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ANNUAL REPORTASHWINI CHARITABLE TRUST
2014 -15
www.ashwinitrust.org
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INDEX
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Trustee Information 4
Message from the Managing Trustee 5
ACT: The Beginning 6
ACT: Mission and Vision 7
ACT: Philosophy and Methodology 8 - 9
ACT Overview: Centres, Activities 10 - 13
ACT: Mothers, Alumni, Volunteers Speak 14 - 19
Key Accomplishments 2014-15 20 - 25
Acknowledgements 26 - 30
A Call to Action 31
Financial Analysis 32 - 36
Financial Statements 37 - 40
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At ACT Also...Managing Trustee
Sujata Mukherjee (Operations) Social Worker
Secretary
Dr.J Bhavani Ramesh (Counselling) Family Counsellor
Treasurer
Priyanktha Iyengar (Design) Fashion Designer
Trustees
Radhika Aravindam (Fund Raising) Social Worker
Aarthi Muralidharan (Educational Strategy) Educational Specialist
Dr. Hemlatha (Healthcare) Paediatric Surgeon
Shobha Jaidev (Healthcare) Homeopathic Healer
TRUSTEE INFORMATION
Credibility Alliance Norms Compliance Report
ACT is registered under:Income Tax Department under Section 80-GIncome Tax Department under 12 A (a)FCRA Registration 094421447Registration No - DOCUMENT No.434 of Book IV 2000-01
BankersState Bank of India, M G Road, Bangalore - 560001Vijaya Bank, Cambridge Road, Bangalore - 560008
AuditorRadhakrishna Upadhya & Co.Chartered Accountants,No. 1378/5, South End Main Road,9th Block East, Jayanagar - 560069
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One more year has gone past us with the speed of a whirlwind, and I have a few significant milestones to share with you. All five ACT children who sat for the SSLC Boards passed the exam creditably. The four children who sat for the PU Boards cleared the exam with flying colours, and are now studying in St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore.
Warm Regards,Sujata Mukherjee
The achievement of these children is all the more significant because they are all first generation learners. They come from extremely poor households, and their parents are daily wage earners. These families who live in large urban slums are extremely vulnerable because they do not have steady incomes. Anything from a viral fever, death of a grandparent, family wedding or even inclement weather can render them income-less in no time.
I have noticed that the urban poor are an isolated lot. The mass migration from the villages to the cities in search of livelihoods, the vast distances that one has to commute for work, the spiraling inflation,the increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots and the sheer indifference of the metropolis, have all pushed the poor to leading lonely and miserable lives. There is usually no place or person they can reach out to, for help, and more than the adults, it is the children who are the worst affected.
ACT has reached out to such families living in the 9 slums in and around the Ulsoor area in Bangalore asking them to send their children to us, so that you, dear volunteer, and we, together can ensure that these children get an education and are able to make use of the opportunities available. Giving all the 300 ACT children a love for learning, getting them to go to school/college regularly, and creating in them the confidence that they can aspire for and achieve their dreams – is all what you and we want. Thank you for being with us on this journey. I seek your support in all our future endeavours, because without you, there is no ACT.
Dear Friend,
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• ACTwasstartedwithanintenttoeducateandempowerunderprivileged children of Ulsoor slums in Bangalore
• Registeredon15thDecember,2000
• Parentwhotypicallyworkashousemaids,vendors,painters,tailorsarefrom the lower-income group
• Mostchildrenarefirstgenerationliterates
• Thetrustsponsorshardworkinganddedicatedchildrenfromsemi-government and government aided private schools.
ACT - THE BEGINNING
New Centre @ RG Halli Govt School, Whitefield
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2011
20122013
2014
Board of 7 Trustees, all women
New Learning Centre @ Ulsoor
Started with 1 child, Ashwini, 1 Resource
Centre @ Ulsoor
New Centre @ Indiranagarashraya
143 children, New centre @ Govt Tamil Higher
Primary School GTHPS170 children,
70+ Volunteers
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To educate and empower underprivileged children and support them till they are gainfully employed.
