1. LICENSE UNDER SECTION 8 (1) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
[Pursuant to rule 20 of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014]

2. _
DITO ( DROP IN THE OCEAN)
‘It is just a drop in the ocean, but there would be no ocean without this drop”.
- Mother Teresa

3. DITOSocialWelfareAssociation4/12/16
PROJECTAREA COVERAGE 2016- 17
•Water & Sanitation Project: Kolkata, Howrah,
Thane
•Education Sponsorship for Girls: West Bengal
•Mobile Medical Project: Howrah
•Fast Track Education Programme: Howrah
PROJECTED SERVICE STATISTICS 2016-17
• Water & Sanitation Project: 350.000 population
• Education Sponsorship for girls: 40 students
• Mobile Medical Project: 55.000 population
• Fast Track Education Programme: 70 students

4. CONTENTS
About DITO
Programme Focus Outlay
Door Step Health Services - Improving Peoples’ Health Seeking Behaviour
Educational Sponsorship for Girls in Higher Education- Giving Wings to Her Imagination
Water & Sanitation Programme - A Step Towards Sawasth ( Healthy) Bharat
FastTrack Learning Programme for Children Living in Difficult Situation
Advocacy Programmes- Long Live Girls campaign
About Board Members
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4/12/16

5. ABOUT
DITO Social Welfare Association, India ia a part of
Dito Foundation, Netherlands, that has presence in
India, Nepal, Thailand, Senegal and Tibet. Founded
in 1996, DITO is nonsectarian, impartial, and non-
governmental. DITO stands for “ Drop In The Ocean”
and dedicates itself to medical care, Girls education
and Empowerment, Water and Sanitation and Social
Impact ventures.In 2016 we are registered in India
as DITO Social Welfare Association. We are governed
by an Independent Board of directors.
Our Values
We reiterate our values and emphasis on ‘praxis’ to bring
forth positive changes within the poorest of the poor
community. Our values have a strong base which stands
on ‘ equality, humanitarianism, solidarity, camaraderie’
in order to end the sufferings of the have nots.
Our Vision
To create an inclusive and equitable society that values
children and young people and actively enables the
community empowerment.
Our Mission
To enable an ecosystem where community, especially the
women and children are given adequate opportunity to
prove themselves as the resourceful global citizen.
Our Theory Of Change
We believe in the universal proverb “ Don't feed man
with fish, but teach him to fish”. Thus with the active
participation of the community living in poverty, and
with our values we aspire to bring forth sustainable changes
within the community.

6. Projected Programme Focus Outlay
2016- 17
Projected Fund Outlay on the Projects
1%
52%
31%
5%
10%
Education sponsorship for girls
Fast Track learning programme for Children in difficult situaton
Door step health services
Water & Sanitation programme
Long Live girls campaign

7. DITOSocialWelfareAssociation4/12/16
STRATEGIC PRIORITY1
Education
- Girls Education Sponsorship
Programme.
- Fast Track Learning
Programme For
Children In
Difficult
Situation

8. Strategic Priority 1
Girls Education Sponsorship Programme
It is our pleasure to convey our stake holders that “ Girls
Education Sponsorship Programme” has stated off with flying
colours. The programme initiated from January 2016 and has
brought 5 girls from the marginalised community under its
scholarship programme. DITO has a special team to select the
candidates and the priority of selection is solely on economic
status of the family. It goes without saying, that the meritorious
girls who has secured atleast 75% marks in Class 12+
examination, and has no or little means to continue their
education are selected under DITO Scholarship Programme.
DITO doesn't give any priority to students on the basis of their
caste, creed or religion. DITO has targeted to reach out 30 such
girls this year ( 2016- 17).
Highlights of the students
•Kahekasan, is a student of 1st year, studying Electrical
Engineering.
•Sana is a student of Bachelors In Technology and has
completed her first year with an average grade point of 7.64.
•Nagma and Shama are studying in Class- XII and aspires to
compete for Medical studies.
•Uzma is studying in Class XII and aspires to become
Computer Engineer.

