“Fund for Girls Education and women Livelihood”

sponsor to 1000 girls education and 1000 women’s livelihood in urban & rural]

[ Thise project will in most backward district are Raichur, Gulbarga, Koppal, Yadagir]

Collaboration with Global Giving.USA.1 Name of the Project “Fund for Girls Education and women

Livelihood”2 Applicant and legal Holder of the

project :Action Initiative for Development [AID]

3 Address: Gowripura.[At village] Kyasenahalli [Post] Jagalur [Taluk] Davanagere [District] Karnataka [State] India. Pin code: 577528.

4 Telephone and email & website: +91 90352 47600. +91 9481 30 9481.Email: aidorg@yahoo.in aidorg@rediffmail.com info@aid-india.org http://www.aid-india.org

5 Legal Status of the Applicant organization :

Action Initiative for Development[AID]

6 Registered No and date : Registered Under Karnataka society Registration Act-1960. DA /76/2005-06. 26/05/2005.

7 FCRA Registration No. Act,2010 . FCRA No. 094400029.Date of Registration : 7/06/2010.

8 Bank particulars Name of the Bank Address :[FCR Account No.]

F C Bank Account No: 32063101179. STATE BANK OF INDIA. SBI. Davanagere. Branch code 05624. 44.BSC Avenue,IFSC Code: Akkamahadevi Road , P J Extension Davanagere-577002. IP 850811. Karnataka. India.SWIFT CODE: SBININBB112IFSC CODE: SBIN0005624.

9 FCR Account No: F C Bank Account No: 32063101179.10 Target Groups: Poor girls and woman’s at targeted

distracts at Hyderabad Karnataka. India.11 Requested Grant : $2.99.77712 Project Area : Most backward district are 1. Koppal,

2.Gulbarga. 3.Yadagiri, 4.Raichur. [ Karnatak state, India ]

For the Action Initiative for Development [R] AID.Manjappa.B Mr.Babanna D.S

President Secretary

Action Initiative for Development (AID)

Name of the project: “Fund for Girls Education and women Livelihood”

1. Summary:

Lakhs of poor families especially in Koppal, Raichur, Yadgir and Gulbarga districts are migrating for their living and pushing women into Devadasi system and many women in distress are forced into flesh trade. Also incidents of children dropping out of schools and engaging in bonded labour, practice of child marriage, infant mortality and maternal mortality rates are increasing. We are striving to provide free education to 1000 girl children (aged between 10-18 years) who belong to poor families and provide vocational training. Efforts are made to identify 1000 women with economically weak background and efforts are made to provide them a dignified living through income generating activities and relevant trainings.

The project provides educational opportunity to orphan and vulnerable children from socially and economically disadvantaged communities including trafficked victims children, children of Devadasi, children affected by HIV/AIDS and children from excluded and Dalit communities aged between 1 to 18 years. [Target -1000 Girls]

Even so, today's devadasi system, to make a career of the most common subject of sex work. This is because, in order to help these women by providing career as a self-help in this project, the main goal is to get into the mainstream.

Single headed family women. Devadasi women, diverse women, commercial female sex worker, widows to provide for improving the livelihood financially support like giving to sheep’s, Goats, cows, small petty shop business, vegetable business and to support women’s liked activities. [Age between 18 to 65, 1000 women’s]

The sponsorship programme helps support supplementary nutrition, school uniforms, text books and note books and skill training /vocational training for children from the age of 16 years. Along with educational support, exposure is provided to children through study tours and exposure visits so that they will fit into larger society after their education. . Our aim is to break the cycle of

illiteracy that vulnerable children from such communities are faced with through meaningful and stimulating education in local community-based Learning School/Center where they are educated for a year and are guided to enter into mainstream education.

2.What are the issues and challenges?

Lakhs of people from Koppal, Yadgir, Raichur, Gulbarga districts are migrating to bigger cities like Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai in search of jobs resulting in problems for their family members. Their children are dropping out of schools and women are forced into Devadasi system. Trafficking of children is rampant in these districts. Children are forced into bonded labour system and girls are forced into child marriages. Infant mortality and maternal mortality rates are increasing and the condition of the people has become pathetic.

