Annual Report 2010 - Diya Foundation
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Scaling<br />
Greater Heights<br />
<strong>Diya</strong><br />
<strong>Foundation</strong><br />
A Vocational Training<br />
Centre for the<br />
Differently Abled<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2010</strong>
<strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> provides<br />
vocational training and sheltered<br />
employment to differently abled<br />
adults in Bangalore.<br />
Scaling Greater<br />
Heights<br />
‘<strong>Diya</strong>’s Sheltered Workshop<br />
enhances training and<br />
employment opportunities for<br />
the differently abled’<br />
Our People<br />
<strong>Diya</strong>’s workshop expanded operations and shifted<br />
to a larger premise in September 2009. The gift of a<br />
Maruti Van for transportation helped increase the total<br />
number of trainees to 30. A well-designed curriculum<br />
to impart different skills enhanced all round progress.<br />
The trainees painted terracotta diyas, made paper bags<br />
and lampshades, decorated greeting cards, and packed<br />
chocolates in boxes. Outdoor activities included picnics,<br />
games and painting competitions. At <strong>Diya</strong>, our trainees<br />
are on a journey to discover their abilities and involve in<br />
activities that bring joy, confidence and fulfillment into<br />
their lives.<br />
Our Products<br />
New lip smacking chocolate flavors, designer candles<br />
and diyas, colorful greeting cards, eco-friendly paper<br />
products and exquisite packaging options rolled out<br />
of our workshop last year. These were in great demand<br />
by corporate houses and individuals as they celebrated<br />
festivals, birthdays, and weddings. Bulk orders ensured<br />
employment opportunities for our trainees.<br />
Our Patrons<br />
Funds for the Workshop were raised through <strong>Diya</strong>’s<br />
staff, sponsors and participants at the World 10-K, a<br />
Christmas musical by the Cecilian Choir, donations from<br />
Opus restaurants and individual supporters. Investments<br />
were made in facilities and programs that helped<br />
enhance the training of 30 mentally challenged adults.<br />
At the Workshop, our trainees learn new skills, grow in<br />
an environment of love, care, and acceptance, and earn<br />
monthly stipends.<br />
AS THEY SCALE GREATER HEIGHTS, SO DOES DIYA.
Manjula: On a New Journey<br />
Twenty six year old Manjula<br />
was born with Down’s<br />
Syndrome and spent most<br />
of her childhood confined at<br />
home. However, ten years ago,<br />
destiny determined to terminate<br />
the stagnation in her life.<br />
Manjula became one of the first<br />
few differently abled trainees<br />
to join <strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>’s<br />
Vocational Training program.<br />
Life at <strong>Diya</strong> introduced her to<br />
a new world of opportunities<br />
– a world where she made<br />
new friends, discovered and<br />
developed inherent skills, and<br />
learnt a trade.<br />
Manjula’s training program<br />
began in the Paper Product<br />
Unit. Under diligent supervision<br />
and care by <strong>Diya</strong>’s staff, she<br />
learnt to recycle newspaper,<br />
Last year, <strong>Diya</strong> excitedly<br />
welcomed Mrs. Mary<br />
Thomas, a Counsellor and<br />
Social Worker, into its family.<br />
Mary, who considers social work<br />
not as a mere “job” but as an<br />
“integral part of one’s life,” was<br />
actively involved with the welfare<br />
and rehabilitation of differently<br />
abled people for 25 years.<br />
During this period, she also<br />
initiated a rehabilitation program<br />
for Spinal Cord injured persons<br />
in Bangalore.<br />
At <strong>Diya</strong>, Mary Thomas has been<br />
actively involved in spending<br />
quality time with our mentally<br />
challenged trainees. They love to<br />
receive words of encouragement<br />
from her and run to her for<br />
help when hurt or in trouble.<br />
She monitors their progress<br />
in work, recreational activities<br />
and needs for a balanced<br />
and healthy diet. Mary instills<br />
make pens, bags, bowls<br />
and other products. She<br />
has always been a keen and<br />
enthusiastic learner.<br />
Today, Manjula works with<br />
minimal supervision and<br />
often helps in training<br />
others like her at <strong>Diya</strong>. She<br />
accompanies <strong>Diya</strong>’s staff<br />
on outdoor trips to display<br />
and market products made<br />
at the workshop. When<br />
customers buy her products,<br />
it fills her with a sense<br />
of pride and fulfilment.<br />
Moreover, a monthly stipend<br />
offers her financial security.<br />
At <strong>Diya</strong>, Manjula is thrilled<br />
that life has opened a new<br />
vista for her. The new journey<br />
she has embarked on helps<br />
her discover herself and scale<br />
Mary Thomas: Counsellor of Hope<br />
hope and confidence into their<br />
lives. She visits their homes<br />
to counsel and guide family<br />
members. Her untiring efforts<br />
have ensured that the trainees<br />
become beneficiaries of the<br />
greater heights – a journey that<br />
also fuels <strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> to<br />
greater heights.<br />
Government’s Social Security<br />
Schemes and medical<br />
welfare programs. Both staff<br />
and trainees at <strong>Diya</strong> have<br />
benefited immensely from<br />
her expertise in guidance<br />
and counseling.<br />
Her dream is to see<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> establish itself in a<br />
permanent premise, become<br />
self sufficient through its<br />
vocational activities, and<br />
thereby impact a larger<br />
number of differently abled<br />
people.<br />
With her effective agenda<br />
for change and progress<br />
and an unwavering spirit of<br />
service, Mary Thomas is a<br />
valuable asset to <strong>Diya</strong>. She has<br />
become a powerful catalyst in<br />
the transformational journey of<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> towards greater heights.
