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Projects at a Glance   SWABHIMAAN, a charitable trust in Bangalore, works with AADHAAR to improve the lives of young girls and pregnant women with limited exposure to education and healthcare. A multi-pronged approach is followed by SWABHIMAAN:
Rising energy requirements in a developing country like India is a major concern to the entire world. As the per capita energy consumption of Indians increase, conventional sources of energy are increasingly being exploited and depleted. This also results in increased environmental pollution. Environmental responsibility and interest towards green energy sources such as solar energy should start from the grass roots-level. Realising this, AADHAAR is promoting the usage of green energy sources in rural, underdeveloped regions of India. As a first step, it has provided solar cookers and a solar water heater to the "Samata Shikshan Sanstha", an organisation that is involved in educating tribal and backward children in the Indian state of Maharashtra. These equipments have been installed in the campus of a school (Anandashram school in Pune district, Maharashtra) run by this organisation; the school also has a wind and biogas plant, making it unique in the whole region. Such initiatives not only reduce the dependency on conventional energy sources, but also help in reducing environmental pollution. Since India receives a great deal of sunshine throughout the year, solar energy-dependant setups are not affected by the frequent power failures in this country. 2017
To be updated soon! 2016
To be updated soon! To be updated soon! To be updated soon! 2015
To be updated soon! To be updated soon! We have partially funded the project which aims for developing a cloud based enterprise model for Farmers Producer Organizations (FPO). FPO is a special organisation registered under the special provisions of the companies act, 1956. This project will develop a data management or information platform which will help FPO to perform their organisational operations. This platform will have features like mobile application support, designed to use in low resource setting like SMS and offline data, and modular structure for farmer profiling and logistics. It will give FPO a robust IT platform which help farmers to track and monitor overall produced quantity, input supply, accessing viable markets, getting information regarding weather forecast etc. Location: Initiated in Gujrat, India 2014
1403: Swabhimaan - Mother and Baby Clinic at
Bengaluru
(see also project 1007) To be updated soon! 1402: Adwaya - Educational Support for
quasi-orphan boys at Bengaluru
(see also project 1303) To be updated soon! KARTAVYA is a non-profit voluntary organization (registered under Societies Registration Act XXI, 1960 with registration no. S/63750/2008) run by ISM students with the vision to equip the children of slums with education, skills and character that they need to lead empowered lives .It is a non-governmental non-profitable voluntary organization run by the students and alumni of ISM Dhanbad to provide education to the underprivileged children living in the slums. Team Kartavya strives hard to ensure that each and every child in the slums is provided quality education in reputed public schools. They are also planning to adopt the government schools so as to teach voluntarily in schools and thus undertaking the administration so that the condition of schools can improve. Education is not their only vision but the overall development of slums and are trying to ensure to improve the condition of slums’ by bringing a new project to produce electricity and thus eradicating the problem of power. The team also provides the slum people with work under various entrepreneurial activities which includes Rickshawala scheme, Notebook making etc. Location:
Dhanbad Details about
Projects in 2012 and
2013
will be updated soon...
2013
1303:
Adwaya - Educational Support for boys at Bengaluru
(see also projects 1402, 1503) 1302:
Swabhimaan - Educational Support for quasi-orphan girls
(see also project 701) 1301:
Operations of underprivileged children and needy persons at Dhule
(see also project 703) 2012
1202:
Aaadhaar Knowledge Centre (AKC -9, Phase II), Bihar
(see also project 1101) 2011
1102: Operations
of underprivileged children and needy persons at Dhule(see also project 703) Digvijay ThakurSanmati Vidyalaya is situated in Dhule. This (north-west) part of Maharashtra is mainly populated by various tribal communities and at the same time severely underdeveloped and plagued by poverty. On several occasions parents and/or relatives find it difficult to operate even minor health issues which are affecting the life of a child or a relative severely on daily basis. In the wake of all these adversities there was a serious need for a genuine initiative to address such problems/situations. Sanmati Vidyalaya operated by Late. Ratibai Maganlal Jain Public Trust in Dhule (Estb.: 1981), took this much needed initiative to help such parents or people. With the help of local physicians they also minimized the cost of operations/surgery. AADHAAR has been collaborating with Sanmati Vidyalaya previously (year 2008 & 2010) and decided to continue supporting their initiative on an annual basis by financing 1000 € in year 2011. Location: Village -
