SHED Society for Health Education Development Update for

SHED Society for Health & Education Development Update for ASHA May 2018 Amit Rajkhowa Nabanita Majumdar 1

SHED (SOCIETY FOR HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT) WHAT IS SHED? INTEGRATED SCHOOL FOR DISABLED, UNDERPRIVILEGE D AND EVENING STUDENTS BOARDING FACILITY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN COMMUNITY OUTREACH VOCATIONAL AND TEACHER TRAINING

HOW IT STARTED • Founded by Lanu Aimol in 2007 • Initially based in Guwahati in rented space. Moved to Sonapur (1 hr from Guwahati) to land SHED acquired • Goal is to : • Provide a safe and positive learning environment for children with disabilities • An integrated school for children with and without disabilities to promote interactions between children and for them to be more productive citizens • Expanded to support boarding facilities for children with disabilities • Run by dedicated team of Special Ed teachers and care givers

SHED – Brief Background Sonapur Guwahati • Founded : 2007 • Location : Sonapur, Assam • Non-Profit Registered under Society Registration Act of 1960 with FCRA Clearance. • Founder : Lanu Aimol (Graduate Deg from Osmania Unv on Metal Retardation) Focus : • Children with disabilities and underprivileged children in the nearby area have no access to a decent education. • Children with disabilities do not integrated into mainstream society SHED : - Runs a integrated school with boarding facility for the underprivileged children and children with disabilities (Mental Retardation, Autism and Hearing Impaired) - Provides proper education and training to these children to increase self confidence, self worth and help become better and productive citizens. - Facility supports hostellers, full time day scholars and evening day scholars. Children with disabilities interact with evening day scholars that help in integration of these children. 4

SHED History • Founded in 2007 by Lanu Aimol (Lanu Aimol has Graduate degree in Metal Retardation from National Institute for Mentally Handicapped, Osmania University). • • • 2008 – 2012 : • 2013 : • • • Acquired own land in Sonapur. (~50 km from Guwahati. ) and build school structure and limited hostel facility. Started with new students from local area – hostellers, day scholars (mostly disabled) and evening students 2014 -2015: • • • Started as day school for differently-abled and underprivileged children in Bhetapara, a suburb of Guwahati. School was at rented facility. By 2012 had 23 students. ASHA involvement from Nov 2014 - yearly funding for Teachers salaries &one-time funding for Pukka classrooms, new kitchen cum dining hall, new hostel facility. Increased Student count to 46 students from 23 students (46 = 13 hostellers + 33 day scholars) 2016 -2017: • • Increased Student count : 66 (23 hostellers, 42 day scholars) Vocational training setup at school : 10 sewing machines – 20 trainees currently enrolled- 5 from hosteller 2017 -2018 : • • • Student count : 62 (23 hostellers, 39 day scholars Started twice monthly community awareness program for local people on disability and SHED Completed construction of new Fence and Gate from Asha one-time funds. Vocational Training expansion – tailoring and flower making for community, parents in addition to Hearing Impaired Computer lab – 2 computer NIHN (July) last year + furniture Mr Hiren Saika primary person took over day-to-day management from Lanu Aimol. Lanu closely involved. 5

SHED – ASHA Seattle Engagement • SHED working with Asha Seattle since 2014. • ASHA Funding Teachers Salary (recurring) • • § § § For Dec ’ 14 - Mar ’ 15 – Rs 2, 24, 000 For April ’ 15 – Mar ‘ 16 – Rs 6, 72, 000 For April ‘ 16 – Mar ‘ 17 – Rs 7, 39, 000 For April ‘ 17 – Mar ‘ 18 – Rs 8, 13, 000 One time funding : • • 2014 Dec : For construction of 5 pukka classrooms, kitchen cum dining hall and conversion of multi-purpose room to hostel. Completed in June 2015 2017 June : Rs 4 lac - For construction of new fence and new gate. • SHED was able to increase student count (both hostellers/day scholars/evening students) and provide a healthier/safer environment with updated facilities and teachers salaries. • Most recent Site Visit : • • Feb 3 rd 2017 (by Amit Rajkhowa) Next visit planned : in July 2018 (by Nabanita)

Facility and Student update • Current Facilities : • School Facilities – 5 pukka classrooms • Hostel Facilities : • • 2 Boys dormitory (with 2 attached bathroom + toilet) 1 Girls dormitory (with 2 attached bathroom + toilet) Kitchen + Dining Hall Multi-purpose room + vocational training/sewing room. Office room with attached bathroom Additional boy and girls toilets for day school New Fence and Gate Current Student Count : Students as of March 2017 Students as of April 2018 66 Students Total 62 Students Total Hostellers : 23 (19 MR/Autism + 4 Hearing Impaired) MR/Autism + 7 Hearing impaired) Full time (all day) Day Scholars : 20 (13 Full time (all day) Day Scholars : 39 (17 Evening Day Scholars 3 -6 pm : 23 Current Evening Day Scholars 3 -6 pm : (no disabilities/all attend Govt School) Target Evening Day Scholars 3 -6 pm starting June : ~20 7

