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Annual Report 2018-19

Prepared By:

Mr Manoj Macwan,

President,

Dr Alka Macwan, Chairman,

CDS

Community Development Society (CDS) Annual Report: 2018-19


ORGANIZATION PROFILE

Name of the organization

Community Development Society

(CDS)

Address (Street, Dist, and

State)

8 A Navjivan Colony,

St Xavier’s Road,

Anand

Pin 388001

Phone 02692-255928, 9979300691/3

E-mail [email protected]

[email protected]

Name and Designation of Chief Functionaries

Manoj Kantilal Macwan (President)

Dr Alka Macwan (Chairman)

Registration details F/602/Anand

Act under which registered Registration of Society Act, 1860

Date of registration 10.06.1999

Pan Number AATC4237E

F C R A Number 042040154

F C R A Account Number 02940100001200

Bank Of Baroda, Anand- Main Branch

Bank Account number 10930100012887 Bank Of Baroda, Gamdi, Anand


Major Highlights of the Year

300

Trainees trained in

Sewing Course

125

+ Slum Children were

given Education

100

Trainees trained in

Computer Course

065

Trainees trained in

Henna Painting

Course Course

160

0 Trainees trained in

Beauty Care Course

155

Trainees trained in

Spoken English

05 500 + 110

Awareness

Programmes Held

Participants in all

Awareness Programmes Trainees trained in

vocational Course


Brief Introduction of CDS

Community Development Society (CDS) is a

non-government organization with registered

number F/602/Anand working for the needy

and poor people residing in the slum and

backward areas of Gujarat. CDS aims at

empowering the needy and poor people by

equipping them with skills and education.

CDS also strives to bring awareness among

people so that they can see what their rights

are and how their lives could be parallel to life

of the any citizen of India as prescribed in

Indian constitution. Throughout the year

2017-18, regular courses and various

activities were carried out at regular basis for

bringing difference in the lives of the target

group. The regular courses run by CDS are

indicated in the figure.

In each course, the target group is from slum

or the backward areas having backward social

and economical conditions. These courses are

carried out all throughout the years in

different batches. In each course, education or

skill development is targeted which ultimately

leads to the beneficiaries to have the

possibility of becoming educated or having

employability or income generation.

Throughout the year, apart from the studies,

different co-curricular activities and some

short term programmes are held for the

overall development of the trainees and

students.


Regular Activities of CDS

Kinder Gartens

Sr.

No

Address Name of the Teacher

Total number of students

1 Flory Balwadi, Borsad Crossing

slum, Anand

Ashaben Patel

30

2 Flory Balwadi, Samarkha Crossing

slum, Anand

Kleraben Chauhan

30

3 Flory Balwadi, Trikkam Nagar, Gamdi, Anand

Meenaben parmar

30

4 Flory Balvadi, Mahavir Slum area,

Anand

Kusumben Vhora

30

5 Flory Balvadi, Javahar Nagar, Bakrol

Samimben Vahora

30

6 Flory Balvadi, Indira Vaas, Thasra

Madhuben

Thakor

30

In the year 2018-2019, 6 units of kinder-

garten in different slum areas were run by CDS. The

kinder gartens are located in slum areas only. The

children of the age group 3 to 5 were admitted in

these kinder gartens. These kinder gartens are the

entry point in education for the children who are

mainly engaged in rag picking. So the opportunity is

created for them to avail education in their own

area. The details of the kinder gartens are given in

the table.


As per the above table, the total numbers of

students studying in total were 180 (30 in each).

Ashaben Patel, Kleraben Chauhan, Meenaben

Parmar, Hansaben, Madhuben and Kusumben

Vhora worked as teachers in these kinder garten

units respectively. The children get education in

the kinder gartens free of charge. These

kindergartens divert the path of their life from

child labour to education. The teachers who

teach in the kinder garten focus more on

preparing the children for life by play way

method.