Dhule  Sanmati Vidyalaya is situated in Dhule. This (north-west) part of Maharashtra is mainly populated by various tribal communities and at the same time severely underdeveloped and plagued by poverty. On several occasions parents and/or relatives find it difficult to operate even minor health issues which are affecting the life of a child or a relative severely on daily basis. In the wake of all these adversities there was a serious need for a genuine initiative to address such problems/situations. Sanmati Vidyalaya operated by Late. Ratibai Maganlal Jain Public Trust in Dhule (Estb.: 1981), took this much needed initiative to help such parents or people. With the help of local physicians they also minimized the cost of operations/surgery. AADHAAR has been collaborating with Sanmati Vidyalaya previously (year 2008 & 2010) and decided to continue supporting their initiative on an annual basis by financing 1000 € in year 2011. The health problems treatments such as angiography, Feco surgery, post-burn knee surgery, purchasing hearing aid set and a cataract surgery etc., were performed in past. Recently an operation was performed for microscopic varicocelectomy using financial aid provided by AADHAAR. Through this project Aadhaar effectively assisted Sanmati vidyalaya for giving a helping hand to the needy families and bringing back the life of affected children and/or individuals to normality. 1101: Aadhaar Knowledge Centre (AKC -9)(see also project 1202) Jitendra Prasad Khatait Location: Village -
Dhule, India 424001  2010
Location: Village -
Soundad 441806 During his recent visit to India, Pramod Agrawal has found out that there is scarcity of drinking water in his village. It was a pick summer time with average temperature around 45°C. The scarcity of water has reached its pick level and villagers are finding it extremely difficult to get the proper drinking water. The severe consequences can results in spreading water related dieses due to unavoidable use of dirty water (which they find in nearby resources). After getting quick clearance from the Aadhaar members, the project was realized within a week time with a immediate financial help of from Mr. Nawalkishor Agrawal, who is also the local contact for this project. The actual project was approved on 10th May 2010 and the project was ready on 15th May 2010. This gives immediate relief the villagers in order to fulfill their requirement for drinking water. The newly constructed bore well is of 275 meter deep with a 6 inch diameter will expected to serve villagers for another 20 years. The project has been realized within allotted budget of 50,000 INR (equivalent to 850 €). Bethsaida Ashram is a home for the very poor homeless people who are mentally retarded, mentally unstable, handicapped and socially destitute orphans. Bethsaida Ashram is located in a small town named Karingazha in Kerala (India). It was started by a kind-hearted philanthropist Mr.Kuriakose (and his family) 12 years ago. Since then, there are around 45 such people who are taken care in Bethsaida Ashram. These people discarded by the society, were initially living on the streets starving and in extremely bad health. The care-takers at Bethsaida Ashram collected these poor people from the streets and brought them home. The current inmates of Bethsaida Ashram are in the age-group of 20 to 60 years. They are of different backgrounds and from different regions from India, who have unknowingly wandered into the small town. Location: Karingazha,
Kothamangalam Bethsaida Ashram is a home for the very poor homeless people who are mentally retarded, mentally unstable, handicapped and socially destitute orphans. Bethsaida Ashram is located in a small town named Karingazha in Kerala (India). It was started by a kind-hearted philanthropist Mr.Kuriakose (and his family) 12 years ago. Since then, there are around 45 such people who are taken care in Bethsaida Ashram. These people discarded by the society, were initially living on the streets starving and in extremely bad health. The care-takers at Bethsaida Ashram collected these poor people from the streets and brought them home. The current inmates of Bethsaida Ashram are in the age-group of 20 to 60 years. They are of different backgrounds and from different regions from India, who have unknowingly wandered into the small town. AADHAAR (with the support from BMTI/MIRA institute of the University of Twente) helped the Bethseida Ashram for constructing a new building for accommodating the mentally disabled orphans, which is also used for their regular medical consultation. AADHAAR's financial contribution was in 2 phases. In the first construction phase in 2009, AADHAAR contributed 2500 €, which helped partly in the construction of the foundation, supporting structures and roof of the building. Subsequently, AADHAAR donated another 2500 € in the year 2010 which was used (along with the contributions from others) towards the building structure, plastering, windows and doors. The project is in the final phase now. Also with the help of other sponsors in the locality, Bethseida Ashram hopes to complete the construction by this year end.
In past, Aadhaar supported Sanmati Vidyalaya operated by Late. Ratibai Maganlal Jain Public Trust in Dhule (Estb.: 1981), to perform operations or carry out medicinal treatments of children or needy people (specially, below poverty-line). This initiative originated through a need to tackle situations in which, parents and/or relatives find it difficult to operate even minor health issues severely affecting the daily life of a child or a relative. Location: Dhule, Tal.
