NGO Visit

Agastya, Hubli
We study in since 3^rd standard 10^th standard but we  not take interest that much exam parpas only we are studied but Agastya is gave since education practical  to The organization was full of models each explaining different concept of Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Math. The instructors explained enthusiastically on each concept. The materials used for making the models were all very simple and easily available ones, bringing down the cost to a very minimal level.

In Hubli, Agastya is supported by Deshpande Foundation to scale up their activities, while in the rest of the state it is helped by the Sarba SIksha Abhiyan run by the Government. Its mission is to transform science education in India and provide affordable model that can be replicated anywhere in the world. It has two mobile labs in Hubli that carry the simple science models to different schools. Hands-on training is given to the children by trained instructors. Every year each mobile van covers around 68 schools. Besides science education, Agastya also provides midday meals to school children in different parts of Karnataka

NGO Visit

Samarthanam

Trust for the Disabled has been working since 1997 to empower the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged people in India. The Trust is working to support the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged to keep in pace with the rest of the society by providing quality education, accommodation, nutritious food, vocational training, placement based.

he presentation on Samarthanam was given by a blind girl and the ease with which she handled the computer and gave her speech, itself commended the efforts put on by the organization. She proved with her ability how Samarthanam is working for imparting technical skills to blind youths and developing them for running their own enterprises.

Samarthanam was our last NGO visit for the day. The day thus ended with lots of information on different organizations and their areas of operation. It was very fruitful as we came to know about four different arenas of business development; viz, mid-day meals, learning science while playing, disposal of toxic biomedical waste and technical training to differently abled children capacitating them to live independently. Taking this as a beginning, I look forward to visit more such organizations in the coming months that will enlighten me and help me in my pursuit for enterprise development.

ToxicLinks:
Toxics Link is an environmental NGO, dedicated to bring toxics related information into the public domain, both relating to struggles and problems at the grassroots as well as global information to the local levels. Started in 2006 in Hubli, Toxic Links have been able to cover 8 government hospitals till date. According to Sri Doreswami, Project Coordinator Toxic Links, it was difficult to convince the hospital administration to implement change and adopt pollution free methods for waste disposal, but ultimately with lots of persuasion, advocacy and training the result was finally achieved.

We visited one of the model dispensaries adopted by Toxic Links for implementing proper waste disposable systems at Hubli – Dharwad road. We were guided by, Senior Training Officer of Toxic Links to Navanagar Dispensary., Pharmacist and in-charge of the dispensary, showed us around the clinic. She displayed the

4 waste bins, red, blue, yellow green

For disposing different types of medical waste. She explained that the red bin is used for disposing biotechnological waste, blue for infected plastic waste, yellow for anatomical waste and green for biodegradable waste. All the waste from their dispensary is collected by CIF (Common Treatment Facility) center for final disposal. She also showed the Mercury Spill Kit, Needle Cutter, masks, gloves and sharp container bin given by Toxic Links for maintaining proper cleanliness in the dispensary.

We thought it was doing a very good job because before  that Hospital was not separated  and every west they mix it effected on the Nature and people also.

Deshpande Foundetion

Deshpande Foundation was founded by Gururaj (“Desh”) and Jaishree Deshpande. Founded in 1996, the Deshpande Foundation is one of the leading philanthropic Foundations in Massachusetts and India in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and international development. Through its grant-making, the Deshpande Foundation has helped launch innovative companies, helped NGOs develop an international presence and launched partnerships with some of the most remarkable change agents in the world today.

The Foundation boast on its team of experienced and highly committed individuals. The Board of Directors and Advisory Board provide decades of entrepreneurial, philanthropic, and management experience and provide hands-on guidance and leadership for the Foundation’s work. Its staff are highly energetic, dedicated, and engaged individuals who translate the higher level principles of the Foundation’s work to ground-level change.

The various development initiatives undertaken by Deshpande Foundation are,

* Deshpande Fellowship Program (DFP)
* Leaders Accelerating Development Scholar Program (LEAD)
* Social Entrepreneurs in Residence (SEIR)
* Social Entrepreneurship Course Training (SEC)
* The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE)
* NGO support program in Sandbox area
* Global Exchange Program

The Foundation’s NGO support program currently is funding around 60 NGOs to work in the Sandbox area of North West Karnataka. This NGOs are operating in diverse field of health, education, agriculture and livelihood. Deshpande Foundation in conjunction with leaders in the field of IT students and a sample of Sandbox NGOs has began to explore how to harness India’s IT prowess to leverage & scale the work of NGOs.

Module

Economics

As we are aiming to become entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs, it is very much necessary for us to have some basic knowledge about the subject called Economics. In the last week of May the Economics module had been taken by Mr. Abhijit. It was an informative session with him.

To have the knowledge of Economics helps me to understand the market and participate in it for longer time; and this helps us on the sustainability side. We should have a clear picture of microeconomics and macroeconomics. It focuses on the things like factors influencing the growth of economy, resource mobilization, commodity market, financial market, government policies and regulations. Having a basic understanding of such segments will make us better Entrepreneurs. For example, by knowing about concepts like consumption, investment, government spending, export and imports, entrepreneurs can take major decisions.