Anirvan Ghosh: The<br />
unquenchable flame<br />
The testimony of Suparna Banerjee, Anirvan’s<br />
delighted sister.<br />
On December 16, 1969, my parents were blessed with their<br />
firstborn son. They named him ‘Anirvan’ which is the Sanskrit<br />
for ‘eternal flame’. True to his name, Ani, as we lovingly call<br />
him, safeguarded that eternal spark despite all odds.<br />
A childhood plagued with high fever and convulsions that eventually<br />
affected his brain caused Ani to be a slow learner. The conventional<br />
school system did not have the facility or the mindset to accept a<br />
person like him. Years of failure, rejection, and silent suffering took a<br />
toll on Ani. He suffered a breakdown as a teen. What followed were<br />
years of treatment and the search for specialized institutions.<br />
In 2007, we were referred to the <strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>. Meeting the staff<br />
here changed the course of Ani’s life. He joined the trainees at<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> and was ready to start life afresh. By 2009, he learnt to work<br />
on the laptop and is now employed in <strong>Diya</strong>’s Data Entry Unit. His<br />
monthly stipend fills him with a sense of accomplishment.<br />
In November 2009, Ani took a giant step. While my parents<br />
returned home to Dehradun, he joined <strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>’s<br />
group home. Under the able supervision of the house parent,<br />
he is progressing well, enjoying the stay, food and recreation<br />
in the home. Finally, with the unconditional support, love, and<br />
guidance of the staff at <strong>Diya</strong>, we as a family have found hope for<br />
Anirvan’s future.<br />
Scaling Greater Heights with a Residential Programme<br />
Differently abled people<br />
find care and protection in<br />
<strong>Diya</strong>’s first group home for<br />
boys<br />
Parents of children with a<br />
mental disability share a<br />
common fear; who will care<br />
for their children when they can<br />
no longer do so? To help assuage<br />
this fear and provide hope for<br />
the future, <strong>Diya</strong> opened its first<br />
group home in November 2009,<br />
in a rented premise, close to the<br />
Sheltered Workshop in Cooke<br />
Town, Bangalore. This was made<br />
possible by funding for the<br />
year from Sir Dorabji Tata Trust.<br />
Presently we have two residents<br />
under the able care of a House<br />
Parent.<br />
The residents plan their day<br />
around their regular schedule<br />
of training and work at the<br />
workshop. After a day’s work, they<br />
return home to share in the daily<br />
chores and unwind by playing<br />
games, watching T.V. or going for<br />
short walks. On weekends, family<br />
visits are allowed.<br />
We believe that the home will give<br />
our trainees the opportunity to<br />
live healthy, safe and enjoyable<br />
lives. They will also have access<br />
to services and support of the<br />
highest quality.While we intend<br />
to gradually raise the occupancy<br />
of the home to six residents, a<br />
permanent home, owned by <strong>Diya</strong><br />
is the vision we hope to realize.<br />
The trainees at the home as<br />
Anirvan’s story tells are more<br />
confident, independent, happy<br />
and secure. Their families now<br />
have peace of mind regarding<br />
the future of their children and<br />
are happy and satisfied in what is<br />
being provided.
