Introducing Bal Sansar A Non Governmental Organization NGO in India Contacts: Registered Office: Bal

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Introducing Bal SansarA Non Governmental
Organization (NGO) in IndiaContacts
Registered Office Bal Sansar Sanstha, Swasti,
B-88, Saraswati Marg, Bajaj Nagar, Jaipur
302015, Rajasthan, India Telephone[phone]
/2709968E-mail bsansarindia_at_yahoo.co.in and
singhpriyamvada_at_yahoo.comField Office Sambal- a
unit of Bal Sansar, Village Hathikera, Foy Sagar
Road, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.Web site
www.balsansarindia.org
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Origin

• Formed in 1992 by self-motivated group, inspired
  and dedicated to bring a positive change in the
  social scenario by energizing and empowering
  communities to enable them leading a life with
  dignity, equity and quality.
• Registered as a Non- Governmental Organization
  (NGO) under the
• Societies Registration Act-1958, Reg.
  346/91-92.
• Income Tax Act, 1961, article 80G Reg.
  2007-2008/920.
• Foreign Currency Regulation Act Reg. 125560132.
  
• Donations are encouraged and accepted,
• Income Tax exemption is there under 80 G.

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Mission

• The Mission of Bal Sansar is to bring relief to
  all marginalized and vulnerable community groups,
  especially focusing on girls, orphans and
  abandoned children and families.
• Moving people toward a new vision and enabling
  them with the skills and resources to lead a life
  with dignity.

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Guiding Principles

• Bal Sansar respects and believes in the
• diversity of social contexts and of individuals.
• dignity of life, non-discriminatory approaches
  and principle of equity.
• indigenous wisdom and knowledge that exists in
  the communities.
• professional, scientific and pragmatic approach
  of dealing with the problems.
• participatory and rights-based approach.
• convergence, networking and collaborations with
  the government systems, private sector and the
  agencies active in the social and development
  sector.

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Goal and Objectives

• Goal Making a meaningful contribution to the
  society by empowering the communities to enable
  them leading a life with dignity, equity and
  quality. To achieve this goal, organization has
  defined the following objectives
• Objectives
• Community Health and Development
• - Develop and promote voluntary efforts/groups by
  mobilizing local communities and strengthening of
  Community Based Organizations (CBOs) for
  sustainable development.
• - Address health issues with a focus on old-aged,
  women and children health.
• - Address issues of HIV and AIDS, Positive
  living, care and support.
• - Respond special care needs of the vulnerable
  communities in emergency situations,
  particularly of old-aged, women and children.

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Objectives cont

• Child Rights, Education and Development
• Action and Advocacy for child rights and
  elimination of child labor and abuse.
• Address educational and development needs of
  children living in vulnerabilities.
• Initiate innovative school based and out of
  school activities for overall development of
  children with a special focus on girls.
• Capacity building and strengthening of
  institutions, systems, structures and the
  individuals engaged in children education and
  development activities.

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Objectives cont

• Research Documentation
• - Promote exchange of experience through
  documentation and dissemination.
• - Undertake research projects, action research,
  surveys and studies supporting evidence based
  programming.
• - Create authentic database for planning and
  implementation of social interventions,
  development projects.

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Objectives cont

• Women Development Gender Issues
• Promote gender sensitive atmosphere in the
  society through IEC and empower women/
  adolescents to increase their control on their
  lives.
• Address educational and developmental needs of
  girl child and adolescents.
• Capacity Building
• Training and capacity building in the field of
  education, health (with focus on reproductive
  health, HIV and AIDS), and community managed
  interventions.
• Networking and Collaboration
• Collaborate with the agencies working in the
  development sector, to be a contributor to the
  states larger response and development
  endeavours.
• Promote networking with grass root/local,
  regional, national, international agencies,
  technical institutions and individuals active in
  development sector.

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Strategies

• Situational analysis and need assessment.
• Community mobilization working with the
  community.
• Focus on vulnerable communities/groups and areas
  including PLHAs.
• Thrust for quality through regular review,
  monitoring and evaluation.
• Mainstreaming of learnings through wider
  replication to go on scale.
• Promotion of local resources and skills through
  capacity building and handholding.
• Collaborations, networking and linkages with key
  actors.

