Matrichaya

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Matrichaya
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Matrichaya - At a Glance

• The Organization
• Estd in 1994 in Jharkhand by Chanchala Mishra, a
  philanthropist with 20 yrs of association with
  tribals
• Emphasis placed in 3 key areas
• Basic education
• Learn-and-earn vocational training
• Health and hygiene promotion

• Goals
• Raise literacy levels esp, among women and
  children
• Prevent child labor and bondage labor.
• Promote good hygiene and provide routine
  healthcare
• Encourage self-employment through micro-credit
  programs
• Propagate environmental awareness and promote
  pollution control methods.
• Encourage tobacco control and alcohol
  detoxification by organizing seminars and street
  plays.

• Chanchalas Motivation
• Strongly believes education is the primary
  agent for socio-economic changes.
• Basic desire to solve public problems with
  private initiative and resources.

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Matrichaya - At a Glance

• The Team
• Chanchala Mishra Archana Mishra
  Dr. R.N Pandey

• Current Donors
• Amherst North branch of Rotary Club and the
  Rotary District 7090 have contributed 4,000
  towards the basic literacy program which is
  funding two schools in Tikli Tola and Rendo.
• The Rotary Club of Ranchi club number 3250 is
  also supporting Matrichaya's activities. The
  Ranchi Corporation has supported the vocational
  training program for 30 women
• State Bank Mahila Samiti has helped organize
  programs, supplied sewing machine, carpets,
  slates etc.

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The Matrichaya Team

• Personal adversity has taught me that in this
  world there is no greater force than the force of
  a person determined to rise

Chanchala Mishra with the Matrichaya workers
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Matrichaya Current Activities

• Basic literacy project
• 7 informal schools started across tribal villages
  in and around Ranchi
• Provide primary education to 125 children
• Allows kids to develop attributes needed to
  succeed and advance into the mainstream education
  system
• Adult education programs are also run

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Matrichaya Current Activities

• Vocational training and micro-credit programs
• Train 400 women in urban slums and villages in
  various handicrafts herbal cosmetology
• Objective is to develop self-reliance and
  provision for income generating assets
• Micro-credit programs help to generate funds for
  various enterprises
• Health camps
• Regular health camps are held in all the adopted
  villages and slums
• Eye camps and awareness programs on hygiene and
  sanitation
• Convince health care professionals to volunteer
  their time and provide free samples of medication
• The last eye camp was organized with help from
  Jharkhand Eye Bank Trust in June 2004

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Matrichaya Short-Term Goals

• Obtain funds that will help sustain existing
  schools and provide services such as regular
  meals, uniforms etc.
• Provide basic health check-up and immunization in
  the school.
• Set up a crèche where the elderly females in the
  villages will take care of infants so that older
  siblings, who otherwise would baby-sit, can
  attend school
• Reduce high dropout rate from formal schools by
  opening an after-school program, that helps
  children with their homework.
• Provide at least one vocational skill to every
  child over 12 years of age.

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Matrichaya Two-year vision for every child

• It is expected that at the end of two years,
  every child enrolled in Matrichaya
• Is motivated to complete his/her education
• Has an attendance of 90
• Is trained in basic hygiene and first aid
• Is involved in at least one art and cultural
  training program each year
• Has an opportunity to express her/his talents
• Understands/speaks rudimentary English
• Is part of a team that takes responsibility for
  keeping the village clean and planting and
  maintaining trees in the village

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Matrichaya Funding Needs
S.No Items Cost (INR)
1 Salary 30,000
2 Uniforms 25,000
3 Books 6,250
4 Breakfast 37,500
5 Extra curricular Activities 6000
6 Rent/Admin/Utility/ Maintenance 39,000
7 One-time fixed costs 6,000
Total per school per year 1,49,750
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Matrichaya Funding Needs
Year I Year II Year III
Cost ( INR) 1,49,750 1,43,750 1,56,923
Cost ( USD) 3273 3236 3430
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Matrichaya

• The main goal aligns with that of Ashas to
  fund basic education.
• Matrichaya hopes to reach self-sustenance over
  the next 5 years through their micro-credit
  programs, which have 2 of the loans going toward
  a pool for the maintenance of the schools. This
  program is currently not large enough to support
  these schools.
• Supporting Matrichaya in the interim period even
  as it strives for self sufficiency, could meet
  Ashas aim to support such initiatives.