URBO RURAL INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION WZ-33A,Dayalsar Marg,Uttam Nagar,New Delhi –110059

Ph: 011 25333206,25337449 Website:www.urida.org,Email: urida1992@yahoo.com

EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES SINCE 1991

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INDEX

HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION 3

VISION AND MISSION 4

GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE 4

REPORT OF ACTIVITIES 5-9

FINANCIALS 10

LIST OF DONORS 11

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OVERVIEW

URIDA, a national level NGO, was established in 1991, to promote integrated development of urban

slums and rural poor, deprived and unreached communities. The prime activities include provisioning of

services and awareness creation in the areas of Skill development, Health, education women

empowerment and disaster management.

Programmes of URIDA include awareness generation, Surveys, provisioning of services capacity building

of NGO ’ s project staff/artisans etc.

URIDA came into existence in the year 1991 as a registered entity in Delhi. The establishment of URIDA

was the outcome of long term efforts and vision of a committed team, passionate towards social work.

Mrs. Sneh Lata Sharma, who is the founder of URIDA, had been working for the cause of women and

children many years prior to its legal existence. The founder member, joined hands with likeminded

friends and acquaintances who being technocrats, educationists and professional took up this noble task

for the cause of people living in urban slums and rural areas of India where development process has

slowed down due to poverty, ignorance and illiteracy.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS/ACCREDITATIONS

1994 : The organization Started working on environment issues and constructed two Jan Suvidha Complexes in the dense slums of Karol Bagh and Paharganj (Nabi Karim) area in collaboration with Min of Urban Development, Delhi. Govt. 2000 : URIDA actively participated in the mitigation of losses due to mass destruction in Gujrat earth quake through sending a team of doctors for immediate assistance to the victims. . 2006: Gender Resource Center Programme sponsored by the Dept. of women and Child Development was launched by URIDA.. 2009 : Won Chief Ministers Award for best consistent performance of its Gender Resource Centre-Samajik Suvidha Kendra. 2010: URIDA got accredited by Credibility Alliance for its transparency, accountability and good governance. 2012: URIDA successfully completed FIVE years of Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojna (AHVY) programme, sponsored by Ministry of Textiles, GOI. 2013:URIDA got ISO certification 2013: “Awaaz Uthao” project sponsored by the Dept. of women and child Development in collaboration of mission convergence was started by URIDA.

Accredited by Credibility Alliance under desirable norms for transparency accountability and good

governance

Awarded by Mission Convergence (Ministry of Women and Child Development ) under Gender

Resource Centre project

ISO 9001:2008 certified organization

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The Vision :

“ E nlightened communities free from evils of poverty, illiteracy and ignorance. ”

Mission:

“ U pliftment of disadvantaged communities through integrated social economic and infrastructure

development ” .

Key focus:

Education, Vocational training, Health, Child development, Empowerment of women, Promotion of

handicrafts, Disaster Management.

VISION AND MISSION

GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE

Uttar Pradesh

Saharanpur Ghaziabad

Uttarakhand Haridwar Bagheshwar

Haryana Sonipat Mahendragarh Karnal

Delhi Distt. West Distt. Southwest Distt. North Distt. Central

URIDA had worked in many states of India including Rajasthan, UP, MP, Gujrat, Uttarakhand, Haryana

and Delhi. Currently the activities are being run in four states.

STAFF & VOLUNTEERS TARGET BENEFICIARIES

FULL

TIME

PART

TIME

TOTAL

STAFF 38 08 46

VOLUNTEERS 255

Women ( Poor,needy &

destitute )

SC/ST and vulnerable

population

Children/Juveniles Adolescents

Aged and Senior citizens Drop out children

Disaster victims HIV/AIDS victims

Drug addicts Accident victims

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URIDA ’ S Drug De Addiction

Centre, SAHAJ SAMBHAV

which is situated at kakrola, aims

to build up a drug free society,

focusing the youth through anti

drug campaigns, rehabilitation,

treatment and counseling for de

addiction. About 46 beneficiaries

were admitted and treated

during the year 2012-2013.

