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Children

Prithvi Krishnamurthy

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This is a sample description for Livelihood. For the purpose of testing I will use the word LivelihoodLivelihoodLivelihoodLivelihood.

Livelihood

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Neither 8-year-old Sarita (name changed), nor her parents had ever seen the inside of a school until recently. And had it not been for our NGO partner Turnstone Global, yet another generation of the family would have followed in the footsteps of those before. And Sarita would be left with no other option but to remain trapped in the cycle of poverty and illiteracy. Not just Sarita but a large number of children have had no access to education in the extremely backward areas of Purulia district in West Bengal. Turnstone Global’s Daulat Public School has brought in winds of change for countless children like Sarita who are the first in their families to receive formal education. Visually impaired, Dr Kanchan Gaba, head of Turnstone Global, noticed the transformation that education can bring in the lives of the less privileged and started Daulat Public School. Its sole objective is to usher in a brighter future for children of Purulia. But she can not do it alone.Dr Kanchan, strapped for funds, is struggling to expand her school to meet the vast need in the region. Join her in this mission and enable hundreds of children to start their educational journey today. Donate now. Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA). Staggering scale of poverty“Poverty in these areas is such that families are struggling for two square meals a day. Most families are surviving on just rice and salt which is provided by the government. Proper education, which can be the only beacon of hope for children to come out of generational poverty, is well out of reach for tribal families here, Dr Kanchan says. The scale of poverty in these villages is staggering and the need for education is immense. Turnstone Global and Dr Kanchan cannot tackle this challenge alone. With a little support, the NGO can be a catalyst of change for generations to come. Donate generously to make Dr Kanchan’s dream come true. Generations trapped in illiteracyAccording to the head of the nonprofit organisation, not a single member of several families has ever set foot in a school. When ground level workers of Turnstone Global began surveying the area and spoke to families, they were astonished to see that even the concept of education was foreign to many. However, today Turnstone Global is providing quality English education and nutritious meals to over 250 students. “We want to open the door of education for hundreds of more children but the biggest hurdle for us is the paucity of funds. We are in urgent need to expand the capacity of our school so that many more can grow up to become capable and successful members of society”, Dr Kanchan says.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online giving platform, to support Turnstone Global in giving children from tribal communities and first generation learners quality education and empower them to break the cycle of generational poverty.

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children

Rohit Nair

Impact Ruma Naiya is an 8 year old girl who lives with her parents in an urban slum near Bidhan Nagar. Her father Susanta works as a rickshaw puller and her mother works as a domestic help. Ruma used to go with her mother for work. **She had started working in houses to help her mom clean houses.**The volunteers of Turnstone Global conducted a survey in the colony. They identified Ruma during the survey. They counselled her parents to send her to school.However, there was an initial reluctance from her parents. **They refused saying that education was not important for Ruma as she is a girl. Furthermore, if she went to school, the income that she would earn as a domestic help would be lost to them**The volunteers did not lose hope. They continued to speak to her parents till they finally agreed to try it for a little while.Ruma was a quick learner and she enjoyed coming to school. In a short while she began to read and write. She soon was placed in class 2 in the Turnstone Global school. This change in her levels of growth and education has had a huge positive impact on her parents.Ruma's life changed when her parents who had once refused to send her to school, have decided that they will do anything for her to complete her education.**Her mother is determined that Ruma will grow up and work in an office and not work as a domestic help**like herself.**With a little help children like Ruma can break out of lives that force them into poverty.****Your help can make many more poor children like Ruma. You can donate so that they can get an education which can change their lives. You can give with confidence because every program listed is [GIVEASSURED](https://www.giveindia.org/giveassured).** About The Program Turnstone Global runs Vivekanandasahaj Path Vidyalaya, a non-formal primary school till class 8 for the children Donations to this program covers the cost of teachers' salary, snacks and educational supplies.Bashanti colony, adjacent to Ultadanga railway station, is one of the largest slums in Kolkata. Most men in the slum work as working either as rickshaw pullers or as daily wage laborers. The women work as maids in apartments and residential complexes in neighboring areas. Education was never a priority for the children of Bashanti Colony till Vivekanandasahaj Path Vidyalaya was opened. This school is situated inside the colony itself so that children do not have to travel. Children between the age group of 4 to 18 years are identified through a field survey conducted in the project area. The parents are then counselled to enroll their children in a formal school so that they complete their education. The session begins in March or April every year. The school operates from 2 pm to 6 pm for six days a week from Monday through Saturday. There are 132 children who are now enrolled in the program. The Vivekanandasahaj Path Vidyalaya has not had any child drop out of this programWhen you support this program you help a child with the foundation steps to his education. About The NGO Turnstone Global is a not for profit social enterprise working with relentless effort for the overall improvement of human lives, irrespective of age, gender, religious beliefs, cast, ethnic origin, birth place or disability status.The organisation started in 1952, for the betterment of the lives of the visually challenged. Turnstone Global is headed by Dr. Kanchan Gaba, a 100% visually impaired lady, who fought against all odds to obtain her PhD in International Law and established herself as a lecturer of Calcutta University. Today, apart from being a lecturer, she is a social activist.They work for the betterment of lives of the disabled, in particular, the visually impaired; to provide education, training with a view to rehabilitate them and improve their livelihood. A major focus area of the organisation is early intervention and prevention of blindness.The scale of operations of Turnstone Global spans across eleven states, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi, with more than two hundred gram Panchayats. They have touched the lives of more than one million in the past decade. At any given point of time eleven thousand beneficiaries are under their care. Several hundreds of them reside permanently with them.The organisation undertakes programmes and plans its activities based on field level in-depth analysis of the demography and socioeconomic condition of the project area. Their endeavour is to involve community based organisations directly in their project areas where they cater to project planning, phase to phase implementation, monitoring and constant evaluation.Turnstone Global has been creating impact with a force of 250 staff, more than 500 volunteers and networking partners working in 11 states, 24 cities and 200 Gram Panchayats in India, with its headquarter in Kolkata, through over 62 programs and community-based services.

