Ananya

ANANYA TRUST

TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT

2009-2010

INTRODUCTION

The year 2008-2009 ended with a major transition in the life of Ananya with the exam fever reaching a high pitch. Organizationally, a fresh perspective emerged this year when we saw children growing up emotionally and academically. A batch of seven children graduated from school, 4 of whom are pursuing higher education and the others have started working. A larger group of 12 students were all set to enroll for the NIOS examinations. We spent many Monday morning meetings debating several issues: Were we becoming just like other schools where examinations are the be-all and end-all of schooling? Was learning at Ananya becoming “main stream” and text book oriented? Do we (and should we) encourage children to sit for exams? What happens to those children who are not capable of handling the pressures associated with exams? Are we also becoming a cog in the fight for credentialing?

What follows is an account of our journey into 2010 during which we spent a lot of time and energy encouraging the use of the multi-intelligence capacities of the children and making it a part of our daily lesson plans. We also spent numerous hours trying to find answers to the various questions that kept arising.

What is unique about this issue of the Annual report is that many people have contributed to the writing of this report. We are extremely grateful for all your contributions and efforts.

Commencement of the session 2009-2010

The year’s session commenced on 1 June with a staff review meeting for:

· reviewing the work done

· assessing children's progress

· regrouping children

· planning ahead for the next academic year.

The salient features of the grouping this year was that the international volunteers inspired us to name our students groups after common currencies used in the world. The campus often had the atmosphere of a global trading centre with various currencies (groups) changing hands amongst teachers.

*BAHT*	*FRANC*	*POUND*	*EURO*	*YEN*	*LIRA*	*PESO*	*RUPEE*
Basalingamma	Sharad.V	Kanna	Govindraj	Durga	Aruna	Rajesh	Krishna
Sowmya	Murali	Suresh	Jayanthi	Taiamma	Ajay	Amarjyothi	Kaushik
Premilla	Yellappa	Sundar	Sarabhaya	Selvi	Kalpana	Priyanka	Mamatha
Srilakshmi	V.Priya	Vignesh	Yellumallai	Ramu	Priya	Kavya	Manoj
Basavaraj	Pallavi		Asha	Praveen		Ramchandra
Shashikala	Durga.V		Satish	B.Priya		Prem
Jayanth	Sarsa		Kiran	Sharad.K
	Shivashankar

While the names of the groups change every year and the children are regrouped according to their progress in the past year, volunteers come for short term and long term one thing that continues to remain the same most of the time is the daily routine in the life of a resident Ananyaite. In the course of the day, we ensure that there is a good balance between play time and study time; structured activities and time for free play, adequate time to exercise the body, mind and soul. The children reside in the Ananya campus from Monday to Friday, and it is quite a challenge to ensure that the children are fed nutritious meals, receive enough quality time with the teachers, and learning takes place all in an atmosphere free from pressures and deadlines.

A day in the life at Ananya
*TIME*	*ACTIVITY*
06:30:00	Waking up
6:30-7:30	Community Work
7:30-8:30	Washing/Cleaning/ Bathing
8:30-9:00	Breakfast
9:00-9:30	Circle-Up Time
9:30-10:30	Tea/Self Study/Getting ready for classes
10:30	Dorms to be locked for the day
10:30-14:30	School Time/ Classes
14:30-16:00	Lunch/ Cleaning dorms
16:00-17:00	Games, Physical activities
17:00-17:30	Tea
17:30-18:30	Community Work
18:30-19:00	Quiet Time
19:00-20:00	Home work
20:00-21:00	Dinner and brushing teeth
21:00-21:30	Getting Ready for bed
21:30-22:00	Quiet Time
22:00:00	Lights out

learning through culture

A number of cultural activities were organized as part of our multi-intelligence approach to enrich our childrens’ knowledge in diverse fields, and to enable them to develop team spirit. Some of these were:

Puppetry

Under the direction of Rohit Bhatia from Delhi, children worked on all aspects of the puppet show, starting from script writing, costumes designing to finally presenting the show. Here below are some pictures of our children involved in other activities of puppetry:

Stage set up team

Sound and light team

Costume making team

Puppet making team at work

A Report of a Puppet Show

In November, Rohit Bhatia, our resource person for puppetry, returned to Ananya for a resumption of the school’s puppetry programme. In order to showcase our children’s’ talent, as well as to raise funds for the school, we decided to conduct an ambitious two-week puppet festival. Practice commenced in full swing preparing for a special puppet show on Children’s Day, at Gayan Samaja. Our sincere thanks to Saldo and Serge for organizing the show successfully.

Entrance of Gayan Samaj

November 14, 2009.

The D day for the first public performance by the kids, ‘Hope for the Flowers’. The children got into the school Bolero and headed towards Gayan Samaj. Some were very quiet, some nervous, others talkative, but all were sure they would put in their best performance. The show received a lot of applause and there were cries of ‘Super’ and ‘Wow’ from the children sitting in the audience. It was a great show and with the special director’s touch, it turned out to be almost professional.