URIDA Sahaj Sambhav provides

a drug free environment which

helps to develop a sense of

d i s c i p l i n e , c o m m i t m e n t ,

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y a nd s e l f

confidence, Improve relationship

with family members and others,

and p r ov ide voca t i ona l

guidance. Healthy food habits,

yoga, meditation etc are also

being practiced under strict

DRUG DEADDICTION HEALTH CAMPS

Health camps are conducted

once in two months covering

most vulnerable sections of the

community in the target area.

The beneficiaries include

women, children and men.

Camps are theme based and

Check up and medicines are

provided free of cost. 06 health

camps were conducted and

around 2000 beneficiaries

attended the health camps

FODD & NUTRITION CAMPS

With the objective of spreading

awareness on better eating

habits and prevention of

diseases related to vitamin

deficiencies among women and

children, Food and Nutrition

awareness and demonstration

camps are

conducted every month. Camps

are theme based and the

Nutrition experts demonstrate

the

preparation of high value food

with low cost ingredients which

are easily available and

affordable to the vulnerable

categories. Till date more than

2000 women were educated on

nutrition, during the year and

around 400 women attended

demonstration programmes

FREE MEDICAL CHECK UP

Ailing women and children are

provided free check up as well

as medicines. Family Planning;

counseling and free distribution

of contraceptives is also done by

the gynecologist to the eligible

couples and other beneficiaries.

Issues of reproductive and

maternal health, adolescent

health and concerns of women

of different ages are addressed

at the clinic. A pharmacist

assists the doctor for distribution

of medicines at the clinics.

AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS

URIDA strong team of volunteers and WASH champion groups who

are trained to undertake awareness sessions and hygiene

demonstrations to a large number of slum community living in their

locality. The WASH programme include community meetings, door-to-

door visits and observation of hygiene weeks/Mass cleanliness

drives, Celebration of important days, Identification of clean streets

REPORT OF ACTIVITIES HEALTH

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URIDA ’ S two Learning centers are being run in Kakrola and Tikri

khurd for under privileged children. Remedial classes are conducted

for school going children and Non Formal Education is imparted for

school drop -out and non school going children. Around 40 children

are educated each year in each centre and a total of approx.600

children

Vocational trainings are being imparted for women from the most

vulnerable sections of the society. Currently training is being provided

on Beauty culture as well as Dress making trades through the Gender

Resource Centre of URIDA. Successful students are then given

placements in their respective trades, through linkages. More than 200

women are being trained in vocational trades every year. During 2014-

15, 243 women were enrolled out of them 202 appeared for the exam

and qualified. Hence, are ready to join the market/industry to provide

their services. URIDA has so far helped that 40% girls/women to get

employed in the industry and 35% girls/women to be self employed.

VOCATIONAL TRAINING

ADULT EDUCATION

Adult education programme is meant specifically for illiterate women

from the under privileged sections of society. 25 women beneficiaries

were educated by URIDA during the year 2014-2015, under the adult

education programme.

EDUCATION

LEARNING CENTRES FOR CHILDREN SUCCESS STORY OF SNEHA

Sneha belongs to a poor family in

Dwarka area of Delhi. Her family

consists of five members including her

mother who works as a housemaid,

her two sisters and a brother. Her

father got separated from her mother

and left the family long before. Sneha

used to dream about studying up to

higher levels and getting a well paid

job so that she can help her family

financially. However, the meager sum

earned by her mother was hardly

enough to satiate the hunger of five.

Sneha had to give up education after

after 8th standard due to financial crisis

and she started working as a

housemaid, like her mother.

One day a mobilize from URIDA visited

her family and encouraged her to

attend training in beauty culture. She

was overjoyed to hear that there was

no fee involved and she would be

given all the training materials free of

cost. She completed the six months

course with enthusiasm and passed

with Grade A. Afterwards she started

giving parlour services at customers ’

place, which generated a lot of

opportunities for her through mouth to

mouth publicity. She created a lot of

permanent customers which assures

her an income of Rs.10,000 -15000

every month. She is very happy and

satisfied with her job and now she is

able to look after the expenses of her

siblings ’ education and family

expenses.

Sneha ’ s dream now is to open her

own Beauty Parlour and set herself as

a role model for poor and deprived

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The project ,as its name suggests, is to raise voice against all kind of violence against women. The project

envisages a safe Delhi for women through awareness generation and community participation. Community

and stakeholders are directly involved in the implementation of this project.6 Collective Groups of 20

members each, in which community representatives and stake holders are the members are spread in the

catchment area. One stake holder committee of 20 stake holders from Municipal coprporation of Delhi,

Delhi Transport Corporation, Delhi Police, Delhi Legal Service Authority, social workers, and Pradhans has

also been running. Selfe defense trainings, Safety walk, safety audit, police interface meeting, Public

meetings, counseling and legal aid to rape/abuse victims are the key activities under this project.

