FOR EDUCATION Asha for Education Cairn Energy (project proposal) Dec. 2002.

FOR EDUCATION

Asha for Education

Cairn Energy

(project proposal)Dec. 2002

FOR EDUCATIONOutline

Part I(a) Asha's MissionChapters across the world, Projects, Learning curve(b) Asha Chennai History & Achievements

Part IIReport Card on Education in IndiaAsha Chennai Vision

Part IIICairn ProposalValue Proposition

Bios & References

FOR EDUCATION Our Mission

To catalyze socio-economic change through education for the underprivileged children in India

• Action Group• Focus on basic education• Apolitical and secular• Volunteerism• Zero overhead

Core Values

FOR EDUCATION A Vibrant Global Movement

• At most major universities• At most large metro with concentrations of Indians

• 34 Chapters in the US. 6 Chapters in India. 10 Chapters in the pipeline.

FOR EDUCATION Over 150 projects in 2001

$850K disbursed towards

150 projects

Initially centered on metros

Consciously prioritizingprojects in rural areas in this new decade

FOR EDUCATION

GovtNutritionEmpoweringInaccessibleBonded

Tech supportSustainableViolence tornChild labor

Curriculum Devt

Special EdMetrosSpecial Needs

Non-secular groups

Teacher Training

Value basedSlumsIssue sensitive

Religious groups

ClothesTechnology enabled

StreetSex workers

Lone ranging heros

Teaching aidsMobileUrbanMigrant

Secular NGOsTeacher SalaryNon formalRuralLandless

Established NGOs

InfrastructFormalHillyGender

DriversSupported ItemsEducation TypeAreaSegment

Education Matrix

A unique perspective through collective learning in Asha from over 200 Asha projects

FOR EDUCATION Striving to be More than Funding Agency

• Deeper involvement in projects– Project visits– Asha Stars– Asha 2000 study

• Learning about issues– Universal Quality Education (UQE)– Quality of education (Research) – Understanding and influencing govt’s role (UPE, Lobby)– Holistic approach (100block)

• Raising awareness about issues locally – Giving talks/presentations at various forums– Newsletters and discussion forums (Jagriti, Publicity, Discussion)

Names in brackets are Asha focus groups

Personal involvement and leadership firstFundraising secondSustainable development next

FOR EDUCATION Asha’s Learning Curve 1991-2002

Team goal UQE 2047

Common Agenda

Large scale impact Evolve into People’s movements

Models for sustainable development Connect to livelihood

Greater awareness Projects-Centric Action Do something, anything!

FOR EDUCATION 2002 Magsaysay Award

Emergent Leadership

Sandeep Pandey, co-founder of Asha for Education, was awarded the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for the "empowering example of his commitment to the transformation of India's marginalized poor".

FOR EDUCATION

When we dream alone,When we dream alone,it is only a dream.it is only a dream.When we dream together, When we dream together, it is no longer a dream;it is no longer a dream;It is the beginning of a It is the beginning of a Reality.Reality.

than thisthan this more of thismore of this

The HopeThe Hope

FOR EDUCATION Asha Chennai History• Several projects in Chennai and Vicinity have been funded by Asha

chapters ever since 1992.• In 2000 Dr D. Prakash started the Asha-Pride project “to make the

Besant Nagar area a pride of Chennai”. This project was run by Asha as opposed to funding projects run by other NGOs.

• Asha-Chennai has grown since then to include more than 10 highly committed volunteers in India and several more contributing remotely from the US, Singapore etc.

Coordinators are Lakshmi (Principal of Olcott Memorial School) & Rajaram (Alumni of IIT Madras Computer Science Dept).

• In financial year 2002-2003, the project disbursements are expected to exceed Rs. 10 Lakhs (US $20000).

• Asha-Chennai is currently actively managing 6 projects. In the coming months we would be adding several more projects to the list.

• Asha Chennai leading UQE Chennai 2007 Aug 15 project with an initial focus on disability segment.

FOR EDUCATION Asha Chennai Project Overview• Udhavum Karangal

– 1992 - Education activities in Udavum Karangal project taken up for support. The second chapter of Asha-LA founded by DP contributes $1500 towards this, its first project.

– 1995 - The number of children at Udavum Karangal grows from 150 to over 300 Vidyakar advises to "put involvement ahead of fund raising" to develop character in the volunteer base.

– 1997 - A number of Asha chapters support Udavum Karangal independently. Number of children grows to 550 Realizing the need for a non-linear solution, Asha helps purchase the first computer for Udavum Karangal computer center. Later on, Sundar of Vedas would pick up from this experience and build the Vedas computer center interconnecting 15 Pentiums.

– 2000 - Asha supports SchoolNet to demonstrate their curriculum development capabilities at Udhavum Karangal.

FOR EDUCATION Asha Chennai Project Overview• Project Pride – Urur Kuppam School and Balwadi.

Education of children from low income fishermen community.

– 2000 – Project pride launched to make Besant Nagar the pride of Chennai. Urur Olcott school founded by Gandhi in 1939, receives a major facelift. Schoolnet curriculum made available to Urur Olcott School.

– 2001 – Class 6 introduced at Urur Olcott for the first time. This is an event that never occurred in the school's 60 year history. Drop outs and child labor supply are addressed.

– 2002 – Class 7 added to the school. Supplements added to noon-meal scheme to better the food children eat.

FOR EDUCATION Asha Chennai Project Overview• Project Build

– Addressing the education needs of children of migrant brick-kiln labourers.

– Establishing 5 teaching centers at brick-kilns at rural Thiruvallur.– Adviser – Vijaya Ramachandran (expert on migrant labourer

issues and daughter of former President R. Venkatraman).

