INDIAN DEVELOPMENT

FOUNDATION (STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM)

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Biki Kumar Gupta

Email Id: biki.g@itm.edu

NGO INTERNSHIP REPORT

(OCT 5-OCT 17)

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NGO GUIDE:MalikaRamachandra

Contact : 9820052766

Email Id: idfslp@gmail.com

FACULTY GUIDE : Bhavika Thakkar

Contact : 022-33835619

Email Id : bhavikat @itm.edu

Contact no: 7045869060

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

India is a country with more than one billion people, and just one-third of them can read. Rapidly

growing size of population, shortages of teachers, books, and basic facilities, and insufficient

public funds to cover education costs are some of the nation’s toughest challenges. This is where

Children in India are facing the basic challenges. According to a study, more than 30% of

educational funds are allocated towards higher education, leaving the primary education in

India in sway.

For the underprivileged people in India, education is perceived as a high-priced luxury, and

this negative outlook continues on with every new generation.

As a charity for child rights , Indian Deve lopment Foundation has been providing

education to margina l ized children in poor rural and urban communit ies through

various programs:

Bal Gurukuls, its flagship program, is an after school programme, providing basic

education to the underprivileged children, both urban and rural areas.

Student Leadership Program (SLP) – It’s a program for fostering skills in the areas of

Leadership, Teamwork, Personality Development and Behavioral traits and providing

career guidance to underprivileged students between grade 8th-10th.

I was under the Student leadership program of IDF which is a 3 month(12 session)

program and is run by involving Social Ambassadors from Corporate

sector/Colleges/Universities.

In SLP ,

Appeals to volunteers-Mentors

Volunteers Involvement - 2 hours on every Saturdays

Training of volunteers to Mentors

People who can volunteer for this programs:

Teachers

Executives from Corporate

Home-makers

Retirees

Those with passion to teach soft-skills/ leadership skills.

The team of SLP was divided into three groups i.e., Corporate, Societies & Schools.

I was under the team of school and in this we again sub divided the group into two i.e.,

Mumbai & Navi Mumbai according to our convenience.

CONTENTS

IDF BOARD OF TRUSTEES ...........................................................................................................2

HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF INDIAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION .....................................5

VISION AND MISSION OF IDF......................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................9

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME - Student Leadership Programme (SLP) ........................................ 10

COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROJECT WORK ........................................................................ 12

CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................... 12

RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................ 20

LEARNINGS ACCUMULATED.................................................................................................... 21

REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................... 22

IDF BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Dr. A. R.K. Pillai, Founder President

(Humanist and Social Scientist)

idfark@gmail.com

Mr. N. R .Parashuraman,

Vice-President

(Director, Media (Retd.))

Dr. H. Sudarshan,

Member

(Hon. Sec. VGKK – BR Hills)

Wg.Cdr. S.Balasubramanian

Treasurer

(Retired IAF)

Dr. A. P. Jayaraman

Member

(Nuclear and Management Scientist)

Mr. J. R. Dhanaseelan

Member

(Retd. Central Govt. Officer)

Mr. Sanat N. Surti

Member

(Senior Art Director)

Mr. K. Venkatesh

Member

(Senior Engineer Consultant)

Mr. Aunali Rupani

Member

(Mentor, Financial Research)

Mr. Sumesh E. S.

Member

(Partner, CA Firm)

Dr. Hari Vasudevan

Member

(Educationist)

Dr. Dinesh Jain

Member

(Medical Consultant)

Dr. Geetha Mohan

Member

(Educationist)

Mr. Priyadarshan N. Shete

Secretary

(Info Tech Consultant)

Dr. C.N.N. Nair

Member

(Ex-Gen. Manager- VSNL)

HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF INDIAN

DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

India had an estimated 4 million leprosy cases in 1982 with a prevalence rate of

57 per 10,000 populations. Several districts were hyper endemic and endemic for

leprosy. With the active work of the Union Health Ministry, State Health

Ministries, Municipalities and National and International NGOs, some states have

already eliminated leprosy by now, with prevalence less than 1 per 10,000

population by March 2005. India has achieved the leprosy elimination status

(Elimination status means achieving the prevalence rate of less than 1 patient per

10,000 populations) Consequent to the drastic reduction of leprosy cases in India

and leprosy elimination in several states, it was felt expedient by the Board of

Trustees to diversify and rechristen Indian Leprosy Foundation as Indian

Development Foundation (IDF). Proposals were made to Govt. and the Charity

Commissioner, Mumbai has approved the change of name and the diversified

roles. Thus, IDF came into existence on 1st April 2005.

In response to the national call by our former Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi

to NGOs and public-spirited people to take up leprosy elimination work, Dr. A. R.

