Rural Development Foundation Educate Engage Empower The Rural

Rural Development Foundation Educate Engage Empower The Rural Development Foundation is striving to reach the most neglected and underprivileged rural children by providing quality education as a vehicle for transformation, particularly in the districts of Andhra Pradesh.

Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge ØRDF was set up to provide quality education to rural, underprivileged children in Andhra Pradesh Ø It has grown from 80 students in 1 school in 1 village to over 1500 children enrolled in 4 schools and 1 Junior College in 4 villages Ø 115 locally sourced dedicated, teaching & non teaching staff Ø Provides access to quality education: holistic model incorporating academic, life skills and extra curricular activities

Designations Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge Name Mr. GVS Prasad Chairman Mr. Arjun Rao Vice Chairman Ms. Vandita Rao Chief Executive Officer Mr. Sridhar Chari Director and Treasurer Mr. Kiran Addala Director- Member Finance committee Ms. Neena Rao Advisor Strategy Mr. Utham Kumar Advisor Strategy Prof. E Haribabu Director Ms. Deepika Rao Director Mr. C S Rao Director Capt. J Rama Rao Director Mr. Turjya N Ganguly Director Mr. Hemanth Agarwal Director Dr. Savita Date Menon Director Mr. Arun Kumar Dukkipati Director

Designations Mr. Sunil Erraballi President Dr Raja Rao Secretary Mr. Erik Kaeding Treasurer Prof Glenn Davis Stone Director Mr. Yoga Saripalli Director Dr Srisha Rao Director http: //www. rdfdonate. org/ Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge Name www. rdfdonate. org. This allows donors to make monthly direct debits to children http: //www. indiarural. org/donate_money. htm Donations can be mailed to IRDF, 439 Camille Cir. #14, San Jose, CA 95134

Academic Development in partnership with Silver Oaks –The school of Hyderabad and individual supporters Capacity building and skill development workshops / trainings for the teaching and non teaching staff Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge Sports Development in partnership with Tata Archery Academy, Jamshedpur; Government Career Guidance, Life Skills Sports Schools and Extracurricular Programs individual supporters in partnership with GE Capital, Washington University and individual supporters Grow by Reading in partnership with Hippocampus Learning, Bangaluru Whole School Evaluation in partnership with expert Education analysts Social Awareness Program in partnership with individual supporters

Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge Cf. BT – Conducted free workshops in physics and mathematics in RDF schools in the beginning of the current academic year. - Cf. BT Partially sponsored Butterfly fields – Science/Mathematics concepts learning by doing/experiential learning - Grades 6 to 8 in Rollakal & Redlawada - beneficiaries 150 students & teachers - sponsored by Mr Anant Pai Kalleda school exclusively has got i. English Helper - paid programme ii. Khan Academy – Sponsored and initiated by Value labs iii. Grow by Reading - paid programme Magic Bus – The concept of using sports as medium for team spirit, physical and mental health augmentation -Sponsored by Ms Vandita Rao

education initiatives Ø 15 National Archery Champions and a Beijing Olympian Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge Ø Over 3000 students and families impacted through RDF’s Ø Selection to National Archery academies and Government Sports Colleges leading to reduced Financial burden on parents Ø Over 600 alumni pursuing vocational and degree courses; increasing literacy rates in villages of operation Ø Decreased child marriage and child labour over 17 years due to excellent attendance and negligent drop out rates in schools Ø Provides employment to local literate and skilled people ØIn State and district level sport events for under 14 and under 17, RDF’s children have won several prizes in Fencing, Kho, Karate, Running, Kabbaddi, Long jump, High jump, Shot put, Discus throw Ø 2 students got selected for State level Yoga competitions.

