Sarvodaya Kendra Proposal

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Sarvodaya Kendra Proposal

• Sarang Shidore
• AID Austin
• August 25, 2001

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Outline

• Introduction to Sarvodaya Kendra
• Foundation and scope
• Budget
• Activities
• Project Proposal Summary
• Goals
• Scope
• Budget
• Review Feedback

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Sarvodaya Kendra

• Foundation and Scope
• Location Amirgadh (dist. Banaskantha), Gujarat
• Founded in 1959
• Total staff 130
• Covers 92 villages, population 100,000
• Led by Hasmukh Patel since 1991
• Aim
• The social transformation of the underprivileged
  through their active participation, based on
  Gandhian principles.
• Budget
• Rs. 2 crores (i.e. 20 million) per year

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Sarvodaya Kendra

• General Activities
• Runs
• Two primary schools for tribal children.
• A residential primary school for tribal girls.
• A high school for tribal children.
• A higher education college of rural studies
  affiliated with the North Gujarat University.
• Food, accomodation, clothes are free in schools
• Other (unspecified) activities in the areas of
  rural handicrafts, watershed development, health,
  housing etc.

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Sarvodaya Kendra

• Earthquake relief activities
• Basecamp in Kutch with 60 full time young
  volunteers with all infrastructure
• Distributed food in 23 villages for one month.
• Temporary shelter for 20 villages
• Provision of medical facilities.
• Provision of drinking water to 20 villages (30000
  people)

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Proposal Highlights

• Goals
• The training of 200 women in 8 villages (in Vav
  taluka, notified as earthquake affected) in rural
  handicrafts
• Sustainable means of livelihood after training
• Reduce continual migration from villages
• Scope
• 25 women per village, 3 months per training class
• Total timeframe 3 months X 8 classes 2 yrs.
• Training in traditional (Suff, Ari, Rabari)
  embroidery
• Total (2 yr.) budget Rs. 19.8 lakhs ( 42,000)

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Proposal Budget

• 25 trainees over 3 months in each village
• Recurring costs (per village)
• Rent of Rs. 500 p.m. Rs.1500
• Training materials for Rs. 200 p.m. per trainee
  Rs. 15,000
• Stipend for Rs. 500 p.m. per trainee Rs. 37,500
• Teachers Salary of Rs. 3000 p.m. Rs. 9000
• Designers honorarium Rs. 1000 p.m. Rs. 3000
• Administrative cost of Rs. 1500 p.m. Rs. 4500
• Training kit for Rs. 500 Per trainee Rs. 12,500
• Total recurring cost Rs. 83,000 per village

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Budget

• Class equipment costs (per village)
• Cutting Table Rs.10000
• Cupboards (2) Rs. 10000 (for the storage of raw
  material)
• Motorized sewing machines (4) Rs. 20000
• Total capital cost Rs. 40,000 per village
• Van
• Cost Rs. 5,00,000
• Diesel at Rs. 2000 p.m. Rs. 48,000
• Drivers salary at Rs. 2000 p.m. Rs. 48,000
• Total van cost Rs. 5,96,000

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Budget

• Seed money for production
• Rs. 2000 per trainee Rs.4,00,000
• Grand Total for 2 yrs. (83,000 X 8) (40,000 X
  8) 5,96,000 4,00,000 Rs. 19,80,000
  ( 42,000)
• Other requests
• Sarvodaya Kendra is requesting 50 up front,
  which will be used for running 3 classes and
  purchasing a van
• Expected earnings of trainees after class Rs.
  2000 p.m.
• Progress report to be provided every 3 months

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Questions

• Sarvodaya Kendra
• Sarvodaya Kendra seems to be experienced in rural
  handicraft activities. Can you provide more
  information about programs currently underway,
  including the existing cooperatives?
• How is transportation of materials taken care of
  in these cooperatives?
• Who funds the cooperatives? Can we have a sample
  report (if one exists)?
• How many women belong to existing cooperatives?

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Questions

• Current proposal
• How will the proposed training program be
  sustained?
• Will the training make the women fully
  self-sufficient?
• How will raw materials be procured?
• How will women market their work? Are there
  middlemen involved?
• Class is sequential - why not rotate equipment
  for each class?
• Are trainers readily available? How are they
  selected?