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ANNUAL REPORT
2014- 2015
Address: 24/ 26, I - Sector, Church Road
Cheeta Camp, Trombay, Mumbai- 88
Tel. 9820002916
Website: www.vidyavardhini.org
Email: [email protected]
VIDYA VARDHINI FOUNDATION TRUST
Trustees:
Mr. Sudhir Gandbhir( Retd. Engineer)
Dr. Shubhada Gandbhir(Pathologist)
Mr. Ramesh Lakshman (Chartered Accountant)
Dr. Vishalam Mani (Medical Practitioner)
Hon. Director:
Mrs. Chitra R. Lakshman
Registered Office
13/ 14 “Gulistan”
Sasmira Marg,Worli
Mumbai 400 025
Project Office :
c/o Jawahar Lal Nehru Seva Sadan
24/26, I - Sector
Cheeta Camp Trombay
Mumbai- 400 088
Bankers to the Trust:
The Saraswat Co-operative Bank
Auditors:
Mr. V. Rajwade & Co.
ANNUAL REPORT
(2014 – 2015)
FOREWORD: Apathy and neglect of persons with disability in M ( East) Ward, Mumbai- the
Project area: The Project is located in M (East) Ward in Mumbai which is the lowest of all 24
wards according to the Mumbai Human Development Report of 2009. The average life
expectancy in this ward is 39.30 years where as the national average is 66 years. The ward has
very poor water and sanitation facilities giving rise to a host of diseases and increasing health
risks. There is one government health post in Shivaji Nagar for a population of about
84,786, which is not the exact population of the area as it is much higher than
enumerated. Even with an approximate population of 84,786 and 2.1% of whom have
disability, the number would be 1780 persons. Even for such a large number there
are no health or education facilities from the government for persons with disability.
The apathy and neglect of the State Government and Municipal Corporation of Mumbai for
children with disability are evident in the fact that literacy rate among the disabled is a mere
17%. There are only 9 BMC run special schools in the whole city of Mumbai with 426 students.
In M - East Ward there were no special schools till now and it was only in June 2014, a class for
the visually challenged has been started in the BMC School in Shivaji Nagar with only 5
students and a teacher. The impact of this class been very poor owing to the teacher’s irregular
presence and ineffective intervention. There is no school for children with intellectual
impairment and the nearest school is about 10 kilometers away.
The reporting period from April 2014 to March 2015 was aimed at strengthening our disability
program with a special focus on identifying students facing academic difficulty and who
required remedial education. This program gained further impetus as teachers were also
trained to identify students from class and asked to pay special attention to them in an inclusive
class setting. The remedial classes helped students to learn in a stress free environment where
the focus was on their strengths and the basics of English Grammar and simple arithmetic was
taught. and hence communication and language development classes were initiated.
The services of our Vision Centre in collaboration with K.BH.B. Hospital has enabled us to
identify several children with eye ailments and we reached out to nearly 1500 persons this year
for spectacles, cataract and other severe eye ailments which required diagnostic and treatment
intervention at K.B.H.B. Hospital, Parel.
During the year we also continued the community participative program of Tuberculosis
prevention and referral program in collaboration with Catholic Health Association (CHAI) of
India. This program has been initiated with women health workers who visit door to door and
explain to families about the disease and the need for early detection and conduct
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home visits and community meetings to identify suspect patients of tuberculosis, identify and
refer defaulters so as to put them on Directly Observed Treatment S (DOTS) if found positive.
ACTIVITIES OF THE YEAR:
1. WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: - Strengthening the program on
remedial education and mainstream disability: During the year our special education classes
continued with 35 students identified from the primary section and 14 students from the high
school. Special classes were conducted every Monday and Thursday to enhance these students’
language and communication skills. Continuous sessions helped most of the students to clear
their examination but six students out of them fared very poorly had to repeat their academic
year. Two workshops with parents and teachers of primary and secondary section were held to
inform them about classroom management of children who required special attention.
Working in the field of mainstream disability continued and we were able to identify 25 new
cases with disability besides students with learning disability. During the year we were able to
provide intervention in the area of health, education, vocational training and employment
assistance. The newer cases identified were supported with relevant documents like disability
certificate, identity cards, birth certificate and name on the ration card to help them avail the
concessions . Following table enumerates the number of persons with disability under various
categories.