Dhule  In past, Aadhaar supported Sanmati Vidyalaya operated by Late. Ratibai Maganlal Jain Public Trust in Dhule (Estb.: 1981), to perform operations or carry out medicinal treatments of children or needy people (specially, below poverty-line). This initiative originated through a need to tackle situations in which, parents and/or relatives find it difficult to operate even minor health issues severely affecting the daily life of a child or a relative.  The institute (i.e. Sanmati Vidyalaya) urged for similar financial initiative as previous from Aadhaar. Looking at the successful outcome of the previous project Aadhaar decided to provide a financial help of 1000 € over the period of year 2010, in second phase. Until now the funding has been utilized for payment of cost of three operations including post-burn knee surgery, purchasing hearing aid set and a cataract surgery. The remaining amount of funding is expected to be used for similar purpose in coming months. Lokshikshan runs two residential schools for physically handicapped and deaf and dumb Children at Girnera, Aurangabad. More than 85 students are taking education in this residential school. They have classrooms, dining hall, hostel rooms, toilets, store rooms, kitchen units and sufficient playground. The hostel facility involves 2 hostels for girls and 2 hostels for boys. Location: Girnera,
Aurangabad  Lokshikshan runs two residential schools for physically handicapped and deaf and dumb Children at Girnera, Aurangabad. More than 85 students are taking education in this residential school. They have classrooms, dining hall, hostel rooms, toilets, store rooms, kitchen units and sufficient playground. The hostel facility involves 2 hostels for girls and 2 hostels for boys. In past, AADHAAR had installed solar equipments (e.g. water heater & cooker) with the help of IMPACT (Institute for Energy and Resources at University of Twente) at other locations (Pune and Dhule). Following the same way, AADHAAR decided to support the proposal from Lokshikshan to install solar equipments including water heater and solar lamps in two hostels for boys and girls each (total 4), two dining rooms, and kitchen store room. The school is located in hilly and rural area. Regular electric supply is rare. Availability of these equipments has provided immense help to the students at the residential school. This has also helped for the planned use of renewable energy. Though occasional use of fossil fuel i.e., gas, oil, wood etc. has not been eliminated completely, it has been definitely reduced to a greater extend. Students are getting consistent electricity power for study, and simultaneously supply of hot water has helped to increase their health level. In this third such collaboration of AADHAAR and IMPACT, it has contributed 2417 € as a financial support for purchasing above mentioned various solar equipments, including solar water heater (capacity: 500 Liters per day) and solar lamps. The project has been successfully completed in October 2010. (see also projects 1403, 1502) Pramod Agrawal and Ashok Sridhar Location:
Bangalore, India Swabhimaan is a Public Charitable Trust run by Mr. Venket Iyer, which was registered in the year 2000 in Bangalore. Swabhimaan in active in the area of Education for underprivileged, Healthcare and Microcredit activities. Swabhimaan supported Mother and Child Clinic is located in one of the largest slum clusters of Bangalore called Rajendra Nagar. An estimated 7500 families live in these slums. A major percentage of the families definitely live below poverty line. The Issues confronting the community are generally the same as in most other slums in cities. Some major issues are very poor sanitation, poor quality drinking water, malnutrition among kids and pregnant women. The Clinic was started in 2009 with an objective of better nourishment to kids and good advice to mothers on issues of pre natal, post natal, health and hygiene will hopefully help the families avoid sicknesses and ailments. The Clinic has employed one capable Doctor. The current expenses involve his salary, clinic’s rent, some medicines that we dispense etc. Swabhimaan intend hiring two qualified health workers to go Door to Door and advice women on all issues relating to health, hygeine and nutrition. To support this part of the project, AADHAAR has supported Mother and Child clinic by salary of two health worker for a year 2010, which is approximately 96000INR (~1500 euros). The first installment of 16000 INR is already transferred to Swabhimaan.
