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Contents S. No. A) B) C) D) E) Title About Organization Activity Range Reasons for ChoosingApalaGhar Questionnaire Recommendations

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About :
APALA GHAR, a NGO managed by LATE VAIBHAV PHALNIKAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, established in 2001 by Shri Vijay Phalnikar and Mrs. SadhanaPhalnikar in memory of their only son Vaibhav who died of cancer, started in a small way by providing free ambulance service for the benefit of economically backward section of the society. Today we are able to successfully manage all our projects only by generous donations in cash/kind from our well wishers. The Trust, registered under Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950, has instituted three annual awards which are conferred on individuals or NGOs working for the benefit of the needy. Each award consists of a memento and Rs.5000/- in cash. When Leukemia snatched away Vaibhav from his parents Mr. Vijay and Mrs. Sadhana Phalnikar, they braved the loss very courageously and determined to turn this tragedy into an opportunity to serve the humanity. In this endeavor, they were helped among others by noted artists Shri. Suresh Wadkar, a reputed singer and Mrs. MrinalKulkarni a famous TV and Cine artist. A free ambulance service for the benefit of the poor was started in early 2002. The Trust helped 20 students financially by way of scholarships. ApalaGhar, a home for economically backward parentless children was started in Nov 2002. Their second unit at Donje, established in 2007, consists of Home for Destitute Children/Elders, Vocational Training Centre, Rural Hospital,Self contained cottages/suites for guests, Staff quarters and a temple of Lord Ganesha.

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Trustees: Vijay Phalnikar Founder President Naresh Iyer Vice President Sharad Fadnavis Secretary Rajiv Padhye Treasurer Mrs. Sadhana Phalnikar Trustee Prof. Anant Chakradeo Trustee Prof. Vijayan and Dushing Trustee Uday Thite Trustee Dr. Paresh Patel Trustee Pratin Faye Trustee Subash Parkhe Trustee Honorary Trustees Mr. Dilip Prabhavalkar, well known Cine/TV artist Mr. Rakesh Sharma. Social Worker Mrs. Pushpatai Wagle

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Reason for choosing ApalaGhar:
Apala-Ghar is one of the best-run NGOs in Pune region, with activities extending towards Destitute Children as well as Elder people along with Medical Services for benefit of Rural Areas. As a recognition of their hard-work, they have been felicitated by a variety of organizations and receive support of people from variety of back-ground. Some of the accolades that they have received are as follows: Master DinanathMangeshkar Appreciation Award 2007 Kharade Brahmin SanghPunyaGauravPuraskar 2007 Brotherhood Foundation, Punes Certificate of Honour for Endeavour in social Service 2007 Bharat NatyaMandirs Best Institute Award 2008 OmkarNyaas Punes PathdarshiPuraskar 2008 BharatiyaVidyaBhavans Excellent Services Award 2008 Manashakti Kendras Best Institute Award 2009 GurudattaSeva Trust SamajBhushan Award 2009 Rotary Club of Pune Midtowns Service Excellence Recognition Award 2010 Allana Institute of Managements Appreciation Award 2010 Seamless Education Academys Best NGO Award 2011 Krishna Educational Foundations Best Social Organisation Award 2011 Daily Sakal, Nagpur Editions Best Management Award 2011 Dada Kondke Memorial Foundations Best NGO Award 2011 Justice Abhyankar Award 2011 Appreciation Award from GomantVidyaniketan, Madgao, Goa for 2012 Appreciation Award from Cipla Palliative Care and Training Centre for 2012

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Activities carried out :
1. Home for Destitute Children/Elders at Donje This project was conceived with the idea to rekindle the grand parents/grand children bondage which has gone for a toss in the modern nuclear family system. Destitute elders shunned by their kin are owned and accepted by us. 10 such elders housed at our Donje unit enjoy the benefit of shelter, food and affection of the tiny tots. They also happily partake in all the Social activities organized by us. 2. Smt. Kausalya Karad Gramin Rugnalay

Many villages in and around Donje lack a primary health care centre. This prompted us to start a primary health care centre in the form of a Rural Hospital. We provide free medical treatment including medicines to farm workers and tribals of these villages. The hospital is equipped with two examination rooms, two wards with 3 beds each, an operation theater, Labour room, drug store and other facilities like pantry etc. Besides basic medical aid our doctors are experienced to treat patients who suffer from heat stroke, dehydration, etc. So far we have extended this free medical facility to more than 1500 patients and our hospital has become a support for more than 30000 villagers who are assured of primary health care. The X-ray & ECG facility at our centre is the only one available for these villagers.
3. Vocational Training Centre AtDonje