DISTRIBUTION OF CASES UP TO MARCH 2015
Sr.
No.
Type of Disability
Male Female Total
1. Orthopedically
Handicapped
22 20 42
2 Mental Retardation 22 10 32
3 Visual Impairment /
Low Vision
5 9 14
4. Hearing
Impairment
12 12 24
5. Multiple Disability 6 7 13
TOTAL
67 58 125
The children and young adults with disability were supported with medical intervention
which included surgeries, mobility aids and spectacles, phsiotherapy, speech therapy, support
for regular medicines and pre and post operative requirements. Education support included
support for fees, travel, school stationery etc. Our effort is that young adults with disability
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complete their higher education if possible else they are encouraged to take up skill training.
Twelve students were enrolled in different courses ranging from tailoring, gardening to
computers. Four young adults were supported with self - employment ventures.
PHOTOGRAPHS UNDER THE DISABILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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2. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS: Key Features:-
1.Skill training programme for girls and women for economic empowerment
2.Self- Help Group towards greater family income and business opportunity
1.Skill training: Two of the main income generating activity for women in the community is
tailoring and embroidery work. The opportunity to learn tailoring as a skill has allowed women
to earn from home and 22 girls and women were enrolled in our classes during the year. The
women on completion of the training have begun taking stitching orders from home, few have
taken up jobs in boutiques and garment units.
2.Self - Help groups: Providing opportunity for women towards compulsory saving and take up
entrepreneurial ventures and other economic activities: There was one self help group with 20
members which has been in existence for the past three years continued with its activity of
savings and small business. Two groups completed their five years’ term of the self-help group
and an amount of two lakhs was distributed amongst the members.
3.VISION CENTRE: Restoring vision and restoring lives……………….
The Vision Centre in collaboration with K.B.H.B. Hospital Parel has been in operation since
2009. The Vision Centre reached out to nearly 1200 persons in the past one year and 367
persons received spectacles from the Centre. The presence of the Centre has facilitated around
122 free cataract surgeries and people have been able to resume normal work due to timely and
free surgical support. There were 140 patients with other eye complications like gluocma, retina
pigmentosa , squint , low vision etc. and were referred to the Hospital in Parel and offered free
teatment. The following table enumerates the various activities performed at the Vision Centre
and their coverage during the period:-
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VISION CENTRE PERFORMANCE – APRIL 2014 TO MARCH 2015
Student supported with magnifying glass
Examination at the Vision Centre
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15
22
31 31 33
36
24
48 46
27
31 33
13 10
7 6
13 10
5
10
20
10
4
14 18
12 12
4
11
7 5
23 23
13 11
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Spectacle distribution Cataract surgery Referral to the hospital
4.PROJECT AXSHYA: Tuberculosis prevention and treatment using cmmunity
participation This project since inception in April 2013 has enabled to promote
increases awareness about the Tuberculosis disease in Cheeta Camp and Trombay
community. The Project involves the community and through community residents,
symptomatic cases are identified and referred to the BMC’s DOTS Program . Another
mode of reaching to the people who may have the symptom and thus motivating them
to go for sputum examinati on and following up for DOTS treatment was done by
door to door survey by trained health workers. Through Project Axshya we able to
directly reach out to 3750 households and referred over 225 people for sputum
collection and DOTS treatment.
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES UNDER PROJECT AXSHYA
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CASE STUDIES:
Case study 1 : Adeen Tariq Khan
Age: 9 years ( D.O.B. – 03. 9.2009)
Address: F - Sector, D2 Line Room No. 8, Cheeta Camp, Trombay Mumbai- 88. Tel. 9224003292.
Family Background: Adeen is the only child of his parents.Father is a daily wage earner and
mother a housewife. Adeen is a student of Bal Varg-2 in Rochiram Thadani School for Hearing
Handicapped, Chembur. He is a student of Hindi medium.
Adeen is bright in studies and mother is very involved in his progress. Despite surgery and
absence from schoolafter surgery his performance has been good.
The Cochlear Implant surgery was done at Nair Hospital Mumbai in February 2015. The
surgery was done freeof cost at the Hospital but support for medicines was partly supported by
the Foundation. The mother has been trained at the Hospital about taking speech therapy for
Adeen. Regular followup check ups are being done at the Hsopital. There has been a slight
improvement in his hearing capacity just after one month as his responses have shown
improvement.
