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Index

Context What is Bharatiyam?

Problems Requiring Attention

Bharatiyam’s Intervention

Bharatiyam’s Mission

Bharatiyam Vision Bharatiyam Vidya

Vidyarthi: Adopt a Student

Vidyalayam: Adopt a School

Gurukulam Bharatiyam Jeevika

How You Can Contribute

Conclusion

Our Plan in Action: SPROUTS



India is growing at a fast pace. But this growth is increasing

the chasm between the poor and the rich. Inclusive growth is

still to happen. The poor are still constitute more than 75%

(if we take $2 a day expenditure norm).

India is trying to reach out to them in a variety of ways – Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee,

National Rural Livelihoods Mission, National Rural Health

Mission, Right to Education, Food Security Act, Social

Security for All …

There are also Civil Society Initiatives. Yet the efforts are not enough.

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Many of us have been blessed with the benefaction of the

society and the state and today, we are not poor. We have

choices. We are able to cope with the risks in our lives and

livelihoods.

We understand that Education has made a huge differenceto us in we becoming what we are today. We know that some

of us could not catch the bus (of Education). Some could

catch a bus that did not take them ahead really.

We also understand that Livelihoods people lead have some

surmountable gaps and some opportunities they can tap.They need a little push. A little organization. A little window.

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We can make a difference to their lives.

We can make a difference to the lives of their children with

decent education window.

We can pay back. We can payback to the society.

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Huge dropouts from schools up to Class X - 64%; it is the

third highest in the country.

3R – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - skills are weak

across.

English and Mathematics are the two subjects where largenumbers flunk.

Language Skills in general and English in particular are low.

Most surveys confirm that employability is less than 10% in

‘educated’.

Life Skills and Skills for employment are low.

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Many traditional/age-old professions are shrinking and are

not able to offer decent income; many of them are leaving

these occupations. These include agriculture, weaving etc.

Many livelihoods are not remunerative. The wage realized is

far lower than the minimum wage and the number days of employment is not even half.

Most producers and service providers realize a meager 20

paise from the consumer rupee

There are gaps in value-chains that can be plugged; and

opportunities that can be tapped with proper leads/support There is also scope and need for new livelihood

opportunities reaching the poor

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What is Bharatiyam?

• Bharatiyam is a Foundation, a registered Trust initiated inFebruary 2010, set out to facilitate payback to the society toreduce poverty and make a difference in the lives of thepoor.

• Bharatiyam is - a way of caring; a way to makethe planet free from poverty; a means to paybackto society; an expression of live and let others live.

• Its approach is “Help People Help Themselves”

• Initially, Bharatiyam‟s support focus is in Education andLivelihoods – Decent Education to the poor children; andimproved livelihoods portfolio to the poor families

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Bharatiyam’s Mission is to build and nurture a movement –

people for planet and planet for people – of paying back to

society and helping people to help themselves - towards a

Planet, beginning with India, where all children have access

to decent education, all households have decent portfolios

of livelihoods and people have choices to make.

Towards this, Bharatiyam seeks to empathize, enlighten,

engage, educate and empower ‘young’ through its flagship

Bharatiyam Program in Education and Livelihoods domains.

Bharatiyam’s Vision 2025 is to reach out to 100,000

children and their families.

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Bharatiyam understands that education is primary

way of breaking out of chains of poverty. Educationup to 15 years is a right to every individual. It shouldgive an individual fish, fishing and meta-fishing.

Bbaratiyam believes – an individual needs fish first tosurvive, fishing skill to live on fishing and meta-fishing (beyond fishing) skill to identify the gaps andopportunities, acquire the required skills, tools andresources and tap them for better living

Harnessing one’s innate potential along with life skills

and vocational skills based on counseling andcompetence is way forward for children/youth.

Bharatiyam also realizes: Education Employmentand Entrepreneurship Decent Livelihoods

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Simultaneously, Bharatiyam has to work with the poor

families for improving their livelihoods portfolio. Existing livelihoods need to be strengthened with

plugging knowledge, skill, tool and resource gaps.

Collectivization needs to be facilitated so as to increase

revenue/income, decrease cost/expenditure, increasework/employment and decrease risks.

