VARUN Voluntary Association For Rural Upliftment and Networking

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VARUNVoluntary Association For Rural Upliftment
and Networking

• Type Non-Formal Educational Centers
• Primary Focus Remedial Education
• Region Rural Areas

August 2011
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Purpose And Goals

1. To increase the level of literacy and
   intellectual development of the children in the
   targeted area.
2. To give technical instruction to increase skill
   level
3. To provide technical tools so that the local
   population can join the main stream society

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About VARUN

• Voluntary Association for Rural Upliftment
  Networking (VARUN) is a self-motivated, social
  and non-profit organization. Varun started it
  activities in 1999.
• Outline
• Schools in (6 villages) Shahpur, Dobahi,
  Pathrour, Sukhdeopur,Hathini and Danavgarh.
• Self help group (women micro finance). -
  Introduce Organic Farming (Nursery, Seed Bank)
• Library (in 5 villages)
• Permanent structures in Shahpur, Dobahi and
  Lerha.
• Govt schools established in Amritpur, Horila,
  Lerha, Shahpur and Jharia
• FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976)
  applied in February 2005, until then, donations
  go through Asha-Varanasi.
• People Dr.S.P.Singh (PhD, Agriculture), Mr.
  A.K.Singh (Journalist) and few teachers like
  Punnu Singh, Ramkrit, etc.

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Current Status of teachers
Sl. No. Centre Teachers Name (To be updated)
1. Shahpur Mr.Ghurbhari Singh (moved from Sukhdeopur)
1. Shahpur Mr. Ramkrit
1. Shahpur Mr.Balwant Kumar (new)
2. Pathraur Mr. Suresh
3. Dhobahi Mr. Bhuvan Kumar
4. Hathini Mr. Ramesh Kumar
5. Sukhdeopur Mr. M.Dharmendra (new) Shyam Bahadur (new)
6. Danavgarh Need to get the list
Timing of School July to March 09.30 to 3.30
P.M. April to
June 7.00 to 12.00 P. M.
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Number of students (previous year, need to be
updated) .. Updated in next slide
Sl. No. Village Class I B G Class I B G Class II B G Class II B G Class III B G Class III B G Class IV B G Class IV B G Class V B G Class V B G Total Teacher
1. Dhobahi 07 07 01 01 01 - 02 04 01 01 25 Mr. Bhawan
2. Pathraur 08 13 09 02 03 04 04 03 02 02 50 Mr. Suresh
3. Hathini 07 08 02 04 - - 01 03 - - 25 Mr. Ramesh
4. Sukhdeopur 23 27 04 04 08 04 01 05 01 - 87 Mr. Dharmendra Mr. Shyambahadur
5. Jharia 45 33 08 05 04 02 07 - 02 05 111 Mrs.Chandrawati Mr. Ashok Kr.
Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total 298
Sl. No. Village Class VI B G Class VI B G Class VII B G Class VII B G Class VIII B G Class VIII B G Total Teacher
1. Shahpur 17 11 20 13 17 08 86 1. Mr. Ramkrit 2. Mr. Ghurbari 3. Mr. Balwant Kr.
Total Students of Primary Section Middle Section (298 86) Total Students of Primary Section Middle Section (298 86) Total Students of Primary Section Middle Section (298 86) Total Students of Primary Section Middle Section (298 86) Total Students of Primary Section Middle Section (298 86) Total Students of Primary Section Middle Section (298 86) Total Students of Primary Section Middle Section (298 86) Total Students of Primary Section Middle Section (298 86) 384 1. Mr. Ramkrit 2. Mr. Ghurbari 3. Mr. Balwant Kr.
Total students 384
Total students expected this year 240
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Number of students (updated on 09/23/2011)
Sn. No School Class I Class I Class II Class II Class III Class III Class IV Class IV Class V Class V Class VI Class VI Class VII Class VII Class VIII Class VIII Class IX Class IX Class X
1   Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls  
2 Pathraur 7 12 5 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 42
3 Dobahi 6 5 2 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 23
4 Hathini 4 3 3 4 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 14 24
5 Sukhdeopur 1 6 3 6 4 3 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 17 31
6 Shahpur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 14 10 10 12 35 28 63
7 Danaogarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Estimated Estimated 40
    18 26 13 17 12 11 5 3 9 6 11 6 14 10 10 12 92 91 223

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Enrolment update contd

• In last session 86 children were enrolled in
  Junior high school.
• 14 children in class V and 25 were in class 8.
• They were registered to appear for examinations
  and all of them cleared std. VIII. Almost all of
  them are trying to enroll for further studies.

