CASP India - Community Aid and Sponsorship Program

A] Education :

• Distribution of Education Material - During academic year 2008-09 through Project Supplementary material were provided to all sponsored children. These materials comprise of 2 pair of school uniform, notebooks, pen, pencils, sharpeners, eraser, geometry box, slates, school bag, exercise book, experiment books, and all textbooks for their studies.

• Transportation Help for Sponsored Children to commute School - Project had been providing transportation facility for the sponsored children who are studying in High Schools and Schools which far away from their villages. Project is facilitating traveling to 25 children during the year. Special CHHAKDO Auto Rickshaw facility for 8 sponsored children of Nilpar village's was carried out.

• Extra Coaching - Project is providing extra coaching for student in their weak subject. In such coaching 40 children are drawing benefits for the same.

• School Fees - Project is providing reimbursement of school fees for the sponsored children who are studying in the High Education Level and Private Schools. There are such 40 sponsored children getting this benefit.

b] Health :

• Distribution of Health Kit - With the aim that our sponsored children can take proper care of their health and hygiene, Project has provided Health Kit which contains daily used items like tooth paste, tooth brush and tongue cleaner, towel, soaps, antiseptic cream, nail cutter, vaseline, hair oil, etc to 350 sponsored children. Change was noticeable in latter part of the year.

• Health Check-Up Camp - During the last academic year project provided complete health check-up to sponsored children. Anti-warming medicine and other medicines like vitamin, iron and calcium tablets provided to the sponsored children free of cost.

• Medical Help/Facility - Project provided medicines and treatment expenses for needy children. In this some special case were also catered like Vishnu is orphan child and he had broken his hand in an accident. Project assistance him by reimbursement of operation expenses. Other expenses for medicines and hospital charges were colleted from volunteer local donors for Vishnu.

c] Recreational Activities :

• Participation in Summer Camp - As previous year, this year also project its 15 sponsored children with 2 parents and 2 staff member send them to participated in the summer camp which was arranged by ‘KILLOL GROUP” from 12 th May to 26 th May. They participated and enjoyed dance, yoga, karate, painting, personality development, learn math with fun, beauty items etc. Children also participated in the closing ceremony of this Camp. Project sponsored child

Jitendra- File No.32848/SH has got Second Prize in the painting while another sponsored child Manisha- File No. 32113/SH was awarded with certificate of Karate from the International Sotokan Shobakan Karate Association which is recognized by World Karate Federation, Japan Karate Federation, International Olympic Committee and Olympic Council of Asia.

• Creativity Workshop: - Project arranged a creativity workshop in the Govindpar village where 150 sponsored children learnt dance, yoga, and karate, painting, personality development, learn math with fun, making gift packing and other crafts Children who learnt above mentioned courses helped other children a part from them in learning all the arts. Exhibition of items as well as Cultural–Dance Program was also arranged at closing ceremony of same.

• Sport Meet - With the aim to encourage interest in physical fitness and sports, project arranged Sport Meet in which 150 children from Govindpar village participated. event was inaugurated at early morning with the Lighting of Lamp form Community Leaders of Govindpar village. Children participated in various games like kabbadi, kho-kho, cricket, music chair, lemon-spoon along with other few games. Children overwhelmed during the whole day event and at the evening winner got prizes by Community Leaders and School Teachers.

• 'BAL MELA' (Children Fair) & ‘SAPT RANG' (Cultural Program) - On the 30th of August project arranged ‘BALMELA” and ‘SAPT RANG' in the Lakadiya Village . Mr. B.G.Deshmukh (President, CASP) and Mr. Babubhai Shah (MLA- RAPAR) inaugurated ‘BALMELA' by Lighting of Lamp . At this occasion 2000 children of the Lakadiya Village . Project distributed Rs.50 per sponsored children as ‘Token Money'. Project also arranged few game and entertainment activities like marry-go-round, jumping and magician for children. Children from Lakadiya Village and near by villages over whelmed there. They enjoyed a lot in the entertainment arranged by the project for them. There are 5000 people and children who visited Mela during the whole day. At the evening, Cultural Program “SAPTRANG” was presented by the sponsored children of CASP Gujarat Project. They presented Dance, Garba, Dandiya Ras , One Act Play and Dance on Patriotic Song. 1200 to 1500 children, their parents and teachers were presented in the program. Some of the people declared prizes for the children who participated in the program. People appreciated this program very much. In his speech Mr. Deshmukh Sir (President-CASP) said that children are doing very well and hope that they will do better in near future too.

