Train and Educate Adolescents with Community Help (TEACH) run by ABHAS

Primary Steward: Nikhil Ravi

Project Description

Location: Tughlakabad, Delhi Area (urban/rural): Urban Primary focus: Girls Project type: Non-Formal Educational Centers Amount requested (US$): 15215 Purpose of funding request: Expansion of current project,

operating expenses, linking to income-generation

Project Goals Current Condition of Beneficiaries

Average monthly family income: Rs 2200/month Female literacy rate: 42% (male: 70%) Lot of girls drop out of school

Support family income Take care of younger siblings

Short-Term Objectives Mainstream drop out girls Help never enrolled girls complete basic education Capacity building through vocational and life skills programs

5-Year Vision Develop a replicable model for the empowerment of adolescent girls Address social/developmental needs of adolescent girls Partner with other organizations and expand program to other slums in

Delhi

Project Background/Impact

Funded for last 2 years by Asha Stanford Successes/Impact Thus Far

Girls Interest Center opened with funding from Asha Classes to link drop out girls with National Inst. of Open Schooling

(NIOS) – 50 girls Vocational training – cushion making, appliqué work – 150 girls Computer center – training in MS Office, multimedia educational CDs

Challenges Poverty levels in community Lack of awareness, backward thinking of parents Lack of basic health/sanitation facilities Only 2 MCD schools catering to over 2000 students

Organization Description Action Beyond Help and Support (ABHAS) Mission Statement: Empower women and adolescents by promoting

their partnerships so as to help them lead a better quality of life by addressing critical issues of Education, Gender and Health

Founded: Oct 2002 Projects/activities

Based in Kachi colony, Tughlakabad, and Kotla village, Delhi Reached out to more than 1200 children through

15 learning centers under govt’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Scholarship program providing academic support to girls Children’s community library Early Childhood Care And Development Centres for 3 to 6 year old children

Existing Infrastructure/Facilities

Staff Full-time workers from ABHAS – 5-8 Teachers hired for different programs such as

Linking drop out girls with NIOS (funded by Asha) Computer center (funded by Asha) Tailoring (funded by Asha) Learning centers

Infrastructure One Girls Interest Center in the colony (funded by Asha)

Curriculum/Pedagogy

Curriculum Currently Used NIOS approved curriculum for the program linking drop out girls with

them Computer center: Govt. approved Certificate course in computers Vocational training: Accredited with Jan Shiskha Sansthan, Ministry

of HRD

Teacher/Student Ratio NIOS: Currently about 1:25 Computer center: Each batch – about 1:15 Tailoring work: Each batch – about 1:15

Expected Outcomes/What After? Expected outcomes

Linking girls dropped out from school get a high school degree through the NIOS system, access to higher education

Income generations for girls learning vocational skills, higher self-esteem Develop education model to meet the needs of underprivileged adolescent

girls living in urban slum communities Address social/developmental needs of adolescent girls Increased understanding on the rights of the girl child, women issues and

laws. Measures of Success

No. of girls enrolled for basic literacy, vocational trainings, and life skills development.

No. of girls identified and linked with open school Performance of these girls in exams Perception of families and the community

Original Budget Proposed for 2007

One more Girls Interest Center set up Additional NIOS instructor New center for beauty culture and fashion designing Salaries for

Instructors for beauty culture and fashion designing Full time, teaching 3 batches with about 15 girls each

Existing instructors for NIOS, cutting/tailoring, computers

Training in Basic life skills and child rights Administration Total: $14670

Changes to Original Budget Proposal

Based on questions raised at project presentation at Stanford

Attaining self-sustainability Form self-help groups for girls receiving vocational training Train them in processing orders, quality control, marketing Girls Interest Center also organized as placement cell to link

Tailoring courses with with export houses in Okhla Ind. Area Beauty culture programs with beauty parlors nearby

Full-time coordinator for this User fee from community once placement cell becomes functional

Cancelled plans for fashion designing course

Budget for Requested Funding: NIOS Program

S.No. Particulars ABHAS Contribution

Community contribution

Requested Amount (Rs.)

