Mahila Vikas Tribal Children

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Mahila VikasTribal Childrens Education Project
inGajapati district, Orissa

• Primary Steward Arjun Dutt

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Orissa, India
Gajapati district
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Project Description

• Location Gajapti District, Orissa
• Area (urban/rural) Rural
• Primary Focus Dropout and non-school going
  children of Saura tribals inadequate govt
  schools
• Project Type Class 1-3 primary education
• Amount Requested (US) 8080
• Purpose of Funding Request Operating Learning
  Centers
• of Beneficiaries 200 children/year

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Project Goals

• Provide education and healthcare to tribal girls
  and empower female population.
• Provide primary education to girl children of
  ages 5-12 years from class 1 through class 3.
• Run 15 bridge course centers in 5 panchayats to
  enroll dropout and non-school going children in
  govt schools.
• Utilize prolonged community involvement through
  
• Established rapport of female literacy project
  (SHG)
• Project started by community, of community and
  for community.

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Project Background/Impact

• Project request through Mrs. Sibani Panigrahi,
  secretary, Mahila Vikas by email.
• Continuous contact with project and site visit
  volunteers.
• Site visit done by Raj Jeba Durai from Asha
  Honors and Jitendra Sinha, Indo-Swiss Foundation.

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Organization Description

• Mahila Vikas Wealth of experience in tribal
  development
• Founder Mrs. Pramila Sabar belongs to tribe
• President Mr. Raj Kishore Panda
• Secretary Mrs. Sibani Panigrahi
• Other Activities Formation of SHGs, Water and
  Sanitation, Accelerated Female Literacy.
• Helped educate about 15K, 15-35 year old tribal
  women, formed SHGs, built rapport and awareness
  in community.

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Existing Infrastructure/Facilities

• Mahila Vikas staff is 6 FT and 16 volunteers from
  the community.
• Utilize existing community halls in villages for
  learning centers can accommodate 50 students.
• Training Barefoot teachers to teach in learning
  centers.
• Training for the community VEC, SHG, CBO

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Mahila Vikas
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Curriculum/Pedagogy

• Specially designed curriculum for dropout and
  non-school going children to prepare for govt
  schools.
• Teaching aids used to make learning fun and
  creative.
• Games, Puppets, Model making, Singing, Drama.
• Study tours to connect lessons with real world.
• Childrens festival Balmela for
  self-expression.
• Awareness through PTA meetings.
• Teacher/Student Ratio of 1/35

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Expected Outcomes/What After?

• 200 dropout/non-school going girl children will
  be admitted to the govt schools.
• Awareness level of tribals towards education will
  improve.
• Metric of success is number of students accepted
  in govt schools each year.
• Conduct appraisals for Barefoot teachers and
  students.
• Conduct monthly review meetings and inform Asha.
• Conduct exams to check progress of children.
• Send project work photos to Asha every month.

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Budget for Requested Funding
LEARNING CENTER Learning and training material, Healthcare, Study Tours and Outings Rs 1,12,500
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS Salary of teachers and project coordinator, Travel allowance to villages. Rs 2,31,000
OFFICE MANAGEMENT Stationery, Furniture, Project Review Rs 20,000
TOTAL Rs. 3,63,500 (USD 8,080)
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Other Funding Sources

• No other funding sources as of now.
• Funding for previous projects from govt sources
  but unlikely now due to shrinking education
  budget.
• Continuing costs. Recommended that we fund in
  installments to measure progress.

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Site Visit Report

• Site visit conducted by Raj Jeba Durai (Asha
  Honors) from Oct 10th 15th, 2006.
• Confirmation from Jitendra Sinha (Indo-Swiss
  foundation)
• Tribal girl children are neglected and need
  support.
• Parents are eager to send children to learning
  centers.
• Great deal of community involvement through
  support, SHGs, villagers monitor project
  progress.
• Mahila Vikas staff are dedicated and from the
  area.
• Lots of women are involved in the operational
  aspects.

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SWOT Analysis

• Strengths/Opportunities
• Large impact to female literacy and empowerment.
• Essential ingredients/ infrastructure in place.
• Opportunity to learn from a community based
  project.
• Proven track record.
• Low incidence of early child marriage.

• Weaknesses/Risks
• Govt schools might not increase capacity.
• Sustainability of livelihood of villagers in
  long-term.

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Steward Recommendation

• High need and high impact project - Saura Tribals
  have been neglected by govt and local population.
• Unique opportunity to learn from a project
  started by, of and from the area.
• Contribute to a large cause of female
  empowerment, poverty by solving education and
  healthcare needs of children.
• Fund the entire amount to Mahila Vikas in
  installments.

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Project Discussion/Decision
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Mahila Vikas Learning Centers
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Discussion (10 minutes)

• Questions/Thoughts
• Arguments for funding
• Arguments against funding

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Decision (5 minutes)

• Round I Need more information/Can decide today?
• If ready to decide
• Round II Fund/Do not fund
• If decided to fund
• Round III Fund full amount/Fund part amount

• Notes
• Please vote only if you are familiar with the
  project details and our overall funding
  philosophy
• Decision to be made by 2/3rd majority. Quorum of
  5.
• All projects must be resolved by the 2nd meeting