AWAAZ UTHAO —For women's safety

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

May 2014: Shahana (Age 30 years ),resident

of Dwarka sect 15, was assaulted by a bus

driver. This incident was reported by the

woman, to collective members. The accused

was taken to nearest police station. He got

arrested and the case is under process.

June 2014: Priya (Age 7 ), was raped by a

minor boy, in JJ colony of Kakrola,Dwarka.The

case was immediately informed to the collective

coordinator by one of the collective member,

and assisted the victim in filing case in nearest

police station and the accused was arrested

under the juvenile delinquency act . and

victim ’s family was compensated Monetarily.

July 2014 : Rita (Age 16 ) who lives in JJ

colony,kakrola, Dwarka ,was frequently being

harassed by a boy in the neighborhood. The

boy used to follow her wherever she

goes, eve-tease and disturb her through

phone calls. Rita's friend who was working as

a collective member with URIDA, brought the

matter to the collective coordinator.A

counselling session was conducted with both

the girl and boy in presence of Lawyer of

URIDA.The boy was convinced and stopped

disturbing Rita. Rita has now become a

member of awaaz uthao collective group.

November 2014: Avni , a 4 year old girl,

resident of Dwarka was sexually assaulted by

a 60 year old man, who lived in her

neighborhood. He took the little girl out from her

house when no one was around, promising to

buy her chocolates and raped her. The girl's

mother later found her bleeding and in a critical

condition and she immediately informed the

collective members. The collective coordinator

informed police and a case was registered

under POCSO Act and the accused was

arrested. Now the accused is in lock-up and

case is under process.

INCIDENTS OF ASSAULTS WHERE IN THE ORGANIZATION EXTENDED ITS SERVICES

December 2014:

Sweta, ( age 7 years ) ,resident of

Sahyog vihar,Dwarka was raped by a

31 years old man in the neighbourhood.

The insident took place when the girl

was alone at home. The accused lured

the girl to his room and raped her. Later,

the child informed her mother about the

incident and she brought this to notice

of Collective coordinator.A complaint

was lodged with the nearest police

station.The accused is under arrest.The

child and her family was given

counseling at URIDA ’ s office.

Public meeting organized in January 2015

Police interface meeting ( above)

Safety walk ( below )

Note : The Name of victims mentioned in the

stories are changed and are for reference

purpose only.

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URIDA ’ s Gender Resource Centre has been functioning since the year 2006 at Kakrola, with the

support of Dept. of Women and Child Development GNCTD, where vocational training in two courses is

being provided to the women beneficiaries to economically poor and backward classes at free of cost.

Each batch of six months trains Approx. 200 women beneficiaries.

GRC also acts as an information/ facilitation centre for the information seekers as well as needy women

beneficiaries. Other important aspects are, non formal education, free health checkups and distribution of

medicines; legal counseling, food & nutrition camps and formation of Self Help Group for mutual help &

mutual support to Increase the economic development of the beneficiaries.

GRC aims at better reach of benefits of various schemes meant for the development of slum and rural

poor. Through the GRCs financial Assistance Schemes like Widow/ Old age/ Disabled Pension, Ladli and

Construction workers welfare schemes are being covered for the benefit of 20,000 households in the

catchment areas of each GRC.

GENDER RESOURCE CENTRE – SAMAJIK SUVIDHA KENDRA

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Legal Awareness Session Food and Nutrition Awareness camp Training of Self Help Group members

Self Defense Training for women Training programme on WASH NFE beneficiaries with their certificates

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Special clinics are conducted for medical support to

beneficiaries belonging to SC/ST categories.

Vocational trainings, awareness and assistance on

welfare of SC/ST categories are also being done

by URIDA since its inception.

About 600 SC/ST beneficiaries were given services

like medical support and vocational training during

the the year in Gannaur, Distt. Sonepat Haryana.