Expansion and diversification in livelihoods is on thefoundation of improved existing livelihoods base.

The propensity of individuals vis-à-vis Job-employment,

Wage-employment, Piece-rate based employment andSelf-employment differs from individual to individual.The support, therefore, has to be carefully tailored on acase-by-case basis.

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Bharatiyam Vidya Bharatiyam Vidyarthi: adopt a student

Bharatiyam Vidyalayam: adopt a school

Bharatiyam Gurukulam

Bharatiyam Vidya Nidhi: core fundBharatiyam Jeevika

Bharatiyam Kutumbam: adopt a family

Bharatiyam Jeevika: adopt a livelihood Bharatiyam Gramam: adopt a village

Bharatiyam Jeevika Nidhi: core fund

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Bharatiyam Vidya

Bharatiyam Vidya is Bharatiyam‟s first flagshipprogram and it is in Education domain

Inspiration – “Education is the Manifestation of

Perfection already present in man” – Swami Vivekananda

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Bharatiyam Vidya

The literacy rate (67.7%) in Andhra Pradesh ranks 31 in the country. If we take basic 3R literacy – Read, Write and Arithmetic, the situation will be far worse.

As per 2001 Census, the dropout (funneledout) upto Class X is 64%.This is higher for girls.

Education is definitely the surest and best way to reduce poverty.

Every child has the right to have minimum education of 15 years(10+2+3) for acquiring life skills.

Most government schools are not able to meet minimum standards.

In this context, most of the students dropping out of schoolinggradually and many of the bright rural students who have the potentialto compete with the best in the state/country are not able to do so.

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Bharatiyam Vidya

In response to this context, Bharatiyam is intervening infollowing ways:

Developing, piloting and spreading improved models of education

Identifying, adopting and running schools with a differenceand a decent standard towards students‟ excellence in life[Bharatiyam Vidyalayam]

Identifying and supporting individual students [Bharatiyam Vidyarthi]

Establishing and running Gurukulams for the students withextra-ordinary merit and potential [Bharatiyam Gurukulam]

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Bharatiyam Vidyarthi: Adopt a Student

Bharatiyam‟s way of adopting, caring and offering decent education to apoor student

Bharatiyam‟s intervention includes: Identifying needy and deserving (bright but poor) students for support, through a

rigorous process that includes identification test and interview Providing education on par with the corporate institutions in Andhra Pradesh

Providing improved facilities in schools including decent sanitation Ensuring learning in a positive, progressive, proactive, pleasant & perspective

environment Providing space for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities along with academic

activities Testing and assessing students regularly and periodically Building higher levels of 3R skills, conceptual clarity, analytical skills, logical thinking,

etc., in students Bringing out creative talent of the students Equipping student with experience, knowledge, self-confidence and required „push‟ in

order to meet the competitive requirements of the world around them and excel Developing desirable social behavior attitude and aptitude in the students Supporting students (beyond Class X) for higher education and employment

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Bharatiyam Vidyalayam: Adopt a School

Bharatiyam‟s way of adopting, caring and supporting a school as a whole in the classroom and outside, particularly to students in Classes6-10, in providing complete schooling experience/quality education.

BHARATIYAM‟s Intervention includes: Identifying, adopting and supporting schools Building a vision for schools and students

Improving facilities (libraries, science labs, computers, student activity clubs etc.) Recruiting and providing volunteer teachers/tutors Providing a conducive (for study/learning) environment beyond the school

hours, afterschool tuitions/evening classes Offering competence assessment and career counseling for students Providing life skills to students

Conducting co-curricular and extra-curricular competitions Conducting tests for mental ability and higher order thinking, in addition to

English and Mathematics Tests on a regular basis, say weekly. Providing model examination papers for extra preparation Offering vocational courses/skills who desire/need for employment later

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Bharatiyam Gurukulam:for exceptionally bright but poor students

Bharatiyam‟s way of supporting the exceptionally bright but poorstudents to realize their true poential.

Some students display higher potential than others. They need to beidentified and offered a completely different environment andatmosphere for them to peak and achieve their potential.

