Rural Development Foundation Educate Engage Empower
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Rural Development Foundation
Educate Engage Empower
The Rural Development Foundation is striving to reach
the most neglected and underprivileged rural children by providing quality education as a
vehicle for transformation, particularly in the districts of
Andhra Pradesh.
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RDF was set up to provide quality education to rural, underprivileged children in Andhra Pradesh
It has grown from 80 students in 1 school in 1 village to over 1500 children enrolled in 4 schools and 1 Junior College in 4 villages
115 locally sourced dedicated, teaching & non teaching staff
Provides access to quality education: holistic model incorporating academic, life skills and extra curricular activities
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Name Designations
Mr. GVS Prasad Chairman
Mr. Arjun Rao Vice Chairman
Ms. Vandita Rao Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Sridhar Chari Director and Treasurer
Mr. Kiran Addala Director- Member Finance committee
Ms. Neena Rao Advisor Strategy
Mr. Utham Kumar Advisor Strategy
Prof. E Haribabu Director
Ms. Deepika Rao Director
Mr. C S Rao Director
Capt. J Rama Rao Director
Mr. Turjya N Ganguly
Director
Mr. Hemanth Agarwal
Director
Dr. Savita Date Menon
Director
Mr. Arun Kumar Dukkipati
Director
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Name Designations
Mr. Sunil Erraballi President
Dr Raja Rao Secretary
Mr. Erik Kaeding Treasurer
Prof Glenn Davis Stone
Director
Mr. Yoga Saripalli Director
Dr Srisha Rao Directorhttp://indiarural.org/
www.rdfdonate.org. This allows donors to make monthly direct debits to children
http://www.indiarural.org/donate_money.htmDonations can be mailed to IRDF, 439 Camille Cir. #14, San Jose, CA 95134
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Grow by Reading in partnership with Hippocampus Learning, Bangaluru
Whole School Evaluation in partnership with expert Education analysts
Social Awareness Program in partnership with individual supporters
Academic Development in partnership with Silver Oaks –The school of Hyderabad and individual supporters
Career Guidance, Life Skills and Extracurricular Programs in partnership with GE Capital, Washington University and individual supporters
Sports Development in partnership with
Tata Archery Academy,
Jamshedpur; Government Sports
Schools and individual
supporters
Capacity building and skill development workshops / trainings for the teaching and non teaching staff
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CfBT – Conducted free workshops in physics and mathematics in RDF schools in the beginning of the current academic year.
- CfBT Partially sponsored
Butterfly fields – Science/Mathematics concepts learning by doing/experiential learning - Grades 6 to 8 in Rollakal & Redlawada - beneficiaries 150 students & teachers - sponsored by Mr Anant Pai
Kalleda school exclusively has got i. English Helper - paid programme ii. Khan Academy – Sponsored and
initiated by Value labs iii. Grow by Reading - paid programme Magic Bus – The concept of using sports as medium for
team spirit, physical and mental health augmentation -Sponsored by Ms Vandita Rao
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Over 3000 students and families impacted through RDF’s education initiatives 15 National Archery Champions and a Beijing Olympian
Selection to National Archery academies and Government Sports Colleges leading to reduced Financial burden on parents
Over 600 alumni pursuing vocational and degree courses; increasing literacy rates in villages of operation
Decreased child marriage and child labour over 17 years due to excellent attendance and negligent drop out rates in schools
Provides employment to local literate and skilled people
In State and district level sport events for under 14 and under 17, RDF’s children have won several prizes in Fencing, Kho Kho, Karate, Running, Kabbaddi, Long jump, High jump, Shot put, Discus throw
2 students got selected for State level Yoga competitions.
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For the last two consecutive years RDF Kalleda School achieved a 100% pass percentage in 10th board examinations.
