Ganjam District Orthopaedically Handicapped Welfare Association GDOHWA

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Ganjam District Orthopaedically Handicapped
Welfare Association (GDOHWA)

• Primary Steward Akanksha Bapna
• Secondary Steward

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As of 2001, Chhatrapur had a population of
20,288. Males 51 Females 49 Average literacy
rate 79 National average 59.5 Male literacy
85 Female literacy of 73 10 of the population
is under 6 years of age.
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Project Description

• Location Ganjam District, Orissa
• Area (urban/rural) Rural
• Primary Focus Disabled children (7-14yrs)
• Project Type All round development of PWDs
• Amount Requested (US) Apx 10900 per year for 5
  years
• Purpose of Funding Request Infrastructure,
  operational, extra-curricular
• of Beneficiaries 60 and indirectly families
• Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)

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Mission and type of intervention

• To help children with physical deformity
  ascertain his/her rights.
• To educate parents, family members and the
  community to make the surroundings of the
  partially able conducive for his/her easy
  socializing.
• To help them overcome discrimination and gain
  social support and respect.
• To provide them education up to 5th standard
• To help them get training on various vocations,
  so that they become self employed and self
  dependent
• To aware the community about the utility of
  education and bring their participation in
  developing educational standard of the villages.
• To create opportunity for the eligible children
  with disabilities to use their potential to
  successfully complete the standard of primary
  education.

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Current Condition of Beneficiaries

• Current Condition of Beneficiaries

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Project Goals

• Short-Term Objectives construct accessibility
  ramps, adopt suitable curriculum, school supplies
  (details next slide)
• 5-Year Vision - All the school going age children
  with disability will enroll, attend and
  successfully complete primary education by 2012.
• Community Involvement form parents
  association, parents become members of local
  education committee. Local leaders invited to
  become associate members. Community will be
  involved in construction.

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Strategies

• The parents of the physically challenged children
  will be organized to form the parents association
  which will look after their childrens education
• Local leaders will be invited to become the
  associate members of the association so that the
  local recourses could be utilized at best.
• Village Education Committees will be formed/
  reformed and made functional.
• P.W.Ds/parents of the physically challenged
  childrens will be encouraged to become the
  members in the village education committee.
• Educational facilities will be created at the
  village level either in formal or non-formal set
  up to cover the un-served children.
• Educational curriculum of comparable standard
  will be adopted in the centers.
• Community members will be motivated to construct
  a place for the learning center.
• Special arrangements will be made in the school
  for the severe and profound P.W.Ds.
• Necessary ramps and suitable toilets will be
  constructed for the easy access of the enrolled
  disabled children.
• Students will be supplied with text books,
  teaching-learning materials, school begs, mid-day
  meal, aids and appliances, transportation charges
  and other essentials.
• Mainstreaming of the students enrolled in the
  center during/after they complete primary
  education.

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Project Background/Impact

• How did the request reach us? Raj Jeba Durai on
  site visit to Ganjam, met Mr. Kakala Ananda and
  encouraged him to apply
• Sources of Information - Jeba
• Successes/Impact Thus Far This project is yet to
  start (the Secretary is already running a
  residential home on a small scale)
• Challenges Funds requested are larger than
  regular projects

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Organization Description

• Name of Organization Ganjam District
  Orthopaedically Handicapped Welfare Accociation
  (GDOHWA)
• Background of Directors Mr. Kakala Aananda,
  himself physically handicapped
• Other Activities of Organization (next slide)
• Impact on Community/ Beneficiaries Reached So Far
  (over 1500, next slide)
• Any red flags?
• Religious or Political Affiliations none
  declared
• FCRA status - existing

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Previous activities of Organization
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Existing Infrastructure/Facilities

• Staff
• Full time staff 14 (M-9 F-5)
• Part time staff 12 (M-8 F-4)
• Volunteers 44 (M-31 F-13)
• Total No. of staff 70 (M-48 F-22)
• Infrastructure
• Current home has two extra rooms to house 20-25
  children. More rooms to be constructed
• Food/Medical Services
• Meals provided.
• Camps held twice a year
• Other medical facilities not known

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Curriculum/Pedagogy

• Curriculum Currently Used/ Government Recognized?
• Customized for each child depending on background
  and disability. Main aim is to integrate into
  mainstream
• Teaching Methodology Primary Education,
  vocational training
• Teacher/Student Ratio 115

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Expected Outcomes/What After?

• What happens to beneficiaries after this program?
  Measures of Success/Evaluation Methods
• No. of children listed for enrolment and number
  enrolled in the year.
• Percentage of the attendance in the classes
  through out the year.
• Promoted to next grade in the same organization
• Those passed out the institution successfully
• Pursuing further studies/care in other
  institutions
• No of students undergone training
• No of teachers undergone training and their
  training records
• Total No. of Beneficiaries successfully trained
• No. of Children employed, self-employed /
  placements in Govt. or Private Sector
• Details of extent of involvement of community
  Groups in care of P.W.Ds
• Through financial support
• Participation in the project as resource Persons
• Through other means
• Details of achievements in terms of making the
  local community take over and operate the project
  
• Quality achievement in assessment process
• Health checkup facilities provided and referral
  services made.

