012

41 I Care Runners, Funds Raised – 1,00,000 INR

Corporate Partners – Google, Mahindra Satyam

Organized by Jamba Cloud United Way Hyderabad

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Food for Change

Team 50 & Individual Donations

We profusely thank all our donors without whom we would not have brought so many smiles around us.

As a part of ‘Joy of Giving Week’ an evening where

donors who donate at least Rs.5000 to a cause of

their choice, are invited to a special evening where

the top five star restaurants of the city provide food

for free and artists provide entertainment to say

‘Thank you’

Funds Raised – 30,000 INR

Team 50 members – 15 Funds Raised – 50,000 INR

Save One Rupee Per Day – 800 registrations Funds Raised – 1,20,000 INR

Joy of Giving Week Funds Raised – 70,000 INR

http://joyofgivingweek.ning.com/

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NGO’s and Charity Partners

Corporates

TRUSTED PARTNERS

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The statements for the financial year 2011-12 are displayed here.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Nirmaan Organization

Registered under Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act 2001, 12A, 80G, FCRA

Official registered and postal address:

12/A, P S Nagar, Vijayanagar Colony,

Masabtank, Hyderabad - 500057

Andhra Pradesh, India

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Email : [email protected]

Phone : +91-8886533325

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ANNUAL REPORT 2012 - Nirmaan Organization REPORT – 2012 Education, ... volunteers, MESSAGE FROM CENTRAL ... Vidya Helpline, Vocational Training and Self Help groups. Over the years,