VARUN Voluntary Association for Rural Upliftment and Networking Overview

VARUN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR RURAL UPLIFTMENT AND NETWORKING Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers Primary Focus: Remedial Education Region : Rural Areas August 2012

Purpose And Goals To increase the level of literacy and intellectual development of the children in the targeted area. To give technical instruction to increase skill level To provide technical tools so that the local population can join the main stream society 1. 2. 3.

About VARUN Voluntary Association for Rural Upliftment & Networking (VARUN) is a self- motivated, social and non-profit organization. Varun started it activities in 1999. Outline: Schools in (6 villages) Shahpur, Dobahi, Pathrour, Sukhdeopur,Hathini and Danavgarh. Self help group (women micro finance). - Introduce Organic Farming (Nursery, Seed Bank) Library (in 5 villages) Permanent structures in Shahpur, Dobahi and Lerha. Govt schools established in Amritpur, Horila, Lerha, Shahpur and Jharia FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976) applied in February 2005, until then, donations go through Asha-Varanasi. People: Dr.S.P.Singh (PhD, Agriculture), Mr. A.K.Singh (Journalist) and few teachers like Punnu Singh, Ramkrit, etc.

Againanother school Pathrarur is set to be handed over to Govt and people to run. Current budget is only for 5 schools.

Current Status of teachers (need to update) Sl. No. Centre Teacher s Name (To be updated) 1. Shahpur Mr.Ghurbhari Sukhdeopur) Mr. Ramkrit Singh (moved from Shahpur Shahpur Mr.Balwant Kumar (new) 2. Pathraur Mr. Suresh 3. Dhobahi Mr. Bhuvan Kumar 4. Hathini Mr. Ramesh Kumar 5. Sukhdeopur Mr. M.Dharmendra (new) Shyam Bahadur (new) Need to get the list 6. Danavgarh Timing of School : July to March : 09.30 to 3.30 P.M. April to June : 7.00 to 12.00 P. M.

Number of students Sn. No Name village of Details of students Total Total Distance from main campus Caste details Boys Girls Backward O.B.C General 01 Pathraur 21 21 42 41 -- 01 42 27 02 Dobahi 12 11 23 20 03 -- 23 12 03 Hathini 10 13 23 01 22 -- 23 30 04 Sukhdeopur 15 17 32 32 -- -- 32 35 05 Danaogarh 36 16 52 51 01 -- 52 14 06 Shahpur 30 33 63 54 07 02 63 27 -- Total 124 111 235 199 33 03 235

More details on number of students S. N. Name Center of I II III IV V VI VII VIII Total Grad Total B G B G B G B G B G B G B G B G B G Dhobahi 6 5 2 5 1 1 1 - 2 - - - - - - - 12 11 23 1 Pathraur 7 12 5 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 - - - - - - 21 21 42 2 Hathini 4 3 3 4 2 3 - - 1 3 - - - - - - 10 13 23 3 Sukhdeopur 1 7 3 6 4 3 2 - 4 2 - - - - - - 15 17 32 4 Shahpur - - - - - - - - - - 7 8 13 13 10 12 30 33 63 5 Danogarh 22 10 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 36 16 52 5 Total 52 42 13 17 12 10 5 3 9 6 7 8 13 13 10 12 124 111 235

2011 Number of students Sn. No School Class I Class II Class III Class IV Class V Class VI Class VII Class VIII Class IX Class X Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls 1 Pathraur 7 12 5 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 42 2 Dobahi 6 5 2 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 23 3 Hathini 4 3 3 4 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 14 24 4 Sukhdeopur 1 6 3 6 4 3 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 17 31 5 Shahpur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 14 10 10 12 35 28 63 6 Danaogarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Estimated 40 7 18 26 13 17 12 11 5 3 9 6 11 6 14 10 10 12 92 91 223

Enrolment update contd Students registered to appear for examinations and all of them cleared std. VIII. Almost all of them are trying to enroll for further studies.

Details of School Related Program S.N. Name of Programme Place Date Participants Female -- Male 10 Total 10 01 Training of Leadership Naugarh 30.04.12to 01.05.2012 16- 17.04.2012 10-17.5.12 VARUN 02 Training of Leadership Dihari Onsone -- 01 01 GEMS 03 Annual Examination of all Center Library Work All Centers 111 124 235 VARUN 04 Naugarh, Shahpur 3-4.06.12 -- 03 03 VARUN

Evaluation Criteria Self-sustenance of schools. Train women in stitching and thereby expand into other villages. Identify and recruit teachers who can effectively teach the students. Identify potential students for enrollment in each of the schools. Pass percentage of 5th grade students. Receive results of standard 4 examinations and identify number of students appearing in standard 5 examinations. Educate people about RTI. Recruit a new Educational Coordinator.

