Friends Of Children 2017- 2018

Table of Contents Vision/Mission .......................................................................................................................... 3

Foreword from our founders ....................................................................................................... 4

Program highlights: .................................................................................................................... 5

Nurture Merit ........................................................................................................................ 5

Uday .................................................................................................................................... 5

Umang.................................................................................................................................. 6

Umeed (Hope) – Monthly workshop program............................................................................. 7

Unnati (Progress) – Recruitment skill program ............................................................................ 8

Udaan (Flight) – Student volunteer activity ................................................................................ 9

Demographics information.........................................................................................................10

Financial highlights....................................................................................................................12

Our Helping Hands: Donors for 2017-18...................................................................................14

Annexure I: Identification Process, Selection and Monitoring Criteria ...............................................16

Annexure II: Volunteer and Trustee information............................................................................18

Regional Volunteers ..............................................................................................................18

Contact Us ...............................................................................................................................19

Vision/Mission

Vision Mission

Every meritorious student

regardless of religion, caste,

gender, or socio-economic

background must have the

opportunity to have the right

education equipping him / her to

lead a successful life.

Beliefs

Aims

To provide every student with

effective, high-quality guidance,

learning experiences, monetary

support instilling the right values to

make a good citizen of India.

Education is a right in

democracy and provides the

tools to create a more

egalitarian and just society.

All children and youth have a

right to a high-quality,

comprehensive education.

We model what students learn

— by what we say, what we do,

how we treat each other, and

how we organize and run our

programs & workshops.

Monetary support to

meritorious students who are

unable to continue their higher

education due to financial

difficulties.

Motivate people participation

at large to contribute for

development of education.

Enable students achieve

academic excellence and raise

the platform giving equal

opportunities to generate

greater employability.

Foreword from our founders

Dear Friends,

Fifteen years have flown by. Fifteen years where together we have supported more than 2000+ students,

fifteen years of seeing children becoming adults and fulfilling their dreams. None of this would have been

possible without the continued support of our donors and volunteers who have been a crucial factor and

support in our journey so far.

Most of our programs now are run by our student and alumni volunteers. They have become an integral

part of our FOC family. FOC has always been focused in instilling social values in our students over the

years. Social initiatives are now imbibed in the workshop schedules designed yearly for our students.

We launched a new program Uday to aid our students improve on their English language skills. We have a

growing base of volunteers who work with these students on a weekly basis. Our trainers and volunteers

continue to be the driving force for FOC. Each one of them is so focused and has supported us for so long,

we cannot even imagine what FOC would be without them!

So many our students now contributing in the successes of Indian and Multinational companies around

India. Don’t be surprised when you meet a Tech expert in Seattle, USA, Birmingham, Amsterdam or

London and he tells you he has been a student FOC whom you have supported through his college years.

We value each and every one of you who has helped us through our journey so far and look forward to

working with you for many more years to come.

Warm Regards

Vani Aparna

Program highlights:

Nurture Merit

Our flagship program, this is the most important program in FOC. Sponsorship is provided to students

after they undergo a tough selection process. Students go through various rounds of selection where

their financial need, willingness to study, educational interests, educational need is assessed. This is

done by a strong volunteer base who interview students, do home visits in far flung villages and try to

ensure that only the most deserving students are selected for the program.

Uday A new program launched this year this program facilitates for better English communication skills of our Unnati students. All our 54 Unnati students were enrolled in this program. 27 volunteers work these 54 students and have telephonic conversations with these students twice a week. The conversation is done entirely in English where students can talk about any topic in English. Volunteers work with them to improve their grammar, vocabulary and conversational English. We are seeing a tremendous increase in our students English skills since the launch of this program.

Umang When we started FOC in 2003, one of our visions was that someday our students will come back and start running, donating back to take this organization further. We are seeing that vision materializing in the last few years. Our Alumni association is growing slowly but surely. This year they have donated 1.2 Lakhs and they have sponsored 5 students through the year. 5 of our alumni students have formed a group which works to help students with placements. They are approaching various companies, introduce FOC and are trying to open up opportunit ies for our students in these companies. This year our alumni students also contributed towards Umeed program. 3 workshops were held by our alumni students in all our regions.

Umeed (Hope) – Monthly workshop program

Currently on its eighth year, Umeed has shaped up to be a rigorous curriculum that we have structured

for all our sponsored students. Sessions on various Life skills, Anger and stress management, study skills

and managing your time, handling transitions, adaptability and handling sexual harassment to name a

few. Attendance to our workshops is mandatory and our students have reaffirmed the success of the

program with increased levels of confidence and competence.