Local teacher having the knowledge of socio

cultural background of the slum people acts as a

teacher in each kinder garten. Activity oriented

learning, teaching through self made low cost

learning materials, focus on awareness regarding

manners, cleanliness, self, rights, health and

hygiene and values, teaching of alphabets and

number, action songs, reading & writing are

some of the striking features of these kinder

gartens. Atmosphere of love & care is provided to

the students. Health check up is done once in a

year of all the students. They are taken to Picnic

too.


Preventing children from rag-picking and

diverting them to education is the prime

intension of running these kinder garten.

These kinder gartens are the gate-ways to

education for slum children. And continuation to

their entry in education is ensured by providing

motivation for joining Shubham Primary school

after completing study in kinder gartens. The

teachers were trained in teaching learning

processes to offer better education.

These 6 kinder gartens are unique in terms of

having all first generation learners in them. The

parents, being illiterate, do not provide any

learning environment at home. Moe over, when

they go for work during the day, the students

stay at the kinder garten. To make the parents

aware about the importance of Education, we

organize parents’ meetings too and seek support

from them to make the students avail education,

rather than going for the rag picking.

The kinder gartens are the places where each

slum children is treated with human dignity and

they are made to feel that they are human beings

who would grow by getting education. It is also

made sure that the children enjoy their

childhood in variety of ways and at the same

time, they learn and get ready for schooling.


The students of all the Flory kinder gratens

were taken to one day Picnic in a village named

Vadtal which is just 10 kilometers away from

Anand. The kinder gartens are situated in slum

areas. Moreover , when children move around

city for collecting plastic or rubbish, they go

into dirty areas only. So, These students hardly

get chance to enter into nice, well maintained

gardens and sightseeing places. So this one day

picnic was a very valuable and enjoyable time

for all the students away from slum areas.

All the students were taken to “Gyaan Baug”

( Meaning : Garden of Knowledge where

various types of flora and fauna are present) in

Vadtal by Bus. On the way to the place of

picnic, students sang songs and enjoyed a lot.

In the garden, they were made to take a round

of the garden first. The teachers showed them

various plants, flowers and trees and made

them memorise the names. They were also

made to touch, smell and feel different things

and thus, training of senses were given in

natural surroundings. The students also played

on slipperies, small merry go round, sea-saw

and other playing apparatus. This was very very

enjoyable because most of students played on

such things for the very first time in their lives.

It was very difficult for all the teachers to make

the students go further away from playing

apparatus. The students enjoyed food in the

natural surroundings. And after the lunch, they

visited a famous lake situated in the village.

The beauty and the cleanliness maintained in

that area was noticed by the students.

They also visited a temple and learnt about

various mythological stories related to that

temple. The exhibition, there, was also

enjoyed by the students.

They were again brought bake to their

respective slum houses at the end of the day.

It was like a living a dream for all the students.

The mixed feeling of having enjoyed the day

fully and arriving at the end of the day was

clearly visible on the faces of the students.

Next day, in each kinder gartens, they were

asked to recall what they saw and shared their

experiences with their fellow students. They

also talked about another students from Flory

Kinder garten but from a different slum area

whom they met in the picnic It was really a

fun-filled and learning generative experience

for the students.


Sewing Courses

To equip the needy and poor women from backward areas, with vocational skills, Community

development Society has a skill development programe for making the women and girls self

reliant through training them with stitching skills. Because the trained tailors earn a good

amount of money by working from home. CDS has a sewing centre where these girls and women

acquire skills in sewing. In the year 2018-2019 total 75girls/women were taught garment

making course and embroidery and teachers’ training for needle and craft. The trainees learnt

the following things:

Blous Making

Punjabi Dress Making

Basic cutting of cloths for different designing

Stitching with machines

Embroidery

We also continued a special course in Dress and Blouse stitching of four months’ duration. In

total 125 + trainees were skilled in this particular course.

Every day, the trainees are given 3 hours training in above mentioned skills. At the end of the

year, they were prepared to give government examination in which they performed well.

Certificate from CDS were also given to women who underwent this training.


Computer Courses

To make the poor and needy girls equipped

with high demand computer skills, the

computer section of the CDS runs courses

such as Computer basics, DTP and Tally.

