Operations in 6000 communities, 150 districts, serving over one million children in the country
Life is at stake when our staff live with the poor because of backlash from affected vested interests
In Andhra Pradesh alone about 600 of women from our communities have been elected into the Panchayats
Governance issue has to be addressed with a show-and-tell approach, which is inclusive rather than confrontational, when it comes to poverty alleviation
Community-based Performance Management, Social Audit by children, Bala Adhikar Sabhas to develop Children's Manifesto, and knowledge of Right To Information - some of the tools we use
How do Government authorities explain away poverty
At the local level, we engage community leaders such as school authorities, Collector, MLA, while also addressing the national leaders
Our work increases when economic crisis cuts our resources, so we come up with creative solutions to get at least Rs 7 worth of results for every rupee spent and achieve 86 per cent yield
World Vision work across the world, sharing best community practices, bound together by core commitments but with local expressions
Documentation is a discipline in pilots, with a social laboratory approach, and learnings are monitored and shared
Student engagement in World Vision, and our work with Loyola College, studying street children
Working with KPMG on knowledge management, Eureka-Forbes on community water filters, leveraging their direct marketing for advocacy, and influencing the product
Wish 'Slumdog Millionaire' had picked up some positives within poverty situation, and also I wish the nation woke up to its social responsibilities, going beyond the Oscar celebration
Faced with the huge numbers of poor, we have perhaps developed a numbness to poverty
How the middle class generally rationalises the poverty around, and the 250 million seem to live as though the 800 million don't exist
Can we get our Parliamentarians to discuss social issues
Social issues should be tracked by media, and FCRA bashing can err by broad-brushing
NGO must subject itself to transparency, accountability standards, and also comply with regulations because public money is involved
Process starts with the formation of community-based organisations, and they are the ones who design the programmes
Our yield-to-programmes, at 86 per cent, is one of the highest, and technology helps us to stay in touch
Operations people are good at doing, rather than documentation, so we may have to come up with audio-video version of documentation
Remembering my teacher
Social Work may not be a popular choice, but it has to be a deliberate one, based on one's character
Competence only delivers, whereas passion transforms
Many of our social work schools supply only administrators for institutions, while what we really need are people who can begin by relocating their competence to where it hurts most
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