http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ashasv-vol/surveys?id=2977666

Do you approve Rs. 8.41,120 towards the Mar 2010- Feb 2011 budget for Puvidham? Budget is available at http://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/578/School budget for FY Mar 2010 - Mar 2011.doc. Of the total budget INR 10,41,120, Asha London has already approved INR 2,00,000. More details at https://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=578

Responses

Choices	 Votes	 %	 1 reply
Yes	 10	 100	
No	 0	 0	


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Chapter mtg minutes:


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ashasv-vol/message/7667
05/19/2010:

Puvidham Renewal: Sachin
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- Experimental learning, holistic development of children, organic farming, social and environmental avwareness
- Curriculum created by their own teachers/staff
- Were involved with helping Piyush (local social worker?) in something to do with BT Brinjal etc.

- Asha London supporting since 2002
- Project started in 2000
- 95 children, 7 teachers
- Asha SV supported last 2 years

Updates for 2009-2010
- 95 in school, 56 in the hostel
- 7 students passed 8th grade last year
- doing really well in govt. schools
- have eduational tours: to Kaigal, Rameshwaram, Darjeeling.
- the educational tours opened up to a lot of learning oppurtunities
- Martial arts and yoga classes to instill self-discipline
- Rotary club helped with drinking water project for Hostel
- Solar panels were donated for the hostel
- The schools were funded by Asha SV and London, local organizations and induvidual donations.
- Last year salaries for teachers came from Asha London
- Meenakshi's fellowship is funded by Asha CNJ(?)
- The farm is within the campus itself - 17 acres
- In the school they do experimental farming, and does not provide for all the food required, most of it is bought

Budget:
- Total funds requested from Asha: Rs. 10,36,120
- To be shared between Asha London and Asha SV
- Has been put up for WAH 2010, asking for $20K, which is the entire budget more or less, but that is for 2011-2012, so does not cover this year's budget.
- Steward waiting for some clarification regards last year's expense statement and the new budget, and also checking with Asha London how much they can support. Maybe also ask other chapters if they can support some.
- We will wait for these clarifications before putting up for vote

- Some discussion about whether we should fund projects so we can learn from them, or we should separate funding from learning. Discussion of will that really happen or not etc.


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Chapter mtg minutes:
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03/03/2010:

2. Puvidham – Site visit update [Meena]
a. Meena gave an update on her recent site visit to Puvidham. Overall,
feedback about the school was very positive. The site visit report will
elaborate on these issues. The only area of concern was cleanliness of the
hostel, restrooms.
b. Project in urgent need of funds – second installment from 2009-10
approved budget is due. Project had a money crunch during 2009 due to delays in
disbursal, but teachers showed commitment by temporarily foregoing bonuses.
c. Question: What do kids do after they graduate from class VII? Does
Puvidham track them to ensure they continue their education? Steward will get
back with this information. Meena mentioned that some students have completed
their education and taken up jobs.
d. For funds disbursal, eval doc, site visit report and half-yearly project
update are needed. Puvidham would like to get the funds before end of financial
year on March 31 for tax reasons.