ROSI FOUNDATION

Annual Report 2014-15

HEAD / REGD OFFICE :ROSI FOUNDATION (Rural Organizing for Social Improvement Foundation) No-3, 3889 – MRM Building South 2nd Street Pudukkottai – 622001, India PROJECT OFFICE-1 ROSI Foundation GS Rajan Building Nagai Road, Vedaranyam-614810 Nagapattinam Dist PROJECT OFFICE-2 ROSI Foundation Sirumalai Pudur & Po Sirmalai Hills Dindigul district Pin 624003 PROJECT OFFICE-3 ROSI FOUNDATION, Patharakulam Jeeva Nagar Illuppur-622102 Pudukkottai dist

E-mail : rosifoundation2012@gmail.com, rosifoundation@rediffmail.com,

Ph: +919942155729 www.rosifoundation.org

GOV’T /LEGAL REGISTRATION AND APPROVAL ,

TRUST ACT : Regn no 380/2001 on 26.07.2001 as public charitable trust INCOME TAX ACT PAN No : AABTR0707J TANNo : CHER11119D 12A : 307/2007-08, 80G : Valid as Permanent FCRA ACT: Regn No :076050088 on 20.12.2006 Valid upto: 30.04.2016

II. VISION, MISSION AND MAIN OBJECTIVES & ACTIVITES

VISION / MISSION : Creation of a free society without existing exploitations, oppressions and deprivations between people to people in the name of caste, creed, religious, colour, gender and race through sustainable empowerment of community / concern people on gender, human rights, economic, environment, traditional and cultural rights.

OBJECTIVES ACTIVITY

Sustainable Empowerment of women in organization and rights based aspects

-Livelihoods training -Women issue/legal action

Developing the deprived children on education and child rights.

-Tuition centre -Educational Home for children -Educational materials support

Developing and rehabilitating the deprived and deserted people.

-Aged home

Empowering Dalit and tribe in social, economical, legal and traditional & cultural matters

-MFP training -Human rights empowerment

Empowerment and promotion of environmental and biodiversity.

-solar lights

Providing sustainable health to rural and remote area people.

-RCH training -Health counseling

BANK AND AUDITOR Name and Address of the banker : Indian Bank , East Main Street, Pudukkottai – 622001, Tamil Nadu Name and Address of the Auditor: Mr.S.Sankar. B.Sc.FCA, No 5501, Marthandapuram Ist street, Pudukkottai – 622001,Tamil Nad, India

BOARD OF THE TRUSTEE

Sl.No

Name Age

Sex Address Position in board

Meeting Attended

01. Palanivelu S/O Sundaram

50 M 3867, South Second Street, Pudukkottai-622001

Chairman 5/5

02. Mrs.Selvi W/O Cinnathambi

52 F 119/2n Tanjore Road, Pudukkottai 622001

Financial Director

5/5

03. Ms.Shenbagam D/O Arumuagam

34 F Pudur &Po, Mukkanamalaipatti via Illuppur Tk Pudukkottai 622102

Vice - Chairman

5/5

04. Rev.T.M.Alexpandiyan

53 M 159 Palaniappa Nagar Thirukkokarnam Pudukkottai-622002

Board member

5/5

05. Mrs.T.Karpagam W/O Sethurajan

35 F No.6, Siva Lathe colony, Singalathi Road, Tiruturaipoondi-614713

Board Member

4/5

The Board of the trustees met in the year (2014-15) on 30.03.2015 and the Board of the Executive Committee met on 10.06.2014, 15.08.2014, 16.09.2014, 10.12.2014, 15.02.2015 and 30.03.2015. Minutes of the meetings were documented and circulated to all the board members.

A Board Rotation Policy exists and is practiced.

The board approves the programmes, budget, annual activity reports and financials reports/statements. The board ensures the organization’s compliance with law and regulations.

ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARANCY No remuneration, sitting fees or another form of compensation has been paid since the inception of the organization, to any board members/trustee except the chairman

The following reimbursements have been made to the board members. Traveling expense to attend board meeting : Nil Traveling expense to the chairman :10500.00 Salary and honorarium :Rs 72000

Total cost of international traveling by all staff in during the period is NIL

Total cost of National travel by all staff during the year 10500.00

Staff details (as at March 31st 2015)

Gender Paid full time Paid part time Paid consultants

Unpaid volunteers

Male 5 2 1 8

Female 4 7 - 11

Head of the organisation : (including honorarium) Rs. __ 72000______ per year Highest paid Full Time regular staff: Rs. ___72000_____ per year Lowest paid Full Time regular staff: Rs. ___18000_____ per year

Distribution of staff according to salary levels (as at 31st March 2015) Slab of gross salary (in Rs) plus benefits paid to staff (per month)

Male staff

Female staff

Total staff

Total annual payments made to consultants (In Rs)

Number of consultants

Less than 5000 5 10 15 Less than 5000

5,000 – 10,000 1 1 2 5,000 – 10,000 1

TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (TDP) This programme is ongoing in Sirumalai Hills and Palani hills of Dindigul district. Further in this year, the

project was extended to Theni dist. ROSI FOUNDATION has provided to the tribe people for the last few

years in the following matters,

1. Solar lights provision 2. Retrieving from caves / risk places and rehabilitation 3. Education to tribe children 4. Skill and Livelihoods training 5. Legal Supports and community certificate

a. Solar Lights : In Solar Light Support programme, 17 families got Solar lanterns in this years in Sirumalai Hills and Palani Hills. It gives lights to their habitation, charging to cell phone, running radio, protection from wild animals, child reading and MFP collection

Solar lantern and honey bee provision

Educational Home for Tribe Children 42 tribe children, who are scattered in the hills of Sirumalai and Palani under dangerous and tragedy condition without any basic amenities. were collected and joined in our educational home. In this project, they are getting residence school and having basic education, recreation, food, health, etc. Then they have to join in the regular school. It is near with10th std. The accommodation and coaching are continued with food, toiletries, dress, nutrias, recreation, skill training, etc after they enter in the regular school.

Livelihood Training In this year, 25 tribe girls/women were trained in Garments making training in Kudiraiyarudam in that cutting, stitching, embroidering, fabrication and marketing were trained. In the end of the training, they were provided by certificates. Similarly 45 destitute, widow and poor women were trained in Vedaranyam. MFP (Minor forest produces) process training in that 35 tribe women were trained on add value process. It reduces the exploitation middlemen and money lender. Bee keeping training was given to 55 tribe on box fixing, bee rearing, feeding, honey collection and add value process.

Garments Making Training Educational support to Tribe, Widow and Dalit children In this year, 55 poor children of destitute, widows, dalit and tribe were supported for educational materials which contain of uniform, notes, boxes, educational tools and school bag. So they are protected from drop out and educational breaking and are now going to schools and will get promotion in this year.

HOME SUPPORT PROGRAM (HSP) This programme for neglected elder persons since 2008 has been running at Illupur, Pudukkottai dist, Tamil Nadu. They are totally neglected and so they are as isolated from community. They come with hunger, health issue, isolation and psychological affected.

Two inmates of the elder home Now 25 inmates are in the home in that 13 female and 12 male are as beneficiaries. The inmates are from oppressed caste, poor families and rural area but all are either destitute or orphans or neglected. We are

providing a pair of clothes and a plate, Food and nutrias daily, Clothes and blanket with hot, Routine health checkup and Medicine, Recreation, YOGA and Exercise, Safe Accommodation, psychological Counseling and Funeral when die. In the home, they are Free from hunger, Staying with friends in the same age group, Free of the mental oppression and isolation, with happiness in sharing their thoughts and problems with each other inmates, health problems are solved

WOMEN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (WDP) : (a) WIDOW support

In this programme, 10 widows and destitute women got sewing machine and required accessories. Now they are under earning through running tailoring business.

(b) NSDC STAR DAIRY FARMER TRAINING

ROSI Foundation Trained 747 women on Diary farmers Skill training by its training centres on dairy farmer in Pudukkottai, Trichy, Madurai and Sivaganagi districts. The beneficiaries are belonging to rural poor and agricultural community. They are getting one months’ training and Entrepreneur Development Training (EDP) is also given to all trainees after the training. Practical in feild, Training in room and exposures were done in the training. After the training, assessment took place.

