From Director’s Desk: Ganpati Educational Society (GES) firmly put its feet on the

ground on 04 – 12 – 2003 with a sole aim of Rural Re -habilitation. The main criteria of

a firm

society’s formation are taken into consideration and whether it is disability, education,

vocational training for rural youths, health, teachers education etc, GES, leaves no

stone unturned to reach those individuals who are in great need of services and have

no alternative source. We are also putting in real emphasis on the quality of services

provided to the community with improved management techniques, skilled staff and

most importantly to pay individual attention in case of disability and education.

So far as the generations of funds for the services are concerned; involvement of

community, individual co-operation and other stake holders is extremely desirable

without whom this social responsibility is incomplete. I am indeed grateful to

government agencies, members, community and our staff at ‘G E S’ in achieving

the goals of our mission in this year.

Roshan Lall Sharma.

Executive Director

Ganpati Education Society, Kunihar,

Teh: Arki, Distt: Solan, (H. P.)- 173207.

Introduction to the society

Ganpati Education Society is a non-profit, on-political society registered under societies

act 21-1860.It was registered on 04-12-2003.We are basically working at the grass root

level of Education and care of disabled children / adults, education in general, health

issues, environment protection, vocational training for the rural youth ,various

community development program mess and action for growing quality farming produce

in district Solan and other parts of Himachal Pradesh. Our registered office is at

Kunihar, Teh : Arki, Distt : Solan,H.P. -173207.

Vision

To make quality and transparency for the services enthused to the NGO in each

sphere of life.

Mission

To make ourselves available to the human kind where they feel in need.

Objectives

To work for the rights, equal opportunities and social justice to persons with disabilities.

To provide education to the handicapped children and enable them to face life with

courage, confidence and dignity.

Mobilizing women in small viable groups and making facilities available through training

and access to credit.

Enabling group of women to take up employment – cum- - income generation

programmers on their own

To provide primary need of shelter, food clothes and care to the marginalized

women/girls living in difficult circumstances who are without any social or economic

support and to provide emotional support and counseling to such women.

To provide educational infrastructure and facilities in the area of concentration of

educationally backward minorities who do not have adequate provisions for

elementary/secondary education.

To adopt an area intensive approach for integration of existing efforts to provide formal

and non-formal schooling, adult education and up gradation of education through

condensed courses and vocational training.

To create environment awareness among children.

To develop awareness regarding the importance of sports for all round development of

an individual

To inspire youth to set up their own training centers in their respective areas.

To create new skills among rural youth through which villages can be self reliant.

To provide facilities for developing rural sports at grass root level’

To enlarge the scope of vocational and professional opportunities, income generation

and gainful occupations.

Encouraging people’s participation through community organizations and capacity

building.

To create awareness and educating the people about the ill effects of alcoholism

To increase community participation and public co-operation in the reduction of demand

for dependence producing substances.

To work for the improvement of socio-economic status of the poor and illiterate.

To promote national understanding among youth.

To arrange activities for the preservation of cultural heritage especially in the rural

areas.

To facilitate employment generation through land development and other allied land

based and related activities including plantation.

To develop high quality horticulture farms in identified belts and make such area vibrant

with horticulture activities which in turn will act as hubs for developing commercial

horticulture.

Development of biological and other innovations for pollution prevention and control

including waste recycling.

A forestation of degraded forests and non-forest wasteland.

Conservation of medicinal plants and their sustainable utilization including planting and

sowing of multi purpose trees, shrubs and grasses.

To work towards providing improved medical services in rural areas.

To undertake research and evaluation studies in the field of consumer welfare..

To identify practical problems faced by the consumer.

Our Staff

< 3000/= (volunteers)- 7 in No’s

3000/= - 5000/= - 1 in No.

5000/= - 7000/= - nil.

7000/= - 9000/= - nil.

Details of Board Members who received honorarium from the society.

Name : Sh. Roshan Lall Sharma.

Designation : Director.