The vocational training centre is equipped to train our children in various activities like Carry bags and flat file making, Dhoop manufacturing, Herbal Phenyl making, Book binding, Disposable containers/plates/bowls made out of aluminium foiled sheets, Offset printing etc. We are extending these training facilities to other rural below poverty level children and women free of cost. Trainees coming from distant rural areas are provided food and accommodation free of cost during the training. Some of the socially and economically backward women trained by us in stitching and embroidery work have successfully started their own income generating activity. So far more than 400 women and 100 children from backward areas have benefited by our training.

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4. Centre for Destitute Children at Warje

This centre provides shelter, food and education to economically backward parent-less children, who are housed at two locations, Warje and Donje. The children attend regular schools affiliated to Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. Children are being trained in various vocations like stitching, printing, handicraft, carpentry, electrical wireman etc. Various social activities are organized at our centre which inculcates social, moral and cultural values in the children.

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Questionnaire for social project
1. How do you raise funds for your social projects? There is no Government Aid for running operations. The Financial needs are met by Public Donations only. Leading donors are Mr.DilipPrabhawalkar, popular star of Hindi and Marathi Movie Industry, Mr.Rakesh Sharma, a Social worker, Ms.Pushpa-Tai Wagale and Ms MrunalKulkarni, popular star of Hindi and Marathi Movie Industry.

2. What are the challenges that you face while raising funds? There is no such problem towards raising funds as they have a self-sustaining model.

3. Do you have tie-ups with any Indian or foreign institutions/companies for raising funds? There are no such tie-ups with any Indian or Foreign institutes for financial donations, but there are representatives who help in receiving and arranging Funds. The Representatives are as follows Nagpur (Maharashtra) ShriShyamAskarkar Cell.No.9822693297 Mumbai Borivali (East) AkshataKamath New Delhi Shri. V.D.Kolhatkar 09289773035

akki.kamti@gmail.com
09819790916 Chennai Shri. BhushanYerpude 09043334904

Baroda Smt. SandhyaGohil 09879109581

U.K (England) ShriAshirwad C. Deshmukh Phone no 07784440131,

ashirwad86@gmail.com
USA Shri.Girish Thakar Mrs.Lina G.Thakar 196,Bryna Lane, Carnegie. Pittsburgh. PA.15106 U.S.A. Phone no (001) 4122760444 Canada Australia

Shri. Harish Athale Shri Sunil Barbhai 2327 vally Forest way 5 Manus Place. Oakville Glenfield, On L6H6W8 NSW 2167. email: harish.athale@gmail.comSydney,Australia. Phone no. (02) 98294805 Phone : 9052576945

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4. Do you employ full time or part time employees or do you get all the work done from the volunteers? The staff strength is of 65. All of them have been employed in Full-time capacity.

5. What are the human resources/ manpower problems that you face and how do you tackle it? Because of such large number of Full-time employed people, there is no such constraint currently.

6. Are you facing any problems regarding space constraints in your premises? There are 2 Campuses Warje and Donje. Total area available is of about 20,000 square-meter {20 Guntha}. Hence there is no such space constraint recently.

7. Which are the projects that you have currently undertaken and which are the projects that you intend to undertake in future? The current projects are as followsi) ii) iii) iv) Home for Destitute Children and Elders at Donje SmtKausalyaKarad Rural Hospital at Donje Vocational Training Centre at Donje Centre for Destitute Children at Warje

Currently, there are no such Future Plans for any new project. However, there is a plan to increase facilities for 35 Children at Warje to 50 Children.

8. How do you plan to raise funds, tackle manpower problems, space constraints and tackle other problems which you may face for your future projects? As Elders also cooperate, there is no need for Man-power for increasing number of students. As for the funds, Donations and Sponsorships would be used.

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9. Do you carry out any promotional activities so as to create awareness about your organization and its work? There is no such need to promote the activity as Strong Personal contacts exist with the Industry people. Recently, HDFC Bank, Shivaji Nagar Branch, Pune, sponsored the construction of Approach Road for the Donje Campus. The Cost for this activity was about 4 Lacs. Further, as a CSR activity, same organization also built 6 rooms for the Children and Staff. Earlier, because of problems related to Water-supply, Shriram Transport provided for Bore-well and Water-treatment facility at cost of 2.5 lacs. As such, there is no need of additional funds.

