PEOPLE FOR SOCIAL PROFIT SKILLING January - 2017 Volume - 02 Issue - 01 NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE HAPPY ALONE Dear Readers, Greetings! From SPS India we wish you a happy new year with lot of joy and happiness. This New Year opens up a lot of new possibilities and avenues with a lot of scope for us to explore. And we are extremely delighted that we keep you continuously informed about the progress that we make every month. In this issue, we would like to share with you the achievements we have made from two of our projects from 2016. And we are very much excited about the donors visit from our parent organization SPS, the Netherlands. They visit the various projects in Tamil Nadu from the 12th to 20th of January. Like always, we also have a couple of inspiring stories from our Micro Enterprises project. This inspiration keeps us motivated to explore newer business opportunities for the women and we are moving in to the next phase of creating businesses. We shall discuss these in details in our February Newsletter. Marching ahead in Fr. Schlooz’s path in service to poorest of the poor. Team SPS India. Don Bosco Agro Tech, Polur – Project completion Report. DON BOSCO AGRO TECH, POLUR is one of the rural TECHNICAL centers empowering the socially segregated youth in Thiruvannamalai district. The interventions of the Institute are very relevant and needy. It has various activities such as Boarding, Formal and Non Formal ITI, Farm, Evening Study Centres. However, the institute till recently did not have the Quality Council of India (QCI) accreditation as the machineries in the institute are obsolete and out of date. So the Institute applied for funding to Father Schlooz Foundation (SPS, Netherlands) to upgrade the existing machinery to latest high end machineries and equipment. The project was approved and the machineries were upgraded to latest technology at an estimated cost of Rs. 37 lakhs. The project has helped the institute to receive the Quality Council of India (QCI) approval and has motivated the students to equip themselves with skills required to handle upgraded machineries and to be better technicians at work. This project not only benefits the present students but also the 100s of students who will pass out from the institute in the years to come. The institute is grateful to the benefactors Father Schlooz Foundation, Paul Mali, Frank Nelissen and Louis Manders who generously contributed for the project. Home Away From Home, Kavarapettai – Project Completion Report. Stichting Pater Schlooz has been supporting “Home Away from Home, Kavarapettai” for the past many years. Don Bosco Anbu Illam “Home Away from Home” is a shelter home for children in need of care and protection and also children who are in conflict with law. It is not just an orphanage or a house for delinquents. It is a home where there is love, food, clothing, shelter, and above all the warm feeling of security. The center also provides non formal education to children in the shelter home and elevates them to formal education. And children with limited interest in formal education are trained in the ITI Technical institute for better job opportunities. At present, 68 children are sheltered in the care home and 70 students get benefitted through the ITI Technical center. Stichting Pater Schlooz supported the center with a funding of €17,000/- for the administrative expenses of the houses which involve the food, shelter, clothing and educational needs of the children. Newsletter From A Reader Congratulations to the team for the wonderful work of the SPS in reaching the remote villages and empowering the marginalized sections of the society. It is impressive to know that SPS is committed to the cause of the poor people in real need. My best wishes to SPS to grow more to reach out many more people. Fr. Arul Maran SDB Director Don Bosco Skill Mission
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PEOPLE FOR SOCIAL PROFIT SKILLINGJanuary - 2017 Volume - 02 Issue - 01
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE HAPPY ALONE
Dear Readers,
Greetings!
From SPS India we wish you a happy new year with lot of joy and happiness. This New Year opens up a lot of new possibilities and avenues with a lot of scope for us to explore. And we are extremely delighted that we keep you continuously informed about the progress that we make every month.
In this issue, we would like to share with you the achievements we have made from two of our projects from 2016. And we are very much excited about the donors visit from our parent organization SPS, the Netherlands. They visit the various projects in Tamil Nadu from the 12th to 20th of January.
Like always, we also have a couple of inspiring stories from our Micro Enterprises project. This inspiration keeps us motivated to explore newer business opportunities for the women and we are moving in to the next phase of creating businesses. We shall discuss these in details in our February Newsletter.
Marching ahead in Fr. Schlooz’s path in service to poorest of the poor.
Team SPS India.
Don Bosco Agro Tech, Polur – Project completion Report.
DON BOSCO AGRO TECH, POLUR is one of the rural TECHNICAL centers empowering the socially segregated youth in Thiruvannamalai district. The interventions of the Institute are very relevant and needy. It has various activities such as Boarding, Formal and Non Formal ITI, Farm, Evening Study Centres.
However, the institute till recently did not have the Quality Council of India (QCI) accreditation as the machineries in the institute are obsolete and out of date. So the Institute applied for funding to Father Schlooz Foundation (SPS, Netherlands) to upgrade the existing machinery to latest high end machineries and equipment. The project was approved and the machineries were upgraded to latest technology at an estimated cost of Rs. 37 lakhs.
The project has helped the institute to receive the Quality Council of India (QCI) approval and has motivated the students to equip themselves with skills required to handle upgraded machineries and to be better technicians at work. This project not only benefits the present students but also the 100s of students who will pass out from the institute in the years to come.
