Annual Report 2013-14

“Empowering youth through education”

An initiative to support underprivileged, bright youth pursue higher education leading to

higher levels of literacy and employment

FRIENDS OF CHILDREN, PUNE

Plot 497, Sector 28, Pradhikaran, Pune 411044

www.focpune.org

Table of Contents

Vision & Mission

Beliefs

Aims & Objectives

Founders Speak

Accomplishments

Student distribution regionwise

Student Details

Success stories

Highlights of the year

Summary of the budget ( 2014 -15 )

Annexure I - Individual Donors for ( 2013 - 14 )

Annexure II - Identification Process and Selection Criteria

Annexure III - Trustees, Working Members and Volunteers

Vision

Every meritorious student regardless of religion, caste, gender, or socio-economic background must have the opportunity to have the right education equipping him / her

to lead a successful life.

Mission

To provide every student with effective, high-quality guidance, learning experiences, monetary support instilling the right values to make a good citizen of India.

Beliefs

Education is a right in democracy and provides the tools to create a more egalitarian and just society.

All children and youth have a right to a high-quality, comprehensive education. We model what students learn — by what we say, what we do, how we treat each

other, and how we organize and run our programs & workshops. To learn effectively, students need their basic needs met— Academic fees, books,

food, shelter, clothing and respect for their individuality.

Aims & Objectives

Financial support to meritorious students who are unable to continue their higher education due to financial difficulties.

Motivate people participation at large to contribute for development of education. Post finance support to students to achieve academic excellence and generate

greater employability. Promote volunteering for the cause of society.

The Journey………

Friends of Children (FoC), began as a dream in 2002 to lend a helping hand to

society. The objective was to reach out to deserving youth using education as a

medium and help them grow as strong individuals with an opportunity for a

sustainable livelihood.

It has been a twelve year journey. Today we do not focus only on financial

support, but have expanded to providing libraries, textbooks, Life skill and

personality development workshops and residential programs.

Our plan to reach out to all our students thru monthly workshops has

successfully completed four years. We have a schedule with a curriculum

worked out to suit the needs of our students , covering Life , Behavioural and

Recruitment skills. Our sincere thanks to all the trainers who willingly

volunteered their time and weekends towards the success of this project.

Our core objective is still the same – “Empowering through Education”. FoC

sponsors higher education for meritorious students subsequent to their initial

school years. At present we do not accept applications for sponsorship below

Standard 10.

From 23 students in 2003 we now have 280 students across the greater

Maharashtra region.

We continue to grow and evolve with your support.

Vani Aparna

Nurture Merit program In the course of the past decade, FoC has reached out to more than 2574 students and assisted them with scholarships amounting to Rs 127 lakhs. Though we began with 23 students in 2003, within Pune city, we have now moved our focus to the rural areas where the probability of a needy student getting assistance is minimal. We have students sponsored in Pune city, Rajgurunagar, Manchar, Ghodegaon, Narayangaon, Ale, Junnar, Sangli, Miraj, Kavalapur, Soni, Someshwarnagar and Saswad. FoC sponsored 280 students for the year 2013 -14.

Student distribution regionwise ( 2013 -14 )

Region Students % Pune 49 18 Sangli ( Kavalapur, Soni, Miraj, Sangli city ) 92 33 Manchar 20 7 Narayangaon 15 5 Junnar 16 6 Ghodegaon 22 8 Rajgurunagar 8 3 Ranjani 2 1 Dhamani 7 3 Ambegaon 8 3 Ale 12 4 Someshwarnagar 21 8 Saswad 8 3

Total 280

Student Details (2013 -14)

Highlights of the Year

Workshop program –“ Umeed ”

We at FoC, believe in the holistic development of our students. With this in mind, we have divided our sponsored students into smaller groups depending on the course / year at college for attendance to workshops. We cover various Life skills and facets on personality development through these sessions. Rural students have no exposure to any such platform and through the past 4 years, our workshop schedule has been reaffirmed by the positive feedback and the higher level of confidence our students display.

