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j~\ ( ~~bj1).\~W..partment of Elementary EducatIon & Literacy

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' Mid-DayMeal Division

\\ .).r,..'~,\?, r ***. ~~* ~~ ,~\' j ',,',J ShastriBhawan, New Delhi\ ..1, /, I I~ «'0, '-",,--;'.-;;- .I 1St1Ma y 2006~ -.~ v)~ ./ ' .

'~Subject: - Minutes of the first '~iiii:etingof the Programme Approval Board of Mid-Day

Meal Scheme held on 17.4.06 at Shastr:i Bhavan; New Delhi

Please find enclosed minutes of the first meeting of Programme Approval Board of MOMScheme (MOM-PAB) held on 17.4.06 under the Chairpersonshipof Secretary (EE&L) at New Delhi.The PA];MDM had consid approved the Annual Work Plan & Budget of Goa, Gujarat,

Karnataka, Maharas~~$'" andigarh. ~(

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, . \ j, Fax No. 011-23386153" J';)',To. ,,: .',,- , / ."",.!'1. Smt. Anuradl~i.Q~~pta:;-J:q-rntSt~~)lry(EE.l), Department of EE&L, New Delhi2. Shri R.K. Sharma';'b:iJ:~r::£E},1)epartment ofEE&L, New Delhi3. Shri Bidyut 13.'Swaiu,Secretary(PE), Education Department, GujaratJ ShriM. M:adanGopal,Commissioner for PublicInstruction, Deptt. Of Primary& Secondary

Educatlon,KarnatakaShri Sumit Malik, Secretary, School Education &.Sports Deptt., Govt. of MaharashtraMs. Sunaina Tomar, Commissioner,MOM & School Education Deptt., GujaratMs. Mona Sharma, Commissioner-cum-Secy, 0/0 Women & Child Development, OrissaShri D.S.Mangat, DP!, Education Depat1ment, UT ofChandigarhMr.R.B.Phausalkar, Joint Director, Govt. of MaharashtraMs. Rose D'souza, Vocational Education Officer, Education Department, GoaShri K. Bhandari, Secti.onOfficer, Deptt.Of Education,UT of ChandigarhProf. Manju Jain, Depttof Elementary Education, NCERTMs. Anita Makhijani, Food & Nutrition Board, Ministry of Women & Child Development.Jeevandeep Building, New DelhiShri P.K.Sud. Under Secretray, Deptl. Of Food & Public Distribution, Krishi Bhawan, NewDelhi .'

15. Ms. Leena Joseph, Naandi F()llnd",~!'J:" ! :y-':eidbad]6. Shri S.N. Bllm'.,::"Dir(AE), Departmentof EE&L, AdultBureau.New Delhi

~ ! 7 ::;;111 t'.K.Mohanty. DEA, 0/0 EE&L, New Delhi~ ..('18. Sla.riK. RaviRamachandran,OS,0/0 EE&L.NewDelhi" I~ ~~'i D.K.Bhavsar. AEA. % EE&L. New Delhi

~~";)~k8J ,g;Shri Sushi I Kumar. Under Secretary. 0/0 EE&L, New Delhi~ .t~l~:I''v?Shri Lakhan Singh. AD(MDM). 0/0 EE&L. New Delhi

?;>~~~~.~!>~ Sm!. Aruna 13.Sen, Section Onicer (EE.2), % EE&L. New Delhi~~ 'V'23. Shri Raj Kumar, Desk Oflicer(MDM). 0/0 EE&L. New Delhi

24. Shri. Bi~han Dass. Consultant, EcI.CIL, New Delhi25. Shri K.C. Rathorc. SSO(MDM), 0/0 EE&L. Ne\v Delhi

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.. ..~ Minutes of the Meetine of First Mid-Dav Meal Proeramme Approval Board

held under'the Chairpersonship of Secretary (EE&L) on 17.4.06 at Shastri

Bhavan to consider and approve the Annual Work Plan & Budeet 2006-07 of Karnataka> .. . ..' ,

First meeting of Mid-Day Meal Programme Approval Board (MDM-PAB) was held on

17.4.06 at Shastri Bhavan under the Chairpersonship of Union Secretary, Elementary

Education and Literacy (EE&L) to consider the Annual Work Plan & Blldgct

(AWP&B) of Karnataka. A list of members who participated is given at Annex-I.

2. Secretary (EE&L) in her opening remarks stated that MOM Programme is a good

opportunity to improve, both educational outcomes and nutritional status children or

Primary stage. Despite initial hiccups, States are taking adequate measures to improvc

its implementation. This has been reflected positively in various

evaluations/assessments made by independent agencies.

