VARUNVOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR RURAL UPLIFTMENT AND NETWORKING

Type: Non-Formal Educational CentersPrimary Focus: Remedial Education Region : Rural Areas

August 2012

Purpose And Goals1. To increase the level of literacy and

intellectual development of the children in the targeted area.

2. To give technical instruction to increase skill level

3. To provide technical tools so that the local population can join the main stream society

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.

Again…another 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 Singh (moved from Sukhdeopur)

Shahpur Mr. Ramkrit

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)

6. Danavgarh Need to get the list

Timing of School : July to March : 09.30 to 3.30 P.M. April to June : 7.00 to 12.00 P. M.

Sn. No Name of village

Details of students Total Caste details Total Distance from main campusBoys 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 --

Number of students

S. N.

Name of Center

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

1 Dhobahi 6 5 2 5 1 1 1 - 2 - - - - - - - 12 11 23

2 Pathraur 7 12 5 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 - - - - - - 21 21 42

3 Hathini 4 3 3 4 2 3 - - 1 3 - - - - - - 10 13 23

4 Sukhdeopur 1 7 3 6 4 3 2 - 4 2 - - - - - - 15 17 32

5 Shahpur - - - - - - - - - - 7 8 13 13 10 12 30 33 63

5 Danogarh 22 10 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 36 16 52

Total 52 42 13 17 12 10 5 3 9 6 7 8 13 13 10 12 124 111 235

More details on number of students

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

1 Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls

2 Pathraur 7 12 5 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 42

3 Dobahi 6 5 2 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 23

4 Hathini 4 3 3 4 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 14 24

5 Sukhdeopur 1 6 3 6 4 3 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 17 31

6 Shahpur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 14 10 10 12 35 28 63

7 Danaogarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Estimated 40

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.

S.N. Name of Programme Place Date ParticipantsFemale Male Total

01 Training of Leadership Naugarh 30.04.12to 01.05.2012

-- 10 10 VARUN

02 Training of Leadership Dihari Onsone 16-17.04.2012

-- 01 01 GEMS

03 Annual Examination of all Center

All Centers 10-17.5.12 111 124 235 VARUN

04 Library Work Naugarh, Shahpur

3-4.06.12 -- 03 03 VARUN

Details of School Related Program

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.

S.N. Name of Programme Place Date Participants

Female Male Total01 Education Awareness

ProgrammeSukhdeopur, Shahpur

28.04.2012 44 62 106 VARUN & GEMS

02 Education Awareness Programme

Laltapur 29.04.2012 23 41 63 VARUN & GEMS

03 Education Awareness Programme

Danogarh, Parsiyan

01.05.2012 48 77 125 VARUN & GEMS

04 Education Awareness Programme

Deokhat 02.05.2012 32 46 78 VARUN & GEMS

05 Meeting of Right to Education

Patharaur, Jamsot

11.06.2012 -- 42 42 VARUN

06 Meeting of Right to Education

Shahpur, Sukhdeopur

12.06.2012 17 33 50 VARUN

07 Meeting of Right to Education

Dhobahi 16.06.2012 -- 24 24 VARUN

Details of Awareness Programme & R.T.E.

•RTI Activity (2011) (need to update)

S. No.

Application filed at Block levelS.No.

Application filed at District levelNo. of Application Matter Resolved Pending No. of Deptt. No. of

ApplicationMatter Resolved

Pending No. of Deptt.

1. 4 01 01 04 1. 01 - 01 01

S. No.Application filed at State level

No. of Application Matter Resolved Pending No. of Deptt.

1. 03 00 03 01

Gatherings Awareness Training

Number of gatherings

Number of villages Attendance # Sessions Attendance # sessions

# villages

1812 505 1 2000 7 7

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.

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

Details of Organise Women and Farmers Club Related Programmes

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.

