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Holding HandsA CSR Newsletter | Issue #8 | 2016

From Forbes FoundationNews and Events Special InitiativesEducation VolunteeringWomen EmpowermentHealth

NEWS AND EVENTSMagic Bus Launch | Helping Differently Abled...

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FORBES FOUNDATIONA Study on Frontline Workers

EDUCATION

HEALTH

SPECIAL INITIATIVES

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Special Coaching for Drop outs

Eye Check Up Camp!

Creating Audio Books for Visually Impaired

AGM Bopkhel Federation

VOLUNTEERING‘I Teach’ School - Santosh Sawant

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NEWS AND EVENTSMAGIC BUS LAUNCH

Forbes Marshall has partnered with Magic Bus foundation to work in the

Chakan area for education.

Magic Bus steers children towards a better life with better awareness,

better life skills, and better opportunities, in the journey from childhood to

livelihood. They have an activity based Curriculum (ABC) which is a unique

model that uses games to make change.

They conduct 40 sessions per year – each with a lesson, teach children about

education, gender, health, and key issues affecting them. The games excel in

building physical, social, and personal skills.

The Inaugural event was scheduled on 27th November.


HELPING DIFFERENTLY ABLED...

Handicap Center, Pune runs a Rehabilitation Programme for the Blind. Under this programme, they try to motivate them to be self-employed and support them by, developing their skills, economical help amongst others.

Mr. Yashawant G. Gopalghare, (35Yrs.) is one of the blind students of the NGO. He is blind by birth and lost his leg in an accident. He was working in “Uma Precision Co.” for 8 years but lost his job later’. There are 6 members in his family. His father, aged 82 Years is still working as rickshaw driver because Yashawant, his brother and 2 sisters are also blind by birth. His economical condition is very weak.

He sets up stalls to sell calendars. We supported him at all our locations.

He made around Rs. 13,000/- from all our 3 locations and was very happy with the outcome.

NEWS AND EVENTS


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FORBES FOUNDATIONA STUDY ON FRONTLINE WORKERS

The Forbes Marshall Foundation recently supported a study on Frontline Workers. Frontline workers are Grassroots Agents who catalyse positive behavioural change. Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action (SNEHA) a Mumbai-based secular non-profit organization that focuses on the health of women and children in Mumbai’s most vulnerable slums, deploys several frontline worker models. SNEHA targets four important and neonatal health, child health and nutrition, sexual and reproductive health and prevention of violence against women and children.

Their approach is two pronged: they recognize that in order to improve urban health standards, their initiatives must target both care seekers and care providers. SNEHA works in Mumbai’s most vulnerable slums.

A study was under taken with the following objectives:

• Understand the relative strengths and weaknesses of existing frontline worker models (for example: volunteers versus paid workers), in order to enable effective intervention design in future engagements

• Systematically understand SNEHA’s existing frontline worker management practice, including the performance metrics used, and the various context (based on perceptions, motivations and challenges) in which SNEHA’s frontline workers deliver the services in the community (roles and responsibilities, process of recruitment/selection and evaluation of the frontline workers)

• Benchmark SNEHA’s current frontline worker management practice, including the performance, against those of other enterprises (other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Sevikas, helpers and supervisors of ICDS) of similar nature focusing on social change

• Understand future plan for hiring of frontline workers for other NGOs and government.


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EDUCATIONSPECIAL COACHING FOR DROP OUTS

While interacting with villages we realized that there are lot of youngsters who

have dropped out of school. These young girls and boys do not have any other

avenue for technical or professional education as they have not completed

school. We shared with them that they could appear for the Secondary School

Completion examination externally through the Maharashtra Board.

Thus we started an initiative to assist these school drop outs since September.

We are glad that nine students have submitted the forms to appear for the

exam. Of these, five are attending special classes.


HEALTHEYE CHECK UP CAMP!

The Department of Social Initiatives along with the Talegaon General Hospital conducted an Eye check up camp at Savardari and the Thakarvastis on Wednesday 16th December. There was a good response by elders, women and children.

Over 52 beneficiaries attended the Thakarvasti camp and 117 attended the Savardari Village camp. Those who required spectacles after check up were given the same at a subsidised rate of Rs. 20/-.

We propose to have counselling and follow up done for those who need surgery.

The success of the camp is attributed largely to the unrelenting efforts of our Community Health Workers who interacted with the villager, one on one, a week prior to the camp.


SPECIAL INITIATIVESCREATING AUDIO BOOKS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

A blind School for Girls under the aegis of Poona Association for the Blind at Kothrud houses around 119 girls. They have a facility for teaching from 1st to 7th Standard. From 8th standard to 10th standard, the girls attend the Mahilashram School. The school also runs a vocational training centre wherein trades such as handloom, making candles, woollen articles are taught to the girls.

During the visit one of the students asked for an audio of the 10th Standard Science guide.

With contribution from the members we have finished our 1st Audio CD book recording for the students. The team must have spent around 32 hrs of cumulative time with 24hrs of actual recording.

The CD was handed over to the school principal on 9th October.

The Volunteers have made 2 more audio books and presented to the School Principal.


WOMEN EMPOWERMENTAGM BOPKHEL FEDERATION

We conducted the Annual General Body meeting of Bopkhel federation on 4th November 2015. We started this federation with the help of our partner NGO, Development support team. This federation has now completed 10 years. All the members of this federation are self help group women and it is totally run by the women. There are 430 women in this federation. This year the federation has earned Rs. 1,27,840/- as profit. During the AGM 20 % dividend was distributed to each member. Mrs Bedi, Director Development support team was present for the AGM. The Senior citizens of Bopkhel were also present for the AGM. During the AGM they felicitated the 10th and 12th Std students who scored more than 80% in the exam.

The federation has also donated Rs 7000/- to NAM foundation (Started by Nana Patekar and Makarand Anaspure) for the drought affected farmers. They also helped two cancer patients in Bopkhel and donated Rs. 6430/- for their treatment.


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VOLUNTEERING‘I TEACH’ SCHOOL - SANTOSH SAWANT

Volunteering at the Babu Jagjivandas School, Yerwada

Forbes Marshall is supporting Babu Jagjivandas School at Yerwada near Gunjan Theatre. This is an

English medium school from 8th to 10th run by ‘I Teach’ Foundation. Currently their first batch is in 9th Standard.

We are focussing mainly on the following aspects for volunteering-

• A Forbes Marshall seminar series focusing on what India needs from us- we could have this as a monthly event with around 5 senior members to speak on Quality, Ethics and Values, Financial planning, and self growth amongst others.

• Mentoring children from 9th standard

• Supporting ‘I Teach’ teachers- this can be taken up by the spouses and some volunteers who can spend at least 1 Saturday every month

• Plant visit to Chakan

We held an orientation program on Saturday 17th October for those who volunteered to spend

time at the Babau Jagjivandas School for understanding the needs and mapping it to our availability. The Principal, Soumya Jain gave a brief on the school, expectations from the volunteers, this was followed by a school visit.

Volunteering activities kick started with an interactive session with the students in general about aspirations and how to plan for the same. It was a great experience to interact with the children and understand their backgrounds and their aspirations.


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