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About the Organisation
This section gives a brief idea about the organisation. Please check the Pics & Docs tab for latest documents.
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● To work directly with 10,000 children (across ages 3-18) through an arts led whole-child
approach
● Use data and insights from our direct implementations to come up with innovative scalable
solutions/models
● The following offerings will be our big missions -
○ Use NEP 2020 as an opportunity to integrate art and play for children upto ages 10
○ Wellbeing of Adolescents
○ Evangelise, advocate, partner with governments, large NGOs, donors to impact 5 crore
children; their parents and teachers in the next 24 months
○ Develop a follow-up mechanism to monitor the reach and its impact
● Targeted total income: Rs. 8 Crore p.a ; and 40% contributed by individuals
Capabilities:
Our team of experienced experts use music, theatre, dance, media and film to inspire learning in children.
-Our Early childhood programme introduce literacy and numeracy in young children through storytelling and art.
-For ages 7 and 10, Storytelling and creative projects lead the way to meet their grade-wise learning outcomes in low resource classrooms.
-We provide support to educators and learners in Art Integration in Primary Schools, Grades 1-5
-The NalandaWay Choir project taps into the transformative powers of music to help children emerge as more confident, hopeful and skillful. Both the Chennai Children’s Choir & Delhi Children’s Choir have performed widely, alongside many celebrated musicians and across well-known venues.
-Through our Art Labs, creative workshops, and consulting projects we seek to create explorative and experiential learning opportunities for children who show artistic talent. Apart from imparting relevant and sustained training in visual art, media, dance, music and theatre, our programmes also focus on developing every child creatively, emotionally, intellectually & psychologically.
-Our SEL projects are aimed at children with hearing, speech and visual impairment. Through the use of visual art, dance, theatre and music this programme helps children become hopeful and resilient.
Challenges:
COVID has brought about a need to have to work from home. How can NalandaWay make learning digital?
Training teachers and feasibility on taking the program digital
Remote working- Lack of on field work
Remote team management
Many donor organisations stopped funding to our projects
Our Arts in education / Project Hope programs could not be implemented during the pandemic due to the shutting down of schools. We looked at a merging of the programs and came up with the ‘Learn at Home’ Kits, but the original program objectives were curtailed.
Social media must be strengthened, I notice a gap between the work done and the what’s
being projected outside.
It is a challenge to engage with the children regularly without schools. There is a need for long-term follow up and support for the children.
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Indicators:
GUTAR GOO Project:
I. Emergent literacy skills assessed by the % of children who display Improved linguistic cognitive ability: -Phonemic Awareness -Phonics -Vocabulary-Comprehension -Completion of audio stories; re-listening to stories-Frequency of tuning in to the radio show
II. Enhanced parental engagement assessed by % of parents who display: -Completion of monthly checklist -Subjective narrative of engagement during process (Qualitative data) -Frequency of tuning in to the radio show -Completion of IVRS content based weekly questions
GG 2.0
I. Self-Health assessed by the % of children who display -Improved awareness of and behaviours in the domains:-Five senses -Different body parts & their functions -Dental Health -Daily exercise -Vaccination & its immunity
II. Family health assessed by the % of children who display -Improved awareness of and behaviours in the domains: -Nutritional wellness -Home hygiene
III. Community health assessed assessed by the % of children who display Improved awareness of and behaviours in the domains: -Public hygiene -COVID appropriate behaviour
IV.Social emotional wellbeing as assessed by % of children who display -Ability to identify and label their emotions.-Practising social skills like sharing, cooperation, empathy etc
Whole Child Development Project:
I Improved foundational learning amongst 5th graders as indicated by: -improved language skills -improved numeracy skills 2. Enhanced learning process as indicated by: -Higher order thinking skills ( Critical thinking, creativity, problem solving) 3. Improved Wellbeing: -Self-awareness -Personal Growth
Adolescent Girls Project:
I Improved foundational learning amongst 5th graders as indicated by: -improved language skills -improved numeracy skills 2. Enhanced learning process as indicated by: -Higher order thinking skills ( Critical thinking, creativity, problem solving) 3. Improved Wellbeing: -Self-awareness -Personal Growth
