MRP Report Shishu Mandir

8/8/2019 MRP Report Shishu Mandir

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SHISHU

MANDIR

MRP REPORT

BANGALORE CAMPUS


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CONTENTS

a) Brief History . 3

b) Shishu Mandir At A Glimpse.. 4

c) Aims & Objectives. 5

d) Present Activities.. 6

e) Working Of Shishu Mandir.. .. 9

f) Revenue Generation . 11

g) Project Area Analysis 12


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Briefing..

The history of Shishu Mandir dates back to October 1973, when the

medical doctor couple Dwarka Das and Hella Mundhra emigrated from

Germany to set up a small hospital in Bangalore. They took up the

humanitarian work of extending their medical services to people in the

slums near their working place and particularly to children who often

suffered fromchronic ailments brought about by unhygienic conditions,

malnutrition and infections.

The Mundhras began to admit children to their hospital with the idea of

providing long-term treatment and personal care along with the basicnecessities for a healthy life to experience a true sense of belonging.

Working towards this vision, in 1983 the Shishu Mandir Society was

formed, and by 1988, minimum 16 children were staying at the ShishuMandir Home permanently. In June 1994 a school experiment was

started in the premises of the Shishu Mandir Home and on December16

th2000 a separate school building under the name Shishu Mandir

Education Centre (SMEC) was opened in the outskirts of Bangalore to

look after the educational needs of poor children.


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Shishu Mandir At A Glance..

During its 26 years of existence Shishu Mandirgave life to many destitute children in its 3 centres

the Home, the School and the Vocational Training Centre. The

leading idea is to give the children and youngsters warmth and care

and respect. They all come from the lowest strata of the society

and are given everything

FREE. The children receive

their food, clothes and all

school material from Shishu

Mandir. They also take their

baths at the school. Many

extracurricular activities com-

plete their schooling, like dancing, singing, cycling, drawing,

sports including swimming. The children use their free time with

creating handicraft works like knitting, crochet, doll making etc.

Altogether they enjoy a rich childhood and youth to grow up into

people with self-

esteem and re-

sponsibility. Thechildren receive all medical treatment free, including

vaccinations. There are 70% girls and 30 % boys.


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Aims & Objectives.

1. To establish Homes for underprivileged children irrespective ofcommunity, language and religious affiliation from anywhere in India.

2. To establish educational institutions including pre-school centres for thecare of infants, for the advancement of academic and professional

training of underprivileged children to equip them for an independent

contribution to the society at large.

3. To promote vocational training in whatever callings that the children ofthe home and school and surrounding communities would require to

equip them for work opportunities outside.

4. To promote Education and social Services in terms of hygiene,nutrition, of family planningand similar services.

5. To provide medical services of any kind towards all dependants ofShishu Mandir as well as towards underprivileged people at large.

6. To run and manage all of the projects of the Society through internalmeans or by agencies of its choice.


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Present Activities..

Shishu Mandir is a Centre for the REHABILITATION of children through the following

measures:

a) Childrens Home

The institution in Ulsoor is providing a homely care to children from disturbed families. With amaximum space for 30 children there are at present 29 children who are being cared for at the

Shishu Mandir Home.

b) ChildAdoption

Adoption is a method of rehabilitation in the best interest of the children who are orphaned and

neglected. The Shishu Mandir Home in Ulsoor is a licensed adoption agency recognized by theCentral Adoption Resource Agency India for in-country and inter-country adoption.

c) Educational Programmes

At the Education Centre in Hella Nagar Shishu Mandir is providing free English mediumeducation for the children from poor and underprivileged families.

The system of education is child oriented by providing a specially formed child friendlysyllabus for the children from Preparatory Classes to the 10th standard.

Providing full support for their Higher Education/Vocational Training Providing a midday meal and in-between meals of high nutritional standard

Providing vocational training in tailoring and carpentry during school life

Providing the opportunity to learn skills like swimming and cycling

d) Vocational Training Courses

Shishu Mandir conducts one year vocational training courses for the school drop out youth which is

approved by the Ministry of Labour Government of India. The courses conducted are

Computer

Fitting

Welding


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Electrical

Fashion Designing

e) Community Development Activities

As the children of Shishu Mandir Education Centre are from the neighboring slums and villages, Shishu

Mandir extended its activities into these communities. These community development activities aim at

basic awareness about the reasons for their underprivileged living condition and participation by them

in their own development. However, the focus is on the liberation of children from their inner obstacles

for a healthy development. The institution aims at an integrated development of the community

through its extended development activities.

f) Infrastructure for Day Care Centres

Crches were begun to provide a safe and healthy atmosphere to the children below school-goingage. At present there are 35 children in one crche. This centre enables the mothers to be

employed and get additional income as well as the girl children to enjoy a good basis for theireducation.


