Investment in education especially primary education is one of the most important determinants of human welfare, opportunity, and economic growth. The linkages in each of these areas are now well established as to be beyond serious dispute. The low earnings of poor people are partly a consequence of their low levels of skill and literacy. Better educated people adapt more easily to new technologies, and have higher rates of productivity.

3. ommitted to Responsible Well-being
SUPPORTIVE
EDUCATIONAL
INITIATIVES

5. FIDESIndia
Fransalian Initiatives for Developmental & Educational Services in India
Commitment to the development
of the human person and of the society

6. Founded in September 2003
Rosamma Thomas
– Directress NEST
Dr. Mathew Kozhuppakalam MSFS
Fr. Shibu Jacob MSFS
Executive Director
PIONEERS

8. We, at FIDESIndia
are committed to creating a
just and equitable social order
and believe in the ability
of the human individual
for transformation towards
responsible well being

9. Well-being is experienced
as quality of life.
It is open to the whole range
of human experience;
physical, social,
mental and spiritual as well as
material.
Responsible well-being recognizes
obligations to others, both present and future
generations and to their quality of life.
In general, the word responsible has a moral force
attached to that.

10. India's children....
....are not doing well!!

11. 40% of India's population is below the age of 18 years
which at 400 million is the world's largest child population.
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At 17 million, India is home to world's largest population
of child labourers. (this is the official figure;
activists claim the actual number is closer to four fold).
Less than half of India's children between the
age 6 and 14 go to school.
One in every ten children is disabled in India.
Only 38% of India's children below the age of 2 years
are immunized.
Almost one in every five children in India below the age
of 14 suffers from diarrhea, an easily preventable disease

12. SITUATION OF CHILDREN IN INDIA TODAY
A child is born every 2 seconds in India
60 million children under the age of 6 exist below the poverty line
More than half of India's children are malnourished.
Almost 2 million children in India die every year before reaching their first birthday.
One in 11 dies before the fifth birthday.
7 to 8 lakh children die every year from easily preventable diseases like diarrhoea.
Only 15 to 20 percent of Indian children grow to their full potential.
Sex ratio for children up to six years is 927 females per 1000 males.
India has 30 percent of the world's births,
20 percent of the world's maternal deaths,
and 25 percent of the world's child deaths.

13. EDUCATION
More than 25 million primary school-age children
are not in school.
Sixty-five million children aged 6-14 years were not getting
112,000 are single teacher schools and 25,000 primary
school teachers are Para teachers.
India’s state of education contributes
generously to the numbers of working children.
The dropout rate stands at 53% for classes I –VIII
institutions in India, (Census- 2001, released in 2005)

14. CHILD LABOUR
Conservative estimate of working children in India is the 2001 census
of 12.06 million Child labor estimates range from 10 million to 100 million
The 1991 Census - 9.1million full-time child workers; additional 2.2 million
children in part-time work
Non-governmental organizations estimate - 60 and 115 million child
laborers in India the largest number anywhere in the world
The number of out-of-school workers - estimated at around 120 million
children, a proxy indicator for child labor
Indian Government states : around 2 million children employed in
hazardous work

16. ACTIVITIES OF FIDESIndia SOCIETY
Supportive Educational Initiatives (SEI)
Integral Rural Development Initiatives (IRDI)
Natural Calamities-Rehabilitation Initiatives(NCRI)

18. FIDESIndia SOCIETY INTERVENES
THROUGH SUPPORTIVE EDUCATION
WHY SUPPORTIVE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES?
Investment in education especially primary education is one of
the most important determinants of human welfare, opportunity,
and economic growth.
The low earnings of poor people are partly a consequence of their
low levels of skill and literacy. Better educated people adapt
more easily to new technologies and have higher rates of
productivity.

19. SUPPORTIVE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES (SEI)
TARGET GROUP: CHILDREN
Sunshine/Kiran: Financial assistance to poor students
and support to drop outs
Gurukula: Free tuition centers and personality development
programs for urban and rural children
Prateeksha: Boys Homes for poor children
NEST (Nurturing and Educating for Social Transformation): A village
for orphan, semi orphan and gifted but poor children
Colour Fest/Rangoli: Talent Enhancement and Value Education
programme for rural schools
Spoorthy: A Resource and documentation center for Education
and Awareness

20. NEST PROJECT

22. NESTCHILDREN

29. FIDESIndia TEAM WITH VOLUNTEERS FROM UNIVERSITY
OF BURGOS, SPAIN

30. Eco-watch: An attempt to instill concern
for creation in the
minds of the youth as they determine the
course of action for the morrow.
CGSR- Children’s Group for Self Reliance: A
venture to instill
in the mind of the children a need for education
and a civic sense.
BALA SANGAMA – 12th February 2011- 700
children from our tuition centres, slum and
village schools participated. Organized by
FIDES Staff, Volunteers from academic
institutions and local animators

31. INTEGRAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES (IRDI)
TARGET GROUP: WOMEN AND YOUTH
Conducting various training programmes
Research in development
National Integration Programmes
Awareness Programmes for urban and rural women
Formation and Nurturing of Self Help Groups
Legal aid programmes
Health Camps/ Pro life Programmes
Training of Grass root level workers/activists

34. RURAL EXPOSURE PROGRAMME
Hunsemaradapalaya-Chikkellur

37. NATURAL CALAMITIES - REHABILITATION INITIATIVES (NCRI)
Rehabilitation Programme for Victims
Educational support for children of victims
Counselling Services
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Research in development
Human Resource Development
Awareness programmes for urban and rural people

40. Let us be agents of newness…
…in the society!!

41. Let us join our hands to
effect transformation…