The children were in high spirits on the drive back to Ananya after the great performance. They were looking forward to their run the next day.

Preparations in the Green Room

before the performance

Our audience at the first public performance of the

puppet show “Hope for the Flowers”

A scene from the performance

Music and Dance Workshop

In June, Divya, Aditi and Yashna conducted a three-week music and dance session in the afternoons which ended with a performance for the benefit of the staff, students and special invitees.

New School Song

Valentina and Rohit wrote the lyrics and composed the music for our new school song during the Puppet workshops. The whole school was humming the tune and practicing in between classes. Bhavani and Shubha wrote the lyrics in Kannada while Vidhya did the Tamil version. We now have a tri-lingual school song!

Debates

We decided to adjourn the Monday meeting on January 4, 2010 and have a debating session with the children. We divided them into 2 groups and explained to them what it is to debate.

The topic was the ever debatable ‘Television: a boon or bane’. We settled for this simple topic to ensure active participation of children. As the initial restlessness subsided, a competitive spirit filled the air. In 15minutes the classroom was ringing with emphatic voices eager to make their point heard. There was a healthy discussion after the first round, though at times we had to interfere and calm the participants. We realized there were quite a lot of budding debaters among us.

Some interesting view points:

Television is a bane because you waste time sitting in front of it.

Television is a bane also because you cannot concentrate on whatever work you are doing.

Television is a boon because we learn multitasking. We watch TV while doing other things. We don’t waste time.

Campaigning against Smoking

As a part of their NIOS English project, the kids went on a rally around Gunjur, to campaign against the harmful effects of smoking,. They made placards and shouted slogans to create awareness among the bystanders. They came back with mixed emotions and wrote a report on their experience.

A few quotes from their notes:

“….I was shy at first but later on participated in the rally….”

“….People were looking at our placards. A man was ashamed and hid his cigarette….”

“….I got the chance to tell people how bad smoking can be….”

“….I hope some people understood and will quit smoking….”

HEALTH AND SPORTS

Karate, Running, and Puppetry have blended quite well into our curriculum and are not considered as extracurricular activities because they have enabled us to create avenues for the development of multi-intelligence capacities of our children. These activities have provided physical exercise, inculcated some discipline, hands-on training and a better understanding of how the body functions, which until now remained a textbook concept.

Children are taken for regular dental checkups every Wednesday. General health checkups are also conducted three times in the academic year.

Karate classes

Thanks to Sensei Manjula (Sensei Ni Rei: means “bow to the Sensei” in Japanese), along with Team Asha volunteers, Karate became a regular affair for Ananya kids. An entry in Team Asha’s blogspot on July 4said that just as America celebrated its independence, we at Ananya took the first step towards self defense by striving for the Yellow Belt. All of us came out in flying colors. Banna qualified for the yellow belt in karate.

Running

Since the beginning of this year, Santosh of Runners’ High initiated running as a regular activity for our children, not only as a sports activity but also as a part of the academic curriculum. Runners High is an organization promoting running as a fitness activity for children and adults alike. On 8^th Oct. Preeti and Santosh conducted experiments on effects of deep breathing on lung capacity. After the weekly run, the children of Franc and Euro groups observed how the pulse count increases with running and goes back to the original count within 2 minutes. Running as an activity has become a regular part of Thursday mornings.

Photo Opportunity with Team Asha after the Marathon

The children also participated in a number of Marathons during the year. On 31st May 2009 children ran enthusiastically for a cause by participating in the Bangalore Marathon. They assembled at Ananya and drove to UB City. After fulfilling their part as cheerleaders for the 10K runners, our children joined the race. Bannappa, Yellappa, Sharad, Basavaraj, Murli, Govindraj, Sharabayya, Praveen, Prasanna and Kanna proudly announced that they completed 10K while others did the 5K distance. Running has given a ‘high’ to our children they are now healthier with Runners’ High visiting the school twice a week. As team Asha put it: “This small team from Team Asha has bonded so well with Ananya that on Tuesdays and Saturdays we are invariably present at Ananya. The entire place has so much energy and we feel all the more part of Ananya.”

On June 20 the children participated in the Runners’ High Run at Valley School. George and Agnes joined the children in the run.

The campus was abuzz with numerous sporting events after 3 pm everyday. It is amazing to watch the 1 ½ acres of the coconut grove become an arena for all kinds of sports and games. Badminton, throw ball, volley ball, cricket, football, kho-kho--all find a pride of place along with our fast dying indigenous street games like hop scotch and ‘lagori’ (piling seven flat stones and hitting them with a ball to topple the pile and then putting it back together before being tagged) played by our little children.

Cricket

A report on the Friendly Cricket match between our own Ananya Ryders and Ananya Panthers!

It was an exciting weekend for us at Ananya. For those who were present, it was a great Saturday that was not dampened by the rain and clouds. In fact it seemed that the rain brought the much needed relief from the heat, and the clouds from the scorching sun. It was thus a perfect day for a cricket match between two rival teams of Ananya: Ananya Panthers and Ananya Ryders. This was the culmination of a two-day cricket camp organized by Ata Odanaata. The coaches for the camp were Dr. Raghu and Sheetal Suryavanshi.

