0 Freedom Through Education Round Table India. 1 Community Service Internationa l Relations Self Development Fellowship We are an organization of young.

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Freedom Through Education

Round Table India

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Round Table India

Community Service

International

Relations

Self Development

Fellowship

We are an organization of young achievers driven by our aims and objects of community service, self development, fellowship, and fostering international relations.

This unique movement works through “Tables” comprising 20-25 members.

Round Table India is an active member of the world wide organization of World Council of Service Clubs and Round Table International.

Member of Word Council of Service Clubs

Key Objects of Round Table

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Round Table India- “Service through Fellowship”

From a small beginning in 1957 at Chennai, Round Table India has grown to 180 Tables. Round Table India has a National & Regional leadership with a pan India reach in 75 cities and towns.

The profile of the 2500 members include professionals & businessmen with diverse backgrounds and talents.

Members commit their time and talent to community service in the spirit of fellowship.

180 TablesNational Leadership 11 Regional Areas

Reach in 75 Cities and Towns

2500 MembersAge group 25 -40

Diverse backgrounds and talents

Service through Fellowship

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EconomicdevelopmentEconomicdevelopment

• Education: allows individuals to get jobs, support themselves financially and improve their standard of living

• Education: allows individuals to get jobs, support themselves financially and improve their standard of living

HealthHealth• Helps raise awareness of and achieve good

health, helps protect children from disease• Helps raise awareness of and achieve good

health, helps protect children from disease

Social progressSocial progress

• Helps improve self esteem and status in society

• Improves the quality of public debate; enables people to recognise and assert their rights

• Helps reduce social and communal tensions

• Helps improve self esteem and status in society

• Improves the quality of public debate; enables people to recognise and assert their rights

• Helps reduce social and communal tensions

PopulationPopulation

• Helps control population growth by raising awareness of need for and methods of family planning, and giving women a greater say in family planning decisions

• Helps control population growth by raising awareness of need for and methods of family planning, and giving women a greater say in family planning decisions

Universal primary education has both social and economic benefits

THE GOAL IS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION IN INDIA

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GIVEN THE NEED AND OUR COMPETENCE, ROUND TABLE CONCENTRATES ON THE “ ELEMENTS” IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

• Provision of Pucca Class rooms, so that the children are protected from the vagaries of the weather

• Proper play ground, play pen and playing equipment for all round development

• Provision of drinking water/ Bore well where required.

• Clean and pollution free environment. Emphasis on Hygiene by providing Toilets in all schools built.

Fire

Earth

Water

Air

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ROUND TABLE HAS SET ITSELF A NATION BUILDING TASK

Our Target

Create infrastructure for educating under privileged

Children

Our Approach

Supplement existing initiatives working on Universalizing Primary

Education (UPE) through partnerships with the

Governments, NGOs and Corporates

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3800 classrooms in 1200 Schools built across the Country.

Over 800,000 Children benefited.

Rs 80 crores spent.

Partnership with Donors, NGOs and State Governments.

Increased enrollment and retention

Ownership by the communityDonors Government

NGOs

OUR SUCCESS SO FAR

We have witnessed dramatic surges in enrollment and retention when a clean and cheerful environment is provided. We have also seen communities take ownership of the infrastructure created.

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Case Study - With Donors

Round Table Netherlands & India

• Partnership with fellow International Tablers•Dutch Twinning started in 2000.• Matching contribution by RT India Tables.•Leveraging of funds through other agencies like Cordiad, Novib – Doubling contribution.•Built around 100 schools till date at the cost of about Rs 6 crores

Wipro Corporation

•Gujarat Earthquake in 2001•Round Table has been part of all relief activities from Lathur, Orissa, Kargil to Gujarat.•Round Table’s appeal raises over Rs. 2.7 crores.•Wipro Corporation donates Rs. 80 lacs•14 schools built in the Earthquake regions at the cost of Rs. 2.7 crores

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Case Study - With other NGOs

Pratham

•Partnership that blossomed with the Mumbai Tablers.•Funding of Pratham projects – Balwadi’s Bridge Courses, Balsakhi programs.• Tables across the country helped Pratham to incubate in each city – helping with Admn, banks, coordinations.•Implemented projects in Mumbai, Surat, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Patna and Delhi.

MV Foundation

•Built over 12 schools schools in Ranga Reddy District at a cost of Rs 25 lacs.

•Built 10 schools in Nalagonda District at a cost of Rs 35 lacs.