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This is a sample description for Healthcare. For the purpose of testing I will use the word HealthcareHealthcareHealthcare.

Healthcare

After Cataract, Refractive Error (RE) is the second largest cause of avoidable blindness, particularly among the school going children. To tackle this important component of avoidable blindness, school children of all age group need to be examined periodically as a routine measure. Apart from Refractive Error, presence of other ocular diseases commonly affecting children like squint, amblyopia, congenital defects in one or both eyes, miscellaneous causes of low vision, vitamin A deficiency causing dryness of eye, infections like trachoma that can compromise corneal clarity in the long run, also need to be identified and treated before it is too late. Children usually don't complain of defective vision especially if only one eye is involved. They may not even be aware of their problem. They adjust to the poor eyesight by sitting near the blackboard,holding the book closer to their eyes, squeezing the eyes and even avoiding work requiring visual concentration. This evades early detection. Timely detection of these problems and their correction by spectacles can tremendously improve the child's potential during his formative years. Visual impairment is an avoidable burden in the life of a child, his family and the society. Periodic screening of all children helps in early identification of visual defects and correction of REs, by prescription/use of corrective spectacles.Therefore, vision screening and complete eye examination of children is an all-important activity. 
 A medical team lead by an Ophthalmologist, duly assisted by optometrist and paramedic staff, shall visit every school and conduct eye screening of every student. Glasses will be prescribed to students to correct refractive errors. Parents of students in private schools can afford spectacles. For students in government schools, we propose to provide free spectacles. From our experience, we have noticed that roughly 20% of children screened require spectacles. Approximately 3,000 spectacles will be needed. For students requiring other types of therapeutic services or vision aids like low vision devices will be referred to vision centres. Cases requiring surgical intervention shall be referred to nearest available hospital. In case of Government Schools, a list of students requiring low vision devices or surgical intervention can be forwarded to the District Sarva Siksha Mission. A detail report comprising of student names identified with eye defects, nature of problem identified and recommended corrective measure shall be provided to the Principal of the school and the concerned class teacher for regular follow-up. For purpose of serving referral patients, our tie-up with Sankar Netralaya will be an additional advantage for students identified by Turnstone Global to require such services. After screening by medical team in school, our community worker will follow-up with respective school periodically to ensure that the recommended measures are being followed properly. 
 Matrices for measuring intended benefits:In order to measure the intended benefits of the Eye Screening Project in Schools, various tangible quantitative indicators shall be used. These indicators will encompass data to provide information about the community as well as services offered by the project. MEASURING INDICATORS FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT Quantitative Indicator 1: Total number of students screened in schools. Quantitative Indicator 2: Total number of refraction done and glasses dispensed. Quantitative Indicator 3: Total number of low vision cases identified in schools. Quantitative Indicator 4: Total number of surgical cases identified and referred to hospitals Quantitative Indicator 5: Total number of students identified other than RE, LV and surgical intervention like Glaucoma, Squint, etc. Congenital Cataract etc. Quantitative Indicator 6 : Total number of students provided glasses and use them regularly Quantitative Indicator 7: Any other special observation