K. Pillai, the Founder President, gathered a few Samaritans and founded Indian

Leprosy Foundation. The Foundation was registered as a Charitable Trust under

the Societies Registration Act of 1860 and Bombay Public Trusts Act of 1950. The

important purpose for which Foundation was formed is summarized below:

To be a national NGO with focus on leprosy/ TB elimination work

To be a self-supporting NGO.

To be supported by willing and voluntary donations from the public.

To share its major resources with leprosy/ TB/ education Projects by giving

annual grants to network with NGOs/ Projects.

To strengthen awareness about leprosy/ TB through its own staff and

volunteer teams, use mass communication channels and erase social

stigma.

To work hand in hand with Union and state health authorities and

Municipal Corporations

IDF has over 100 Associate leprosy/ TB Projects spread over the country and they

do all aspects of treatment and rehabilitation free of cost and without any

discrimination whatsoever.

IDF Our Field Teams and Volunteer teams have been focusing on schools, colleges

and community groups to give leprosy awareness talks.

VISION AND MISSION OF IDF

Vision:

To work towards creating a better India which provides basic health, education

and empowerment to every citizen.

Mission:

To be a Knowledge/ Execution Partner of Schools, NGOs, Corporate, and

Government agencies for development programmes across India.

IDF in Nutshell

Indian Development Foundation (Formerly Indian Leprosy Foundation) was

established as a Charitable Public Trust and Society with the Charity

Commissioner, Mumbai – 1984. Eventhough we had a humble start with

no office, staff members or resources we moved forward with the

confidence in the goodness of our people.

Trustees – to work as models- no compensation whatsoever for their social

contributions.

IDF is a self-reliant NGO in India. IDF has never sought nor taken any Govt.

Grant or support from major Foreign Donor Agencies so far. The objectives

of the Foundation are managed through public donations received from

various sources.

IDF’s has stood the test of time with own communication strategies based

on sound Management Principles and Practices involving common people

for Health Awareness and monetary support.

IDF has grown into a leading NGO in the Health Sector in India, thanks to

the dedicated services of its teams.

IDF works hand in hand with Central and State Governments and Municipal

Corporations for National Leprosy Elimination Programme and TB Control

Programme.

IDF involves lakhs of students and citizens for leprosy/ TB awareness-cum-

resource mobilization. The School Teams have their pride of place. IDF has

given opportunity to every citizen to participate in this national

humanitarian effort.

IDF has over a 100 Associate Hospitals and Projects scattered all over India

handling different aspects of leprosy/ TB treatment, care, surgery,

rehabilitation and the like. All services are free to the citizens without any

discrimination.

IDF uses Mass Communication Medium such as Media Channels with great

advantage.

Sharing is our sacred policy - IDF gives away substantial amounts as Grants

every year to leprosy. TB/ education projects, out of the donations received

from general public.

IDF has received National and International Awards for its exemplary

services. It is one of the largest networking and self-reliant NGOs in India

and has raised a large number of qualified, efficient Social Marketing

Executives and Managers in India.

IDF sponsors a good number of deserving students.

IDF runs Bal Gurukuls/ Empowerments programmes in India.

IDF is a proud Partner of StopTB Partnership of WHO and the Partnership

TB Care and Control of India.

IDF has launched ̀ Clean India Movement’ and has adopted Asia’s second

biggest slum in Mumbai, Malwani as a Model Project for Clean-up Drive

under the title `My Malwani – Mast Malwani’

IDF launched ̀ Sarva Sakhi Swabhiman - A women empowerment

programme which will include primary education, vocational training, skill

development and financial literacy.

IDF Profile has been accepted by UN -DESA Civil Society System and UN-

DESA Events Management System.

IDF - Organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and

Social Council since 2012.

IDF offers social internship programmes to students from various

Universities/ Institutes/ Colleges in India and also a couple of students from

international areas.

IDF partners with International Baccalaureate schools for their CAS

programmes

IDF vision is to work towards a better India which provides for basic health,

education and empowerment for every citizen. To support the Government

actively in its Vision 2020 programme.

In line with this commitment, we have adopted a mission statement which aims

at the following

E: Establish IDF Gurukuls/ Empowerment Schools to provide basic education

M: Mobilize resources from the society for the community development

programmes

P: Provide support base for designated health activities

O: Organize rural and tribal development programmes

W: Women empowerment programme

E: Empowering the youth by Youth Empowerment Series (YES) programmes

R: Rekindle social and scientific temper in the society.

M: Mediate and assist Government in implementing developmental programmes.

E: Enhance corporate social responsibility initiatives

N: Nurture awareness among the masses and provide linkage to health care

facilities.