9. Girls Education Sponsorship Programme
and its IMPACT
“Investment in girls’ may
well be the highest return
investment available in the
developing world”.
Lawrence Summers
Director, National Economic Council
[Written in his former capacity as World Bank Chief
Economist – 1992]

10. Girls Education Sponsorship Programme
and its IMPACT
Wide ranging benefit
I. Lower infant, child and maternal mortality rates: Each additional
year of female education reduces child mortality by 18 per thousand.
II. Decreased HIV/AIDS infection: The Global Coalition on Women and
AIDS reports, “If every child received a complete primary education, at
least 7 million new cases of HIV could be prevented in a decade.
III. Improved women’s labor force participation and income potential :
According to some estimates, a 1 percent increase in the level of
women’s education generates .3 percent in additional economic growth.
Source: INVESTING IN GIRLS’ EDUCATION, An Opportunity for Corporate Leadership, Shannon Murphy with Wivinia Belmonte, September
2009

11. Fast Track Learning Programme For Children In
Difficult Situation
Howrah has one of the biggest settlement of scavenger colonies in West Bengal. The focus area of DITO is
to bring the school drop out, irregular school goers of the scavenger colony under fast track informal
education with the aim to mainstream the children into formal schools. As a pilot programme DITO will
cover 900 families consisting of a population of 6000 population. Moreover the mainstream students will
receive private tuition guidance from the volunteers of DITO on regular basis. This year DITO has aimed to
cover 100 children with the focus to mainstream atleast 40 children.
The Fast Track education programme to enhance the learning process of the children in short span of
time has collaborated with “War Child, Netherlands” and “TNO, Innovation for Life” and will be
introducing E- Learning programme. E Learning will prove that a viable alternative to traditional
education method exists. An alternative, that is empowering, flexible, innovative and cost effective. The
programme will begin with one subject, Mathematics covering the first 3 years of out of school,
technicalities of the game and the tablet.
We are very hopeful that community will enthusiastically embrace the project.

12. STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2
Medical Health
- Providing Health Care
Facilities to the poor
where assesibility to
Medical services are
remote.

13. Strategic Priority 2
Mobile Medical Unit
Accessibility, Affordability, Availability has been the primary focus for DITO Medical Projects. With this aim
in view, DITO has committed to reach to the unreached at the remotest corner of Howrah district . A well
equipped Medical van manned by specialist doctors, nurses, health attendants and having facilities for
pathological tests and ECG will ply 6 days a week at 6 locations in Howrah district to cater to the health
needs of the marginalised community .
WHY DOOR STEP SERVICE
The condition of the primary health centres in the peri urban regions of Howrah district are in dwindling
condition. In order to avail health care facilities the community has to travel a long distance to come to the
Howrah Government Hospital. 90% of the community lives on daily wage and belongs to unorganised labour
sector, which means to avail health service by traveling long distance is to eat on their day's income. As a
result the community refrains from availing the medical care and relies more on local quaks to address to
their health problems. This in the long run aggravates the problem as unprofessional health service brings
more ill-health within the society, thus reducing the productivity of the whole population. DITO's intervention
to break the vicious cycle of ill health by plying a state of art medical van at the proximity will address the
health issues of the population in a more effective way.

14. Mobile Medical Unit
and its IMPACTWide Ranging Benefit
I. Improving the health seeking
behaviour of the marginalised
community.
II. Early detection of illness, thus
i mp r o v i n g t h e c h a n c e s o f
recovery.
III. Informed knowledge of the
community about the illness.
IV. Reducing the chances of maternal
mortality and infant mortality by
providing regular RCH & MCH
services.
DITO
has projected to reach
out 30,000 patients
with 55,000 services by
2016- 17

15. STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3
Water & Sanitation
- Assesibility to potable, safe
and WHO standard safe drinking
water to the underserved
slum dwellers

16. Strategic Priority 3
Water & Sanitation Programme
THE CRISIS
I. Groundwater in one third of India’s 600 districts is not fit for drinking as the concentration of
fluoride, iron, salinity & arsenic exceeds tolerance levels; Surface water in most places has high
microbial contamination.
II. India ranks 120 out of 123 countries surveyed on the Safe Water Index .
III. 30% of Urban India and 90% of rural India still depend on untreated surface or ground water.
2/3rd of hospital beds filled with people suffering from water-borne diseases
IV. 450,000 lives claimed each year due to diarrhoea
V. 60 mn children annually affected by stunted growth due to unsafe water
VI. By 2020, more people would have died of unsafe drinking water than from HIV/AIDS

17. Water & Sanitation Programme
and Its IMPACT
As a part of the pilot project DITO this year will install 7 Water Plants . 4 Water Plants will be
installed in the slum areas of Thane, Maharastra and the 3 Water Plants in West Bengal. DITO
targets to complete the project by July 2016. The plants will provide WHO standard or even better
drinking water to the slum dwellers at a bare minimum utility charge of INR 0.30 per litre. The
plants will cater to atlas 7 lakhs population in every year.
IMPACT
Safe drinking water is such a fundamental need that a lack of it has significant repercussions on
other socio-economic indicators
I. Health and Nutrition: Overall well being and nutrition is impacted
II. Education: Less amount of absenteeism in school due to improved health condition
III. Employment: Commendable days of working in a year due to less occurrence of illness.
IV. House Hold savings: House hold savings is improved due to less amount of expenditure on
health ground.

