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?