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Target Groups, Programmatic and Geo. Focus

• Target Groups
• Vulnerable populations, Orphan and Vulnerable
  Children (OVC), People living with and affected
  by HIV and AIDS (including children), Women,
  Youth and Adolescents.
• Programmatic Areas
• Health, HIV-AIDS, Old-aged care, Gender,
  Environment, Socio-Economic, Art Culture,
  Education, Women Child Development Community
  Development.
• Geographical Focus
• Primarily Rajasthan.
• Urban Slums and Rural areas.

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Type of Activities

• Awareness Generation, Education, Training,
  Capacity Building and Programme Implementation.
• Policy, Advocacy, Advice, Technical Assistance,
  Research, Survey, Networking and collaborations
  for development agenda.
• Outreach and awareness on HIV and AIDS, amongst
  youth, vulnerable population groups and positive
  people.
• Institutional care to PLHA, orphans and
  vulnerable children.
• Old-aged care and support.

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Accomplishments

• Transitional Education Centres (TECs)
• Run 10 Transitional Education Centers for the
  Children Released from Gem-Polishing Industry in
  Jaipur City, supported by International Labor
  Organization (ILO) through the Govt. of
  Rajasthjan and National Child Labour Project
  (NCLP) Society Jaipur.
• The project aimed towards quality primary
  education and rehabilitation of 250 children.
• Mainstreamed all the children for continuation of
  their formal education.
• Self Help Groups (SHGs)
• Formed SHGs each comprising 15-20 mothers of the
  children enrolled in TECs aiming to enhance
  earning opportunities of mothers by providing
  them technical know how in certain selected
  trades.
• Promoted habit of small savings in the mothers of
  children engaged in labour.

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Accomplishments cont

• Collaborations and networking Build effective
  linkages and signed MOUs with the organizations
  namely
• Saral, Ahmedabad,
• Raman Development Consultants (RDC), Ahmedabad,
• Jaipur Institute of Information Technology
  (JIIT), Jaipur, Rajasthan,
• Rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal (RMKM), Ajmer,
  Rajasthan.
• Bhoruka Charitable Trust (BCT), Churu, Rajasthan,
  
• Manthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan.
• Sehat Samooh, a registered group of HIVve
  people.
• Over last 5 years, successfully participated in
  HIV-AIDS programs with network partners and as a
  result, on behalf of the employer agency of the
  Chairperson, she has been part of National AIDS
  Control Program (NACP) phase-III planning and
  design process and nominated a member of the
• working group on GIPA, Legal and Ethical Issues
  and
• Technical Resource Group (TRG) set-up by NACO.

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Accomplishments cont

• Development of Community Care Center for HIV
  positive people in Ajmer being one of our success
  stories and is a result of our tireless work with
  PLHA and other stakeholders.
• Earned credibility and an excellent rapport with
  the communities, vulnerable populations and HIV
  Positive groups.
• Most recently, completed successfully, Behavior
  Change Communication (BCC) a pilot project
  addressing communication needs of adolescents,
  youth and young adults in the age group of 15-25,
  covering 20 villages of Tonk district in
  Rajasthan, India, supported by UNICEF Rajasthan.

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Strengths

• Wide experience in development sector, health,
  education, HIV and AIDS, of national
  /international level.
• Advanced in organizational understanding on the
  issues of poverty, vulnerabilities, gender,
  health, migration, sex work and HIV-AIDS issues.
• Networking with Government of Rajasthan and
  access to local and external resource.
• Skilled professionals on the board, local,
  national and international level technical
  expertise is available.
• Dedication commitment for social development
  programme.
• Strong community base, credibility and linkages,
  Partnership networks with CSOs/ NGOs /CBOs in the
  state and beyond.
• Experience of working with diverse partners, in
  rural and urban areas and in difficult
  conditions.
• Transparent and democratic practices.

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Weaknesses

• Long term and continued funding is not available
  at present and that results in to
• Unmet management costs in a project mode funding
  and hence, voluntary human resources need to be
  mobilized, that is not often so easy.
• Difficulty in retaining the trained and skilled
  professionals in the team, beyond a particular
  project funding thus, loosing skilled human
  resource.
• Continuity of programme gets hamper, and also
  the links with the communities.