Four project district selected are among the most backward districts in the state of Karnataka. The problem issues are child marriage, migration of children, Devadasi system, bonded labor, lack of livelihood and migration, high HIV/AIDS prevalence, large number of school drop-outs, children forced into adult roles like taking care of younger siblings, sexual exploitation, girl child trafficking and other child rights violations.

3.How will this project solve problems?

By giving special classes and tuitions to the girls; ensuring child rights to children by forming children associations; distributing clothes, pens, pencils and notebooks free of cost to children from poor families; providing school fees; conducting computer training programmes for girl children aged between 14-18 years.

The organization is working to educate women about their rights and provide skill training in their respective areas of interest like tailoring, embroidery, beauty parlor, computer, cattle rearing, etc., for improved living. Thereby efforts are being made to help them gain economical sustenance and lead a dignified life.

The solution to poverty is complex. We provide quality education and address basic needs of vulnerable children including regular health care, nutritious meals, life skill education and then help students transition into higher education and employment to reach self-sufficiency.

4.Potential long term impact:

The duration of this programme is 3 years. Education of 1000 girls will continue. The girls and women will get opportunities to learn computers and training in

other areas. 1000 women will get opportunities to learn various vocational skills and become economically independent.

Potentially, this project can help change the course of vulnerable girl children’s lives who are otherwise left with no alternative for education. By teaching literacy and providing a chance of formal education, they have a chance to escape a vicious circle of poverty and make their own future bright.

Description of the project:

Ours is a culture ridden with revolutionary matriarchs. The voracious thirst for power or the grabbing, acquisitive and destructive characteristics are not inherent to matrilineal societies. We have respected and bestowed equal positions to nature and to the relationship between the men and women. As if like an iterating fruition of such a progressive practice, the Indian history has been imbued by iconic women thinkers and reformers like Akkamahadevi of the Chalukya and Kadamba lineage, Vijayambika, Loka Mahadevi, Trilokya Mahadevi, Kaarnada Rani, Dhaana Chinthamani Athimabhe, Vijaya Bhataridevi of the Pulakeshi period, Mailadevi, Shettikave of the Hoysalas, the dancer queen Shanthala, Onake Obavva who protected the sovereignty of Chitradurga, Keladiya Chenamma, the political thinker of immense repute, Mallamma of Belawadi, The anti-imperial protagonist Kittur Chenamma, Queen Abakka who was a doyenne in Art and Literature, and the women revolutionaries like Aaydakki Lakkamma, Suule Sankamma, and Gangambike are proof of the rich contribution by women to social and political thought in Karnataka. More recently, contributions to building a just society by Dodda Mahadevi, Savitri Phule, Ramabai, Nagamaal, Saalu marada Thimakka, Prathiba Nemichandra, Sara Abubaker and others are espousing.

Equality is the fundamental value on which our constitution has been founded. All discriminations based on gender, caste or class are unconstitutional. But in reality we have a regressive cultural practice of systemically enslaving women by making them dependent on their fathers while young, husbands in marriage and children when in old age. This overbearing philosophy of women’s’ enslavement and relegating them to a status of half-citizens is still in practice in most communities. For instance, the aborting of unborn female fetus, killing of female infants, discrimination and deliberate starving, denying educational opportunities, forced child marriage, dowry harassment and dowry deaths, domestic violence and many such inhuman practices are common throughout the length and breadth of this country. The rapidly declining sex ratio since 1961 that indicates the number of women for every thousand men is a shocking reflection of a systematic killing of girls in India. In 1961, for every 1000 male children there were 976 girls, in 1981 it reduced to 962, 945 in 1991, 927 in 2001 and according to the most recent national level census in 2011 there are only 914 girls for every 1000 boys in the country. The equal contribution of

women and men in the creation, sustenance and progression of humankind cannot be over stressed. It is dangerously unfortunate that our deeply ingrained practice of discrimination is ignoring the primacy of women in the very survival of humanity.

