ANNUAL UPDATE FOR 2009-10

By-Nithya Chandrasekaran and Sree Kamireddy

10-6-10

Rural Development Trust

Org High Level Goal

Through an integrated program of Health, Nutrition, Education and Awareness

• Help young migrant children successfully learn, stay, and become skilled.

• Equip children with high moral values and to develop confidence.

• Wean children away from construction labor jobs.

History

• Involved since 2005.

• Most of RDT funding comes through Asha, Seattle.

• Approved recurring funding for Rs. 24,89,775/-.

• Disbursed $179,386/- since 2005.

People

• Coordinator (Mr. T.K. Elumalai)

• Asst. Coordinator

• Teachers (16)

• Cooks (3)

• Driver

People

• Coordinator (Mr. T.K. Elumalai)

• Asst. Coordinator

• Teachers (15)

• Cooks (3)

• Driver

Location

Registered as a charitable Trust in Kanchipuram, TN

Schools in 9 villages.One additional school –

Hiranandani - supported by a construction company.

Location Specifics

Block   Existing Schools Status of the school

Thiruporur Block 1 Egattur Old

  2 Kelambakkam Old

3 Chennai Pattinam Old

4 Ammapettai Old

5 Kalavakkam Old

6 Padur Old

  7 Hiranandani Old

  8 Thaiyur New

9 Kilakottaiyur New

  11 Venpedu New

St. Thomas Mount Block 10 Gandhi Nagar New

  12 Chemmancherry Old

  13 JPR-Ambedkar Nagar Old

Block   Existing Schools Status of the school

Thiruporur Block 1 Egattur Old

  2 Kelambakkam Old

3 Chennai Pattinam Old

4 Ammapettai Old

5 Kalavakkam Old

6 Padur Old

  7 Hiranandani Old

  12 Chemmancherry Old

  13 JPR-Ambedkar Nagar Old

692 [note proposal was only prepared for 612 children, but they enrolled 70 new students in academic year 09-10]

Bridge school Classes 1 – 8. 467 children.

Day Care. 225 children

In addition to teaching, provide learning materials, meals, exposure visits, and medical camp for migrants

Activities

Asha, Seattle Involvement

Asha, Seattle Involvement

• Give a comprehensive/detailed picture of Asha, Seattle’s involvement with the project. Add more slides if necessary. The following checklist has a few basic items which apply to most projects. Elaborate on the following items.

Sl. No. Item

1 How is Asha, Seattle planning to support the overall mission and objectives of the organization? Asha Seattle continues to support overall development of children including food, uniforms, training materials.

2 Since when is the project with Asha, Seattle? 2005

3 Were/are other Asha chapters involved in the project? If yes, in what capacity and for how long? None

4 Key project contacts and how the fit into the overall org. structure. T.K. Elumalai [Co-ordinator/ Trustee]

Asha, Seattle Involvement Contd.

Sl. No. Item

5 If the organization runs out of multiple locations, which locations does Asha, Seattle support? Its run only from Kanchipuram, TN which we support

6 List all the activities supported by Asha, Seattle.Educational SupportNoon Meal and RefreshmentsUniform for DCC ChildrenTeachers & Staff allocationTeachers Intensive Trainings and Exposure VisitVan Services for migrant childrenDistribution of Telugu News Paper

7 Relate all the activities supported by Asha, Seattle to the overall activities of the organization. Asha Seattle supports all activites

9 Annual budget (amount only) that has been approved by Asha, Seattle. Rs. 24,89,775/-

10 Percentage of orgs total budget which is supported by Asha, Seattle. 100%

Asha, Seattle Budget [refer doc]

Site Visit Report

Haven’t done one since Dec 17, 2008.

Audit Report

• Indian law requires all partners to have an audit report every year. Highlights from last years audit report (Form 10B). A sample audit report, from a project, can be found at http://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/745/auditreport2008.pdf.

Survey Results – Refer Doc

Process Checks

Item Status

Approved Budget Rs. 24,89,775/-

Approval Type Recurring

Amount(s) disbursed last fiscal year Rs. 24,89,775/-

Amount Utilized by the project last fiscal year

Rs. 24,89,775/-

Last Site Visit Dec 17, 2008

Current Primary Steward Sree Kamireddy

Current Secondary Stewards Nithya Chandrasekaran

Status of the web page Not updated

Status of the yahoo databases Up to Date

Resources [Refer Doc]

• Links to news paper articles, or other items of interest.

Questions?

FAQs

• Some FAQs at Asha, Seattle meetings.o How many rs are we spending per kid per year?o Does the amount being spent on infrastructure items (building

schools, repairing roofs, etc. ) look reasonable?o Where exactly is the partner located? (especially for remote

projects. Be ready to locate the project area on a map)o What is the graduation rate of the school?o What is the student to teacher ratio in class rooms?o What is the girl to boy ratio in the school?o What are the line items in the budget?o Why is the partner asking for more funding for line item N?

(You will be asked this if there are changes in the budget line items)

o Community opinion of the project. o What went well, what didn’t go as expected, what can be done

differently.