3. JS (EE.!) at the outset emphasized the following objective of getting States to prepareAWP&B and constitution ofPAB was

(i)'!.:,IIIi

ii,

:i!I;,",(ii)

To have better understanding of the programme implementation and also to

focl,lsattention on issues critical to the quality of programme.

There has to be a paradigm shift in the progranime from merely addressing

class-room hunger to enhancing nutritional status of children through a

balanced, wholesome meal with adequate variety. This alone would ~ad to

a positive improvement in learning ability and achievement level of these

children.

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'ii:i. ,

(iii) It is a good opPQrtunityfor States to project and share the~rgood practices

with other States.

(iv) In cases where there is mismatch between lifting/utilization of food grains

and funds utilized for cooking cost, the Ministry shall closely examine the

matter'later and l11at

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Highlights of State's presentation:

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" "4.1 Commissiuner of Public Instruction made a presentation of AWP&B of MDM SchemG

for 2006-07, whose main highlights were as follows:

Average cost oftne rpc.~~is ~s, 2.Q2.

Micronutrients (viz. VHa.ITlin,A" Iron & Folic ~c;id)and de~worming medicines are

being ,given to children p~dodically per child is Rs. 111~per year and the same is

being provided by St~te.Hea.1thpepartm~nt.

(viii) 96,064 cooks (all women) af~ being enga~ed. All schools have at least one cook

from SC/ST commuoity.

All schoolshavegas b&~edQgpJdng.

Currently 74% of scl,1QQl,§hi;lV~kitchen f~ciHti@s,Remaining26% shall be covered

- during2006-07.

Cooks and Helpers are behl~ r~~wlarlyori~(lt~dQnissue of hygiene and cleanliness.

Evaluation stlJdy COJ1duC1QQby pharward UniverS;!lYis being finalized.Preliminary

report showed encollraging findings Ontheimplem~ntation of the programme.,(xiii) State Govt.'has engaged 52 NGOs to implement the programme, mostly in urban

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

'(vii)

(ix)

(x)

(xi)

(xii)

Cooked MDM programme was first introduced at Primary stage in 7 educationally

backwardNorth Eastem districtsof the State.North Easterndistricts in lime, 2002

later in June, 2003, the programme was extended to the remaining 20 districts. The

programme currently covers children studying in class 6thand th also.

In Karnatakathe prograp1.m~is calledAkshm:H[)~soha.

During 2006-07, 40.

7:/ 3

(xiv) State budget allocation (in lakh):

4'.2). Secretary complemented the efforts made by the State Government in arranging all

logistical requirements so quickly. J~ (EE-I) drew the attention to the need for orienting

teachers and community members also. She also requesteQ the cpr to organiz~ a study on

Average Attendance Rate (AAR).Director (Finance) opined that Staty Govt. may examine the

administrative cost, which appears to be high.

4.3) DEA(MDM) "drew the attention to the n~ed for orienting teachers and comm~l!1ity

members also. He also requested the State Representative to Qrganize a, study on Average

Attendance Rate (AAR).

4.4) DS (MDM) informed that the Al1nualWork Plan - 2006-07of Karnatakawas one of

the best received by the department. He invited the attention of the State Representative about

the gap in information furnished in the AWP&13 2006-07 by State and requested that the

. following information in the Tables (format) prescribed by AWP&B frame work may be

immediately provided for further processing.

Table C-llA

Table C-13

District wise information on enrollment and Beneficiarie.sfor2005-06District wise information on anticipated enrollment andBeneficiaries for 2006-07Information on lifting and utilization of food grains allocatedduril1g200S-06. -Proposal for Assistance under Management, Monitoring andEvaluation (along with detailed Action Plan for 2006-07.)

Table C-llB

Table C-llC

These formats are available in this Ministry's website www.education.nic.in

---Year Allocation Expenditure

Plan Non-Plan TQtal Plan NQn-Phm TQtal--

2004-05 18924.90 - 18924.90 18924.90 - 18924.902005-06 21928.32 - 21928.32 21481.32 - 21481.322006-07 20856.00 - 20856.00 - - -.

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5. Issues emphasized bv PAB for im{Jlementation bv State.

JS(EE-I) summed up the deliberations and emphasized the need to focus on the following:-

5.1) Adequate planning based on relevant and useful data regarding actual beneficiaries vis-a-vis

enrolled children. There is urgent need to build up robust and reliable database (MIS) for the

purpose of planning, monitoring and thereby effective implementation of MOM Scheme,

Carrying out studies on Average Attendance Rate in support of claims for Central Assistance

made and developing reliable and verifiable:statistical tools for this purpose.

