Rural Jharkand
Peace Bird Society USA / Peace Bird Society India
Registration Number (Public Trust Act): In AZ: 0846266-6 In India: S28376 of 1995_
Tax Exemption Certificate Number: In USA 86-0926613
Exemption
Valid Dates: ___________________________________________________________
The organization was created for the medical and
educational upliftment of the tribal people (Adivasi) and for the protection of
their culture.
Our mission: To provide education, health care and
social services to destitute and disabled children, their families and orphans
in parts of the world which have an undeveloped social infrastructure, are
experiencing emergency medical needs or catastrophic disasters.
Our vision: To improve human and environmental
health in developing countries by breaking the cycle of poverty, poor health
and environmental degradation one community at a time.
In USA: 3 Directors, 4 Board Members plus
volunteers.
In
India: 7 Board Members and local Staff which consists of 25 people; 1
orthopedic technician, 1 orthopedic assistant, 2 teachers, 5
acupuncturists, 4 TCM, 1 midwife, 1
nurse, 1 dental assistant, 1 cook, 1 helper, 2 night guards, 1 driver, 1
livestock caretaker, 2 assistants, 1 office manager
Project
Asha Vihar, in rural Jharkand on the Chotanagpur Plateau, is a multi-therapy
clinic and hospital together with a vocational training program surrounded by
more than 100 villages with a population of approximately 200,000 tribal people
(adivasi).
The goals of the project are:
1.
Basic medical cares for the tribal people (adivasi) and the poor of the
region.
2.
Prevention of infectious diseases, concentrating on the elimination of
polio.
3.
Rehabilitation of the handicapped.
4.
Educating the villagers on hygiene, disease prevention, first aid,
recognition and treatment of diarrhea and dehydration.
5.
To create a network of health care workers to work with the villages.
6.
To be a model for the implementation of various different therapies.
7.
To have a special teams of volunteer surgeons perform corrective surgery
on disabled people.
8.
To train healthcare people to continue the health programs and
propagate it in a form of a network throughout the villages.
9.
To build an orphanage for the children to ensure them a loving
environment and the possibility of an education.
10.
Veterinary care for the livestock of the surrounding area.
11.
To implement an illiteracy program and basic education system for the
surrounding population.
12.
Reforestation of the
surrounding areas.
13.
The use and propagation of renewable energies.
14.
The cultivation of medicinal plants.
15.
To build an artificial limbs workshop.(completed in 1999)
See attachments ( audited
financial statements from Peace Bird India available upon request).
In USA: funds from private
donors, grant for childrens orphanage from the Jack Deloss Foundation and the
American Foundation
In India: funds from private
donors, grant from the German Consulate in Calcutta
Other funding was obtained
through slide shows in USA, Germany and Singapore.
Kristina Okuda
P.O. Box 18626 Fountain Hills,
AZ 85269
Ph:
480-816-9131 fax: 480-816-0823 email:krisokuda@uswest.net or peacebird@uswest.net
Peace
Bird Society USA Kristina
Okuda
P.O. Box 18626 Fountain
Hills, AZ 85269
Ph: 480-816-9131 fax: 480-816-0823 email:krisokuda@uswest.net or
peacebird@uswest.net
Yes, we have 1 small
building where we provide primary education for 10 children. It consists of
only 1 classroom. We have hired 2 teachers. We use the same facility in the evenings, for
our vocational medical training. We have at AV 9 students, (8 men and 1 woman between the ages of 16 and 22). We have one vocational teacher.
Due to
the projected increase in amount of children living at Asha Vihar in the near
future, we need to expand the existing
school building by at least one more classroom.
1.
Primary education followed by vocational education (nurse, homeopathic
doctor, midwives etc)
2.
Medical Training (on village health care, TCM, midwifery) for outlets
in the surrounding rural areas. Our goal is to establish various mini clinics
in the surrounding villages once the next group of students completes their
studies at Asha Vihar. Currently, many people come from far away for treatment.
This would help reduce the amount of travel time for them.
Most of our children are
orphans, girls from very poor families who requested us to take them and
physically handicapped children. We have currently living with us 6 boys and 4
girls. Most of these children come from tribal families.
The rural area in the Bokaro district has approximately a 75%
illiteracy rate.
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Dr K.K. Das M.D., D.G.O.,
F.I.C.S., Sonologist in obstetrics
Gynecology 225, Co-operative Cololy, Bokaro Steel City 827001 Ph:
6542 40517 (telefax) email: kkdas@bokaro,index-com Ram Majhi tribal village leader Majhi
Tolla in Chilgadda Bokaro District
Mr. Parameswar Giri AV orthopedics technician.
Amount
of money required: $4345.50 for children/yr , $1000 construction of additional classroom,
$681.81/yr for vocational training (for teachers)
Duration
for which funds are requested: 3 years
Detailed
breakup of the costs involved along with details of money received from other
sources, if any:
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_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
We would like to request a one time construction
funding for an additional classroom. We have children of different ages and
levels of education and this would enable us to divide the group and be more
efficient in our educational efforts. The cost is approximately $1,000 US or
44,000 RS.