P. Upagna from RDF Kalleda School got 10 / 10 points in SSC exams, 2012-13.
27 Students from RDF Kalleda School participated in State and District level Science talent tests/fairs
RDF Vanitha Achutha Pai Vidyalaya – S. Navyasri (MPC Ist year, English Medium) got 431/470 and B. Naresh (MPC 2nd year, English medium) got 912/1000.
K. Rekha, N. Rekha, K. Varalaxmi,
D. Kalyani & G.Sumalatha of
Matendla School received 3 awards
on International Women’s Day
event at Ravindra Bharathi,
HyderabadReceived ‘INSPIRE’ award from the Central Govt for innovation in Science. Class 8 student, M. Rajesh was selected for creating a sprinkler system from recycled materials. In previous years, RDF Kalleda and Rollakal Schools have also won this award
Abhilash, G. Rani and P. Umarani’s essays, ‘Situations of Rural Students of India’. were telecast by BBC in 2007
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Sponsor A ChildSponsor a student in an RDF School. The funding will ensure no matter the hardships faced by the child’s family, they will remainin school.Cost: Rs. 7,500 and Rs. 10,000 per annum.
For just Rs. 650-850 per month, the child will get access to education, a nutritious midday meal, textbooks, notebooks & uniforms.
Sponsorship Through Endowment:Sponsor a child by contributing to our endowment fund – Plan for a minimum of $368/Rs 22500 to a maximum $12295/ Rs 750000
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Sponsor A ClassroomSponsor a Classroom and make dream a reality for 25-30 children. Our classrooms have a healthy teacher- student ratio of 1:30
To ensure that all these children remain in school, the annual cost is
Rs. 2, 25,000 in primary school and Rs. 3, 00,000 in high school approximately
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Sponsor A Meal
“A healthy body begets a healthy mind”RDF students and staff receive a free, nutritious
midday meal every dayCommemorate a loved one’s birthday or special day
via an ‘Annadanam’Amount: Rs. 21,000 per day to feed 1500 kids
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Sponsor Infrastructure DevelopmentA donation of Rs. 4 Lakh for construction of a classroom enables 400 children to graduate over a period of 10 years.
Rs. 60 Lakh will ensure the children get better school building with 10 classrooms, toilets, drinking water, library, dining hall and sports facilities.
RDF can name the building in the name of the donor
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Academic performance - D. Babu got 3993 rank in EAMCET & joined KIMS (medical college).
Purna chandar got 9.7 GPA out of 10 in 10th class. He got 4000 rank in polytechnic Entrance test & got free seat in Hyderabad polytechnic college with hostel facility.
Political achievement - Sarpanch - Banoth Vijay Kumar said that, “RDF’s values of Educate, Engage and Empower always remained in my heart”.
Sports achievements – Archery- Two girls from Kalleda School, Lavanya and Sharada, got selected for the India under 18 junior team. They came first and third. They will represent India in the junior world championships.
Sumalatha, our alumni student, completed her PET training with good rank.
Mr. Vinod, first batch student, completed MBBS.Kumari Srivani, first batch student, completed her BAMS.
RDF INSTITUTIONSAlumni Information
S.No ActivityNo of Alumni
KalledaNo of Alumni
Matendla
No of Alumni
JC KalledaTotal alumni 485 261 587
1 Studying 377 143 3322 Govt Jobs 5 1 1
3Anganvadi Contract Teachers
5 0 0
4 Private Jobs 40 25 205 Married / Discontinued 55 92 2336 Expired 3 0 1
Total 485 261 587
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Email: [email protected]: +91 94901 62640
Rural Development FoundationH.No. 6-2-962/1, Lane Opp KGN Xerox Centre
Near & Opp to Nirmala SchoolKhairatabad, Hyderabad – 500004
Andhra Pradesh, India
To view two short video on RDF, please visit -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYKvmJrUQNw and
VERY FINAL -RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.mov
For more information, please visit
Website: www.rdfindia.orgBlog: rdfblog.wordpress.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/RuralDevelopmentFoundationFlicker: www.flickr.com/photos/kalledaphotoproject/7802971922/in/photostream
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