Rural Development Trust
Rural Development Trust's annual update for 2009-10 outlines their high-level goal of helping young migrant children learn, stay, and become skilled. The trust has been involved since 2005 with most funding coming through Asha, Seattle. They focus on education, health, and weaning children away from construction labor jobs, operating schools in multiple villages and providing various services to migrant children. With a strong team and specific locations, they have impacted many lives through their activities and programs.
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Rural Development Trust ANNUAL UPDATE FOR 2009-10 By-Nithya Chandrasekaran and Sree Kamireddy 10-6-10
Org High Level Goal Through an integrated program of Health, Nutrition, Education and Awareness Help young migrant children successfully learn, stay, and become skilled. Equip children with high moral values and to develop confidence. Wean children away from construction labor jobs.
History Involved since 2005. Most of RDT funding comes through Asha, Seattle. Approved recurring funding for Rs. 24,89,775/-. Disbursed $179,386/- since 2005.
People Coordinator (Mr. T.K. Elumalai) Asst. Coordinator Teachers (16) Cooks (3) Driver
People Coordinator (Mr. T.K. Elumalai) Asst. Coordinator Teachers (15) Cooks (3) Driver
Location Registered as a charitable Trust in Kanchipuram, TN Schools in 9 villages. One additional school Hiranandani - supported by a construction company.
Location Specifics Status of the school Old Old Status of the school Block Block Existing Schools Existing Schools Thiruporur Block Thiruporur Block 1 1 Egattur Egattur 2 2 Kelambakkam Kelambakkam Old Old 3 3 Chennai Pattinam Chennai Pattinam Old Old 4 4 Ammapettai Ammapettai Old Old 5 5 Kalavakkam Kalavakkam Old Old 6 6 Padur Padur Old Old 7 7 Hiranandani Hiranandani Old Old 8 12 Thaiyur Chemmancherry New Old 9 13 Kilakottaiyur JPR-Ambedkar Nagar New Old 11 Venpedu New St. Thomas Mount Block 10 Gandhi Nagar New 12 Chemmancherry Old 13 JPR-Ambedkar Nagar Old
Activities 692 [note proposal was only prepared for 612 children, but they enrolled 70 new students in academic year 09-10] Bridge school Classes 1 8. 467 children. Day Care. 225 children In addition to teaching, provide learning materials, meals, exposure visits, and medical camp for migrants
Asha, Seattle Involvement Give a comprehensive/detailed picture of Asha, Seattle s involvement with the project. Add more slides if necessary. The following checklist has a few basic items which apply to most projects. Elaborate on the following items. Sl. No. Item 1 How is Asha, Seattle planning to support the overall mission and objectives of the organization? Asha Seattle continues to support overall development of children including food, uniforms, training materials. Since when is the project with Asha, Seattle? 2005 Were/are other Asha chapters involved in the project? If yes, in what capacity and for how long? None Key project contacts and how the fit into the overall org. structure. T.K. Elumalai [Co-ordinator/ Trustee] 2 3 4
Asha, Seattle Involvement Contd. Sl. No. Item 5 If the organization runs out of multiple locations, which locations does Asha, Seattle support? Its run only from Kanchipuram, TN which we support List all the activities supported by Asha, Seattle. Educational Support Noon Meal and Refreshments Uniform for DCC Children Teachers & Staff allocation Teachers Intensive Trainings and Exposure Visit Van Services for migrant children Distribution of Telugu News Paper Relate all the activities supported by Asha, Seattle to the overall activities of the organization. Asha Seattle supports all activites Annual budget (amount only) that has been approved by Asha, Seattle. Rs. 24,89,775/- 6 7 9 10 Percentage of orgs total budget which is supported by Asha, Seattle. 100%
Site Visit Report Haven t done one since Dec 17, 2008.
Audit Report Indian law requires all partners to have an audit report every year. Highlights from last years audit report (Form 10B). A sample audit report, from a project, can be found at http://www.ashanet.org/projects- new/documents/745/auditreport2008.pdf.
Process Checks Item Approved Budget Approval Type Amount(s) disbursed last fiscal year Status Rs. 24,89,775/- Recurring Rs. 24,89,775/- Amount Utilized by the project last fiscal year Last Site Visit Current Primary Steward Current Secondary Stewards Rs. 24,89,775/- Dec 17, 2008 Sree Kamireddy Nithya Chandrasekaran Status of the web page Status of the yahoo databases Not updated Up to Date
Resources [Refer Doc] Links to news paper articles, or other items of interest.
FAQs Some FAQs at Asha, Seattle meetings. o How many rs are we spending per kid per year? o Does the amount being spent on infrastructure items (building schools, repairing roofs, etc. ) look reasonable? o Where exactly is the partner located? (especially for remote projects. Be ready to locate the project area on a map) o What is the graduation rate of the school? o What is the student to teacher ratio in class rooms? o What is the girl to boy ratio in the school? o What are the line items in the budget? o Why is the partner asking for more funding for line item N? (You will be asked this if there are changes in the budget line items) o Community opinion of the project. o What went well, what didn t go as expected, what can be done differently.