debasis

India has 30 crore youth who are unemployed. Therefore, Skill Development/Livelihood Generation is one of the major focus of the Government of India for last few years. But the sudden onset of COVID- 19 has aggravated the problem. Crores of youths have lost their jobs due to lock down and lack of demand in Manufacturing Sector. Among others Hospitality, Aviation, Tourism Industry are the worst hit. Due to COVID- 19 pandemic, India along with the world is experiencing the new normal situation, where Off line practical classes are not possible. On the other hand we have to choose such skills which are in demand during Corona pandemic and will rise after the end of pandemic episode as well.In such situation Turnstone Global proposes to do skilling in the Information Technology sector. The Information Technology Sector has following advantages:<ul><li>The classes can be held online.</li><li>Job from home is possible</li><li>Online jobs are still in demand</li><li>The scope of self-employment is very high in Information Technology. After training student can earn through the IT Projects available on various websites such as Up work, Freelancer etc.</li><li>Online advertisement is cost effective</li></ul>Therefore, the mind-set of the companies are sifting .They are preferring work from home. For example, Real Estate Industry is preferring to hire Social Media Marketing Agent instead of Off line Marketing Manager because it is cost effective, save transportation cost and over and above it is the demand of the circumstances.   
 THE SEGMENT OF POPULATION IT WILL SERVE:- 360 youths under the age of 21 to 35 years.Project Duration:- 6 MonthsTurnstone global wishes to choose sector skill: Information Technology.Job roles:<ul><li>Digital marketing</li><li>Social media marketing manager</li><li>Graphic designer</li><li>Video editor</li><li>Website designer</li><li>Website developer.</li></ul>In each sector 60 students would be enrolled, divided into 2 batches consisting of 30 students. In each job role there will be On line class for 300 Hours,Daily 4 hours. Roughly it will take 3 and half months to complete the course. After completion of the course there will be On line Examination and Project work, which the student have to submit via e-mail. On completion the certificate will be issued. As soon the classes are started the employment officer start contacting with different companies for the placement of the trained students. The students can be generated through on line promotion such as Google ad word, social media marketing etc.  
 The project will have following potential impact:<ul><li>360 Youth will be trained</li><li>70 percent (252 youths) will get employment.</li><li>252 families will be self-sufficient.</li></ul>

Atma Nirbhar Bharat - Project on livelihood generation for the unemployed Youth in India.

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This is a sample description for Environment For the purpose of testing I will use the word Hunger & HomelessnessHunger & HomelessnessHunger & Homelessness.