1005: Surya - Aadhaar Clinic at
Ambalappuzha, KeralaThe Surya hospital located in Ambalappuzha, a coastal village of Kerala, run by the Madam Curie Medical and Educational Trust – a non-governmental, non-religious, non-commercial and non-political trust, was started in 1985 by a group of like-minded doctors fresh from their medical education aiming to provide basic health care services to the common people. The doctors and many of the nursing and other staffs here, work on an almost voluntary basis. The hospital charges much less compared to the other hospitals for all health care services that it offers. Due to the lack of modern laboratory equipments, the doctors were forced to refer the patients to commercial laboratories. The equipments that the management considered as urgently needed for the up-gradation of the laboratory were a semi-auto analyzer and a binocular microscope. The hospital had Rs. 100000/- with them, while the procurement of the two instruments needed a total of Rs. 230000/-. Identifying that the hospital upholds the noble banner of medical ethics and provide basic and affordable health care to one of the most underprivileged communities in India, the fishermen, the AADHAAR contributed Rs. 130000/- to the hospital which enabled them to procure the instruments. Based on AADHAAR’s request, the manufacturer of Micro Lab 300 and the local supplier of the equipment (LabX Systems, Thiruvananthapuram) not only subsidized the cost of the equipment but also provided several accessories and pigments necessary for running the equipment, free of cost. With the installation of these equipments the hospital is able to conduct precision biochemical, microbiological and pathological tests for very cheap costs as compared to other commercial laboratories. AADHAAR will continue to support this laboratory depending on the need will enable the hospital to facilitate affordable and precision clinical laboratory services to the mostly poor patients who approach this hospital for health care.  1004: Aadhaar Knowledge Centre (AKC - 8)
Guwahati, Assam PRAMOD AGRAWAL
Location: SHED, House No:07,
Karnalata path, Bhetapara, Beltola Guwahati-28. Assam, India 
2009
Dhanora Fasi is a village in central part of India, with primary and secondary school. This village faces huge water problem every summer. Drinking water supply for this village is based on the common water supply system which is not working in the summer due to water shortage. Most of the villagers get water from wells located far from the village. However the school has only common water supply. Due to this student suffer in the summer months. Location: Dhanora
Fasi  Dhanora Fasi is a village in central part of India, with primary and secondary school. This village faces huge water problem every summer. Drinking water supply for this village is based on the common water supply system which is not working in the summer due to water shortage. Most of the villagers get water from wells located far from the village. However the school has only common water supply. Due to this student suffer in the summer months.  Teachers from school
came to know about AADHAAR
activities in this region, they approached AADHAAR for the help. They
agreed to pay for the pump where as AADHAAR agreed to financially
support of 500 € for drilling the bore. Project was successfully
carried out. At the moment there is borewell and the pump in place.
This has solved the water problem of nearly 300 students.
906: Aadhaar Knowledge Centre (AKC-5),
Bettahalli, KarnatakaSrivatsa Bettahalli Location: Bettahalli village,
Amruthur hobli, Kunigal taluk, Karnataka state, INDIA Hence we propose to build AADHAAR knowledge center which
is basically a
library
cum study center for kids, news paper & magazine center for adults
and counseling center with a dedicated person (graduate) to help
provide proper guidance and motivation to the kids (also care-taker of
the center).
The estimate to realize this knowledge center is around 2500Euros (Rs
165,000) which would include building cost (the land has been donated
free), furniture’s, books, and (sustainable) running cost.
Self sustainable running cost is expected to be achieved by livestock
rearing (2 cows). The project has been approved by Aadhaar committee.
(construction is temporarily suspended) (see also project 801) Digvijay Thakur Dhanora Fasi is a village in central part of India, with primary and secondary school. This village faces huge water problem every summer. Drinking water supply for this village is based on the common water supply system which is not working in the summer due to water shortage. Most of the villagers get water from wells located far from the village. However the school has only common water supply. Due to this student suffer in the summer months. Location: Morane, Tal. Dhule  In the past, with Aadhaar’s assistance, Samata Shikshan Sanstha has installed solar water heaters & solar cookers at an ashram (residential) school known as Anandashram Residential School at Talegaon-Dhamdhere, Pune-Maharashtra. Sharing the same inspiration of making the residential school energy independent through sustainable resources such as solar energy, Aadhaar decided to sponsor installation of solar equipments at Morane. It is a village located in a rural and more specifically underdeveloped tribal part of state of Maharashtra in India. IMPACT (Institute of Mechanics, Processes and Control-Twente) situated at the University of Twente joined hand with Aadhaar and decided to cover entire amount of funding necessary for this project. This also proved to be the starting point for the continued successful collaboration of IMPACT and Aadhaar.  IMPACT contributed 2100
€ as a finantial support for purchasing ‘solar cookers’ (two
‘Parabolic’ type) for the preparation of daily meals of the students as
well as ‘solar water heater’ (800 L/day) for their daily water usage.
The procurement and installation of mentioned equipments required one
month after receiving the funding. Solar water heater system served
dual purpose i.e. in rainy & winter season, hot water is used for
sanitation purpose towards protecting the health of the student during
severe weather conditions, particularly in cold days, whereas, in
summer days the additional availability of the hot water helped for
soaking grains and cooking rice as well as making laundry. This indeed
helped to reduce the fuel & medical expenses which normally
occurred. In total around 150 residential students benefited from this
project.