To do our best so that the current generation of underprivileged children living below the poverty line integrate seamlessly within mainstream society and that they are productive from the first day in their jobs.
To impart quality education, including skill building and matching children with employment opportunities that are suited to their dominant intelligence and strengths.
ACT - MISSION
ACT - VISION
FOODSP
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NCI
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INCLUSION
HOBBY CLASSES
HEA
LTH & ABUSE SENSITIV
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COMMUNICATION
LIFE
SKILLS
NOT JUST ACADEMICS
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Work is done through Community Participation; focus is on all three critical aspects of the child's development
As per the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, by Howard Gardner, the identification of the dominant intelligence of each child is done. The child is then encouraged and enabled to hone the identified intelligence and later take an occupation complimenting the same for greater success.
ACT - PHILOSOPHYAND METHODOLOGY
PHYSICAL
INTELLECTUAL
EMOTIONAL
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2008 - The II Step - Our numbers grew. We rented our first Learning Centre.
2012 – The III Step - Ashraya, Indira Nagar, invited us to hold after school programmes for the kids of neighbouring schools there.
ACT - CENTERS
INDIRNAGAR CENTRE (ASHRAYA) 2012
RESOURCE CENTER (RC) 2000
LEARNING CENTER (LC) 2008
2013 – The IV Step - WE reached out to the community where we started ACT – MV Garden – so that our model could reach the children of the government schools.
GOVERNMENT TAMIL HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (GTHPS), 2013
2000 – The I Step - In the year 2004, thanks to the NM Trust, we got free space to open our Resource Centre. It still houses the admin office, library, lab and supplies.
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Volunteers take classes and provide academic support to our students throughout the year. Many volunteers also take non academic classes including dance, singing, karate, and crafts.
Senior students of ACT also take classes and serve as mentors to younger students in the trust. This helps develop leadership skills and emotional intelligence.
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS2014 - 15
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Mothers and children attend classes on physical wellness. Children are vaccinated and have access to doctor visits. Mothers are provided with protein mix and taught how to administer this to their children. And all students receive a healthy snack daily.
Health & Physical Wellness is critical for a child’s success. A sick child cannot attend school or ACT classes, and a malnourished child is at a developmental disadvantage.
ACT provides employability training with the help of our volunteers and organisations.
Students learn computer skills and have access to our computer lab. They also learn about resume writing, interview skills, and how to work within a team. These are paramount to achieving the goal of employability for all of our students.
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Celebrations are an important part of life in ACT. Children are encouraged to celebrate and enjoy life.
Birthdays are celebrated monthly with cake for everyone. Holidays were celebrated with singing, a rangoli competition and magic shows
This year our children have learned to make short films and participated in the Adobe Youth Voices competition, learned to read for pleasure in our library, enjoyed gardening with volunteers and participated in activities like sports days and kite flying.
And, of course,
FUN is an important part in any child’s life!
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MOTHERS' EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
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ACT ALUMNI
VOLUNTEERS SPEAK
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VOLUNTEERS SPEAK
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
He came to us in class 6. He was shy then, he is shy now. He always had a dream. To be a computer engineer. We have seen him grow into a very determined young man. But there was one unique thing about Harikrishnan. He was always late for everything. We had to leave for a trip to Mysore. He arrived half an hour late. 'Sorry I woke up late. Next time I will be on time.'Ten years with us. He was never on time. Always the last to board the bus with a sheepish grin. He could not get good scores in class X. Had to take up Humanities. But after class XII, he was determined to do Diploma in Computer Engineering from NTTF.
He really had to work extremely hard. That's when he showed his real character. It was tough but he did not give it up. He was very fortunate to have extremely dedicated volunteers help him through this .One of the most fulfilling moments in our lives is when we see a child grow into an adult: Taking up responsibilities; Being accountable for their actions.
