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Senchiamma School

Senchiamma School. ANNUAL UPDATE FOR 2010 Shreedevi Padmasini Palani Sundaramurthy Shanthi Sravana June 16 th 2010. Support children during the formative years in preparation for mainstream school education Providing daily nutritional lunch for the kids who attend the school

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Senchiamma School

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  1. Senchiamma School ANNUAL UPDATE FOR 2010 Shreedevi Padmasini Palani Sundaramurthy Shanthi Sravana June 16th 2010

  2. Support children during the formative years in preparation for mainstream school education • Providing daily nutritional lunch for the kids who attend the school • Early childhood education (Montessori system) • Provides learning aids Mission

  3. Started: March 2003 • Started by: • B. Ashok (bash at microsoft dot com) • Jayashree Janardhan Ashok (jayjanar2 at hotmail dot com) History

  4. Run by Bharathi Trust • Contact person: Siddamma E • Paid positions • Teachers – 1 (Mariamma) • No Executive board Organization Structure

  5. Location

  6. Bharathi trust • runs many schools and other social welfare organizations. • Also involved in rescuing people from bonded labor and similar situations • Senchiamma School • Focus on education for children • Nutrition during the early years Activities

  7. 4,37,000 Rs. Is the ask for this year • Last year we sent them a check for 1,10,000 Rs. • Asha funding • No other Non-profits support this project • No savings in the bank Finances

  8. Asha, Seattle Involvement

  9. Asha, Seattle Involvement

  10. Asha, Seattle Involvement Contd.

  11. Total of 1,40,000 – based on initial budget/estimate (in 2004) • Has not been revisited and revised for a long time now. • Don’t have access to the earlier budget proposal. • Used to fund the following for the school (not complete list): • Daily lunch for the students • Teacher’s salary • Learning aids??? Asha, Seattle Budget for 2009 and earlier

  12. Updates for 2010

  13. Continuous care so automatically students enroll in primary/high school. • Teachers from nearby places help with the school. Also, older students return to help. • Some other womenfolk from the village help in running the school by helping with cooking etc • 54 students in early childhood centre. 18 more students will join this year – all kids less than 4 years. • 4 kids going to reach 12th grade, 3 in the 9th grade . General Partner Updates/Updates for Asha

  14. * Teaching materials are very old and dirty. Also, the number of students has increased. The school needs new materials. • * Some students drop out of government school because of lack of uniforms • * Books for those going to 12th grade and who are not able to obtain it otherwise . • * The school currently has a tin roof. This needs to be replaced with a concrete roof. • * Only 1 teacher for all the students Updates Contd.

  15. Site Visit report from Aug 2008 • B.Ashok, his wife Jayashree, and kids visited the school • More “Pukka” roads than earlier in Senchiagaram village • Otherwise area similar to what it was in 2003-2004 • 28 kids were in school that day (total 30 – 35 kids) • Kids performances • Kids were healthier because of the meal program Site Visit Report

  16. Some kids had grown up and joined the nearby government school • Mariamma, who is the current teacher, and who has been at the school since its inception, continues to be a steady factor • Folks in the village proud of the school and the students’ accomplishments Site Visit Report, Contd.

  17. Due to the asbestos roof, the classroom was very hot  • Learning aids procured in 2003 have undergone wear and tear • Mariamma, the only teacher, appears to be overloaded. She could use additional help • School needs more attention in terms of infrastructure • More frequent Asha site visits recommended • We have not been very consistent with sending funds to them. Need to become more regular in that aspect • We should continue the food program Site Visit Report, Contd.

  18. 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. Audit Report

  19. Include the results of the annual survey. Survey Results

  20. Recurring Items Asha, Seattle Budget Proposal 2010Oct 2010 to Oct 2011

  21. One time Items Asha, Seattle Budget proposal for 2010

  22. Process Checks

  23. Pictures

  24. Pictures

  25. Resources • Links to news paper articles, or other items of interest.

  26. Questions?

  27. Some FAQs at Asha, Seattle meetings. • How many rs are we spending per kid per year? • Does the amount being spent on infrastructure items (building schools, repairing roofs, etc. ) look reasonable? • Where exactly is the partner located? (especially for remote projects. Be ready to locate the project area on a map) • What is the graduation rate of the school? • What is the student to teacher ratio in class rooms? • What is the girl to boy ratio in the school? • What are the line items in the budget? • 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) • Community opinion of the project. • What went well, what didn’t go as expected, what can be done differently. FAQs

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