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Discovery info set- Lakshyam- Raashi Anand
1. LAKSHYAM
Hands to Hearts
GAP Intensive
Discovery Information Set
Changemaker: Rashi Anand
Organization: Lakshyam
Website: http://www.lakshyam.co.in/
2. Established in 2012, Lakshyam is a NGO that uplifts children and women of at-
risk communities through education & employment. Our purpose of existence is
to enhance the lives of disadvantaged children and women, and to offer a
positive direction and a healthier approach towards life.
Currently functional in 11 states of India with 13 centres, Lakshyam’s
'Butterfly: Child Welfare & Education' program offers holistic
education to children, 'Lakshyam Toy Library' is a need-based
approach and 'Rooh: Awakening Women’s Soul' is designed to
empower women via awareness, initiation and action.to work for
child development and women empowerment across India.
3. Discovery Information Report
-Key Insights of A team members
• Despite the bleak socio-economic background that these children
come from, they dare to dream big and want to change things
which is really motivating- Samhita (Student Volunteer)
• Raashi’s work highlights the urgency of the situation at hand. At a
time when government is introducing various schemes and
programs to educate children, organizations like Lakshyam ensure
that the schemes reach down to the people who need them the
most.
• The idea of education and induction into the formal system is very
important and scalable. Creating modules that can be replicated is
a possibility- Shyam Malhotra
• Raashi can think of choosing a geography and work
comprehensively. She can look at a sustainable, multi-spectral
partnerships base model- Gaurav Shah
4. VISION
• To empower women in the form of skill
development in handicrafts and to carve for the
products
• To create a model for the slum communities wherein
all the street children to be brought out of begging , rag
picking or any other trade involve and to provide them
a remedial education and direction through which they
are enrolled in government school and move towards
right direction.
9. SUCCESS STORIES
•Around 25 children are brought out of begging.
•70 rag pickers are brought out of rag picking profession.
•7 children are enrolled in private school- ESW category.
•More than 200 are enrolled in government school.
•5 students are employed in a professional dance group.
•Around 13 special cases are taken under medical care.
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13. SUCCESS STORIES
• Around 100 women are now economically independent.
• Revival of old traditional Indian handicrafts
• 50 self help groups have been created
• 30 women have been credited as entrepreneurs.
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15. LAKSHYAM TOY LIBRARY
'Lakshyam Toy Library' is one of the main programs of Lakshyam that
distributes toys and books from the privileged children to the not-
so-privileged ones. Toy Boxes are set up in several private
schools in Delhi and each child donates a toy and/or book that is
then delivered to the 13 tie-up Centres/NGOs
across 11 states.
LakshyamToy Library Centres have been opened in
the rural districts of states like Delhi, Tamil
Nadu, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,
Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
The other needed books are sourced as per
the regional need.
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17. SUCCESS STORIES
• More than 15000 kids now have access to basic
books and toys.
• More than 17 NGO’s, individuals and government
schools have been provided basic library set up.
18. Children – The kind of impact we want to create is to
bring out street children out of various occupations
and provide them education
Women- To empower women via skill training into
handicrafts
Community- To
provide them
basic information
which is available
to us.
19. LAKSHYAM’S ORGANISATIONAL CHART (DELHI NCR)
FOUNDER
ADVISORY
BODY
SUPERVISORCOORDINATORSMANAGERS
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
M.S POONAM
ANAND (Chair
person and
founder)
M.S. RASHI
ANAND
(Chairperson
and CEO)
DR. LALIT
BHASIN
DR. SHAYAMA
CHONA
MR. SANDEEO
JAJODIA
MR. M.S.
BIITA
MR. RAHUL
MADAAN
MR. RAJEEV
GUPTA
MR VIKAAS
GUTGUTIA
MR. AMIT
BANSAL
MR. RAVISH
KAPOOR
23. OUTCOME
• Proper education facilities for
the children ensuring a safe future.
• Associations with corporate regarding their CSR activities will
ensure growth and development of the centers with each
centre having their own funds and allotments.
• Making women independent and enabling them to have a
secure future.
• Provide better living conditions in slums with proper education
of children and employment opportunities for women.
24. Goal
• By 2018 December to enroll our 150 students of Vasant Kunj
and Ghaziababd in government school.
• To find 5 corporates for our 5 centers , one for each with an
overall budget of Rs 1.5 crore i.e 25 lakhs from each
• To be able to create a curriculum on life skill system for the
butterfly project .
• To create a system which can be replicate in any slum.
25. Impact Assessment
• Project Domain- Social Security- Rag pickers and Beggars
• Target Beneficiaries –
• Beneficiaries impacted as on date- 700 direct and 20000+
Indirect
• Direct and indirect impact on beneficiaries through the
project - Children are out of rag picking & begging. Children
are being enrolled in school. Decrease in drop put rate of
children. Medical treatments are being provided to special
children.Women are becoming financially independent.
Women are becoming entrepreneurs.
26. • Impact on society through this project- Cultural &
attitude shift in the society as the sibling of children
who were earlier involved in begging or ragpicking
are are being enrolled in schools by their children.
• Measurement of Impact- – Survey forms , feedback
forms , monthly tests
• Data collection for impact measurement- manually
• Impact measurement tools used- Non except the
manual
Impact Assessment
27. IMPACT CREATED
• Changing the overall structure of slum areas.
• Higher rates of student’s enrollment in schools and
lower rates of school drop outs.
• Better status of women in the society.
28. We Need
• Require assistance in
– Finding corporate sponsors
– Experts who can help design curriculum and
replication system
– Support for marketing of products
29. Videos of Changemaker
• Mrs. Rashi Anand~ Founder member
(Lakshyam NGO)
• NGO Lakshyam's Short Film
https://youtu.be/qYeesaPbdiU
https://youtu.be/KMpurTi3wes