Today Harikrishnan is happy working in a networking company. His mother has stopped working as a maid. It was a memorable day when he served a meal to all the children with his hard earned money. Today he is a hero for all the youngsters in ACT. I remember the day when he got his first salary. He just donated the entire money to ACT. I was totally speechless. He stood very shyly and said “Thank you for scolding me. Today I am always on time for work.”
Story of one of our children who makes us incredibly proud.
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KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2014-15• InkeepingwithACT’sChildProtectionPolicy,SexEducationandPersonalSafetyclasseswereheld for all the children over 5 workshop days. The youngest participant was 4 years old and the oldest, in college. The classes helped the children learn about their rights and the ways in which they could protect themselves from abuse of any kind. The classes were interactive and had lots of audio-visual aids. As a continuum of the policy, we have installed CCTVs both in the Resource Center and the Learning Center as part of our many efforts to safeguard the children of the Trust.
• ACT has collaboratedwith theHippocampus LearningCenters Pvt.Ltd to improve the basicMaths and English skills in our children who are first generation literates. This is in continuation with our Foundational Maths and English Programs. The Hippocampus Basic English and Basic Maths program is going full steam ahead five days a week, one hour a day, wherein the children read to improve their comprehension, vocabulary, conversational skills and ability to use the dictionary.
In the second hour, they work out Maths problems around the four basic applications. Our efforts to build a sound foundation in basic Maths and fluency in Reading and comprehension of English were extended to the new batch of joinees to the Trust. Currently 80 children between Classes IV and IX undergo an hour of English and Maths 5 days a week. Nearly 35 volunteers take turns to conduct this program.
• ACT has spent time, money and effort toimprove the infrastructure and facilities at the Murphy Town Government Tamil School, which we have adopted. The toilets have been repaired finally. There are overhead water tanks along with flat bed water storage cement tubs for hot summer days. The toilets have doors. The walls and floors are neatly tiled. The walkway to the row of toilets have cement block marking the way. There is a separate water distribution unit so that children can wash the plates and this area also has the filtered drinking water facility so that all the children can drink safe potable water. ACT also maintains the flower and fruit garden in the school.
• AYV final movie screening at the ChowdiahMemorial Hall. While ACT students created 5 entries one was unanimously voted by all the children of the Trust as this year’s final entry in the competition. The movie highlighted the need for self- defence training especially for girls. Two of our students were also interviewed by a Bangalore
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daily since this year’s entry from ACT received a lot of excitement and applause at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall.Educators’ Workshop at AYV: In our third year of participation, 30 new children from Class VIII upwards have enrolled in American India Foundation’s “Create with Purpose” program. 2 senior girls have been chosen to be the Educators. The workshop taught them the finer elements of making movies: shooting, angles, editing and doing all this with a social focus.AYV Summer Camp: A Movie making workshop was conducted by Mentor Satyanarayana of America India Foundation. The 30 hours’ workshop inspired our high school and college going children to write scripts, learn camera techniques, act, edit and more…
• MajjaRun:ACTchildrenalongwithFossilourcorporateCareSupporterparticipatedintheTCS World 10k Run.
• Presentation by ACT Students at CGI: In aunique fund raising event organized by CGI our senior children spoke about their lives, Dreams, and association with ACT to several groups of employees of CGI.
• 124 volunteers from Synopsis spent 8 hourseach,totalling almost 1000 volunteering hours.
• Mentoring Program: 12 senior children arecurrently undergoing one-on-one Mentoring with executives and managers from PWC. The mentors provide a safe environment where the children can ask and answer questions, make presentations, attend mock interviews and participate in Group Discussions.
• SingingstudentscelebratingChristmaswithDitiAkka & Sujata Aunty:The ACT choir consisting of 7 girls kept the guests of Taj Vivanta enthralled with their rendition of popular Yule tide carols. The guests tapped their feet in tune with our choristers and there was many an encore!