T: Target poverty alleviation programme

INTRODUCTION

We conducted a 2 week NGO Internship with Indian Development Foundation

(formerly known as Indian Leprosy Foundation) which deals with these mentioned

purposes:

To be a national NGO with focus on leprosy/ TB elimination work.

To be a self-supporting NGO.

To be supported by willing and voluntary donations from the public.

To share its major resources with leprosy/ TB/ education Projects by giving

annual grants to network with NGOs/ Projects.

To strengthen awareness about leprosy/ TB through its own staff and

volunteer teams, use mass communication channels and erase social

stigma.

To work hand in hand with Union and state health authorities and

Municipal Corporations

We were assigned to the SLP program, that is, the Student Leadership Program of

IDF which is for helping less and under privileged students of government and

private schools in various slums of Mumbai and Navi-Mumbai by providing

vocational classes regarding development of soft skills, public hygiene, and basic

health care. Our 14 days assignment was to get volunteers from various corporate

houses and housing societies and also getting approval from the schools to

schedule the classes for the same.

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME - Student Leadership Programme (SLP)

Student days are the most important part of upbringing in one’s life. The syllabus/

activities which are important aspect of the curriculum leave a vacuum for the

development of certain qualities. These qualities form to be very influential in

framing the personality of the student and demands equal share of concentration

and efforts.

Indian Development Foundation (IDF) has been constantly supporting and striving

for the development of the students. On the same lines, IDF has developed a

training programme focused on the basics and qualitative skill development. The

course will focus on the development of the student’s traits which would lead

them to be an informed and improved individual.

The students would be trained by the corporate employees/ PG students and

Trainers who have volunteered for the SLP. IDF will train the volunteers who will

be called as Mentors. Project SLP is an offering by IDF for student development

and there is no financial implication of any sort.

Each class of 40-50 students will have 3 Mentors as their trainers.

Contents for SLP

Mentioned below are some of the topics to be covered for the SLP training:

Personal swot analysis

Personality development

Time management skills

Handling fear/ anxiety

Building confidence

Handling rejection / defeat

Goal setting

Anger management

Health & Hygiene

Public Speaking / Communication skills

Emotional development

Overcoming stubbornness

Positive thinking

Positive attitude

General Knowledge

Leadership skills

COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROJECT WORK

Student Project Activities:-

Description of the Project Theme & Area:-

5th October 2015 , around 90 students from ITM kharghar who got an opportunity to work with IDF. The students were divided into 3 departments: Fund raising, Resource allocation Student Leadership program. I was under Student Leadership Program and our guide Mrs. Malika Ramachandran briefed us about the areas to be worked on. The main focus was to visit schools and corporates and to get them convince to be a part of IDF and to get volunteers for training 8th standard students on soft skills, personal hygiene, personality development etc . The student leadership program (SLP) aims at fostering skills in the areas of leadership, teamwork, personality and behavioral traits and providing career guidance to underprivileged students of standard 8th. This is a three month program and is run by involving volunteers from corporate, college, universities and educated housewives who would be teaching these students every Saturday for two hours in their nearby BMC schools or any private school in the slum areas.

The various activities undertaken was done in two parts , i.e first six days was visit to corporates , and then followed by the visit to various societies. Firstly visit to corporates,

the team of corporates, we divided into two groups consisting of four member each, and also the region was divided ie: Mumbai & Navi Mumbai. The first corporate, which was DHFL. The Branch Manager received us well, we described about our ngo ,the work it does, and asked for volunteers .To our surprise the manger gave us a positive feedback, he told that he would ask his employees to volunteer , and would take out some time to share his experience . Now we were confident and from there it was no looking back, we visited around twelve to

fifteen corporates houses, some greeted us well, some were given false reaction, some were interested.

After this After the successful visits to various corporate houses, now it was our turn to visit the various schools , societies , to gather as much of voluntaries for our SLP program,We decided to target the societies in kharghar. The experience was a mixed one. Firstly it was difficult to enter the societies, as we needed prior permissions from the person concern.

Some allowed us, some directly showed us the door. After convincing them we visited some societies, we targeted the housewives, some were interested, and some needed to ask their husbands first. Some were not even ready to listen.

The retired people, genuinely showed interest , also willing to share their experiences. But due to the unviability of bmc schools near to the location ,many refused as well. Now the youth, they were willing to cooperate and was ready to provide their services.

The following are the details of the volunteers

Name of the person

Name of the society

Wing Contact no.

