Mandra Lions Club - Part 2
Mandra Lions Club - Part 2
Project Brief: Mandra Lions Club is working in education and upliftment of the Santhal tribes in one of the most backward part of the tribal district of Purullia, West Bengal.
Project Type: Residential School (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact: CentralNJ
Project Type: Residential School (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)
Secondary Focus: other
Area: RuralSupporting Chapter Contact:
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Arul Gopal
Project Partner(s): Somnath Singha Roy
Other Contacts: Joyjit Roy
Project Address: , ,,Vill + P.O. - Baghmundi,
West Bengal 723152
Tel: 91-03252 - 250335/250533/2503
Stewarding Chapter: CentralNJ
Project Steward: Arul Gopal
Project Partner(s): Somnath Singha Roy
Other Contacts: Joyjit Roy
Project Address: , ,,Vill + P.O. - Baghmundi,
West Bengal 723152
Tel: 91-03252 - 250335/250533/2503
Stewarding Chapter: CentralNJ
Mandra Lions Club (MLC) works in the remotest corner blocks of Purulia, West Bengal, since last 17 years for ensuring the Rights of the Children.
This project is different from the eponymous project run by Asha Stanford and SV. They have been supporting basic education initiatives at 7 tribal villages at Ajodhaya hill. Details of this project can be found at
Stanford-SV Mandra Project
The current project is about supporting 7 new schools based on the model of the previous Stanford/SV project. The schools in both projects are pre-primary balwadi centers where the children are taught in Santhali language and ALCHIKI script, which is most suitable script for Santhali languages. This was introduced by Pandit Raghunath Murmu, 100 years back.
Ajodhaya Hill consists of 74 tribal villages. There are local Govt schools but due to jungle it is non approachable for the children as well as the teachers. The teachers recruited by the government are totally non tribal and the children do not relate to them. For this reasons Mandra has started basic education centres where the alchiki script and local tribal language is used. This project is in 7 villages and Mandra wants to replicate the model of the previous Stanford/SV project.
Please also visit the Asha CNJ wikispaces for more detailed information about this project
This project is different from the eponymous project run by Asha Stanford and SV. They have been supporting basic education initiatives at 7 tribal villages at Ajodhaya hill. Details of this project can be found at
Stanford-SV Mandra Project
The current project is about supporting 7 new schools based on the model of the previous Stanford/SV project. The schools in both projects are pre-primary balwadi centers where the children are taught in Santhali language and ALCHIKI script, which is most suitable script for Santhali languages. This was introduced by Pandit Raghunath Murmu, 100 years back.
Ajodhaya Hill consists of 74 tribal villages. There are local Govt schools but due to jungle it is non approachable for the children as well as the teachers. The teachers recruited by the government are totally non tribal and the children do not relate to them. For this reasons Mandra has started basic education centres where the alchiki script and local tribal language is used. This project is in 7 villages and Mandra wants to replicate the model of the previous Stanford/SV project.
Please also visit the Asha CNJ wikispaces for more detailed information about this project
Long Term Goal: To ensure all rights (Development, Survival, Protection and Participation) of every child by involving the total community of the 74 villages Community. To ensure that as per the recommendations of the Kothari commission, tribal language and Alchiki script are introduced in Govt schools.
Short Term Goal: To set up pre-primary balwadis in all 74 villages and teach the first generation learners, basic education, through Santhali language and Alchiki script. Then introduce them to Bengali language gradually and see to it that they smoothly transition to primary schools whose medium if Bengali
Short Term Goal: To set up pre-primary balwadis in all 74 villages and teach the first generation learners, basic education, through Santhali language and Alchiki script. Then introduce them to Bengali language gradually and see to it that they smoothly transition to primary schools whose medium if Bengali
Mandra Lions Club was a youth group formed this organisation in 1975 by a well established NGO called Mandra Unnayan Sansad in a place called Mandra in Hooghly district. Somnath Singha Roy (one of the founder members of the youth club) grew up at his maternal uncle's place in Purullia district. Since be knew that Purullia district one of the drought pro- ne and deprived area in overall India. The club moved to Purullia in 1992 and has been working there ever since.
This project supports 7 schools which are different from those supported by Asha Stanford/SV in the eponymous project 'Mandra Lions Club'
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Jan 2013 Budget 2012 - 2013
Dec 2012 Meeting Minutes 2013
Nov 2012 Approval Minutes and Poll
Aug 2012 Site Visit
Aug 2011 Meeting Minutes
Jun 2011 Site visit report
Apr 2011 Proposal
Jun 2010 Joyjit's site vist report
May 2010 2010-11 budget
Mar 2010 Audited financials 2009-10
Dec 2009 Project proposal 2010-11
Aug 2009 Mandra Project Proposal 2009
Dec 2008 Site Visit Report by Joy
Oct 2008 Revised Budget for Mandra for 2008-9 from CNJ and Burlington
Aug 2008 Mandra Budget 08
Dec 2007 Mandra-Project-Proposal-2008
Oct 2007 Mandra-Site-Visit-Oct-2007
Jan 2013 Budget 2012 - 2013
Dec 2012 Meeting Minutes 2013
Nov 2012 Approval Minutes and Poll
Aug 2012 Site Visit
Aug 2011 Meeting Minutes
Jun 2011 Site visit report
Apr 2011 Proposal
Jun 2010 Joyjit's site vist report
May 2010 2010-11 budget
Mar 2010 Audited financials 2009-10
Dec 2009 Project proposal 2010-11
Aug 2009 Mandra Project Proposal 2009
Dec 2008 Site Visit Report by Joy
Oct 2008 Revised Budget for Mandra for 2008-9 from CNJ and Burlington
Aug 2008 Mandra Budget 08
Dec 2007 Mandra-Project-Proposal-2008
Oct 2007 Mandra-Site-Visit-Oct-2007