All our trainers volunteer their personal time over weekends and we are very thankful to them for the

same. Some of them have been associated with us for a very long time and are an integral part of FoC.

45 workshops were held across the regions this year. All our students were required to attend a minimum

of 5 workshops being held for their class and region.

Unnati (Progress) – Recruitment skill program

With the entry into the corporate world getting tougher by the day, especially for fresher’s, the Unnati

program has been put together to level the platform for our students, giving them a better chance to

crack the right interview and get the right job.

Unnati is in its seventh year running, and has been very successful as the results speak for themselves.

Final year students come to Pune thrice a year for a residential two day program.

Volunteers from various fields of the corporate world come together and conduct sessions on Preparing a

resume, Corporate etiquette, Assertiveness, Requisites for an interview, group discussions and mock

interviews. Individual feedback is given to the students to improve and work in areas of weakness.

Udaan (Flight) – Student volunteer activity

One of the mottos of FoC has been to' be the change you want to see around you' and this annual

volunteer camp reinforces that very motto. To date, we have a dedicated group of student volunteers,

around 30 in number, who lend a hand in all activities held by FoC.

With Friends of children laying the foundation stone, by being a completely volunteer driven organization,

we encourage all our students to follow their passion, reach out and volunteer within the areas they live

in. Udaan is a completely student driven program and any activity undertaken is entirely planned and

executed by the students.

14 different activities were carried out across all regions throughout the year. Most of these were

organized and managed by our FOC students themselves.

Demographics information

Spread across various regions in Pune, Narayangaon and Sangli regions our demographics span students

from various socio economic backgrounds. Below are a few demonstrations.

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70

Narayangaon Sangli Pune

Boys

Girls

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10

20

30

40

50

60

Narayangaon Sangli Pune

B.Sc, BA, B.Com

BCA,BCS

Engineering

Diploma

Miscellaneous

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20

30

40

50

60

Narayangaon Sangli Pune

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Percentage Scored

51-60%

61-70%

71-80%

81-90%

91% and above

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Narayangaon Sangli Pune

No

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Parental Annual Income 8-10k

10-15k

15-20k

20-25k

25-30k

30-35k

35-40k

Financial highlights

This year too we continued with our focus to keep our administrative expenses to a minimum. The credit

system which was introduced a few years ago helps our students to give enough weightage to Social

activities, extra curricular initiatives and Workshop attendance.