10. Apart from Pune are there any locations where you have undertaken social projects? No, the focus is only on Warje and Donje projects.

11. How do you identify and approach the target market (people who need help) for your social projects? The initial contacts were gained by Professional Experience. Later on, the funds were obtained as result of Word of Mouth.

12. Do you have tie-ups with police stations and hospitals who can help you to identify people suitable for your projects? They run their own Hospital. The Warje Campus lies in Warje Jurisdiction, while Donje falls underSinhgad Jurisdiction. The Police have been extremely cooperative. They approach ApalaGhar whenever there is any case related to Orphans.

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13. Strengths of organization. Strong community support towards funding. Vocational Training Centre has helped in Horizontal Integration. Elders participation is a step towards Vertical Integration. Elders also participate towards daily operations.

14. Weaknesses of organization. No open Promotional Activity. No political patronage. No Government Aid.

15. Opportunities for organization. Increasing Capacity of Campus. Expanding Hospital Activity towards Specialized treatment. More funds via Promotional activity.

16. Threats for organization Self-sustaining model is pretty delicate, as it depends on donations from regular donors only. Educational activity is carried out because of support of a School. So there is a slight probability that higher fee maybe charged in future.

17. How do you manage payment of your employees? As sufficient donations are received, the sundry payments and salaries are met through them. Further, the staff is allowed to stay on Campus for free, hence no additional expense on part of employee is required for housing. 18. Are the major NGOs trying to over shadow you/ troubling you? No such instance has been recorded as yet. They themselves are one of the best-managed NGOs. Their personal approach is also not Competitive, but is focussed only towards welfare of destitutes.

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19. Are there variations in funds you get every year? Who is the major fund contributor? The sponsors are fixed, and are regular. They constitute major chunk of Funding. In case there is need of more funds, then the listed Donors are contacted.

20. Why did you start this organization? (Context- why not orphanage/ old age home/ rehabilitation centre?) Shri Vijay Phalnikar and Mrs. SadhanaPhalnikar, in memory of their only son Vaibhav who died of cancer, started in a small way by providing free ambulance service for the benefit of economically backward section of the society. As they gathered more resources and support, they expanded towards other projects.

21. Where would you like to see your organization after 10 years? The current intent of this organization is to continue working for at least a life-time (20-25 years), and to increase intake to the extent possible, while improving on Medical Services being offered.

22. Who is the backbone of your organization? Shri Vijay Phalnikar and Mrs. SadhanaPhalnikar only form the Pillars of Organization. They have left their previous occupations to devote complete time towards this activity.

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Recommendations:
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Promoting electronic transactions and generation of online Donation Receipts.

A receipt is generated for any donation ranging from Rs 1 to any amount. This receipt is generated upfront in case the donor comes to their office. In other cases however, the receipt is also delivered to their homes after collection of cheques. We recommend that an online facility where donors can request for donation to ApalaGhar. The concerned authority will approve or reject this request. Once the request is accepted the donor can make online payment and online receipt will be generated.

Fixed deposits to ensure future.

The NGO accepts sponsorship for children at ApalaGhar. The NGO has successfully been able to get sponsorship for all 35 children there and also has surplus where donors are willing to sponsor the expenses of children but have to wait for next year when possibly there would be a vacancy. Instead, we suggest that FD/ RD/ post Office Deposits be created for children. This money may be used in situations like marriage of girls or future emergency requirements for the children.

Promoting Entrepreneurship spirit among the children.

At the NGO the children are given apt education, living and a traditional culture is developed in them. The NGO also carries out activities like making paper bags/ caps etc. we recommend a detailed programme for the children to develop entrepreneurship skills in them. Certain business related exposure may be given to the students to inculcate a sense of entrepreneurship and would make them self employed than search for employment. Doing so will help them build a concrete career for the children along with their education.

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Building Fund for promoting competitive spirit in children.

Many donors are rejected on account of fulfilment of the requirement. Instead of rejecting, a fund can be created for promoting sportsmanship and competitiveness amongst children. Children performing exceptionally well in exams like NTSE/MTSE/Scholarship exams/ PravinyavaPradhnyashodh/Kaprekar exam / National level Sports etc may be awarded. The funds may be accepted as deposits and intrest on the deposits could be kept as a prize so that the prize money is given every year.

In case there is no one to claim the prize that year then that money could be used as a source to buy educational material/sports equipments as predecided mutually by the donor and the management of apalaghar.