Chandrashekhar U Murade Hiwara Murade is remote village in Amravati Dist. In state of Maharashtra in central part of India (Mumbai province). People from this village has great education awareness, this village has produced many teachers, a doctor and some engineers. However now day’s the village lacks education facilities in the village. Due to this one who can afford to send their kinds to the cities for the better education facilities do so, but the poor and bright student do not get this opportunity. Group of villages came to know about the AADHAAR activities from Chandra Murade and were impressed by AADHAAR support to Eklavya academy. Villagers asked for the AADHAAR Knowledge Centre in their village. They also promised to look after the AKC with out any additional costs. This centre will be administrated by two teachers from the village itself. Main objectives of this project are to create a library, to provide computer education and to provide a study room with 24 hr electricity facility. Since electricity is the main problem in this region. Also various activities will be carried out under this project such as special classes for the student and agriculture awareness for the farmers. Location: Hiwara Murade 
AADHAAR members agreed
to financially support this project with 1200euros to buy books,
computers and furniture. Presently AKC is running with the great
response from the student and villagers.
Bethsaida Ashram is a home for the very poor homeless people who are mentally retarded, mentally unstable, handicapped and socially destitute orphans. Bethsaida Ashram is located in a small town named Karingazha in Kerala (India). It was started by a kind-hearted philanthropist Mr.Kuriakose (and his family) 12 years ago. Since then, there are around 45 such people who are taken care in Bethsaida Ashram. These people discarded by the society, were initially living on the streets starving and in extremely bad health. The care-takers at Bethsaida Ashram collected these poor people from the streets and brought them home. The current inmates of Bethsaida Ashram are in the age-group of 20 to 60 years. They are of different backgrounds and from different regions from India, who have unknowingly wandered into the small town. Location: Karingazha, Kothamangalam -
Kerala state, India 
AADHAAR (with the
support from BMTI/MIRA institute of the University of Twente) helped
the Bethseida Ashram for constructing a new building for accommodating
the mentally disabled orphans, which is also used for their regular
medical consultation. AADHAAR’s financial contribution was in 2 phases.
In the first construction phase in 2009, AADHAAR contributed 2500
Euros, which helped partly in the construction of the foundation,
supporting structures and roof of the building. Subsequently, AADHAAR
donated another 2500 Euros in the year 2010 which was used (along with
the contributions from others) towards the building structure,
plastering, windows and doors. The project is in the final phase now.
Also with the help of other sponsors in the locality, Bethseida Ashram
hopes to complete the construction by this year end.
The third AADHAAR knowledge center, founded in the premises of Zilha Parishad Secondary & Higher Secondary School Walsawangi. This AKC is opened within the school premises which allows using dedicated room for library, chairs, and tables. Within the school time, school staff looks after the library and after school time one of the senior school students looks after the library. To keep the library running and getting more books in, school is charging 30 INR membership fees for only those who can pay. Rest of the expenses like maintenance of the facility, electricity is carried by school. Total amount of 60000 INR is being spent till date for the books. Another 25000 INR was spent for the cultural stage in the school premises. Total 1500 Euro was donated for the successful completion of the cultural stage and books for the library. Location: Walsawangi 
This project was funded
by the money generated from the contribution of the employees of
University of Twente, who generously decided to forgo their Christmas
gift of 2008 for a noble cause. This knowledge centre has school owned
computers through which students below poverty line can be trained and
have Internet facility for common man, so that they can be connected to
the outside world.
2008
Parijtat Academy is a non-profit, non-religious school for underprivileged children in one of the villages name Pamohi on outskirts of Guwahati, Assam. It provides basic education to the children of local stone quarry and rice field workers from seven tribal villages. School does not have a regular source of funding and managed by founder Mr. Uttam Teron with at least 10-12 other staff on volunteer basis. One of the biggest challenges for the academy is not having proper infrastructure. Before Aadhaar decided to support, the academy had two separate small constructions with four rooms with tin roof and bamboo walls. Location: Parijat
Academy, Pamohi  Children outside the class room Parijtat Academy is a non-profit, non-religious school for underprivileged children in one of the villages name Pamohi on outskirts of Guwahati, Assam. It provides basic education to the children of local stone quarry and rice field workers from seven tribal villages. School does not have a regular source of funding and managed by founder Mr. Uttam Teron with at least 10-12 other staff on volunteer basis. One of the biggest challenges for the academy is not having proper infrastructure. Before Aadhaar decided to support, the academy had two separate small constructions with four rooms with tin roof and bamboo walls.  Surrounding view of the class room AADHAAR conducted
independent survey of the
location by one of the Aadhaar members. After the survey we principally
agree to support the Academy. Aadhaar contributed 2100 € towards
construction of the 500 sq. feet class room for the kids. The financial
support came from MESA+ institute of Nanotechnology of University
Twente, the Netherlands. The class room is now ready for education
purpose.