Thorough these courses, we succeeded in

enabling the poor and needy women and

girls to acquire computer skills and be

eligible for computer related jobs in malls,

shops, theatres and DTP centers.

Our organisation has well equipped computer

lab having 9 computers with an instructor.

The courses run in computer class are

Computer basic, Computer Advanced, DTP

and Tally. All these courses are of six months

duration. In total we trained 100 girls and

women.

Course wise different batches of two hours duration

One computer for each student

Mixture of theory and practice

Well trained and experienced staff

Examination and certification at the end of the course

In India there is a vast job possibility for people who have basic and tally (accounting software)

knowledge of computer. Most of the trainees trained from our course got jobs in supermarkets or at

other agencies where experts of accounting with computers are needed.


Beauty Care Training Course and Henna Painting Course

Providing beauty related services as a beautician is a big

opportunity of earning. So CDS runs Linn’s beauty care

training center. The beauty care training care center for

needy and poor girls and women equipped the trainees with

basic skills of handling beauty treatments. The skills which

are taught are threading, beauty treatments, hair treatments

and other treatments. In total 65 students were trained in

this year. Duration of this course is 6 months.

The features of this course are regular batches of four hours

duration per day, blend of theory and practical, hands on

practice, use of machinery for treatments and Examination

and certification at the end of the course.

The job possibility for the girls

and women trained in this course

is high. Girls easily get job in

beauty parlors or with minimum

investment they can start a

beauty parlour at home and start

working from home. We are

happy to state that many of our

trainees have started their own

small unit of providing beauty

treatments. Many are working as

professional beauticians in

renowned beauty salons in the

city.


Spoken English

Course

The spoken English class is for the

trainees who would like to sharpen their

communication skills in addition to

getting skills for specific profession. It is,

thus, a market based course.

Keeping in mind the need to know

English and communication in English

for the students in everyday life the

course is offered to them. The teacher

is well qualified and is focusing on

developing communication skills in

English of the trainees. The duration of

the course is 6 months. In the year

2018-19, 155 trainees have

successfully completed the course.


Family Help Family Project

.

Family help family

project is the regular

feature project of CDS. In

total 84 families have

been given financial help

sponsored by a well to do

family to start a small

scale business and thus

have the possibility of

developing economical

status of the family.

Step 1 • Need Analysis of an appropriate

family from the slum areas

Step 2

• Assessment of the Family in terms of it's would be small scale earning unit

Step 3

• Facilitatation for establishing small business in terms of finance, material, motivation and support

Step 4 • Regular repayment of financial

support provided


Awareness Programme on Safety of Women

Community Development Society (CDS) aims at making the girls and Women from needy and poor

background feel empowered not just by availing vocational skills but also by being aware about various

aspects. So time to time various awareness programmes are held. Looking in to the present increase in

the incidents of women harassment at public places, exploitation and domestic violence, an awareness

programme on the theme “ Women Safety “ was organized last year. The outcome of this programme

was phenomenal as many trainees actually implemented what they learnt in that programme. So for

the new trainees, again in this year, a programme on the same theme was organized to make the

women aware about how to protect themselves jointly with Rotary Club Anand and Anand Institute of

Social Work. A large number of girls and women participated in this programme.

To eliminate fear of police

from the minds of girls and

poor women and to derive

inspiration from a successful

women, a team of lady police

were invited. As experts to

deliver speeches on “women

safety”.

A lady constable narrated

legal provisions for women

with regard to public

harassment and domestic

violence through examples.

She explained the laws made

specially for women. In cases

of harassment and violence,

whom to approach and what

to do was elaborately

explained by her.


District lady Counselor named

Shabnamben Khalifa of Women

Support Center wing of Anand Town

Police Station is a permanent well

wisher of CDs and in times of problem

cases, she comes out as a biggest

help. She was also present in the

programme. She explained the

concept of women empowerment in

terms of equality of rights and

availability of laws for women.

