ANNUAL REPORT

2014- 2015

Address: 24/ 26, I - Sector, Church Road

Cheeta Camp, Trombay, Mumbai- 88

Tel. 9820002916

Website: www.vidyavardhini.org

Email: lak.chitra@gmail.com

chitra@vidyavardhini.org

VIDYA VARDHINI FOUNDATION TRUST

Trustees:

Mr. Sudhir Gandbhir( Retd. Engineer)

Dr. Shubhada Gandbhir(Pathologist)

Mr. Ramesh Lakshman (Chartered Accountant)

Dr. Vishalam Mani (Medical Practitioner)

Hon. Director:

Mrs. Chitra R. Lakshman

Registered Office

13/ 14 “Gulistan”

Sasmira Marg,Worli

Mumbai 400 025

Project Office :

c/o Jawahar Lal Nehru Seva Sadan

24/26, I - Sector

Cheeta Camp Trombay

Mumbai- 400 088

Bankers to the Trust:

The Saraswat Co-operative Bank

Auditors:

Mr. V. Rajwade & Co.

ANNUAL REPORT

(2014 – 2015)

FOREWORD: Apathy and neglect of persons with disability in M ( East) Ward, Mumbai- the

Project area: The Project is located in M (East) Ward in Mumbai which is the lowest of all 24

wards according to the Mumbai Human Development Report of 2009. The average life

expectancy in this ward is 39.30 years where as the national average is 66 years. The ward has

very poor water and sanitation facilities giving rise to a host of diseases and increasing health

risks. There is one government health post in Shivaji Nagar for a population of about

84,786, which is not the exact population of the area as it is much higher than

enumerated. Even with an approximate population of 84,786 and 2.1% of whom have

disability, the number would be 1780 persons. Even for such a large number there

are no health or education facilities from the government for persons with disability.

The apathy and neglect of the State Government and Municipal Corporation of Mumbai for

children with disability are evident in the fact that literacy rate among the disabled is a mere

17%. There are only 9 BMC run special schools in the whole city of Mumbai with 426 students.

In M - East Ward there were no special schools till now and it was only in June 2014, a class for

the visually challenged has been started in the BMC School in Shivaji Nagar with only 5

students and a teacher. The impact of this class been very poor owing to the teacher’s irregular

presence and ineffective intervention. There is no school for children with intellectual

impairment and the nearest school is about 10 kilometers away.

The reporting period from April 2014 to March 2015 was aimed at strengthening our disability

program with a special focus on identifying students facing academic difficulty and who

required remedial education. This program gained further impetus as teachers were also

trained to identify students from class and asked to pay special attention to them in an inclusive

class setting. The remedial classes helped students to learn in a stress free environment where

the focus was on their strengths and the basics of English Grammar and simple arithmetic was

taught. and hence communication and language development classes were initiated.

The services of our Vision Centre in collaboration with K.BH.B. Hospital has enabled us to

identify several children with eye ailments and we reached out to nearly 1500 persons this year

for spectacles, cataract and other severe eye ailments which required diagnostic and treatment

intervention at K.B.H.B. Hospital, Parel.

During the year we also continued the community participative program of Tuberculosis

prevention and referral program in collaboration with Catholic Health Association (CHAI) of

India. This program has been initiated with women health workers who visit door to door and

explain to families about the disease and the need for early detection and conduct

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home visits and community meetings to identify suspect patients of tuberculosis, identify and

refer defaulters so as to put them on Directly Observed Treatment S (DOTS) if found positive.

ACTIVITIES OF THE YEAR:

1. WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: - Strengthening the program on

remedial education and mainstream disability: During the year our special education classes

continued with 35 students identified from the primary section and 14 students from the high

school. Special classes were conducted every Monday and Thursday to enhance these students’

language and communication skills. Continuous sessions helped most of the students to clear

their examination but six students out of them fared very poorly had to repeat their academic

year. Two workshops with parents and teachers of primary and secondary section were held to

inform them about classroom management of children who required special attention.

Working in the field of mainstream disability continued and we were able to identify 25 new

cases with disability besides students with learning disability. During the year we were able to

provide intervention in the area of health, education, vocational training and employment

assistance. The newer cases identified were supported with relevant documents like disability

certificate, identity cards, birth certificate and name on the ration card to help them avail the

concessions . Following table enumerates the number of persons with disability under various

categories.

