ANNUAL REPORT 14-15

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Mission: To provide quality education to the under-privileged and underperforming children of rural belts and urban slums through powerful tools of moral wisdom & ethical values. Education nourished with values will nurture awakened individuals who will invigorate the sentiments of peace, harmony, integrity and positive growth in the society.

Vision: ‘Sakshar Bharat Sashakt Bharat’ – ‘Literate India Empowered India’

Approach: This unique educational initiative manifests the fusion of academic enhancement through enrichment classes and ingrained value system to strengthen the core foundation of those who have never been to school and are first generation learners and the ones who stand vulnerable to drop-out scenarios.

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Transition from Underprivileged to

THE MOST PRIVILEGEDManthan SVK is targeting the vulnerable urban slums of Delhi-NCR & Punjab and the flood affected rural belts of Bihar through its 16 state -of- art learning centers.

Supplementary Education Centres in the name of ‘Sampoorna Vikas Kendras’ SVKs are carving out the best of students’ potential through Holistic Education & Development.

Beneficiaries Manthan SVK Centres No. of Children No. of girls No. of Boys

New Delhi

Shakurpur 120 41 79Mangolpuri 30 28 2

Badli 49 24 25Vikaspuri 47 29 18Dwarka 75 44 31

Paschim Vihar 20 11 9Patel Nagar 77 56 21

Rithala 36 24 12

HaryanaFaridabad 47 29 18Gurgaon 50 23 27

Punjab Ashok Nagar 79 56 23Gopal Nagar 89 30 59

Bihar

Padampur 160 65 95Dhanauja 96 25 71

Gaya 75 40 35Parasauni 147 77 70

Total 1197 602 595

Total Students Girls Boys

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Academic sessions through enrichment and supplementary classes strengthen the core educational foundation of students who lack elementary understanding of subjects (Language, Mathematics and Science). The program also focuses on school drop-outs and non-school goers to build their knowledge base and elevate their level to join formal schooling. Innovative teaching-learning methodologies help to enhance critical thinking abilities in the children.

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ENRICHMENT CLASSES THROUGH FOCUSSED LEARNING APPROACH

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Education blended with values and morals channelizes the thought pattern of children towards righteous thinking that rests on the pillars of harmony, unity, integrity, brotherhood, sympathy, and compassion. The value-based education strives to develop the moral, aesthetic, and spiritual aspects of children’s personality. Attention-grabbing movie sessions, exciting storytelling sessions, and informative motivational orations are planned to sow the seeds of morality.

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VALUE EDUCATION SESSIONS THROUGH MORAL LEARNING

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Art gives expressions to our feelings. Art can transform lives as it gives us the power to question, to confront, to explore and to challenge how we think about the world. Hence, children are groomed with co-curricular activities like dance, music and dramatics so as to offer them big platforms to showcase their artistic expressions and develop self-confidence.

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CULTURAL ENHANCEMENT SESSIONS THROUGH PERFORMING ARTS

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Yoga, Meditation and Vedic chanting sessions are undertaken to take care of mental health as well as cognitive intelligences and to improve concentration and grasping power. Prayer recitations and Vedic mantra chanting sessions are conducted to infuse the students’ demeanour with positive energy, soul nourishment and optimistic attitude towards life.

SPIRITUAL ENHANCEMENT SESSIONS THROUGH YOGA, MEDITATION AND VEDIC CHANTING

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Since recreation is important and impacts on studies, regular dose of exciting outdoor activities is necessary. With these, students are instinctively inclined to study and perform to the best of their ability. They are encouraged to prove their worth in outdoor games like cricket, football, rugby, athletics etc., and sharpen their competence. Excursions are also organized to visit leisure spots to rejuvenate sufficiently.

PHYSICAL ENHANCEMENT SESSIONS THROUGH OUTDOOR GAMES AND EXCURSIONS

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To maintain the cheerfulness and exuberance of the ambience, indoor games are conducted. The games and activities are designed to enrich the academic strengths such as magic square, carom, chess, surprise bag etc.

