Bare Minimums

Understanding Agricultural Science Foundation

Hari-ya-Ali Lage raho

The Mast Mauji

The DFP Dhik Chik Dhik Chi Dance

Here is a sneak peak of the dance we induldge in once in a while a great activity 

The terminology is negative..I need a new one

The terminology is  negative

Non Governmental

Non Profit

Well a techy never says I work for non hardware he says “Software” how can a social entrepreneur say I work for blah blah profit…I really believe the debate needs more takes

Lets define ourselves “By what we do and not By what we do not do”

Challenges for Hari-ya-Ali

Hari-ya-Ali has picked up a great deal and we are now moving to new places after Nruptenga Betta we have started to protect plantations done by Dr TapaShetty in the PC Jabin college campus.

But challenges seem to come just as sun comes up everyday.

Just after we protected the plants by circling it with thorns we see a huge mass of cattle coming inside the campus,i was shocked,a college campus where cattle is grazing and no one is really concerned,the warden seems not to care about it.

All said and done we will pick the issue up with the authorities asap and get the stuff settled I have my ways of dealing with it after all thats why I am a social entrepreneur and not a social worker.

Have a look at the desperate attempt by buffalos the destroy some of the plants we planted.

Who is responsible?

1.We ,did we plant at the wrong location,well No since this is inside the college campus and is out of bounds for cattles

2.Cattle owner-No since he knows their is fodder and nobody is to blame him for a free meal

3.Warden-Well partly yes it is his duty to make the place a study home not a grazing ground

In anycase I leave the query to you,Juts a pointer its not a man vs animal thing in most places it is normally a man vs man thing.

In Vogue:Khadi

Khadi is in.This is the season’s latest fashion prediction the source being me 😉

Khadi is indian handspun and hand woven cloth,known to be warm in winters and cool in summers.

The father of the nation had a dream of sustaining the local economy by promoting Khadi, all liitle I know is that Khadi is cool,it is a signia of Indianess and I take pride in flaunting it as and when possible

So much for today.

So are you wearing Khadi for work Tommorrow?

Executive Summary Sathi Impact Study

The team is happy to share with the Deshpande Foundation the findings of the impact study conducted for  “ Open Shelter and Home Placement  Project” in Hubli and Bangalore, Karnataka.

The study was carried out to understand Sathi’s work and gage its impact on the lives of disadvantaged children.An effort has been made to identify gaps, study ways to increase efficiency levels, verify and validate their theory of change and see that it conforms to the ground reality.

                We visited Sathi Hubli and Sathi Bangalore. We met almost staff members cutting across hierarchy, from the driver to the founder Mr Pramod Kulkarni. We visited partner NGO’s and talked to staff and children referred from Sathi. Our visit to NIMHANS gave insights into the psychology of the children and brought out the critical need of such a partnership, one that Sathi is fruitfully engaged in.

We conducted several focused group discussion, read several case studies, met some beneficiaries ,were involved in referring one sensory ailing woman with a 2 month kid to a women’s home.

Based on our observations,our experience and result of our studies ,In all humbleness we recommend Sathi the following

Infrastructure and Facilities Related Recommendations

1. Shelter should be opened for female children since a fulltime shelter infrastructure for them does not exist and they are more vulnerable.

2. Participation of Home placed children by involving them in making suggestions to improve the shelter

3. The shelter must be open shelter in spirit and word; methodologies need to be evolved to make sure that the the child’s right for freedom is not curbed unknowingly.

4. 24 Hours supports at Railway station since lot of children arrive on Station late in the night.

5. Timing of Food at Shelter must be complied and a scientific planning of diets would help.

6. Variation in physical environment for children who have spent a long time in Shelter.Spending a long time indoors for children used to be completely free is surely daunting hence spending days in open spaces would give them the needed break.

Human Resources Related Recommendations

1. Assessment of skill level of staff and plugging in of Competency lacunas’.

2. More authority to staff members at the platforms to reduce time to respond,some cases need emergency action and hence the freedom to take critical decisions must rest on the person at field.

3. Sign Language skills to handle the critical cases of runaway children with sensory ailments.Children with Sensory Ailments form the most vulnerable lot and at a must greater psychological distress and it would be great if Sathi is well equipped to handle such cases. 

 Broader Recommendations that need more contemplation before execution

1. Advocacy efforts to lobby printing of warning labels in whiteners and solutions, commonly used as a drug by Run away children

2. Scientific study on the impact of individual camp activity and  on child psychology.

 

At Sikandar’s Village for Ramzaan