Software And Hardware Education For The Slum Girls

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Name of the Project:            Software and hardware education for the slum Girls

Duration of the Project:       One Year, later on to be extended considering the evaluation.

 Implementing NGO:   Animation Liberate for Organise (ALO),
                                                Vill: Nowdagram, 
                                                Post : Jessore-7400
                                                Dist: – Jessore
                                                Bangladesh.     
                                                E-mail: alo2002org@yahoo.com  

Contact persons:                   Md. Anisur Rahman,
                                                Executive Director,
                                                Vill: Nowdagram, 
                                                Post : Jessore-7400
                                                Dist: – Jessore
                                                Bangladesh.     
                                                E-mail: alo2002org@yahoo.com  

Bank Information:                 Animation Liberate For Organize (ALO),

    Name of the bank:            Sonali Bank
                                                Swift-Code – BSONBDDH

    Account Number:              CA-2316001015682

    Address:                              Bazar Brance
                                                 H. M. M. Road , Jessore.
                                                 Bangladesh.

   Legal Status:                     Registration Number and Date,
                                                 a) Department Social Welfare-            DSS   No – 484 / 19-5-1997
                                                 b) Department Youth development    JUO    No –    35 / 2-8-2003
                                                 c) NGO Affairs Bureau-                        FDO/R No- 1711 / 1-4-2002                                            

Background of the Organization:

The ALO that has been established in 1994, is a non-profit voluntary development organization by a group of young men and women with the purpose of stretching out the helping hand to the poor and underprivileged peoples especially the women of the society in the process of development, social promotion and improvement of their overall socio-economic conditions.

Animation Liberate for Organise (ALO) is a project oriented implementing organisation. Executive Director of the organisation Md. Anisur Rahman with initiation of a group of some like-minded highly educated social workers founded this organisation and he has been working with 27 staffs.  Since inception, it is working with the goal of promoting the socio-economic status of the poor, underprivileged and back –warded people, especially the women and children through undertaking appropriate and sustainable programs with its community based integrated approaches.

ALO’s philosophy is the belief in the intrinsic value of each individual. The development of the individual is intimately bound up with that of the community she or he lives in. Within the basic promise of belief in the individual’s power to bring about changes in his or her life, ALO’s aims to facilitate the process of promoting human rights, education, social justice, ecological balance, harmony and peace in the community by covering exploitation, gender discrimination poverty Alleviation infirmity, illiteracy, unemployment, and all forms of injustices through systematic non-violent action.

Network/Forum Member-Ship:

List of Funding in last 12 Months.

List of Executive Committee Members (Board of Director).

The organisation runs its activities following a holistic approach with the help of its three –staged management authority. The General Committee (GC) comprised of  21 members takes part in policy making for the organisation sitting at least once in a year while the Executive Committee (EC) consisting of 7 members elected / selected by the GC for two years acts as the supreme policy – making body for the projects and programs of the organisation. It meets at least 4 times in a year. On the other hand, the Executive Office (EO) headed by an Executive Director (ED) involves execution of projects and programs by number of program and administrative staffs, workers and professionals. There are 27 Executive Staffs in the organisation including 11 permanent, 13 Temporary and 03 volunteer staffs.

The ALO is a local voluntary development organization. It’s a project oriented implementing organization. It has been reaching its supports and services to its target beneficiaries through implementing a number of development projects and programs.

 Objectives of the Organization:

• To develop the socioeconomic condition of the targeted people through organizing them into small groups, capital formation, motivation and non-formal education.
• To identify the problems and resources of the targeted people and taking steps / initiatives to solve the problems with their own efforts.
• To make the targeted people skill, conscious, and qualified through arranging training seminar and workshop.
• To develop the low cast people among different religions of the targeted area.
• To develop interest and  increase the participation of women in development
• To eradicate social barriers religious superstitious, injustices, exploitation, deprivation etc.
• To develop the local environmental situation through social a-forestation and nursery development.
• To eradicate poverty through applying computer training course.

Background of the project:

Bangladesh is a small south Asian country. She borders India in the west, the north and the East. Myanmar is in the East and the Bay of Bangle in the South. The area of Bangladesh is 1,47,570 square kilometer. In this little land she accommodates an around 16 crore people being one of the world’s most densely populated countries. The majority of the Bangladeshis are peasants. Agriculture is main profession in our country. So it is an agro-based society. But the slum life is completely different from other profession. This slum people work as cart puller, pushers, Rickshaw puller, Drain cleaner and sweeper. Through this tremendous hard work, their daughters enter the school and passed the S.S.C. examination by taking a task. The passing grade of these slum girls are very poor. Because, the survey report says, for the lack of  proper care of  education system, For the lack of proper opportunities.  The slum girls are the most deprived and disadvantaged in the society. They can not do well in the exam. They have to stay in a congested place and sleep in where the opportunity of perseverance is very little. They live beyond the basic human rights and needs. For this reason they can not do well in the exam and with this result, they will not get any good job. The modern world is very advanced. This slum girls are far behind from modern touch and digital touch. Digitally our country is going forward, but the slum girls are going behind from this digital thought. They are still now involved in traditional profession. They think that if they pass at least S.S.C., they will get a employed husband. But it becomes futile after marriage. It runs like before. For this cause, they can not go forward economically and socially. For their economic development, ALO has undertaken this project so that they can create a constructive working field by receiving computer basic education and practical learning.  The organization has taken the necessary steps for this purpose. The main step for them is to make them self dependent, self-earner and make them conscious of their right and fundamental needs of life. Slum girls will involved in various business sector as permanent employee if the slum girls get proper training on computer hardware and Ms Work, Ms Excel, power point and access. So we want them computer learner through 9 months course.  