The current cost per child per month:
for living expenses (food,
lodging, medical etc) Annual
Costs
$30 per child per month or1320 rupees
$300 or 13,200 rupees. $3600.00 or 158,400
RS
The total approximate annual cost for school
supplies: $90.90 or 4000 RS
2 teachers salaries at $54.55 monthly or 2400 RS
(2 x 1200)
at an annual cost of $
654.60 or 28,800 RS
Total cost $4345.50
or 191,200 RS
One time funding for additional classroom of $1000.00 or 44,000 RS
For primary education
Vocational training for 2 teachers $ 681.81 or 30,000 RS
For more information about
Peace Bird and our Asha Vihar project please visit our website www.peacebird.org
2000 Peace Bird Annual Report:
At the beginning of this year
2001, we want to share the developments and state of the project at Asha Vihar
during the year 2000, with you:
INDIA:
Children and Personnel:
The number of children we are
raising and who are permanently living with us has now reached 10. Four of our seven student interns have
successfully completed their final exams in Chinese Acupuncture and public
health. They will continue to live and
work at the project. In addition, we have nine new students and one new
registered nurse. Altogether, 35 people
now live and work at Asha Vihar.
The Work:
Day Clinic: The
expansion of the building, which was completed in January of 2000, has enabled
us to treat over 100 ambulatory patients daily. The daily cost of treating
these patients amounts to $148.00/day.
The total ambulatory area includes 5 exam rooms, 1 classroom, 1 delivery
room, a small laboratory, 2 pharmaceutical storage rooms, 2 large treatment
rooms with 25 beds each, 1 emergency room and an inner courtyard with benches,
can be used as waiting area.
Due to the work of the orthopedic
team from Stenum and a reduction of the number of invasive surgical procedures
we were able to correct less severe forms of joint deformities by utilizing
traction and plaster casts. With these
methods we have helped 70 additional children with knee deformities in the
second half of the year.
Our Physical Therapy department
has been improved and is permanently managed and staffed by Physical Therapists
from Germany who are also training Indian Physical Therapy assistants.
Our work in the villages has been
expanded. The care of pregnant women
and midwifery has become a permanent institution in the villages. We have been able to accomplish this because
of the increased trust the women of the villages have placed in our work there.
Education in Public health and Hygiene (infection prevention, water treatment
etc) has also been expanded to include many more villages. We still utilize presentations at schools
and village plays as educational forums.
Project Stenum: This year
our 19-surgeon team operated on 113 children.
The total cost for these surgeries came to $9,029.00 = the cost of 1 hip
surgery in Germany. The cost per child was $79.90!
Orthopedic treatment area: The
number of children treated in our orthopedic treatment area has increased
significantly and so has the necessary workload. We are now able to produce 3 complete braces a day. We continue to make them with rounded steel
and leather, both obtainable locally at a cost of $13.00.
Buildings: Currently
we are in the process of building a second operating room and adding a second
story to the hospital above both surgical tracts. This will be a huge patient dormitory - 50 beds. The children
love to recover and live together - the more, the better!
Also, with funds received from
Peace Bird USA, the first orphanage house is being built in the childrens
village. We have planned to build 11
houses for 11 children each and one supervising adult for: orphans, children
from poverty stricken families and children with disabilities. We have changed the use of building
materials from cement to adobe.
Presentations and
Publications Abroad:
Our project is being supported by
Peace Bird USA and Peace Bird Germany.
They make it possible for us to give presentations about our work at
Asha Vihar, which help raise the funds so vital for the work to continue. This year we also did 60 presentations in
Germany, 15 in Singapore and 10 in the US.
A German studio developed a video about our work free of
charge, which we use in our presentations.
At the University of Durham,
England, a dissertation was held about the many exemplary, complementary
medical procedures performed at Asha Vihar.
(A copy can be obtained through email: annegret.zechel@Ishtm.ac.uk)
The vintners in the Palatinate in
Germany, who donate $1.00 of every bottle of a certain white wine sold, have
provided a big help.
We thank all of you for your
continued support in our efforts at Asha Vihar.
1995
$ 2,615.00
1996
$ 9,500.00
1997
$12,500.00
1998
$24,000.00
1999
$30,000.00
2000
$43,308.00
|
cOST |
aMOUNT rUPPES/month |
aMOUNT us$/month |
Total Annual cost RS |
Total Annual Cost in US$ |
|
Administrative |
43,000.00
|
1,075.00 |
516,000.00 |
12,900.00 |
|
Medications |
25,000.00 |
625.00 |
300,000.00 |
7,500.00 |
|
Patient Aid * |
10,000.00 |
250.00 |
120,000.00 |
3,000.00 |
|
TB Treatments |
6,000.00 |
150.00 |
72,000.00 |
1,800.00 |
|
Plaster for Casts ** |
6,000.00 |
150.00 |
72,000.00 |
1,800.00 |
|
Orthopedic Lab *** |
8,000.00 |
200.00 |
96,000.00 |
2,400.00 |
|
Generator
& Vehicles |
11,000.00 |
275.00 |
132,000.00 |
3,300.00 |
|
Electricity & Repairs |
1,000.00 |
25.00 |
12,000.00 |
300.00 |
|
Phone, Fax, Mail |
9,000.00 |
225.00 |
108,000.00 |
2,700.00 |
|
Travel within India |
7,000.00 |
175.00 |
84,000.00 |
2,100.00 |
|
Bokaro Office Rent |
700.00 |
18.00 |
8,400.00 |
216.00 |
|
Paid employees salaries |
17,632.00 |
441.00 |
211,584.00 |
5,292.00 |
|
Total Operating Costs for 2000 |
144,332.00 |
3,609.00 |
|