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

Details of Agriculture

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

S.N. Name of Programme Place Date

01 Wall Writing Programme Pathraur, Jamsot, Shiopur, Sukhdeopur, Shahpur, Gahila

09.06.2012 02 Team

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

Wall Writing Program

Writings include educative and informative slogans and related messages

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 122800/- x 122400/- x 122000/- x 12 1800/- x 121700/- x 121800/- x 12

48,000.0033,600.0057.600.0024,000.0021,600.0020,400.0021,600.00

2,25,600/-2. Study Materials for 250 students @ 300/- 300/- x 250 75,000/-

3. Cultural Programs 2000/- x 5 10,000/- 4. Health Check Up of Children 3000/- x 4 12,000/-5. Repairing of centers 1500/- x 5 centers 7,500/-6. Meeting expenses, every month 250/- x 12 3,000/-7. Educational wall paintings 500/-x5 2,500/-

E. Teaching Aid (5 Centres) @ Rs.1000/centre 5000.00F. Teachers Training Expenses (2 No) @3000/ 6000.00G. Stationary (5 Centers) @ Rs.600/ 12 7200.00H. Tatpatti for 5 centres – 250 feet @ Rs.24/feet - 6000.00I. News Paper & Magazine (3 centres) @ 0/month 0 0 (removed)J. Communication @ Rs.800/month 12 9600.00K. Games materials- 5 centers @1000/- 5000.00L. Postage & Xe-rox @ Rs.400/month 12 4800.00M. Travel & Convenience @ Rs.1000/month 12 12000.00N. Others

1. Part time Accountant for proper accounting @ Rs.1000/month

2. Audit Fee3. 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.60006. Bike Repairing & Maintenance @ Rs.400/month7. Field Office Expenses @ Rs.1200/month

12-

6

9

1212

12000.00

2500.00 18000.00

18000.00

6000.004800.00

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

• 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

• 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

121212

121212

1212

12

39600.0037200.00

4800.0030000.00

52800.00

50400.0022800.0020400.0019200.0020400.0018000.0018000.0016800.00

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. Teaching Aid (6 Centres) @ Rs.500/centre 3000.00F. Teachers Training Expenses (1 No) @3000/ 3000.00G. Stationary (6 Centers) @ Rs.500/ 12 6000.00H. Tatpatti for 6 centres – 200 feet @ Rs.26/feet - 5200.00I. News Paper & Magazine (3 centres) @ Rs.150/month 12 1800.00J. Communication @ Rs.800/month 12 9600.00K. Postage & Xe-rox @ Rs.400/month 12 4800.00L. Travel & Convenience @ Rs.500/month 12 6000.00M. Others

1. Part time Accountant for proper accounting @ Rs.1000/month

2. Audit Fee3. 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.60006. Bike Repairing & Maintenance @ Rs.200/mnt7. Field Office Expenses @ Rs.1000/month

12-

6

12

1212

12000.00

2000.00 15000.00

13800.00

30000.006000.002400.00

12000.00

433100.00

Rs. 3,87,500.00Amount proposed for funding

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 12400/- x 122400/- x 122000/- x 12 x 21800/- x 121500/- x 121650/- x 121500/- 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/-2. Study Materials for 384 students @ 280/- 280/- x 384 1,07,520/-

3. Cultural Programs 8,000/- 4. Health Check Up of Children 4000/- x 3 12,000/-5. Repairing of centers 1500/- x 6 centers 9,000/-6. Meeting expenses, every month 250/- x 12 3,000/-7. Educational wall paintings 500/-x5 2,500/-

Budget for 2010-2011 (2)8. Miscellaneous:    

Stationary 300/- X 12 3,600/-  Telephone 700/- X 12 8,400/-  Postage + Xerox 400/- X 12 4,800/- Travel + Conveyance 700/- X 12 8,400/- Tattpatti 200 feet X @ 26/- 5,200/-News papers and magazines 150 x 12 x 3 centers 5,400/- 35,800/-

9. Games material 1000/- x 6 centers 6,000/-10. Teachers Training: Twice a year 2 X 4,000/- 8,000/- 11. Panchayat election awareness campaign 5 x 2,000/- 10,000/-12. Community Extension Worker

(Support SHG work in 3 villages) 2,250/- x 12   27,000/-

13 Education related Extension activities in 3 villages

12,000/- 12,000/-

Total expenses 4,89,820Community contribution - 12,000Net requirement from AFE 4,77,82

0Net 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%

reduced2011-2012: 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