The day began with a lot of excitement, getting the pitch ready, the stumps being positioned, the crease marked, bowlers marking the run up and the batsmen scrutinizing the ground (which included the permanently stationed fielders: the coconut trees!) for possibilities of hitting fours and sixes.

The match had all the trappings of a national level match: healthy competition, fierce rivalry, tears, cheering, jeering, match fixing, nail biting finish, inconsistent umpiring, chief guests, cameraman, distribution of certificates, the works. The only thing missing was a running commentary. (The position of a commentator is up for grabs!)

At the end of the game what mattered was that everyone had a good time, though the losers did not think so. The winning team’s jubilation was short lived when Kannan the captain saw his best friends from the opposite side break down. He said if he had known they would take it so badly, he would have lost the match! But all’s well that ends well. So, while there were disappointment and tears immediately after the end of the game, they bounced back in a truly sportsmanly spirit, and everything was back to normal. Soon the children were picking up the bat and ball and playing normal gully cricket. Praveen’s batting and Ramus’ bowling were highlights of the day.

For more excitement, watch the pictures on the link given below:

http://picasaweb.google.com/skulrao/NovCricketMatch?feat=directlink


The Captains: Suresh, Ananya Panthers	Kannan, Ananya Ryders		Ananya Panthers openers: Durga and Murali
			Ananya Ryders openers: Durga and Sarabhaya

Bowler of the day, Ramu	Batsman of the Day, Praveen		Team Ananya Ryders with captain Kanna
Team Ananya Panthers captain Suresh		The audience

Umpire: Sheetal

The Score keepers

Nail biting finish!

Jubilation time for Ananya Ryders

Umpire: Raghu

Hockey

Kanna, Govindraj and Sharad Kumar participated in their first hockey tournament against St. Joseph’s school and St. Germaine school. Sadly, Hockey coaching has been discontinued, but this has not stopped our children from playing it in school sometimes even using coconut fronds as hockey sticks!

Table Tennis

Banna, Sharad and Suresh participated in a Table Tennis Tournament at Tumkur. Banna entered the 3^rd round. Ata Odanaata conducted a TT camp and donated a table which is being used regularly.

Football

Thanks to our partner Dream a Dream, football continues to be a favourite sport among the 20 children who walk down eagerly to the SPT Sports Complex on Sarjapur Road twice a week. Along with regular football sessions, foot ball practice includes warming-up activities like running around the field, exercises, long stretches, and arranging matches.

counselling

Counseling is an on-going activity in Ananya that helps individual students to deal with the challenges they face and the life choices they seek to make. Here below are a few examples of counseling in action in Ananya:

· Ramchandra and Prem attended counseling sessions at TREDA to help them overcome the tobacco chewing habit.

· Shashi mentored Arun and Prasanna about volunteering and their role as volunteers at Ananya.

· To promote awareness about effects of intolerance, we read “The Butter Battle Book” by Dr. Suess. This was followed by discussions with Shashi as the moderator.

· Manju, another Ananya student who just passed his class X and has enrolled himself in Rani Sarla Devi College for the Senior secondary programme, had some words for wisdom for the students at Ananya:

“I now realize the three most important things I learnt at Ananya: one is not using a guide to study but reading the text, understanding it, and answering the questions by myself; second, showing respect for our teachers should not be by external gestures or actions but must come from within; and finally, the independence I had at Ananya has actually made me disciplined and I am able to concentrate. I am not as restless as my classmates.”

TEACHERS’ DAY CELEBRATIONS

Sept 5, 2009 was another red-letter day. Apart from celebrating ourselves as teachers, we honored the students who passed their NIOS exams.

It was a perfect day to honor the valued volunteers, Manjula, Balu, Narmada and Vinod who represented the Runner’s High team. They received certificates for giving their time and energy to take our children forward in different ways. Hema, Shashank and Vishal, our long time supporters and student mentors who have watched the children grow, shared with us the remarkable changes they saw in the children.

This being a special day for teachers, the flowers and leaves at Ananya were in grave danger as usual waiting to be clipped for the professional bouquets made by the flower arrangement team. But it seemed the children had other plans, they stopped with just handshakes and greetings. We understood what saved the flora in the campus when they gave each of us beautiful handmade cards and a potted plant, making the excitement stay longer and fresher.

It was a proud moment for Prasanna, Arun, Aishwarya, and Manjunath, when Ramdas placed black graduation caps on their heads and presented them with personalized certificates for successfully completing the NIOS exams.. Amid loud applause each shared their experiences at Ananya.

Next the Ananya alumni took the centre stage and received their certificates. Hamsa and Sridhar talked about their startup company, Innovative Contractors, that provides services for home maintenance. Dinesh works as an office boy and Nethra in a garment factory.