Amount Received : Rs.27, 000/= (2013-2014)

List of present Board Members of the society.

Name Occupation Education Experience

Mr.Roshan Lal Educationist M.A., M.D. P.G.P.D. 11years in NGO.

Social Worker. M.PHIL (EDUC)

PHD.EDUC.

Mr.Bhupendra. Social Worker B.A. 8 years in NGO

Gen.Sec.

Mr.Suresh Sharma. Social Worker. M.A. (Hindi). 31 years in Office

Treasurer.

Management.

MR.Hari lal Social Worker. B.A 6 years in NGO

Member

Mr.Devendar Sharma Educationist M.A. (Bed). 8 years in NGO.

Vice.

President

Mrs. Anita Sharma Educationist. M.A.Med 8 years in Ngo

Gen.

Member

Mr.Surinder. Educationist. M.A.Eng.M.Phil. 8 years in NGO

Member.

NO BOARD MEMBERS ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER BY BLOOD OR

MARRIAGE.

In the first week of every month one general body meeting and one Annual General

Meeting in April is held to define new strategies and projects.

Brief Activities in the year 2013-2014. Activity No 1.

Project Name: Home Based Education Program me for

Children With Special Needs.(CWSN)

Project Area: Arki, Dharampur and Kandaghat BLOCKS.

District: Solan.

No. of Beneficiaries: 22.

Funding Agency: Sarva Siksha Abhiyan.

Home Based Education Program me for CWSN .

The present home based Education Program me for CWSN is being run by our

organization from the past seven years in the Arki Educational Block of Distt. Solan in

Himachal Pradesh.

Special educator and CWSN in our DAY centre NGO Resource centre

TLMs for children with special needs and aids and appliances

The following services are being provided under this project:

Physiotherapy/Speech Therapy.

Society has made provisions for Physio and Speech Therapist for CWSN adopted by

the society .Three visits of each in a month is facilitated and they belong to reputed

centers. Besides these experts our special educators are well trained in the mentioned

fields. The main aim is to make a sound body system of these CWSN’s as they are

physically weak. Tips are also given to the volunteers/parents/guardians of the children.

Thus in the year 2013-2014 a total of 24 visits were made by these therapists.

Parents Counseling/Meeting.

Every month one counseling program me for the parents of CWSN is organized where

the aim is to reduce the stress/ depression felt by these parents/staff in the process of

up-bringing these children. The problems are jointly discussed and some solutions

found .Parents also reveal their success stories resulting out of the counseling. These

discussions act as a feed back to us hence this activity is regularly organized. This year

12 meetings with the parents were organized and some healthy solutions to the

problems were brought forward.

Parents /guardians meetings and distribution of clothes to poor children parents /guardians meetings

Monthly Parents /guardians meetings

Vocational Exposure.

We introduced this activity in the year 2010 where in we have provisions for different

vocations such as candle making, stitching, making of sweet boxes, pickle making, art

of painting etc .One vocation continues for a week. Thus four vocations in a month and

the child is open to the choice of choosing his/her ability and in due time be self reliant.

We are in the process to decide for delivering these services to those children who are

not enrolled with us. We are accredited to vocation institute of NIOS (National institute

of Open Schooling) under ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.

We are getting satisfying results as exposure of these activities is performed with the

help of experts in the field of disability and vocational education.

Vocational Training programme for PWDs

Vocational Training programme for PWDs

Yoga Camps.

These yoga camps are organized once a week by an expert yoga teacher. The parents

of these CWSN’s are much satisfied as the yoga exercises act as therapies easing the

mind and body tensions of the child making them more concentrated in skill

development works.

Excursions/ Tours.

The focus here is on learning through entertainment. This program me is monthly,

where the CWSN are taken to a temple, a hill area, a school where there is a playing

facility with other normal children; besides taking them to a town such as Simla, Solan,

Chandigarh, Baru Sahib (educ.Inst.) etc; a joint picnic is also organized with the help of

other NGO’s in Simla.This gives our children a sense of belongingness and self-esteem.

