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AVASAR PARICHAY
3rd September 2015
Donors—Grantees Meeting Preview
“A bi l i ty
is no t h i ng w it ho ut a n o p po rt un i t y ”
“” The real power of
money is in the power of giving it away,
and bringing a smile
on someone else’s
face”
- Narayan Murthy
Inside
Smiles of Hope Living. Batch 2014.
“Ability is nothing, without Opportunity” - Avasar
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Journey in Pictures
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What’s the Issue
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Meet the Grantees
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Volunteering
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Donation
Vision
No Girl Child will discontinue education due to
economic hardship.
Mission
Our mission is to arrest the
discontinuation of education of talented & meritorious girls due to economic
hardship by providing them
with a scholarship support
for pursuing their academic
goals, leading to an improved quality of life in the
future.
Goal
To provide an
Opportunity to Talented & Meritorious Girls from Economically Weaker Section of Society
to Continue Pursuing their
Academic Goals through
Scholarship, Education
Counseling, Coaching, Training and Mentoring Programs directed towards
their overall
Personality Development thereby
preparing them for quick
gainful
employment
and
achieving workplace
Success.
Shiva Lakshmi, Daughter of Gardeners in ITPL. Engineering 1st Year. Goal—to
get employed in ITPL.
Avasar – The Star Fish Story
This is a very common story and I am sure you may have come across the
same in the past. Allow me to reproduce here, as it is relevant to what we began at Avasar. So here is how it goes…
A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had
been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she
would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with
amusement. She had been doing this for some time when a man approached
her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t
save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!” The girl seemed
crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked
up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she
looked up at the man and replied, “Well, I made a difference to that one!”
The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had
done and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into
the sea. Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved. – adapted from
the Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley “How are we attempting to Save our
Stars” By Avasar Scholarship program, which consists of : Paying all their college fee for 5 years. 2 Years at PUC and min 3 Years at Graduate Level. Expenses towards books, stationery, etc. Bus pass for the whole year, every
year, for 5 years. At least, 4 sets of dresses. Daily allowance of a minimum of
Rs. 50/- per day for a minimum of 200 days in a year.
O u r J o u r n e y fro m Ma y 2 0 1 3 t o Ma y 2 0 1 5
First Batch of
Grantees in May /
June 2013 at Govt.
High School, Immadihalli.
Successful completion of contact
classes program by
volunteer teachers
at Belthur.
Hurray !!
PUC Completed in
June 2015.
Avasar relationship continues
The Joy of Giving
July 2015
We call it JoG—Joy of Giving. Convened every month. Helping them to Keep Dreaming.
What’s the Issue?
Of the “out-of-school children”, one survey reported that about 62% were girls; they make up two-thirds
of all illiterate 15 to 24-year-old’s.
Under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, passed in 2009 by Government of India, a free and compulsory education is guaranteed for all children aged between 6 and 14, and the most recent figures for
primary school enrolment stand at an impressive-sounding 98%.
However girls and marginalized groups such as the very poor and the disabled, are often left behind.
While girls attend primary school in roughly equal numbers to boys, the gap widens as they get older
and are forced to drop out to help with work at home, outside or get married.
Avasar is Supported by :
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Selfless Volunteers - they take their family time and devote to help the children on weekends. Thanks.
2.
Microsoft - Recipient of Software License - Office 365 for Non-Profits.
3.
Google Apps for Non-Profits - Google AdWords, Youtube for Non-Profits.
4.
Benchmark Email - Digital Marketing Company
5.
Eagle Conferencing - Our Audio Conferencing Donor
6.
Salesforce - Cloud based CRM License ( Avasar is future ready )
7.
NASSCOM FOUNDATION - Software, Desktops and Laptop Donors.
Donate Now
” The real power of money is in giving it away
and seeing a smile on someone’s face ” says
Narayan Murthy in one of his interviews.
We are glad that you plan to experience the
same too. Your giving can begin by registering
first as a Donor by submitting a form which can
be found on our website http://www.avasar.ngo
Once you submit the form, do send us an intimation.
Go ahead. Experience the JoG ( Joy of Giving )
At the time of writing this page in June 2013, our
estimate of expenses for supporting one child
comes to about INR 30,000/- at PUC level, enrolled into a Government College in Bangalore. This includes costs incurred towards admission fee, tuition fee, prescribed books, stationery, examination fee, bus pass, 4 sets of clothes
for the year and daily allowance for a maximum
of 250 days a year.
You can make any contribution, either one time
or on periodical basis, any amounts upwards of
Rs.500/-.
All donations eligible for tax deduction under
Sec.80 G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Also, we regret that we will not be able to accept
any contributions from foreigners, as of now.
Before you send in any amount, kindly ensure
that you have submitted the Donor Pledge Form,
available on this Blog.
Bank Account Details Updated as on 1 April
2015 Onwards :
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“ Su ppo rt in g u nde rp r iv ile ged g ir ls,
fr om edu cat io n t o em p loy me nt ”
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Savings Account Number –
02300.1000.444
Account Name : Opportunity Foundation
Trust
RTGS/NEFT/IFSC CODE :
ICIC0000230
Bank / Branch – ICICI / Safal Branch,
Safal Market, Khajisonenahalli, Whitefield
Hosakote Road Bangalore 560067
About Us
Opportunity Foundation Trust was registered on November 2, 2012 as
a Public Charitable Trust No: BK IV – 129 / 2012 at Bangalore, Karnataka.
Registered with the Income Tax Department under Sec. 12AA vide ref
number at DIT(E)BLR/12AA/E-370/17(M)/AAATO3610N/ITO(E)2/2013-14.
Registered with the Income Tax Department under Sec. 80 G (5)(vi)
vide ref number at DIT(E)BLR/80G/E-370/17(M)/AAATO3610N/ITO(E)
-2/2013-14.
Founders
The Trust is founded by Shri. Anand Chaturvedi & Shri. Sriram S N,
both based at Bangalore. A 5 member Governing Council is responsible for effective functioning of the Trust.
NCR
Governing Council Members
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2.
3.
4.
1. Anand Chaturvedi, Founder & Managing Trustee, Bangalore
2. Sriram S N, Co-Founder & Trustee, Bangalore
3. Benoy Tharakan, Founder Donor, Chennai
4. Durgaprasad Pejathaya, Founder Donor
5. Shailesh Mor, Founder Donor, Gurgaon, NCR
Shailesh Mor
Sudesh Bhagat
Rajesh Thoppil
Vivek K. Kumar
Mumbai
1.
2.
3.
P. Prasad
Neil Asif Rub
Ashish Shakadwipee
Chennai
Our Pledge Counter ( As on 1st September )
Grant Counts
1. June 2013 - 6
2. June 2014 - 8
3. June 2015 - 10
Grant Budget - Rs.1,50,000 Spread over 5 Years
Donations since Inception - Rs 19,00,000
Avasar Scholarship Program consists of :
Paying all their college fee for 5 years. 2 Years at PUC and min 3
Years at Graduate Level. Expenses towards books, stationery,
etc. Bus pass for the whole year, every year, for 5 years.
At least, 4 sets of dresses. Daily allowance of a minimum of
Rs. 50/- per day for a minimum of 200 days in a year.
1.
2.
3.
Samuel G Abraham
Benoy Tharakan
Shrinivas Narayanan
Bangalore
1.
2.
Sriram SN
Anand Chaturvedi
Contact
Opportunity Foundation Trust
C-0302 Nitesh Forest Hills,
Seegahalli, Kadugodi
Bangalore, India
Pin 560067
Mail : [email protected]
Web : http://www.avasar.ngo