Gram Vikas Trust (GVT)

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Gram Vikas Trust (GVT)

• Asha for Education - CNJ Chapter

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Quiz
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Vision

• Anna Hazare
• Ralegan Siddhi, Maharashtra

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Vision Mission

• To create a strong and independent society
  without inequalities and discrimination, where
  everybody enjoys equal opportunities.

• Foster Democratic and Equitable Living
  Environment
• Everyone has access to Education, Health and
  Sustainable Livelihood opportunity irrespective
  of Social and Economic status

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Attempts Towards this Vision

• Village adopting children
• Teacher training programmes
• Community Ownership
• Drop out rate 36 -gt 6
• Literacy 37 -gt 73

• Women Self-help groups
• Number of points in
• Education
• Health
• Women empowerment
• Natural Resource management
• Infrastructure

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Socio-Economic Conditions

• Rural literacy rate 83
• High dropout rates
• 85 deliveries occur at home with an untrained
  attendant
• No lady doctor in Dahej
• 58 children do not get vaccinations

• Rainfed Area
• Ground water at critical levels
• Salinity Increase
• Industrialization leading to shortage of
  resources
• Despair migration

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Miniskirts?

• 2 Balwadis
• Dahej (2003) and Kadodara (2005)
• 60 kids in Dahej, 50 in Kadodara
• Funded 2,000 for renovation of Dahej balwadi

• Funded 8,000 for setting up of Kadodara balwadi
• Emergency funding of 5,000
• Helped get funding from Vibha
• Asha Portland, Dallas chapters

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Problems Faced

• Participation from villagers
• Sexism
• Political pressure from local community
• Govt. delays in financial transactions
• Corruption

• Moral try for Govt. funding first!

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Long term Involvement

• Balwadi Education Centers planned in 35
  villages in the future.
• Residential schools education from Kindergarten
  to Graduation for underprivileged children.

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And Finally...

• Good News
• Just a week ago, GVT received Rs. 50 lakhs from
  ICICI for a period of three years to implement a
  microcredit scheme in the region.
• Interest of 8
• as opposed to 30 commercially.