Our society also organizes tours to different industrial units in Baddi, Barotiwala, &

Nalagarh towns in Solan.With the help of the President of Industries Association our

CWSN’s visited about 5 industries.

Visits by Experts.

Dr. Vinatha From Composite Re-habilitation Center(CRC),Sunder nagar, an expert in

disability put up a camp in the local hospital through our NGO .It was a three day camp

starting from May,2013 wherein 75 people were thoroughly checked and 48 hearing –

aids were given absolutely free. One hearing – aid costs about ERs 15,000/=.

Visits by Experts. Dr.K.L. Verma and Dr Yadav Kishore Gautam

Sports and co-circular activities.

Once a week this activity is held in a playground near to our office where our special

educators and sometimes a coach is invited to play, teach and give their valuable

advice to our CWSN’s and our staff. This year also our CWSN participated in local

sports fair, district level sports competitions in which 6 of our and state level sports

meets organized at different locations in Himachal Pradesh .CWSN also won prizes in

individual and group activities.5 of our CWSN participated in different events such as

100 meter race, vouch, long jump etc., and also in the events organized by the

department of youth and sports in Solan, H.P. and state level meet at Bilaspur. The

motive behind these participations of CWSN’s is to see a smile and a feeling of

satisfaction o their faces

Gifts distribution function for Cwsn in kunihar along with chief Guest Mr. Thakur Dass Sharma

Group of winning CWSN in state level sports in Mandi H.P.

Painting, Posters and exhibition Camps.

In these camps parents and other people associated with disability are invited with their

children along with their creativity .and .the best entries are rewarded. Cards and

greetings made by our CWSN’s are sent to different Government agencies. The spray

paintings are also displayed at our office in Kunihar.

Painting, Posters and exhibition Camps along with general students in Kunihar

Aids and Appliances./ Medical.

We provide aids and appliances for our adopted CWSN’s. Shoes, creep bandages,

bandages, cotton, white cloth besides other appliances for which we have collaborated

with the Govt. and non-Govt. organizations so that those appliances can also be

provided which are not in our financial reach such as wheel chairs, ear machines,

walking sticks, spectacles etc. General medical check-ups are conducted with the help

of district hospital Solan; medicines for general treatments, orthopedic equipment such

as gator etc are provided by the CHC Kunihar. Dental check up camp is organized by

Mr.Dav, dental college, Tatul, Solan.5 general medical camps and one dental camp was

organized. Special medical camp was organized at Kathni yog ashram where children

were taught yoga and meditation for their spiritual and overall growth.

Distribution of Wheel chair to Abdul JBT Appliances camp for hearing Aids

Student in chandi Bed College

Dr. Vinatha is attending people having hearing problems

Academic Achievements.

Subjects like Math’s, Science or English are difficult subjects for an CWSN to

understand but still these subjects have to be understood at their level therefore we are

facilitating teaching – learning with modern design teaching aids to the children. Though

all the children do not follow the same aid, some learn at a good pace, others are quite

slow. We conduct quarterly evaluation for academic and non – academic activities and

send the whole process to DIET (District Institute for Educational Training).

Admissions to Government Schools.

In the year 2013 – 2014, our NGO successfully admitted THREE PWD

students to different government schools.

Facility for M/R Certification.

With efforts from our NGO mental retardation (M/R) IQ is now possible( with the

permission of District Authority ) through a competent private practitioner who assists

with the medical board for one day / month so that the parents/ guardians can avail this

IQ testing facility for their children if need be. .This year we assisted more than

_____10___ parents in assessing and certification of CWSN.

Pension/ Scholarship Benefits.

Government is providing numerous facilities for people with disabilities (PWD) but due

to lack of education the rural mass is unaware of these schemes. From time to time we

organize door to door campaigns wherein we counsel the parent/guardian and make

them aware to different government schemes. As a result people come to our office or

call us to know further details.

Services to Other CWSN’s.