Increasing States contribution tOW&f!:!scooking cost to the tune of at least Rs.1 per child per day

over and above Central A~sista!1~¥in order to add vf!ly~tq the meal and improve nutritional

status of children. ,

Need to accelerate convergence wit!1other Departments/Schemes to close infrastructure gaps of

Kitchen sheds, drinking water, us~ of environment friendly fuels and gas based cooking., '

Takin~steps to review of implementation ot'MDM Scheme, as one of the agenda items in all

, EC meetings under SSA withthe concerned Stat~ leVl'loodal officer himself participating in theEC meetings. Issues pertain ins;tp MDM Scheme shayld be deliberated in every EC meeting and

suitable convergence witq SS,t\ Iitrel1~hened.

Uninterrupted supply of meal by~ns1Jring smooth ~nd timely flow of food grains & cookingcost through electronic tran§wr of fyogs, av'ailabi\itypf !lgyquate manpower etc.,

Quality of meal includin& is~m~~qf Yari~ty (weekly 1lJ~\lY)~I1dnutdtipnal value and the need to

involveexperts9:fawnfromijOJ11~SQi~nce Oep~rtJ11¥llt§/GoUegesetc.

Strengthening of joint il1sp~ctiqQ 9ffQQd grains t9 ¥n§\'\r~q,uality and regular interface with

FCrs 1J0dai officer,

Oecentralizedimplementatjo.n with Qffective cOI1Hmmit>'participation., '

Mobilization of mothers, not only in the implem~ntatiQn, but also in day-to-day supervision in

the light of guidelines alr~ady issljeqpy this Ministry.

Regul~r meetings of ~MQs at blQck,d,i~trict~tldst~te ley~l tQ identify and addre,ss i~suescriticalto the success of the prograi11m~ and ioc;:luderepresliPtatiQOsofMLAs/MPs on SMCs as

stipulated in the gui'c;H~lin«s. '

Need to increase involvem~llt QfWPHUWselfptllpgnmpsio preparation and seryinK9fmeals,

decentralization of procur~m~ol, anQ placement Qf f\l~d~ with self help ,groups. ~h i.,?"wo,ulq

provide source pfeconomic ~aio.t9 Wf,?rnenSelf h~lp gr9upspesid~s encpuragfng im?ovative

activities involving backw~rd iot~grati.Qn such a$growing qf vegetable~, supply of condiments,

spices etc, by the group.

Needto use Mid Day MealSchemeas a learning PPPQrtunitYfor children - in values of

discipline, hygiene, nutrition, CQns~rvation of reSQ\,JfceS,euyironmental protection etc,

Strategies for fostering social equity and tackling social discrimination, if any.

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5.8)

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5.10)

5.11)

5.12)

5.13)

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5.21)

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5.23)

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Sensitiz~tion of Teachers to tI~e~rrole IOthe,scheme and the, imperative need to include a ))module m20 days teacher trall1mg under SSA.

SCERTslDIETs to deve-lO

,

p manuals fortrainillg teachers.on MOM SCheme.-S

,

tate should

iidevelop manuals for this purpose, which should be precise and simple. Use Qf{CTandEDUSAT for training purpose could help implementation of MOM Scheme by addressing

l~sues of hygiene, cleanliness, quality etc.,

Capacity building through training/orientation of organizers, -cooks,helpers and community

members on hygiene, nutrition, economical use of resources, development of kitchen gardens

~tc.,

A,ctivation of School Health Programme by introducing

(i)

(ii)

Regular Health Check up and

Provision of micro nutrients supplementation and de-worming medicine.

Evaluation of the programme through external agencies using funds out of MME.

Assessment of programme through DIETs on quarterly basis.

Nutritional assessment of weekly menu and benefitiaries in consultation with nutritional

assessment. The Food & Nutritional Board of Department of Women and Child Development

may also be consulted in addition to faculty of Home Science College/Departments.

Commissioning baseline study on nutritional status of children to assess impact of MOM

Scheme.

Development of action plan for proper utilization ofMME funds to ensure regular monitoring &

evaluation,

Preparation of an informative website dedicated for MOM to place all relevant information in

public domain for dissemination of information as well as to receive feedback Icol11plaints /

grievances etc., ,

Establishment of MDM-MJS Cell at every District and providing computers with internet

connection at District level and positioning suitable manpower, on contract basis if necessary, to

electronic'ally maintain accounts of food grains & cash, details of beneficiaries and for

preparation of periodic reports for eft'ective monitoring State should involve NIC for the

purpose of building up of ('-net work for monitoring and implementation of MDi'\'1Scheme.

