Yuva Global Foundation Annual Report 2013-14

Integrity

Compassion

Moral Values

Servant Leadership

Commitment

to Vision

Yuva Bengaluru also called as Yuva Global Foundation is a platform to Educate, Empower, Enable individuals in a society. It is a Charitable Trust started in 2008 to work with deprived children, marginalized women & deprived families to empower them to lead a life of hope, self-worth and dignity. It envisions an empowered future for all by acting as a catalyst for social change. Yuva is an organization working on various issues at grass root level with a smarter and realistic approach. We intend to redefine the existing Education system with scalable and sustainable solutions, which empower the deprived children to grow up with quality education that puts them on par with other children, fighting to break the vicious cycle of poverty and helping them grow into able youth of tomorrow. “To create a peaceful, prosperous and progressive society by igniting the young minds towards the righteous path”. “To unite and inspire today’s youth to take action for what they believe in, and empower them to take a stand on those issues”.

Our Core Values

Introduction

Vision

Mission

About us

Founder ’s No te

Time indeed does not wait for anyone and another interesting year has gone by silently. The journey towards nation building started in the year 2008, 5 years may not seem long, but for us at Yuva it has been a time for reassessing not just our selves but also the world around us.

The year 2013-14 has been a year of strength and growth as we move forward in our mission. The year provided us a mixed bag of joys and trails. It renewed our belief that committed workers with the necessary competence can bring about tremendous impacts when a conducive atmosphere is created. We knew we had to start by first transforming within – each of us who chose to become a part of Yuva.

Swami Vivekananda speaks of three H’s that are essential for meaningful service to be performed - the Heart to feel, the Head to think and the Hands to do - three areas where we have had satisfying progress during the year. We continued to build the Hearts that would feel for the poor, the deprived and the needy. Regular communications with the volunteers, community, donors, well-wishers and other stakeholders helped us to strengthen the bonds that hold us all together. Even as the Heart aspires, the Head has to think - think about how we can build the competence, linkages and resources to realize the aspirations; to plan, manage and supervise the activities that are rolled out The year also saw us strengthen the Hands that Work. The volunteer trainings and youth empowerment programs added to the work efficiency.

Even as I look into the reports, statistics and narratives that try to capture the work that our volunteers/our teams have done, I feel thankful to the immense treasure house of experience and learning that the year has bestowed on us. The activities detailed in this Annual Report paint the pictures of such change with words, numbers and images. At the core, however, we believe that the main fuel for such change to be sustained and further refined is the band of volunteers/ workers ready for the travails of thankless hard work.

We were able to reach out to many youth in colleges and workplaces, and empower them to think about the community. This year over ___ volunteers worked with almost ____ children in ____ centers in Karnataka, India. We are indebted to the trust that you and the community we serve have reposed in us.

With this we would like to present the Annual Report 2012-13.

Mr. Kiran Sagar,

Founder, Yuva Bengaluru

Yuva Global Foundation is a volunteer driven organisation. Our volunteers educate, mentor and train children at various Government Schools, orphanages in Bangalore to give them a better future, which will benefit them as well as our country.

The learning experience is mutual – our volunteers gain perspective and the experience to mould themselves into tomorrow's leaders. At Yuva, we believe that our children and volunteers are the latent potential that India needs for a bright and prosperous future.

Our volunteers come from various walks of life such as students, IT professionals, doctors, lawyers, housewives etc. with the common passion to contribute towards the development of our country.

All Yuva volunteers are young at heart, who are between the age group 14– 60years and most of them contribute at least two hours every week.

Vo l u n t e e r s R e c o g n i t i o n 2 0 1 3 - 1 4

Volunteers are not paid, not because they are worthless, but they are priceless. Every year, on 12th January, the National Youth Day of India, Yuva recognizes the change makers who have contributed exceptionally in the projects.

"The journey of 2.5years with Yuva has made my life more meaningful. I would like to thank the whole bunch of Volunteers without whose support and cooperation I would not be able to stand for my words and do my bit to the children. I feel proud to be associated with the organisation working children. I started my little selfless service without any expectations and the organisation has given me a platform to learn, lead and act. I would also like to acknowledge the support of my family in contributing towards the society”.

Siddhling M Konin, Group Lead, General Motors.

OUR PEOPLE

Project/ Activity Change Makers Other Volunteers Total Hours

Education 18 85 8625

Health 5 61 3225

Lead India 8 15 8280

Joy of Giving 21 104 6680

Exposure Visits 5 23 240

Competitions 5 17 880

Events 20 138 6000

Others 8 20 1120

Core Project - Education

Quality education and a good future are still a dream for many of India’s 270 million government school students. An alarming percentage, even in higher grades, cannot read or write in their mother tongue, let alone English. Over half cannot perform even addition or subtraction, and many suffer from anemia. However, with the necessary support, we could nurture another Swami Vivekananda, Mother Teresa or Mahatma Gandhi.