Workshop schedule covered for 2013 -14

Residential Program ( Pre recruitment skills )- “ Unnati “

We conduct a rigorous residential program for our senior students, preparing them for the professional world. Students are called into Pune for 3 days at a time and exposed to various sessions covering Resume Preparation, Facing Interview Tips, FAQs in Interview, GDs, corporate and email etiquette and requisites that raises the platform for them in this competitive world.

A panel of members are invited from various IT and manufacturing companies who conduct mock interviews and give individual feedback to our students , thus giving them exposure and preparation for the real test !

“Unnati “program schedule (2013 -14)

Program -1: 24th to 26th May 2013

Program-2: 2nd-4th Aug 2013

Program-3: 13th-15th Dec 2013

Program-4: 22nd -23rd Feb 2014

Trainers who facilitated this program:

Harshad Joshi- Sr. Manager, SUNGARD Solutions

Manoj Sharma- Asst. Manager, Bajaj Auto Ltd.

Priyanka Mahapatro- Sr. Executive HR, Wipro Technologies

Nikhil Vidyasagar- Delivery Head, Wipro Technologies

Vibhuti Budki- Sr. Software Engineer, Wipro Technologies

Some success stories of FoC

SUMMARY OF PROPOSED PROJECT (2014 – 2015)

A brief break down of the budget for 2014-15

Particulars Total no. of Students

Total Amount Required

( in Lakhs )

Remarks

Support for Profession al course students

70 @ Rs 15000 per student ( approx )

10.5 L ( Engineering, BCS, BCA, CA, Pharmacy,Law )

Support of Non Profession al students

200 @ Rs 5000 per student ( approx )

10.0 L ( B.Sc , B .com, BA,Class 12, Dip loma in Engg )

Monthly works hop expenses ( 30 )

0.8 L

Expenses for 4 Residential programs camps

90 0.7 L

Administrative expense & s alaries

1.6 L

Total amount required to be collected for 2014-15

23.6 L

Looking forward (2014-2015)

Setup Alumni Association: The plans are already in place

Mentor Program: Set of active ex and senior students to take this forward

Workshop Outreach: Expand our workshop programs to reach out to non-FoC students especially in rural areas

Corpus Fund : Hold a program/event to build a corpus fund for FoC

Annexure I - Donors for 2013 – 14.

1 ANU AGA 25 KRISHAGNI SOLUTIONS PVT LTD

2 ANUPAMA GANU 26 LOHOT ASHWINI BHANUDAS

3 ARUN NAGPAL 27 LOKHANDE GANPAT

4 ARVIND HULGERI 28 MADHUSHREE CHATTERJEE

5 ATUL DRAVID 29 NAAZNEEN KOTHAVALA

6 BINA SUNDAR 30 NEOVA SOLUTIONS PVT LTD

7 CHANDRABHAGA SAYAJIRAO KAKADE 31 PRITAM PAYMODE

8 COELHO. R 32 R L FERNANDES

9 EMCURE PHARMACEUTICALS LTD 33 R SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LTD

10 EXTENTIA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PVT LTD 34 SANJAY BADHE

11 FORBES MARSHALL FOUNDATION 35 SANJAY BALASAHEB WARULE

12 FUJI FILM SERICOL INDIA PVT LTD 36 SANJAY C KIRLOSKAR

13 GEETA RUPCHAND CHUGH 37 SHANTH MANNIGE

14 GURUNATHE PATWARDHAN 38 SHANTHAMMA

15 HARISH PATANKAR 39 SHIKHA GOEL

16 HARSHAL BANKHELE 40 SPARSH -A HEALING TOUCH

17 HEMA ARUN JOSHI 41 SPECTRUM AHEAD

18 HEMANT N RAMNANI 42 SUNIL V GOGATE

19 HIRAL KIRTI GALA 43 SURAJ GADEKAR

20 HRISHIKESH GAIKWAD 44 SUSAN D'SOUZA

21 IBM INDIA PVT LTD 45 UMA GIRISH KARANDIKAR

22 INDIRA KIDS SCHOOL , AUNDH 46 UMEED KOTHAVALA

23 INNER WHEEL CLUB OF PUNE CENTRAL 47 VIMAL BAPAT

24 KIRAN SATKAR 48 VISHWANATH MANTHA

Annexure II: Identification Process, Selection and Monitoring Criteria

Identification Process

In every case, fee disbursement only after rigorous process of identification and verification by physically visiting dwelling units of shortlisted students.

