Jeeva Jyothi Forming the Wings of Escape

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Jeeva JyothiForming the Wings of Escape

• Project Champion Susai Raj
• Project Liason Anuj Chakrapani

FCRA Registration No 075900620 URL
http//www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p
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ASHA-AZ Project Meeting June 5, 2005 Presentation
by Anita Chawla
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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
Construction Total 7,934
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Funding Request
Recurring Total 6,876
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Budget Proposal

• Construction 7,934 (One time)
• Recurring (05-06) 6,876
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• TOTAL 14,810
• Less Local Contribution 2,907
• (Balwadi land considered as L.C.)
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• Grant requested 11,903

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Feedback from Anuj

• Rajaram (from Asha Chennai) and Anuj made a site
  visit in March 2005
• Simple purchases of useful educational materials
• Condition of balwadis has slightly improved
• Painting and other repairs still required
• Reasonable expense report
• Teachers visited Asha Chennai balwadi only twice
  in the last 6 months, instead of the suggested 12
• Promise by teachers to visit more regularly

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.

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Concern

• Possibility of a land dispute in the near future
  with Jeeva Jyothi losing the land.
• No formal agreement between Mr. Raj and the
  tribals that can be enforced

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Poll Options

• Fund entire amount 11,903
• Fund construction amount 5,027
• Fund recurring amount 6,876
• Fund 50 of construction 2,514
• Fund 50 of recurring 3,438
• Do not fund at all

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Pictures
Child learning at the Asha run balwadi, October
2004
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Pictures
Teacher with children, October 2004
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Funding Recommendations

• Fund the entire project
• Fund the recurring expenses of 6,876
• Balwadi maintenance, child care, remuneration
• Seek funds for construction from other
  chapter/organization
• Recommend that JJ look for space rental close by

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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.