Gram Vikas
Gram Vikas
Project Brief: Gram Vikas is a voluntary organisation working amongst the rural (and poor) areas of Orissa.
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: health and cleanliness (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact: NYC/NJ
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: health and cleanliness (description)
Secondary Focus: other
Area: RuralSupporting Chapter Contact:
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Jay Jayapalan
Project Partner(s):
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , ,,Mohuda Village,
Orissa 760002
Tel: 91-680-209755-63
Stewarding Chapter: NYC/NJ
Project Steward: Jay Jayapalan
Project Partner(s):
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , ,,Mohuda Village,
Orissa 760002
Tel: 91-680-209755-63
Stewarding Chapter: NYC/NJ
| Dec 2000 | NYC/NJ | USD 11500 |
| Dec 1999 | Silicon Valley | USD 55173 |
Total = $66673
Gram Vikas runs a fairly large program in education, covering about 300 villages, through primary education - that is up to class five. There are residential schools which are located in three districts - Ganjam, Gajapati, Kalahandi, for tribal children from remote and inaccessible villages. In addition to these there are pre-school training centers in all the villages. There is a resident village volunteer and a 'balwadi mother' in each village to run the center in the village.
Gram Vikas founded in 1971 has a permanent staff of 270 people and has a multi-crore annual budget. Gram Vikas focuses on areas other than education such as safe drinking water, primary health care and hygienic living conditions. ASHA typically doesn't fund large and well-funded organizations like Gram Vikas but it made an exception for this project because: i) the devastating cyclone in Orissa (one-time event) ruined well-functioning schools operated by Gram Vikas and Gram Vikas lacked funding to re-build these schools, ii) high level of comfort with the people at Gram Vikas and their ability to reconstruct the schools within a reasonable period of time.