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Building a Future For Children

Round Table IndiaIn pursuit of Educating Underprivileged Children

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Our Background1

2 Our Dream

Contents

3 Our Success so far

4 Our Invitation

This presentation covers four sections.

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Round Table India

Community Service

International

Relations

Self Development

Fellowship

We are an organization of young achievers driven by our aims and objects of community service, self development, fellowship, and fostering international relations.

This unique movement works through “Tables” comprising 20-25 members.

Round Table India is an active member of the world wide organization of World Council of Service Clubs and Round Table International.

Member of Round Table International

Key Objects of Round Table

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Round Table India- “Service through Fellowship”

From a small beginning in 1957 at Chennai, Round Table India has grown to 180 Tables. Round Table India has a National & Regional leadership with a pan India reach in 75 cities and towns.

The profile of the 2500 members include professionals & businessmen with diverse backgrounds and talents.

Members commit their time and talent to community service in the spirit of fellowship.

180 TablesNational Leadership 11 Regional Areas

Reach in 75 Cities and Towns

2500 MembersAge group 25 -40

Diverse backgrounds and talents

Service through Fellowship

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Our Background1

2 Our Dream

Contents

3 Our Success so far

4 Our Invitation

This presentation covers four sections.

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Fifty seven years since we achieved our Political freedom, we are far from being truly free as we are yet to achieve Economic and Social freedom.

As Round Tablers we too believe Social, Economic and Political Freedom can only result through Education.

Are we really free ?

Social

PoliticalEconomic

“Extensive empirical studies have demonstrated the critical role of basic

education in economy and social development in Europe and North

America”

“The concentration on education was responsible, to a large extent, for the

nature and speed of Japan’s economic and social progress”

Freedom Through EducationProf Amartya Sen

“To Build a Country, build a Schoolhouse”

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• Over 50 million Indian children in the age group 6 to 14 are out of school

• Over 68% of all boys and 73% of all girls drop out of school before class 10

• Over 34% of India’s adult population does not know how to read or write

• Almost a third of the entire non-literate adult population in the world lives in India

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN TOLD THAT INDIA FACES AN EDUCATION CRISIS?

Source: MHRD estimates, Census 2001, Human Development Report

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EconomicdevelopmentEconomicdevelopment

• Education: allows individuals to get jobs, support themselves financially and improve their standard of living

• Education: allows individuals to get jobs, support themselves financially and improve their standard of living

HealthHealth• Helps raise awareness of and achieve good

health, helps protect children from disease• Helps raise awareness of and achieve good

health, helps protect children from disease

Social progressSocial progress

• Helps improve self esteem and status in society

• Improves the quality of public debate; enables people to recognise and assert their rights

• Helps reduce social and communal tensions

• Helps improve self esteem and status in society

• Improves the quality of public debate; enables people to recognise and assert their rights

• Helps reduce social and communal tensions

PopulationPopulation

• Helps control population growth by raising awareness of need for and methods of family planning, and giving women a greater say in family planning decisions

• Helps control population growth by raising awareness of need for and methods of family planning, and giving women a greater say in family planning decisions

Universal primary education has both social and economic benefits

THE GOAL IS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION IN INDIA

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Extract from the Infrastructure section of “ PROBE” Survey

“Buildings soon deteriorate when the roof leaks – as the monsoons in our country are so generous. It disrupts schooling activity. Both teachers and parents complained bitterly about the state of the school building during the monsoons, when teaching activity was often disrupted, sometimes for weeks, or even months at a time.”

“The Children huddle in two rooms, on sacking brought from home. The second room is very dark.”

“The playground is full of muck and slime. The overflowing drains could easily drown a small child. Mosquitoes are swarming.”

“There is no toilet. Neighbors complain of children using any convenient place to relieve themselves, and teachers complain of neighbors using the playground using the playground as a toilet in the morning.”

Public Report on Basic Education ( Probe) is an outcome of a detailed field survey covering five states. It is acknowledged as a landmark report, giving the true picture on the status of Primary Education in the country

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GIVEN THE NEED AND OUR COMPETENCE, ROUND TABLE CONCENTRATES ON THE “ ELEMENTS” IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

• Provision of Pucca Class rooms, so that the children are protected from the vagaries of the weather

• Proper play ground, play pen and playing equipment for all round development

• Provision of drinking water/ Bore well where required.