Eklavya archery academy was established in 1999 by sport teacher Sadanand Jadhav (President best teacher award winner). Main motivation of the academy is to train rural students in the filed of archery and yoga to participate at state, national and international level. Students from this academy have received more than 37 national gold medals uptill now, the number of medals indicates the quality of the training and the dedication of the students and the teacher. Having said this, the academy face serious financial problem, such as state of art equipments to participate at national and international level. Unavailability of state of art equipment is the main reason behind their poor performance at international level not the quality of the sport person. Location: Nandgaon
khandeshwar  Eklavya archery academy was established in 1999 by sport teacher Sadanand Jadhav (President best teacher award winner). Main motivation of the academy is to train rural students in the field of archery and yoga to participate at state, national and international level. Students from this academy have received more than 37 national gold medals uptill now, the number of medals indicates the quality of the training and the dedication of the students and the teacher. Having said this, the academy face serious financial problem, such as state of art equipments to participate at national and international level. Unavailability of state of art equipment is the main reason behind their poor performance at international level not the quality of the sport person.  AADHAAR members
recognize the importance of this
project and allocated 2000 € to be invested in improving basic
facilities and buying state of art equipments. Effect of this financial
help was felt immediately, academy increased their participation at
national level by the factor of two and many students are preparing for
the international competitions.
(see also project 905) Samata Shikshan Sanstha has been established in 1972 for the educational empowerment of backward and tribal children. Then onwards it has undertaken various projects and activities including child care centers for tribal children and nutritious food centers for the children living in slums. One such initiative is Anandashram Residential School at Talegaon-Dhamdhere. A consistent supply of electricity and/or energy has always been a major problem at Anandarshram, which hampered the life of residential students on daily basis. Aadhaar decided to support them to become partially energy independent by providing financial assistance for purchasing solar equipments. Aadhaar has contributed 1500 € as a financial support to the Anandashram for purchasing "solar cookers" (two "Box" and one "Parabolic" type) for the preparation of daily meals of the students as well as "solar water heater" (400 L/day) for their daily water usage. Location:
Talegaon-Dhamdhere, Tal. Shirur  Samata Shikshan Sanstha has been established in 1972 for the educational empowerment of backward and tribal children. Then onwards it has undertaken various projects and activities including child care centers for tribal children and nutritious food centers for the children living in slums. One such initiative is Anandashram Residential School at Talegaon-Dhamdhere. A consistent supply of electricity and/or energy has always been a major problem at Anandarshram, which hampered the life of residential students on daily basis. Aadhaar decided to support them to become partially energy independent by providing financial assistance for purchasing solar equipments. Aadhaar has contributed 1500 € as a finantial support to the Anandashram for purchasing "solar cookers" (two "Box" and one "Parabolic" type) for the preparation of daily meals of the students as well as "solar water heater" (400 L/day) for their daily water usage.  The procurement and installation of mentioned equipments required two months after receiving the funding. Since the solar cooker and the water heater have been installed, they have provided great convenience to the residential school (~150) students. They can now easily get warm water for sanitation purpose not only during shivering winter time but also all the year long. Solar cookers have provided an environmentally benign route to cook food for all the students. That is not only saving the large amount of energy but also the cost which can then be efficiently invested into other essential amenities for the well fare of residential students.  Sanmati Vidyalaya is situated in Dhule. This (north-west) part of Maharashtra is mainly populated by various tribal communities and at the same time severely underdeveloped and plagued by poverty. On several occasions parents and/or relatives find it difficult to operate even minor health issues which are affecting the life of a child or a relative severely on daily basis. In the wake of all these adversities there was a serious need for a genuine initiative to address such problems/situations. Sanmati Vidyalaya operated by Late. Ratibai Maganlal Jain Public Trust in Dhule (Estb.: 1981), took this much needed initiative to help such parents or people. Location: Dhule,
Tal. Dhule  Sanmati Vidyalaya is situated in Dhule. This (north-west) part of Maharashtra is mainly populated by various tribal communities and at the same time severely underdeveloped and plagued by poverty. On several occasions parents and/or relatives find it difficult to operate even minor health issues which are affecting the life of a child or a relative severely on daily basis. In the wake of all these adversities there was a serious need for a genuine initiative to address such problems/situations. Sanmati Vidyalaya operated by Late. Ratibai Maganlal Jain Public Trust in Dhule (Estb.: 1981), took this much needed initiative to help such parents or people.  With the help of local
physicians they also
minimized the cost of operations/surgery. Aadhaar decided to support
their initiative on an annual basis by financing 1000 € in year 2007.
