Proposal For Saturday Health Program

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Proposal For Saturday Health Program

• Deenabandhu Children's School

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Background

• Deenabandhu started as a Childrens home
  (orphanage) in 1992, housing 30 children (0
  dropout rate, to date)
• Growing number of children not attending schools
  and high dropout rates at local government school
• Deenabandhu used its childrens home complex as a
  primary school
• Encouraged by success in eliminating dropouts,
  construction of a proper school began in 2001
  (partially funded by Asha-AZ)
• As of March 2005, Deenabandhu Childrens School
  accommodates 170 children from LKG to 6th
  standard with more than 80 of the children from
  below the poverty line
• The Childrens home is now home to 44 students
  and there are plans to start a childrens home
  for girls

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Deenabandhus Teaching Philosophy

• Joyful Learning process of learning should be
  joyful for both Teacher and Child.
• Learning through activities- learning aids are
  used to educate children in various subjects
  through an education resource center
• Special projects
• Information gathering (e.g. greens)
• Improve social skills and communication skills
  through team work
• Improve social awareness and respond in social
  service
• Develop environmental awareness followed by
  action

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Community Involvement

• Deenabandhu school has involved parents in the
  education process of their children.
• Micro-credit program for mothers
• In addition, they have started using plays and
  skits to promote awareness among community
  members.

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Motivation for Saturday Health Program

• Most of the children coming to the school come
  from poor families.
• Average income of 80 of the parents is less than
  Rs 15,000/year.
• Parents are mostly dwellers in urban slums. They
  own meager facilities and lack proper sanitation
  facilities.

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Health Education Programs Covered in 2004/05

• Personal Hygiene
• Drinking water - importance of cleanliness.
• Water born diseases
• Communicable diseases importance of flushing
  toilets.
• Balanced diet basic food constituents,
  nutrients micro and macro.
• Vitamins.
• Minerals.

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Feedback from 2004-2005

• The main purpose of this program was to educate
  children about health.
• Through the children, the important health
  education would also filter out to the villagers.
  
• This has been accomplished through skits
  performed at parents meetings and through street
  plays at the village.

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Proposed Health Education Programs for 2005/06

• Food Preservation.
• Food Adulteration problem.
• Pesticides in Food.
• Dairy.
• Sericulture.
• Organic farming.
• Vermicompost

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Funding Details

• Last year we had only four teachers to supervise
  but this year we are going to have eight teachers
  to supervise.
• 1. Food expenses for Saturday Health Program
  50,000
• (_at_ Rs 1250 x 40 Sat )
• 2. Additional Honorarium for Teachers 48,000
• (_at_ Rs 150 x 8 x 40)
• 3. Honorarium for teachers to work in Summer
• to develop material for 7th std children( 8 x
  Rs1000) 8,000
• 4. Material for poster presentation Printing
  15,000
• Pamphlets etc. (material from previous year
• are available for 5th and 6th Standard)
• 5. Purchase of ready material, consumable
  items 10,000
• for food preservation (7th )experiments etc.
  
• 6. Expenses of field visits. 24,000
• 7. Expenses of getting specialists 10,000
• 8. Involving parents and village people
• for community health education
  program 12,000
• 9. Expenses towards an excursion 20,000

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Dennabandhus Alumni

• Children from the childrens home have finished
  their high school.
• 4 children are employed in the housekeeping
  department of Infosys.
• Chi.Swamy is studying B.Sc at Mandya and working
  part time.
• Chi.Purushotham completed his Diploma in Machine
  Tool Technology and got a job in quality control.
  He is supporting his mother.
• Chi. Mohan was trained in welding and is now
  self-sufficient. He takes care of his
  grandmother.