At this crucial juncture of our history, the culture that promotes and justifies the killing of girls and women needs to be introspected and a choice be made whether “we will choose to destroy humanity by annihilating women or be the ambassadors for the enrichment of living diversity of humankind through the practice of equality and respect for women”.  From this moment on, let us fight against all thoughts and practices that work against the rights of girls and women.

The sex ratio of Karnataka decreased to 943 in 2011 from 960 in 1991 and 946 in 2001. "The ratio has been getting skewed in the past three decades because of the advent of sex determination tests such as ultrasound scans and blood-based genetic tests," says a senior official who was part of the 2011 census.

Experts feel that unless the mindset of the people towards the girl child changes , the child sex ratio will not improve . "Sex-selective practices are more common among the more educated and richer families , who have the knowledge and the resources to discreetly carry out the practice .Couples from wealthy families are making best use of in-vitro fertilisation ," says Dr S Bhagyalakshmi , a gynecologist.

But child activists said that poor monitoring in recent years has sent several sex-selective abortion clinics underground or forced couples to go overseas . "Bangalore has over 2,500 sonography machines but no effective mechanism to monitor their misuse . Only about 57 cases have been registered under the Pre-Conception and Pre-natal

Diagnostic Techniques Act ,1994 ,in the past five years and none has resulted in conviction ," says Anand Patil , a Dharwad-based child activist.

Average literacy rate of koppal in 2011 were 68.09 compared to 54.10 of 2001.if things are looked out at gender wise, male and female literacy were 78.54 respectively. For 2001 censes. Same figure stood at 68.42 and 39.61 in koppal District. Total literate in koppal district were 809.085 of which male and female were 468.785 and 340.300 respectively. In 2001 koppal district had 534.547 in its district

Facts of women’s situation : Census-2011.Sl No

Name Of District.

Actual Population

Male Female Sex Ratio (Per 1000)

Child Sex Ratio (0-6 Age)

Male Literacy

Female Literacy

Male Child(0-6)

Female Child(0-6)

1 koppal 1,389,920

699,926 689,994 986958 78.5

457.55 87,254 83,296

2 Raichuru 19,24,77

39,66,493

9,58,280

992950 70.4

748.73 145,468 138,265

3 Yadagiri 11,72,985

5,91,104

5,81,881

984951 62.2

541.38 97,522 92,757

4 Gulbarga 25.64.89

213.07.061

12.57.831 962 943 74.3

855.09 188.076 177.296

Reported incidents of crime Against women’s.Year Cases2007 1.85.3122008 1.95.8562009 2.03.8042010 2.13.5852011 2.28.650

STATISTICS ON   CHILDREN IN INDIA. Children constitute over one-third of India’s population of 1.21 billion people, which means India is home to 400 million children.

1. Every sixth child in the world lives in India (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation- MoSPI, 2012)

2. Out of the 400 million children in India, every second child is malnourished (National Family Health Survey III – NFHS, 2005-06)

3. In India the child sex ratio is at the lowest it has ever been with just 914 girls for every 1000 boys (Census, 2011)

4. Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India continues to be high at 212 per 100,000 live births (Sample Registration System - SRS, 2011)

5. Girls in India have 61% higher mortality than boys at age 1-4 years (National Family Health Survey III - NFHS)

6. In India 22% babies are born with low birth weight (National Family Health Survey III - NFHS)

7. In India about 55% of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes children under 3 years of age are underweight compared to about 37% of children from the general population of 400 million children (National Family Health Survey III - NFHS)

8. The Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) in India is 88.1% for Schedule Caste and 95.7% for Schedule Tribe children, against the national average of 59.2% (National Family Health Survey III - NFHS)

9. In India 47 out of every 1000 live births do not complete their first year of life ((Sample Registration System - SRS, 2011)

10.79% children of the 400 million in India (6-35 months) are anaemic (National Family Health Survey III - NFHS)

11.56% adolescent girls (15-19 years) in India are anaemic, as against 30% adolescent boys (National Family Health Survey III - NFHS)

12.Only 54% children of the 400 million in India receive full immunization (District Level Household & Facility Survey III - DLHI, 2007-08)