5.25)" tVlaintenance of school level beneficiary attendanc.e register, stock book for food grains &

cooking items, cash book 1'01'cooking cost etc., It should be made available for public

inspection. Responsibil.ity and Accountability to mainta.in the above documents should be

5.26)

clearly i.dentified and specified

Creater transparency through:

(a) Display in schooi on key information, such as. day's menu, l1ul1lberof childrenenrolled/heneficiarvetc.

(b)

(c)(d)(e)

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Maintaini~g a regist~r for mothers who w~ile supervising the programm~~!lS6'\.record theIr observatlOlis about the meal served on the day. \Village Panchayat / VEC/ SDMC maintain all records for public scrutiny. "-Social audit of the programme. \\Dedicated mechanism for public grievance redressal which is widely publicized .'and easily accessible like toll free call fa~ility etc., .

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5.27) Careful screening .of NGOs and clos~ monitoring of their performance in accordance with

provisions (Annexure-IX) of the guidelines issued by this Ministry.

5.28) Documentation of best prac~icesand success stories.

6. PAB approval:

6.1 Based on the Annual Plan, PAB recommended the following variable to be

considered for calculation Central assistance for 2006-07 for Karnataka:

6.2 Based on the above 3 recommended variables, PAB approved the Central

assistance on following for 2006-07:

(i) Foodgrains

(In Quintals)

District-wise details at Annex-2.

(ii) Assistance for cooking cost Rs. 9651.76 lakh

Dish'iet-wise details at Annex-3.

(iii) Assistance for Management,

Monitoring & Evaluation

To be released on the basis of

actual paymentsirc1ease of funds

toward cost of foodgrains, .cookiDg cost and transport

subsidy.

The State is required to provide actual no. of byncficiarics for 2006-07 by J 1stJuly, 06

to this t'vlinistry in the prescribed format i.e. Table C) J-/\ and C 1i -8.

1. I Children 4653694

2. I School working days 244 day

3. IAverage Attendance Rate 85%

JWheat Rice Tota I

68.42 914807.72 965176.14 I.__...-J

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~ The above assistance in subject to furnishing of unspent balance of above 3

c()mponents by ~1.5~

7. JS (EE-I) conc111dedth~ deliperations by informing that this Ministry will closely

monitor the implementation of the programme, which will b~ reviewed during Sept-Oct, 06.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chair.

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ANNEX-I

Minutes of the Meeting of First Mid-Day Meal Programme ApprovalBoard held under the Chairmanship Secretary (EE~L) on 17.4.06 atShastri Bhawan to consider and approve the Annual Work Plan &Budget 2006-07 of Karnataka .

The following members participated in the Meeting:

1. Smt. Kumud Bansa.l,Secretary ,Department of EE&L,Ministry of HRD,New Delhi

Chairperson

2. Smt. Anuradha Gupta,Joint Secretary(EE.I)Department of EE&L,Ministry of HRD,New Delhi

3. Shri R.K. SharmaDirector (F),Department of EE&L,Ministry of HRD,New Delhi

Shri Bidyut B. Swain,Secretary(PE),Education Department,Gujarat

5. Shri M. Madan GopalCommissioner for PlJblic Instruction,Deptt. Of Primary & Secondary EducationKama,taka

6. Ms. Rose D'souza,Vocational Education Officer,Education Department,Goa

7. Shri S.N. BurmanDir(AE)Department of EE&L,Adult bureau, Mlo HRDShastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Shri D.S.Mangat,DPI,Education DepartmentUT of Chandigarh

9.

10.

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12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

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Ms. Sunaina TomarCommissioner,MOM & SchoolEducation Deptt.,Gujarat

Ms. Mona SharmaCommissioner-cum-Secy,% Women & Child Development,Orissa

Shri Sumit MalikSecretary,School Education & SpQrts Deptt.,Govt. of Maharashtra.

Mr. R. B.Phausalkar,Joint Director,Govt. of Maharashtra

Prof. Manju Jain,Deptt of Elementary E;dwcationNCERT

K. Bhandari,Section OfficerDeptt. Of EducationUT of Chandigarh

Ms. Leena JosephNaandi FoundatiQn,Hyderabad

Anita MakhijaniFood & Nutrition 80ardMinistry of Women &.Chilq DevelopmentJeevandeep l3uilding,New Delhi

Shri P.K.Sud,Under Secretary"Deptt. Of Food & Pu~UcPi$tributi6nKrishi Bhawan, New Delhi