Justification of the project:

In the circumstance of our socio-economic condition where a large number of young educated people including a number of educated slum girls are unskilled on computer knowledge. They cannot contribute to the socio-economic development of themselves for want of skills. Our educational system is based on theoretical courses, not on practical implementation. So, our organization believes in practical.  ALO has seen that an electronics engineer knows nothing about the repairing sector of the electronics devices. They do not bother it, because they think that it is not their duty, it only for the uneducated (or lower educated) persons. Our system makes them idle and undone.

If an engineer, even a diploma engineer, becomes familiar with the practical sector of their related field, they may be small entrepreneurs or be small businessmen. In the same way, when a slum girl passes the S.S.C with any subject,  she does not have practical knowledge.

We may look towards another sector of our education system. The persons, who studied with commerce subjects, they also know nothing about the implementation of their learning. Actually our educational system provokes the students to earn certificates by the formal examinations of our systems. So, the students remain in dark as how to apply their knowledge in the specific field of the service or business sector.

In this context, ALO realizes to provide a concrete and functional and practical study method for the slum girls who have already finished their S.S.C level of education. ALO also realizes that the women’s status and power should be increased by provoking and including them in the stream of socio-economic development process. If the slum girls may engage themselves in the earnings, they will be able to improve their miserable conditions in the society. Because only economic power of the women will provide power and status and make them as complete human being as male of our country. Otherwise, they will be found to remain in the miserable condition in the so called restricted society like us and they will be found to remain as preys of the powerful persons of our society.

Not only that, most of the higher- and mid-ranged educated women of our country keep them away from the income generating activities because of our system and lack of opportunities. Our mass people’s mentalities also support them to do so. Our countrymen face a terrible problem of taking initiatives. It is our common habit. But if anyone takes the proper steps to push and compile the mass people into any development activity, they response towards that rapidly.

So, ALO counts this matter for the proposed project of the S.S.C passed slum girls. ALO also counts another thing that the actual rate of the educated persons in our country faces a stagnated condition for the several long years. Actually this is why the people feel the jobless. And being unskilled they are jobless. This prohibits to increase the rate of skilled persons in our country severely. Not only that for the same reason, the condition of the Slum Girl students is very serious. For this reason, ALO has undertaken this project only for slum girls students who will be given training on computer basic education to be self-dependent and to bring them into the economic field.

Goal:

The goal of the project is to provide skill development training on computer education for the S.S.C. passed and H.S.C. admitted college slum girls’ students.

Objectives:

• To give training on computer education
• To make them skilled socially and economically

Beneficiaries of the project:

The beneficiaries of the project are 100 S.S.C. passed and H.S.C. admitted college slum girls’ students of Jessore powrashava of Jessore District. They will be selected through a concrete survey who will come from very poor and vulnerable slum family.  

Timeframe to proposed project:

                12 months (one year)

Project Activities:

1. Conduct a survey
2. Staffs recruitment
3. Beneficiary selection
4. Group formation
5. Computer training center establishment
6. Computer set purchase
7. Training material purchase
8. Run training course
9. Evaluation
10. Supervision
11. Monitoring
12. Auditing

Action plan:

Staffs recruitment:

Coordinator Duties and Responsibilities:

Coordinator of the organization will coordinate of this project and will be responsible to the Executive Director.

S/he will be In Charge/responsible for all sorts of activity implementations, management, and administration, communication etc. Guide staff, supervise, follow up and monitor the activities of project staff as well as the beneficiaries. Guide survey, Identification of the targeted people as per the set criteria of the organization and help to Organize beneficiaries.

Helps trainers in nurturing the organized groups and identification of the participants for different activities like training,

Maintain project regarding information, records, documents, accounts etc. up to date. Look after organization assets.

Identify needs, arrange training, and other programs as per the project plan.

Ensure timely and smoothly project activity implementations as per project plan.

Communicate with the Local Administrative personnel, Upazilla level Government personnel, and local elite.

S/he will be reportable to the Executive Director, provide Monthly progress reports, identify and solve problems at the project implementation problems if necessary, inform about the raised problems to the Executive Director immediately. S/he will work with closely with other project staff. Implement and carried all legal orders of the Executive Director.

Participate in different training courses, workshops, seminars etc., arrange & conduct training of staff.

Prepare plan of activities, budget, weekly & monthly action plans. Attend and conduct monthly staff review meetings.

Compile weekly progress reports of Field staff, submit to the Executive Director in the first week of the month.

Approve the leave of project staff, maintain records, and personnel files.