Early Childhood (Project Hope):Increase in emotional health as indicated by:-Resilience: % children with increased resilience (as measured by CYRM - Child and Youth Resilience Measure)
-Anxiety: % children with reduced anxiety and increase in stress-management abilities (as measured by GAD - Generalized Anxiety Disorder subscales)
-Emotional Regulation: % children who are able to identify, articulate, and constructively manage their emotions (as assessed through qualitative research)
-Coping Skills: % children who are able to cope with failure, fear, and/or adversity (as assessed through qualitative research)
-Emotional Wellbeing: % children who feel hopeful, positive, and happy on an on-going basis (as assessed through qualitative research)
Children with Disabilities (TMF) project :
I. Increased awareness of one's bodily sensations
II. Increased relaxation amongst children as indicated by -being comfortable in their bodies -breathing easy -attaining a state of flow -experiencing joy
III. Improved mindfulness amongst children as indicated by -Improved self awareness (bodily sensations and emotions) -Learning relaxation techniques
IV. Improved ability to express the following through the means of art - their feelings - their emotions - their thoughts - their ideas
Adolescents (APPI, TIE) project :
I. Increased self-esteem amongst adolescents
II. Improved Perception of Safe Spaces as indicated by:
-Physical (functional amenities, comfortable, well-ventilated, natural light, provision of first aid/medical kit)
-Emotional (trustworthy children-staff r'ships, open, sense of safety & security, openness to help-seeking)
III. Improved wellbeing as indicated by an increase in -Self-acceptance -Personal Growth -Autonomy -Positive relations with others -Purpose in life -Environmental mastery
Progress
NalandaWay’s Art in Education (AIE) programme: Our Art in Education curriculum has been introduced in more than 150 schools across Chennai, Delhi, Gurugram and Coimbatore, where our mentors work with students from standards I to V.
Numbers for 2019-2020
Classrooms we work in: 963
Teachers we mentor: 904
Students we inspire: 28,353
Art projects our students made: 3,515
Paint brushes we bought: 21,781
Math workbooks we printed: 7,820
Programme started in the year: 2013
Art Labs- Fine arts, Theatre, Dance, Music and Media
Number of sessions conducted in 2019-2020: 240
Photography camps: 2
Number of collaborative story books created: 5
Project Hope
The programme builds institutional capacity by equipping peers, teachers and school leaders in nurturing the mental wellbeing of children. Numbers from 2019-2020:
No. of classrooms we have worked in: 136
Total students we inspired: 3,937
No. of Annas & Akkas (Standard 7) involved as our co-Facilitators 114 from 25 schools No. of Teachers we work with: 50
NalandaWay Scholars-Leadership programme for at-risk girls
Several interactive, inspiring and fun sessions, consisting of art-learning sessions, group activities, inspiring discussions, talks by experts from the field of psychology, art therapy and leadership and community projects are part of the programme. We are mentoring 25 girls each in Chennai, Coimbatore and Delhi.
Art for well being guides- Age specific art activities that will help children regulate their emotions. Over 4300 families are using these guides.
Take it Eazy- This project helped these teenagers de-stress through story and art-based activities. It was designed as a 30-day project that started on May 17th and ended on Jun 16th. Students gave a missed call to 9266617888. Using IVRS technology, an automated call was placed back to their mobile phones and the story of the day was played. Each story was under 6 minutes.
Total number of calls received during project period: 122,072
Active Listeners: 32,748 Voice note received from Children: 6,028
Ready JOOT - Seeks to equip young adults with the knowledge and skills necessary for them to develop, orient, adapt and shape their attitudes through specific habits that help them approach higher education with positivity, purpose and passion.
10,875 students signed up for IVRS and Whats App based lessons
Learn at Home - The Art for Well project reached 29,666 children in Chennai, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Coimbatore and Delhi.
We work with 50,000 children every year through NalandaWay projects.
Collaboration with Delhi Government: The collaboration with Delhi government to bring in Arts integrated learning. Having cracked a partnership with a government is a huge win.
Fundango is a technology led educational service, which overcomes teaching-learning gaps in low resource classrooms through storytelling and creative projects thereby improving foundational learning in children. The outcome of our year long pilot study at Tagore Vidyalaya has provided visible insights into the efficacy of the Fundango programme. It is now being implemented in 25 schools across Chennai.
