Mera Gaon Meri Dunia (MGMD)
Nurturing local youth leaders to tranform the education scenario and lead social change in their own communities.
- Bronze Certified 2023
- FCRA
- 80G
- 12A
- CSR-1
About
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Headquarters
Nagda, Madhya Pradesh
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Since
2019
Vision: A world where youth are leading sustainable social change with their own communities. Mission: Transforming education scenario in the communi Read morety lead by local edu leaders. Values: Decentralization, Excellence, Ownership, Joy, Personal Growth, Collaboration Where: Ujjain and Ratlam district, western part of Madhya Pradesh called Malwa. We started working here voluntarily since 2016 and formally since 2019. Mera Gaon Meri Dunia started when 04 youth from Madhya Pradesh and Himachal returned to village with the aim of dedicating their life for the community they belong to. Idea of Mera Gaon Meri Dunia is where youth from the villages and community people take the ownership to lead and transform the scenario in the villages.70 percent of the population is into agriculture. Following the family tradition, youth has been engaged into farming from an adolescent age. However, this trend is going a reduction due to changing aspirations of the community to get a regular salaried jobs. Also, gender-based disparities are stringent. School dropout of girls in the age range of 6-14 years was recorded to be around 25 percent. Child marriage and early marriage is quite prevalent in various communities in both genders. In households are also marked by not much focus on and appropriate support for studies and career building in households. Even in a young age, the role segregation as per gender is quite strict and confirming that girls are expected to take care of all the household chores with limited mobility outside the house. Also, taboos related to menstruation and inter-gender friendships are strong and highly influential in determining once regularity in schools and other places. The enrollment of youth in the region in higher education is still not adequate (35 percent, roughly) in which most get into short term skill building courses like ITI and distance education courses along with preparation for govt competitive exams (police, bank and others). Very few get into regular colleges and attend classes on a daily basis. Vasudha is a gold medalist in Human Development and Childhood studies and Nageshwar a postgraduate from IIITM and winner of Ipreure 17 with 15+ years of experience in the sector started Mera Gaon Meri Dunia with a dream of nurturing local youth to support their community with dignity. In the next 04-05 years they are able to align 30+ individuals to impact the life of 5000+ of students and villagers keeping sustainability theouth decentlaization and ownership at the core. Currently Mera Gaon Meri Dunia is having 30 people in the team with zero percent iteration rate in the core team since 2019. Mera Gaon Meri Dunia is also certified as Great Place to Work for High-Trust, High-Performance Culture
Issue
We work in the rural areas of Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh (Ujjain Distrcit). Most of the family in agriculture and daily wage worker. In our study we found that 84% of household income is less than 2 Lakh per annum. Also, gender-based disparities are stringent. Child marriage and early marriage is quite prevalent in various communities in both genders. In some of the villages we are not able to found a single unmarried girl with 12th pass. The enrollment of youth in the region in higher education is still not adequate (35 percent, roughly) and most of them are doing it from distance only. Education is a source of growth and development to shape the lives of all individuals and achieve a better society. The truth is that 96% of 8-10-year-old children from government schools in the rural Mahidpur Road cluster can't read Std 2 level text, 90% of them can't do subtraction with borrow, and 95% of them can't do multiplication. The fact is that 80% of primary schools have children sitting in multiple-grade classrooms. Adding to this, the formal education space in villages is marked by low community participation (less than 3% parent participation in PTM). This further aggravates the divide between the school and the community where what we learn in the school is often disconnected from the issues of the community. For many children, Hindi is the second language (after Malwi - the local dialect) proficiency which leads to a gap in major learning outcomes. The need to educate is seen as a lower priority among many families, the learning needs of children are often neglected which is indicated by long and frequent periods of absence from government schools and early drop-out of female students (more than 25 per cent in the age group 14-16, 2019-2020). The schools in rural areas lack basic infrastructural requirements (90% of government schools are without drinking water taps and 40 % without electricity - Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) Plus Report. Coupled with this, most schools have a low teacher-student ratio which leads to a reduced age-appropriate engagement with children.