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Budget for Requested Funding
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Budget (contd.)
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Other Funding Sources

• Previous/Other Funding Sources None for this
  project. National trust is funding the current
  resident children. The regions collector is very
  helpful
• If funding has been discontinued from another
  source, reasons for the same No
• One-Time Costs/Continuing Continuing
• Plans for self-sufficiency Not Clear
• After the completion of the project the
  programmes will be sustained through local
  contribution and government support. The local
  people will integrate the P.W.Ds and will extend
  their cooperation in terms of making ramps,
  constructing special toilets and motivating the
  public about the disability. When we will
  mainstreaming our children in the normal schools
  they will be provided mid-day meal, free books,
  dress materials for girls, medical facility and
  aids and appliances from DPEP and disabled
  scholarship from the District Social Welfare
  Officer.

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Project Big Picture

• Education Components 4700
• Non-Education Components 6348
• Funding
• NGO none
• Project none
• Our Component full so far

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Site Visit Report (attached)
http//picasaweb.google.com/aka.bapna/GanjamSiteVi
sit
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Laxmi and Anand on the Comp very talented girl
won medal in national abilympics for embroidery
very very good at computers very intelligent
if sponsored can become a doctor or something in
higher studies.
Computer room
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SWOT Analysis

• Strengths/
• Opportunities
• Current residential school has been successful
• Many success stories
• Secretary well recognised and has obtained
  various funds/awards

Weaknesses/ Risks Funds requested are large No
other funds for this project currently Long term
projected expense
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Steward Recommendation

• We should fund the project but encourage them to
  look for other funding sources in the future or
  look into the Support a Child program

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Project Discussion/Decision
gt Ganjam, rural town in Orissa. Children from
villages from 25Kms away.gt Kala Anand contactgt
22 ppl expand to 65 childrengt handicapped
childrengt Disability due to polio, malnutrition,
cerebral palcygt many of them are capable of
doing things if trained wellgt train them for
whateverr thye are capable of gt prep them for
schoolgt presented budget and details last weekgt
He is getting funding from Nastional Trush,
association of shcools ofr disabledgt building is
donatd by the local collectorgt Kala Anand is
very enterprising and he himself is handicappedgt
He has funding for 7 years. He has 2-3 more years
to gogt Funding needed for expansiongt Collector
is very helpfulgt Jeba and Mohit are responsible
for this project to come to usgt mattresses in
rooms
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• Funding questions/answers for/from
  Ganjam-----------------------------------------gt
  Transportation Children are gonna be brought
  from villages and sent back in Summer. 75 X 60 X
  2 (not 10 times as reported last time)Also need
  transport to get them to and from school
• 11K for 5 years continuously for the 43 extra
  stuednts (4322)gt It is residential. Only one
  meal per day. Another meal at the main stream
  school. He is trying to minimize the cost as much
  as possible.gt He has 2 more rooms as of now. New
  students can be brought in as soon as within 2
  weeks. Because the current ones are going home
  for the holidays. In the meanwhile the
  construction is being donegt He has money for
  construction of the residence extension. On Govt
  property?? Apparently the government is fine with
  it.gt Building money source not knownlocal
  community and builders
• National trust is funding for 22 students for
  another 2-3 yearsgt Education is given priority
  above vocationalgt Thinking of educating from
  1st-5th. But not implemented yet. gt 65 Children
  are identified. gt But phasing of the project is
  not clear. Is he going to get every one at one
  go?
• gt Is the building disable-friendly? Yes, children
  with mild-disabilities will live up stairs.gt
  Building to be finished in 2 months.gt Community
  and state bank helping outgt Phasing Getting 20,
  20, 20 kids every month. In 3 months, they will
  have 60gt With in 2 months, they will have space
  for 60 kidsgt Kids climb the stairs. This helps
  them in feeling independent. It is helpful to the
  individual and the economically to the
  organisation.gt Teachers, some of them grew up
  theregt He is asking money for 4 more teachersgt
  Staff, he is not asking money for staff. He will
  managed

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• Funding questions/answers for/from Ganjamcontd.
• gtTotal for year is 11Kgt Divided in to prog cost,
  education, project mgmt (salary of proj
  coordinator etc) -- Look at the budget doc.gt
  Monitoring and evaluation cost -- we will fund it
  ourselvesgt Money set aside for orientation for
  parents gt Currently cook is cooking for 35 ppl
  (including staff)gt Summary (10.8)  gt teachers
  (3k)  gt project coordinator and mgmt (1.5K)  
  gtgtgt 4000 rupees per month. How was he supported
  earlier? It has been voluntary so far.  gtgtgt It
  is to be negotiated  gt food (3K) -- Rs. 8 per
  day.  gt medical camp cost (1K)  gt
  transportation etc etc

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Decision (5 minutes)

• Round I Need more information/Can decide today?
  Need more information
• Round II Fund/Do not fund Fund
• Round III Fund full amount/Fund part amount
  Full with some modifications to budget

• 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