2. Shishu Mandir At A Glimpse

3. Briefing
 Started by medical couples Mr. Dwarka Das and Mrs.Hella
Mundhra in 1973……
 1983 Shishu Mandir was established..
 1988, minimum 16 children were staying at the Shishu Mandir
Home permanently.
 In June 1994 a school experiment was started in the premises of the
Shishu Mandir Home
 December 16th 2000 a separate school building under the name
Shishu Mandir Education Centre (SMEC) was opened in the
outskirts of Bangalore to look after the educational needs of poor
children.

4. Aims & Objectives
 To establish Homes for underprivileged children irrespective of community, language and religious affiliation
from anywhere in India.
 To establish educational institutions including pre-school centres for the care of infants, for the advancement
of academic and professional training of underprivileged children to equip them for an independent
contribution to the society at large.
 To promote vocational training in whatever callings that the children of the home and school and surrounding
communities would require to equip them for work opportunities outside.
 To promote ‘Education and social Services’ in terms of hygiene, nutrition, of family planning and similar
services.
 To provide medical services of any kind towards all dependants of Shishu Mandir as well as towards
underprivileged people at large.
 To run and manage all of the projects of the Society through internal means or by agencies of its choice.

5. Present Activities…..
 Children’s Home
 Child Adoption
 Educational Programmes
 VocationalTraining Courses
 Community Development Services
 Housing Projects ForThe Homeless

6. Present Activities….
 Infrastructure for Day Care Centres
 Self-Employment Programmes
 Awareness Programmes forWomen andYouths
 Health and Hygiene
 Construction of PublicToilets
 Women Cooperatives (Sanghas)
 Construction of a Community Hall
 De-Addiction Programme

7. Working Of Shishu Mandir

8. Requirements….
 Food for the school children (225) - Rs.
2,500/day
 Food for the home children (30) - Rs.
1,000/day
 One child's education - Rs. 6,000/year
 Treatment for a dialysis girl - Rs.
22,000/month

9. Provision Items….
 Rice – 500 kgs
 Wheat – 20 kgs
 Oil – 50 kgs
 Ragi – 15 kgs
 Rava – 15 kgs
 Karamani – 7 kgs
 Chenna dhal – 9 kgs
 Chenna – 7 kgs
Plain noodles – 15 kgs
Beaten rice – 15 kgs
Dosa rice – 15 kgs
Idly rice – 15 kgs
Urid dhal – 7 kgs
Masoor dhal – 7 kgs
Green grams – 7 kgs
Red chillies – 7 kgs
Moong dhal – 7 kgs
Dhaniya – 7 kgs

10. Provision Items….
 Kabul Chenna – 10 kgs
 Salt – 30 kgs
 Fried gram – 7 kgs
 Groundnuts – 6 kgs
 Semiya – 7 kgs
 Biscuits (ordinary)
 Lactogen (1st stage)
 Toor dhal – 70 kgs
 Jaggery – 6 kgs
 Green peas – 7 kgs
 Karamani – 7 kgs
 Basin powder – 5 kgs
 Washing soap – 30 nos.
 Bathing soap – 30 nos.
 Washing powder – 30 nos.
 Vim bar – 30 nos.
 Vim powder – 30 nos.
 Sabeena powder – 7 kgs

11. Babies Requirements…..
 Huggies
 Baby cream
 Baby soap
 Cotton
 Rash free
 Coconut oil

12. Games Item….
 Tennicoit - 6 nos.
 Carrom board - 3 nos.
 Chinese checker - 5 nos.
 Business games - 4 nos.
 Throw ball - 4 nos.

13. Revenue Generation….
 Donations…
 Sponsoring…

14. Project Area Analysis…..
 45 % of the children in the
villages and slums were
school dropouts and
 80 % of the youths were
unskilled
 The survey was carried out
in Anandapura,
Battarahalli,
Chikkabasavanapura,
Halehalli, Janata Colony,
Jyothynagar, Kithiganur,
Kithiganur Colony,
Priyanka Nagar and
Sudhanthira Nagar.

15. Report Findings….
 Unemployment
 Poverty
 Illiteracy
 Poor health and sanitation
 Housing and settlement problems
 Alcoholism and smoking
 Gambling
 Lack of recreational means
 School Drop-outs

16. Background Of Project Area…

17. To be contd….