BHARATIYAM‟s Intervention includes: Conducting state level assessments/tests to determine the potential of the

students and identify the students with exceptional intelligence/promise Placing these students in top-end residential schools/Gurukulams in the

state for high quality education in Gurukulam mode, with high personalattention, through high teacher to student ratio of 1:6

Providing them the guidance of eminent educators with social consciousness

Developing a more improved Gurukulam Education/Curriculum Establishing Bharatiyam Gurukulam(s) for taking students in Classes 8-12 Supporting students through post-graduation and afterwards, as per their

aspirations and potential so that they can achieve their true inner potential

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Students’ Achievement: An intellectually challenging,developmentally appropriate, standards-based instructionalprogram for each child. These include - KIPPs (Knowledge Is PowerProgram) and MESA (Maths, Engineering, Science Achievement)

Support Services: Resources and Programs to support students’

diverse academic, social, and emotional needs Human Resources: Highly competent, effective and diverse field

staff and teachers

Financial Stability: financial stability and program growth throughcost-effective program management and prudent deployment of

resources Leadership: Develop and foster individual and collective leadership

capacity throughout all levels of educational organizations.

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Bharatiyam Jeevika

Bharatiyam Jeevika is the second flagship program under evolution. It is inthe livelihoods domain.

Inspiration – “Earth provides enough satisfy everyman’s need, but not anyman’s greed” – Mahatma Gandhi

The program aims to directly improve the portfolios of livelihoods of the

poor and reduce poverty, by working on the livelihoods contexts, capitalsand arrows - incomes, expenditures, employment, and risks.

Specific subprograms include –

Bharatiyam Kutumbam to adopt a family and support the family in improving itslivelihoods portfolio towards a decent quality of life

Bharatiyam Jeevika to adopt a Livelihood in clusters so as to intervene in the

value-chain of the livelihood, collectivize and provide market linkages Bharatiyam Graman to adopt a village and help the poor in the village as a

whole to improve their livelihoods, particularly with infrastructure,collectivization, local value-addition and enterprises that benefit significantnumber of families in the village.

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HOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE?

Direct Donations: to fill gaps and support areas as per the need, as decidedby Bharatiyam

Sponsorships: By sponsoring something in particular (ie a student’seducation or teacher training); Sponsors will be provided withregular/online/e-updates.

Help in raising Funds: You can create awareness about Bharatiyam. Your

assistance in fundraising can be a big driver. Fundraising Drives with communities and companies: You can contact us for

promotional material and pickup of these items.

Matching Programs: Companies often allow their employees to selectorganizations to donate money for. You can contact us to know more abouthow Bharatiyam can be the right choice for employees of your company.

Tie-ups with CSR Groups: There can be a match between the CSR interestand Bharatiyam’s interest. Let us explore.

In Kind Donations: Your trash can become our treasure. If you have anycomputers, books, furniture, etc., which are in tact and functional, you candonate them rather than dispose them off.

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LIVE AND LET LIVE

We have hope that poverty is eradicable with

education, employment, entrepreneurship and directaction on livelihoods

We have faith in the capacity of people to take things

in their hands with a little push

We know it is a long way. We can not do alone. Weneed many players.

We have hope that most of us who have received the

benefaction of the society would like to pay back to

the society. All of them join hands in this our endeavor to build a

movement – people for planet and planet for people –

for decent education, livelihoods and life for all.

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Our Plan in Action: SPROUTS In order to initiate our plans, Bharatiyam

adopted its first school: SPROUTS atKarimnagar.

It’s an English medium school that sets anexample as to how a child should be nurturedfrom the early stages.

Bharatiyam sponsors 250 students per year in aone acre campus and offers quality educationfor a heavily subsidized price.

At this school, a student goes throughchallenging classes, gets personal attention,increases general knowledge, and learns tobecome a healthy part of the society.

They’re provided with the necessary resourcesrequired to become strong leaders.

In addition to that, the teachers are very skilledand undergo teacher training very often.

A specially devised curriculum helps them geteducated in a much more interactive manner.

Extra-curricular activities and science fairs arequite common in this school… where marks arenot as important as understanding.

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For More Information, please visit:www.bharatiyam.org

For sponsorships, questions, or queries,contact us via email at

[email protected]

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