Yuva’s education project supplements the government efforts, bridging critical gaps in delivering quality education. Through teacher training, spoken English, Life skills, computer training yoga, sports, extracurricular activities and nutrition supplements, Yuva endows 2,000 students in 5 Governments schools every year with the skills and educational materials to create a bright future.

For the academic year 2013-14, the Yuva schools leveraged their experience, the tools developed and facilities created to intervene in Government Schools. These interventions aimed to enhance the quality of education and result in all the children benefiting from a meaningful education.

H i g h l i g h t s o f t h e p r o j e c t : Over 2000 children from 5 Schools were supported during the year.

2 teaching staff and 1 non-teaching staff were provided to a Government aided

school in Sheshadripuram, Bangalore.

3500 students from Bangalore and rural Karnataka received School Kit.

School uniforms were provided to 500+ students.

Life skills Training to 400 students.

Arts and Crafts Classes to 400 students.

Spoken English Classes to300 students.

200+ Students were taken for various exposure visits.

National Festivals such as Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti and Republic Day

was celebrated by hoisting the flag, prayers and distributing sweets to the

children.

Seminar on How to face examination was conducted for 500+ SSLC students.

2 Computers were donated to Seva Samaj Aandal School, Rajajinagar.

EDUCATION PROJECT

Core Project - HEALTH

A majority of India’s rural population lacks sufficient awareness about general health, diseases, treatment and symptoms. This absence of knowledge has caused a great deal of suffering and has drastically curtailed the quality of life for most rural people. To alleviate this situation, Yuva Global Foundation conducts Health camps in Karnataka to create awareness and to educate rural people about sustainable health, hygiene and nutrition.

The camp consisted of both one-to-one and group awareness programs with workshops and short films shown on health, hygiene, nutrition, and the importance of a balanced diet. General check-ups and treatment for common ailments were also conducted free of cost. Banners on health awareness were displayed.

For the academic year 2013-14, Yuva Global Foundation conducted health camps at 12 schools and one village in Karnataka. These camps aimed to identify the common ailments and provided free treatment and medicines.

H i g h l i g h t s o f t h e p r o j e c t : General health checkup was conducted for 2150 students

Dental checkup for 400 students

Health and Hygiene workshop for 1000 students

Sanitation workshop for 300 girl students

Nutrition supplements such as daily milk, chyawanprash and weekly

fruits for 100 students

3 Health camps at Arji Village, Virajpet Taluk, Coorg District, Karnataka;

medicines donated to 280 villagers during every camp.

65 Units blood donated to blood bank and needy patients.

1 corporate eye pledge drive where 115 individuals pledged their eye.

Core Project - HEALTH

Project – Lead India

India is going to be young with 29 years as working Indian average age by the year 2020 and our students are going to get global opportunities. India faces a historic opportunity and will be home to 700 million people of working age by 2020, a demographic situation that if leveraged properly can transform the country into the next economic superpower. It is very essential to ignite global skills with Indian values to make India a global leader.

In today's fast paced advanced world, our children are ever in the pursuit of becoming super achievers. Our children cannot be complete by merely achieving academic orientation. They have to become savvy with their personalities, attitudes, values and skills.

To contribute significantly towards the development of the country, the Lead India training programmes focuses on imbibing human values and global skills to the youth of today.

For the academic year 2013-14, Yuva Global Foundation conducted the training programmes in various schools and colleges.

H i g h l i g h t s o f t h e p r o j e c t :

600 students attended the Lead India Inspire 3 days camp.

325 students were benefited from the Lead India sustenance programme.

Over 8000 youth were trained on various modules of Lead India Motivate &

Transform programme.

Lead India Teachers Training was conducted for 150 Teachers and 474 B Ed students.

Project – lead india

Month ly Even ts

KC General Hospital Karnataka Ayurvedic Hospital

KIDWAI Cancer Hospital MANGO FEST for children

SEVA SADAN – Girls Orphanage Karnataka Blind School

F o o d f o r F i f t y

Food for Fifty also called as F3 is a monthly giving initiative of Yuva Global Foundation. The team distributes food for 50 people on every last Saturday in places like Government hospitals, orphanages etc. This programme aims at spreading awareness to today’s youth about the real challenges and difficulties faced by the people from lower economic background.

This year the team distributed food and fruits at 10 different hospitals / orphanage for 700+ people.

