“Today’s workshop provided ample opportunity
for brainstorming
and networking.”
“A lot of hard work has gone in from your end in preparing the application form; now it is our turn.”
“There should be more time for questions and answers.”
(A sampling of participant feedback following the Delhi workshops.)
We
received grant applications from 32 NGOs -- 29 proposals were for Direct Service
Delivery grants and six were for Capacity Building Support grants. The Grant Selection
Committee recommended seven of these proposals for funding - five for Direct Service
Delivery grants and two for Capacity Building Support grants.
Profiles
of REACH India's Delhi NGO Grantees:
| 1. | Action
for Ability Development and Inclusion (AADI) [Direct Service grantee] |
| Summary: The
program proposed for REACH India focuses on providing inclusive education via
five government demonstration schools in Delhi as well as transforming the AADI
school into one that serves both disabled and non-disabled children. The project
aims to reach 4400 children directly. Other activities include community-based
educational services for out-of-school children with disabilities and action research. More | |
| 2. |
Center for Education Management and Development (CEMD) [Direct Service grantee] |
|
Summary: The project proposed for REACH India will be undertaken
in partnership with the Department of Education and UEE Mission of the Delhi State
Government, and involves working to improve the quality of education provided
in the formal school system in one district, Southwest A, as well as enhancing
achievement capacity of the UEE cell by expanding its "management bandwidth."
The project will impact 16,560 children. More | |
| 3. | Deepalaya [Capacity Building grantee] |
| Summary:
The project proposes to build the capacities of six NGOs to enable them to better
deliver educational services to 3000 disadvantaged children in North, Northwest,
West and Southwest Delhi. More | |
| 4. | DISHA [Direct Service grantee] |
| Summary:
DISHA proposes to work with 3500 vulnerable children i.e., street children, working
children and children of sex workers, in six slum clusters of the Mayapuri industrial
area (Phase II) in Southwest Delhi. Activities include developing need-based strategies
like alternative education centres, bridge courses, transit classes, remedial
classes and camp schools for vulnerable children for access, retention, quality
and linkage with the formal education system. They also plan to incorporate puppetry,
storytelling, theatre, mime and photography in their pedagogy to make it relevant
and innovative. More | |
| 5. | Katha [Direct Service grantee] |
| Summary:
Katha proposes to work in three camps in the Govindpuri slums in South
Delhi and will target 12,840 vulnerable children through a spectrum of initiatives
including community bridge schools, full alternative programs, library on wheels,
remedial classes for formal school students and sharing of the NGO's renowned
Teaching-Learning Materials and pedagogy with teachers in the formal schools.
More | |
| 6. | Prayas [Capacity Building grantee] |
| Summary:
Prayas proposes to work with smaller, grassroots NGOs to strengthen their
organizational capacities and scale up their educational services for mainstreaming
out-of-school children; through the REACH India grant it also aims to improve
the quality of education in schools, and form a network for advocacy on educational
issues for at-risk children. Through the sub-grantees, Prayas will target 3900
disadvantaged children. More | |
| 7. | Society for All Round Development
(SARD) [Direct Service grantee] |
| Summary:
The program will benefit approximately 10,200 vulnerable children aged
3-14 years who live in 30 resettlement colonies in Southwest District that fall
within the Najafgarh zone of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). SARD's
interventions include bridge schools, remedial classes, balwadis, training and
sensitisation of teachers in the formal schools in the area and community mobilization
to ensure that children go to school. More |