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Infrastructure

• In Jaipur
• A rented office, conference Hall with basic
  computer, audio-video aids.
• In Ajmer
• Three Bigha (10,000 sq. yards) land available to
  develop 4 projects
• Sambal- a Community Care Center, 10 bedded
  institutional care facility for the people living
  with HIV and affected by AIDS. The project is in
  progress.
• Srijanam- a resource center for child development
  with a residential facility for 40 children
  (orphan, marginalized and vulnerable).
• Vishrantika- a home for aged people/ senior
  citizens not having family or social support and
  want to lead a meaningful life with dignity.
• Aarogyam- a center of alternative treatment
  therapies (naturopathy, Aayurveda, Homeopathy and
  the other indigenous forms of treatment and
  healing) aiming to improve the health status of
  individuals and the society.

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Organizational Budget and Sources

• In the preceding years
• The organizations budget was in the range of 2
  to 6 Lakhs.
• In year 2006
• Rs. 4.21 Lakh is a BCC project funding in Tonk
  district from Unicef office for Rajasthan.
• Rs. 3 Lakh donations received from private sector
  and individuals for the infrastructure
  development at village Hathikhera.
• Currently
• A commitment of Rs. 9.11 Lakh, 5 Lakh and 3 Lakh
  has been received from the MPLAD and MLALAD
  schemes from the MP, Ajmer, MLA, Ajmer East and
  MLA Kishangarh constituencies, respectively.
• During last two years, organization has
  focused more on institutional building on a piece
  of 3 Bigha (about 10000 sq. yard) land in Ajmer
  district. The work is in progress through PWD.

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Current ProjectsSambal, a Community Care
Centre

• HIV and AIDS Considering the immense need,
  vulnerabilities, HIV surveillance in the state
  and country, Bal Sansar has taken a conscious
  decision to be an active player in the sector,
  to build an effective response to the epidemic,
  contributing to the NACP-III.
• Sambal is Bal Sansars initiative in response
  to the felt needs of People Living with HIV and
  affected by AIDS (PLHA), at community level.
• A Hospice Rehabilitation Centre for PLHA in
  Hathikhera village of Ajmer district in
  Rajasthan, India.
• One of its kind CCC in a rural settings in the
  Northern India, supported by PLHA, PRIs, CSOs and
  the local communities.
• Land donated by a senior citizen.
• Infrastructure development through private
  donations, corporate charities govt. schemes.
• Planned to operationalise ASAP, Proposals are
  submitted to donor agencies.

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Vision of Sambal a Community Care Centre (CCC)

• Sambal firmly believes that life is natures
  greatest gift and supporting those, whose life is
  under threat considered to be most desired act.
• Sambal believes in the importance of care to
  PLHA and is convinced that there is hope even
  after being diagnosed HIV positive fostering
  hope through various means and ways is the scope
  of Sambal
• Sambal will work by caring, supporting,
  rehabilitating, motivating and providing
  palliative care to those in the final stage of
  the disease.

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The goal and objectives of Sambal

• Goal To provide the opportunity for dignity,
  choices and over all quality of life to each of
  the Sambal residents and PLHA families.
• Objectives
• To help PLHA to lead a better life utilizing
  their personal resources.
• To extend psycho social and spiritual
  intervention services.
• To provide rehabilitative services and improve
  quality of life.
• To prevent the occurrence and further spread of
  HIV and AIDS through communication services and
  support.

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Residents of Sambal

• Most residents will come through the referrals
  from Govt. hospitals, private clinics, doctors,
  health care professionals, NGOs, PLHA AIDS
  Service organizations.
• However, anyone infected with HIV and affected by
  AIDS is eligible to access the services.
• Early referrals are encouraged enabling patients
  and families to receive all the benefits of care.
  
• Admission is time bound.
• Priority and preference to the most needy OVCs
  living with HIV and affected by AIDS.

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Sambal Services

• Sambal team of professionals and volunteers aim
  to provide the most comprehensive array of
  services

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Sambal Services Cont

• Sambal team of professionals and volunteers aim
  to provide the most comprehensive array of
  services

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An Invitation and Appeal

• We need your help to strengthen our work and
  invite you to please donate your time and
  resources liberally.
• We invite donors, funding agencies, corporates,
  like-minded individuals, clubs,
  family-foundations to join our endeavors by
  mobilizing/generating required resources.
• We invite professionals and volunteers to be
  actively engaged in our community services, PLHA
  care and the other project activities.
• Your contributions will provide immediate support
  to AIDS orphans, vulnerable children and people
  living with HIV- AIDS.
• Donations are encouraged and accepted in cash and
  kinds. Donations can be made through
  cheque/demand draft in the name of Bal Sansar
  Sanstha, payable at Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
• All donations are Income Tax exempted under 80 G.