• Ultimate Frisbee starts training our children:Volunteers from the NGO Ultimate Frisbee have started weekend classes to create a team that will be ready to participate seriously with other similar teams. The game encourages both boys and girls to play in the spirit of camaraderie where they iron out issues also as a team.
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ALUMNI SPEAK
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MOTHERS' SPEAK
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INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS 2014-2015
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NAMEAbhijit MukherjeeAdarsh S LAdvaith RaoAjanta DebAjay KhatriAmitava DattaAnant Jeet SinghAnil GuptaAnil K GopalanAnil KamarajuAnish JosephAnisha SabharwalAnita PujariAnitha ManjappaiahAnkita RathAnusha GowrisankarArpita DattaArundhati MitterAshish PuravankaraAshok Balaji RAshutosh GautamAshutosh VaidyaAvinash GiridharAvinash P Hegde, Axel VogelsangB. ThiagarajanB.Anila RaniB.R. PrasannaBadari PrasadBalaji RanganathanBhargava GantiBhavna SamtaniBhuvan SarwateBinesh Andhitharayil SomarajanBuddhadeb DattaC.R.RaghunandanCapt Rajan RamkumarChaitanya Yadav B VChandrika GururajCharit MenonChavakula Naga Venkata Vijaya KrishnaChiranth SubbaramuDarshan Parag ShahDeepa RaghavanDeepthi K Nair
Dhanya SukumaranDinesh SethiyaDitipriya dasDr J Bhavani RameshDr.Sudha TinaikarG RaghupathyGanapathy NallasivanGanesan KittuGanesh Babu KGauri Jayant SahaGautam DattaGeetha SubramanianGopal Ananthanarayanan IyerGurudutt KalambiHema HattangadyHimadri GuptaI S N PrasadIndu BhandiaJagan Mohan RJalma JanakiramanJaspreet Singh VirdeeJatin PatelJhanaarthanan GopalanJigishkumar Jitendrakumar ThakkarJoju K VargheseJoseph Kurian ThengumpalliKaruna SivasailamKiran N DonniKrishna Prasad U VKrishnamurthy KrishnanLakshmi HarishLokesh Ganesh MurthyLovepreet Singh KheraMahendran SathiyamoorthiMahesh J MurthyManishKumarManmeet SinghMark SilgardoMinal PrabhuMythrreeyi KrishnamoorthyN SivaSailamN Vijai KumarNagaraja Rao SulakeNagaraju MangalaNagesh Pai
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Nageswara Raju MNamita GuptaNamitha Krishnan VimalaNaveen RajasekjaranNeena JoshiNeeta KurianNiroopkumar MohanakumarNK JainPradipta BanerjeePramila SrinivasPravash SwainPriyanka RaghunandanPurushotham BalaramanRadhika ArvindamRaghavendra AnipakalaRaghavendra NavadRajesh S NairRakesh JainRakesh SrivastavaRamanathan MeyyappanRamesh Babu BandiRamprakash ShankaraRavi AdhikarlaRavikumar MariappaRavindra Mukund AthalyeRavindra YerramilliReshmi GhoshRitu GoyalRobert Dinakaran JobSadanand PatilSampathkumar VemulaSamsudeen Abdul AzeezSaravana MohanSatish ReddySharadaShilpi ChhabraShyam KeswariShyam SunderShyamala ValluriSimon PritishSivadas E PSmitha AshokSnehal JainSohaila MallapurSomashekar Seetharamaiah
Sri SathishChandra R TrasiSridhar RamamurthySridhar RanganathanSrinivasan TrSubashChandraDattaSubhashini KrishnaswamySudhakarSudhir SubbaramanSundeep YerapotinaSunil NairSuresh KotteSusan ThomasSwetaleena BaxlaT.C.Meenakshi SundaramTapas ChatoopadhayaTushar Shripad NarlawarVandita SharmaVarsha Veerendra PatilVeeramare GowdaVenkatakrishnan GMVenkatesha K RamaiyerVibha NahataViswanathan RajeswaranVivek KrishnamoorthyYalakanti Mahesh Kumar
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe following individuals provided in-kind donations to ACT, from sweets to school supplies, storybooks to cameras, and many other gifts!