Mo the r ’s d a y – M a y 8 t h Members and Volunteers of Yuva Global Foundation celebrated Mother’s Day with their family by performing Sathyanarayana Pooja in Ashraya Seva Trust, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore for the good health of the 55 mothers on 8th May 2013.

I N D E N D E N C E D AY – A U G 1 5 T H The 67th Independence Day was celebrated with full gaiety and fervor by releasing freedom fighters chart, indicating prominent leaders for each alphabet. The chart was released by Cine Actor Yash, Mr. Kiran Sagar (Founder – YGF) & Mr. Amit Samson (MD, The Lalit Ashok) at The Lalit Ashok.

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Month ly even ts

T E A C H E R S D AY – S E P 5 t h

YUVA Global Foundation conducted inter-school Public Speaking competition for High School students on 5th September 2013 on the topic “My Teacher is the Best”. The competition was conducted in association with Tanishq, A Tata Product in 4 outlets of Tanishq. 300+ children from 32 schools in Bangalore participated in the competition.

Monthly events

W o r l d S t u d e n t ' s D a y – O c t 1 5 t h Yuva Global Foundation conducted one day workshop and public speaking competition on the topic – “Teachers as Nation Builders” for 300+ B Ed students – the future nation builders on 15th October 2013. The training conducted at Sri Basveshwara B Ed College, Siddhaganga Mutt, Tumkur aimed at helping students understand their future responsibilities as teachers. The first 3 winners were given cash prize of Rs. 3000, Rs 2000, Rs. 1000 respectively and 3 consolation prizes of Rs. 500 each was presented to the students.

Monthly events

N a t i o n a l Yo u t h D a y National Youth Day is celebrated with the great joy and enthusiasm in India every year on 12th of January. It is celebrated to commemorate the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, maker of the modern India. It was first declared by the Government of India in the year 1984 to celebrate the birthday of Swami Vivekananda as the National Youth Day. Members of Yuva Global Foundation spend this day on Swami Vivekananda Rock in Kanyakumari.

Monthly events

S t . Va l en t i n e ’s D a y Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is a saint’s day commemorating Saint Valentine on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other. Every February, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones. Every year YUVA takes opportunity to spread love and happiness among people who are deprived from it. This year members of YGF watched a 3D movie - Frozen at Gopalan Cinemas with HIV ‘+ve’ children of Freedom Foundation.

Monthly events

I n t e r n a t i o n a l W o m e n ' s D a y YUVA Global Foundation celebrated International Women’s Day, 2014 in Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women by honoring women who have achieved in different areas and share their experience with us.

Monthly events

S c r i b e f o r b l i n d s t u d e n t s

If you are taking an exam, the success very much lies in your own hands. Unless one goes by fate, the performance solely relies on an individual’s personal efforts. But this is not the case with visually impaired students or any other disabled student who also take various exams on par with their able-bodied peers. Their success and performance in a test is literally determined in the hands of a scribe who writes on behalf of a blind student as they dictate answers.

Happy moments

Memorable moment

C a m p w i t h C h a m p

The 'Camp with the Champ' initiative by ESPN Cricinfo and Idea had former India captain Rahul Dravid on Sept. 11 imparting cricketing lessons to a group of 25 underprivileged children from three NGOs. 11 Children from Yuva School participated in the program. Mr. Dravid enthralled the kids with anecdotes from his cricketing days and life lessons learnt along the way. Under this initiative, an original series of short educational videos involving Dravid was created to provide cricket lovers with insight and instruction about learning the fundamentals of the game.

“Meeting a great legendary cricketer like Rahul Dravid will be a dream for most of us and I had that wonderful moment. Representing YUVA in "Camp with the Champ" was the most prideful thing where I had the opportunity to translate Mr. Dravid’ s speech to the children from different states. Children were so enthusiastic and they participated in the event actively. I would be always thankful to YUVA for giving me this opportunity” said Ashok B Yadav.

L a u n c h o f G o G i r l s “Educate a man, you educate one person, educate a woman, you educate a complete family.” Yuva Global Foundation launched its new initiative to support “Girl Children”. The initiative aims at providing every underprivileged girl child in India get access to quality school education, can complete class X, regardless of whatever trials her family may face and blossom into a socially responsible, independent and mature adult. The initiative was launched by Cine

Actor Yash on his Birthday with Yuva children.

HAPPY MOMENT

In terns a t Yuva

Internship is the firsthand experience in real work when one is studying and the first step towards career. Some institution might have compulsory internship and credits. Even if it does not, it is good that one does an internship and gets a hang of the work in their field of choice. Yuva provides flexibility in the areas which they would like to work in. This allows the interns to develop their skills as well as work on projects which they are passionate about. Yuva recruited 36 Interns in the last year.