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Evaluation Criteria

• Self-sustenance of schools.
• Train women in stitching and thereby expand into
  other villages.
• Identify and recruit teachers who can effectively
  teach the students.
• Identify potential students for enrollment in
  each of the schools.
• Pass percentage of 5th grade students.
• Receive results of standard 4 examinations and
  identify number of students appearing in standard
  5 examinations.
• Educate people about RTI.
• Recruit a new Educational Coordinator.

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Extension Activities

• Participating in solving issues in 3 villages of
  Naugarh block (Parsia, Majhgawan and Nonwat).
• NREGA, RTI and Health issues to be addressed.
• Work will involve collecting data, meeting with
  panchayat officers, awareness campaigns,
  training sessions, etc.
• Data collected is described in the report.

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RTI Activity
Gatherings Gatherings Gatherings Awareness Awareness Training Training
Number of gatherings Number of villages Attendance Sessions Attendance sessions villages
18 12 505 1 2000 7 7

S. No. Application filed at Block level Application filed at Block level Application filed at Block level Application filed at Block level S.No. Application filed at District level Application filed at District level Application filed at District level Application filed at District level
S. No. No. of Application Matter Resolved Pending No. of Deptt. S.No. No. of Application Matter Resolved Pending No. of Deptt.
1. 4 01 01 04 1. 01 - 01 01
S. No. Application filed at State level Application filed at State level Application filed at State level Application filed at State level
S. No. No. of Application Matter Resolved Pending No. of Deptt.
1. 03 00 03 01
3226 pamphlets distributed in RTI awareness
campaigns.
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Women Federation

• Around 2000 women members of Women federation
  divided into clusters and groups.
• This year, few contested and won in Panchayat
  elections
• Every month there is a meeting to discuss about
  local issues as well as any personal issues.
• VARUN helps get employment to women from
  federation if at all there is any job vacancy in
  area.
• VARUN spread the awareness amongst people about
  elections.
• 68 qualified women got 95,200 through Govt.
  programs. Another 41,000 was procured.

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Seed and Grain bank

• Collective effort of women helped establish this
  effectively.
• 37 farming clubs.
• VARUN provided some seeds to the bank initially.

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Activities of MNREGA

• Meetings in 15 villages with an average of 40
  people attending in each village.
• Awareness workshops in 7 villages.
• 2432 applications for jobs.
• 244 bank account holders.
• 265 new job card holders.
• VARUN helps in getting people a lot of these
  things.