The Heights<br />
we have scaled<br />
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35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
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30<br />
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<strong>Diya</strong>’s<br />
Future Plans<br />
• Enhance work options for the<br />
mentally challenged in the<br />
Sheltered Workshop through<br />
two new units – Horticulture<br />
and Screen Printing.<br />
• Organise fund raising drives<br />
towards the Land/Building<br />
Fund.<br />
• Engage <strong>Diya</strong>’s Staff team in<br />
personality development,<br />
skill enhancement and team<br />
building programs.<br />
• Introduce a structured<br />
Volunteer management<br />
program.<br />
5<br />
0<br />
11<br />
30<br />
Trainees<br />
Awareness Programmes<br />
Trainees<br />
Corporate Patrons<br />
Awareness Programmes<br />
• Upgrade the <strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
website.<br />
8<br />
22<br />
11<br />
Contributions to <strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> are<br />
exempt from Income Tax under Section<br />
80(G).<br />
4<br />
7<br />
4<br />
7<br />
Growth during 09-10<br />
Growth during 09-10<br />
31 31<br />
31 31<br />
7<br />
24<br />
28 7<br />
3<br />
24<br />
Corporate Donors<br />
Corporate Patrons<br />
08-09<br />
28<br />
4<br />
2<br />
2 3<br />
Donations from Trusts<br />
Corporate Donors<br />
215<br />
180<br />
35<br />
4<br />
2<br />
Individual Donors<br />
Donations from Trusts<br />
08-09<br />
<strong>Diya</strong>’s Needs<br />
Individual Donors<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> needs your<br />
support and generosity to enable<br />
differently abled people become<br />
productive members of society.<br />
• Be a part of our dream and<br />
help empower people with<br />
challenges.<br />
• The cost of running the<br />
Sheltered Workshop is Rs. 12<br />
lakhs per annum.<br />
• The estimated cost of running<br />
the Group Home is Rs. 4.5<br />
lakhs per annum.<br />
• Patronize products from the<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> workshop, outsource<br />
back-end office work to our<br />
Data Entry unit, or be financial<br />
partners and savour the joy of<br />
seeing <strong>Diya</strong>’s special people<br />
blossom and grow, earn and<br />
live life to its fullest.<br />
2<br />
215<br />
180<br />
35<br />
Our Mission:<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> seeks to<br />
enrich the quality of life of<br />
differently abled adults by<br />
training them in vocational skills<br />
and empowering them to live<br />
fulfilling and productive lives.<br />
Our Vision:<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> envisions<br />
differently abled individuals and<br />
their families alive with dignity<br />
and pride in the present and<br />
hope in the future.<br />
Our History<br />
The idea of a Vocational Training<br />
Center for adults with a mental<br />
disability conceptualized when<br />
Maria Santamaria, a special<br />
educator, saw many of her<br />
students ready to leave their<br />
school program at the age of<br />
18, with little or no preparation<br />
to deal with the challenges of<br />
the world outside. The desire to<br />
provide such individuals a place<br />
where they can learn a trade,<br />
earn and gain confidence in a<br />
nurturing environment led to the<br />
setting up of DIYA <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
as a registered Trust in March<br />
1999. Today, <strong>Diya</strong> provides<br />
training and employment<br />
opportunities to 30 intellectually<br />
challenged adults assisted by a<br />
Staff team of 10, four of whom<br />
are physically challenged.<br />
Products manufactured at <strong>Diya</strong>’s<br />
vocational units are exclusive<br />
and of high quality, on par with<br />
the market.<br />
We Believe…<br />
Differently abled individuals<br />
are trainable, can work and<br />
earn and be independent to<br />
the extent possible.
Credibility AlliAnCe norms CompliAnCe report<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> is an accredited member of Credibility Alliance<br />
Identity<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> is registered as a Trust under Income Tax Act of 1961. Registration No. 386/98-99, Bk IV<br />
Vol. 407 pages 87-96 dated 23 rd March, 1999.<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> is registered with Income Tax Department under Section 12A(a); No., Trust /718/10A/Vol 1/D-261/200-2001/CIT-11.<br />
All contributions to <strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> are exempted from Income Tax under Section 80(G) vide DIT(E) letter dated 23-09-2008<br />