Gutar Goo is an early literacy and arts initiative of NalandaWay Foundation with the support of HCL Foundation, piloted in Noida’s Aganwadis. The objective of this programme is to introduce story-telling and art to 3-6 year olds to achieve foundational literacy and numeracy. The program focuses on Physical-Motor Development, Cognitive development, Language and Communication, and Socio-emotional Development.
Art for Healing- Therapy for children with Developmental Disability. Numbers for 2019-2020:
Locations: 1
Specialists: 2
Students: 12
Occupational Therapy Sessions conducted this year: 149
Special Ed classes conducted this year: 332
Kannavu Pattarai A residential workshop for at risk teens
Number of camps we conducted: 45
Participants: 1,125
Youth Speak Summit- A forum for the young Organized by UNICEF and NalandaWay Foundation on March 6th at the Madras School of Social Work (MSSW), this edition of the Youth Speak Summit focused on empowering young people to raise their voice against child marriage. Numbers for 2020:
Change Makers: 7
Delegates: 175
Panel Discussions: 1
Workshops: 1 Number of short films created during the workshop: 5
Millennium Award for Innovation in Education
NalandaWay won the Millennium Award as one of the top three education innovators in the country. This award is instituted by USAID, FICCI, Govt. of India and UK Aid.
SMERA Ratings for Healthy Performance
SMERA ratings agancy, a SIDBI Company graded NalandaWay Foundation under “Healthy performance and sustainability” category.
South Asia Development Marketplace Award by World Bank
The Development Marketplace (DM) Award is a competitive grant program administered by the World Bank. Projects are selected based on innovation, potential for growth, visible benefits, realism and sustainability.
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Sriram reveres Mahatma Gandhi as one of his role models; inspiring an entire nation with the power of his principles in an age when there were little or no communication systems. Beginning his career in advertising, in 1996 Sriram received his MBA from the Advertising Club of Madras. He opened a business solutions company offering corporate training in executive effectiveness over the Internet. In 1998, Ibhar Industries invited him to join as a consultant. During the internet technology slump from 2000 to 2001, Sriram started a program within the organization called ‘Together We Can’ which served to boost employee morale and ultimately helped to turn the company around. The Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat in early 2002 were a turning point for Sriram who happened to be in Gujarat for a client meeting merely days after the riots ended. Believing that the present education system had created a capable workforce but had failed to create a framework that built skills, capabilities and attitudes for people to coexist peacefully. He quit his full time job and set up Nalandaway Foundation – a Chennai-based non-profit that works with children nationwide, particularly focussing on those that come from vulnerable, exploitative backgrounds, and helps them raise their voices and issues through creative mediums of theatre, visual arts, music, dance, radio and films.
NalandaWay’s uses the transformative power of arts for creative, therapeutic and educational purposes for children from marginalised backgrounds.
-Early childhood programme introduce literacy and numeracy in young children through storytelling and art.
- Storytelling and creative projects for ages 7 and 10, lead the way to meet their grade-wise learning outcomes in low resource classrooms.
-Support to Educators and Learners in Art Integration in Primary Schools, Grades 1-5
-The NalandaWay Choir project taps into the transformative powers of music to help children emerge as more confident, hopeful and skillful through public performances.
- Art Labs, creative workshops, and consulting projects creates explorative and experiential learning opportunities for children who show artistic talent. Apart from relevant and sustained training in visual art, media, dance, music and theatre, our programmes focuses on developing every child creatively, emotionally, intellectually & psychologically.
-SEL projects for children with hearing, speech and visual impairment. Visual art, dance, theatre and music helps these children become hopeful and resilient.
NalandaWay envisions to create a platform through art for children from challenging socio-economic backgrounds learn life skills and to realise their potential.