Since the last two years we have started providing home based services to CWSN’s

who are not enrolled with us .This was decided due to a continued pressure from the

community.

Additional Activities.

A. Self help skills of basic daily use such as eating, brushing, bathing; shoes

wearing, dressing etc are handled so that the child becomes self-reliant in

handling daily issues.

B. .Concept Formation: Money identification, naming and matching, generalization

and similarly identification of the colors in daily use.

C. Cerebral Palsy patients are given special emphasis as they are unable to handle

even a spoon or a glass of water. The general exercises teach them to perform

their motor actions with perfection..They are helped in hand functioning,

physical, occupational, speech and language therapies, medical intervention,

assistive technology and early education.

D. Clay activity, breathing and breezing exercises, neck holding, bowl handling, are

also part of the activities.

E. From the year 2009,we started the facility of an day care centre to those

CWSN’s who belong to nearby villages as it becomes more convenient to

pay individual attention to these children .Our special educators are

prompted to prepare their own teaching learning material as per the

concept and difficulty level. Size of the models is kept big for easy

discrimination; ready made models are purchased for those which are not

prepared easily .Other writing materials are given to the children for home

exercises.

F. Training of special educators; wherein short term courses / workshops

organized by various organizations such as RCI, National Trust, CRC,

National association of Blind, New Delhi etc for enhancement of

professional skills. Special educators are prompted to go for higher

studies. 8 programs on various aspects of disability were attended by our

special educators in Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Punjab, Delhi and

U.P.

G. In center based group activities we try to involve each child according to

his/her capacity. We celebrate festivals such as Depawali, Holi, Dushera,

Rakhi etc at our center along with the CWSN’s and their parents.

H. In welfare activities of the CWSN our society took the initiative with the

Deputy Commissioner Solan H.P. for providing relief grant for the family of

two CWSN. Welfare pension for those who are severely disabled with

Niramaya cover. Bus passes for recently enrolled children. Appointment of

legal guardian for those M/R. who have completed their 18 years in the

capacity of LLC (Local level Committee).

I. Observing Disability Day on 3rd of December at our center with the

CWSN’s, parents body, community members,

J. Government and disability officials’ .CWSN’s performed various cultural

activities for which each child was rewarded. It was organized with the

courtesy of CRC, Sunder Nagar, H.P.

K. Objectives of awareness under LLC (Local Level Committee): To know

about the concept and functioning of LLC. To know about the procedure of

assessment in case of mental retardation and the need of guardianship

and also to know about the procedure of appointment of local guardian.

This year about five MR candidates were provided guardianship by our

society .All the facility related to the procedure/information etc. to the

issues of guardianship is provided by the Director of the NGO.

L. Training of 45 PWD’s was imparted with the help and courtesy of CRC

(Composite Regional Center) for disabled under a government scheme

called MANREGA.,where training for jobs is given. This activity was

organized for a month from 26th December to 25th January 2014..

M. Pre-school intervention program was started from April 2013 onwards

.This is at the moment a self financed program for Persons with disabilities

for 0 – 6 age group children. This is running at a slow pace as the finances

are still awaited.

Organic Farming. ACTIVITY no ; 2.

Following activities were performed by our NGO.

Cluster Meetings: Our resource persons Dr.K.L.Verma retired scientist

Nauni University Solan, H.P. and Mr. Shyam Lal (Horticulture Extension

Officer) retired from the department of Horticulture, H.P. and other staff

members conducted meetings with farmers in groups and individuals.

Objectives of these meetings are to change the attitude of the farmers

regarding the farming patterns, such as use of fertilizers, introducing cash

crops etc. Informal atmosphere for the repo building is developed between

the farmers and the resource person for eliminating the communication

gap. A platform where without hesitation the farmers can clear their doubts

and express their views. PRI (Panchayati Raj Institutions) and community

members also took part in the meetings. Objective of the meeting are to

motivate the farmers for organic farming. A total of 12 clusters are formed

and 10 cluster meetings have been organized.

