VARUN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR RURAL UPLIFTMENT AND NETWORKING Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers Primary Focus: Remedial Education Region : Rural Areas February 2014

Purpose And Goals 1. To increase the level of literacy and intellectual development of the children in the targeted area. 2. To give technical instruction to increase skill level 3. To provide technical tools so that the local population can join the main stream society

About VARUN  Voluntary Association for Rural Upliftment & Networking (VARUN) is a self- motivated, social and non-profit organization. Varun started it activities in  Outline:  Schools in 5 villages Shahpur, Dobahi, Sukhdeopur, Jariyawan, Hadahi, Aurawatad.  Self help group (women micro finance). - Introduce Organic Farming (Nursery, Seed Bank)  Library (in 5 villages)  Permanent structures in Shahpur, Dobahi and Lerha.  Govt schools established in Amritpur, Horila, Lerha, Shahpur, Jharia and Pathraur.  FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976) applied in February 2005, until then, donations go through Asha-Varanasi.  People: Dr.S.P.Singh (PhD, Agriculture), Mr. A.K.Singh (Journalist) and few teachers like Punnu Singh, Ramkrit, etc.

Current Status of teachers Sl. No.CentreTeacher’s Name (updated) 1.ShahpurMr. Ramkrit ShahpurMr. Vivek Kumar 2.JhariyawanMr. Gurbhari Singh 3.DhobahiMr. Bhawan Kumar 4. Aurawantand Mr. Vinod Kumar 5.SukhdeopurMr. Ravi Kumar 6.HadahiMr. Chandrasekhar Timing of School : July to March : to 3.30 P.M. April to June : 7.00 to P. M.

Student count in each center SchoolTotal Shahpur45 Dobahi22 Sukhdeopur35 (31 previously) Hadahi27 Jhariyawan40 Aurawantand40 Total209 (205 previously)

MNREGA  People who worked in scheme do not get payment on time. Few don’t even get.  Public made aware of applying for job online.  15 days of time and later fall under unemployment scheme.

 Health department. Fake degree holders identified.  Public distribution System Lapse in ration distribution. This impacted positively in other areas.  Forest department Related to MNREGA where fake people are employed. Ones who did not vote for Panchayat head did not get job.  Block level Panchayat Money spent by 3 panchayat heads without any accountability.  Bank People are not being given any loans for seed money for SHG. Banks asking for commission. RTI DateDepartmentResult 8 th Aug 2013BankResolved 16 th Aug 2013ForestResolved 24th Sept 2013PanchayatAppeal 25 th Sept 2013PDSResolved 5 th Oct 2013BankResolved 10 th Oct 2013Panchayat2 appeals 11 th Oct 2013Panchayat2 appeals 18 th OctBankResolved 18 th Nov 2013HealthAppeal 3 rd Dec 2013PanchayatRe-apply at block level. 4 th Dec 2013BankResolved

Right to Education camps S. N.Name of ProgrammeResource PersonPlaceDateOrganisorParticipateTotal FemaleMale 01Meeting of Right to Education Sri Ramkrit Dr. S.P.Singh S.S.K. Hadahi VARUN Meeting of RTESri Ramkrit Dr. S.P.Singh S.S.K. Aurawantand VARUN Meeting of RTESri Ramkrit Dr. S.P.Singh S.S.K. Jhariyawan VARUN Meeting of RTESri Ramkrit Dr. S.P.Singh S.S.K. Sukhdeopur VARUN Meeting of RTESri Ramkrit Dr. S.P.Singh Sukhdeopur VARUN Meeting of RTESri Ramkrit Dr.S.P.Singh Shahpur VARUN Meeting of RTESri Ramkrit Dr. S.P.Singh Pathraur VARUN Meeting of RTEDr. S.P.Singh Sri Ramkrit Jamsot VARUN Meeting of RTESri Ramkrit Dr. S.P.Singh Jhariyawan VARUN Meeting of RTESri Ramkrit Dr.S.P.Singh Aurawantand VARUN Total

S.NProgramPlacePeriodFemaleMaleTotal 01Staff MeetingVARUN Office Naugarh05 Meeting Teachers are visit to door to door for Education purpose Villages of Studentscontinues-- 03Monthly test ExaminationAll Education CenterPer MonthAll 04Half Yearly ExaminationAll Education Center All 05Meeting of Village Education CommitteeAll Education CenterMonthlyMembersofCommitee 06Meeting of Library CommitteeShahpur,DhobahiMonthlyMembersofCommitee 07Adult Literacy ProgrammeAll Education Center--25Ladies---25 Ladies 08Program Implimentation PolicyVARUN OfficeNGH Education Related Programme( )

Teacher training program S.N.Name of Programme PlaceDateResourse PersonParticipateTotal FemaleMale 01Teachers TrainingVARUN Office, Naugarh Sri Sachanu Ram Sri Virendra.Ram  Job related training.  Primary education.  Child development education.  Education through playing activities.  Information on basic education.