18. STRATEGIC PRIORITY 4
Advocacy
- Long Live Girls Campaign

19. Strategic Priority 4
Advocacy - Long Live Girls Campaign
Sensitising the community to become the leaders of the social development
programme and to create change agents from the community itself, DITO has
devised its own strategy to do advocacy programme at the field level.
Advocacy is an integral part of DITO programme. This year DITO focusses on
to advocate on the issues of Girl children which includes- ill effects of early
marriage, adolescent pregnancy, maternal mortality, child mortality, female
foeticide etc.
DITO conducts programme throughout year, especially at need based
locations.

20. DITO Social Welfare
Association
- Board Members Profile
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sahana Bhowmick
Ushree Roy
Saumyajit Guha

21. Sahana Bhowmick has as experience of
working with the development sector for the
last 14 years.
She started her professional career in 2002 with an assignment with HelpAge India where she was
in charge of the Geriatric health projects. With growing experience she took up assignment with
Family Planning Association Of India, Kolkata as the Branch Manager of the eastern India. The
journey didn't end there. She got associated with Dominique Lapierre City of Joy Foundation as the
Indian Representative of the French organisation, managing the overall development of 8 Partner
NGOs of the Foundation. She also provides voluntary services to grassroot level NGOs to build a
strong governance structure within the organisation.
With Masters in Social Work as her academic background, it helped a lot to translate the theoretical
methodologies with the practicalities of working with diversified NGOs. Voluntering for different
Community Based Organisations (CBOs) has always been her passion. She takes keen interest in all
matters related to technology and takes avid interest in photojournalism. She believes-to gain and to
impart knowledge is a continuous process and in doing so a symbiotic growth of the society is
ensured.
Sahana Bhowmick- Director & CEO

22. Graduated from London School of
Economics with a Masters in “Social Policy and
Development” and a MBA in HRM from Jadavpur
University, backed by 12 years of extensive experience in various aspects of social development. Ushree
have the ability to conduct research, combining my theoretical knowledge with practical understanding of
various developmental issues and translate that into solutions on policy issues.
EDUCATION
• MSc., Social Policy and Development – London School of Economics, University of London, 2010
• MBA, Human Resource Management – Jadavpur University, 2004
TRAINING
• ‘International Women’s Health and Human Rights’ from Stanford University, Open EDx
• ‘Evaluating Social Programme’ from JPAL, edX
• Certification on counseling skill from IIM Kolkata
• Training on project proposal design and LFA from London School of Economics
• Training on Child Protection and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) from NIPCCD
Assam
Ushree Roy - Director

23. Saumyajit Guha has 15 years of experience
with recognized proficiency in: Business
Incubation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Development, Market Research & Analysis, Process Migration, Operations, Business Analysis.
Saumyajit has worked with the Start Up Incubator at IIT Kharagpur as the Head, Business Development. He
has also worked with Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) and was instrumental in establishing a
DST (Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India) approved incubator – IIM Calcutta Innovation Park.
In both the incubators he was the main project lead and liaison for the incubator with different stakeholders
like VCs, Corporate, other academic institutes, Govt bodies and entrepreneurs as well.
Previous to IIT Kharagpur Saumyajit lived in UK for 5 years and have worked for Chartered Developments (a
marketing consulting firm for Solicitors and Accountants) as IT Project Campaign Manager and Secure
Source (an HR consulting firm for Network Information Security Systems) as Business Analyst.
Currently he is leading the Calcutta Angels Network (an Angel investment network in Kolkata) as the COO.
Being born in Kolkata he completed his schooling from St. Lawrence High School. Saumayjit completed his
Bachelors (B.Sc) from Calcutta University in 2001 and holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from
Exeter University, UK (2008).
Saumyajit Guha- Director