• Nature Education Camp - 45 children of CASP Gujarat Project and 10 children of CASP Delhi Unit got the chance to joined the Nature Education Camp in Dholavira-Kutch district Gujarat organized by Gujarat Forest Department (East North Range). Children enjoyed in whole day activity in the lap of nature. They saw sunset in desert, CHINKARA, HEERAN ( DEAR ) and other animals in forest, visited Wood Fossil Park which more than 180 Million years old. Children also visited 5000 years old city found from land in Dholavira. This is also one of the finest archeological sites. This site is similar to Haddapian or Sindhu civilization.

• Exposure Visit - Return from the Upleta where Junagadh City which is historical city and it is present in the 5text book of standard 5th to 12th and famous and rich for historical background. With 13 Children we have visited planetarium, zoological park, museums, forts and hill of Girnar etc. Children were enjoyed a lot there.

• Picnic - Age group of 8 to 12 years sponsored children enjoyed in near by picnic spots like Badardgadh Hill, Kanthkot Hill, Ravechi and Akal Temple, Saidham etc. Total 140 children participated in two separated picnics.

• First Aid and nature therapy Camp - In remote area project villages, where there is no medical facility available in emergency time, in this circumstances Natural Therapy, Acupressure help in emergency and First Aid can be provided to the victim. 25 community volunteers and senior sponsored children participated and learned methods of first aid and nature therapy. Nature therapy Expert given proper direction for that.

• Information enhancement Tour - To enhance their technical knowledge and information regarding the industries how they produce items and hoe their department works we arrange Industrial Information tour.We have visited Parle-G & Euro Ceramic We are publishing children magazine named ‘Balsathi” by the children of the Balpanchayat, so we have arrange visit of the Kutch mitra daily Press to aware the children about procedure of the printing of the newspaper thus they can understand and implement improvement steps in the publication of ‘Balsathi” We also visited All India Radio –Bhuj station to improve their know ledge and curiosity. There are 50 sponsored children and 4 siblings and 8 REc staff and office staff joined the tour.

Linkages with other NGO and Govt. :

• Netra Yagna Camp - Ranchhoddasji Charitable Eye Hospital is engaged in the field of eye care and free operation of CATARACT. Project joined hand with this camp in the Lakadiya Village two camps were held. There are 150 patients were checked and among them 22 diagnosed for the operation and took them Rajkot for operation. All the expenses for operation medicines and even transportation from Lakadiya to Rajkot to Lakadiya provided by this hospital.

• VEC+ MTA and PTA Awareness sessions - With the aim of UNICEF and CRC , Gujarat's mission to fulfilling to Child rights to and prevention of Child Labour from Gujarat to make a first step to the village of Rapar and Bhachau Block of Kutch, CASP ( Community Aid & Sponsorship Programme) took responsibility of aware local village level people as the national level Child oriented organization. CASP Gujarat Earthquake Project has done 35 orientation meetings with V.E.C (Village Education Committee), M.T.A (Mother Teacher Association), P.T.A (Parents Teacher Association) and S.H.G (Self Help Groups) in the 18 villages of Rapar and Bhachau Block with financial support of UNICEF and Child Right collective, Gujarat.

• Balpanchayat - There are six Balpanchayat formatted in the project area. During the last nine months several activities held by the Balpanchayat team. During the children fair Balpanchayat team played significant role in arrangements of the program as well as they put stall of the items made during the creativity workshop. Balpanchayat team put the stall in the famous Ravechi temple near Rapar where every year almost 50000 people visited the fair. This stall was kept on base of the enhance awareness regarding child right, child labor, health and hygiene and cleanliness as well as girls education. It was praised by the people. Balpanchayat publish children magazine “Balsathi ” every second month. , poster making, awareness campaign through slogan writing, essay competition etc were held by the Balpanchayat team. Balpanchayat team of Lakadiya village visited Balpanchayat team of Nilpar, Govindpar, Suvai and share thoughts and ideas

Baseline Surveys : Balpanchayat team of the five villages had done baseline survey of the community where project is working. They have filled more than 500 forms of and get detail of the family.

Personality and memory power development sessions : 13 sponsored children were participated in Personality and memory power development sessions organized by Yog vedant seva Samit, Rapar . All arrangement of breakfast and food during the day was provided by them with all kinds activities related personality development and memory power development by experts in this program.