Shri P.K.MohantyDEA, D/o EE&LNew Delhi

710

19. Shri K. Ravi RamachandranOS, % EE&L, New Delhi

20. Shri D.K.BhavsarAEA,% EE&L, New Dlhi

21. Shri Sushi! KumarUnder Secretary;% EE&L, New Delhi

22. Shri Lakhan -SinghAD(MDM)% EE&L, New Delhi

23. Smt. Aruna B. SenSection Officer (EE.2)% EE&L, New Delhi

24. Shri Raj KumarDesk Officer(MDM)% EE&L, New Delhi

25. Shri Bishan DassConsultant, Ed.CILNew Delhi

26. Shri K.C. RathoreSSO(MDM),% EE&L, New Delhi

State: KARNA TAKA

Oistrictwise requirement of food grains for the year 2006-07

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. fFoodgrai"sind~Ouant"y 0

NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT TO PRIMARY EDUCATION {MID DAY MEAL SCHEME)

Foodgrain. .Enrolmenl x School WorllingDays x Ac'uai AARor upto 85%x 0.001 OIl.for nonnal pr09ramme subjec1.o reporting of districl-w;.e unulilised balance of the previous year'. ,. ~ cv.) ~ ~ J . ? -t>J"

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S,- District 2006-

yI I

I i~T-oi'lr'c' '-1='I No ~-

I i ~" . ,~

11

2

--1.Bangalore Urban

Chitradurga

Davanagere3

4 Shimoga

Bangalore Rural5

6 Kolar

7

8

Tumkur

Mysore

9 Mandya

10 ChamarajNagar

11 Koda9u

12 Hassan

13 Chickma9alore

14 Dakshina Kannad

15 Udupi

~DhafWad17 Uttarakannada

21Bagalkot

221 Bijapur

23'fBkj;24 IBellary~a

26 IKoppa!

Centre~

3

311397

1459891

167055

128415'

137500

213815

1958661

185639

119459

77286

37669

126099,

88316

143157

79946

142747

109274

150210

~407728

174398

245927

202257

226630

414301

143874

Enrolment

AlE

Centres

4

NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT TO PRIMARY EDUCATION (MID DAY MFAL SCHEME)

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State: KARNATAKA

Districtwise recommendation for cooking cost requirement for the year 2006.07

Pro_

I

Actual No. School

of WorkingBeneficiari Days

es

Total

0

a

531i397

~311397

145989

167055

126415

137500

213815

195,866

1856391

119459!

77286,

37669

1260991

68316143157

799461

1427471

1092];4

150210'

91924'"

4077281

174398!245927

202257'

226e3O

414301

143874

---..

, Normal

I Programmei

PS, EGS +AlE

.L244

244

244

244

244

244

244

244

244.

244,

244

244

244

244

244

244

244

m;244

244

244

244

244

244

244

244

889.00

89.00

89.00

89,00

89.00

89.00

89.00!

69,00"

89,.001

89.00

89.00

89,.00

89.00

89.00,

89.00---J89.00'8ROO

89,001

89:00

89.00

89.00

89.00,89.001

89.00

89.00

89.00

9676.23

317.03

36278

278.87

298,60

464,32

425.34

403:131

259A2

167.83

8t.8O

273.84

191.79

310.88

173.61

309,99.

237.30

326',20

199.62f

885.42

378.72

534.06'

439.22

492.151899.701

312.44

Cooking cost

Drought

I

affected

I

100.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00I0.00

0.00

0,,00

D.6O

0.00

0.00

0.00

0:001,

0.00'.

0:00

0.001

o.ooE

O,OO!

0.00:.

0.00

0.00

0.001

0.00

0.00

2006.07

Total

11676,23,

317.03

362.78

278.87

298,60

464.32

425.34

403.13

259.42

167.83

81.80

273.841

191.79

310.88

17.3.611

309.99

237.30

326.20~.

199.62"

885.42

378.72

534.061

439.22

492.i5

899.701312.44

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Cooking cost

::tManagement.

Monitoring & EvaluationNormal Drought

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Total (MME)Programme affected I

1~645.84

302.78

346.4 7

266.33

285,18

44W406,23

385.02"

247.76

160.29

78.13

261531!

183.17

296.91

165.81

296.06"

226.63t

311.54

190.651845.63

361.70

510.05

419.481

470.03

859.261298.391

1. Cooking cost" Enrolment x School Working Days x Actual AARor upto 85% x Re. 1/ child I school day subject to unspent bala es as on 31.3.06.2. Assitance for MME "Up to 1.8%of the total assistance released towards cost of foodgrains x cooking assistance x transport subsidy released during the year.This is however subject to submitting of detailed Work Plan.

145989

1670550

0 128415

137500a

0 213815

19586601

0 185639

119459aj0'...ia

772861

37669:126099:a

0 88318

143157

79946

a

a