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Sn No. Venue Date Number of Attendees Agenda
1 Basauli 22-04-2010 43 Through the medium of meetings all the villagers were helped in securing job cards, application for jobs, job description and registration, getting money into bank account on time, opening bank account on 0 balance and if there is no job then applying for unemployment benefits.
2 Lauari 24-04-2010 45 Through the medium of meetings all the villagers were helped in securing job cards, application for jobs, job description and registration, getting money into bank account on time, opening bank account on 0 balance and if there is no job then applying for unemployment benefits.
3 Deodattpur 25-04-2010 69 Through the medium of meetings all the villagers were helped in securing job cards, application for jobs, job description and registration, getting money into bank account on time, opening bank account on 0 balance and if there is no job then applying for unemployment benefits.
4 Shahpur 26-04-2010 57 Through the medium of meetings all the villagers were helped in securing job cards, application for jobs, job description and registration, getting money into bank account on time, opening bank account on 0 balance and if there is no job then applying for unemployment benefits.
5 Latara 28-04-2010 67 Through the medium of meetings all the villagers were helped in securing job cards, application for jobs, job description and registration, getting money into bank account on time, opening bank account on 0 balance and if there is no job then applying for unemployment benefits.
6 Naugarh (5) 29-04-2010 23-10-2010 10-11-2010 21-11-2010 22-11-2010 179 Through the medium of meetings all the villagers were helped in securing job cards, application for jobs, job description and registration, getting money into bank account on time, opening bank account on 0 balance and if there is no job then applying for unemployment benefits.
7 Dobahi 30-01-2011 18 Through the medium of meetings all the villagers were helped in securing job cards, application for jobs, job description and registration, getting money into bank account on time, opening bank account on 0 balance and if there is no job then applying for unemployment benefits.
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Budget 2011-2012(numbers in red are suggested by
Asha and ones struck out are proposed by VARUN)
Sl. No. Particulars Months Total (in Rs.)
A. Honorarium Coordinator (1 No.) _at_ Rs.3300/month 3100/month Coordinator Travel _at_ Rs.400/month Junior High School Teacher Sr. (1 No.) _at_ Rs.2500/month 2400/month Junior High School Teachers (2 No.) _at_ Rs.2200/month 2100 Dhobahi Teacher (1 No) _at_ Rs.1900/month Pathraur Teacher (1 No) _at_ Rs.1700/month 1600/month Hathini Teacher (1 No) _at_ Rs.1700/month Sukhdeopur Teacher (1 No) _at_ Rs.1500/month Danogarh (New Centre Musahar caste) (1 No) _at_ Rs.1500/month 1400 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 39600.00 37200.00 4800.00 30000.00 52800.00 50400.00 22800.00 20400.00 19200.00 20400.00 18000.00 18000.00 16800.00
B. Study material for 240 students _at_ Rs.300/head - 72000.00
C. Child Check up Camp (2 No.) _at_ Rs.4000/each 8000.00
D. Centre Repairing (5 Nos.) _at_ Rs.1500/centre 7500.00
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E. Teaching Aid (6 Centres) _at_ Rs.500/centre 3000.00
F. Teachers Training Expenses (1 No) _at_3000/ 3000.00
G. Stationary (6 Centers) _at_ Rs.500/ 12 6000.00
H. Tatpatti for 6 centres 200 feet _at_ Rs.26/feet - 5200.00
I. News Paper Magazine (3 centres) _at_ Rs.150/month 12 1800.00
J. Communication _at_ Rs.800/month 12 9600.00
K. Postage Xe-rox _at_ Rs.400/month 12 4800.00
L. Travel Convenience _at_ Rs.500/month 12 6000.00
M. Others Part time Accountant for proper accounting _at_ Rs.1000/month Audit Fee Honorarium for Community Mobilizer (1 No.) to maintain continuity of the previous year activities _at_Rs.2500/mnth. 2300/month Honorarium for Stitching Instructor (1) _at_ Rs.2500/month One Digital Camera _at_ Rs.6000 Bike Repairing Maintenance _at_ Rs.200/mnt Field Office Expenses _at_ Rs.1000/month 12 - 6 12 12 12 12000.00 2000.00 15000.00 13800.00 30000.00 6000.00 2400.00 12000.00
433100.00
Amount proposed for funding
Rs. 3,87,500.00
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Budget for 2010-2011
  Rs.  Rs.
1. Honorarium
General Coordinator (Dr.S.P Singh) -Travel allowance for coordinator - Jr. H. School Head Teacher (1) - Jr. H. School Asst. Teacher (2) - Primary School Teacher- Dhobahi (1) - Primary School Teacher- Pathraur (1) - Primary School Teacher- Hathini (1) -Primary School Teacher- Sukhdeopur (2) Primary School Teacher- Jhariya (2) 3000/- x 12 400/- x 12 2400/- x 12 2000/- x 12 x 2 1800/- x 12 1500/- x 12 1650/- x 12 1500/- x 12 x 2 1500/- x 12 x 2 36,000/- 4,800/- 28,800/- 48,000/- 21,600/- 18,000/- 19,800/- 36,000/- 36,000/-