The institute is grateful to the benefactors Father Schlooz Foundation, Paul Mali, Frank Nelissen and Louis Manders who generously contributed for the project.
Home Away From Home, Kavarapettai – Project Completion Report.
Stichting Pater Schlooz has been supporting “Home Away from Home, Kavarapettai” for the past many years. Don Bosco Anbu Illam “Home
Away from Home” is a shelter home for children in need of care and protection and also children who are in conflict with law. It is not just an orphanage or a house for delinquents. It is a home where there is love, food, clothing, shelter, and above all the warm feeling of security. The center also provides non formal education to children in the shelter home and elevates them to formal education. And children with limited interest in formal education are trained in the ITI Technical institute for better job opportunities.
At present, 68 children are sheltered in the care home and 70 students get benefitted through the ITI Technical center. Stichting Pater Schlooz supported the center with a funding of €17,000/- for the administrative expenses of the houses which involve the food, shelter, clothing and educational needs of the children.
Newsletter
From A ReaderCongratulations to the team for the wonderful work
of the SPS in reaching the remote villages and empowering the marginalized sections of the society. It is impressive to know that SPS is committed to the cause of the poor people in real need.
My best wishes to SPS to grow more to reach out many more people.
a benefactor of SPS ME initiative belongs to the self-help group called ‘Annai’, based in Basin Bridge. At the age of 55, having lost her husband, she resides with her son who is married and
currently works as a mechanic in a local automobile service store.
She availed the loan of Rs.15,000 provided through SPS to carry on sales of Idly Batter. The sale per day varies from 7 kg to 10 kg. She produces good quality Idly Batter and supplies with consistency in taste and substance. Word of Mouth is her promotional tool which increased customers.
Sale happens most likely from 6 am to 8am and 6 pm to 9 pm. A half kg packet of Idly Batter is priced at Rs. 12. Approximately, 10 to 20 packets are sold on an everyday basis. She earns approximately Rs.140 per day after reducing all operating expenses.
She is glad that she is self dependent and earns money to provide for their household and support her son and finds great happiness in smallest of things like being able to provide pocket money to her grandchildren.
Contact Us: SPS INDIA Foundation, Bosco Illam 2nd Floor, 26/17 Ranganathan Avenue, Sylvan Lodge Colony, Kelleys, Chennai 600 010. Phone: +91 44 26451991, +91 97866 08292
Women Entrepreneur of the Month As the famous quote
says “A woman with a vision empowers an empire of woman to do more, see more and be more”, Ms.Shanmuga lakshmi, benefactor of SPS ME project executed in Vilathikulam, at the age of 58 continues to inspire the women in her locality.
She is an active member of the SHG, ‘SivappuRoja’ since 1993. Owing to an illness faced at an early age of 11, she had lost her eyesight completely on her left eye and has partial blurred vision on her right eye. Seven surgeries and various medical treatments failed in restoring her eyesight. Hence, she remains unmarried and resides with her mother.
Her only source of income for the past 20 years is spinning plastic wires into a shopping bag. She availed the loan funded through VEMBU. Initial loan availed of Rs.5,000 and recent loan availed of Rs.10,000 was invested in her business.
She spins plastic wire bags in 2 standard sizes. A big sized plastic wire bag requires 2 days’ manual labour from 9 am to 5 pm; medium sized plastic bag requires one day’s labour from 9am to 2 pm. Big sized plastic wire bag is priced at Rs.250 and medium sized plastic wire bag is priced at Rs.105.
She customizes her product by using three colour plastic wires to spin and by attaching beads demand. Sourcing of raw materials required is done in Vilathikulam itself. On an average, she weaves 3 big sized bags a week and sells it at a price of Rs.750. The cost of production of three bags is Rs.300. Therefore, weekly, she makes Rs.450 over and above the expenses incurred in production as profit. She strives to meet the increasing demand for the product.
Donor’s VisitDonors from Stichting Pater Schlooz, the Netherlands
visit Tamil Nadu from the 12th to 20th of January. They have scheduled to visit the projects for 2016 and to take stock of how the projects are being implemented. Pope Johns Garden-Chennai, Home Away from Home-Kavarapettai, St. Thomas Hospital- Thomas Mount, Agro Project-Sagayathottam, Agro Tech-Polur, Anbu Illam & Adivaram, Salem, DB Home-Nilavarapatti and DB Varadarajanpet are the projects they visit for 2016. And also they interact with the SHG women from Basin Bridge benefitting from Women 1000+ and SPS ME! Projects.
Having had the opportunity to intern at SPS Foundation, I take great pleasure in being associated with the little contributions made by SPS for a greater impact it has had on the society. The amicable work environment provided me with great insight into the execution of their various projects, the challenges
faced and opportunities they offered helped broaden my perspective.
Being a management student, I’ve had an enlightening experience in understanding the functioning of a clearly designed organization structure with high level of transparency, autonomy, drive and zeal.
Their passion and commitment to uplift the lives of many is fed through adaptable, practical, well-researched and ecological solutions for real time crisis faced by the underprivileged.