# DIT(E)BLR/80G(R)/296/AAA3446M/ITD(E)-1/Vol.2008-2009 for the period 01-04-2008 to 31-03-2011<br />
Governance: Details of Board Members (as on March 31 st ,<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Name Age Sex Position on Board Area of Competency Meetings attended<br />
Gerard Santamaria 54 M Managing Trustee Fund raising 4/4<br />
Suman John 38 F Secretary Administration 4/4<br />
Harish Ramakrishnan 38 M Treasurer Public Relations 3/4<br />
Marguerita Lobo 54 F Member Special Education 4/4<br />
Accountability and Transparency<br />
• No remuneration, sitting fees or any other form of compensation<br />
has been paid since inception of the <strong>Foundation</strong>,<br />
to any Board member.<br />
• Travel details: <strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> covered the cost of Mr. Gerard<br />
Santamaria’s(Managing Trustee) trip to Delhi to receive<br />
the CSO Partners First Runner up Award <strong>2010</strong> for <strong>Diya</strong>’s<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> presented in March <strong>2010</strong>. (Rs. 8,500).<br />
• No international travel was undertaken by any staff or<br />
board member during the year.<br />
• Travelling expenses(to attend Board meetings) - Nil<br />
• CEO’S Remuneration : Rs. 0.00 (Nil)<br />
• Highest Remuneration Paid: Rs. 7500/-<br />
• Lowest Remuneration Paid: Rs. 1500/-<br />
Staff Details (as on March 31 st , <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Gender Paid full<br />
time<br />
Paid part<br />
time<br />
Paid consultants<br />
Unpaid<br />
Volunteers<br />
Male 6 0 0 >35<br />
Female 4 0 0 >35<br />
Salary Levels (as on March 31 st , <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Gross salary plus benefits (in INR) Male Female Total<br />
Balance Sheet as on 31st March <strong>2010</strong><br />
Assets<br />
Particulars 2009-<strong>2010</strong> 2008-2009<br />
Rs. Lakh % Rs.Lakh %<br />
Fixed assets 4.65 19 1.09 17<br />
Investments 8.75 36 2.25 34<br />
Loan disbursed 0.00 0 0.00 0<br />
Deposits and Advances 4.82 20 1.5 23<br />
Current assets 5.91 24 1.7 26<br />
Income and Expenditure A/c Balance 0.00 0 0.00 0<br />
Liabilities<br />
Total 24.13 100 6.54 100<br />
Corpus/Endowment Fund 6.41 26.6 5.41 83<br />
Earmarked Funds 5.95 25 0.75 11<br />
Loans/Borrowings 0.00 0 0.00 0<br />
Current Liabilities and provisions 0.10 0.4 0.26 4<br />
Income and Expenditure A/c Balance 11.66 48 0.12 2<br />
Total 24.13 100 6.54 100<br />
Income & Expenditure as on 31st March <strong>2010</strong><br />
Income<br />
Particulars 2009-<strong>2010</strong> 2008-2009<br />
Rs. Lakh % Rs. Lakh %<br />
Self generated income 17.61 53 15.23 72<br />
Indian sources 15.62 47 5.52 26<br />
International sources 0.00 0 0.00 0<br />
Expenditure<br />
Total 33.23 100 20.75 98<br />
Vocational Training Programme 15.83 48 9.09 43<br />
Public Education for Fund raising 0.16 0 0.58 3<br />
Management 5.58 17 10.94 51<br />
Total 21.57 65 20.61 97<br />
Surplus 11.66 35 0.14 3<br />
Receipts & Payments as on 31st March <strong>2010</strong><br />
Receipts<br />
Particulars 2009-<strong>2010</strong> 2008-2009<br />
Rs.Lakh % Rs. Lakh %<br />
Opening Cash and bank bal. 1.3 3.6 2.55 11<br />
Donations Received/Internal Revenue 33.74 92 21.50 89<br />
Bank Interest 0.04 0.1 0.08 0.36<br />
Others 1.51 4.1 0.01 0.05<br />
Payments<br />
Total 36.6 100 24.16 100<br />
Direct Expenses 18.83 51 19.22 80<br />
Indirect Expenses 1.36 4 1.14 5<br />
Capital Expenditure 14.61 40 2.50 10<br />
Closing Cash and Bank Bal. 1.80 5 1.30 5<br />
Total 36.60 100 24.16 100<br />
Abridged Financial<br />
Statement 2009 - <strong>2010</strong><br />
Income<br />
Expenditure<br />
Complete audited statement<br />
of accounts available on<br />
request.<br />
For Daskumar and Co.<br />
D.A. Shanthakumar<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
Date - 25.08.<strong>2010</strong><br />
For <strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>:<br />
Gerard Santamaria<br />
Managing Trustee<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> report circulation: 750 copies
<strong>Diya</strong>’s greeting cards are cheerful,<br />
lovely, elegant and spells warmth.<br />
Munira Sen<br />
Director, Common Purpose, Bangalore.<br />
Our trainees have a tremendous zest for life and an abundant resource of contagious love and joy,<br />
which they spread to all. Come and experience it.<br />
We welcome visitors. Do call us to arrange a mutually convenient time.<br />
<strong>Diya</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
No. 21 C.K.Garden<br />
Wheeler Road Extn.<br />
St. Thomas Town P.O.<br />
Bangalore 560084<br />
Tel: + 91 80 25475828 Email: sarah@diyafoundation.com<br />
Mobile: 0 9880052833 Website: www.diyafoundation.com<br />
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