CARAVAN project review

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CARAVAN project review

• Anjana Susarla Sandhya Govindaraju

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History and Mission

• NGO spearheaded by M H Jowher, a philanthropist
  and professional.
• Responded to Gujarat riots by organizing
  emergency relief
• Recognizes the need for interfaith dialogue
• Focus on the backwardness of minority community
• Help in socioeconomic empowerment and integration
• Non-sectarian approach

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Planned activities

• Empowering people through
• Information access
• Vocational training
• Self help groups for women
• Workshops for skill training
• Adult literacy
• Organizing employment units to women in future
• Child care centers in future

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CARAVAN centers

• Aim Empower the impoverished
• Formally launched on 25th December 2002
• Collaboration with other NGOs
• Intended to facilitate learning and discussion
• Interconnected nature of problems
• Adult education and skill training workshops
• 3 so far Vatva, Himmatnagar and Surat
• Local community donates premises

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Nai Subah public meetings

• SPRAT members to set a personal example to
  members of the community
• Reformist nature of discussions
• Create awareness about backwardness of the
  community
• Once self-criticism sets in, impetus to
  participate in and work for CARAVAN centers

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Phases of the centers

• Phase I
• Awareness building
• Coaching students for exams, adult literacy,
  initial phases of workshops (12 so far in Vatwa)
• Phase II
• Number of workshops in different aspects
• Vocational training
• Child care centers
• Projects generate revenue

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Adult literacy

• 45 illiterate women coached at Vatwa, similar
  number at Himmatnagar
• Started the service ahead of the center opening
  in Mehsana and Shah-e-Alam
• Mainly oriented at women
• Adult education led to toy making workshop

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Activities -workshops

• Members of local advisory board spread awareness
  about workshops
• Door to door campaign
• Attendance from 12 to 55
• Aim is to have 20 workshops per month per center
• Aim is to promote low cost technologies
• Toy making seminars organized by NID faculty

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Community center

• Library
• Books on vocational training and professional
  guidance
• Plan to charge 120 Rs p.a.
• Information kiosk to educate people
• Employment information and information relevant
  to people

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Site visit and interaction with SPRAT

• Highly motivated and dedicated team
• Funding by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
• Overall very positive impression
• Possibilities of two-way knowledge transfer
  between AID and SPRAT, e.g. the mobile science lab

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Budget recurring costs per center

• Hall rent -3 yr lease 72000 p.a.
• Electricity 24000 p.a.
• Maintenance 12000 p.a.
• Newspapers, magazines 12000 p.a.
• Office expenses
• Telephone 18000 p.a.
• Postage 12000
• Stationeryphotocopy 18000 p.a.

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Budget per yr (3 yrs at 5 increment p.a.)
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Funding options (Rs lakh)
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