Action
We are running following projects 1. Sparsh Sparsh is a project where local edu leaders transforming government schools in the villages led by local edu leaders. In this program, one youth from one village (supported by other volunteers) takes ownership of the change education scenario in the area started with village. 2. Skills On Wheels “ Project Skills On Wheel “ about the access of Multi Skill Foundation Course through a designed mini vechile equipped with two trained facilitators for the right skills and temperament towards education right from adolescence. The beneficiaries of this program are school students in the age group of 13-15 years studying in 8th & 9th grades, predominantly to run in rural parts. 3. Mission Malwa Mission Malwa is about nurturing local women edu leaders in rural Madhya Pradesh through supporting them in their initiatives thriugh developing skills in personal, project, and professional areas with a basic stipend. 4. Shrinkhalaa Project “Shrinkhalaa” is enabling local youth leaders to embody constitutional values by developing an understanding of the constitution and various social issues and practicing the same in their own day-to-day lives. Youth will also acquire leadership skills and facilitate the same for youth and other stakeholders in their community.
Demographies Served
Cause Area
Impact
1. 100,000+ hours voluntarily contributed by parents, youth, and students for school development. 2. Our youth leader Manisha selected for the prestigious Ban Ki Moon (8th UN Secretly General) award for school transformation. 3. In COVID-19 we reached 35,000+ people directly for covid relief work like testing and distribution of medical and ration kits. 4. Students who were at the beginning level of proficiency in English reduced from 37.90 5 to 1.67%. Now, 72 percent of children can read a story in Hindi (std 2 level text) which was earlier only 18 percent. 5. 32+ Community projects are done by the local community and participation in the PTM increased from 3 percent to 80+ percent. 6. Reached 5000+ students, 800+ Youth, 1200+ parents and 250+ teachers
Programs
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Sparsh
Sparsh is a project where local edu leaders transforming government schools in the villages led by local edu leaders. In this program, one youth from one village (supported by other volunteers) takes ownership of the change education scenario in the area started with village.
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Skills On Wheels
This program integrates job and life skills training in existing school curricula to make high school education more practical and relevant. The multi-skill vocational education program provides students with hands-on experience in subjects such as electrical wiring, welding, carpentry, plumbing, engineering drawing, gardening, blood group testing, motor pump repair, soil and water testing, blood pressure measurement etc. during the school timing and at the school premises.
The program is offered in the existing high schools, using existing infrastructure and school schedule.
Impact Metrics
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Increase in Learning Outcome of Students
Program Name
Sparsh
Year-wise Metrics- 2020-21 350
- 2021-22 800
- 2022-23 2500
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% Increase in Attendecne of Parents in Parents Teacher Meeting
Program Name
Sparsh
Year-wise Metrics- 2021-22 50
- 2022-23 75
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No of Community Project Done by Parents
Program Name
Sparsh
Year-wise Metrics- 2021-22 0
- 2022-23 32
Leadership Team
Demographics & Structure
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No. of Employees
21-50
M&E
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Internal, External Assessors
No
Policies
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Ethics and Transparency Policies
No
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Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy
No
Political & Religious Declarations
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On Affiliation if any
No
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On Deployment Bias if any
No
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AABCZ3780A
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Registration ID
U85300HP2019NPL007483
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VO ID / Darpan ID
HP/2020/0265286
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12A
AABCZ3780AF20231
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80G
AABCZ3780AE20231
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FCRA
NA
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CSR Registration Number
CSR00008220
Location
Other Details
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Parent Organisation
NA
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Sister Organisation
NA
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Type & Sub Type
Non-profit
Section 8 (formerly Section 25)
Website
Financial Details
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2021-22
IncomeRs.3,797,000ExpensesRs.3,791,200Admin ExpensesRs.701,200Program ExpensesRs.3,090,000Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2022-23
IncomeRs.4,037,422ExpensesRs.4,267,005Admin ExpensesRs.617,005Program ExpensesRs.3,650,000Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it.