The module supports the practical experience in social entrepreneurship we Fellows get at the Foundation. Economics is the study of how societies choose to use scarce productive resources that have alternative uses, to produce commodities of various kinds, and to distribute them among different groups. It also helps us to find the right opportunity

Move Market

Move market  is one of the important  Module in fellowship program , In two days we leaned more. we did practical what we learned  in classroom. Here I come to know about  doing by learning. For this module instructor were  Meera Halakatti And Hirematha. In  this class  they did two group, according to group we make  different types of  greeting  cards. from  this activity we come to know how the customer gave preference to  things and quality. this activity   was  really good.  here Evening we went for eatery game we sold tea and girmit its good experience to me our group work was very good and its first time in my life I sold  this type of  things. after this activity i come to know about eatery market.

Effective Communication

Effective communication is one of the important module in fellowship program. We the budding entrepreneurs have to be learn and adopt this type of high qualified skills. In society we have to mingle with different type of people and also we have to work with community so for this purpose effective communication is very helpful to me. In future we have to work with different organization for this the communication help us to develop our network towards the community

Social Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems. They are ambitious and persistent, tackling major social issues and offering new ideas for wide-scale change. Social entrepreneurship is a journey and not destiny. Entrepreneurs are the builders. Entrepreneurs have enough patience. they do not run out of money.

Social enterprise is not about “saving” the nonprofit sector – While social enterprise has great potential for enhancing the vitality and sustainability of the nonprofit sector, that potential impact is secondary to its real purpose – helping to make the world a better place.

Participatory Rural Appraise

Participatory Rural Appraisal is one of the important module in fellowship program .  In PRA we were totally communicate with grassroots level people, after the PRA we come to know about what are the situation in village.The module helps to study the villages with the participation of the villagers. The module was taught by Dr. Prakash Bhatt. In this module, through PRA tools fellow studied the different villages with respect to the indigenous practices, the availability of the resources, the farming methods the farmers follow. The fellows stayed in the different villages and practiced many PRA tools like Social Mapping, Transact Walk, Seasonality Diagram, and Resource Mapping.

Module

Entrepreneurial Motivation Training (EMT)

This is one of the top modules in this fellowship program. The instructor “Rita SenGupta” from Delhi.  On April 24^th and 25^th April the module started. In first session she told us to hunting game, she given things name like (Elephant, precious metal, human smile, water reserves, stating news of yesterday, humming-bird, noisy insect, Polly, flower bud,) each group presented in different way. Then she shows the some picture by observation we wrote some story through that story fellow’s  found which will be the first priority Positive or negative thinking. Playing ring game fellow’s understood their own attitude regarding risk taking and also calculated risk taking behavior. At the end of the module all  were suggested to do business get raw material and later selling the finished goods to the same company (manufacturing of Ship) this was like brain storming where I came to know about our own problems or which can be corrected by us only. Finally all fellows know to that how much quality they have for entrepreneurs. Also the told to us a one game it was indicted a risk taking and our consenter on the game .It was very nice learning by doing it was nice and there our participation was very good , We are biding Entrepreneur it was use full to us

Right to Information Act

This Module helps us to know the legal rights of the citizens of India. It’s very necessary for social entrepreneurs who can access the government details, and also helps for the enterprise which works with grass root level people or for social awareness for the people. The module was practical – I went to one government offices and filled the RTI request, and by that act I got the information they sought. Some of fellows have given class on RTI for engineering students of BVB. The module was also paired with a Leadership Activity in which I and Fellows participated in street skits to We gave Awareness  When we did a RTI module than we did practical in this filed we went a different are and area and their we did a skit throw we gave Awareness to people and they also interested with us.

Etray Game

Eatery game
We did a eatery game in 1 day it was a very nice experience to me, We all are no about market we go there and purchasing a something but when we are sold a things particularly a eatery things it was a very difficult for me and we did that one successfully.
We take a 500/- and our target is we should make profit in our we are 5 member we don’t know what we did that we are very confused about that than we got a lot idea than we choose a one recipe it was a traditional food and every one like that than we parches a row material and our group was help to me and night 2 o clock we did a seanga holige and one fanny experience I want to shear with you in our group 3 boys are their they don’t know how to made a seang holige in that time they learn and they mead also it was nice experience other great things is our module instructor they also do that she is from Boston and she learn that, When we are finish that we sold market in that time we faced a lot of problem in market and customer also like that and they give feedback to us it is was a really good experience for us .in that module we learned more of market .In my learning in this activity how to make a business, before this I don’t know about the any things about the market price analysis and how to sell a product and how to make a maximum profit . In this activity we got a 89% of profit .
Becoming a we are entrepreneur we use that opportunity In future I want to start my own Enterprise that game will be help to me because when I do business I will studied a market and market price also when you know about that you will be a success in your life In my plan also that I own hotel business it will be help to me I understand a market.