CANADIAN WORLD EDUCATION FOUNDATION

5th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGAugust 5, 2005

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Report from Assistance to Widows Committee

INDIAN CHAPTER GROWTH – Widows Assisted

3 16 1554

96141

206

290338

365

050

100150200250300350400

1996 1998 2000 2002 2004

Year

No. ofwidowsassisted

(projected)

INDIAN CHAPTER GROWTH – Children Assisted

7 24 2392

154192

249

356398

430

0

100

200

300

400

500

1996 1998 2000 2002 2004

Year

No. ofchildrenassisted

(projected)

INDIAN CHAPTERFunds Spent to Assist Widows

396 2112 19807128

12672

18612

27192

38280

4461648180

05000

100001500020000250003000035000400004500050000

Assistance($)

1996 1998 2000 2002 2004Year

(projected)

Schools and Assistance – 2004-05School # of Mothers # of Children Assistance (Rs.)

Ambika 38 45 136825Channamma 1 1 3993DAV SSS 29 35 96639DAV College 11 11 40518Dayanand 6 6 25743Govt Elementary 11 18 63181Govt College Hosh. 2 2 7735Govt Girls Hisar 16 17 55500Govt Girls Jacobpura 39 41 141200Jain 13 14 47010Municipal MS 12 14 47059Rukmani Devi 3 4 14835Sarvhitkari 6 8 25000SBAC 31 43 131134SD Sr 17 25 77151Sh MRBD 14 14 50750LN Hindu 1 1 4393PD Arya 64 71 246923SSMG 10 13 36224Sunshine 6 6 25200Vaish Arya 7 7 25680St Andrews 1 2 6050

TOTALS 338 398 1308743

Report from the Website Committee

Report from the Awareness and Development Committee

Committee MembersJ.K. Bewtra

Heather BrittenRobert Biswas

Julie CaronSakshi Jasra

Mahesh MehtaJake Soderlund

Committee Mandate

• To increase awareness of CWEF and to help the organization grow at a slow and steady rate.

2003 – 2004 Fiscal Year• CWEF pamphlet revised

• FAQs developed for web site

• Windsor Star newspaper article

2004 – 2005 Fiscal Year

• questions developed about regions in India where CWEF is active

• discussion and debate about how to best fulfill committee mandate

Possible directions for 2005 – 2006 Fiscal Year

• networking with other local service clubs

• reaching out to the community at large to increase awareness of CWEF

CWEF CANADIAN CHAPTER General Brock Elementary School has a significant

number of students with serious deficiencies in English. To help these students, the school has developed a “leveled reading” room. Leveled books contain age appropriate subject matter written in the adjusted reading levels of students in need. The school has only just begun building their collection of leveled books, and is in need of financial assistance if they are to be able to continue to develop this valuable resource.

MOTION – from CWEF Canadian Chapter: That CWEF provide financial support to General

Brock Secondary School to provide books for their leveled reading room.

Report from the Finance Committee

• From August 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005, ninety-five (95) donations were received totaling $62,432.23

Canadian World Education FoundationTotal Donations by Year 2002 - 2005

2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005

Amount Donated $50,847 $52,517 62,432

Number of Donors 59 63 95

Canadian World Education FoundationIncome and Expense Sheet as of July 31, 2005

Canadian World Education FoundationBalance Sheet – As of July 31, 2005

Report from the Nominating Committee

Nominations for 2005-2006 Committeesof the Canadian World Education Foundation

Website Committee Dr. Tim Traynor (Chairperson)

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal

Mr. Asheem Chandna

Mr. Kevin Biswas

Ms. Reema Dokania

Finance Committee Mr. Arvind Arya (Chairperson)Dr. Yash Aneja Dr. Purna KaloniDr. Hasmukh Patel Mr. Anish Srivastav Ms. Natasha Sharda Dr. Dan Britten

Awareness and Development Committee

Dr. Mahesh Mehta (Chairperson) Dr. Pradeep Jasra Dr. Jake Soderlund Dr. Heather Brtitten Mr. Rajinder Rana Mr. Robert Biswas Ms. Sakshi Jasra

Assistance to Widows Committee

Dr. Siyaram Pandey (Chairperson) Dr. Nihar Biswas Dr. Shashi Jasra Mr. Chandrakant Kania Mr. Ranbir Gugneja Ms. Julie Caron Ms. Priya Sharda

Board of Directors

Mr. Arvind AryaDr. Ronald BarronDr. Nihar BiswasDr. Heather BrittenDr. Richard CaronDr. Parveen GoelDr. Harshad JoshiDr. Jake Soderlund

Officers for 2005-2008

• President Dr. Ron Barron

• Vice-President Dr. Richard Caron

• Treasurer Dr. Purna Kaloni

• Treasurer Elect Mr. Arvind Arya

• Secretary Dr. Om Chandna

• Secretary Elect Dr. Nihar Biswas

• General Manager Dr. Dan Britten

Visits to Schools in India

India Bound?

If you plan to visit India, then maybe you can volunteer to visit one or more of the Institutions that we are associated with. The children of widowed mothers that we assist study in these Institutions.

SOME PREVIOUS VISITS

Bala Tuli & Ashok Tuli visited S.S.M.G. School, Haripur Kalan, Utteranchal. They were very well received by Principal, Mr. G.S Rana, and the teachers of this institution. They gave encouragement to the students to realize their full potential through education.

(Year 2001 –2002)

Mr. Ramesh Sehgal visited D.A.V. Senior Secondary Schoolin Hoshiarpur, Panjab. He met mothers who were receiving assistance for the education of their children in this school. He was emotionally touched by their expression of thanks and their commitment for education of their children.

(Year 2002 – 2003)

Rashmi and Satinder Bhayana visited Jain Senior Secondary School in Rohtak, Haryana. They met the Principal, teachers and students whose mothers are assisted. Vipin Bhayana from London attended the 3 AGM of CWEF. He spoke on behalf of his brother and told the meeting as to how pleased his brother was about this visit.

Yash Aneja visited Government Girls Senior Secondary School for Girls in Jacobpura, Gurgaon, Haryana. He met Faculty members and Principal of this school. He was impressed by their commitment to assisting the needy. Following the request of the Principal of this school, all needy widows whose children study in this school were assisted the following year. (2003-2004)

Siyaram Pandey visited Shri Mahant Ram B.D.U.M. Vidyalaya in Bhurkura, District Ghazipur, U.P. He met students, Faculty members and the Principal of this school. He brought back an inspirational video that he prepared with regards to his visit to this school. This video was shown last year at the AGM. It is available for viewing. (2003 – 2004)

Rathna Prakash and Shankar Prakash visited Sunshine English School in Bangalore, Karnataka. They met students, Faculty members and the Principal of this school and were very impressed. They brought back pictures and video of their visit to this school. (2004 – 2005)

Krishna Chandna and Om Chandna visited S.B.A.C. School in Bajwara and Smt. P.D. Arya Mahila Higher Secondary School in Hoshiarpur, Panjab. They met students, teachers and Principals of these schools. Krishna Chandna was asked to address students of P.D. Arya School. She addressed the students whose mothers are assisted. (2004– 2005)

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