POVERTY REDUCTION AND PRO-POOR PROGRAM

India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world but we still have about two-thirds of our population living in poverty. Poverty is a condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living.

Sumadhura Foundation would like to contribute towards alleviating poverty among the underprivileged sections of the society by taking up community based interventions. This could be in the form of pension for jobless, old people, widows or distributing household items to the needy.

We hope to help in eradicating hunger, malnutrition, promoting preventive health care. Through our poverty reduction and pro-poor programs we would like to help society move towards equity by sharing what we have with the less fortunate people in the society through our “Joy of Sharing” initiative

Joy of Sharing’ is an initiative that started in Dec 2017 to promote sharing of resources from families who wish to share with those who require those resources, specifically the marginalised sections of the society in urban areas.

Iskilla Village Adoption

Year: August 29th 2022 and continuing …

Where:Iskilla, Hyderabad

Objective:

Gratitude is the Attitude, adoption of any sort is a gesture towards respect, growth, and escalated development. Being the hometown of our beloved CMD of Sumadhura Group Mr.G. Madhusudhan the organization has adopted this village & striving hard for holistic development of the village As per the Sumadhura CMD message that resonates

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Project Details:

“There is a great moral satisfaction in giving back to society from what we have” With this motivation we inaugurated this project through various development activities in the village like CC TV installation, providing Pure drinking water to villagers by RO plant installation, Cycle donation to school children, Plantation and Eco Ganesha distribution on our beloved CMD’s birthday on August 29th 2022.

Construction of a new school building in place of the existing old building is in progress, A skill development center for women started with a batch of 40 women to give hands-on experience & professional training on Sewing machine operator courses.

Many more skill development & uplifting programs are planned in Iskilla targeting unemployed youth and Higher-grade children like training on Tally, basic computer applications, basic Spoken English course, Training on competitive exams & YouTube training for children etc..,

Intended Impact:

A modal Village Adoption Program for Iskilla Village for building rural capabilities and other useful mechanisms. Assisting the Village to achieve its basic needs and be an agent of change for all the other nearby villages.
Creating more opportunities for women empowerment: Through Sumadhura’s training programs, 3000 women are directly or indirectly empowered by acquiring new skills and generating income for their daily needs. SMO, AARI training, etc.
The CCTV cameras are helpful for the village authorities to enhance the safety of the villagers and assist the law and order situation in the village
Community engagement in the village for development: Through SHG, the creation of 5 villages – Sumadhura is looking forward to establishing more enterprises and entrepreneurs for village development.
Skill development of youth: Tailored training programs for the youth population to develop their skills and achieve their passion and land their dream jobs. To encourage the youth to start new business endeavors. Computer training and YouTube education and tally programs also help them in achieving their goals at a faster pace.
Fresh water for villagers: Sumadhura Group contributed to the Regular supply of fresh water through the 1000 LPH RO plant.
A model school for children provides for equal opportunities and facilities on par with corporate schools have been provided in Iskilla govt school with a new building being constructed.

Gratitude is the Attitude – In line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) – 4, 8, 9, 11

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JOY OF SHARING ACTIVITY

Year: 2019-2020

Objective:

To organise a collection drive at the 12 Sumadhura Project locations for items such as clothes, toys, stationery, school bags,books, grocery, toiletries, furniture, newspaper etc and distribute it to the needy NGOs.

Where: Collection drive at Sumadhura Projects and Distribution at the NGO locations as listed below:

RK Foundation, # 2 & 3, New Raja Building, 2nd Floor N. R. Road, Bangalore-560 002.
RIFAA Home, #1, North Road, Masjid e Munawwara Complex, First Floor, Cooke Town, Bangalore – 560 084
Karunashraya, Karunashraya Bangalore Hospice Trust,Kundalahalli Gate, Old Airport Varthur Main Road , Marathahalli, Bangalore- 37
Goonj, SY. No. 51/1, Chikka Begur Gate, Hosur Main Road, Kudlu Gate, Bangalore – 560068 Landmark.
Holy Family home for the Aged, No.90, Ring Road, Veeranpalya, Nagawara, Bangalore 560 045.
“Swanthana – Care” for Mentally and Physically Challenged Female Children’s, Sarjapur Road, Carmelaram P.O., Ambedkar Nagar, Bangalore 560 035.
Vathsalya Charitable Trust, Kalyana Nagar.
Makkala Jagriti
Peace Child India
Shishu Mandir and
Swapaksha

Project Details:

The different phases of the project were:

Phase I – Preparatory Phase – In the preparatory phase of the project, Sumadhura Foundation got in touch with NGOs in and around the Whitefield area, who were looking for support. We shortlisted the NGOs and conducted need assessment and understood their requirement. The activities were planned and an MoU was prepared to start the work.