D. Kalyani & G. Sumalatha of Matendla School received 3 awards on International Women’s Day event at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad Received ‘INSPIRE’ award from the Central Govt for innovation in Science. Class 8 student, M. Rajesh was selected for creating a sprinkler system from recycled materials. In previous years, RDF Kalleda and Rollakal Schools have also won this award Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge K. Rekha, N. Rekha, K. Varalaxmi, For the last two consecutive years RDF Kalleda School achieved a 100% pass percentage in 10 th board examinations. P. Upagna from RDF Kalleda School got 10 / 10 points in SSC exams, 2012 -13. 27 Students from RDF Kalleda School participated in State and District level Science talent tests/fairs RDF Vanitha Achutha Pai Vidyalaya – S. Navyasri (MPC Ist year, English Medium) got 431/470 and B. Naresh (MPC 2 nd year, English medium) got 912/1000. Abhilash, G. Rani and P. Umarani’s essays, ‘Situations of Rural Students of India’. were telecast by BBC in 2007

Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge Sponsorship Through Endowment: Sponsor a student in an RDF School. The Sponsor a child by contributing to funding will ensure no matter the hardships our endowment fund – Plan for a faced by the child’s family, they will remain minimum of $368/Rs 22500 to a in school. maximum $12295/ Rs 750000 Cost: Rs. 7, 500 and Rs. 10, 000 per annum. Sponsor A Child For just Rs. 650 -850 per month, the child will get access to education, a nutritious midday meal, textbooks, notebooks & uniforms.

Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge Sponsor A Classroom Sponsor a Classroom and make dream a reality for 25 -30 children. Our classrooms have a healthy teacher- student ratio of 1: 30 To ensure that all these children remain in school, the annual cost is Rs. 2, 25, 000 in primary school and Rs. 3, 000 in high school approximately

“A healthy body begets a healthy mind” Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge Sponsor A Meal RDF students and staff receive a free, nutritious midday meal every day Commemorate a loved one’s birthday or special day via an ‘Annadanam’ Amount: Rs. 21, 000 per day to feed 1500 kids

Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge Sponsor Infrastructure Development A donation of Rs. 4 Lakh for construction of a classroom enables 400 children to graduate over a period of 10 years. Rs. 60 Lakh will ensure the children get better school building with 10 classrooms, toilets, drinking water, library, dining hall and sports facilities. RDF can name the building in the name of the donor

Educ Enga Empo ate wer ge q. Academic performance - D. Babu got 3993 rank in EAMCET & joined KIMS (medical college). q. Purna chandar got 9. 7 GPA out of 10 in 10 th class. He got 4000 rank in polytechnic Entrance test & got free seat in Hyderabad polytechnic college with hostel facility. q. Political achievement - Sarpanch - Banoth Vijay Kumar said that, “RDF’s values of Educate, Engage and Empower always remained in my heart”. q. Sports achievements – Archery- Two girls from Kalleda School, Lavanya and Sharada, got selected for the India under 18 junior team. They came first and third. They will represent India in the junior world championships. q. Sumalatha, our alumni student, completed her PET training with good rank. q. Mr. Vinod, first batch student, completed MBBS. q. Kumari Srivani, first batch student, completed her BAMS. RDF INSTITUTIONS Alumni Information No of Alumni S. No Activity Kalleda Total alumni 485 1 Studying 377 2 Govt Jobs 5 3 Anganvadi Contract Teachers 5 4 Private Jobs 40 5 Married / Discontinued 55 6 Expired 3 Total 485 No of Alumni Matendla 261 143 1 0 25 92 0 261 No of Alumni JC Kalleda 587 332 1 0 20 233 1 587

Educ Empo ate wer Email: development@rdfindia. org Mob: +91 94901 62640 Rural Development Foundation H. No. 6 -2 -962/1, Lane Opp KGN Xerox Centre Near & Opp to Nirmala School Khairatabad, Hyderabad – 500004 Andhra Pradesh, India To view two short video on RDF, please visit http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=i. YKvm. Jr. UQNw and VERY FINAL -RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION. mov For more information, please visit Website: www. rdfindia. org Blog: rdfblog. wordpress. com Facebook: www. facebook. com/Rural. Development. Foundation Flicker: www. flickr. com/photos/kalledaphotoproject/7802971922/in/photostream THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME 14