Sankalp Day Care Centre, Kanpur

2013-2014 renewal

Background• Caters to children with special needs (autism, mental retardation,

speech & language issues, behavioral problems, learning disabilities)

• Project’s goal is with targeted attention and therapy, these kids can be nurtured to eventually become self-sufficient (Individual progress plans, 5-7 children per teacher, Physio/speech/behavioral therapy)

• Supported by Asha-SV since Fall 2009• Asha Stars project: Like any other Asha-SV project except the funds

sent are only those that have been directly donated to the project)• 80G income tax registration in India but no FCRA yet• Asha Kanpur oversees the project (funds are sent to them, they

disburse it and review funds utilization); they also try to raise funds locally

Current statistics• Students - 47• Staff - 7 teachers for classes - 1 craft and dance teacher - 1 computer trainer (part time) - 1 speech assistant, 1 (visiting) speech therapist - 1 psychologist (visiting 5 days a week) - 2 physiotherapists (visiting 5 days a week) - 1 occupational therapist (visiting 5 days a week) - 1 office attendant - 2 aya and 1 male attendant• 1 hired van and 2 hired autorickshaws for the transport of the

children.

School building

Very small “classes”

Per abilities of child

Individual attention as needed

Activities like shape recognition/matching, color recognition as appropriate

Helping others

Computer knowledge

Speech therapy

Physiotherapy

Occupational therapy

Students progress summary • Our children have steadily shown improvement in their performances in all areas of

development.– We have enrolled 6 of our children for taking LEVEL “A” exam (equivalent to grade 3)

conducted by NIOS(national institute for open schooling).

– The best thing visible during the past year was that most of the children are taking interest in various activities.

– During the past year, we tried to give freedom to our children to decide whether they wanted to do a certain activity or not. We found out that this has created a sense of responsibility in the children along with an increased satisfaction level.

– All children are now routinely participating in outdoor activities and games. A trainer from local chapter of special olympics is now coming once a week to train teachers and children. This physical activity has improved the alertness level of children in classroom.

– In some children, the improvement was not as significant due to various problems like severe base line condition of the child, repeated medical illnesses, irregular timings at school, inadequate and/or improper inputs at home due to various types of limitations faced by parents.

• See Case Studies document/ppt.

Students activities• Sports

– Our children took part in all 3 inter-school events organized by local chapter of special olympics as well as the yearly inter-school games organized by Rotary club and won many prizes.

• Cultural– As always, we celebrated all the festivals throughout the year with simple

necessary rituals to make the children aware of our customs. – Our 5th annual day was celebrated in April, 2012 and the children

presented a wonderful cultural show. People said that their performance was almost equivalent to the performances of primary sections of normal schools.

• Art and craft

– Our annual craft exhibition and sale was held in November ’12 and the handicraft items made by the children were appreciated by all.

– With aid from Lions Club, our centre organized an inter-school drawing and colouring competition in December ‘12 in which, 105 children participated.

Public awareness1. Our organization hosted Regional Parent’s Meet (north India) of PARIVAAR,

the national confederation of parent’s association in august ‘12. There were about 125 participants which included parents of special children and their caregivers. Of this, around 30 participants were from smaller districts surrounding Kanpur.

2. Participated in disability assessment and supportive aid distribution camp organized by IMA, Kanpur and ALIMCO, Kanpur in December ‘12.

3. Organized a presentation for parents regarding the facilities provided by the Government for special children by members of Local Legislative Council of National Trust for welfare of children with developmental delays.

4. Organized visits of children from St. Mary’s convent school, DPS Kalyanpur and Sheiling House school to sensitize them towards our special children.

5. Organized a lecture followed by one to one interaction with special children for B.Ed students from DGPG college, Kanpur and Home science students of CSA university, Kanpur.

Parent’s education• In the Regional Parent’s Meet, we had series of lectures by speakers from

Delhi, Kolkata and Lucknow on various topics of practical relevance of parents. The lectures included

# “importance of early intervention in a child with developmental delays”, # “role of families in protecting rights of PwDDs” # “improving lives of PwDDs through formation of self help groups” # “support for transition from school to work” # “disability legislations”• In view of our observation that only few parents participated in group

sessions as they were all from very different social strata, we stressed on one to one interaction with parents to educate them about their child’s problems.

• We have also started weekly psychiatric consultation clinic at our centre by eminent child psychiatrist, Dr. Unnati Kumar for handling specific problems of children where he gives specific instructions to the parents and the teacher on how to handle the problem.

