Annual Report 2010-11

Projects and activities

o Nature Walk

o Children’s Day

o Visit to Dog Farm

o Interaction with EMU Students

o The Love tree project

Events

o Bangalore Futsal Mania

o Udaan

o Joy of Giving

Content

Overview

Educational Activities

Workshops

o Sports

o Dance

o Art and Craft

Overview An initiative that began in 2008 as a small project by college students took the shape of a formal

organization in 2010 by the name of Reach Out and Pass It On foundation aka ROPIO Foundation.

ROPIO began its journey with the children of a slum called old G point ,locally named khand gaon,

aged between 5 and 20. Everything from tuitions in subjects studied at school, re enrollment of

drop out, basic English and communication classes to workshops in music, art & craft, dance and

sports were conducted. Within no time the team was assisted by college students and working

professionals who came to volunteer.

A beautiful bond was created with the families of G point

and the volunteers of ROPIO and all programs ran

smoothly. Classes and workshops for children and women

were held throughout the day with occasional tea breaks

and chit chats with the women and men of the community.

Overview In November’10 the slums of Old G Point were demolished, and the people were not

given apt and adequate warning. This caused a huge disturbance to everyone who

was a part of that slum. Families were displaced, children were unable to attend

school and unavailability of a shelter topped the list of problems. However with the

combined efforts of all the volunteers at ROPIO and the children and families of G

Point we pulled through. After almost a week of struggles and suffering, we were

able to provide continued support through a learning center to as many children we

could reach out to. We took up a temporary shelter at Satya Niketan

where for the next 3 months we catered to 25

children. From food and accommodation to tuitions

and workshops whatever support we could provide we

did.

The Children continued to study and despite facing

such hardship so close to their exams they made it

through to the next class with flying colors.

Educational Activities

We re-created a classroom learning structure for the children

from the slum of G Point in Kali Bari Marg in the comfort of

their own surroundings. Classes spanned from 0700 hours to

1700 hours covering apart from academic sessions, their extra-

curricular activities and overall growth

Mornings were dedicated to physical well-being. Most mornings

we found ourselves enjoying a game of football or badminton

with the children and volunteers altogether

After a quick breakfast break, the children would re-assemble

into their respective batches divided on the basis of classes,

for some intensive but interactive sessions covering their

academic syllabus.

To ensure an optimum retention, the classes were structured

to balance academics with extra-curricular activities, which

proved to be good energizers that kept the overall

environment light yet fruitful.

Educational Activities Features

Academic assistance provided to 100 children aged between 5 and 17 (class 1 to 10)

Workshops conducted on communication skill and English grammar

Achievements

95% children cleared to the next grade

Children in X cleared with average 65%

Workshops Sports

Games and exercises became a great energizer to create focus in studies

Badminton every morning at 7 (summer vacation time)

Football every evening post classes

Dance

Classes were conducted periodically by volunteers who were trained professionals

Hip Hop / jazz

Bollywood

Workshops

Art and craft

Origami and paper craft

Madhubani and Kalahandi painting style

Sketching

Clay modeling

Achievements

Selected children sent to DanceWorx for further training

Participated in art workshop at National Museum

Projects & Activities

Nature Walk (June’10)

All the children were taken to the ridge forest one early morning for bird watching and trekking

22 different species of birds identified

Volunteers and children bonded over the night stay and morning walk.

Children’s Day (14th Nove’10) 100 children were taken to Yusuf Sadan basement,

near the cathedral, where they were joined by

children from other NGOs and Slums. St. Anthony's

church youth organised the games after which

lunch was served along with juice and sweets.

Projects & Activities

Visit to Dog farm (Jan’10)

The children and team of R.O.P.I.O visited Brian’s home where he shelters and caters to around 35 dogs. It was a fun filled day where the kids got to see other people who were striving to make society a better place in their own way. Every one enjoyed playing with the dogs there and got to learn a lot about animal care.

Love tree project (11th-20th Feb)

The Pacific mall at Subhash nagar along With

ROPIO organised a fund raiser during the

valentines week. Butterfly and heart shaped

brooches were sold to people at the mall in

exchange for a heart shaped red leaf which

they then hung on the branches of a golden

tree with messages for their loved ones.

Projects & Activities

Interaction with EMU students, Virginia

(1st and 2nd Feb’11)

An exposure visit to provide insight to the students from the Eastern Mennonite University about the situations of people living in slums and providing an opportunity of interaction, learning and growth to the children from the slums.

Features

Day1: ice breaking and team building

games such as treasure hunt and junk to

jewels

Day2: Visit to the slums and Football

match

Events

Bangalore Futsal Mania (July’10)

A two-day street football tournament organized in collaboration with students of Christ University in Bangalore, Karnataka.

32 teams participated

Hosted at SPT sports complex

Cash prize of Rs.15000/

Udaan (5th Sep’10)

A 2 hour program of musical and dance performances by the children and professionals.

Hosted at Convent of Jesus and Mary

Graced by Jaya Jaaitely, Fr. Alwyn D’Souza and Fr.Vincent D’Souza

Musical performances by Tarini and team, Fire Exit, Gautam Nima and Delhi Drum Circle

Dance Performances by Kinkini, M.R Pradeep & Raghu And Sushant &Himani

Children’s performances:

oIndian Contemporary by the girls

oStreet Jazz by the boys

oSilent skit by the children on ‘life of a street child’

Events

Events

Joy of Giving(Dec ‘10)

A Christmas charity event organized in

association with Youth Activ8 Foundation.

It was a musical event-cum- photo

exhibition, where delegates from various

embassies were invited to attend.

Musical Performances by Timson Thomas, Emmanuel Marthoma Church Choir and the Delhi Drum Circle

Photo Exhibition by Shivani Garg, Nitin Singh and Ankit Singh

ROPIO kids performed a duet on ‘Roshan hui Raat’

Budget 2010-11

Income

Donations 176375

Funds raised from Events 93000

Total Income 269375

Expenses 142615

Rent 29.45%

Food 33.66%

Centre Expenses (Including Tution Fees) 33.28%

Event Expenses 3.61%

Others 0.01%

Total % 100.00%

Surplus/Deficit 126760