Project plan
Vision, mission, goals & outcomes
Vision
To create a society in which girls from the Untouchable caste are valued members and treated with dignity, humanity and respect.
Mission
Our mission is to create equal educational and employment opportunities for Untouchable girls. Students in School for Upali Disciples will not be discriminated in any way due to their caste or family background. The School will actively promote girls education in the community by building relations with local families.
Goals
- Buy land for school campus, playground and community farm plot
- Build classrooms and school campus
- Teacher training which values open dialogue, equality and collaboration
- Launch skills development program for economic self-sufficiency
Outcomes
- Preventing child marriage, child trafficking, and child labor
- Financial security for mothers of low caste girls and their families
- Increased women’s representation in community and family decisions
The construction of the school building will serve multiple important purposes in the community. Each year, this area becomes flooded, and the families’ mud dwellings become dissolved. This leaves the families homeless for as much as 2 months each year. The school building will serve as a safe shelter for these families during this difficult and dangerous period.
Financial information
| Land & building construction budget | Cost in (euro €) |
| Land purchase 7,290 sq ft | € 142,000 |
| Architectural Engineer designing fee | € 3,000 |
| Construction material costs | € 120,000 |
| Site Managers | € 2,800 |
| Maintenance/materials/tools/equipment | € 9,400 |
| Transportation costs | € 6,000 |
| Government permit fees | € 2,000 |
| Building plumbing system | € 22,000 |
| Building electricity & solar system | € 25,000 |
| Building phone system | € 1,200 |
| Recycling & garbage system | € 1,000 |
| Battery, inverter for electricity backup | € 5,000 |
| Total land & construction costs | € 339,400 |
| Operating budget | Monthly costs | Annual cost |
| Staff – Teacher/salary/school/administrator/ECC care-givers | € 4 500 | € 54 000 |
| Administration fee | € 200 | € 2 400 |
| School (tables, chairs, blackboards etc.) | € 10 000 | |
| ECC furnishings (changing tables, toys, beds etc.) | € 9 600 | |
| Website development/maintenance | € 1 000 | |
| Instruction fee | € 700 | € 8 400 |
| Support services | € 600 | € 7 200 |
| Supplies & materials | € 700 | € 8 400 |
| Office supplies | € 400 | € 4 800 |
| Instructional materials (computers etc.) | € 1 5 000 | |
| Equipment costs | € 10 800 | |
| School utilities | € 12 000 | |
| Expenditure per child (books, uniform, supplies etc.) | € 50 | € 5 000 |
| Advertising outreach | € 300 | |
| Health check-up & medication/child | € 100 | € 1000 |
| Food, meals & items for 200 children/day | € 1200 | € 14,400 |
| Total operating costs | € 56 250 | € 116 500 |
| Other expenses | Cost in (euro €) |
| Airfare | € 1 500 |
| Misc transportation | € 1500 |
| Hotel/housing | € 600 |
| Per diem | € 350 |
| Total other costs | € 3 950 |