INTUITIVE ENHANCEMENT SESSIONS THROUGH INDOOR GAMES

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Life Skills manifest the psycho-social skills that instil positivity and valued behaviour, including reflective skills that are problem solving and critical thinking as well as personal skills such as self-awareness and interpersonal skills. Impactful sessions on time management, good habits, hygeine memory improvement skills, coping with emotions, good communication skills, reducing communication gap between parents and children etc., are imparted to inculcate qualities like self-esteem, sociability and tolerance in students.

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MENTAL ENHANCEMENT SESSIONS THROUGH LIFE SKILLS

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Skill Enhancement Sessions at Manthan-SVKs are based on Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW) that includes Home Science and Art & Craft. Dance and Dramatics are also the part of skill enhancement sessions. Keeping in mind the hobbies and interests of students, such sessions are customized and organized to help them nurture their skills. The promotion of Visual Arts like drawing, painting, craft products etc., is equally important for students to transform their emotions to forms, shapes or sketches.

SKILL ENHANCEMENT SESSIONS THROUGH ART & CRAFT

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All festivals and international days are celebrated to promote the healthy spirit among students. The students are apprised of the social, spiritual, scientific, environmental and historical significance, as related to a festival or the day celebrated. Cultural activities include dance, music, theatre, mime, mimicry etc.

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EVENTS CELEBRATIONS THROUGH CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

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Lack of education and awareness among people living in slums and remote rural takes a toll on the health of children. In addition, the fear of losing a day’s wage emerges as their reluctance to approach a physician or reach the nearby medical facility. On that account, regular health check-up camps are planned for general medical examination and eye testing of students as well as their families. Such community initiatives proved to be extremely influential in raising awareness among students, their parents, and community on health and hygiene. Besides, providing needful medication, daily nutritive supplements are also provided to the students.

HEALTH CHECK-UP CAMPS

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Regular parent-teacher meetings are organized to inculcate the sense of responsibility towards their wards education and development. Also to give feedback to the parents about their ward’s progress and discuss suggestions and areas of improvements. Awareness on various government social development schemes and facilities are imparted to the parents in the community so that they have informed choices to avail benefit of Government’s schemes in the areas of health, education, skill development, water, sanitation etc.

PARENT-TEACHER MEETINGS

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Support material like stationery items and text books are provided to the students by generous sponsors. Children are also provided with supplementary diet in the form of seasonal fruits, cow milk and iron/ fibre rich food etc.

DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY DIET

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Teachers’ skill enhancement workshops and trainings are arranged to learn and new skills, technology, activities and techniques that are useful for upgrading the education standards of students.

UPGRADING SKILLS OF TEACHERS

TEACHER’S DAY CELEBRATION MOTIVATING AND ENCOURAGING TEACHERS FOR THEIR SERVICES

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

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ACHEIVEMENTS 2014-15

S.no Activities Outcomes

1 Upgrading Support plan for slow learners

80% of the children have been upgraded to their respective level and standards.

3 Health checkups for children Approximately 2000 children have been examined by qualified doctors twice a year. Health awareness for practicing preventive and care measures have been adopted by children.

4 Creating global awareness and enhance confidence & overcome disinclination through organizing national & international days providing big platforms

Mass awareness rallies on sensitive issues like child labor, environment etc. generated consciousness and help them develop as socially responsible citizens. Stage fear overcomes & public speaking skill enrich in children by participating in the events organized. Big platform given to children make them feel inclusive, proud and confident compared to the students of privileged backgrounds. Even I can do it feel comes in children and their parents feel proud to see the children on stage who otherwise never gets such opportunities.

5 Early childhood Education (ECE)

A transition in the learning levels has been observed in children as they pass out ECE classes and core education foundation of children becomes strong.

6 Life skill education Certain improved behavioral changes are observed in children besides improved hygiene, adapting good habits and living practices.

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7 Parents teacher meeting Parents have started taking interest in their wards education, understand importance of education, and have become more cooperative and sensitive towards the improvement desired in children. Through parents counseling and support children have been transitioned to mainstream education as child labor has been reduced.