It only added more to the happy mood to see the confidence with which Sarsa and Prasanna made power point presentations. Sarsa had a lot to share about her trip to Sweden and Prasanna made a presentation on the puppetry workshop in school. This was followed by a puppet show by children on an adaptation of ‘Hansel and Gretel’. As usual, the children added more flavor and spice to the performance, making it hilarious.

First Parent-Teacher Meeting

The parents and teachers gathered to discuss the children’s performance during the first trimester of the school year. This year we had a long list of announcements for the parents since it was an eventful year. With the confidence boost from our graduates, we had more children who registered for the NIOS exams- Murli, Yellappa, Sharad, Shivashankar, Priya, Srilakshmi, Durga, Pallavi, Baslingamma, Premilla, Shashikala, Soumya, and Basavaraj.

Another announcement made in the meeting was on committees formed by children. The different committees are Student Welfare, Peace Keeping, Magic Maintenance, Red Cross, Event Management and Sports.

With Swine flu raging feverishly in Karnataka, the parents were briefed about precautions to be followed to keep children and family healthy and safe.

Before we dispersed for lunch, we had a great presentation of ‘Kihon’ which means the fundamentals of Karate. It was action packed with the children demonstrating moves in stimulated attacks.

The celebration ended (so we thought) with a sumptuous lunch and a noisy chat but we realized that the children had a surprise in store for us. There were a few energetic leg movements to the beats of ‘Jai Ho’, and ‘Beat it’ after which we finally wound up the celebrations.

Second Parent-Teacher Meeting

The meeting was held on December 21, 2009. It started with the usual greetings and discussion of individual progress reports of the children with the parents. They were informed about the happenings at school.

We celebrated Sowmya’s birthday, and it was also her last day of work at Ananya. Lakshmi, Sarsa’s mother, helped in the kitchen in Shivamma’s absence.

The parents and teachers then shared and discussed issues of common concern.

1. The parents were given the reason why the children were asked to commute daily for a week. We expressed our concern at the parents’ apathy and wondered why they had not bothered to find out the reason for the same. Some parents expressed shock and said they were unaware of the happenings, and had been told by the children that the school had declared a holiday for a week.

2. Some parents got emotional and a little angry about how the children were not telling them about the real situation in school. They were concerned about how children were more interested in dressing up and falling in love than concentrating on their studies.

3. The turn out by parents was low, so we asked the parents present how we could ensure better attendance.

Children performing a Bharatnatyam dance for the parents

A cartoon by Tayamma on display for the PTA

Spider formation at a gymnastic performance

by Suvi and the children for the PTA

Staff and Volunteers at Ananya

There were some major changes in the staff this year. Uddhav, our Maths teacher, decided to take a break and explore other possibilities. Sumedha taught Maths for a few months until the winter vacations. Maths teaching is now being shared by two volunteers, Santhosh and Rajesh. Agnes who had been with us for a year returned to Sweden in August after bidding us a tearful farewell. James Wozniak came in January 2010 as a long term volunteer for a year. Arun, a retired Air Force officer, and Rajesh, a software engineer, joined the Ananya team as active volunteers. Over the year we had many short term volunteers who involved themselves in various activities and brought with them a whole range of talents and experiences. It was a good cultural exposure for our children who learnt more from these interactions than they would have from books.

In July-August, Soundarya and Arshiya volunteered at Ananya for a month and a half. During the circle up time at 9-9.30 am, they engaged the children in news reading, conducting quizzes and discussions on various topics.

Ananya has offered scope for variegated learning activities to the students and to volunteers outside classes, including farming opportunities to Team Asha volunteers. George, along with the children, joined in the efforts. The volunteers especially enjoyed ploughing the field, planting ginger/bean sprouts, manuring and watering. The sense of achievement the volunteers and the children felt was a sight to behold.

We had a staff retreat in Ananya campus for 2 days in August. Ms. Meena Jain, Ms. Srilakshmi and Ms. Philomena were the resource persons who took sessions for us. An outcome of the workshop was a group effort at reviewing our vision and mission statements.

Suvi did a cartooning workshop with Sharad and Ramu

Lisa and Odette helping the children in making a map of Ananya

As part of our weekly Monday morning staff meetings, Drs. Dave and Fiona Pearson returned in January 2010 for the annual two-month sessions on training the staff in Counseling and Mentoring skills.

Overview of the Highlights of the year

April 2009

Teachers' review meeting.

NIOS exams of children.

1st Puppetry Workshop

May 2009

Planning meeting, formation of groups and getting ready for opening day.

June 2009

Ananya Children get a taste of success at the NIOS secondary exams! New admissions. Inclusion of Puppetry and Running into the curriculum.

2nd Puppetry Workshop

July 2009

Rohit starts the 3rd Puppetry Workshop

August 2009

Teachers’ workshop. Influx of international volunteers.

September 2009

4th Puppetry workshop, Ananya performs at National college.

First Parent Teacher meeting.