Formation of Astronomy Club, Lakadiya : Enhance interest and knowledge of astronomy, under Lakadiya Balpanchayat team District Amture Astronomy Club ‘have given affiliation to establish Astronomy Club in Lakadiya. We have joined science teachers, school teachers and interested person from villages along with Balpanchayat committee joined in it.

SCHOOL SUPPORT PROGRAM :

CASP has helped school where we are working supported programs for the children for celebration of Independence Day, Republican day, and Praveshotsav. We noted positive approach from this from schools and community. We arranged sports prog., cultural items and given gifts to the best performer.

• Civil Defense Sessions - Project has arranged civil defense awareness sessions in the primary and high school of project area. There are almost 700 high school and 500 primary school children benefited from this and get good knowledge of civil defense. Mr. Raisinhji Rathod (Chief Wild Warden) joined the sessions as resource person.

• Tailoring Class& SHG formation - From the help from the Mr. B.G.Deshmukh sir during his Gujarat Project visit, he donated Rs.30000/- for the infrastructure of the vocational training and SHG formation. From it, project has started one tailoring unit in Lakadiya village covering 32 women from the Lakadiya and near by villages. Project has operating this unit is smoothly and mother of sponsored family is giving trainng to the women in the center.

Regular Activities :

• Remedial Education Center (RECs) - Project is running 8 Remedial Education Center there are in Lakadiya, Lakhamsari, Govindpar, Nilpar, Suvai, Rapar Meghpar and Vasatava village. There are more than 250 sponsored children are benefited by this. REC is proved great assistance for the children supported programme, especially in the rural area. CASP is getting good community support in Govindpar Village that village has provided us community hall to run all our activities without rent.

• Computer Training - There are two basic computer education classes are running in two villages Lakadiya and Nilpar and there are 35 children are getting computer education there.

CAPACITY BUILDING OF COMMUNITY VOLLUNTEERS :

• Teachers to teacher training - With the aim to capacity building of the community volunteers as well as our teachers, project held the teachers to teacher Training once in a month. We have got service for the expert teacher thus teacher can solve their problems regarding teaching. They also can share their views and opinion about the betterment of the study of the children. We are doing this type o training from last three months and get very good result of it.

Nutrition and Health Program (Football Association Denmark) :

• Nutrition - With support from Football Association, Denmark- project is running special Nutrition and Health Programme. In the 7 Remedial Education Centers (Govindpar, Nilapar, Lakadiya, Rapar, Chitrod Lakhamsari and Suvai village) of the project is running daily Nutrition programme.There 250 children are benefited from this. As observation generated in camp children were not taking vegetables and fruits in their daily meal so we have give priority to provide fresh fruits to the children every day. We have provided Supplementary Kit to some of the children whose doctor has recommended as well need observed. We held seminar on nutrition awareness in Nilpar, Govindpar and Lakadiya village on importance of nutritious food in daily meal for the women of community.

• Health Check-Up Camp - As per instructions of Mr. B.G.Deshmukh Sir (President-CASP) during his Gujarat visit we have initiated Regular Monthly & Weekly Health Check-Up Camp as scheduled. Project has started regular health check-up of the sponsored children as well as community where we are working. This camp organizes on every Sunday (for half day) or on other holiday we arrange this camp. We invite qualified M.B.B.S Doctor. Project is providing needed medicines of common illness and also giving anti warm treatment to our sponsored children along with the Iron, Vitamin and other needed medicines. We observed many of children suffered from viral infection, skin and throat infection during the camp.

Community Contribution : As last years project got warm contribution from community and village level. We have build good repot with all the schools and got all the needed help from them. We also are getting help from community and village level to run our few activities. During the BALMELA (Children fair) ground was provided by the owner with help of local community leaders not taking any rent for same. Youth group of Lakadiya Village also given voluntarily service for 3 days. School teachers from all the villages gave important and required support. In Govindpar village, we have arranged Creativity Workshop and used Primary School as venue, School Principal and Gram Panchayat gave support to use for 10 days without rent. CASP is using community hall in Govinapr village form last 5 years without any rent. We have get good support from “ Kutch mitra, euro cyramics, parle-G, All India Radio during our Industries information tour.

Contact Information

Chairperson : Dr. Mrs. Ranjana Kaul
Project Manager : Mrs. Manju Upadhyay

Mr, Bharatsinh Jadeja, Prog. Coordinator
CASP-Gujarat Earthquake Project

D-624-625 Madanpur Khadar,
Phase II, J.J. Colony,
New Delhi 100076
Phone : 09810075791, 09958727171
E-mail : caspdel@airtelbroadband.in