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g) Self-Employment ProgrammesShishu Mandir is providing income-generating programmes to women in self-help groups of the

surrounding villages. Women can earn their living while at home doing packing and candlemaking etc. Unemployed women are encouraged to undergo training and be equipped for

subsequent self-employment. This has become a necessity as an alternative to the work in the

stone mines.

h) Awareness Programmes for Women and YouthsThrough village level animation, awareness campaigns and discussion groups for women andyoung people Shishu Mandir is organizing awareness programmes on different topics like health

and hygiene, human rights etc. to empower the people to take their development and progressinto their own hands.

i) Health and HygieneRegular medical camps and health awareness programmes have helped the villagers towardsbetter living conditions as individuals, families and as a village community. The people in the

villages, particularly the women, the aged and the children, are being benefited from theseprogrammes.

j) Construction of Public ToiletsShishu Mandir constructed public toilets in one village thus promoting the scheme to keep thevillage environment clean and improve the general health and hygiene of the public.

k) Women Cooperatives (Sanghas)Shishu Mandir believes that the simplest, but strongest unit for women empowerment is the self-help group (SHG) of women. There are presently 8 self-help groups functioning under the

guidance of Shishu Mandir. Some women of these SHGs have started self-employment venturesand have become an additional earning member in their family.

l) Construction of a Community HallShishu Mandir has constructed a community hall in one of the villages. At present this hall isbeing utilized for activities as

Running a kindergarten for little children Evening study classes for the students of the surrounding villages

Any function of the villages l ike meetings, marriages etc.

m)De-Addiction Programme

Shishu Mandir began a de-addiction programme for Shishu Mandir School childrens parentswho were addicted to alcohol. In this programme the Siddha System of Medicine is followed.

This programme includes individual and group counseling, family counseling, special counselingfor the spouses and also a session on cooking nutritious food.


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Working Of Shishu MandirOur requirements are:

1. Food for the school children (225) - Rs. 2,500/day

2. Food for the home children (30) - Rs. 1,000/day

3. One child's education - Rs. 6,000/year

4. Treatment for a dialysis girl - Rs. 22,000/month

Provision items:

1. Rice

500 kgs2. Wheat 20 kgs3. Oil 50 kgs4. Ragi 15 kgs5. Rava 15 kgs6. Karamani 7 kgs7. Chenna dhal 9 kgs8. Chenna 7 kgs9. Kabul Chenna 10 kgs10. Salt 30 kgs11. Fried gram 7 kgs12. Groundnuts 6 kgs13. Semiya

7 kgs

14. Biscuits (ordinary)15. Lactogen (1st stage)16. Toor dhal 70 kgs17. Plain noodles 15 kgs18. Beaten rice 15 kgs19. Dosa rice 15 kgs20. Idly rice 15 kgs


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21. Urid dhal 7 kgs22. Masoor dhal 7 kgs23. Green grams 7 kgs24. Red chillies 7 kgs25. Moong dhal 7 kgs26. Dhaniya 7 kgs

27. Jaggery

6 kgs28. Green peas 7 kgs29. Karamani 7 kgs30. Basin powder 5 kgs

31. Washing soap 30 nos.32. Bathing soap 30 nos.33. Washing powder 30 nos.34. Vim bar 30 nos.35. Vim powder 30 nos.36. Sabeena powder 7 kgs

Babies requirements

1. Huggies2. Baby cream3. Baby soap4. Cotton5. Rash free6. Coconut oil

Games items

1. Tennicoit - 6 nos.

2. Carrom board - 3 nos.

3. Chinese checker - 5 nos.

4. Business games - 4 nos.

5. Throw ball - 4 nos.


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Revenue Generation

a)Donationsb)Sponsorships

c)Charity


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Situational Analysis of the Project Area By Shishu

Mandir.

A survey conducted within a radius of 4 kms from the Shishu Mandir Education Centre revealed

the fact that 45 % of the children in the villages and slums were school dropouts and 80 % of theyouths were unskilled. The survey was carried out in Anandapura, Battarahalli,

Chikkabasavanapura, Halehalli, Janata Colony, Jyothynagar, Kithiganur, Kithiganur Colony,Priyanka Nagar and Sudhanthira Nagar.

The important findings are:

Unemployment. Out of a total population of 187.400 80% of the villagers and slum dwellers do

not have regular jobs and therefore do not get sufficient income to feed their families.

Poverty. Poverty is the root cause of all these problems. Except for the landholders, who canmake a living out of their work, the others are still gripped by severe poverty. 90% of the

families cannot afford to have three meals aday.

