Dobhi Village School (also known as Bodhgaya Project)

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Dobhi Village School (also known as Bodhgaya
Project)

• Primary Steward Padmavalli Dakoju

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Project Description

• Location Dobhi Village, Bihar, India.
• Area (urban/rural) Rural
• Primary Focus Primary education for children
  from low income families (dalits/tribals).
• Project Type Formal primary school.
• Amount Requested (US) Rs 131,400/ 2986
  (1Rs44)
• Purpose of Funding Request Operational costs.
• of Beneficiaries115 children, 3 teachers

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Project Goals

• Current Condition of Beneficiaries All the
  children are from very low income families (daily
  wage laborers). This area has one of the lowest
  literacy rate in India.
• Short-Term Objectives Provide opportunity of
  education to the rural children.
• 5-Year Vision Provide basic formal education to
  underprivileged children in rural Bihar.
• Community Involvement Helps in acquiring land,
  volunteers at the school, help set up a dairy
  farm, sewing center.

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Project Background/Impact

• Background, that is, how did the request reach
  us? Existing project. We funded this last year.
• Sources of Information Email contact with Nick
  Hansen (project liaison) and Deepak Kumar
  (chairman of the trust).
• Successes/Impact Thus Far The number of students
  attending school has increased. Almost nil drop
  out rate. Mainly impacted Dalit community.
• Challenges No new challenges mentioned. Last
  year they mentioned about political unrest in
  Bihar. No direct impact so far.

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Organization Description

• Name of Organization People First Educational
  Trust. www.india-peoplefirst.org
• Background of Directors Mr. Deepak Kumar,
  Chairman of the trust. Dr. B. K Verma, Mr. Nanda
  Kumar, secretary.
• Other Activities of Organization vocational
  training center, sewing center for women, 16 more
  schools in other parts of Bihar and Jharkhand.
• Impact on Community/ Beneficiaries Reached So
  Far Approximately 2000 children in 16 villages.
• Any red flags?
• Religious or Political Affiliations No
• FCRA status Yes

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Existing Infrastructure/Facilities

• Staff 3 full time teachers
• Infrastructure Using a rented building.
• Food/Medical Services No

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Curriculum/Pedagogy

• Curriculum Currently Used/ Government
  Recognized? Bihar government syllabus. Might
  move to central governments syllabus.
• Teaching Methodology Formal
• Teacher/Student Ratio 3/115, 138

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Expected Outcomes/What After?

• What happens to beneficiaries after this program?
  Many beneficiaries have moved on to government
  run secondary schools. Out of which many have
  passed matriculation and few have gone to the
  University.
• Measures of Success Dont have database of all
  the former students and their current state.
• Evaluation Methods N/A

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Budget for Requested Funding

• Total amount requested - 2986.00
• Educational costs per year (in dollars)
• Writing books 750.00
• Pen, Pencils, crayons 382.00
• Teaching material 273.00
• Recreational items 136.00
• First aid supplies
• Operational costs
• Teacher Salary 1187.00
• Rent 205.00
• Administration 54.00
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  2986.00

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Budget for Requested Funding

• Other optional costs
• Warm cloths and blankets 250.00
• Hand pump for the school and villager 250.00
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  500.00

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Other Funding Sources

• Previous/Other Funding Sources Asha Stanford,
  Trust gets funding from various sources.
• If funding has been discontinued from another
  source, reasons for the same
• One-Time Costs/Continuing? Plans for
  self-sufficiency Trust has some land where they
  grow cash crops. No other plan mentioned.

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Project Big Picture

• Education Components - 2986.00
• Non-Education Components - 500.00
• Funding
• NGO
• Project
• Our Component

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Site Visit Report

• Site visit was done last year. No site visit done
  this year.

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SWOT Analysis

• Strengths/Opportunities
• Providing education and opportunity to
  communities which otherwise dont have one.
• One of our first project in Bihar/Jharkhand
  region.

• Weaknesses/Risks
• Input/Output type of project
• Can not become self sufficient in near future.

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Steward Recommendation

• School has been run without any issues in the
  last year.
• More students have enrolled this year.
• Trust seems to be doing a good job with the
  money.

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Project Discussion/Decision
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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