1. Two Girls Interest Centres

Existing centre Rent x @ Rs 7000 x 12 months (Recurring)

New centre for Beauty culture @Rs 3000 x12

1,20,000

2. Linking drop outs with National Open School (One time)

37 Adolescents x @ Rs 1500 (Examination fees, Course

Material, Reference books, special tuition) in a year.

55,500

3. 2 NIOS Instructor @ 4500 x 2 x12 month

1,08,000

Budget for Requested Funding: Vocational Training1. Salary of the instructor – Beauty

culture @ 5000x12Rs. 150 per month by students for raw material and exam fee.

60,000

2. Salary of instructor – Cutting and tailoring @ 4000x12

Rs 35 per month

48,000

3. Computer Instructor @6000 x 12 months

Computer lab with 6 computers and their AMC

72,000

4. Set up cost for Vocational courses and Maintenance

20, 000 12,000

5. Linking the vocational training to income generation program

Salary of the co-ordinator @8000 x 12 months

96,000

Budget for Requested Funding: Others1. Training in Basic life skills 100 adolescents (4

groups) (One time)

Trainer @ Rs 5000 per group x 4groups

Training venue and IEC materials -5000

25000

2. Training in Child rights

Trainer @ 5000 per group x 4 groups

Training venue and IEC materials -5000

25000

3. Administration

Accountant part time

Local Travel

Stationery/Photocopy

Telephone/fax

Audit fee

Documentation/Report writing

(Total cost is 8 % of the project )

48000

Total Amount in Rs 6,69,500Amount in Dollars @ Rs 44 $15,215

Other Funding Sources

This program primarily funded by Asha-Stanford Other programs funded by

Government of India’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: 15 learning centers Room to Read, India: Girl’s scholarship program USAID funded Reach India prog: Educational centers HPS social welfare foundation: Community library India Sponsor Foundation: Self-help group program

Plans for self-sufficiency Major part of this proposal is focused on attaining self-sustainability Coordinator to link girls with income generating opportunities Organize Girls Interest Center as placement cell for jobs

Site Visit Report

Site visit conducted: 8th January 2007 Visited Girls Interest Center at Kachi colony in Tughlakabad Significant progress since project start

Girls taking classes for NIOS all highly enthusiastic about classes Some girls taking classes in vocational skills already doing

tailoring/mending work etc in their community Teachers and ABHAS workers appear to be very sincere in their

efforts Interaction between ABHAS workers/teachers and the beneficiaries

very positive Increase in level of confidence and self-esteem

Site Visit Report

ABHAS Girls Interest Center in Kacchi colony, Tughlakabad

Site Visit Report

NIOS class in Girls Interest Center

Site Visit Report

Cutting/ tailoring class in Girls Interest Center

Site Visit Report

Outside the local MCD school

Site Visit Report

Income disparity in the colony – a typical house as compared to the house of the local MLA

Site Visit Report

Nearby school where ABHAS has a library program

Site Visit Report

Lasting images…..

SWOT AnalysisStrengths/Opportunities ABHAS is well established by now

in the community Basic infrastructure has been set up Work so far has really affected the

community positively Sincere and qualified group of

workers Focus also on developing holistic

life skills, education about child rights, creating awareness in the community

Work done based on research and surveys conducted in the community

Clear and realistic plan for the future

Weaknesses/Risks Still many families resistant to

sending girls to school Backward thinking still very

prevalent Basic health/sanitation problems in

the community Local government representative

not actively supportive, though no opposition

ABHAS core team still quite small

Steward Recommendation

Recommend funding the project for the next year in partnership with Asha-Silicon Valley

Advise ABHAS to try, in the coming year, to look out for other sources of funding Tie-ups with other NGOs Try to garner local governmental support Focus on creating more awareness in the community so that the

community can step forward to take up more of the costs

Keep a close track on the implementation of the income generation scheme, and the work of the coordinator for the same Quarterly progress reports to monitor progress