Akshitha Bagrecha, first year BBM student from CMS Jain College said, “I experienced being a kid again, a sister and remembered my nursery days. One should make time and interact with these children to learn how to be happy and contented in life. They value what they have and their innocence in life is what touched my heart. I feel happy and proud working for these kids.

Recogni t ions

Yuva Ratna Rotary Bangalore

Sadhashivanagar, 2013

Rajyotsava Rotary Bangalore

Basaveswaranagar, 2013

YUVA on Media

YUVA on Media

YUVA on Media

1. Labourer’s Fellowship School

2. Seva Samaj Aandal School

3. Pestalozzi Childrens’ School

4. Panchajanya Vidyapeeta Primary School

5. BBMP Malleshwaram School

6. Gandhi High School

7. GPHS, Sheshadripuram

8. GHS, Sheshadripuram

9. Mahila Vidhyalaya

10. Panchajanya Vidyapeeta High School

11. GPHS, Lingarajapuram

12. Bharath Sevadal School

13. Vokkaligarasangha Govt School

14. KC General Hospital

15. So Care

16. Kidwai Cancer Hospital

17. Govt Ayurveda Hospital

18. Shree Rama Old age home

19. Nemmadhi Mane

20. Seva Sadan

21. Hiteshi Mahila Maneyangala Trust

22. Freedom Foundation

23. Aashraya Seva Trust

24. Sri Basaweshwara High School, Harihara

25. GHPS, Harihara

26. GHP, Harihara

27. GHPS, Dhavangere

28. Sri Basaweshwara B Ed College, Tumkur

Our Benef ic iar ies

Our suppor t

We are indebted to the trust that our donors have on us.

I n d i v i d u a l s

1. Cine Actor Yash 2. Mr Raju Nadimpalli 3. Mr H Suryanarayana Rao 4. Mr Balachander Pillai P 5. Mr Palyam Ramesh 6. Mr Ravi Bhoopalam 7. Mrs Suma N Arun 8. Mr Rakesh Memani

C o r p o r a t e / O r g a n i z a t i o n s

1. Rajasthan Cosmos Club, Bangalore 2. EXL Services PL 3. Super Royal Holidays PL 4. Freemasons - Lodge Professionals 5. Freemasons - Lodge Sainik

O u r P a r t n e r s

1. Bangalore Rotary Cantonment Trust 2. Rotary Club Gokul Vidhya 3. Don Bosco Institute of Technology 4. Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women 5. Bangalore Institute of Technology 6. The Lalit Ashok Bangalore 7. Govt Ayurveda Hospital 8. NarainSewa Trust 9. CMS Jain College 10. Tanishq, Tata Group 11. The Bharat Scouts and Guides 12. Vasan Eye Care 13. V Solve Consultancy 14. Axis Bank PL 15. Bank of Baroda 16. Sambhram Institute of Technology 17. Indian Red Cross Society 18. Venkatachala, Raghavendra & Co 19. KLE’s S Nijalingappa College

G o v e r n a n c e Governance in the development sector ensures proper management practices, compliance of respective laws and strict adherence to best possible ethical standards. We, at Yuva comply with the principles of “Good Governance.” Yuva emphasizes on creating policies that are in compliance with all legalities and modules of the concerned departments of both the state and the central ministries. Policies and decisions are put into effect after careful analysis and discussions with the panel members and individuals responsible for the operations of Yuva. This ensures transparency in operations and strategic policy making possible.

D e t a i l s o f E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e as on 31-3-

2014

The executive committee met 5 times in the year, the minutes of the meeting has been recorded and documented No remuneration is paid for any member of the executive committee.

Yuva team

Name Position Meeting Attendance

Mr. Kiran Sagar Founder & Managing Trustee 5/5 Ms. Swetha Rao Secretary & Treasurer 5/5 Mr. Jayanth Karna Trustee 3/5 Mr. Mithun Kumar Muddan Executive Member 3/5 Ms. Saranya Vishwakarma Executive Member 3/5 Mr. Siddhaling M Konin Executive Member 5/5

•Measuring the outcome of mentoring and lifeskills. •Maintaining ideal volunteer child ratio. •Managing database of volunteers, beneficiaries and supporters. •Many classes were cancelled / rescheduled due to examinations and holidays. •Training the new volunteers who joined in the mid of the program.

L e s s o n s L e a r n t •Pre and post training assessment should be done. •Volunteer induction and training need to have better framework to ensure delivery of content •Better planning of classes and events for students.

F u t u r e P l a n s •Introduce “I am Kalam” programme to ignite the scientific temper of students •To provide career guidance to SSLC and PUC students •Increase in the number of exposure visits •Equip students with globally expected language •Conduct quarterly training programme and team building activities for volunteers

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