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Case Study - With State Governments

Project Paathshala – Govt. of Karnataka•MOU with the Karnataka Govt. to build class rooms and schools in Govt. schools in Karnataka.• SDMC’s contribute 50% towards the construction of the schools •Under project Paathshala – 150 schools built.•Round Table identify areas where schools will be built with BOE’s• Complete execution by Round Table

Janmabhoomi – Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

•MOU with Andhra Pradesh Government under Janmabhoomi scheme.•Build class rooms and schools in Govt. schools in Andhra Pradesh.• Upto 70% funding from the Govt.• Over 75 schools built.•Schools built and handed over to the Govt.

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SOME OF RTI’S SCHOOLS

Name of School Govt. High SchoolSundakamuthur, Coimbatore

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Children Benefited 600

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SOME OF RTI’S SCHOOLS

Name of School School Building at Hosur, Hubli

Class Rooms Built 4

Children Benefited 240

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SOME OF RTI’S SCHOOLS

Name of School Presidency School, Chennai

Class Rooms Built 6

Children Benefited 300

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SOME OF RTI’S SCHOOLS

Name of School Samata Vidyalaya, Pune

Class Rooms Built 6

Children Benefited 300

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SOME OF RTI’S SCHOOLS

Name of School Mandi Vidya Niketan, Delhi

Class Rooms Built 14

Children Benefited 700

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Inaugurating a Round Table School

Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

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Our Brand Ambassadors

Mr. R K Mishra at a press conference promoting

Freedom Through Education

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Our Brand Ambassadors

Actor Madhavan

inaugurating a Round Table School

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Accountability of Round Table India

Round Table India is a ZERO Overhead Organization

Round Table India Trust is registered under Section 12 AA of Income Tax act

Accounts of Round Table India are audited annually by reputed auditors.

Round Table India conducted Road Shows in the US last year – US$ 110,000 raised from various donors which resulted in 18 schools being built across the country at a total cost of US$ 350,000

Dutch World Tour for Children – Group of 45 Dutch Nationals traveled across the country. 18 Schools were built with Euro 90,000 contribution leading to total spending of Euro 300,000

Regular Updates of schools built sent to Donors alongwith photographs

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Round Table India’s Initiatives

Round Table India always helps in times of Natural Disasters:

• At the time of Orissa Cyclone, immediate relief work carried out and 14 school cum shelters were built under CYSD at an outlay of Rs. 16 Million (USD 327,000)

• At the time of Gujarat Earthquake, apart from immediate relief work, 14 schools were built at a total cost outlay of Rs. 26 Million (USD 531,000)

• During the current Tsunami crisis, immediate relief work being carried out in most affected areas in Tamil Nadu, Kerala & Andhra Pradesh. Long term plan of rebuilding large number of schools cum shelters together with the Government in the affected areas, besides rehabilitating fishermen with fishing boats and nets.

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Our Record

WE HAVE BUILT 3800 CLASSROOM IN LAST 10 YEARS

CLASSROOMS IN LAST 5 YEARS

Year 2004 299 Classrooms US $ 1.03 MillionYear 2005 391 Classrooms US $ 1.35 MillionYear 2006 878 Classrooms US $ 4.31 MillionYear 2007 596 Classrooms US $ 2.54 MillionYear 2008 342 Classrooms US $ 2.56 Million

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Round Table India seeks to bring about this transformation in partnership with Pravasi Bhartiyas, NGOs and the Government in their chosen Geographical and Infrastructure focus.

Round Table India will contribute and ensure proper deployment of the funds and timely execution of the project.

Partnership for Transformation

Industry/NGO/Govt.

Round Table

Monitoring

by Area and the national

Board

TimelyExecution

by the Tables

Contribution

Proportionate

Contribution

100% Funds to the project

Transformationin the chosen Geographical

and Infrastructure

focus

Infrastructure focus

Geographical Focus

Partnership for Transformation

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PROJECT EXECUTION

Key activities involved in construction Round Table’s Proposition

Site identification

Building blue-print development

Material procurement

Construction project management

Round Table’s key proposition includes• Significant

involvement at all stages

• Project management skills and experience

• Obtain list of potential sites from Block Education officer and conduct independent need assessment

• Develop low cost and efficient plans for school based on standard modules already developed

• Efficient procurement of materials with direct involvement of local tablers

• Local tablers closely monitor project to ensure timely and quality completion at optimal costs

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Our invitation

Identifiedby RTI

Identified by the Donor

Native State or

Place

Infrastructure

We invite you to participate in our program “ Freedom through Education”

across the country.

Across the

Country

Complete School

Toilet Blocks

Additional Class rooms

Water Facilities

• Cost of one Class Room - US $ 7,500 • Cost of 2 Class Room Block – US $ 15,000• Cost of 3 Class Room Block – US $ 22,500• Cost of Model School with 5 Class Rooms, Head Master’s Room, Toilet, Play Area, Drinking Water facilities, etc – US $ 37,000

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WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO

YOU

JOINING US IN THIS

NATION BUILDING TASK

THANK YOU