The funding was utilized for payment of cost of operations and/or
medical treatments of 12 children in total. The health problems
included treatment of Hepatitis B, urine disorder, surgical treatment
of facial cleft etc. Through this project Aadhaar effectively assisted
Sanmati vidyalaya for giving a helping hand to the needy families and
bringing back the life of affected children and/or individuals to
normality.
"CHIRAKUKAL" Voluntary service charitable society started on 21st August 2002 in Palakkad district of Kerala state in India. Main objective is to "Serve the Deserving Peoples in the Community". Registered under Charitable Society's Act 1860 on 23rd October 2002 and affiliated with Nehru Yuva Kendra on 4th January 2003, it is fully a Social Organization without any discrimination. Chirakukal aims at giving care and protection for the destitute, the desolate and aged patients and those who are suffering from want of food and shelter. Chirakukal helps the physically and mentally retarded patients by way of medicine and medical attention on time. Location:
Karingarapully, Palakkad "CHIRAKUKAL" Voluntary service charitable society started on 21st August 2002 in Palakkad district of Kerala state in India. Main objective is to "Serve the Deserving Peoples in the Community". Registered under Charitable Society's Act 1860 on 23rd October 2002 and affiliated with Nehru Yuva Kendra on 4th January 2003, it is fully a Social Organization without any discrimination. Chirakukal aims at giving care and protection for the destitute, the desolate and aged patients and those who are suffering from want of food and shelter. Chirakukal helps the physically and mentally retarded patients by way of medicine and medical attention on time. AADHAAR supported the Chirakukal voluntary foundation with a one-time contribution of 500 € in the year 2008. The contribution was used towards buying beds, cots, and medicines for the old aged orphans.
The second and self sustainable AADHAAR knowledge center, founded in Multai town in central India, has its own mini-library, book bank and computer room for the village students. This AKC open within a school premises which will keep the overall cost of the project low (€ 1000) and better accessibility for students. Location: Multai District: Betul, Madhya Pradesh  This project was funded
by the money generated from the contribution of the employees of the
faculty of CTW of University of Twente, who generously decided to forgo
their Christmas gift of 2007 for a noble cause. Learning from the
experience of first AKC at Soundad, it was decided to make second AKC
self sustainable since the beginning.
For this a photocopy machine was purchased, which is capable of
generating revenue enough for smooth running of the knowledge center.
This knowledge centre has four school owned computers through which
students below poverty line can be trained and have Internet facility
for common man, so that they can be connected to the outside world.
2007
(See also projects 808, 1201, 1302, 1601) Ashok Sridhar and Pramod AgrawalSWABHIMAAN, a charitable trust in Bangalore, works with AADHAAR to improve the lives of young girls and pregnant women with limited exposure to education and healthcare since 2007. A multi-pronged approach is followed by SWABHIMAAN. About 16 young girls are benefited by this initiative. Swabhimaan handles the educational and daily needs of 16 girls under the age of 14, apart from its involvement in other social welfare activities. Till last year (2009) all the girls used to stay in a house of Mr. and Mr. Iyer (Trustee of Swabhimaan). Since this year all the girls were moved to their respective homes; however the bond between girls and Swabhimaan remains same. Location: Mr. Venkat Iyer, B-405,
Raheja Residency, 3rd Block, Koramangala, Bangalore  AADHAAR is committed to
support Swabhimaan for around 1000 euros per year.
Impressed by this grassroots approach, the Dean of the Faculty of
Behavioral Science at University fo Twente (UT), Professor Hubert
Coonen has assured financial support for this project for next year as
well. In his opinion, the other faculties of the UT should also try and
support AADHAAR's cause in the long run to enable it to expand its
efforts through the development of new projects.
(see also project 804) Pramod Agrawal The first AADHAAR knowledge center was inaugurated on 11th of July 2006 in Soundad, an underdeveloped village in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The first AKC has its own mini-library, book bank and computer room for the underprivileged village students, who did not have access to any such facilities earlier. The computer installed in this center has nearly 100 hours of educational software, including online school lessons from renowned teachers across India, as well as a few motivational movies. These facilities aside, the library also subscribes to 5 newspapers in different languages, as well as a few magazines. Location: Village Soundad – 441806 District: Gondia, Maharashtra, India  This project was funded
by €1100, the money generated from the contribution of the employees of
the faculty of science and technology (TNW and CTW) of University of
Twente, who generously decided to forgo their Christmas gift of 2005.
