THE VIGYAN VIJAY FOUNDATIONAppropriate Technology for Sustainable Development

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• THE VIGYAN VIJAY FOUNDATION Appropriate
  Technology for Sustainable Development
• A Brief Profile

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Introduction

• Registered under the Societies Registration Act
  XXI of 1860 on 3rd September, 2001 (No. S 40224)
• Founded by Three Engineers and a Sociologist, has
  now grown to a 15 member workforce of dedicated
  and skilled field staff.
• Driven by the ambition to reach technology to
  all, bridge the digital divide and achieve
  participative development.
• Spearheading forward through its three
  wings Prakrit Our initiative for an
  eco-friendly future Sakshar Education for
  all Tarang Information Technology for
  development
• In its three years of operation, V V F
  has harvested 100000 sq m of catchment area for
  rainwater converted 50 tons of waste to 10000 kg
  of compost made 263 people computer literate,
  75 employed.

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Introduction
At V V F we build our projects towards financial
sustenance through Self-Income Generation
Operational Sustenance through community
participation.
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Our Vision Mission
Vision To help Communities to evolve as Socially
Aware, Economically Self -Reliant and Morally
Responsible units, thus enabling a
Self-Actualised Society.
Mission VVF strives to work with communities,
individuals and organisations developing,
evaluating and implementing sustainable programs
that empower them with Awareness and Information
and assist them to harness the benefits of
Science and Technology to use them to improve
their quality of life and in doing so maintaining
a commitment to excellent services, innovation,
transparency and integrity.
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• THE VIGYAN VIJAY FOUNDATION Appropriate
  Technology for Sustainable Development
• Program Details

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Saakshar
Education for All Setup in April 2002
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Saakshar

• Long-Term Goals
• Establish a norm for schools for preparatory/
  bridge courses for dropouts, children from slum
  pockets, migrant families etc
• Skill Training and Functional Literacy for
  adolescent children from the given section
• Adult Literacy for men and women from the given
  section
• Education on issues of Self Advocacy, Social
  Security, Personal Savings
• Health education and primary health care for slum
  inmates
• Self-help groups for trained adolescents, adults.

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Saakshar

• Activities
• Non-Formal Education for children in the age
  groups 4- 8 years and 8 - 13 years focus on
  integrating these children in to formal schools
• Remedial classes for mainstreamed students
• Child Care Centre caters to young ones in the
  group 1 - 4 years, while their elder siblings
  attend school provides them with early
  intervention basic concepts for formal
  education later
• Mid-Day Meals are provided free of cost
  well-balanced diet of 250-300 calories, Average
  weight gain of 1-1.5 kg achieved per pupil.
• Vocational Training of adolescent boys girls
  from slums - cutting and tailoring, beautician,
  candle making, screen printing and typing.

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Saakshar

• Methodology At each Learning Center
• 30 pupil are adopted for mainstreaming every year
  
• Approx. 30 pupil are admitted to Early
  Intervention Group each yr
• siblings of these pupil are attended to in Crèche
  
• 50 pupil are given remedial classes
• 25-30 girls enrolled in Cutting tailoring
  Beautician classes
• 15-20 boys are trained in candle making, screen
  printing

• Milestones crossed
• 90 children mainstreamed, performing well in
  school
• 0 drop-out after V V F intervention at Basti
• School attendance of slum children gone up to 60
  from 33
• 5 boys earned Rs 25000 from candle making last
  year

• Looking Ahead
• Adult Literacy Program
• Education on issues of Health, Savings, Self -
  Advocacy

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THE VIGYAN VIJAY FOUNDATION Appropriate
Technology for Sustainable Development You can
help us!
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You can help us!

• Sponsor a Project
• Existing Projects needing funds
• Saakshar Education for All
• Aarambh A Center for Vocational Training
  Employment Generation
• Shelf Projects awaiting funds
• E-Bridges to enable deeper diffusion of
  Information Communication Technology in areas
  of literacy, education employment
• Palam Jan Jagran Evam Bhagidari Abhiyan
  Community mobilization program for conservation
  of Water, Waste Energy
• Swabal Self-Income generating programs for Slum
  dwellers
• Sponsor a Child
• At Saakshar - the cost of one Child's Education
  and Medical Relief is Rs 325 per month.
  Vocational Training costs an additional Rs 350
  per month per child.
• At Aarambh - VVF incurs a cost of Rs 600 per
  month per trainee in Computer Literacy courses.

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You can help us!

• Donate
• Ask us for our latest wishlist to choose and
  donate items of immediate need to us
• Make a donation by cash/ cheque in the name of  
•     "The Vigyan Vijay Foundation SB A/C No.
  629601090828, ICICI Bank Ltd, Vikaspuri Branch,
  New Delhi. (Tax exemption u/s 80G)
• We need Volunteers to support us as
• Balsakhi to monitor our slum children who have
  been mainstreamed into formal schools.
• Green Team member Our social catalysts from the
  community to help us implement Environmental
  Solutions in your neighborhood.
• Buy our Products
• V V F trains its beneficiaries to produce many
  craft items like Candles, Wrought-iron products,
  embroidered items etc. These products are
  available for sale at Aarambh, Ph 91-11-2505
  8853.
• We also put up stalls participate in
  exhibitions etc to promote sale of the above
  products. Some of the venues where we have
  exhibited are ST Microelectronics, Noida Hotel
  Hyatt Regency, New Delhi Australian High
  Commission and others

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Team VVF
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Contact Us
For any Queries or Suggestions, please
contact Lipika Ahuja lipika.ahuja_at_vigyanv
ijay .org Ph 98102 48197 Visit our website
at www.vigyanvijay.org See us at Regd.
Office C - 3 A/ 126 C, Janakpuri New Delhi -
110 058 Site Office H-2/2-5, Mahavir
Enclave (Aarambh) Palam Dabri Road, New Delhi -
110 045 Telefax [phone] Site
Office RZ D-1 / 159, Mahavir Enclave,
(Saakshar) Gali No. 7, Palam, New Delhi - 110
045
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