Phase II – Mobilise the RWAs & facility managers – As the collection drive was planned at Sumadhura projects, we mobilised the resident welfare association and the facility managers for their support. All the required material for the campaign and the collection drive were organised. The collection and packaging material were arranged category wise.

Phase III – Mobilise Volunteer – Mailers were sent and meetings organised to mobilise volunteers comprising Sumadhura management team families and the group employees.

Phase IV – Collection drive – Finalise the collection locations.The clubhouse managers were made in-charge of the collection drive. The RWA secretary and facility managers were also involved.

Phase V – Segregation and Sorting – Location for segregation and sorting were finalised. Once the collection drive was done, 68 cartons boxes of materials were shifted to Sumadhura Central Stores. The requirement matching was done for the organizations where donations had to go.

Phase VI – Distribution – The segregated material was distributed to the NGOs as per their requirement.

Deliverables:

Meeting the requirements of the NGOs in terms of the items they require.

Intended Impact:

Social & Environmental impact – sharing resources with less fortunate members of society and giving a lease of new life to all the collected materials which otherwise would have ended in landfill.

Promoting SDG12 – Encouraging sustainable consumption.

To Karunashraya Hostpital
Holy family for the aged women
At Vathsalya Trust
At R K Foundation
At Riffa Home
At Kundanahalli Community Area
At Swantana Home
Collection and segregation drive
Collection and segregation drive

BHARTIYA GRAMEEN MAHILA SANGH AND SHISHUKUNJ VIDYALAYA

Year: 2017

Objective:

To organise a collection drive for stationery, clothes & other usable materials and distribute it to the needy organizations like BGMS.

Where: Bhartiya Mahila Gramin Sangh(BGMS), HAL, Bangalore / National Association of Rural Women in India, 18th Cross, Ramesh Nagar, Vibhutipura. Bangalore – 560 037

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Project Details:

About BGMS: Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh or BGMS works for the upliftment and empowerment of women and children. The Children who reside in the center at HAL Bangalore are from disadvantaged and poor families, without enough money and support to get a formal education. Boys and girls are provided with good care, food, clothing, medical care and most important is schooling. The branch center runs a school within the premises which is called Shishukunj Vidalaya. The children get high-quality education along with extra-curricular activities. Shishukunj is also looking after the higher education of the pass outs from the school.

Based on a need assessment exercise with the organization, we decided to go for a collection drive among our em[loyees and the residents from our projects for all the material support that the organization needed support for. The collected items were segregated into clothing, footwear, stationery, bedding, mattress covers etc.

In addition to this, we organized a magic show for the children along with many other interesting and fun events. The event concluded with a dinner that our team had with the children. More than fifty people from our organization participated in this evening together with children which is a memorable event for all of us.

70 employees of Sumadhura group volunteered for this activity and we organised a magic show and games for the resident children of the organization. The programme ended with the distribution of the collected items which included stationery, clothes and other usable materials as required by the organization.

Delivered:

Distribution of stationery, clothing, footwear, mattress cover etc., to the needy inmates of BGMS

Intended Impact:

Joy of sharing resources with less fortunate members of society.

Giving a lease of new life to all the collected materials which otherwise would have ended in landfill.

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CHESHIRE HOMES, BANGALORE

Year: 2017

Objective:

A collection drive for items required by the old age home and experience joy of sharing by spending time with residents of an old age home and distribute food and other items such as bed covers etc.,

Where: Cheshire Homes, outer circle, Whitefield, Bangalore – 560 066

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Project Details:

About Cheshire Home – Cheshire Disability Trust (CDT) was formed in 2010 as an autonomous trust to exclusively focus on promoting livelihoods for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in India, under the Cheshire Homes India National Council. CDT has its National Livelihood Resource Centre (NLRC) in Bangalore and there are seven other Livelihoods Resource Centers (LRCs) across India. These are implemented by Cheshire’s partner organizations in those individual locations, through which the activities of skilling and placing persons with Disability (PwD) towards wage and self-employment is done. The Cheshire home provides care for orthopedically impaired girls and women.

Based on the requirement of the old age home, Sumadhura volunteers organized a collection drive to collect items from among our em[loyees and the residents of our projects. The collected items were segregated and packaged to be distributed at the old age home.

Deliverables:

Distribution of items as required by the old age home and to spend time with inmates of the old age home.

Intended Impact:

Joy of sharing resources with less fortunate members of society.

Giving a lease of new life to all the collected materials which otherwise would have ended in landfill.

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POVERTY REDUCTION AND PRO-POOR PROGRAM

Iskilla Village Adoption

JOY OF SHARING ACTIVITY

BHARTIYA GRAMEEN MAHILA SANGH AND SHISHUKUNJ VIDYALAYA

CHESHIRE HOMES, BANGALORE

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