DISTRIBUTION OF CASES UP TO MARCH 2015

Sr.

No.

Type of Disability

Male Female Total

1. Orthopedically

Handicapped

22 20 42

2 Mental Retardation 22 10 32

3 Visual Impairment /

Low Vision

5 9 14

4. Hearing

Impairment

12 12 24

5. Multiple Disability 6 7 13

TOTAL

67 58 125

The children and young adults with disability were supported with medical intervention

which included surgeries, mobility aids and spectacles, phsiotherapy, speech therapy, support

for regular medicines and pre and post operative requirements. Education support included

support for fees, travel, school stationery etc. Our effort is that young adults with disability

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complete their higher education if possible else they are encouraged to take up skill training.

Twelve students were enrolled in different courses ranging from tailoring, gardening to

computers. Four young adults were supported with self - employment ventures.

PHOTOGRAPHS UNDER THE DISABILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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2. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS: Key Features:-

1.Skill training programme for girls and women for economic empowerment

2.Self- Help Group towards greater family income and business opportunity

1.Skill training: Two of the main income generating activity for women in the community is

tailoring and embroidery work. The opportunity to learn tailoring as a skill has allowed women

to earn from home and 22 girls and women were enrolled in our classes during the year. The

women on completion of the training have begun taking stitching orders from home, few have

taken up jobs in boutiques and garment units.

2.Self - Help groups: Providing opportunity for women towards compulsory saving and take up

entrepreneurial ventures and other economic activities: There was one self help group with 20

members which has been in existence for the past three years continued with its activity of

savings and small business. Two groups completed their five years’ term of the self-help group

and an amount of two lakhs was distributed amongst the members.

3.VISION CENTRE: Restoring vision and restoring lives……………….

The Vision Centre in collaboration with K.B.H.B. Hospital Parel has been in operation since

2009. The Vision Centre reached out to nearly 1200 persons in the past one year and 367

persons received spectacles from the Centre. The presence of the Centre has facilitated around

122 free cataract surgeries and people have been able to resume normal work due to timely and

free surgical support. There were 140 patients with other eye complications like gluocma, retina

pigmentosa , squint , low vision etc. and were referred to the Hospital in Parel and offered free

teatment. The following table enumerates the various activities performed at the Vision Centre

and their coverage during the period:-

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VISION CENTRE PERFORMANCE – APRIL 2014 TO MARCH 2015

Student supported with magnifying glass

Examination at the Vision Centre

5

15

22

31 31 33

36

24

48 46

27

31 33

13 10

7 6

13 10

5

10

20

10

4

14 18

12 12

4

11

7 5

23 23

13 11

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Spectacle distribution Cataract surgery Referral to the hospital

4.PROJECT AXSHYA: Tuberculosis prevention and treatment using cmmunity

participation This project since inception in April 2013 has enabled to promote

increases awareness about the Tuberculosis disease in Cheeta Camp and Trombay

community. The Project involves the community and through community residents,

symptomatic cases are identified and referred to the BMC’s DOTS Program . Another

mode of reaching to the people who may have the symptom and thus motivating them

to go for sputum examinati on and following up for DOTS treatment was done by

door to door survey by trained health workers. Through Project Axshya we able to

directly reach out to 3750 households and referred over 225 people for sputum

collection and DOTS treatment.

VARIOUS ACTIVITIES UNDER PROJECT AXSHYA

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CASE STUDIES:

Case study 1 : Adeen Tariq Khan

Age: 9 years ( D.O.B. – 03. 9.2009)

Address: F - Sector, D2 Line Room No. 8, Cheeta Camp, Trombay Mumbai- 88. Tel. 9224003292.

Family Background: Adeen is the only child of his parents.Father is a daily wage earner and

mother a housewife. Adeen is a student of Bal Varg-2 in Rochiram Thadani School for Hearing

Handicapped, Chembur. He is a student of Hindi medium.

Adeen is bright in studies and mother is very involved in his progress. Despite surgery and

absence from schoolafter surgery his performance has been good.

The Cochlear Implant surgery was done at Nair Hospital Mumbai in February 2015. The

surgery was done freeof cost at the Hospital but support for medicines was partly supported by

the Foundation. The mother has been trained at the Hospital about taking speech therapy for

Adeen. Regular followup check ups are being done at the Hsopital. There has been a slight

improvement in his hearing capacity just after one month as his responses have shown

improvement.

