SWIRD(Society for Women in Rural Development)

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SWIRD(Society for Women in Rural Development)

• Asha SF
• Kriti Modi
• July 30th, 2009

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Overview

• SWIRD (Society for Women in Rural Development)
• Social Development NGO established in 1991.
• Run by a group of rural women especially
  housewives
• Aim to initiate sustainable development of
  people in a comprehensive manner to become
  self-reliant.
• Focus areas women self-help groups with some
  economic activities, savings and micro credit
  programs, leadership development for women,
  community health awareness, environment
  protection and pollution control, various issues
  affecting social development, relief assistance
  etc.

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Education Related Activities

• Run 10 pre-primary schools (Balwadi centers) in
  remote rural belt in West Bengal, to support
  elementary education for the poor children.
• Children are provided basic education to make
  them habituated to school atmosphere, prepare
  them for admission in primary schools.
• Currently approx. 300 children enrolled age
  group 3-5.
• Children belong to lower income families, parents
  are farmers or laborers.
• Schools run either under community sheds or
  teachers houses or open spaces.
• At present, 10 teachers and 2 other staff.
• Asking for funding for all 10 schools.
• Want to expand to 40 students per school.

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Line Items for the First year
Items - Amount (in Rs)
One time expense for supplies (Rs.5000 10schools) 50,000
Rent _at_ Rs500/s/month (Rs.5000 12mo) 60,000
Teachers Salary_at_1000/mo 10 teachers12mo 120,000
School supplies/toys Rs3000/school 10 schools 30,000
Uniforms _at_Rs300/student (Rs. 300 400 students) 120,000
Salary Part-time Accountant (Rs. 1500/mo 12) 18,000
Salary 2 Field monitors Rs 1250/mo 212 9or 1 field monitor at Rs 2500/mo 12) 30,000
Health Checkups (Rs 3,000/mo 12) 36,000
Medicines (Rs. 10,000) 10,000
Exams, sports, cultural events Rs.2000/school 10 20,000
Parents-Teachers Meeting (Rs. 15,000) 15,000
Lunch at workshops to prevent dropouts (Rs. 303400) 36,000
External auditor (Rs. 2,500) 2,500
Misc. (Rs. 1500) 1,500
Total amount required for running 10 schools/ 400 students for the first year 549,000 USD 11,437.5 (_at_1USDINR48)
Note Items in red are changes that Asha SF has decided to make in the proposed budget.
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Proposal for 3 years
Items - Amount (in Rs)
One time expense for supplies (Rs.5000 10schools) 50,000
Rent _at_ Rs500/s/month(Rs.5000 12mo) 60,0003 180,000
Teachers Salary_at_2000/mo (Rs. 20,00012mo) 240,0003 720,000
School supplies/toys Rs3000/s (30,000) 30,0003 90,000
Uniforms _at_Rs300/student (Rs. 300 400 students) 120,0003 360,000
SalaryPart-time Accountant (Rs. 1500 12 mo) 18,0003 54,000
Salary 2 Field monitors (Rs 2500 212mo) 60,0003 180,000
Health Checkups (Rs 3,000 12) 36,0003 108,000
Medicines (Rs. 10,000) 10,0003 30,000
Exams, sports, cultural events (Rs.200010) 20,0003 60,000
Parents-Teachers Meeting (Rs. 15,000) 15,0003 45,000
Lunch at workshops to prevent dropouts (Rs. 303400) 36,0003 108,000
External auditor (Rs. 2,500) 2,5003 7,500
Misc. (Rs. 1500) 1,5003 4,500
Total amount required for running 10 schools/ 400 students/3 years 1,997,000
41,604 for 3 yrs
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Site Visit Report

• Site Visit completed on June 8th, 2009 by
  Yatendra Kumar Singh
• Visited 5 out of 10 schools run by SWIRD
• Bhogpur Saradomayee Balwadi Center had 15
  students aged 2 to 5.
• Students recited poems and narrated stories,
  displayed good knowledge of numbers and English
  alphabets, Bengali language
• Currently school has had to decline accepting
  students due to shortage of space.
• Run in a very small space provided by a villager
  in his house, can barely accommodate 15 students.

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• Kishorchawk Kalpana Chawla Balwadi Center is run
  in a bamboo makeshift hut on a roadside land
  temporarily donated by the village panchayat.
• School has around 30 students.
• Had an 8 year old since parents could not afford
  to send him to a regular school.
• Difficult to run during Rains
• 3rd school visited was Kodalia Gandhiburi Balwadi
  Center.
• This school is housed in a small room in a
  villagers house, has over 20 students.
• Students were taught Bengali alphabets using
  plastic molded letters.
• Wall used for writing since blackboard fell into
  pieces recently.

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• Fourth school visited was Nandaigajan Ayesha
  Balwadi Center.
• School run under open sky.
• Has around 25 students.
• 5th school visited was Bardarbar Sitala Balwadi
  Center.
• School was running under the shade of a banyan
  tree.
• In all schools, students sit on floor mats or
  plastic sheets.
• Also visited a small piece of land procured by
  SWIRD for an office building.
• Currently, SWIRD is managed from the house of one
  of its members.

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Video-1 (click to play)
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Video-2 (click to play)