About Lead Foundation

To make education accessible to the children of migrant and non-migrant laborers and slum dwellers in Maharashtra. Email us at [email protected]

1. Opening our hearts... To open their minds!

2. Scope of the presentation Who are we? What do we do? How do we do it? Some memories down the lane Some financial talks Learning to teach LEAD in Limelight Some of our achievements Women empowerment project Rural Project Other Projects that we are part of Our journey so far Testimonials Looking for your support

3. Who Are we? LEAD Foundation is a completely volunteer driven NGO (Registered Public Charitable Trust) wherein a group of like-minded people viz. young working professionals, house-wives, students and senior citizens have united by the desire to educate and thereby, change destinies of the lesser fortunate ones. We primarily work with the children living in the shanties/ street shelters of Airoli and Ghansoli, in Navi-Mumbai, Maharashtra, who hail from the families of construction workers and other daily wagers. We first admit these children into the nearby municipal schools and then strive to provide a cheerful environment for their holistic development so as to prevent their early drop out due to their problems at home. Established in the year July 2008, LEAD has completed its three years of establishment spreading love, education and, in the journey, aspiring others to change destinies.

4. What do we do? Tribal villages Life - skills English and computers

5. How do we do it? Identifying families of non-migrant slum communities and enrolling children from such communities in nearby municipal schools. Supplementing the education of those children by teaching the basic subjects as well as teaching through extra curriculur activities A well designed programme taking into account major festivals and other occassions is developed around the year for a balanced development of the children

6. Integrating the values of patriotism by celebrating Independence and Republic Day … Raksha Bandhan celebrations@LEAD Holi and Diwali celebrations@ LEAD Some more Masti… Some memories down the lane… It is said... A picture is worth thousand words Then... These would be worth Millions Eco friendly ganesha in association with NHP and Euroschool to understand and teach the difference with different perspective… Imparting values and education through different occassions… This is where we learn…

7. Learning beyond the boundaries… Trip to Earth mela Tree plantation Rifle Shooting classes Learning about dental and oral hygiene Sports day Origami workshop

8. Some financial talks… Expenses Heads Amount Rent (Sec-19 Airoli centre :150 sq. ft) 4500 Food Making & Delivery Charges(Airoli) 3500 Food materials (Airoli) 4500 Food Making & Delivery Charges(Ghansoli) 1500 Food materials (Ghansoli) 2500 Electricity 500 Salary of Airoli teacher (Commerce student) 2000 Salary of Ghansoli teacher (Housewife) 2000 Other (Snacks/Outing/Festival/workshop) 2000 Total 23000 *All the expenses listed above are on monthly basis

9. Learning to teach Volunteers training session on effective teaching

10. LEAD in limelight…

11. Some of our achievments… Started with just one volunteer to forming a team of more than 50 dedicated & committed volunteers to be a part of this change We are now catering to 4 different slum communities in Airoli without any compromise in quality and loss of encouragement From a humble beginning at hutments/footpaths/temples, we have now moved to or own rented place In the due course of three years we have admitted more than 70 kids from different locations in municipal schools and retained over 80% of them Also started work in Ghansoli , under the Mahape bridge and have admitted and retained more than 20 kids in the municipal schools

12. Contd… Have garnered support and won the trust of different individuals/NGOs/ Corporates/ Schools/Colleges on the way as an un-registered body for 2yrs Are now looking after health and nutrition of kids enrolled at our centre and providing them home-cooked breakfast/snacks as well distributing nutritional powder packets to pregnant/lactating mothers and adolscent girls Have empowered some of the mothers of our kids, thus supporting their families Majority of the kids at our centres have managed to score more than 80% in the academics Have also started work in tribal villages since Mar 2011 Recognition of Ashoka’s Youth Venture Program It 's been over 3 years now and we are proud to say that we have been able to make a significant impact in the lives of over 80 children and even, to an appreciable extent, in the thinking and behavioral patterns of the major stakeholders - their parents.

13. But most importantly our achievement lies… in hundreds of smiles And our endeavour is to….. Create thousands more…

14. Women empowerment projects… Candle making project The candle project was initiated with a plan to provide incremental income to mothers of the children who comes to LEAD everyday LEAD provided training and raw materials for candle making Today, the women in our communities have proven themselves by making high quality candles sold in more than 5 corporate stalls.