• Project Bridge – at Olcott Memorial School– Develop a Computer center at the Olcott Memorial School to

serve as a center of excellence for the neighbourhood schools.– Supporting Tamil CD content development initiative.– Of strategic importance to Asha’s UQE mission.

FOR EDUCATION Asha Chennai Project Overview

• Asha Scholarships– Low income group children from isolated families.– Support includes school fees, uniforms and books. – Wide range from UKG to 1st yr MSc in Bio-Technology.– 45 children are supported this year (first year of the program).

• Seva Chakra– Funding ongoing expenses of computer center in Orphanage.– Critical and timely support from Asha Chennai team saved

computer lab from going under.

FOR EDUCATION Pictures from Urur Kuppam

FOR EDUCATION Pictures from Urur Kuppam

Before Asha After Asha

FOR EDUCATION Pictures from Udhavum Karangal

FOR EDUCATION Report Card on EducationReferences (i) Public Report on Basic Education in India (PROBE Report)(ii) 2001 Census India

Net700,000 villages5 decades after UEE mandate in Constitution

Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram - success stories

Avg Indian adult has < 2 yrs of schooling400 million people never read a single book in their life !69 million boys & 108 million girls aged 6-14 yrs out of school

Pace of improvement slow # illiterates on the rise<2 % of budget going into educationThe whole world is watching

Collective Team Grade for Indians - C minus (underperforming)

FOR EDUCATIONEvolving vision of Asha

UQE India 2047*Universal Quality Education (UQE) by 15th Aug 2047

Proposed by DP Prakash

Implications

Every child in 700,000 villages of India to be in school and learning before India's 100 year independence day mark.

Calls for constructive cooperation at a very large scale between NGOs, Govt, Corporations, and Individuals.

Connecting to the peaceful independence movement of the past is a unique strategy to inspire and unite Indo people across diverse boundaries.

Every Independence day becomes a checkpoint to measure against that goal.

Requires use of Technology as a key lever.

* Mission named Project Honor

FOR EDUCATION Asha-Chennai’s Vision

UQE for the Disabled by 15th Aug 2005And for all of Chennai by 15th Aug 2007

• Asha Chennai aims to be the leading Asha Chapter that advocates and articulates the UQE Vision.

• Demonstrate proof of concept for UQE. • Disability focus in 2003. Research in progress to identify disability statistics.• Estimates for disabled children in Chennai ranges from 30000 to 40000.• Aim is to enhance collective impact by bringing together several organizations inclusive

of– Udhavum Karangal a best practice leader and long term Asha partner– Vidyasagar Spastics Society – Jeevan Gnanodaya school for deaf

Partnering organizations benefit through worldwide publicity, enhanced reach. Asha intends to create a space for organizations to share. We do NOT intend to be an umbrella organization.

FOR EDUCATION Proposal for Cairn Energy

Project HonorPhase I - Proof of Concept

UQE for Disabled by 2005 and UQE for all of Chennai by 2007

Proof of concept demonstrating teamwork between different partners (Govt, NGO’s, Corporations, Volunteers)

Use of IT as a key leverage for accelerated progress

Measurable and Monitorable large scale impact on the disability segment

FOR EDUCATION Project for Cairn Energy (Specifics)1. Establish first UQE node at Udavum Karangal

– Enhance computer center education project at Udhavum Karangal

– Make it a show case, replicable model, the first node of UQE– Enhance computer center facilities incl. Internet access. – Add software and hardware needed to make it disability friendly– Provide access for disabled at their school.

2. Establish second UQE node at Urur Olcot School– Boost education facilities at Urur Olcott school (10 Lakhs)

– Build a dedicated computer lab as the second key node for UQE– Build a classroom for the 8th standard, 9th standards

FOR EDUCATIONProject for Cairn Energy (Cost)

Urur Olcott School 12 LakhsConstruction Cost per class 2 Lakhs3 classrooms = 6 LakhsPCs, SchoolNet and internet connectivity = 2 LakhsImprovements at Urur Kuppam Balwadi = 4 Lakhs

Udavum Karangal (Need specific cost breakdown)Disability related hardware and softwarePCs, SchoolNet and internet connectivity = 2 LakhsAccess for Disabled to school.

FOR EDUCATION Project for Cairn Energy (Team)• Asha Chennai Team

– Asha Chennai Coordinators, Lakshmi Suryanarayan (Principal of Olcott memorial school with over 30 years experince in the field of Education) and Rajaraman Krishnan (IIT Chennai, UNC Chapel Hill Alumni, currently running Solnet Technologies).

– Asha Chennai US Coordinator, Dr. D. Prakash (Served Asha for over 11 years and served as President of Worldwide Asha for 2 years).

– Part of the Asha family that is founded and coordinated by volunteers such as Magsaysay award winner Dr. Sandeep Pandey.

• Udhavum Karangal– One of the most reputed and well-run Social Service Organisations in all of India.– Winner of Best Social Service Organisation for the Disabled for the year 2002 from

Govt. of Tamilnadu.• Urur Olcott School

– Founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1939.– Serving the Underpriviledged in the Urur fishermen village right in the midst of

Chennai Metropolis.

We have the planWe have a unique strategyWe have the team to execute

FOR EDUCATION Value Proposition for Partner Organisations

Cairn Energy– The distinction of being the first Corporation to participate in the UQE

2047 goal of Asha.– Setting standards for corporate social responsibility beginning in Chennai.

Asha Chennai– Evolving to be the leading Asha chapter to advocate and articulate the

overarching strategy for Indians to systematically address the problem of education effectively.

Udhavum Karangal– Opportunity to flower into a greater organization with all its experience

and gain volunteer/donor base and also increased Indiawide/worldwide recognition.

– Opportunity to be a prime partner in Asha’s UQE India Vision.