ISDGEI -Institute for Socially Disadvantaged Groups Educational Improvement

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Project Brief: The Institute for Socially Disadvantaged Groups' Educational Improvement (ISDGEI), currently operates a Creche Unit, a Primary School, an 'Open' school, a Vocational Center and a Community Service Unit in the slums of Rajendranagar near Kolhapur.
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: girls (description)

Secondary Focus: children from slums

Area: Urban
Supporting Chapter Contact: Michigan State University
Project Contacts
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Prasanna Pendse
Project Partner(s): Rituparna Sengupta
Other Contacts: Vidyanand Rajpathak
Project Address: , Rajendranagar,,Kolhapur,
Maharashtra  416004
Tel:
Stewarding Chapter: Michigan State University
Funding History
Jun 2007Michigan State UniversityUSD 4000
Dec 2005SeattleUSD 3000
Nov 2004SeattleUSD 3300
Jan 2004SeattleUSD 1650
Dec 2003Michigan State UniversityUSD 2000
Dec 2002Michigan State UniversityUSD 1100
Dec 2001BerkeleyUSD 2700
Dec 2001Michigan State UniversityUSD 1100
Dec 2000Michigan State UniversityUSD 866
Dec 2000BerkeleyUSD 1700

Total = $21416

Project Description
The Institute for Socially Disadvantaged Groups' Educational Improvement (ISDGEI), currently operates a Creche Unit, a Primary School, an 'Open' school, a Vocational Center and a Community Service Unit in the slums of Rajendranagar near Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Asha-Mich St. partially funds the Creche Unit.
ISDGEI was founded in 1989 by Dr. M. V. Sreedhar with the aim of bring about social change and social transformation of deprived groups through education. Education has been a pivotal role in holistic development of socio-economic development of vulnerable section of the society i.e. SC, ST and NT. ISDGEI also works at bringing child labour mainly girl child labour from the work place to the mainstream of education. ISDGEI also takes on the economic empowerment of the illiterate women residing in slums (i.e. Rajendra Nagar).
Project Documents
Jul 2005 Site Report July 2005
Nov 2004 Clarifications to Questions
Apr 2004 Breakup of 2004-05 funds
Mar 2004 Annual Report EduComp
Mar 2004 Annual Report FinComp
Jun 2003 Site Visit by Asha Pune
Dec 2002 2003 Proposal
Feb 2001 Site Visit by Susheel