• Clean and pollution free environment. Emphasis on Hygiene by providing Toilets in all schools built.

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Earth

Water

Air

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ROUND TABLE HAS SET ITSELF AN AMBITIOUS TARGET

Our Effort

Create infrastructure for educating underprivileged

Children

Our Approach

Supplement existing initiatives working on Universalizing Primary

Education (UPE) through partnerships with the

Governments, NGOs and Corporates

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Our Background1

2 Our Mission

Contents

3 Our Success so far

4 Our Invitation

This presentation covers four sections.

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3700 class rooms in 1200 Schools built across the Country.

Over 800,000 Children benefited.

Rs 80 crores spent.

Partnership with Donors, NGOs and State Governments.

Increased enrollment and retention

Ownership by the communityDonors Government

NGOs

OUR SUCCESS SO FAR

We have witnessed dramatic surges in enrollment and retention when a clean and cheerful environment is provided. We have also seen communities take ownership of the infrastructure created.

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Case Study - With Donors

Round Table Netherlands & India

• Partnership with fellow International Tablers•Dutch Twinning started in 2000.• Matching contribution by RT India Tables.•Leveraging of funds through other agencies like Cordiad, Novib – Doubling contribution.•Built around 100 schools till date at the cost of about Rs 6 crores

Wipro Corporation

•Gujarat Earthquake in 2001•Round Table has been part of all relief activities from Lathur, Orissa, Kargil to Gujarat.•Round Table’s appeal raises over Rs. 2.7 crores.•Wipro Corporation donates Rs. 80 lacs•14 schools built in the Earthquake regions at the cost of Rs. 2.7 crores

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Case Study - With other NGOs

Pratham

•Partnership that blossomed with the Mumbai Tablers.•Funding of Pratham projects – Balwadi’s Bridge Courses, Balsakhi programs.• Tables across the country helped Pratham to incubate in each city – helping with Admn, banks, coordinations.•Implemented projects in Mumbai, Surat, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Patna and Delhi.

MV Foundation

•Built over 12 schools schools in Ranga Reddy District at a cost of Rs 25 lacs.

•Built 10 schools in Nalagonda District at a cost of Rs 35 lacs.

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Case Study - With State Governments

Project Paathshala – Govt. of Karnataka•MOU with the Karnataka Govt. to build class rooms and schools in Govt. schools in Karnataka.• SDMC’s contribute 50% towards the construction of the schools •Under project Paathshala – 150 schools built.•Round Table identify areas where schools will be built with BOE’s• Complete execution by Round Table

Janmabhoomi – Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

•MOU with Andhra Pradesh Government under Janmabhoomi scheme.•Build class rooms and schools in Govt. schools in Andhra Pradesh.• Upto 70% funding from the Govt.• Over 75 schools built.•Schools built and handed over to the Govt.

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SOME OF RTI’S SCHOOLS

Name of School Govt. High SchoolSundakamuthur, Coimbatore

Class Rooms Built 11

Children Benefited 600

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SOME OF RTI’S SCHOOLS

Name of School School Building at Hosur, Hubli

Class Rooms Built 4

Children Benefited 240

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SOME OF RTI’S SCHOOLS

Name of School Presidency School, Chennai

Class Rooms Built 6

Children Benefited 300

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SOME OF RTI’S SCHOOLS

Name of School Samata Vidyalaya, Pune

Class Rooms Built 6

Children Benefited 300

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SOME OF RTI’S SCHOOLS

Name of School Mandi Vidya Niketan, Delhi

Class Rooms Built 14

Children Benefited 700

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Inaugurating a Round Table School

Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

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Our Brand Ambassadors

Mr. R K Mishra at a press conference promoting

Freedom Through Education

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Our Brand Ambassadors

Actor Madhavan

inaugurating a Round Table School

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Accountability of Round Table India

• Round Table India is a ZERO Overhead Organization

• Round Table India Trust is registered under Section 12 AA of Income Tax act, with 80G IT exemption.