Then Rs 1000 stipend and certificate are provided to all passed candidates. In the following centres and batches with partnership –National Skill Development Corporation NSDC and Empower Pragathi Vocational training &staff Pvt Ltd, New Delhi and Thiyagarajar Educational Trust, Valappadi.

Centre ID

20516 20622 26247 26260 26265 26613 28570 28572 29228

29238 29230 30047 30067 32365 29920 29663 29237 29078

30068 32364 29236 29668

Cow rearing (dairy farmer) training

ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (EDP) Two trainings on renewable energy and solar lights in Kudiraiyarudam and Sirumalai were conducted. Tribe and other forest dwellers benefited in the training. Resource persons discussed ob importance of solar light in the hills and forest area. 17 more families were provided solar light for their lighting purposes. One solar unit is provided in children home, sirumalai. 300 girls and women belonging to saltpan worker community were motivated in RCH components such anemia, STD/RTI, sanitation and personnel hygiene and sexual life. 320 girls and women belonging to tribe community were counseled on health, hygienic and sanitation. Family to family visits and counseling took place. CONCLUSION: Hereby we are thanking to all donors, supporters and people those who are like minded and volunteer.

ORGANISATION SUPPORT US

ORGANISATION RELATIONSHIP

CREDIBILTY ALLIANCE-Mumbai It is NGO consortium of India, accredited

us under its desirable norms. MAHINDRA FOUNDATION, Mumbai Partner Global Giving Foundation USA Partner by online portal Guide star India Listing and linking Letzdream Foundation Partner by online portal Empower Pragathi PVT Ltd Partner Thiayagaraja Educational Trust Partner

REVIEW OF PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

ACTIVITY ACCOMPLISHEMENTS

Tribe Development Programme (TDP) 42 children benefited in educational home 115 tribe women were trained in livelihoods skill such Tailoring, MFP value added process and Honey bee. 49 children were in Educational home for tribe children in sirumalai Children Development programme (CDP) 55 children received educational materials / uniform.

52 children benefited in tuition centre

Home support programme (HSP) 25aged supported by home

Environmental Development Programme (EDP) Solar lantern was provided to 17 tribe families Health Development Programme (HDP) 300 girls were empowered in RCH matter 320 girls benefited by health counseling

Women Development programme (WDP) 50 women and girls were trained in skill training 747 women were trained in Dairy farmers training

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Receipts and payments Accounts for the year ended 31-03-2015

RECEIPTS PAYMENTS

opening balance – Cash in Hand

FCRA a/c - Cash at

Bank

Local ac - Cash in

Bank

2750.00

37721.00

310.00

Tribe Development Programme (TDP)

Elder Home programme

122000.00

466000.00

Global Giving Foundation, USA

Letzdream Foundation

National Skill Development

Corpn. NSDC STAR Fund (EP)

157215.00

2800.00

2505000.00

Hostel programme for tribe children

Health Training Programme

Environmental development

programme

NSDC-STAR skill training programme

325650.00

24500.00

55800.00

3022000.00

National Skill Development

Corpn. NSDC STARV Fund

(TET)

338473.00

Women Development Programme

(WDP)

155020.00

Donation 2084992.00 Educational support programme

Staff welfare and staff training

29070.00

9500.00

Bank interest

Loan receipt

781.00

2422000.00

Website updating works

Bank charge

4000.00

750.00

Traveling expense 38500.00

Salary 260000.00

Postage

6070.00

Miscellaneous 11700.00

Stationary expense 7000.00

Phone and EB charge 11500.00

Construction of building 160500.00

Vehicle Maintenance 225000.00

Rent 30000.00

Loan repayment 2422000.00

Car Loan repayment 158676.00

Closing balance – Cash in Hand

Cash in Bank FCRA a/c

Cash in Bank Local a/c

2950.00

1847.00

2009.00

Total 7552042.00 Total 7552042.00

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ROSI FOUNDATION (380/2001) (Rural Organizing for Social Improvement)

No-3, 3889 –MRM Building, South 2nd street, Pudukkottai-622 001,TN - India

Income and Expenditure Accounts for the year ended 31-03-2015 EXPENDITURE INCOME

Tribe Development Programme (TDP)

Elder Home programme

122000.00

466000.00

Global Giving Foundation, USA

Letzdream Foundation

157215.00

2800.00

Hostel programme for tribe children

Health Training Programme

Environmental development

programme

NSDC-STAR skill training program

325650.00

24500.00

55800.00

3022000.00

National Skill Development

Corpn. NSDC STAR Fund (EP)

