June 6, 2009
Come join us
Dr.Viney Kirpal- Executive President GREAT Foundation
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Who are we
What is Pehel?
What we do – The difference
How we achieve this
Become a part of this movement
Advisory Board, Schools adopted
Our Collaborations, Achievements,
Future plans
Our constant endeavor
Conclusion
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Who are we?
We are the GLOBAL Research Education and Training (GREAT)
Foundation,
– A Pune based, non-profit organization with a mission to impact the lives of less
privileged school children and to help them maximize their potential and prepare
them for a better life.
Registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act vide n. E/3501(Pune)
on 6 March, 2002 we offer:
– Financial and academic support to 2,000 students of six Cantonment Board
Schools in Pune.
– It offers school students voluntary teaching service.
– It also offers training programs to teachers - Effective Teaching Skills.
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Pehel: ‘If you care enough about a less privileged child and want to change their situation, YOU CAN.’
Working professionals, house wives and student volunteers teach basic subjects (on a pre-set curriculum) such as English and Mathematics to students across 3 schools.
A few professionals impart additional skills such as computer usage and dance to the students.
At present we have more than 20 volunteers teaching across the 3 Cantonment Board schools – Mhadji Shinde, Dr.Ambedkar and Ghorpade Village High school in Pune.
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Pehel: Our Volunteers
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What we strive to do..
We strive to empower the children by helping build a stronger foundation with their basic education.
– Teach
• Spoken English
• Mathematics
– Develop and hone their skills by providing
• Career counseling • Group career coaching
• Individual career coaching
• Aptitude test preparation
• Vocational skills
• Computer education – dedicated program for
Vth- Xth grade students
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What we strive to do.. (contd..)
– Enhance by helping them with
• Attitude building
• Time management
• Stress Management – Meditation sessions
• Inter – personal communications
– Provide
• Sponsorships – SSC form fees, Higher education, etc.
• Stationery – Pens, pencils, notebooks, crayons, erasers, etc.
• Basic schooling necessities – school bags, uniforms, etc.
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Sponsor a child:
Packages Cost (per child in an academic year)
One year Sponsorship Rs.1,200 per child
Stationery (Pens, pencil box, notebooks, crayons, etc)
Rs. 250/- per child
SSC exam Form Fee (Internal + External)
Rs. 500/- per child
Other requirements(School uniform, shoes, lunch box, etc)
Rs.450/- per child
Half year sponsorship Rs.600/-per child
Higher Education - > 10th grade Rs.5,000/- per child
Premium donations Rs.5,000 and above
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How we achieve this?
Volunteer initiative – Volunteers contribute as less as two hours to conduct an interactive and
fun filled study session for these children at the schools.
Sponsorships– Help children with sponsorships covering the schools fees and
examination fees.
Provide basic necessities (via donations, etc.)– Provide uniforms, stationery, books, etc.
Other fun activities: - Drawing competition, Toy distribution, Meditation sessions, etc
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Become a part of this movement?
Be a volunteer– We believe that you and I have had the privilege to have
been educated the right way and guided with the knowledge to make us who we are.
– By being a volunteer you help another person, a child, become a bright young mind of tomorrow
One can always question and debate on this fact that funds can be obtained from the govt. and other sources. Agreed, but can everyone afford education. Therefore
– Sponsor a child or contribute in kind
• Help aid a child’s education
• Donate in kind
– Sponsor a program – corporate initiative
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ADVISORY BOARD
The Great Foundation Advisory Board comprises of eminent
professionals advising the Trustees on the
future growth of the NGO
Note: A list of the names of the members on the board and the schools adopted are present in the following slides.
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ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
1. Dr. Vijay Bhatkar, Director I2 IT, Pune
2. Prof. Gautam Sen, Former Director BCUD, Pune Univ.
3. Prof. Shridhar Gokhale, Former Head, English Dept, Pune Univ.
4. Ms. Madhavi Kapur, Director, Aman Setu
5. Ms. Anil Bakshi, Former Head, British Council Library, Pune
6. Ms. Mary Kurian D’Souza, Social Worker and Education Management
Consultant, Pune
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SCHOOLS ADOPTED
Schools adopted and their enrolment
Mhadji Shinde High School, Pune (900 students)
Mhadji Shinde Primary, Pune (400 students)
Ambedkar High School, Pune (500 students)
Ambedkar High Primary, Pune (400 students)
Ghorpade High School, Pune (2,000 students)
Ghorpade High Primary School, (600 students)
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Our Collaborations
Sterlite foundation: Computer literacy
KJ Somaiya: Higher education
sponsorship
Naach India: Dance sessions
Toy Bank: Toy distributions
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Our achievements
GREAT Foundation effort in 2009-10:
– The 10th std school results recorded an increase (the number of students passed increased).
The effort of both School authorities and GREAT Foundation paid off with an improvement of
10-15% in school results (with a significant change in the English and Math pass
percentage). We hope to achieve the same level or higher results in 2011.
GREAT and Vedanta Foundation collaboration:
– Computer classes begun successfully for the Vth, VIth and VIIth grade across the 3 high schools.
We are going to extend the computer teaching coverage to VIIIth and IXth as well
Drawing competition 2009:
– More than 300 students participated in a GREAT Foundation organized event
Donations:
– Distributed 4,800 Long scape notebooks and 1,050 compass sets to students studying at
Mahadji Shinde High School, Ghorpade High school and Dr. Ambedkar High School
– Sponsored 30+ students for higher education
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Future Plans
To set up libraries…
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Our constant Endeavor
To make these under privileged children employable
To make them capable of facing this world on a level playing ground
We have collaborated with:– Vedanta Foundation - Computer literacy
– KJ Somaiya Trust & TopSource - Higher education sponsorship
– Naach India - Teach dance
– ToyBank - To provide toys
We are not making them adopt the rote method but are igniting their minds to “THINK” and “QUESTION”
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Give back to the society
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Where can you find us
For more information you can visit
– Our website – www.greatfoundation.org
– Our blog – www.greatfoundation.wordpress.com
– Download our brochure - http://greatfoundation.org/downloads
– To make donations or join as a volunteer send us a mail: [email protected]