Soon we realize that it take more efforts and financial resources to
run the AKC than just establishing it. It was then possible to make
this AKC self sustainable by handing over a photocopy and lamination
machine. The financial support of €1500 for self sustainability was
received from CTW faculty at UT in 2007. This center has created very
good awareness about education and computers in the village and nearby
areas. In a nutshell, this knowledge center is a small step towards
bridging a gap between the booming Indian economy and backward villages
(see also project 1301, 1102, 1001) Pramod Agrawal The first AADHAAR knowledge center was inaugurated on 11th of July 2006 in Soundad, an underdeveloped village in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The first AKC has its own mini-library, book bank and computer room for the underprivileged village students, who did not have access to any such facilities earlier. The computer installed in this center has nearly 100 hours of educational software, including online school lessons from renowned teachers across India, as well as a few motivational movies. These facilities aside, the library also subscribes to 5 newspapers in different languages, as well as a few magazines. Location: Village Soundad – 441806 District: Gondia, Maharashtra, India This project was funded
by €1100, the money generated from the contribution of the employees of
the faculty of science and technology (TNW and CTW) of University of
Twente, who generously decided to forgo their Christmas gift of 2005.
Soon we realize that it take more efforts and financial resources to
run the AKC than just establishing it. It was then possible to make
this AKC self sustainable by handing over a photocopy and lamination
machine. The financial support of €1500 for self sustainability was
received from CTW faculty at UT in 2007. This center has created very
good awareness about education and computers in the village and nearby
areas. In a nutshell, this knowledge center is a small step towards
bridging a gap between the booming Indian economy and backward villages
Pramod Agrawal The first AADHAAR knowledge center was inaugurated on 11th of July 2006 in Soundad, an underdeveloped village in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The first AKC has its own mini-library, book bank and computer room for the underprivileged village students, who did not have access to any such facilities earlier. The computer installed in this center has nearly 100 hours of educational software, including online school lessons from renowned teachers across India, as well as a few motivational movies. These facilities aside, the library also subscribes to 5 newspapers in different languages, as well as a few magazines. Location: Village Soundad – 441806 District: Gondia, Maharashtra, India This project was funded
by €1100, the money generated from the contribution of the employees of
the faculty of science and technology (TNW and CTW) of University of
Twente, who generously decided to forgo their Christmas gift of 2005.
Soon we realize that it take more efforts and financial resources to
run the AKC than just establishing it. It was then possible to make
this AKC self sustainable by handing over a photocopy and lamination
machine. The financial support of €1500 for self sustainability was
received from CTW faculty at UT in 2007. This center has created very
good awareness about education and computers in the village and nearby
areas. In a nutshell, this knowledge center is a small step towards
bridging a gap between the booming Indian economy and backward villages
2006
2005
Soundad is one of various backward villages in tribal area of Vidharbha region in state of Maharashtra (India). The primary schools in village Soundad accommodates majority of underprivileged kids from poor families. Aadhaar has taken interest in this project to establish the continuous process of supplying basic needs for education to the underprivileged kids by providing school uniform to selected kids from the schools. School uniform is one of the main requirements since lots of kids then will have only on dress to wear throughout the year. Uniform was provided to the kids whose parents are much below poverty line. With the initiative from AADHAAR, on 15th of August 2004 school uniforms have been distributed to 356 school kids. Location: Village
Soundad – 441806  Soundad is one of various backward villages in tribal area of Vidharbha region in state of Maharashtra (India). The primary schools in village Soundad accommodates majority of underprivileged kids from poor families. Aadhaar has taken interest in this project to establish the continuous process of supplying basic needs for education to the underprivileged kids by providing school uniform to selected kids from the schools. School uniform is one of the main requirements since lots of kids then will have only on dress to wear throughout the year. Uniform was provided to the kids whose parents are much below poverty line. With the initiative from AADHAAR, on 15th of August 2004 school uniforms have been distributed to 356 school kids. All efforts were made to reduce the overall cost per uniform by purchasing cloth at once from the wholesale market. All the uniforms are made by the local tailors. All the school uniforms are stitched (tailor made) from good quality cloth and with enough margins so that the kids can use them for more than a year. The approximate 70 rupees (1.50 €) has been spent per uniform basis. There was no additional expenditure related to this event. Uniform distribution ceremony was attended by top educational officer from the district and more than 500 local people apart from the school kids. This year state government has provided the book sets to all the school kids. Distribution of books and uniform together has created awareness about education in the village and nearby vicinity. This project is a mile stone for AADHAAR, with this we begin the new relationship with University of Twente (UT). The money spend of this project was raised from the employee Christmas Gift donation in 2003 by TNW. Since then several projects were realized by the contribution from UT. |
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