Details of Agriculture Programme S.N.Name of ProgrammePlaceDateResourse PersonParticipateTotal FemaleMale 01Meeting of Paddy Cultivation Majhgawan ,VARUN Meeting of Organic FarmingMajhgawan VARUN Meeting of Paddy CultivationMajhgawan VARUN Meeting of Organic FarmingParsiyan, Gangapur VARUN Meeting of Paddy HarvestingMajhgawan VARUN Meeting of Wheat CultivationMajhgawan VARUN Meeting of Wheat CultivationParsiyan & Majhgawan VARUN Meeting of Wheat CultivationMajhgawan & Parsiyan VARUN110819

Seed Distribution S.N.Name of CropInstitution HelpByNo. of Villages Seed in KgLand in AcreNo. of Farmers 01PaddyIAS,BHU,VaranasiVARUN WheatIAS,BHU,VaranasiVARUN MaizeIAS,BHU,VaranasiVARUN Pumpkin(Kohara)IAS,BHU,VaranasiVARUN Bottle Gourd (Lauki)IAS,BHU,VaranasiVARUN Chillies(Mircha)VARUN TomatoVARUN  Distribution of quality seeds along with information about modern farming techniques.  Farming done by members of farming club.  Working with farmers on livestock and  Education through playing activities.  Information on basic education.

Few Photographs

Case studies  Names: Poonam Suneeta Kumari, Vijendra Kumar and Sanjay Kumar  Age: 13yrs; Place: Auratawand; Caste: Kharwar  Total income: 24000/year.  Reason for not attending school.  Nearest school far away, forest area.  Financial constraints.  Livestock.  Taking care of young siblings.  Not much interest in education.  Today, people are willing to send kids to Naugarh  Parent lost a child due to illness and realized importance of education.

Budget for A. Honorarium Project Coordinator x 1284, Community mobilizer x 1260, Junior High School-Teachers-2 No x 1272, PrimarySchool-Dhobahi-Teach.-1No x 1226, PrimarySchool-Sukhdeopur-Teach,-1No x 1224,000,00 PrimarySchool-Jhariyawan-Teach-1No x 1224, Primary School-Hadahi-Teach.-1No x 1224, Primary School-Aurawatad- Teach-1No x 1224, Salary to accountant x 1218, Sub-Total 3,56, B. Study Materials Study Materials for 205 Cultural Program 6 Repairing of Centres 4 Repairing of Shahpur Centre--5, Teachers Training 1No.--3, Tatt Patti Monthly Meeting , Games Materials 6 Stationary for Centres ,800.00

Budget contd. Communication , Postage & Xerox , Travel & Convenience , Bike Maintenance , Newspaper and magazines 150x , Sub-Total 1,46, Grand Total (A+B) Field office expenses (missed component) ,000.00

Conceptual Idea Proposal Experiment  Pilot program with 6 panchayats, 15 villages and 1000 families involved.  AIM: Empower women and the community for self- independence by educating them about their rights.  WHY: Masses continue to live in dark and past few generations post-independence there has been little or no progress with regards to overall human living conditions in this area.

Intended plan  Create federations of women.  Develop leadership qualities in them to lead.  Creating awareness about their social rights and how to utilize various schemes Govt offers to empower themselves to earn their living.  Motivate people to take up responsibilities and drive various issues.

Case Study- Dobahi (in 2012)  Villagers took the initiative to make this road. 3 sides with water (dam), 1 side with hill.  Walk for 4 km to reach the village.  Meetings were held and the project was coordinated and executed by  4.7km  Bhuvan Kumar (teacher)  Women from SHG, Women federation,  Mr.Pyarelal from farmer’s club  ….21 more names mentioned

Budget Proposal for new experiment Sl. NoHeadYear-1 UnitTimeUnit costASHA 1. Personnel Cost Salary to Project Coordinator , Salary to Documentation & Monitoring Officer , Salary to Field Worker ,08, Salary to Part time Accountant , Total Salary Cost 2,70, Program Cost Survey expenditure Performa printing , Exposure visit of Project team and CBO leaders Transport (to and fro) Tent Lunch & Dinner days 03 times , S S K establishment , Interface workshop of Nari Shakti at GP with PRI & Other Govt. functionaries , One day Mega event/Interface workshop of Nari Shakti at block level officials & Media ( persons) 01 Venue and sitting arrangement Sound system Refreshment for participants Stationary & Banner , , , Total 31, Items in Red have been partially covered in the budget

3. Training Cost Capacity building of Nari Shakti Leaders (selected 5 leaders from each GP) Right to Work (NREGA) & Right to Food (PDS) 2 days duration (24+6) Venue sitting arrangementNon-Budet Fooding & Tea for participants-30 Nos. for 3 Stationary & Banner Hon. & T.A. to Resource Person , Training on Human Rights30012, Training on Maternal & Child Health – 2 days30012, , Training on Gender and Domestic Violence Act -2 days for 30 participants 60014, Training on Right to Education – 2 days30022, , Training on Open Gram – PRI 2 days duration 30022, , Total 26, Over Head Cost Office Rent & Electricity01122, , Travel & Fuel to Project Team01121, , Stationary , Phone, Fax, and Postage , Audit fee01 2, Hospitality (staff meeting with visitors) , One digital Camera01 8, Total 71, Grand Total ( )3,99, Budget Proposal contd…