Applications received from school contacts, volunteers and well-wishers. Volunteers interviewed all shortlisted candidates and visited every short listed applicant’s

household. Selected new student beneficiaries inducted for the year. Detailed documentation of each deserving case with photo shoots of house / applicant prepared

Selection Criteria

We have followed two different modules for selection of students in the city & villages. The criteria which has driven us to follow this particular pattern is as follows

Cost of living is much higher in the city. More awareness in the city compared to the village. Availability of resources mainly volunteers.

Criteria Urban Rural

Identification & Home visits

Done through our volunteers Teachers from the local schools identify and do the home visits.

Income <60,000 P.A <50,000 P.A

Cut off % X *

Cut off % XI

Cut off % XII

>85%

> 70%

> 80% for professional courses and 70 % for degree courses

>80%

>70%

>80% for professional courses and 70 % for degree courses

Cutoff %Degree First Class First Class

Fee Distribution A fixed amount depending on course taken is paid, depending on marks scored, participation and general proficiency

A fixed amount depending on course taken is paid ,depending on marks scored, meetings attended and general proficiency

Meeting /workshop Schedule

Once a month Once a month through local Coordinators and volunteers

Monitoring criteria (renewal of sponsorship on an evolved credit system)

Students are expected to keep up their mark score to the required percentage and renew their sponsorship each year.

Attendance to workshops / residential programs are mandatory

Extra curricular activities and extra academic projects are encouraged and given extra weightage

Self supporting students are given preference

Students are encouraged to volunteer for FoC in their regions, or volunteer in any organization of their choice.

Annexure III: Trustees, Working Members and Volunteers

Friends of Children, Pune was init iated and reg istered under Maharashtra Societ ies Registrat ion Act (1960), India in 2003 and as a Regd. Trust in 2004.. .

Mrs. Shantha Suryanarayan –President, Trustee

Mrs. Nal ini Ramchandra –Trustee

Mrs. Vani Subramanyam –Trustee, Working member

Ms. Aparna Pardeshi–Trustee, Working Member

Mr. Venkatesan.N - Trustee

Mr. S. Subramaniam – Trustee

Regional Volunteers Our Student Volunteers

Sr. No. Name & Region

1 Mr. Kanade (Narayangaon)

2 Mr. Upar (Manchar)

3 Mrs. Katekar (Junnar)

4 Mr. Kale (Narayangaon)

5 Mr. Vidhate ( Dhamini )

6 Mrs. Chavan ( Rajgurunagar )

7 Mr. Santosh Nalawade (Sangli)

8 Mr. Prashant Chavan (Sangli)

9 Mrs. Sujata Deshpande (Sangli)

10 Mr. Balgude (Nira, Baramati)

11 Mr. Hrushikesh Gaikwad (Saswad)12 Mr. Sagar Jadhav (Ale)

13 Mr. Nilesh Jagtap ( Pune )

14 Mr. Manoj Sharma ( Working member, Pune )

15 Mrs. Archana Joshi ( Working member, Pune )

16 Mr. Harshad Joshi ( Working member , Pune )

17 Mr. Patkar ( Ghodegaon )

Aparna Pardeshi Trustee, Working Member aparna.foc@gmail.com

98900 93187

Vani Subramanyam Trustee, Working Member vani.foc@gmail.com 020 26687731

Friends of children has tax exemption under 80 G of the IT Act 1961. Our FCRA clearance : Regn. no. 083930612

Donations can be made online to our Canara Bank a/c, Koregaon Park, Pune. Friends of children, a/c no. 0263101018900