Extension Activities Participating in solving issues in 3 villages of Naugarh block (Parsia, Majhgawan and Nonwat). NREGA, RTI and Health issues to be addressed. Work will involve collecting data, meeting with panchayat officers, awareness campaigns, training sessions, etc. Data collected is described in the report.

Details of Awareness Programme & R.T.E. S.N. Name of Programme Place Date Participants Female 44 Male 62 Total 106 01 Education Programme Awareness Sukhdeopur, Shahpur 28.04.2012 VARUN & GEMS 02 Education Programme Awareness Laltapur 29.04.2012 23 41 63 VARUN & GEMS 03 Education Programme Awareness Danogarh, Parsiyan 01.05.2012 48 77 125 VARUN & GEMS 04 Education Programme Awareness Deokhat 02.05.2012 32 46 78 VARUN & GEMS 05 Meeting Education of Right to Patharaur, Jamsot 11.06.2012 -- 42 42 VARUN 06 Meeting Education of Right to Shahpur, Sukhdeopur 12.06.2012 17 33 50 VARUN 07 Meeting Education of Right to Dhobahi 16.06.2012 -- 24 24 VARUN

RTI Activity (2011)(need to update) Gatherings Awareness Training Number of gatherings # villages Number of villages # Sessions Attendance Attendance # sessions 12 505 1 2000 7 18 7 Application filed at Block level Matter Resolved Application filed at District level Matter Resolved S. No. S.No. No. of Application Pending No. of Deptt. No. of Application Pending No. of Deptt. 1. 4 01 01 04 1. 01 - 01 01 Application filed at State level Matter Resolved S. No. No. of Application Pending No. of Deptt. 1. 03 00 03 01 3226 pamphlets distributed in RTI awareness campaigns.

Women Federation Around 2000 women members of Women federation divided into clusters and groups. Last year, few contested and won in Panchayat elections Every month there is a meeting to discuss about local issues as well as any personal issues. VARUN helps get employment to women from federation if at all there is any job vacancy in area. VARUN spread the awareness amongst people about elections. 68 qualified women got 95,200 through Govt. programs. Another 41,000 was procured.

Details of Organise Women and Farmers Club Related Programmes S.N. Name of Programme Place Date Participants Female Male Total 01 Meeting of Sangathan Shahpur 05.04.2012 22 06 28 VARUN 02 Meeting of Sangathan Sukhdeopur, Pathraur 06.04.2012 42 09 51 VARUN 03 Meeting of Sangathan Horila, Dhobahi 08.04.2012 27 02 29 VARUN 04 Meeting of Sangathan Parsiyan 14.04.2012 38 14 52 VARUN 05 Meeting of Sangathan Vishesharpur, Lahuradih 02.06.2012 32 08 40 VARUN 06 Meeting of Farmers Club Vishesharpur 17.04.2012 04 12 16 VARUN 07 Meeting of Farmers Club Majhgawan, Lahuradih 24.04.2012 06 22 28 VARUN 08 Visit of BHU Team Naugarh 03.05.2012 -- 02 02 VARUN

Impact in Majhgain 9kms from centre Due to intervention of Women s federation committee member, Totra Bano, illegal water re-routing was taken care of. Reason is fight over land was on for 5 years within Yadav community people who are mostly farmers and workers. Victims were persuaded to approach Police fearlessly and work out in legal manner.

Seed and Grain bank Collective effort of women helped establish this effectively. 37 farming clubs. VARUN provided some seeds to the bank initially.

Details of Agriculture S.N. Name of Farming No. of Village Farming in acre No. of Farmers Seed in Kg. 01 Paddy Cultivation 04 20.00 11 90.00 02 Maize Farming 10 05.00 33 40.00 03 Pumpkin Farming 07 01.75 30 02.00 04 Bottle Gourd 08 03.00 35 01.00 05 Sunflower 01 01.00 01 02.00

Impact in Majhgaon 15kms from center A wormi bed that was constructed with the help of VARUN. A villager by name Gnaneswari Devi has used closed to 15 quintals of compost for growing vegetables. Saved around Rs.4000/- per year. Crop is better, people are healthier. Importance is growing.