8 Organizing Summer camps Exclusive and focused learning classes in Sanskrit, Arts, Dramatics, Music, Dance, science experiments, audio-visuals etc. have enthused liveliness, interest and commitment towards improving their education levels.

9 Providing regular Nutrition to combat undernourishment

An improvement in immunity has been observed after meeting their regular nutritional demand, mental health is improved and 85% of the children have reduced taking junk food and have adopted healthy food habits

10 Sports and Yoga for physical enhancement

Regular sports activities were conducted alongwith yoga practice.

14 Teacher’s training Teachers training provided at Rishi Valley, Madanpalli, Andhra Pradesh have met significant improvement in teaching skills and helped the teachers to develop their own USP and ECE syllabus to meet the demands of slow learners and combat the major issue of bridging the existing education gaps otherwise prevalent.

15 Encouraging students to give Medhavi scholarship tests and Pratibha vikas vidyalaya merit tests of Government schemes by providing extra focused classes. Helping drop-out and first generation learners to join mainstream education

15 students have gained Medhavi scholarships

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ACHEIVEMENTS 2014-15

10 days exclusive Summer Camps at Manthan SVK centers across the nation

New Centres Openinings: Patel Nagar, New Delhi, Pascim Vihar, New Delhi Vill. Parsauni, Bihar, Vill. BodhGaya, Bihar

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3 deprived children from Gujrat state have been provided financial assistance for their school education.

Community Initiative Program in association with Women Empowerment International foundation (WEIF), Alberta Canada – Operational funds provided for 4 Manthan SVK centers of Bihar, Teachers training at Rishi valley Institute of Educational resources and 26 Manthan Teachers of Bihar were provided financial assistance in Higher education under the project.

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Village Improvement Program in association with Women Empowerment International foundation (WEIF) – adopted 4 villages (Lokahi, Parsauni, Dhanauja, Dharmapur) of Bihar wherein 500 women landless women were provided with good quality vegetable seeds and fruit saplings for kitchen garden, training on good agricultural practices with support of Krishi vigyan Kendra, Saharsa, training on mushroom cultivation, organising health camps etc.

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PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS

• Women’s Empowerment International Foundation (WEIF): for providing operational funds for all 4 centers of Bihar to upgrade the level of education standards, construction proposed for schools at Village Gaya, Bihar & Village Parsauni, Bihar and Village Improvement program to empower approx. 1000 landless women of Bihar till year 2015-16.

• Academy for Skill Development: for providing life skills training and counselling.

• Machis Events Private Limited: for organization of events in a professional way.

• Rugby [Delhi Lions Club]: for voluntary support in sports• Rotaract Club of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of

Commerce, Delhi University: for Voluntary support in upgrading centers

• Maverick Ventures: for improving communication skills in children through youth forum Speaker of the Year

• Smart School Online Private Limited: for providing free software for smart classes

• Sanskrit Bharti: for imparting Sanskrit language learning classes

• Singer India Private Limited and Rotary International, New Delhi: for imparting stitching and sewing skill to girls of poor families residing in the vicinity of Manthan-SVK Centers

• Tata Consultancy Services: for providing free software for Adult Literacy Classes(ALC)

• National Literacy Mission: for getting certifications of ALC students

• National Digital Literacy Mission: for imparting digital literacy to students

• Eternal splendor: to impart dramatic skills in children

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DIGNITARIES’ VISITS

THANKYOU CARDS FOR SPONSORS MADE BY STUDENTS

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MANTHAN SVK PROMOTIONAL STALLS

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“SOLE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE DIVINE SAGA OF TRANSFORMATION AND PEACE”His indomitable spirit and exceptional zeal to transform the torn and tormented human society into a peaceful “Global Village” on the sole strength of eternal science of self –realization, Brahm Gyan in its quintessential aspect is His divine forte.

To re-infuse life into the dying humanity; awaken yourself and play the symphonies of Peace, Love and Harmony .

– His Holiness Ashutosh Maharaj ji

OUR INSPIRATION

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