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AID-HOUSTON PROJECT PROPOSAL
Ananth Srinivasan, Ishaan Kapoor, Shveta Agarwal
May 4, 2005
Topics of Discussion
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NGO Overview
Project Background
Budgetary need analysis
Updated Budgetary need analysis
Fundraising Sources
Questions considered
Next Steps
SWANIRVAR Overview
Established NGO, formed in 1989 by Sujit Sinha (PhD from
Princeton)
West Bengal, India
Active in state level NGO network (WBEN) related to education
since 1996 and national network of NAFRE
Key focus areas: alternative education, health, agriculture, youth
and culture, microfinance and flood
Established projects: 3 rural primary schools; 14 pre-primary
schools
Current donors: ASHA, Friends of Swanirvar (FoS), CRY, CARE,
UNICEF, Pratham, ICEF, Share & Care Foundation, Govt. of India
For More Information: www.swanirvarbengal.org
Project Background
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Objective(s)
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Learning Center (LC) – an alternative secondary school for Kolkata
(ages 9+)
Education Resource Center (ERC) – a research, training and resource
center
Project timeline: 2004 – 2010 (project period – Feb ’05 – Mar ’06)
Budget for 1st year: Rs. 26 lakhs ($60K)
Partly funded by Indian Health. Rs. 12 lakhs ($25K) needed from
AID
AID-Austin and AID-San Diego reviewing projects
Budget timeline: 3 years
Not yet affiliated with a board system
Budget analysis – as of March
Item
Total Budget
Funds required for
ERC and LC
Indienhilfe contribution
proposed for LC only
A - Non recurring expenses
(building, computers, furniture etc.)
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14,000
$
7,400
$
6,600
B. Running expenses
(books, programmes, training,
admin expenses etc.)
$
21,240
$
9,900
$
11,340
C. Personnel costs
(teaching staff, accountant,
contingency etc.)
$
16,100
$
5,960
$
11,140
TOTAL
$
51,340
$
23,260
$
29,080
ERC
$
16,540
Additional for LC
$
6,720
Budget analysis - Updated
1st Priority
(LC)
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2nd Priority
(ERC)
A - Non recurring expenses
(building, computers, furniture etc.)
$
1000
$
B. Running expenses
(books, programmes, training,
admin expenses etc.)
$
1777
$
777
C. Personnel costs
(teaching staff, accountant,
contingency etc.)
$
1111
$
3,911
3,888
$
4,688
TOTAL $
AID-Houston
Potential Fundraising Sources
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Bengali Association of Houston (http://www.durgabari.org) –
contacts established and ongoing communication
Other associations in the US, or are they part of the other
chapters?
Bengali doctors, teachers and business men/women in the area.
Potential other contacts from Ishaan and others
Bengali restaurants? Target other restaurants?
Non-monetary funding: Computer/parts ; books etc.
Initial Questions/Concerns
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What is the current status? School was opened April 18th with ERC as a second priority.
How much total needed after year 1? $8600 (included funds for ERC)
What happens after 2010? Depends on success of program. NGO optimistic. Branches at
district level to follow if LC successful
How many total teachers? 4+2 admin + We pay for computer and english teacher.
Who will be the advisory board? 11 qualified people – List provided.
Placement services at what age? After Class X? After age 15.
Will there be any tuition fees? 25 Rs/ Month (only to make the education seem valuable).
Would it be better to fund another project/NGO which has less funding sources Debatable. This
NGO is well established and education projects tend to be open-ended.
No current or near future affiliation with any Board. In the past such efforts were unsuccessful.
The NGO however plans to affiliate with the govt. schools as soon as year 2.
We should consider ways to help them be more self-sufficient in the long run. For selfsufficiency, funds must be generated. One suggestion to offer: successful students can
contribute in the future and if they have mainstream acceptance, then govt could fund at some
later point too.
Project Coordinator Recommendations
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AID-Austin and San Diego are ahead of us in the game in terms of
voting and determining funds they would contribute ($3-5K each).
It seems to us that the ERC is dependent on the LC to succeed. So
initially it is probably better to ensure the success of the LC.
Our recommendation is that we can go ahead and fund the LC for the
first year and monitor the progress of the project….realistically 1,000
dollars?
Measure of LC success - measure the number of enrolled students and
the rate of retention in the first year. (we cannot have too lofty goals for
progress in a short period)
Project decision: Next CSH and online voting (as needed). Consider
the following:
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All Swanirvar presentation materials (site visit report, NGO Q&A, 2
presentations by Project co-ords)
Overall project review guidelines
AID-Houston mission and goals
Current AID-Houston priorities and status