National Skill Development corpn

NSDC STAR Fund (TET)

2505000.00

338473.00

Women Development Programme

(WDP)

155020.00 Donation 2084992.00

Educational support programme

Staff welfare and staff training

29070.00

9500.00

Bank interest

781.00

Website updating works

Bank charge

4000.00

750.00

Traveling expense 38500.00

Salary 260000.00

Postage 6070.00

Miscellaneous 11700.00

Stationary expense 7000.00

Phone and EB charge 11500.00

Vehicle Maintenance 225000.00

Rent 30000.00

Excess of income over the expenditure 285201.00

Total

5089261.00

Total

5089261.00

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ROSI FOUNDATION (380/2001)

(Rural Organizing for Social Improvement)

No-3, 3889 –MRM Building, South 2nd street, Pudukkottai-622 001, Tamil Nadu – India

Depreciation Details for 2014-15 Particulars Last year value Depreciatio

n %

Addition depreciation

Present

value

Furniture 48717.00 10 4872.00 43845.00

Training equipment 5980.00 10 598.00 5382.00

Type writing machine 1332.00 25 333.00 1000.00

Tailoring machine 71541.00 10 7154.00 64387.00

Computers, printer and

accessories

177094.00 25 44274.00 132820.00

Nikon (digital) camera 5424.00 10 542.00 4882.00

Vessel 4593.00 10 459.00 4134.00

Cell phone 4445.00 10 445.00 4000.00

Fan 1811.00 10 181.00 1630.00

Mahindra Bolero 644914.00 10 64491.00 580423.00

Building value 365500.00 10

160500.00 36550.00 489450.00

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ROSI FOUNDATION (380/2001)

(Rural Organizing for Social Improvement)

No-3, 3889 –MRM Building, South 2nd street, Pudukkottai-622 001, Tamil Nadu – India

Balance Sheet as on – 31.03.2015

LIABILITIES ASSETS

Capital Fund Balance fd 1642004.00

Closing balance – Cash in

Hand

Cash in Bank FCRA a/c

Cash in Bank Local a/c

2950.00

1847.00

2009.00

Net Income 285201.00 Furniture 43845.00

Less: Depreciation 159899.00 Training equipment 5382.00

Less :Loan repaid

2422000.00 Type writing machine 1000.00

Loan previous year 489547.00

2422000.00

2911547.00

Tailoring machine

64387.00

Computers, printer and

accessories

132820.00

- Nikon (digital) camera 4882.00

Cell Phone 4000.00

Vessels 4134.00

Fan 1630.00

Building advance 35000.00

Telephone advance 2500.00

Talley ERP 13500.00

Mahendra Bolero Vehicle 580423.00

Buildings 89450.00

Fund Receivable from NSDC

(Empower Pragathi Ltd &

Thiyarajar Educational Trust)

Sundry item

867000.00

94.00

142252

Total 2256853.00 Total 2256853.00

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NOTES ON ACCOUNTS OF ROSI FOUNDATION

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of preparation of financial statement The accounts are prepared on historical cost convention and comply with

the mandatory accounting standards issued by the institute on Chartered

Accounts of India.

Accounting Policies not specifically referred to otherwise be consistent and

in consonance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Fixed Assets and Depreciation Fixed Assets are stated at cost of acquisition or construction including directly attributable cost of bringing the asset to its working condition for intended use. Depreciation is provided on written down value method in

accordance with the rates prescribed in the income Tax Act, 1961. Video

show CD’s are written off over 2 years.

Inventories The Inventories are valued at cost or net realizable value whichever is lower

Revenue Recognition All income and expenditure items having a material bearing on the Financial

Statements are recognized on accrual basis excluding Government-Grants,

which are accounted on cash basis.

Foreign Currency Transactions Transactions in Foreign Currency are accounted at the exchange rate

prevailing on the date of realization.

2. Contingent Liabilities:

Bank Guarantee issued by the foundation: Rs. 24500/- Previous year’s

figures have been regrouped, recasted wherever necessary to confirm to

this year’s classification.

S.Palanivel

Chairman ROSI FOUNDATION