Teacher’s training• Our teaching staff is largely unqualified. In past, we had

recruited few teachers with degree in special education but we found out that the way they were handling the children was not good (it was observed that special education courses in UP are opted by students who could not succeed in any other field and so, what they were taught was not what they were delivering at work). So, we prefer unqualified teachers and train them slowly according to the literature available from National Institute for Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad.

• We are now holding weekly sessions for teachers where we discuss the problem they are encountering in handling the children or we orient the teachers on specific topics as per the need felt.

Sheiling house kids visiting to tie Rakhi

Christmas celebration

Craft exhibition

Craft exhibition

Sankalp kid at Special Olympics

Drawing competition

Drawing competition

Drawing competition

Drawing competition

Annual Day

Annual Day

Annual Day

Annual Day

Annual Day

Annual Day

Regional Parents Meet

Regional Parents Meet

Regional Parents Meet

Lecture for parents on dealing with problems on spiritual level

Budget for 2013-2014 MONTHLY BUDGET FOR THE YEAR APRIL 2013 TO MARCH 2014 ESTIMATED EXPENSES- RENT FOR THE PREMISES- Rs. 10,000/- CONVEYANCE EXPENSES- Rs. 30,500/- (18,500/- for van, 7000/- for one autorickshaw and 5000/- for another autorickshaw) SALARY- TEACHERS (7) - Rs. 18,400/- COMPUTER TEACHER - Rs. 2000/- CRAFT TEACHER- Rs. 2500/- COORDINATOR - Rs. 2000/- AYA (2) - Rs. 4000/- SWEEPER - Rs. 2800/- PSYCHOLOGIST- Rs. 4000/- PHYSIOTHERAPIST- Rs. 7000/- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - Rs. 12000/- SPEECH THERAPIST- Rs. 2000/- SPEECH ASSISTANT- Rs. 2500/- MISCELLANEOUS- Rs. 1500/- TOTAL MONTHLY EXPENSES Rs. 1,01,200/- RECIEPT FROM CHILDREN (FEES +CONVEYANCE)- Rs. 40,450/-

FIXED PRIVATE DONATIONS- Rs. 13,000/-TOTAL RECIEPT- Rs.53,450/-

NET DEFICIT- Rs. 47,750/- per month (which comes to Rs. 5,73,000/- for 12 months.)

Expenses in 2011-2012(accounts for FY 2012-2013 are yet to be made)

• Total expenses incurred during 1st april, 2011 to 31st march,2012 - (1) Salary : 5,09,850/- (2) Conveyances : 3,29,800/- (3) Rent : 1,20,000/- (4) Celebrations and functions : 6,210/- (5) Repair and maintenance : 4,570/- (6) Stationary and craft : 4,459/- (7) Miscellaneous : 12,010/- Total expenditure : 9,86,899/-

• Total amount received from children as fees and conveyance charges- Rs. 4,57,700/-

• Difference: Rs.5,29,199/-• Asha SV approved 3,71,400 & sent $7,081

2011-2012 budgetMONTHLY BUDGET FOR THE YEAR APRIL 2011 TO MARCH 2012 ESTIMATED EXPENSES- RENT FOR THE PREMISES- 10,000/- CONVEYANCE EXPENSES- 25,000/- SALARY- TEACHERS- Rs. 18,900/- (7 for classes, 1 for afternoon session) 2 HELPERS + 1 SWEEPER- 5,000/-

PSYCHOLOGIST- Rs. 4,000/- PHYSIOTHERAPIST- Rs. 6,000/- SPEECH THERAPIST- Rs. 2,000/- SPEECH ASSISTANT- Rs. 2,300/- MISCELLANEOUS- Rs. 1,000/- TOTAL MONTHLY EXPENSES Rs.74,200/- RECIEPT FROM CHILDREN (FEES +CONVEYANCE)- Rs. 38,750/-

FIXED PRIVATE DONATIONS- Rs. 4,500/- TOTAL RECIEPT- Rs.43,250/-

NET DEFICIT- Rs.30,950/- • April 2011 – March 2012 (12 months) Rs.3,71,400/-

Misc updates• We have submitted a proposal to Kanpur Nagar Nigam for allotment of an

already existing building where we can start our Vocational training centre. And we have received a positive response so far.

• We have submitted a proposal to LIC of India under its golden jubilee fund scheme for purchase of a van for the school to reduce the expenses incurred in transportation of children. Their officials have already visited our centre and we got an encouraging feedback from them.

Problems • Money is still the major factor governing the activities. • Availability of good teaching staff and good therapists is also a problem if we

wish to further improve our work.• As before, space for expansion is still needed if we wish to attend to more

children or give them vocational trainings. But we hope to get the space from KNN soon.