• Accounts of Round Table India are audited annually by reputed auditors – M/s Deloitte Haskins & Sells

• Round Table India conducted Road Shows in the US in 2005 – US$ 110,000 raised from various donors which resulted in 18 schools being built across the country at a total cost of US$ 350,000. All donors from US get 501(c)3 Tax exemption. Money can be paid to “Freedom Through Education – USA” Account in the US

• Dutch World Tour for Children – Group of 45 Dutch Nationals traveled across the country. 18 Schools were built with Euro 90,000 contribution leading to total spending of Euro 300,000

• Regular Updates of schools built sent to Donors alongwith photographs

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Round Table India’s Initiatives

Round Table India always helps in times of Natural Disasters:

• At the time of Orissa Cyclone, immediate relief work carried out and 14 school cum shelters were built under CYSD at an outlay of Rs. 1.6 Crores

• At the time of Gujarat Earthquake, apart from immediate relief work, 14 schools were built at a total cost outlay of Rs. 2.7 Crores

• During the current Tsunami crisis, immediate relief work being carried out in most affected areas in Tamil Nadu, Kerala & Andhra Pradesh. Long term plan of rebuilding large number of schools cum shelters together with the Government in the affected areas, besides rehabilitating fishermen with fishing boats and nets.

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Other Successes of Partnerships

• RTI and Coke have built had an MOU for 80%-20% partnership to build schools in Hyderabad / Vijayawada / Bidadi / Nemam around Coke’s strategic interest locations.

• Similarly Schools were built with ITC and Mysore Minerals • DTDC is undertaking FREE courier services and building schools with us.

• Bajaj Allianz offered excellent corporate alliance for General Insurance

• Hewlett Packard also offered deal on Laptops

• Rotary Clubs of Dist 3230

• Endorsement by Central Govt. on RTI for Infrastructure Development. Tie-ups with various other State Govts. MOUs entered In Tamil Nadu, Gujrat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh.

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Our Record

WE HAVE BUILT 3700 CLASSROOM IN LAST 12 YEARS

Year 2004 299 Classrooms Rs. 5.04 million Year 2005 391 Classrooms Rs. 6.06 million

Year 2006 878 Classrooms Rs.21.13 million Year 2007 596 Classrooms Rs.12.45 million Year 2008 342 Classrooms Rs.12.54 million

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Our Background1

2 Our Mission

Contents

3 Our Success so far

4 Our Invitation

This presentation contains four sections.

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Round Table India seeks to bring about this transformation in partnership with Corporates, NGOs and the Government in their chosen Geographical and Infrastructure focus.

Round Table India will contribute and ensure proper deployment of the funds and timely execution of the project.

Partnership for Transformation

Industry/NGO/Govt.

Round Table

Monitoring

by Area and the national

Board

TimelyExecution

by the Tables

Contribution

Proportionate

Contribution

100% Funds to the project

Transformationin the chosen Geographical

and Infrastructure

focus

Infrastructure focus

Geographical Focus

Partnership for Transformation

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PROJECT EXECUTION

Key activities involved in construction Round Table’s Proposition

Site identification

Building blue-print development

Material procurement

Construction project management

Round Table’s key proposition includes• Significant

involvement at all stages

• Project management skills and experience

• Obtain list of potential sites from Block Education officer and conduct independent need assessment

• Develop low cost and efficient plans for school based on standard modules already developed

• Efficient procurement of materials with direct involvement of local tablers

• Local tablers closely monitor project to ensure timely and quality completion at optimal costs

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Our invitation

Identifiedby RTI

Identified by the Donor

Native State or

Place

Infrastructure

We invite you to participate in our program “ Freedom through Education”

Your participation can be at an overall level in the on going projects identified by RTI or specifically in the projects identified by you.

Across the

Country

Complete School

Toilet Blocks

Additional Class rooms

Water Facilities

• Cost of each school approx. Rs. 18.30 Lakhs

•We shall bring in our sweat equity / credibility

• All Projects will be monitored by Round Tablers at every step

•200 children will benefit by every school you help

build.

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How can you help? –

Partner with us on Building Schools

• We would like to enter into an MOU on a Pan India basis.

• Identify Cities / Towns / States of strategic interest (where RTI has presence) and build schools under this Partnership program.

• A school for us means up to 5 class room with Toilet block, drinking water facility, play pen area, room for head master and can have an outlay of Rs. 18.30 Lakhs.

• The pace and road map for rolling this partnership out can be worked out jointly.

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Thank You