Jeeva Jyothi Forming the Wings of Escape

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Jeeva JyothiForming the Wings of Escape

• Jeeva Jyothi Director Susai Raj
• Project Champion Anuj Chakrapani

FCRA Registration No 075900620 URL
http//www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p
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ASHA-AZ Project Meeting March 19,
2006 Presentation by Nirmal Govind
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Background

• Target Group Bonded and Child Laborers and Women
  in Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu .
• District is dependent on seasonal rain for
  agriculture. Past decade has seen drought. There
  are 1500 rice mills in the district.

Thiruvallar
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Health Conditions

• Meager wages of bonded laborers prevent nutrition
  for the family.
• 0-2 year old children are not immunised.
• 3-5 year old children play in unhygienic
  conditions while their parents toil in the sun
  drying paddy.
• No family planning awareness - results in large
  families and unwanted burden to the already heavy
  debt-ridden families.

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Project Objectives

• Project involves running a creche center /
  balwadi.
• Seeks to prevent nutritional deficiency in
  mothers and children
• Lactating mothers will receive nutritional meals.
• Provide primary development of children with
  secure places of learning.
• Create awareness of healthcare systems.

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Project Team

• The Jeeva Jyothi project team comprises of
• Community Organizer (one)
• Part-time Doctor (one)
• Balwadi or Preschool Teacher (two) and
• Balwadi Helpers (two).

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Target Group

• Every year, this project will target
• 3-5 years children (50) and their mothers (50)
  Total 100
• 0-2 years children (50) and their lactating
  mothers (50) Total 100
• Pregnant Mothers 50
• Currently there are about 44 children in the age
  limit of 0-2 years and 60 children belong to the
  age group of 3-5 years. Indirectly the project
  reaches out to the entire community (523 or 144
  families), which it serves.

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Funding Request(April 05 March 06)
Recurring Total 6,876
The proposal for 06-07 has not been furnished yet.
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Budget Proposal

• Recurring (05-06) 6,876
• ----------
• Grant requested 6,876
• The proposal for 06-07 has not been furnished yet.

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Feedback from Anuj

• Anuj made a site visit in December 2005
• Fair improvement in the condition of balwadis
• Better teaching methods used (courtesy a workshop
  organized by Asha-Chennai)
• Children were wearing uniforms and seemed to be
  more enthusiastic
• Exclusive medical camp organized for the children
  of the Balwadis
• Reasonable expense report

Overall Impression Progress is being made
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Thoughts from Anuj

• Two balwadis not housed in the same compound. JJ
  claim that a single building will solve a lot of
  their problems. To this end, they have identified
  a single piece of land, which belongs to the
  local tribals.
• Mr. Susai Raj has an agreement with the tribals
  that land can be used by the balwadi and after 10
  years, the ownership of the land will be decided
• Since Asha cannot fund construction costs, Anuj
  plans to raise funds thro friends and contacts
  for the construction costs, so Ashas funds can
  be utilized for the recurring expenses alone and
  JJ can slowly become self-sufficient

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Appeal from Anuj

• Anuj would like Asha-AZ members to personally
  contribute towards the construction costs. Mr
  Susai Raj is a dedicated social worker and the
  funds generated towards this will definitely go a
  long way in making the organization
  self-sufficient
• Anuj will send a detailed email appealing for the
  same

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Project Champion

• Wealth of information available at the projects
  site
• Anuj Chakrapani can be contacted at
  anuj.chakrapani_at_gmail.com
• Anuj has been championing this project for the
  last 2 years.