Launch of a new web site

October 2009

A run is organized by Runner’s High

November 2009

We have a school song in three languages! Strengthening of the students’ committees. Cricket Match between two Ananya teams.

Puppet performance for Childrens' Day in Gayana Samaj.

December 2009

Banna passes his class X examinations. Volunteers Suvi and Odette return.

Second Parent Teacher Meeting

January 2010

Inauguration of Puppet festival.

February 2010

Puppet festival

March 2009

Ananya’s twelfth annual day celebrations. Table tennis camp. Exam fever hits Ananya. Third Parent Teacher Meeting

ANANYA DIARY 2009-2010

APRIL-MAY

April 13: May 4: The children appear in NIOS examination:

April 27: May 6: Puppet workshop conducted by Rohit Bhatia from Delhi

April 21: Sarsa leaves for Sweden on a three-month Indo-Swedish Cultural Youth Exchange programme run by ICDE.

May 23^: Bangalore Marathon

May 25^: Prasanna starts work at Scan Café.

May 28: Planning meeting of teachers at Shubha's place.

May 29: Planning meeting continues at Shashi's place.

JUNE

June 1: The school academic year starts

June 9^::Sumedha joins the staff of Ananya

June 10^:Visit by Mr. Thimmaraju of NCLP.

June 12^:Usha, Pronoti, Rupen, Areya. Aditya visit the school. NIOS results announced

June 13^:Runners’ High celebrate the children’s success.

June 22^:Second session of the puppetry workshop begins. Sukanya, and Banna register for September exams.

June 23^:Rakshita celebrates her birthday at Ananya.

June 24^:Rohit works with Vidhya and Ramdas on script writing – second workshop begins.

June 25^:Sarsa, our first student to go abroad, returns.

June 31: medical checkup by Doctor Ms. Sujata along with nurse Anju, from Gunjur Government Hospital

JULY

July 1^:Children collect prospectus for Secondary and Senior Secondary NIOS exams.

Jonaki, Thomas Shubha and Madhu start newspaper collection in Rainbow drive.

July 6^:Volunteers Asha and Tegan arrive at Ananya from Australia

July 13^: Odette, a previous volunteer, revisits Ananya for a week.

July 14^: Jonaki’s first physics class with the group

July 15^:Sindya’s father and Vignesh visit Ananya.

July 17^:MM Kumarswamy, facilitator and friend of Ananya, passes away.

July 20^:Arun starts training as an automobile mechanic at Prudence Auto Garage under Benzy.

July 24^:Kalpana from Dream a Dream visits Ananya

July 27^: Rohit starts the 3^rd workshop on puppet making.

July 28^: Andrea, our Italian volunteer, arrives at Ananya for 3 weeks.

July 29^:Lunch sponsored by Mr. Menon.

July 30^: Farewell to Asha and Tegan,.

AUGUST

August 1: Ananya is gifted a car by Hema Pillai.

August 3: A tearful farewell to Agnes, our long term volunteer from Sweden.

August 4: Maria Antoniette, a volunteer from Italy, arrives at Ananya for two weeks.

August 5: Sundar starts training as a automobile mechanic at Team Tech.

August 8: Children register for the NIOS.

August 10: Arundati Bose from GFC visit as an external evaluator for GFC.

August 14: On a visit to Sasken, the children make a presentation on Ananya through a puppet show.

August 15: Runner’s High from Team Asha organizes a run from Ananya to Karmelaram, followed by a karate demo.

August 15 – 23: Midterm break for the children.

August 17: Staff farewell to Andrea and Maria with a lunch at La Casa.

August18 -- 20: Teachers’ training workshop.

August 29: Children take part in a friendly football tournament.

SEPTEMBER

September 1: Children form committees to take care of the various aspects of school.

September 3; ICDE team visits Ananya

September 5: First Parent-Teacher Meeting and Teacher’s Day Celebrations

September 22: Staff and students of Shibhumi visit our school for an introduction to puppetry. 4^th Puppetry Workshop.

September 27^:. Public performance at Kalakshetra in the National College campus, on the occasion of Joy of Giving Week organized by Give India and Bangalore Cares

September 28: Launch of our second web site by Gail Blazey.

OCTOBER

October 1 -5: School closes for the Dusshera holidays.

October 5: Valentina, a new volunteer from Switzerland, joins Ananya for 2 months.

October 10: A friendly cricket match between Ananya and Team Asha

October 15: Dental checkup ; Diwali stall in General Motors by Ananya.

October 24: A run organized by Runner’s High at Prakriya school

October 27: Presentation about Ananya at Adobe.

October 31: Hannah, a new volunteer from Whales, arrives at Ananya for a month.

NOVEMBER

November 1: Arun, a retired Air Force officer, and Rajesh, a software engineer, join the Ananya team as active volunteers. Children and staff witness a puppet show “The Zapperdock and the Wock” thanks to Jenny Pinto and Gayatri, one of the organizers of the show.

November 4: A sad day for all of us at Ananya as we mourn the demise of one of our ex students, Sarala. A condolence meeting is held in her memory.