Loans and bank accounts Women s club took a loan of Rs.2000/- from VARUN. Ujala farmer s club has also taken Rs.2000/- as loan. Biggest reason is due to bank accounts not being active. Need to update about the terms and conditions of loan

Activities of MNREGA Meetings in 15 villages with an average of 40 people attending in each village. Awareness workshops in 7 villages. 2432 applications for jobs. 244 bank account holders. 265 new job card holders. VARUN helps in getting people a lot of these things.

Case Study- Dobahi Brief Description Village is 12km from Naugarh and is quite tough to get there with water body on one side and hills on the other. 15 families live there with main occupation being farming and animal rearing. With Asha s help past 6 years, they were able to run all the major programs.

Case Study- Dobahi On 29th October 2011, a 4.7km Road has been inaugurated. Main objective was for connectivity during emergency. Road was built in 35 days cutting way through all hills. Village can now be accessed by car.

Case Study- Dobahi Villagers took the initiative to make this road. Meetings were held and the project was coordinated and executed by Bhuvan Kumar (teacher) Women from SHG, Women federation, Mr.Pyarelal from farmer s club .21 more names mentioned

Wall Writing Program Writings include educative and informative slogans and related messages S.N. Name of Programme Place Date 01 Wall Writing Programme Pathraur, Jamsot, Shiopur, Sukhdeopur, Gahila 09.06.2012 02 Team Shahpur, 01 Wall Writing Programme Jhariyan, Bhaganda, Horila, Semarsadhopur 10.06.2012 02 Team 02 Wall Writing Programme Dhobahi, Aurawantand 11.06.2012 01 Team 03 Wall Writing Programme Danogarh, Parsiyan 13.06.2012 02 Team

Budget for 2012-2013 Rs. Sub-total Rs. 1. Honorarium: -General Coordinator (Dr.S.P Singh) - Jr. H. School Head Teacher (1) - Jr. H. School Asst. Teacher (2) - Primary School Teacher- Dhobahi (1) -Primary School Teacher- Pathraur (1) --Primary School Teacher- Sukhdeopur (2) -Primary School Teacher- Danaogarh(2) 4000/- x 12 2800/- x 12 2400/- x 12 2000/- x 12 1800/- x 12 1700/- x 12 1800/- x 12 48,000.00 33,600.00 57.600.00 24,000.00 21,600.00 20,400.00 21,600.00 2,25,600/- 75,000/- 2. Study Materials for 250 students @ 300/- 300/- x 250 3. 4. 5. Cultural Programs Health Check Up of Children Repairing of centers 2000/- x 5 3000/- x 4 1500/- x 5 centers 10,000/- 12,000/- 7,500/- 6. Meeting expenses, every month Educational wall paintings 250/- x 12 3,000/- 2,500/- 500/-x5 7.

E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. Teaching Aid (5 Centres) @ Rs.1000/centre Teachers Training Expenses (2 No) @3000/ Stationary (5 Centers) @ Rs.600/ Tatpatti for 5 centres 250 feet @ Rs.24/feet News Paper & Magazine (3 centres) @ 0/month Communication @ Rs.800/month Games materials- 5 centers @1000/- Postage & Xe-rox @ Rs.400/month Travel & Convenience @ Rs.1000/month Others 1. Part time Accountant for proper accounting @ Rs.1000/month 2. Audit Fee 3. Honorarium for Community Mobilizer (1 No.) to maintain & continuity of the previous year activities (3000/- per month) 4. Meeting related activities on right to work, RTE, food 2000/- per month 5. One Digital Camera @ Rs.6000 6. Bike Repairing & Maintenance @ Rs.400/month 7. Field Office Expenses @ Rs.1200/month 5000.00 6000.00 7200.00 6000.00 12 - 0 12 0 (removed) 9600.00 5000.00 4800.00 12000.00 12 12 12 - 12000.00 2500.00 18000.00 6 9 18000.00 12 12 6000.00 4800.00 14,400.00 Rs.4,58,400.00