Mrs. Aziz Fatma Kendriya vihar C-4 -

Nidhi makar Hard rock chambers

A 9904414232

Mrs. Bhattacharya Hard rock chambers

A 9869706934

Mrs. Mahalaxmi Hard rock chambers

A 022-27743595

Mr. raj Hard rock chambers

A 9930286597

Mrs. Anjali handique

Hard rock chambers

A 9987543364

Mr. K. satyanarayana

Hard rock chambers

A 7738268743

Mr. Abhishake Hard rock chambers

A -

Mr. Chatterjee Aram arcade A 9619236481

Mrs. Sheetal A. Aram arcade B 9594589697 Mrs.Reshma k. Aram arcade B 9594589697

Mrs. Sapna Dubey Pushpa residency A 9323444468

Mrs. Nafisa Singh Kendriya vihar AH-3 9920562670 Mrs. Anita Prashant

Kendriya vihar BH-3 8976897836

Mrs. Affie Thomas Kendriya vihar BH-2 8097215159

Mr. akshay choudhary

Kendriya vihar AH-2 8108830018

LEARNINGS AND EXPERIENCE

People are not ready to listen.

The SLP program duration ,i.e 3 months, people were not ready to commit

this long.

The unavailability of bmc schools near to their location was another hurdle.

The retired persons were the one to cooperate the most.

Most of the housewives were dependent on their husband and didn’t want to make any commitment before consulting with them.

This 14 days gave me a brief exposure to meet with various people, it was

an enriching experience and yes I would continue to work towards IDF goals

and ideals, and would take a more active part in this ngo , in the coming

future.

CONCLUSION

To conclude we had a great opportunity to work with IDF in this project as we

learned a great deal about how we should interact with the various authorities

and also we learned a lot about how an NGO works and deliver to the society but

the most impactful lesson of all was how various people react to the social cause

and how we can change the perception of people to do their part for the benefit

of society even if they are rigid to help financially by using other resources such as

their time and their knowledge.

For two weeks we were on field getting contacts of the volunteers who are ready

to help the NGO in its programmes. The NGO’s visionary direction being so clear

and focused and our knowledge of new CSR policy governed by the New

Companies Act, 2013 helped us a lot at those crucial moments when we had to

explain people why they should do this.

The fact that one can potentially work for a large NGO with programs and delivery

in a large number of countries in different parts of the world gives us the

opportunity to see how our particular approaches to business work in different

contexts.

NGOs support a sustainability-related major; a sustainability-related NGO can

help a student add a component of sustainability to a major in any field.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Indian Development Foundation have shown light to many budding NGOs on the

path of social welfare by strictly following its principles and guidelines and abiding

by them throughout, also having complete transparency in its financial

accountability. Indian Development Foundation has provided alternative ways to

provide for the well-being and development of the country in the sphere of:

Education,

Women development and empowerment, and

Health & hygiene

After the complete eradication of Leprosy from the country Indian Development

Foundation have done exceedingly well in all the fronts it have worked with or

without government and private funding.

For Recommendation we want to provide our only feedback that we feel the NGO

should focus more upon, that is,

As Social Ambassador designation we were provided very liberal work

environment which devaluated the potential output we could have given if the

briefing done would have been very precise and the work environment would

have been more corporate oriented and also there should have been a regular

check on the progress of the work report. We provided with the weekly report, it

would have been better if a review on those reports have been provided to us so

that we could learn from our mistakes and re-strategies accordingly.

One other thing that we would like to recommend is that if the operational wing

of the NGO would have been working better and effectively (not just

communicating) then we would have been able to cover more area of operational

activities as the activities then could have been planned in a time consuming

manner. The leadership should have been given in the hand of the guide instead

of an individual student.

Regardless of this the internship provided by Indian Development Foundation

helped us in learning a lot and having a lifetime experience on how things are

done in a Non-Government Organization.

LEARNINGS ACCUMULATED

1. Effective use of government resources- Even though NGO stands for non-

government organization but let me make one thing very clear maximum

things NGO do with the support of government only. They don’t have much

resources and esp. authority to execute anything independently. Government

system is considered to be disorganized and slow. But, as you will have to work

in government system slowly you will learn to use its resources effectively. You

will know about government policies, plans and methods more or equivalent

to any government employee.

2. Work for a cause- In an NGO you get a higher aim, you will learn that if you

want money you will have to work for a cause. Unless you give results, you will

not earn anything. NGO proves that you can work for money and social

welfare both at same point of time.

3. Negotiation- Remember, every argument has three sides- your side, my side

and the right side. Good negotiators always focus on the right side of the

argument. You will learn to convince people without annoying them.

4. Control on your personal ego- If any government employee will show you

tantrums you will learn to control yourself because you will realize that getting

medicine for a sick person is more important than anything else.

5. Leading without authority- In an NGO you don’t have any direct authority in

the system. You have to do everything with the cooperation of others. Then

you meet your real self. Then you realize how competent you are.

REFERENCES

http://www.idf.org.in/idf-slp.html

http://www.google.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03-hYxDhx8I

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