November 5-6: Cricket camp organized by Sheetal and Raghu of Ata Odanaata.

November 7: Friendly Cricket match

November 10: Sumedha’s last day at Ananya

November 15: The early morning run at Tumkur

November 17-20: A week of much discussions and dialogue at Ananya as we all struggle with the issue of how to make Ananya a safe place.

November 20: Hannah completes her project at Ananya

November 27: We bid a tearful farewell to Valentina

November 30: The children return after a week of being day scholars.

DECEMBER

December 1: Kanna and Vignesh start their training at Printo.

December 5: The running programme restarts.

December 9: Volunteers Suvi and Odette return to Ananya along with Lisa from Australia December 10: The NIOS results are announced.

December 11: Eye check up at Shankara Eye Hospital.

December 17: A rally by NIOS children to campaign against the harmful effects of smoking

December 18: Dental checkup

December 21^st Second Parent-Teacher Meeting

December 24 – January 4^, 2010: Christmas and New Year holidays

JANUARY 2010

January 4: School reopens

January 8: Suvi leaves for Finland. Farewell to Suvi with cakes and cookies

January 9: Friendly football match at SPT with Citrix team.

January 11: Mentoring programme by Dave and Fiona begins.

January 16: Our long-term volunteer James from the US comes to Ananya through ICDE.

January 21: Jessica and Rajeshwari, volunteers of the Indo Swedish Project, arrive for a 3-month volunteering programme.

January 25: Rohit arrives for the preparation of the puppet festival.

January 30: Inauguration of the puppet festival at Cubbon park

February

February 1: Promotion of the puppet show at Wipro Corporate office

February 4: Three shows at the St. John’s auditorium.

February 6-7: Yavanika Auditorium: 5 performances over two days.

February 11: Visit by 100 students from Cathedral High school

February 12: Three shows at JSS Auditorium, Jayanagar. Last day of the festival.

February 14: Pondicherry Marathon. 30 Ananya children join the Runners' High team

February 22: Vinutha arrives for a one-month volunteering stint from the US

February 26: Another cricket match

March

March 6; Ananya Birthday: we watch two movies: 3 Idiots and Charlotte’s Web. This is followed by dinner and camp fire.

March 7: Women’s Day Run at Ulsoor Lake.

March 14: Ananya Birthday celebrations: Live Band by Rhythmic Energy, dance performance by Wish India and gymtastics by Ananya team.

March 19: Farewell to Vinutha.

March 17-24: Table tennis camp organized by Ata Odanaata.

March 20: Another cricket match between Team Asha and Anaya organized by Runners High at the Primus Public school.

March 27: Ananya bids farewell to Jessica and Raji as they leave for Sweden.

March 28: Third Parent-Teacher meeting and last day of school.

Donors

We are deeply grateful for your generous and thoughtful contributions.

Give Foundation

Elizabeth V.S.

Charities Aid Foundation CAF

Mr Ramanik Bakshi

ICDE

Ms Malathi Purushathom

Mr Srinivas Rao And Mr Raju

Sagar Muthappa

C. S. Suresh

Dream a Dream

NCLP

Mamatha Mutt

Bhuvanseshwari

Satish Kumar

Malathi Nagaraju

A Anand Babu

Suchitra Rao R V

Sandeep Dubey

Sriram Srinivasan

Dinesh Kumar Murugesan

Radhakrishna Mahalikudi

Nagesh Tamarapalli

Vinodh Kumar

Harpreet Arora

Vikrant Singh

Vachan Kumar

Ravikanth Penugonda

Arunachalam Annamalai

Ashapoorna C

Milind Kushal Nagda

Subhash Kunnoth

Jyothi Raheja

Chakradhar Tallury

Shodhna Shetty

Krishna Sethupathy Leela

Manjunath Shevgoor

Santhosh Chindambaram

Ramakumar Jayaseelan

Kanishka Lahiri

Sringeshwar Harsha Bhardwaj

T C Meenakshi Sundaram

Sudhir Kumar Sethi

IDG Ventures India Advisors Pvt Ltd.

Mitra Technologies

Uday Gadgil

IVT

Mudit

Anasta Hotels Pvt. Ltd.

Vidyaranya and Kavita Shastri

Michelle Katics

Golbal Fund For Children

AMD

SGTS Germany

Meena and Fakhri

Richard SJ Van

Arvind Kulkarni

A K Sathyanarrain

Latheefa Zubair

Radhakrishna and Rama

Bhuvaneshwari

Balu and Anisha

Rakha Kengeri

Nirmala Kumar

Kumar Rao

Sudhindra and Vidhya Kumar

St. John's Auditorium

Jasmin

Shashank Gupta

Deepak

Darshana

Dimple

General Motors

Rohit Bhatia

Sankalpa Nayak

Vani

Prabha Basudeva

K V Mahesh

Swati Sathyanarayana

GMR Varalaxmi Foundation

Ansgu Raja

Vivek Prabhakhar

Surendra Chawla

Shruti Honnavar

The Cathedral High School

Advaith Foundation

Srividya

Dutch Touch Edutainment Pvt. Ltd.