Budget 2011-2012 (numbers in red are suggested by Asha and ones struck out are proposed by VARUN) Sl. No. Particulars Months Total (in Rs.) A. Honorarium Coordinator (1 No.) @ Rs.3300/month 3100/month 39600.00 37200.00 4800.00 30000.00 12 12 12 Coordinator Travel @ Rs.400/month Junior High School Teacher Sr. (1 No.) @ Rs.2500/month 2400/month Junior High School Teachers (2 No.) @ Rs.2200/month 2100 Dhobahi Teacher (1 No) @ Rs.1900/month Pathraur Teacher (1 No) @ Rs.1700/month 1600/month 52800.00 12 12 12 50400.00 22800.00 20400.00 19200.00 20400.00 18000.00 18000.00 16800.00 Hathini Teacher (1 No) @ Rs.1700/month Sukhdeopur Teacher (1 No) @ Rs.1500/month Danogarh (New Centre Musahar caste) (1 No) @ Rs.1500/month 1400 12 12 12 B. Study material for 240 students @ Rs.300/head - 72000.00 C. Child Check up Camp (2 No.) @ Rs.4000/each 8000.00 D. Centre Repairing (5 Nos.) @ Rs.1500/centre 7500.00

E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. Teaching Aid (6 Centres) @ Rs.500/centre Teachers Training Expenses (1 No) @3000/ Stationary (6 Centers) @ Rs.500/ Tatpatti for 6 centres 200 feet @ Rs.26/feet News Paper & Magazine (3 centres) @ Rs.150/month Communication @ Rs.800/month Postage & Xe-rox @ Rs.400/month Travel & Convenience @ Rs.500/month Others 1. Part time Accountant for proper accounting @ Rs.1000/month 2. Audit Fee 3. Honorarium for Community Mobilizer (1 No.) to maintain & continuity of the previous year activities @Rs.2500/mnth. 2300/month 4. Honorarium for Stitching Instructor (1) @ Rs.2500/month 5. One Digital Camera @ Rs.6000 6. Bike Repairing & Maintenance @ Rs.200/mnt 7. Field Office Expenses @ Rs.1000/month 3000.00 3000.00 6000.00 5200.00 1800.00 9600.00 4800.00 6000.00 12 - 12 12 12 12 12 - 12000.00 2000.00 15000.00 13800.00 6 12 30000.00 6000.00 2400.00 12000.00 12 12 433100.00 Amount proposed for funding Rs. 3,87,500.00

Budget for 2010-2011 Rs. Rs. 1. Honorarium: -General Coordinator (Dr.S.P Singh) -Travel allowance for coordinator - Jr. H. School Head Teacher (1) - Jr. H. School Asst. Teacher (2) - Primary School Teacher- Dhobahi (1) - Primary School Teacher- Pathraur (1) - Primary School Teacher- Hathini (1) -Primary School Teacher- Sukhdeopur (2) -Primary School Teacher- Jhariya (2) 3000/- x 12 400/- x 12 2400/- x 12 2000/- x 12 x 2 1800/- x 12 1500/- x 12 1650/- x 12 1500/- x 12 x 2 1500/- x 12 x 2 36,000/- 4,800/- 28,800/- 48,000/- 21,600/- 18,000/- 19,800/- 36,000/- 36,000/- 2,49,000/- 1,07,520/- 2. Study Materials for 384 students @ 280/- 280/- x 384 3. 4. 5. Cultural Programs Health Check Up of Children Repairing of centers 8,000/- 12,000/- 9,000/- 4000/- x 3 1500/- x 6 centers 6. Meeting expenses, every month Educational wall paintings 250/- x 12 3,000/- 2,500/- 500/-x5 7.

Budget for 2010-2011 (2) Miscellaneous: Stationary Telephone Postage + Xerox Travel + Conveyance Tattpatti News papers and magazines 8. 300/- X 12 700/- X 12 400/- X 12 700/- X 12 200 feet X @ 26/- 150 x 12 x 3 centers 3,600/- 8,400/- 4,800/- 8,400/- 5,200/- 5,400/- 35,800/- Games material Teachers Training: Twice a year Panchayat election awareness campaign Community Extension Worker (Support SHG work in 3 villages) 1000/- x 6 centers 2 X 4,000/- 5 x 2,000/- 2,250/- x 12 6,000/- 8,000/- 10,000/- 27,000/- 9. 10. 11. 12. 12,000/- 12,000/- 13 Education related Extension activities in 3 villages Total expenses Community contribution Net requirement from AFE 4,89,820 - 12,000 4,77,820 Net requested amount from AFE: Rs.4,77,820/-

Budget comparison 2012-2013: Rs.4,58,400.00 (2012) Vs. Rs. 4,77,820.00 (2010). 4% reduced 2011-2012: Rs.4,77,820.00 (2010) Vs. Rs. 3,87,500.00. 19% reduced Number of schools unchanged: 6. 1 new school Addl. Comments (check other reports on website for info): Will obtain info on summer camp activities. RTI update needed Site visit pending