Staff – as of April 2017 • Staff funded by Asha (11) • • • 2 Special Ed for MR (Mental Retardation) 2 Special Ed & Speech Therapist for Hearing Impaired 2 Community teachers 3 Care givers 2 Care givers & cooks • REQUEST to ADD : 1 Special Ed. (10 hosteller + 10 day scholar) • + Add care giver from local fund • Staff funded from local funds (3) • 1 Caretaker/Security guard • 1 care giver • 1 hosteller’s mother as care giver/helper • Volunteers (3) : • Hiren Saikia (President) - lives near the campus and parent of Autistic child • Ng. Wanoichoi, B. Sc Nursing (visits once weekly) • Dr Anil Kalita (visits once every 2 weeks) 8

Update on Boundary Wall and Gate (Asha one-time funding in July 2017) • Asha provided one-time funding of Rs 4 lac in July 2017 for a concrete wall and new gate. Work completed in Sept 2017 • Increased security and safely for student esp. disabled kids (pond next to school, hills and highway nearby ) Fence July 2017 Gate July 2017 Fence Nov 2017 Gate Nov 2017

Asha projects – Teachers Monthly Salaries Proposal 2018 -2019 Sr. No Name 1 Mrs. Madhumita Baruah, 2 Ms. Sonia Chongom 3 Thangkim Serto 4 Mr. N. Santiniketan Singh, 5 Ms. Dipannita Medhi, 6 Ms. Rita Deka 7 Kishan Maan 8 Robert 9 Jafrine Marak Mrs. Pratima Bora 10 (widowed + 1 child) Ms. Rinku Laskar 11 (single mother + 1 child) TOTAL MONTHLY (Rupees) TOTAL FOR 1 YEAR (Rupees) 4/17 -3/18 Proposal 4/18 – 3/19 Monthly Salary Designation (Rupees) – 10% inc. Comments on Salary Increase We request to 10% increase the 8652 Special Education (MR) 7, 865 staff salary since this year the Special Education / 8652 funding is limited. Speech Therapist 7, 865 Salary comparison to nearby 7865 regions : Special Education 7, 150 1. Special Educators (all Special Ed + Speech Diploma Holders) working 7865 Therapist (HI) Bed /Hostel in NGOs in Guwahati (30 ks 7, 150 warden away) are getting Rs 10 K-15 5990 Community Worker 5, 445 PM. 2. If working under Sarva 5990 Community Worker 5, 445 Shiksha Abhiyan(RTE), salaries started from Rs 23 K 6655 Care Giver Head 6, 050 40 K PM. 5324 Care Giver 4, 840 3. Care givers work with the 5324 Care Giver cum office boy 4, 840 children 24 hrs a day, it is challenging especially few 5324 Care Giver and Cook 4, 840 are single mothers with child. 5324 Care Giver and Cook 4, 840 SHED salary are lower and work is demanding, keeping SHED workers has been challenging 67, 760 74, 536 8, 13, 120 8, 94, 432 * Does not include salaries for 2 teachers for non-disabled evening day scholars and admin staff 10

SHED – Other sources of funding • Other sources of Funding for 2017 -2018 (Total : Rs 8, 15, 000) • Foreign (Rs 2, 60, 000) 1. 2. • • Assam Foundation of North America (SAC) – Rs 1, 60, 000 – used for boarding expense Wahid Saleh (individual EUR 1 K) – Rs 78, 000 – used for furniture, renovation of building Local (Rs 6, 14, 000) 1. 2. Hostel fees - Rs 1500/month/student x 23 = Rs 4, 14, 000 Parents & other individuals support/contribution – Rs 2, 000 Expected Other sources of Funding for 2018 -2019 (Total : Rs 11, 50, 000) • Expected Foreign (Rs 2, 60, 000) 1. 2. • Assam Foundation of North America (SAC) – Rs 1, 60, 000 – used for boarding expense Wahid Saleh (individual) – Rs 1, 000 – used for furniture, renovation of building Expected Local (Rs 8, 90, 000) 1. 2. 3. Hostel fees – Rs 2500/month/student x 23 = Rs 6, 90, 000 • Increased from Rs 1500/month. • Required for increased cost of living, improve food quality, increase costs for maintenance, better hygenic within hostels areas, upkeep of hostel and school facilities, general repairs etc. • Reduced dependence on individual contributions. Parents & other individuals support/contribution – Rs 2, 000 Day scholar – Rs 300 pm (optional for day scholars) ASHA funding for salaries + ~Rs 8. 9 lac will enable day to day operations at SHED for 2018 -2019

