Semi annual report, spring 2017

We have now completed our first semi annual report! A brief summary are presented below, but you can also read the whole report here.

Our Projects and Actions

We have supported Aryan's* Family to prevent under- and malnutrition.

The Family has two rooms in their house now, and they have a toilet. The second oldest son in the Family works in Dehli and decided to use his savings towards a proper roof on the new room; they covered most of the cost of the roof themselves. The toilet was build with funds from a government program we told them about. They have two working bycycles and all the children have the opportunity to go to literacy class (the two oldest sons do not attend). The oldest daughter has joined a one year class in sewing and clothes design, and she has a sewing machine to practise on and work with in the future. The children has gotten new clothes (donated by Vio and Vijay's friends and Devidine Association), and the mother got a new sari from us. There are also other things we have helped them with.

Late April, we started our Literacy Class, with Ravi Soni as our teacher. The classes are held 4 afternoons a week and the class takes up to 15 students. Some of our students have not gone to school (or dropped out early), others are still in school - or have finished class 8. Students who have finished class 8 in the village school still have very poor reading and writing skills, so our class is important for them too. Our teacher says the students are making good progress and are motivated for learning. The classes are held in front of the house of Aryan's Family (or inside if it rains).



We sent 28 kg of clothes and toys to Tikri in late April. Some of this was distributed on the 28th of May (the rest will be distributed at a later point).

Finances

Our regular expenses are about 350 euros a month as of 30th of June. 45 percent of this goes towards Aryan's* Family, 30 percent towards the Literacy Project, and the rest (about 25 percent) is compensation to Vio and Vijay. Our regular donations are about 390 euro a month. We also get single donations and semi- regular donations. We have a small surplus in our account available for the Literacy Project and/or new projects (260 euro) and the Board will discuss how to use this surplus after the summer holiday (the surplus is expected to grow over the summer).

Where to go from here

We want to keep working on promoting  literacy in the village of Tikri, and are hoping to set up a class for the older boys in the village.  We have to discuss this with our teacher and Vio and Vijay in Friends in Khajuraho Association. Friends in Khajuraho Association plans to start a new Project this fall - the Cloth Bag Project - and we will contribute towards this with whatever we can.