Women helpline services of Police

Department such as 100, 104 and

181 were talked abut very briefly with

demonstration by her. The

explanation of android app “181 –

ABHAYAM” (which means

fearlessness) designed especially for

women safety was also taught to the

trainees with demonstration. An

interactive discussion between the

lady officers and participants

regarding many cases was carried out

wherein many women participants

presented their cases without any

hesitation. The interaction for seeking

on the spot guidance was very fruitful

to the participants. A slot for seeking

individual guidance was also kept for

one to one interaction for cases

having severity of problems.

At the end of the programme, Manoj Macwan explained how CDS can be instrumental in making the

harassed women gain justice by contacting government agencies and explained what kind of fight CDS has

carried out in the past against the government to avail social justice.

Thus, the programme was very beneficial to the participants.


Short Term Vocational Course

A seven day long vocational course was organised jointly with Rotary Club of Anand for making the trainees

of various courses run at CDS. The skills taught in this vocational course are advanced Hair and Beauty

Treatments, Making Fresh flower ornaments, Jewellery Making, Fresh Flower arrangements, Making

household things using waste materials, Rakhi making etc. Everyday experts in different skills were invited

to make demonstration of the skills and the trainees were given hands on experiences to practise the learnt

skills. The major objective behind organising this vocational course was to equip the trainees with small

skills which can enable them earn money from Home. All the girls were given certificate of participation at

the end of the course. Women empowerment through skill building was thus made possible. 110 girls

participated in this short term vocational course.


Free Cloth Distribution in Slums

Community Development Society,

Rotary Club, Anand and Anand

Institute of Social Work joined

hands in collecting old but usable

cloths and blankets from different

people and organised the

distribution of the same to needy

and poor people residing in the

slum areas. This activity was

conducted in the month of

December when there was cold

weather and people in slums were

shivering out of cold.

This activity included many wealthy

and well to do people see the

needs of the poor people. They

were involved not just for donating

the cloths but also feel the

responsibility of develop concern

for those who do not have basics to

bear the extreme cold.

The collected cloths were

distributed as per size and quality

and then were taken to different

slum areas for distribution to avoid

chaos. More than 550 children, 230

women and 150 men were given

cloths


Thalassemia Awareness and Blood Check Up Camp

Jointly with Rotary Club, Anand

Thalassemia Awareness and

Thalassemia Check up camp along with

Blood Group Check up camp was

organised by Community Development

Society. The need of awareness

regarding this was felt as the majority

of the beneficiaries of the institution

are girls and ladies. The knowledge

regarding Thalassemia contribute in

decreasing post marital health issues.

So this programme was held.

Most of the trainees at Community

Development Society did not know

even their blood group. So The Blood

check up in context of their

thalassemia and Blood group was

done,

Dr Sangita Shukla offered her services

as an expert. With Power Point

Presentation she explained what and

how of Thalassemia check up and its

future benefits.

125 girls and ladies got their blood

tested free of charge. They got their

Blood group card too for future use

and thalassemia report as well.

It was a very beneficial programme for

the trainees.


Tribute to Martyrs of Pulwama Attack

Community Development Society always tries to develop National spirit in the trainees of various courses run by

Community development Society. Any National Problems requiring sensitisation is talked about in the

institution. The Pulwama attack done by Terrorists on the Indian Military force was condemned by organising a

programme of Tribute.

An Ex Military soldier Mr Ketan Thomas was invited to talk about the hard of Indian soldiers at the border. He

shared his experience of services in Indian Army and explained the role of Indian Army for the protection of

common people.

All religion prayer was conducted and the Pulwama attack was condemned by Manoj Macwan, President of

CDS.Flowers were offered to the martyrs of Pulwama Attack.The trainees took oath to protect India in every

way possible.


Awareness Programme on Menstrual Science and

Hygiene

Awareness regarding menstrual science is lacking in most of the girls coming from poor background. So an

awareness programme on menstrual hygiene and science of Menstruation was organised at CDS. The

myths regarding menstruation were discussed by the lady expert. The hygienic ways during menstruation

were also informed using power point presentation.