AdityaAnil Gupta
Ashmita MukherjeeBhanumati Shivakumar
Deepak AgrawalDinesh
Divya Girish and Tanu BatraJessicaK.VijayaraghavanKanchan KeswaniManasa
Manisha KMeera Hegde
Nandini Gupta NithyaPallavi
Ramya Reinu Ojha
Resham SukhijaSahana Mukherjee
Sahja BegumSarja
Shajiah ShivaramakrishnanShyamala Velluri
Subash Chandra MaitraSwasti
Swetha ShettyVeena Raghunandan
Vibha NahataVivek Krishnamurthy
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CORPORATE ENGAGEMENTWe are grateful to the following companies and organisations for all they have done in the form of financial support, in kind donations, and volunteer time.
Adobe Youth VoicesAmerica India Foundation
AT&TBiocon Limited
Blooming Sepanouir & PecoleBook Pixie
CGI employeesCharities Aid Foundation America
CiscoCitrixCMR National Public SchoolCommunity Services of BangaloreDhampur Sugar
Dyuthi Charitable TrustFidelity Cares
Fit I AmFossil
Global Giving
HyattIDG Ventures India Advisors Pvt Ltd
Indian Tweels Co LtdKaybus India Pvt Ltd
Liverpool Football clubMallya Aditi Int. School
Menda FoundationNLSIU
Powers of 10Price Water House Coopers India Foundation
Satchidananda groupSynopsis
The Tooth FairyThomson Reuters
Ugly IndianUltimate FrisbeeUnmaad IIMB
VerizonVivanta By Taj MG Road
Vivanta By Taj Whitefield
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSVolunteers
ACT is a completely volunteer run organisation. Our volunteers teach dance, singing, karate, crafts and academics. They assist in our outings and events, and coordinate our Annual Day celebrations. We simply could not do what we do without our volunteers. This year, 108 volunteers gave innumerable hours to ACT.
We are very grateful to everyone who have taken time to help our children! We are happy to welcome the below new volunteers who joined us last year, as well as all of the U&I volunteers!
Abhishek Vijay Kumar
Adarsh
Aditya Patruni
Akansha Gupta
Akshay Paranjape
Amith Govind
Anita Shanker
Anagha Kulkarni
Anuradha Govind
Ashish Jugran
Ashwani Singh
Avinash S
Betsy Dye
Biju Menon
Dhara Bhatt
Divya Krishna
Dr.Kamini Jain
Francis Pinto
Guneet Singh Selhi
Habib Khan
Jagadeesh Uppalappa
Jaiprakash S
Jatin Patel
Jayashree Ravindranath
Kamala N
Kanishka Khaitan
Karthick
Kathakali Mukherjee
Kaushy Lal
Khushboo Gupta
Kritika Gupta
Kirthana N
Kiruthika Pandarinathan
Kuber V
Latika Menon
Madhumati Manjunath
Madhumita Chanda
Marianne Mulamottil Varghese
Marina Joseph
Mehta Divesh Bharat
Merlyn Paulose
Monisha K.S
Mrs.Sami Austin
Namrata
Neelprabha Barla
Nidhi Bhargav
Niharika Arora
Nisha Thadani
Nitya Chidambaram
Niveditha Sanjai
Niveditha Rai
Noorulain Saleem
Nupur Bhade
Pallavi Ayosla Balivada
Pallavi N Shetty
Paramajyoth SJ
Pranjali Deshpande
Prateek Sadhukhan
Prem Raj
Priya Singh
R.Pranav
Radha Siddhanti
Rae Zachariah
Ragini Menon
Rahul Murali Krishnan
Rashika Kaul
Rasika Priya Narayanan
Ravi Jaikumar
Rishika Gundi
Rohil Verma
Roshni Mandal
Sandhya Kunjur
Sanjiti Sharma
Shahshwati Da Lunha
Sherene Rao
Shrikar Amirisetty
Shruthi Chander
Siddharth Mundle
Smrithi Punnose
Sonali Anand Agarwal
Subhadra Unny
Suranjita Haldar
Sunaina Jaji
Supriya
Susanna Thomas
Tara Ramkumar
Theja Kaibulira
Umika Paul
V.Sudha
Vandana N D
Vanitha Mary
Varuna Jeetender
Veena Menon
Vibha Nahata
Zahra Fathima
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Change a life today!Donate your time - one hour makes a difference!Make a contribution - Rs. 14,000/- supports one child for a yearCheques to be drawn in favour of Ashwini Charitable Trust. Donations to ACT are exempt under Section 80-G