Illiteracy. Illiteracy is the main drawback of the villagers and slums due to which the people arenot able to come up economically and socially. Most of them become dropouts from school,

since they cannot afford to pay the fees. Moreover the educational system itself pushes them outof the school.

Poor health and sanitation: Most of the houses do not have toilet facilities. There are also no

common toilets in the villages. The toilets in the slums are not maintained properly and therefore

no one uses them. People cannot afford to go to the hospitals, since they are very expensive.There are many physically and mentally challenged children in this locality.

Housing and settlement problems: A poor man in Bangalore cannot think of having his ownhouse. Few people were fortunate to have small houses of their own built by an NGO incollaboration with the government and Misereor in the 1970s, when they were freed from

bondage. Since all the government land have been illegally grabbed by politically powerfulrowdies, the poor are unable to get even government land to put up a shed for their living. Most

often the slum dwellers are being pushed away from their places in the name of 'beautification ofthe city'. They are not able to live near their work place, since they cannot afford to pay a house

rent.

Alcoholism and smoking: Even young children from the age of 12 onwards are already addictedto alcohol and smoking. It is understood that this is a way of showing their frustration in life to

the society. 90% of the men do not spend their earnings for their families. They beat up theirwives when they refuse to give them money for buying alcohol. The children are forced to work


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to get money for the fathers drinks. There are many cases where the wife was murdered for notgiving money to her husband.

Gambling: Gamblingis common in all the villages. In some areas the whole family is involvedin it. According to some people this is the easiest way to earn (and lose) money.

Lack of recreational means: Youngsters have no means for recreation. They are not introduced into a

healthy life. Consequently most of them get into problems at an early age and fail to develop into a

stable personality.

School Drop-outs: School dropouts end up as child labourers. Some of them have to work even for 12

hours a day to earn a small amount for the family. Child marriage exists in plenty. Girls are removed

from school when they attain puberty to be settled in marriage. The existing schools do not work

professionally and even those children, who attend schools, do not know to read and to write.

Background of the Project Area

The project area comes under the Krishnarajpuram Municipal Corporation, which has a population of

187.400 people in 38.055 houses. It is a centre of small-scale industries and is a fast developing area

with more small-scale industries sprouting up and offering employment for skilled and trained

personnel.

A vocational training centre would be one of the interventional means to respond to the up-coming

needs of the people in this area. The Shishu Mandir Vocational Training Centre, whose construction has

just been started, will cater to the needs of the target group of 12 vil lages and 3 slums around SMEC.

8 Medahalli 2 3,040 30 % Head load workers

No. Village/SlumDistance

in kmPopulation

Under

BPL*)

Occupation of

BPL*) Families

1 Bhattarahalli 0.5 4,314 50 % Coolies - daily wage

2 Jyothinagar 0.5 680 50 % Stone cutters

3 Kithiganur 0.75 1,100 35 % Brick quarry

4 Hala Halli 1 1,238 75 % Brick quarry

5 Janatha Colony 1 650 65 % Brick quarry

6 Parvathinagar 1.5 1,430 80 % Brick quarry

7 T.C. Palya 2 2,375 25 % Construction workers


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9 Anandapura 2.5 2,950 30 % Coolies - daily wages

10 Chikbasavanapura 3 2,459 60 % Stone cutters

11 Sudanthiranagar 3 1,850 60 % Stone cutters

12 Priankanagar 3.5 3,320 75 % Construction workers

13 Udhayanagar 4 8,530 40 % Construction workers

14 Vijinapura 4 5,800 40 % Coolies - daily wages15 Seegahalli 4 5,250 50 % Construction workers

Total population 45.015 Aver. 47%

Total BPL population 21,204

*) BPL below the poverty line

Geograhical location of the Project Area

Shishu Mandir Education Centre is located within the limits of Krishnarajpuram Municipality,

which is 12 km from Bangalore City Railway Station and 8 km from the Bangalore InternationalAirport. The Krishnarajpuram Municipal Corporation is spread over an area of 44 square kms.


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Shishu

Mandir

Education

Centre

TC

Ananda

pura

Halehalli

Parvathi

nagar

Swathanthra

Vijinapura

Slum

Kithiganur

Udaya

nagar

UdayaParvathi

nagarSeegahalli

Slum

Chikka

Basavanapura

Jyothinagar

Bhattara

Halli


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Beneficiaries

Childrens Home 30

Education Centre 185

Vocational Training Centre 50

Child Care Centre 70

Prevention of the school dropout centre 80

Total 415

Documents

MRP Report Shishu Mandir