Case study 2 : Ameena Sayad Jafar
Age: 3 years ( D.O.B. – 26. 09.2012)
Address: D - Sector, M - Line Room No. 667, Cheeta Camp, Trombay Mumbai- 88
Tel. 9819384319.
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Family Background: Ameena is a young baby born with multiple disability. Hers is a case of
developmental delay due to perinatal asphyxia. Father is a zari worker and mother a
housewife. She was advised physiotherapy and has been attending therapy at Somaiya
Hospital, Chunabhatti since Februay 2015. She has been provided with a Knee Foot Arthosis for
standing and for a better posture.
The mother Salma is just 21 years old and facing severe opposition at home due to the birth of a
disabled girl child. Very little support is offered by the husband and in-laws. We have been supporting
the mother in her efforts. The father has not met us so far despite our efforts.
Ameena with her mother Ameena standing after wearing her Knee Foot Arthosis.
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VIDYA VARDINI FOUNDATION TRUST A.Y. 2014-15 P.Y. 31st March, 2014 PAN: AAATV2803N
Computation of Income applied for charitable purpose
Amount Amount
Rs. Rs.
Income from Other sources Interest
21,834 Voluntary Contributions
605,107
Others
22,800 649,741
Net Income from Other sources
649,741
97,461.15
Less:
269,553
(i) Amount applied to charitable or religious purposes in India during the previous year exempt from taxation.
380,187.72
(ii) Amount accumulated or set apart for application to charitable purposes not exceeding 15% of Income.
97,461.00
(iii) Amount expended towards Capital Expenditure
75,108.00 552,757
Total Income 96,984 9 99i
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VIDYA VARDHINI FOUNDATION TRUST
Schedules for the year ended 31st March 2014
Schedule 5 Movable Property
Particulars Rate(%) GROSS BLOCK DEPRECIATION NET BLOCK
Additions Deductions
For the year Total
As on Before After Before After As on As on On opening
WDV & Additions
before 30-Sep-13
After 30-
Sep-13
As on As on
1-Apr-
13 30-Sep-13 30-Sep-13
30-Sep-13
30-Sep-13
31-Mar-14
1-Apr-13 31-Mar-13 31-Mar-14
Computer Systems 60% 9250 - - -
- 9250 9212 23
- 9235 38 15
Furniture & Fixtures 10% 4000 - 69,108.00 -
- 73108 1633 237 3455 5325 2367 67783
Office Equipments 15% - 6,000 -
-
- 6000
- 900
- 900 - 5100
Total 13250 6000 69108 0 0 88358 10845 1159 3455 15460 2405 72898
SCHEDULE- VIII
[ Vide Rule 17(1) ]
Name of the Public Trust :
VIDYA VARDHINI FOUNDATION TRUST
Registration No.: E/19415 (Mumbai)
Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2014
FUNDS & LIABILITIES Rs. Rs. PROPERTY AND ASSETS Rs. Rs.
Trust Funds or Corpus
Immovable Properties (At cost)
Balance as per last Balance Sheet
281,981
Balance as per Last Balance Sheet
Adjustments during the year
-
281,981 Additions during the year
-
Less: Sales during the year
-
Other Earmarked Funds
Depreciation up to date
-
(Created under the provision of the trust
deed or scheme or out of the income). Movable Property (At Cost)(Schedule 5)
Depreciation Fund
-
Balance as per Last Balance Sheet
88,358
Sinking Fund
- Additions during the year
-
Disability Project Fund
1,154
Less: Sales during the year
-
Education Fund
26,000
27,154
Depreciation up to date
15,460
72,898
Loans (Secured or Unsecured)
From Trustees
5000 Cash and Bank Balance
From Others
-
5,000
(a) With Saraswat Bank
570,596
(b) With trustee
4,967
(c) With manager
-
575,563
Balance as per Last Balance Sheet
101,387
Less: Appropriation, if any
- Deposits
As per Income and Expenditure A/c
Rent Deposit
32,000
32,000
Add: Surplus
264,938
366,326
Total (Rs.)
680,461
Total (Rs.)
680,461
As per our report of even date
For VIDYA VARDHINI TRUST
Vijay Rajwade
Chartered Accountants
Membership no:046344
Trustee
Trustee
Dated at Mumbai: 18th July 2014
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