A summary of the fees per stream is given below

Stream

Total fees given

Arts 130600

Automobile 11600

Civil 116800

Commerce 160800

Computer 408200

E & TC 24700

Electrical 55800

IT 18000

Mechanical 69700

Medical 15000

Pharmacy 62500

Science 373000

Agriculture 34000

Diploma 135500

Biotech 19800

Eng - Other 977900

Grand Total 2613900

Arts2% Civil

11%

Commerce4%

Computer8%

Computer 9%

E & TC6%

Electrical9%

IT9%

Mechanical7%

Medical8%

Pharmacy4%

Science6%

(blank)11%

Automobile6%Fees distributed

Arts

Civil

Commerce

Computer

Computer

E & TC

Electrical

IT

Mechanical

Medical

Non Professional 34%

Professional66%

Professional vs Non Professional

Our Helping Hands: Donors for 2017-18

1 A Raymond Fasteners India Pvt Ltd 45 M N Subramanyam

2 Abhijeet Bhor 46 Madhan Narayanan

3 Abhijit H Patil 47 Manoj M Dongare

4 Adinath D Shinde 48 Mayuri Patil

5 Ajit K Kadam 49 Naazneen Umeed Kothavala

6 Akash C Lamkhade 50 Nandini Vishwanath

7 Akshay R Parte 51 Nilesh Kamthe

8 Akshay S Walunj 52 Pramod Sherkar

9 Arun Monga 53 Pravin Gulage

10 Arvind Hulgeri 54 Pravin Wagh

11 Asha For Education 55 Pritam N Paymode

12 Ashok Anant Patankar 56 Rahul Yevale

13 Ashwini A Patil 57 Ramesh P Sutar

14 Atishkumar Dhage 58 RDA Holdings Pvt Ltd

15 Auxilife Scientific Service Pvt Ltd 59 Reena Ramchandran

16 Bajabalkar Vikas D 60 Rob Fassam

17 Bina Sundar 61 Sachin R Pansare

18 Bina Sundar 62 Sagar Avate

19 Birudev Holgal 63 Sagar B Yalzare

20 Chiraj Hande 64 Sangram Bhalerao

21 Deepa Koshy 65 Sanjay Badhe

22 Deepa Koshy 66 Sanjay Kirloskar

23 Devashish Jatthap 67 Sanjita Patil

24 Devidas Kulkarni 68 Santhosh R Shivpriye

25 Dipak Bichkule 69 Sarita Jambagi

26 Dipali Kandhare 70 Sesh Damerla

27 Durgadevi D Sargar 71 Shraddha Panchal

28 Emcure Pharmaceutical Ltd 72 Shreyas H Patil

29 Forbes Foundation 73 Sparsh A Healing Touch

30 Ganesh Amrule 74 Sudhir Morde

31 Ganesh Chaugule 75 Tatya Markad

32 Harshad Joshi 76 Tulirekha Choudhury

33 Harshal Bankhele 77 Umeed Kothavala

34 Harshal Masalkar 78 Vaibhav M Patil

35 Hemant Ramnani 79 Vanita R Gawade

36 Hrishikesh Kulkarni 80 Vijay Waykar

37 Ian Wilkinson 81 Vishal Bhandare

38

Indus Software Technology Pvt Ltd 82 Vishal R Gholap

39 Jay D Lonkar 83 Vishawath Padvi

40 John Kurrien 84 Vishwanath Mantha

41 Jyotsna Pushkar Ranade 85 Yogesh Patil

42 Kalpesh B Shinde 86 Zakiya Kurrien

43 Kanchan Shegar 87 Z. Kothavala

44 Kiran Satkar

Annexure I: Identification Process, Selection and Monitoring Criteria

Identification Process

In every case, fee disbursement only after rigorous process of identification and verification

by physically visiting dwelling units of shortlisted students.

Applications received from school contacts, volunteers and well-wishers.

Volunteers interviewed all shortlisted candidates and visited every short listed applicant’s

household.

Selected new student beneficiaries inducted for the year.

Detailed documentation of each deserving case with photo shoots of house / applicant

prepared

Selection Criteria

We have followed two different modules for selection of students in the city & villages. The

criteria which has driven us to follow this particular pattern is as follows

Cost of living is much higher in the city.

More awareness in the city compared to the village.

Availability of resources mainly volunteers.

Criteria Urban Rural

Identification & Home visits

Done through our volunteers Teachers from the local schools identify and do the home visits.

Income <60,000 P.A <50,000 P.A

Cut off % X *

Cut off % XI

Cut off % XII

>85%

> 70%

> 80% for professional courses and 70 % for degree courses

>80%

>70%

>80% for professional courses and 70 % for degree courses

Cutoff %Degree First Class First Class

Fee Distribution A fixed amount depending on course taken is paid, depending on marks scored, participation and general proficiency

A fixed amount depending on course taken is paid ,depending on marks scored, meetings attended and general proficiency

Meeting /workshop

Once a month Once a month through local Coordinators and volunteers

Monitoring criteria (renewal of sponsorship on an evolved credit system)

Students are expected to keep up their mark score to the required percentage and renew

their sponsorship each year.

Attendance to workshops / residential programs are mandatory

Extracurricular activities and extra academic projects are encouraged and given extra

weightage

Self-supporting students are given preference

Students are encouraged to volunteer for FoC in their regions, or volunteer in any

organization of their choice.

Annexure II: Volunteer and Trustee information

Regional Volunteers

Friends o f Chi ldr en, Pun e wa s in itiated and r eg ister ed under Maha rasht ra So cieties Registration Act (1960), India in 2003 and as a Regd. Trust in 2004.. .

M r s . S hantha S u ryanarayan –P r esident, T r ustee

M r s . Va ni S u bramanyam –T r ustee, T r ea sur er

M r s . Ap arna P a rdeshi –Trustee, S ecret ary

M r . M anoj S har ma –T rust ee, W o rking m ember

M r s . N al ini R amchandra –T r ustee

M r . S . S u bramania m – T r u stee

Contact Us Aparna Pardeshi Vani Subramanyam

Founder Founder aparna.foc@gmail.com vani.foc@gmail.com

Manoj Sharma Trustee mksharmafoc@gmail.com

Office Details: Swati Naiknaware , 020-65001445 (10 am – 5 pm, Thursdays closed)

Bank details as follows for Indian Rupee donations

Friends of children, Canara Bank, Koregaon park, Pune 411001

A/c no. 0263101018900, IFSC Code: CNRB0000263

Bank details for foreign currency donations ( FCRA reg no. 083930612 )

Friends of children, Canara Bank, Koregaon park, Pune 411001

A/c no. 0263101020031 , IFSC Code: CNRB0000263

Friends of children is also registered with Asha for Education ( Boston chapter)

Pallavi Kulkarni, in Boston, co-ordinates the same . (pgiyer16@gmail.com )