Registration of the farmers with certification agency:

Our organization has signed MOU with Uttrakhand state organic

certification agency (UCOCA), House No 12, Vasant Vihar, Phase II and

Dehradun – 248006 for certification of our farmers under different

schemes.

Camps for capacity building:

With the help of the resource persons our NGO conducted capacity

building camps for the farmers in different locations and on various

aspects of encouraging organic fertilizers and discouraging chemical

fertilizers. Following points highlighted the information/ suggestions for the

farmers under the proposal.

1. About the concept of organic fertilizer.

2. History of organic farming in local perspective.

3. How to prepare organic/ compost fertilizer.

4. How to prepare vermin pits.

5. Various schemes/ subsidies of the department of agriculture, H.P. for

the promotion of organic farming.

6. Benefits of soil testing and the relationship of organic manure and

health of soil.

7. Food values of the produces with and without chemical fertilizers.

8. Procedure of the registration and certification of the farmers under

organic system of agriculture. During the activity literature in the shape of

leaflets, banners, flex were distributed .Five such awareness

camps/capacity building have been organized so far.

Carrier Counseling Camps. Activity No. 3.

1. To promote the youths for professional carrier and employment

opportunities in the region.

2. To fill up the gap of understanding between the organizing group and

the general community.

Procedure Adopted:

a. Brief informal information is taken from the Principals and the class

teachers of the target group to know the level and socio-economic

condition of the students.

b. Objectives were told to the group by the official of the company and

experts during a rapport building session.

c. Keeping in view of the level of students and the beliefs of the

community, information is imparted with techniques like interaction and

participation as per the objectives.

d. Breaks were also taken keeping in view the attention, concentration,

and retention of the focused group.

e. Concerned teachers were also involved for clarity.

f. Selections of psychological tests were made as per the level of

students.

g. Efforts were made to connect new information in natural setting.

h. Efforts were made to sensitize the teachers so that they could make

the process continuous.

i. Special interactive sessions were organized regarding the clarity of

doubts of the teachers and they get satisfied.

j. Feed backs in the shape of written comments from the students were

supported for process of monitor

Observation: Following observation was made during the

Session:

1. Concept like carrier counseling and stress management are not part

of information for the school teachers.

2. Teachers felt incompetent in the mentioned concepts.

3. Students of senior secondary school (Majra) class 10+2 have

potential to do something in carrier but the teachers are least

interested in the issues like carrier counseling and academic

achievements.

4. Teaching staff of the mentioned school also need to sensitize for

smooth functioning of the program

Suggestions: Continuous input with the encouragement

Of Parents and local teachers is required for desired

Results in this field.

IGNOU Study Center. Activity No. 4.

This program was initiated in the year 2010 with the prior permission of the Education

Department , government of India .As it is entirely need based , now in the year 2013-

2014,after the implementation and the successful results achieved, we can say that this

activity was rightly chosen and put into practice.

The reasons for selecting this program in particular are as follows:

1. Our NGO is already the field of disability and vocational courses including ITI

therefore a continuous pressure of the local level committee (LLC) to open an easy

method of studying for normal students.

2. The geographical situation of these mountains is such that it is not possible to have

senior secondary or higher education universities in every town and going up and down

to a particular campus is not feasible monetarily and time wise.

3. There are about 25 Gram panchayats of three assembly constituencies to be

covered.

4. IGNOU studies are home based studies and anyone at any time of his/her life can

pursue them .We also have regular classes for the students if they wish to come with

their problems. Normally students of nearby villages come to us regularly to attend the

classes

5. Lastly, as one of our NGO’s objectives is to also to re-habilitate the rural youth; the

IGNOU study program is the cheapest and the easiest forms of education that our

Indian Government has presented. We as an NGO act as positive guide liners for the

rural and poor children and youth.

International Visits by staff and board members

Name Country Purpose Program Sponsor Travel

Visited & Period Organization Cost.

NIL

Details Of Board Members Related To Each Other By Blood Or Marriage.

NIL.

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