Sita

Mallya Aditi International School

Bhavani Prasad Yerrapalli

Priti Mehan

Vidhya Sundar

Chandra Shekhar

Radhakanth Tantri

Ramdas Rao

V M Rao

Mridula Rao

Mallika Rao

Kala Ramesh

Lawrence Liang

Aarti Mundkar

Arvind Narrain

Vijayalaxmi

Vahini Upadhya

M Chandrashekaran

Jai Chand Jain

Infynite Smiles Bangalore DC

Santhosh Padmanabhan

Vilas Mahajan

Canara Bank E T & T Section

Sharada Hiregange

CREDIBILITY ALLIANCE NORMS COMPLIANCE REPORT

Identity

Ø Ananya is a registered charitable trust registered on March 6,1998; number 1289/97-98 - IV

Ø Ananya is registered u/s of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and has exemption u/s 80G, vide letter no. DIT (E)BLR/80G ( R) /140/AAATA8216A/ITO(E)-I/VOL. 2008-09 valid until 31.03.2011

Ø Ananya is also registered under section 6 (1) (a) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 (FCRA registration No, 094420960)

Mission

To provide educational opportunities to poor children who wish to study but have rejected or have been rejected by mainstream schools.

Vision

We envision a school where

Ø Children acquire skills to be life-long learners

Ø Child’s curiosity is aroused and sustained through questioning and seeking answers

Ø The environment allows them to find answers through enquiry, exploration and experiment.

Objectives

Ø To provide meaningful and relevant education to children from disadvantaged backgrounds

Ø To create a cadre of teachers and individuals who are sensitive to and can respond to the needs of the beneficiaries

Ø To encourage parents and guardians to be actively involved in the education of their child’s learning process, and

Ø To network with other NGOs and Government institutions to provide the best facilities, sports and cultural experiences to our children.

Accountability and Transparency

Ø No remuneration, sitting fees, or any other form of compensation has been paid since inception of the foundation to any of the Trustees

Ø No reimbursements have been made to any of the Trustees

Ø Remuneration paid to the head of the organization: Nil

Ø Remuneration of the highest paid staff member: Rs. 15,000 pm

Ø Remuneration to the lowest paid staff member: Rs. 3000 pm + benefits (which include accommodation, food, transport and medical benefits)

Ø Staff details:

	Paid full time	Voluntary - unpaid	Paid Part time
Males	1	4	0
Females	6	2	0
Total	7	6	0

Ø Distribution of Staff according to salary levels as on March 31, 2010

Gross Salary pm	Male	Female	Total
<>	0	0	0
3000 - 9000	0	3	3
10000 - 15000	1	3	4
Total	1	6	7

Ø No cost was incurred on international travel by any of the Trustees in the year 2009-2010 using funds from the trust.

Ø No cost was incurred on national travel by any of the Trustees in the year 2009-2010 using funds from the trust.

Details of Trustees

Name	Age	Sex	Position	Occupation	Area of Competency	Meetings Attended
Vasumathi Shivakumar	54	F	Trustee	Homemaker	Public Relations	2/2
Priya Tiwari	55	F	Trustee	Homemaker	Administration	0/2
Hema Pillai	46	F	Trustee	Teacher	Teaching	2/2
Shashi Rao	58	F	Managing Trustee	Teacher	Curriculum Development	2/2
Sheela Adavi	51	F	Trustee	Teacher	Finance	2/2

Ø The Trustees met twice during the year 2009-2010: 2.12.2009, 15.03.10

Ø The Trustees are for life and there is no rotation policy. They can resign or be removed if found incapable of carrying out their responsibilities.

Ø The Trustees approve programmes, formulate policies, and review reports and audited financial statements.

Ø The Trustees also ensure the trust’s compliance with laws and regulations.

Names and Addresses of Bankers

Ø Union Bank of India, Jayanagar 4^th Block, Bangalore 560011

Ø ICICI Bank Ltd., 80/7 Elephant Rock Road, Jayanagar, 3^rd Block, Bangalore

Name and Address of the Auditor

Mr. M R Narasimha Murthy

Chartered Accountant

SAROJA CHAMBERS

2nd & 3rd Floor

No.50, Nehrunagar Main Road,

Nehrunagar,

Bangalore 560020

Accounts

ANANYA TRUST

NOTES ON ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31.03.2010.

1. Financial statements for the year ended 31.03.2010 are prepared on historical cost. Conventional method.

2. The Expenses are accounted on accrual Basis.

3. Depreciation has been charged on written down value basis consistently from year to year.

4. Donation are accounted on cash basis and all the donations received upto 31.03.2010 in cash are accounted and recorded in the books of accounts.