Description Amount (INR)
School Fees 5,500
Bag 400
Shoes 300
Birthday Cake 240
Socks 30
Snacks @10 for 360 days 3,600
Stationery 250
Special Meals @95 twice a month 2,280
Vaccines 600
Protein Mix @50 per month 600
Outings 200
Total 14,000
Donations:ashwinitrust.org/ACT_Contribute.html
Volunteers: [email protected]
International Donors:Global Giving: www.globalgiving.org
CAF America: www.cafamerica.org
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CORPORATE CSR - DAY LONG TEAM EVENTS• Teaching a craft
• Teaching / sharing their relevant skill set (tech, accounting, etc.)
• Field trip chaperone/assistants
• Employability skills workshops - resume writing, interview prep, computer training
• Soft skills training - team building, group discussions
• School upkeep - painting school classrooms, setting up computer labs & science lab, gardening
• Host medical camps
• Sponsor school supplies
• Teacher training for teachers at government schools
• Host students for a campus visit
• Gardening
Children’s activities• Academic classes
• Music
• Computers
• Dance
• Art
• Photography
• Sports
• Reading
• Counselling
• Birthdays
• Annual Day
• Diwali
Admin activities• Office administration work
• Fund raising
• Technology support
• Social media communications
• Maintenance of computers, tech equipment
• Librarian
• General communications
INDIVIDUALS (WEEKLY)
ACT - NOW
MONTHLY, ANNUALLY, PERIODIC• Christmas
• Kite flying
• Field trip chaperone/ assistant
• Mentoring
• Crafts
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This year, the organization has achieved a 18% increase in donations over the previous year, and recorded the highest level of donations to date.
ACT continues to maintain and grow a large active network of individual donors. Individual donors account for 41% of total funds received.
In FY 2015, Rs. 28.3 lakh was donated by 546 individuals. Donations of Rs. 5000/- or less were received from 408 individuals.
CONTRIBUTION FROM DONOR TOWARDS GENERAL FUND
INDIVIDUAL DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS
> 50000 - 9 donors
30%
<Rs 1000 - 248 donors
5%
Rs 10,001 - 20,000 - 31 donors
14%
Rs 20,001
- 50,000 - 12 donors
15%
Rs 1,001 - 5,000 - 160 donors
13%
Rs 5,001 - 10,000 - 86 donors
23%
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INCOME BREAKDOWN
EXPENSES
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The increase in donations has allowed ACT to increase both admissions and programming in FY 2015. Child Development activities funding increased compared to the past year. This meant both accepting additional children and increased the expenditure towards children development by 7.65% per child compared to last year.
AVERAGE SPEND PER CHILD
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CONTRIBUTION FROM FCRA
Total FCRA Donation - Rs. 14,52,677
3% 18%
11%
16%
8%
43%
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AN ODE TO THE VOLUNTEERS
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ACT is a volunteer run organisation. Thank you to our many volunteers who make our work at ACT possible!
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Ashwini Charitable TrustNo. 3, St. John's Road CrossNear Ulsoor Lake, Bangalore - 560 042Tel: +91 80 40924050, Mob: +91+9243198157 www.ashwinitrust.org
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