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AABTN9221H
PAN Registration Document
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075901157
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31/03/2020
Sriram, in his earlier assignment, worked as the Head of New Initiatives for a leading technology firm in Chennai from 1998 to 2004.Personal experiences during the 2002 Gujarat riots however, motivated him to set up NalandaWay Foundation. As Founder & CEO of the organization, Sriram believes in using the power of the arts to change the way education is perceived and delivered to children from low-income groups in India. He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2006 and ranked among the ‘Top 50 Social Entrepreneurs in India’ by Outlook magazine. Also the recipient of the ‘Architect of the Future’ Award by Waldzell Institute in Vienna, Sriram is currently involved in the full-time management of NalandaWay Foundation. His interests range from theatre, music and literature to history and fiction-writing.
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Students of Social work and development studies are recruited as volunteers. They help us in conducting baseline and endline surveys for our Arts in Education program.
NalandaWay also has student volunteers to implement the Kanavu Pattarai program. They assist the staff in distributing art material to students and in assisting activities.
Volunteers from the donor organization participate in mural painting and school beautification projects. For the future they have shown willingness to volunteer for packing art materials for Arts in Education program.
All the positions are currently filled. However, NalandaWay maintains a rooster of profiles for future vacancies.
Graduates in Social Work, Development Studies, Education majors and Management studies are preffered for core project work.
Apart from this profiles with Communications, Human Resources, and Fundraising are also considered.
Since NalandaWay used arts as a medium to teach, grow and heal - we maintain a huge repository of musicians, photographers, video graphers, artists in performing and visual arts. editors and theatre artists.
Please note: Only organisations with FCRA registration are eligible to receive foreign contributions.
If the organisation has mentioned the URL of a website for online donations/ further details, please copy the link into a separate browser window.General fund is created and maintained by our NGO to cover general expenses not specific to a project/cause/need. This helps cover expenses vital to the running of the organisation. Expenses such as administrative expenses, various overheads are paid from the general funds. Most NGOs maintain a general fund to help them meet the donation gap created when donors donate only to a specific project/cause/need or any unexpected expense which may arises during the course of running the organisation. - Rs. 100
Corpus fund is considered to be the capital of the organisation. The fund is generated and kept by us for the sustenance and existence of the organisation. The Corpus Fund is of paramount importance to the organisation as it helps during the times of distress. Only the interest/dividend earned from it is accumulated or utilized for general purposes. It is required for the smooth sustenance of the organisation. We are currently trying to build a corpus fund of 12 months’ of expenditure of the organisation thereby ensuring a smooth sustenance. It will help reduce financial vulnerability and thereby help us achieve our goals. - Rs. 100
NalandaWay implements one of its kind Arts in Education curriculum for primary school children across 104 corporation and government schools in India. This curriculum integrates academic curriculum with art activities. Through colors and creativity, drawing and modelling children learn new words, solve mathematical questions, and learn about concepts in science. We need to replenish art material like clay, crayons, water colors, chart paper and the like for students to continue to learn through our arts in education curriculum. - Rs. 2000
We have converted one room in Corporation and government schools into a fully equipped art studios. At these studios in Chennai, Coimbatore, New Delhi and Gurgaon, over 2000 students from poorest economic backgrounds receive free music, dance, fine arts and theater classes. To sustain these art labs helps us to retain professionals in each art form, equip the studios with audio-visual equipments and provide costume for children to compete with private schools. - Rs. 3000
NalandaWay has started a new initiative where children with special needs are identified in a school. These children have started receiving therapy intervention from expert special education teachers to help them learn their subjects and to integrate into their regular classrooms. This is a pilot project with no sponsors. We would like to replicate this initiative in other Corporation and Government schools we work. We need support to buy materials for the therapy and pay for the special educators. - Rs. 5000
The above mentioned programs are all running programs. Hence the programs are valid all through the year.
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If the organisation has mentioned the URL of a website for further details, please copy the link into a separate browser window.NalandaWay implements in Arts in Education programs in over 100 schools across India. The need for art materials to implement this program is huge. Materials such as chart paper, pens, crayons, watercolors, paint brushes, color palettes, clay, rulers, erasers, sharpners, scissors are in demand.
For the art labs similar materials are needed for fine arts classes. If the classes are performing arts like dance, music and theater then audio-visual systems, costumes for dance when there is a performance and shruti box for music classes are necessary
In arts in healing - the program for special children needs appropriate reading books, flash cards, small puzzles, play materials, beads with threads, worksheets, montessori materials, all these apart from the regular art materials
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