URIDA, with the support of Min. of Textiles

( G OI ) ,has been running various programmes

for upliftment of Indian handicrafts sector.This

project include identification of potential artisans,

special focus on their skill development and

mainstream them to the world of exposures and

gainful self employment. The program takes

account of formation of Self-Help Groups,

trainings/workshops in various crafts, exhibitions

and/or sale of artifacts in major craft bazaars. The

major clusters for interventions are Gannaur

( S onepat ) , Tikri Khurd ( Narela ) , Hastsal,

Kakrola and Madhu Vihar with artisans on

different crafts like Art Jewellery, Embroidery,

Painting, Soft Toys etc. Trainings are conducted

by consulting empanelled Resource Persons

( d esigners ) from NIIT. 70 Self Help Groups are

presently functioning successfully under URIDA.

PROMOTION OF HANDICRAFTS

OTHER PROGRAMMES

SC/ST WELFARE

Trrainings was provided to SHG groups with the

objectives to impart information about the

functioning of groups like to impart knowledge

about internal loan process and bank linkages. The

group was made to enhance their financial

soundness. The training was provided by a

professional facilitator to which ensured that the

quality of the session remains high.The SHG

members are given Exposure visits to industries

twice in a year for getting a better knowledge about

production, marketing, accounting and

documentation procedures.

30 Women beneficiaries of SHG visited

CHETNALAYA ’ NGO in Delhi to learn various After Successful completion of Road safety

awareness programmes in Haryana and Delhi for

the last 8 years. URIDA, in association with Drive

India Enterprise Solutions Ltd TATA enterprise) ,

had conducted a 20 days campaign on road safety

awareness for truck drivers in Delhi-Haryana

region.

500 Truck drivers were educated on Road Safety

ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS

SHG CAPACITY BUILDING

Medical Awareness camp for SC/ST beneficiaries

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OUR AUDITORS:

Sanjit & Associates

WZ-33A, Ground Floor,Dayal Sar Road,

Uttam Nagar, New Delhi-110059,

BANKING PARTNERS

Bank of Baroda, Nawada, Uttam Nagar,

New Delhi

Axis Bank,Dwarka,New Delhi

Bank of Maharashtra, Vikas puri, New Delhi

Punjab National Bank, B. Block Janak Puri,

New Delhi

FINANCIALS

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LIST OF DONORS

S.No DONORS PROGRAMME

1 MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE MOTHER NGO IN RCH-II,

MOTHER NGO IN AYUSH

2 ADRA INDIA ( CORE GROUP ) POLIO ERADICATION CAMPAIGN, BAGHPAT, U.P.

3 MINISTRY OF WOMEN &CHILD DEVELOPMENT, DELHI GENDER RESOURCE CENTRE

4 MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( CAPART ) RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND WATER RECHARGING.

5 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

6 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS. DISASTER MANAGEMENT

7 EDUCATION ( UNIVERSALIZATION OF ELEMENTARY

EDUCATION MISSION ) , DELHI

EDUCATION

8 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS ROAD SAFETY

9 DIRECTORATE OF FAMILY WELFARE, DELHI IMMUNIZATION

10 STATE TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ( ROAD SAFETY

CELL ) , DELHI

ROAD SAFETY

11 MCD ( JJ & SLUM ) , DELHI JAN SUVIDA COMPLEX

12 MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE OF HARIDWAR UTTRAKHAND. INFRA STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

13 ALTERNATIVE AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, UTTAR

PRADESH

EDUCATING CHILDREN OF BRICK KILN WORKERS

14 SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN, UTTAR PRADESH KASTURBA GANDHI RESIDENTIAL, BALIKA VIDYALAYA, GANGOH, SAHARANPUR,

U.P.

15 DSACS ( NACO ) HIV AIDS

16 CAPART RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND WATER RECHARGING.

17 REACH INDIA (USAID ) EDUCATION

18 EDUCATION TRUST ( USA ) EDUCATION

19 MINISTRY OF HRD COMPUTER EDUCATION

20 SELF FUNDED FREE COMPUTER TRAINING ( CERTIFIED ) COURSE ( 1

YR ) ,GANNAUR,HARYANA

21 DIESL –A TATA GROUP ( CSR ) AIDS AND ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

22 NATIONAL MISSION FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN VATSALYA MELA

23 LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA DISTRIBUTION OF UTILITY PRODUCTS TO NEEDY