Case study 2 : Ameena Sayad Jafar

Age: 3 years ( D.O.B. – 26. 09.2012)

Address: D - Sector, M - Line Room No. 667, Cheeta Camp, Trombay Mumbai- 88

Tel. 9819384319.

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Family Background: Ameena is a young baby born with multiple disability. Hers is a case of

developmental delay due to perinatal asphyxia. Father is a zari worker and mother a

housewife. She was advised physiotherapy and has been attending therapy at Somaiya

Hospital, Chunabhatti since Februay 2015. She has been provided with a Knee Foot Arthosis for

standing and for a better posture.

The mother Salma is just 21 years old and facing severe opposition at home due to the birth of a

disabled girl child. Very little support is offered by the husband and in-laws. We have been supporting

the mother in her efforts. The father has not met us so far despite our efforts.

Ameena with her mother Ameena standing after wearing her Knee Foot Arthosis.

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VIDYA VARDINI FOUNDATION TRUST A.Y. 2014-15 P.Y. 31st March, 2014 PAN: AAATV2803N

Computation of Income applied for charitable purpose

Amount Amount

Rs. Rs.

Income from Other sources Interest

21,834 Voluntary Contributions

605,107

Others

22,800 649,741

Net Income from Other sources

649,741

97,461.15

Less:

269,553

(i) Amount applied to charitable or religious purposes in India during the previous year exempt from taxation.

380,187.72

(ii) Amount accumulated or set apart for application to charitable purposes not exceeding 15% of Income.

97,461.00

(iii) Amount expended towards Capital Expenditure

75,108.00 552,757

Total Income 96,984 9 99i

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VIDYA VARDHINI FOUNDATION TRUST

Schedules for the year ended 31st March 2014

Schedule 5 Movable Property

Particulars Rate(%) GROSS BLOCK DEPRECIATION NET BLOCK

Additions Deductions

For the year Total

As on Before After Before After As on As on On opening

WDV & Additions

before 30-Sep-13

After 30-

Sep-13

As on As on

1-Apr-

13 30-Sep-13 30-Sep-13

30-Sep-13

30-Sep-13

31-Mar-14

1-Apr-13 31-Mar-13 31-Mar-14

Computer Systems 60% 9250 - - -

- 9250 9212 23

- 9235 38 15

Furniture & Fixtures 10% 4000 - 69,108.00 -

- 73108 1633 237 3455 5325 2367 67783

Office Equipments 15% - 6,000 -

-

- 6000

- 900

- 900 - 5100

Total 13250 6000 69108 0 0 88358 10845 1159 3455 15460 2405 72898

SCHEDULE- VIII

[ Vide Rule 17(1) ]

Name of the Public Trust :

VIDYA VARDHINI FOUNDATION TRUST

Registration No.: E/19415 (Mumbai)

Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2014

FUNDS & LIABILITIES Rs. Rs. PROPERTY AND ASSETS Rs. Rs.

Trust Funds or Corpus

Immovable Properties (At cost)

Balance as per last Balance Sheet

281,981

Balance as per Last Balance Sheet

Adjustments during the year

-

281,981 Additions during the year

-

Less: Sales during the year

-

Other Earmarked Funds

Depreciation up to date

-

(Created under the provision of the trust

deed or scheme or out of the income). Movable Property (At Cost)(Schedule 5)

Depreciation Fund

-

Balance as per Last Balance Sheet

88,358

Sinking Fund

- Additions during the year

-

Disability Project Fund

1,154

Less: Sales during the year

-

Education Fund

26,000

27,154

Depreciation up to date

15,460

72,898

Loans (Secured or Unsecured)

From Trustees

5000 Cash and Bank Balance

From Others

-

5,000

(a) With Saraswat Bank

570,596

(b) With trustee

4,967

(c) With manager

-

575,563

Balance as per Last Balance Sheet

101,387

Less: Appropriation, if any

- Deposits

As per Income and Expenditure A/c

Rent Deposit

32,000

32,000

Add: Surplus

264,938

366,326

Total (Rs.)

680,461

Total (Rs.)

680,461

As per our report of even date

For VIDYA VARDHINI TRUST

Vijay Rajwade

Chartered Accountants

Membership no:046344

Trustee

Trustee

Dated at Mumbai: 18th July 2014

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