Dr. Ajit
Bharti gave an introduction to Aviram (he is one of the founders and works at
the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston).
Aviram - 18 full time employees,
Jharkhand
Undertaken
about 25 projects since 1992. Projects in the areas of literacy, fisheries,
social forestry (bamboo), water harvesting, Pig breeding, biogas, and checking
soil erosion. Majority of the projects appear to be related to fisheries. Their
work in this region seems to have got good press coverage in both the
vernacular and English language newspapers.
Aviram
has a governing body of 7 people (volunteers).
They
have an office building, own 1-acre of land and lease 5 acres. They have 3
fishery training centres in (Lohardaga, Palamau and Gumla districts)
Earlier
they had started 4 NFE centres in four villages. Besides this they had 4
primary schools in Kuru block; with Aviram contributing 50% of the money and
the villagers contributing 50%. The centres were closed in 1994 for lack of
funds.
Right
now they run "Aviram literacy mission school" in Maradih village
since last 6 years.
Number
of students in this school -
300
Number
of teachers -
8
40%
of finances come from student fees and 60% from community contribution and
Aviram resources.
The
school is run in a govt. building.
Population
of Lohardaga 2,88886
Proposal - 12 NFE centres in 5
villages (40 boys and girls in each centre)
Objective - Universal primary
education the selected 5 villages.
Decisions regarding operation of
NFE activities will be based on the
village education committee which will be formed in every NFE centre village.
Some
of these centres are already operational since Apr-May 2001 ,Ajit was not sure
how many though.
Demography of the 5 villages:
Total
Population |
No.
of children in 5-14 age group |
No.
of Non school going children |
Caste/Group
of non school going children |
Non
school going |
|||
ST |
SC |
Other |
Boys |
Girls |
|||
6223 |
1122 |
616 |
466 |
105 |
45 |
248 |
368 |
58.13%
of the population of Kuru block is ST and 24.46% is SC. There are 76 villages
in the block, there are 12 primary , 8 middle and 3 high schools.
Budget
Item |
Year
1 |
Year
2 |
Total |
||
Rate
(p.m) |
Amount |
Rate
(p.m) |
Amount |
||
A)RECURRING EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
|
Honorarium
to Instructors (12centres x 12months) |
400 |
57600 |
500 |
72000 |
129600 |
Honorarium
to supervisor |
1200 |
14400 |
1300 |
15600 |
30000 |
Honorarium
to project coord. |
2000 |
24000 |
2200 |
26400 |
50400 |
Lighting
fuel (12x12) |
500 |
72000 |
500 |
72000 |
144000 |
Teaching
material(150x12x12) |
150 |
21600 |
150 |
21600 |
43200 |
Students
books and copies (Rs100x40studentsx12centres) |
- |
48000 |
- |
48000 |
96000 |
Training
of instructors (800x12) |
- |
9600 |
- |
9600 |
19200 |
Rent
(100x12x12) |
100 |
14400 |
100 |
1400 |
28800 |
Contingencies |
|
5000 |
|
5000 |
10000 |
Account
and audit fees |
|
4000 |
|
4000 |
8000 |
Fuel,petrol
and lubricants |
400 |
4800 |
400 |
4800 |
9600 |
|
Total Recurring |
2,75,400 |
|
2,93,400 |
5,68,800 |
B)NON RECURRING |
|
|
|
|
|
Equipment
(500x12) |
|
6000 |
|
6000 |
12000 |
Lantern/Petromax
(800x12) |
|
9600 |
|
|
9600 |
Bicycle
(2000x2) |
|
4000 |
|
|
4000 |
|
Total Non Recurring |
19,600 |
|
6,000 |
25,600 |
GRAND TOTAL(RECURRING+NON
RECURRING) |
|
2,95,000 |
|
2,99,499 |
5,94,400 |
Questions Asha had about this
project:
1)How
many physical centres do they have (During the discussion we came to understand
that even though funding was for 12 NFE centres physically there would be
lesser than 12 structures, so this would affect some of the expense heads).
2)
What are the roles of the supervisor/project coord ?
3)What
exactly is the teaching material?
4)
Since the organisation already exists and is being audited ,why have they
included the audit fees in this budget?