The trainees were taught to prepare reusable cloth pad to avoid hazards of readymade sanitary Napkins.A

workshop was conducted wherein all the participants prepared 3 R Pads ( Reduce, Reuse, Repeat). 150

ladies took part in this awareness programme.


Celebration of Women’s Day

8th March is celebrated as an international

women’s Day. Women, being the target

group, a motivational lecture on the topic

“ Women Empowerment” was organized.

150 participants took part in this

programme.

Mrs Seema Joshi offered her services as

an expert. In her speech, she expressed

ideas about the unique identity of women,

multi tasking nature of women, social

taboos hindering women development

and possibility of empowerment. In the

question answer session with the expert,

the participants presented various

problems of their life and sought expert

advise.from the speaker.

Moreover an open poster making

competition was organized on the theme

related to women empowerment. All the

posters were displayed in the exhibition

which was visited by many visitors. The

best posters were declared as winners.

The winners were awarded prizes.


Plastic Awareness Programme

“Say No To Plastics” is the need of the day. The overuse of it create pollution which will lead the man-kind to

catastrophic future. To raise awareness regarding this, Plastic Awareness Programme was organised. A well

known lady entrepreneur named Mrs Sejal Sevak, who is in to the production of eco friendly daily usable

things, with an interactive powerpoint presentation, explained the usefulness of degradable things and its

possible effects. 150 participants participated in this awareness programme.


Competitions and Recreational Activities

Throughout the year many competitions and recreational activities were organized to make the trainees

develop in every way possible. Community development Society, like every year, organizes various

competitions and celebrated some events too in the year 2017-18. An annual day was celebration

which, the students and trainees performed various cultural dances and The trainees were awarded

certificates and prizes for the competitions and events.

One day Picnic to a nearby Hill station named

Saputara

Panipuri (water Ball) Eating Competition

Saree Draping Competition Poster Making Competition


Celebrations for Developing Religious Harmony

Community Development Society believes in co –existence of every religion and each of the activity carried out by

the organisation, religious harmony is spread in the participants. As India is multi religious country and in CDS,

trainees from different religion co-exist, festivals of every religion are celebrated. This year too Diwali, Holi, Eid,

Navratri and Christmas were celebrated by trainees of all religions together.

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Our Esteemed Visitors from Germany

Like every year, a group of students from Frankfurt university, under the leadership of Mr Philip Muller,

visited community development society. They visited different projects run by CDS. Interaction with

trainees was quite interesting for them. They learnt about Indian culture during their stay. They were

also taken to slum areas where they had first hand experience of how people live in slum areas. In the

Flory Kinder garten, they made different activities with the students and played games with

them.Celebration of Holi festival at river side was also a unique experience for them.


Community Development Society (CDS) in Media


Concluding Note by the President

Community Development Society (CDS) over the last two decades has established itself as

an organization committed towards welfare and empowerment of slum children and

needy and poor women. The organization has worked with multiple stakeholders:

governmental bodies, media, private sector, international and national NGOs and

multilateral organizations to create a platform and an understanding towards this

marginalized and voiceless section of the society.

The year 2018-19 has been the year of achievements for CDS. Collaborative approaches

once again paid the desired result. During the year we effectively implemented our

regular projects, reaching out to over many children and young girls and women directly

through education, skill building and various services and activities.

It is equally satisfying to see CDS’s increasing ability to handle multiple projects through

the skilled and dedicated team it has been able to build. I Thank, Each and Every staff

member of CDs who have put on untiring efforts to accomplish the vision of the

organization.

Equally grateful I am to all the donors, supporters and well- wishers for putting in trust in

CDS and contribute in every way possible to build a society where there are no

deprivation and no discrimination. We are grateful to have such a dynamic team,

generous donors and our collaborating partners. We heartedly laud their valuable

support.

Quality, credibility and transparency are not just the technical jargons for us. We, at CDS,

make sure that they are observed in our day-to-day practices. In the coming year, we look

forward to expand our work and services to new potential locations with the same values

and spirit.

Manoj Macwan, President, CDS

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