Hunger & Homelessness

The pandemic has had a lasting impact on the future of our country subjecting them not only to emotional grief and financial hardships but also long-term psychological impacts. Turnstone Global would like to work towards protecting children over 200 children across multiple locations by providing them with nutritional, educational and psychological support. Your contribution of ₹1,000 can go a long way into protecting these children. The Corona Virus has hit the world in the beginning of 2020. Since then, Indian health system has been crashed, economy devastated, we are living with several insecurities and uncertainties of life. Our children are not in exception. Though Children are not the face of this pandemic. But they risk being among its biggest victims. While they have thankfully been largely spared from the direct health effects of COVID-19 - at least to date – the crisis is having a profound effect on their wellbeing. All children, of all ages, and in all countries, are being affected. This is a universal crisis and, for some children, the impact will remain lifelong. Moreover, the harmful effects of this pandemic will not be distributed equally. They are expected to be most damaging for children in the poorest countries, and in the poorest neighborhoods, and for those who are in already disadvantaged or vulnerable situations.The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Novel Coronavirus has affected all including children. It has made a dreadful impact on child education, most notably of poor and deprived families.As per UNESCO estimates, education of 120 crore students across the world are being disrupted by school closures. This includes 32.1 crore children in India. Keeping children at home for more than 20 weeks has disturbed the physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of the children. The worst affected among them are kids of the poor.Experts say that short time out of education will have its effect on children. When schools are closed for a more extended period, imagine how more and long-lasting the impact would be on them. Children may forget what they already learnt. While online classes may prevent this regression for some, think of those, who has lack of access to technology and internet connection.Children in urban areas face challenges of different kind. They live in small houses crammed in unhygienic locations.  Learning with peers sitting in one classroom at school is totally different from learning in the home environment. Are children mentally prepared for this? Not at all. Parents do their house core job or remain lazy without work, older siblings are playing games or watching TV, grannies chatting, and neighborhoods noise cannot able to re-create a classroom environment.Children of the poor both in urban and rural areas in India are thus denied education in this ‘new normal era’. Their minds are filled with numerous questions. They require help to elude their mental pressure triggered by unanswered questions. Adding insult to such pandemic situation, they face abuse in multiple forms. Sexual abuse and child trafficking are the worst among them. Is their childhood secure? No. Thousands of children are pushed out of education and are plunged into early marriage or force labour .Apart from education, lack of nutrition among children is another burning problem. India has witnessed crores of job losses, as per SBI report around 22 crore people has drowned below poverty line. Problem of migrant labour during covid 19 has worsen the problem. It has been estimated that roughly 4 out of 10 children go to bed in every night either in empty stomach or having less food as per recommended nutrition fixed for their age group .More over the food which our children receive in India, do not meet their regular protein requirement even in pre-covid era. Covid 19 has worsen the problem.Covid 19 has devastated families across India, orphaning many children.Smt .Smirti Irani, Hon’ble Minister for Women and Child Welfare, recently tweeted that both parents of at least 577 children had died with coronavirus between 1 April 2021 and 25 May2021. Experts say this number is more likely a significant underestimate.Later, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced measures to help orphaned children, with a fund of around $13,970 (£9,852) set aside for each child. This will be given to them as a stipend from the ages of 18-23.In India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, more than 1,000 Covid orphans had been identified, said Dr Preeti Verma, a member of the state's Child Welfare Commission. 
 Identification methodology:Our volunteers go to different municipalities/panchayats/hospitals and collect data about the person who has died due to corona virus along with their home address. After collecting the data our volunteers go to the said household for verification and identification and collect more data about the marital status and number of children of the deceased person died due to corona virus infection.a) Medical checkup-Every month identified children are being brought to our OPD for medical checkup and measurement of height, weight and arm circumference are being taken to track the grade of any malnutrition.b) Counselling- Initially our psychological counsellor are taking  session with the identified children to ascertain whether any psychological issue or any insecurity in their mind are developing due to loss of one parent mostly father/ parents. It has been noticed that these children develop insecurities about life and insecurities in regard to their mother as well. Due to this reason generally, they do not allow their mother to go out for work or not allow to go their mother out of their vision. It has also been noticed that these children often cry remembering their lost parent and subsequently develop anxiety and depression due to unable to sleep at night. Our psychological counsellor counsel them once a week initially for six months.c) Medical Help-If any child has been diagnosed with any birth deformity or with any disease, we initiate his/her medical / surgical treatment depending upon the disease pattern.d) Nutritive Food-Every child are being given ration kit with some multi vitamin supplements for their age wise proper growth along with cooked protein food thrice in a week.e) Education-Identified children is given assistance with books/copies stationary and twice a week off line   classes 1 to 1 for make better understanding of the subjects. 
 This project is highly impactful for the children whose either one or both parents died due to ill effect of corona virus. Through this project we will able to achieve following impact within 2 years .a) We can save 100 children who is suffering with insecurities ,anxiety or depression through psychological counselling.b) Birth deformities or underlying diseases will be diagnosed ,corrected among 25 children whose parents died due to ill effect of corona virusc) 200 children will be prevented from hunger and malnutrition for 2 years ,whose parents have died due to covid 19 infection.d) 200 children will be prevented from going out of school who might going to be the victim of child labour or early marriage ,whose parents died due to Covid 19 infection

Protect our Prodigy from the Ill Effect of COVID-19

Turnstone Global – a not-for-profit voluntary Organisation – is engaged in providing Comprehensive Empowerment to underprivileged sections of the society. The Organisation firmly believes that a holistic approach is necessary to obtain overall development of the society. Hence, unlike most other NGOs, who work in specific fields, Turnstone Global provides a diverse range of services to its beneficiaries. Such services range from providing pre-natal health care to fostering old age care; covering in between sectors like education, healthcare, skill development training, livelihood and entrepreneurship development skill and so on. Therefore, the term “providing Comprehensive Empowerment” is used while describing activities and nature of Turnstone Global.

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Kanchan 

Dr. Satyam Dey

TURNSTONE GLOBAL

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Raghav Menon

Stories of empowerment: Here is a story of a child whose&nbsp;life has been changed for the better&nbsp;as a result of your donations. Little&nbsp;Preyosi Murmu,&nbsp;a resident of the Purulia district in West Bengal, comes from a family with little opportunity or awareness of educating children.&nbsp;Preyosi&nbsp;did not receive any formal education during her childhood years. When Turnstone Global first found her in her cottage, she was reclusive and shy, facing&nbsp;constant challenges of poverty and educational neglect. With both her parents being laborers, she is the&nbsp;first of her family to have received formal schooling.&nbsp;With the proper counseling and encouragement, she now attends Daulat public school, where she has taken a keen interest in sports and consistently ranks first in her class in any competition. Like Preyosi, several tribal children&nbsp;face the same struggles of poverty and lack of access to education.&nbsp;Turnstone Global provides them the means to escape this&nbsp;vicious cycle&nbsp;by offering quality education and taking care of their health by feeding them three square meals a day—a luxury they could not afford were it not for the efforts of&nbsp;Dr Kanchan. Turnstone Global&nbsp;needs your continued aid to provide nourishment, and educational support to these&nbsp;children from backward areas&nbsp;and empower them to overcome generational poverty!&nbsp;Donate now to become a catalyst for change&nbsp;in the lives of these tribal children.

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