General Coordinator (Dr.S.P Singh) -Travel allowance for coordinator - Jr. H. School Head Teacher (1) - Jr. H. School Asst. Teacher (2) - Primary School Teacher- Dhobahi (1) - Primary School Teacher- Pathraur (1) - Primary School Teacher- Hathini (1) -Primary School Teacher- Sukhdeopur (2) Primary School Teacher- Jhariya (2) 3000/- x 12 400/- x 12 2400/- x 12 2000/- x 12 x 2 1800/- x 12 1500/- x 12 1650/- x 12 1500/- x 12 x 2 1500/- x 12 x 2 36,000/- 4,800/- 28,800/- 48,000/- 21,600/- 18,000/- 19,800/- 36,000/- 36,000/-
General Coordinator (Dr.S.P Singh) -Travel allowance for coordinator - Jr. H. School Head Teacher (1) - Jr. H. School Asst. Teacher (2) - Primary School Teacher- Dhobahi (1) - Primary School Teacher- Pathraur (1) - Primary School Teacher- Hathini (1) -Primary School Teacher- Sukhdeopur (2) Primary School Teacher- Jhariya (2) 3000/- x 12 400/- x 12 2400/- x 12 2000/- x 12 x 2 1800/- x 12 1500/- x 12 1650/- x 12 1500/- x 12 x 2 1500/- x 12 x 2 36,000/- 4,800/- 28,800/- 48,000/- 21,600/- 18,000/- 19,800/- 36,000/- 36,000/-
General Coordinator (Dr.S.P Singh) -Travel allowance for coordinator - Jr. H. School Head Teacher (1) - Jr. H. School Asst. Teacher (2) - Primary School Teacher- Dhobahi (1) - Primary School Teacher- Pathraur (1) - Primary School Teacher- Hathini (1) -Primary School Teacher- Sukhdeopur (2) Primary School Teacher- Jhariya (2) 3000/- x 12 400/- x 12 2400/- x 12 2000/- x 12 x 2 1800/- x 12 1500/- x 12 1650/- x 12 1500/- x 12 x 2 1500/- x 12 x 2 36,000/- 4,800/- 28,800/- 48,000/- 21,600/- 18,000/- 19,800/- 36,000/- 36,000/-
General Coordinator (Dr.S.P Singh) -Travel allowance for coordinator - Jr. H. School Head Teacher (1) - Jr. H. School Asst. Teacher (2) - Primary School Teacher- Dhobahi (1) - Primary School Teacher- Pathraur (1) - Primary School Teacher- Hathini (1) -Primary School Teacher- Sukhdeopur (2) Primary School Teacher- Jhariya (2) 3000/- x 12 400/- x 12 2400/- x 12 2000/- x 12 x 2 1800/- x 12 1500/- x 12 1650/- x 12 1500/- x 12 x 2 1500/- x 12 x 2 36,000/- 4,800/- 28,800/- 48,000/- 21,600/- 18,000/- 19,800/- 36,000/- 36,000/-
General Coordinator (Dr.S.P Singh) -Travel allowance for coordinator - Jr. H. School Head Teacher (1) - Jr. H. School Asst. Teacher (2) - Primary School Teacher- Dhobahi (1) - Primary School Teacher- Pathraur (1) - Primary School Teacher- Hathini (1) -Primary School Teacher- Sukhdeopur (2) Primary School Teacher- Jhariya (2) 3000/- x 12 400/- x 12 2400/- x 12 2000/- x 12 x 2 1800/- x 12 1500/- x 12 1650/- x 12 1500/- x 12 x 2 1500/- x 12 x 2 36,000/- 4,800/- 28,800/- 48,000/- 21,600/- 18,000/- 19,800/- 36,000/- 36,000/-
General Coordinator (Dr.S.P Singh) -Travel allowance for coordinator - Jr. H. School Head Teacher (1) - Jr. H. School Asst. Teacher (2) - Primary School Teacher- Dhobahi (1) - Primary School Teacher- Pathraur (1) - Primary School Teacher- Hathini (1) -Primary School Teacher- Sukhdeopur (2) Primary School Teacher- Jhariya (2) 3000/- x 12 400/- x 12 2400/- x 12 2000/- x 12 x 2 1800/- x 12 1500/- x 12 1650/- x 12 1500/- x 12 x 2 1500/- x 12 x 2 36,000/- 4,800/- 28,800/- 48,000/- 21,600/- 18,000/- 19,800/- 36,000/- 36,000/- 2,49,000/-
2. Study Materials for 384 students _at_ 280/- 280/- x 384 1,07,520/-
3. Cultural Programs 8,000/- 
4. Health Check Up of Children 4000/- x 3 12,000/-
5. Repairing of centers 1500/- x 6 centers 9,000/-
6. Meeting expenses, every month 250/- x 12 3,000/-
7. Educational wall paintings 500/-x5 2,500/-
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Budget for 2010-2011 (2)
8. Miscellaneous    
Stationary 300/- X 12 3,600/-  
Telephone 700/- X 12 8,400/-  
Postage Xerox 400/- X 12 4,800/-  
Travel Conveyance 700/- X 12 8,400/-
Tattpatti 200 feet X _at_ 26/- 5,200/-
News papers and magazines 150 x 12 x 3 centers 5,400/- 35,800/-

9. Games material 1000/- x 6 centers 6,000/-
10. Teachers Training Twice a year 2 X 4,000/- 8,000/- 
11. Panchayat election awareness campaign 5 x 2,000/- 10,000/-
12. Community Extension Worker (Support SHG work in 3 villages)  2,250/- x 12   27,000/-
13 Education related Extension activities in 3 villages 12,000/- 12,000/-
Total expenses 4,89,820
Community contribution - 12,000
Net requirement from AFE 4,77,820
Net requested amount from AFE Rs.4,77,820/-
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Budget comparison

• 2011-2012
• Rs.4,77,820.00 (2010) Vs. Rs. 3,87,500.00. 19
  reduced
• Number of schools unchanged 6. 1 new school
• Addl. Comments
• VARUN has agreed to raise funds for the
  components we are not able to support them.
• They clearly understand the need to reduce or
  cut-off dependency on AFE.
• Need to get the new list of number of students
  enrolled in the school. Currently approving for
  240 students
• FCRA has been obtained.