Accountant Duties and Responsibilities:

S/he will be reportable to the Executive Director and will be responsible for all financial functions.

He will sign all the financial matters in favor of the organization.

Maintains accounts related documents, vouchers etc. up to date following accounting principle & audit standard.

Prepare monthly financial statement, budget Request and assist the ED in appointing the staff as per need.

Maintain cash-book, Ledger book, petty cash book, and journals etc. daily basis as per accounting principles/audit standard.

Monitor the budget heads and inform the ED about the positions of the budget.

Prepare all vouchers, papers, documents etc. and takes ED’s approval regularly.

Ensure daily posting of the daily transactions.

Prepare the project budgets, quarterly budgets, half yearly budgets, annual budgets and monthly budgets and give requisitions with the approval of the ED.

Communicate with the Bank regarding the financial purposes of the organization.

Provide Accounting training to the staff. 

Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual financial reports to the ED.

Handle and ensure financial administration and management.

Face any kind of audit.

Assists the ED for the development of different financial policies and decision-makings.

Identify and solve financial problems at the lowest level from which they have arisen.

Maintain the organization’s budget policy and procedures.

Trainer & Assistant Trainer Duties and Responsibilities:

S/he will take class and be reportable to the Coordinator.

He will supervise, follow up and monitor the groups, group activities and other organizational activities at the training level as s/he assigned.

Ensure project activities implementations at the assigned areas through utilizing the staff and group members. Maintains the related area documents, accounts, records etc.

Prepare monthly and quarterly work plans and ensure smooth implementation.

Prepare monthly progress reports for the Coordinator.

Assist the Coordinator in Arranging training and also ensure the participation of the group members.

Participate and provide different training to the group members.

Assists the Coordinator to develop of different program policies & decision makings at the training class level.

Identify and solve training class problems at the lowest level from which they have arisen.

Guard Duties and Responsibilities:

He will be responsible to protect all the equipments of the training center and reportable to the coordinator and trainers. Will be responsible to close and open the Office room and training center.

Previous experience of the organization:

 At ALO’s own endeavor and own financial support, this kind of training course has been running for last two years. This project was for the boys. But the project for that we composed is for the slum girls.  So if this project can be continued with the slum girls, the slum girls will be able to learn computer basic education and practical education on hardware and software and they will be able to earn for themselves and will be self-dependent.

Implementation Strategy:

This project will be implemented by taking the S.S.C. passed and H.S.C. admitted 100 girls who live  in slum of Jessore powrashava of Jessore district.  After submitting the survey report, the recruited staffs, at ALO’s endeavor, will select the beneficiaries  of the project. This project will be run for one year. Mainly ALO will give training the slum girls on computer hardware and Ms Work, Ms Excel, power point and access who are unskilled and inexperienced. We will take 100 girls from 10 slums of Jessore powrashava. A group will be made with 20 girls. Total 5 groups will be made from 10 slums. The training will be held in ALO’s training Center.    One computer B.S.C. Engineer  (hardware experts cum teacher) & one Diploma Engineer who will be recruited for basic education and practical class on hardware and software.  Everyday one class will be held with a group. 3 hours class will be held including 1 hour for basic class and 2 hours for practical class on hardware and software. The classes will be held 5 days in a week. They will be given light Tiffin in the mid time. In this way hardware and software class will be run in full swing for 9 months. After three month, an examination will be taken from the beneficiaries.

Moreover the supervision, monitoring, reporting and auditing will be made very carefully by the organization (ALO).  ALO has a strong implementation committee. ALO’s project management team will  observe the project area. According to the frequent study report, the activities of the project may be changed.

Supervision and Monitoring:

The staffs will supervise, follow up and monitor the computer education centers and participants regularly. The senior staffs will supervise the activities of the field staffs, Teachers and the group members regularly. Moreover, the Executive Committee members, Executive Director and the Coordinator will monitor the activities on monthly basis. The monthly staff meeting and participants meeting will review the activity performances and solve the created problems. All the staff will submit monthly progress reports and plan next month’s activity in this meeting.

Reporting:

           The Executive Director and the Coordinator will compile the reports of the staff half yearly and submit to the donor agency and government departments.

Evaluation:

The project activities will be evaluated yearly basis internally and reports will be sent to the concerned Officials. But final evaluation of the project activities will be conducted at the end of the project period by external Evaluation Team or by the Donor agency. Report will be sent to all concerned agencies.

Auditing:

The project expenditures will be audited yearly basis at the end of each year by recognized Audit Firm and reports will be sent to the concerned agencies for information and action. Apart from, internal Team of ALO will conduct internal audit.

Result from the project:   

• The Slum girls will be skilled on computer basic knowledge.
• The Slum girls will be skilled on computer hardware .
• They will receive software knowledge.
• They will be self-dependent.
• They will be able to  get job.
• They will get inspiration for higher education.
• Early marriage will stop.
• Social status will be increased.
• They will step in a standard life.

Detail Project Budget

A.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

B.

FURNITURE REQUIRED

C.

STRUCTURE FOR STAFFS

Total Project Amount – $39921, Donor Contribution: $30975, Organization Contribution:   $8946.