5. Donation received in kind are not effected in the books of accounts.

6. During the year the amounts received from various Institutions / Agencies are considered as donation received and credited to Income and expenditure account. And debited expenses accordingly

For ANANYA TRUST

TRUSTEE M.R.NARASIMHA MURTHY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT

ANANYA TRUST
# 233, 6TH MAIN, 4TH BLOCK, JAYANAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 011.

BALANCE SHEET AS ON 31ST MARCH 2010
			AS AT
PARTICULARS	SCH		31.03.2010
		Rs.	RS.

CORPUS FUND :
OPENING BALANCE		5,976,751.69
Less : EXCESS OF EXPENDITURE OVER INCOME		250,242.17	5726509.53


TOTAL			5726509.53

FIXED ASSETS :	1
GROSS BLOCK		2,807,618.60
LESS : DEPRECIATION		142,081.82	2665536.79


DEPOSITS	2		1307200


CURRENT ASSETS :
TDS RECEIVABLE		8627
BANK BALANCE	3	1680935.67
CASH IN HAND		64210.07
		1,753,772.74

NET CURRENT ASSETS			1,753,772.74


TOTAL			5726509.53
			-
DATE : 29.07.2010		Subject to my report of even date
PLACE : Bangalore		u/s 12A(b) of the Income Tax, 1961.


Smt. Shashi Rao		M.R. Narasimha Murthy
Trustee		Chartered Accountant

ANANYA TRUST
# 233, 6TH MAIN, 4TH BLOCK, JAYANAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 011.
INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2010
			AS AT
PARTICULARS			31.03.2010
			RS.
INCOME
General Donation Received		1,398,579.05
Grants received from
Charities Aid Foundation		134,227.00
Global Fund for Children		445,179.00
National Child Labour Project		81,240.00	2,059,225.05
Interest on FD		54,324.00	54,324.00
TOTAL			2,113,549.05
EXPENSES
*GENERAL :*
Administration Expenses			425,632.00
Bank Charges			431.00
Books			29,788.00
Computer Repair & Maintenance			22,132.40
Conveyance			141,041.00
Electric Charges			14,193.00
Exam fees			10,659.00
Excursions			3,938.00
Food Expenses			229,214.00
House hold expenses			43,975.00
Medical Expenses			24,236.00
Postage and telegram			5,076.00
Printing and Stationery			8,683.00
Property Tax payment			49,665.00
Puppet Shows			24,120.00
Repairs & Maintenece			42,993.00
Salaries			547,900.00
Student Welfare			27,530.00
Teacher Training			6,750.00
Telephone & Internet charges			7,291.00
Depreciation			142,081.82
Expenses under specific Grants
Charities Aid Foundation			134,227.00
Global Fund for Children			340,995.00
National Child Labour Project			81,240.00

TOTAL			2,363,791.22
EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE			(250,242.17)
DATE : 29.07.2010	Subject to my report of even date
PLACE : Bangalore	u/s 12A(b) of the Income Tax, 1961.
Smt. Shashi Rao	M.R. Narasimha Murthy
Trustee	Chartered Accountant

ANANYA TRUST
# 233, 6TH MAIN, 4TH BLOCK, JAYANAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 011.
Receipts & Payments Account for the year ending 31st March 2010
Receipts	Amount	Payments		Amount
Opening Balance :		Revenue Exps :
		Administration Expenses		425,632.00
Cash	14,986.07	Bank Charges		431.00
ICICI BANK	14,985.00	Books		29,788.00
Bank a/c no.7548	1,474,418.05	Computer Repair & Maintenance		22,132.40
Bank a/c no.7575	418,754.97	Conveyance		141,041.00
		Electric Charges		14,193.00
		Exam fees		10,659.00
General donation	1,398,579.05	Excursions		3,938.00
		Food Expenses		229,214.00
Charities Aid Foundation	134,227.00	House hold expenses		43,975.00
		Medical Expenses		24,236.00
Global Fund for Children	445,179.00	Postage and telegram		5,076.00
		Printing and Stationery		8,683.00
National Child Labour Project	81,240.00	Property Tax payment		49,665.00
		Puppet Shows		24,120.00
		Repairs & Maintenece		42,993.00
		Salaries		547,900.00
Interest on FD	86,467.00	Student Welfare		27,530.00
		Teacher Training		6,750.00
Fixed Deposit Withdrawn	400,000.00	Telephone & Internet charges		7,291.00

		Expesnses under specific Grants :
		Charities Aid Foundation		134,227.00
		Global Fund for Children		340,995.00
		National Child Labour Project		81,240.00

		Advance paid for Land		500,000.00

		TDS Receivable on FD		1,981.00

		Closing Balance :
		Cash-in-hand		64,210.07
		Cash-at-bank: :
		ICICI Bank		33,685.00
		UBI 7548		1,351,489.65
		UBI 7575		295,761.02
Total	4,468,836.14	Total		4,468,836.14
	-
DATE : 29.07.2010			Subject to my report of even date
Place: Bangalore			u/s 12A(b) of the Income Tax, 1961.



Smt. Shashi Rao			M.R. Narasimha Murthy
Trustee			Chartered Accountant