13.11.8% i.e. 4.94million children in India are engaged in some form of child labour (National Family Health Survey III - NFHS)

14.Over 25% increase in child murders is noted since 2000 in India (National Crime Records Bureau - NCRB, 2011)

15.The Net Enrollment Ratio (NER) at the Upper Primary Elementary Level in government schools in India is only 58.3% (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation - MoSPI, 2012)

16.National Dropout Rate at the Elementary Level in government schools in India is over 40% (District Information System for Education - DISE, 2011-12)

17.Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) at the Secondary Level in government schools in India is below 50% (District Information System for Education - DISE, 2011-12)

18.About 35% children in India with disabilities remain out of Elementary school (District Information System for Education - DISE, 2011-12)

19.School dropout rate amongst adolescent girls in India is as high as 63.5% (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation - MoSPI, 2012)

20.Nearly 45% girls In India get married before the age of eighteen years (National Family Health Survey III - NFHS)

21.The statistics affirm that children are accorded a low priority in national policy and governance decisions.

The performance of district in Human Development :2001 & 1991

Sl no

District HDI-2001 HDI-1991Value Rank Value Rank

1 Koppal 0.582 24 0.446 262 Raichur 0.547 27 0.443 273 Gulbarga 0.564 26 0.453 25. 4 Yadgiri - - - -

Dalit situation in India.[Including womens and Girls, mens]

Every 18 minutes: A crime is committed against a DalitEvery day: In India.[Regarding the against a dalit untouchable and oppressed community.

3 Dalit women are raped 2 Dalits are murdered & 2 Dalits Houses are burnt in India 11 Dalits are beaten Every week: 13 Dalits are murdered 5 Dalits home or possessions are burnt 6 Dalits are kidnapped or abducted

“Social and Economic condition of Dalits” 37 percent of Dalits living below poverty in India More than half (54%) of their children are undernourished in India 83 per 1000 live birth children born in Dalit community are probability of

dying before the first birthday 45 percent of Dalits do not know read and write in India Dalits women burden double discrimination (gender and caste) in India Only 27 percent of Dalits women give institutional deliveries in India About one third of Dalit households do not have basic facilities Public health workers refused to visit Dalit homes in 33% of villages Dalits were prevented from entering police station in 27.6% of villages Dalit children had to sit separately while eating in 37.8% of Govt. schools Dalits didn’t get mail delivered to their homes in 23.5% of villages Dalits were denied access to water sources in 48.4% of villages because

of segregation & untouchabilty practices Half of India’s Dalit children are undernourished, 21% are severely

underweight & 12% DIE before their 5th birthday Literacy rates for Dalit women are as low as 37.8% In Rural India

http://www.nhrc.nic.in/Publications/reportKBSaxena.pdf Project title: “Sponsor A Girls Education and women

Livelihood” No.of children: 1000 Girl children and 1000 womens. Targete Area: 4 Districts of Karnata state: Koppal, Raichuru,

Gulbaraga, Yadgiri. Traget Family: SC and ST and other backward

communities,dalits. Target Groups: Girl childrens and women. Duration: 3 Years.

Budgeting for project:

S No

Details Girl children/women’s.[1000+1000]

Description

Total in Dollars [$]

A Girls Expenses [all expenses $160] 1 School uniform and

civil dresses, shoes, tie, belt for one child.

$15 For one child.

$15*1000 Girl Children.

$15000

2. Nutritional packets support for one child.

$90 for one child

$90*1000Girl Children.

$90000

3 School Fees and Stationery expenses.

$15 for one child.

$15*1000 $15000

4 Computer basic training and needy children health service expenses

$20 for one child

$22*1000 $22000

5 Female Motivators Honorarium

$18. 4 Female motivates.

18*1000 $18000

B Women’s Related Activities.

- - -

1. Livelihood Training for one women expenses.

$30 For Training expenses for one women. [Meals, Room rents and faculty fees, Training materials]

29*1000 $29000

2. Row Material parches for one women.

$110 for one women lively hood things parches.

110*1000 $110000

Grand Total :

$ 2.99.000=00

In Indian currency in Rupees.

1.85.38.000=00

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