Long term plans on Expansion • • • One time funding for Office : • Add 1 room for office - 1 room 20 mx 15 m area – need to build 3 walls to extend current facilities (Approx Rs 2 -2. 5 lac) One time funding request for Green House • • Green House - Use a program from Govt of India & Assam for Green House Enable locally grown vegetables to be produced year-around Enable children to participate for better mental and physical well being Costs : • • • Approx cost Rs 5 -6 lac (includes all material, installation) Govt will finance 75% of cost (Rs 3. 7 -4. 5 lac) and SHED needs to finance 25% (Rs 1. 25 -1. 5 lac) Green House size – 1 katha (720 sqft), 7 yrs warranty Student and Student Facilities Expansion : • • • Add 10 hostellers and 10 day scholars 1 Special Ed Teacher (Rs 8652 pm * 12 = Rs 1. 03 lac yearly) One time funding for hostel Expansion • Add 1 more room in hostel - 1 room 20 mx 15 m area – need to build 3 walls to extend current hostel. (Approx Rs 2 -2. 5 lac) • Request for funding - ASHA, Wahid Saleh, CSR, Corporations like OIL, ONGC etc. 12

Audit Report – April 2016 -March 2017 RECEIPTS Foreign Local Contribution To Opening Balance 56, 014 15, 264 64, 138 17, 368 445, 900 Schoo l Fees 1, 068, 253 4, 867, 930 3, 494 4, 564 18, 500 15, 000 1, 143, 025 5, 433, 400 Interest Received on Savings IT Refund Recovery of Advance Board ing Expenses Salary & Wages Repair & Maintenance Medical Expenses Functions & Celebration Audit Fees Printing & Stationery Donations & Contribution ASHA 739, 200 AFNA 235, 713 Bank Charges Wahid Salih 93, 540 1, 068, 453 Total Foreign Local Payments Total Local Payments 1, 128, 974 907, 309 95, 000 739, 200 55, 000 332, 229 795 550 18, 109 1, 200 3, 784, 677 45, 000 North East Disability Awaremess Programme ESDP Programme Administrative Expenses Electricity &. Water Newspaper & Periodicals Repairs & Maintenance Fuel Expenses Functions & Celebration TOTAL Total Foreign Contribution Foreign Payments By Education & Maintenance Of Disabled Children Cash in Hand Cassh at Bank Donations & Contribution PAYMENTS 8, 883 2, 454 2, 840 20, 190 760 155 House Rent 15, 000 Audit Fees 18, 109 NESD Programme 3, 784, 677 Donations & Charity Misc Expenses 1, 200 21, 240 ESDP Programme 45, 000 Travelling Expenses 3, 090 Well wishers and donations 1, 038, 253 Total Local Donations & Contributions 4, 867, 930 Building Construction and Fan Closing Balance Cash in Hand Cash in Bank TOTAL 93, 921 80, 800 40, 317 195, 399 235, 716 1, 143, 025 59, 929 240, 099 300, 028 5, 433, 400

Site Visit Report – 1/2 • • Visited SHED on Sunday Feb 5 th, 2017. Visit coincided with bi-monthly community awareness program where parents of students, people from nearby villages visit SHED. • • Goal of this program is to educate the nearby villagers about mental disabilities, reduce the fear and increase tolerance. Talked to room full of people. Met with couple of parents – their feedback was that their child liked the school, the interactions with the similar students without feeling out of place. They prefer to come to school vs staying at home, hence was visiting even on Sunday. Met with each staff separately – common theme was they liked the students, some requested us to support the salary request, 2 of the care givers are single mothers with child, few requested to fix the fencing and gate. Toured the facility – classrooms, dining area + kitchen, multi-purpose room + training/sewing area, boys hostel rooms, girls hostel room and surveyed the compound.

Site Visit Report – 2/2 Met with few students : • Arati Ekka – Arati is 14 yrs old with Cerebral Palsy. Has been with SHED for sometime. She is intelligent and can do limited reading writing. She is independent in “self-help skills” • Anuj Kumar Bora - joined Parijat Academy (school for low income families), he could not cope up there, came to SHED and now independent in “self-help skills” • Sunny Goswami - Sunny 17 yrs with sever autistic. Sunny was rejected from other schools in Guwahati in 2011. He is now self sufficient and independent in “self-help skills”. Success story: • Olympia Talukdar - Olympia is 11 year, mildly intellectually disabled, she came to SHED in 2014, could not write at all, was in hostel. After close attention from Special Ed teacher Madhumita Saikia, she progressed to go to regular school.

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SHED – Special Programs • One time Govt programs (not needed for day to day operations of SHED) • 2016 -17 - National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disability, Chennai (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India) - Awareness and training program for states of Manipur and Meghalaya – ~Rs 38 lac – 15 programs held in both states. • 2015 -16 - Indian Institute for Entrepreneurship, Guwahati (ESDP Entrepreneurs Skill Dev program) – ~Rs 6 lac - for special ed program.