15. Tailoring and embroidery classes WISE (Women's Institute for Social Education) project teaches tailoring, embroidery, cooking to the women in our community for free of cost. LEAD arranges to pay only for the raw materials and the conveyance allowances for 2 teachers. The programme aims to equip ladies with special skill sets so that they can become self-dependent

16. Rural project at tribal villages In March 2011, LEAD ventured upon one of the most exciting and challenging projects in one of the tribal villages near Badlapur – Lavhali We started with following activities in the village: English/ Computer classes every weekend to class-8,9 & 10 students Distribution of Nutrition powder to the adolescent girls as well as Anganwadi children (1-6yrs) Distributing educational toys/games/books and computer for the primary school Aptitude testing and career counseling for the students of class-9 and 10 Trip to Juhu Beach and ISKCON Session on Menstrual Health and hygiene for adolescent girls by Gynecologist

17. Rural project at tribal villages Further, in association with Dr. P N Singh Foundation, LEAD has started ‘ Leaders of Tomorrow ’ project in the secondary school of a similar tribal village, Boradpada, for its 9 th and 10 th standard students coming from various surrounding villages.

18. Other projects that we are a part of Sponsoring Educational expenses of needy and deserving students Rehabilitation of extremely poor/street children into shelter homes Encouraging kids in some of the shelter homes Special inclusive programs in association with reputed schools aimed to sensitize the privileged children about the other world and inculcate, in their young minds, some of the most important humanitarian traits like gratitude, compassion, empathy, equality and acceptance

19. Testimonials Children Speak Sanjana, Class 6 th “I don’t feel good on the days I don’t come to LEAD” Anjali, Class 5 th “Teachers, here, are like our friends and weshare our problems with them. They understand us and help us.” Rajesh, Class 8 th , “I used to sort junk before, but Rupesh sir brought me here in LEAD. Now I only study and I want to grow up to become someone great. Before coming to LEAD I did not know how to talk well or study but the teachers here taught me that. I study, play, paint, make new things here. All the teachers are great here.” Volunteer speak Tulsiram, Class 4th “I like coming to LEAD, I was silent before butteachers say now I have started talking a lot. Teachers here love us and do not hit us. I also take the help of the teachers here for school homework. I also like the food we get here and also like the games we play here.” Jyoti Madam , 49, housewife: “Being part of LEAD is amazing. These kids have become my family. I enjoy teaching them. I want every single child to get proper equal education and besuccessful in the future.” Avishkar, 25, Telecommunications engineer: “ LEAD gave new dimensions to my life, my thinking towards society, people has completely changed. LEAD has helped me to grow as an individual; it feelssatisfying to work for my country and its people.” Vinita Shah, 37, puppetier : “Sitting under the shade of a lush green tree, having an impromptu story telling session (with kids in LEAD) is one of the finest memories I cherish. It hasbeen a wonderful come back to teaching by being with LEAD. It is wonderful afeeling to see the million dollar smiles and gleaming eyes looting the littlepleasures of learning with fun!”

20. Our Journey so far… LEAD also stands for leadership. We tell our volunteers what to do and not really about how to do; and they surprise us with their results. We may assign them a task in the beginning but after a short while they realize for themselves the various ground realities and the challenges at hand and develop their own ways of working. Volunteering with LEAD involves a lot of multitasking but it also gives us the opportunity to work with the diverse team, freedom to use our skills, execute our ideas and stretch our capacities in a manner of our liking. And hence, we succeed in transforming our volunteers into LEADers. When we started out, we were just individuals who taught some kids in our area, there was no professional social worker, no NGO & not even a thought about funds. We just focused on educating our kids and everything else followed. Similarly, each one of us can make a difference if we put our minds and more importantly our hearts into it. So take the plunge & start doing something; because just intentions don’t matter!

21. Some generous donations in kind

22. Looking for your suppport… Volunteer your time and hobby/professional skills for our urban and/or rural students • Donate in Cash or Kind. • Sponsor one of our programs like education, nutrition/ snacks, picnics workshops • Spread awareness about the work of LEAD in your circle of influence, by word of mouth, putting up posters in colleges/schools/ offices/societies/high foot-fall areas, through internet, sharing information about our work in meetings/gatherings. • Connect us with other skilled/resource persons/like-minded people/groups. Individuals

23. Looking for your suppport… Donate in cash or/and kind Employees’ time donation to share their skills with kids at our centre Sponsor a specific programme Adopt an area Specially designed and modified programmes in sync with the companies CSR activities Corporates

24. Thank You! Contact us at : LEAD Foundation 14, Garden View Society, Plot-66, Near Jain Temple, Behind NHP/VPM School, Sector 19, Airoli, Navi Mumbai 400 708 Email us at: [email protected] Like us at : http://www.facebook.com/LEAD.Foundation Visit us at : http://www.lead-foundation.org Our Blog : http://blog.lead-foundation.org " We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop" - Mother Teresa You can get in touch with us: