Empowering Deserving Students: Friends of Children, Pune
Friends of Children (FoC) in Pune, Maharashtra, founded in 2003, focuses on supporting deserving high school students and youth in rural and urban areas through scholarships and professional development workshops. In 2016-2017, FoC supported 252 students, with some getting placed in reputed companies. The organization emphasizes social and environmental responsibility while conducting various workshops and activities to enhance students' skills and talents. Financial support comes from both project-specific donations and individual contributions. FoC operates remotely with a small office in Pune.
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FRIENDS of CHILDREN - Pune, Maharashtra July 2017
Friends of Children (FoC) Founded in 2003 6 key members supported by regional volunteers Focus Areas: High School children & youth in rural & urban areas Beneficiaries Deserving (meritorious) students with low family income FoC model is to provide scholarships to deserving students for junior college, graduation & post-graduation. Development of youth & talent through professional development workshops & training
FoC Update 2016-2017 252 students supported in 2015-16 ~10 students got placed in to reputable companies (Wipro, Cognizant, Aegis etc ) Enhanced focus on social & environmental responsibility Workshop Name Purpose # in 2016 # of locations/studen ts in Maharashtra 5 (avg. attendance is 40 students per workshop) Attended by 27 students 35 students Umeed Motivation, Leadership, communication skills, teamwork Placements 25 Unnati 1 Udaan Student Volunteer activity 11
Asha Boston Financials 2016-2017 FoC is on Asha Wide website for Support-A-Child program Donor Suresh Patel Student Pooja Gawade Donation amount $325 Donation date Jul-16 Suresh Patel Michaela Thomas Ashok Pokharkar Ghanshyam Kabade Prajakta Shinde $325 $320 $305 Jul-16 Nov-16 Feb-16 TOTAL = $1,275 Project specific donations made online for FoC - Obtained from Boston treasury website Donor Amount $500 $500 $60 $50 Date Dec Shashank Narayan Shekhar Sundar Anagha Dongre Suyash Lale 11/21/2016 7/30/2016 5/7/2016 Anotnio Jonathan Perez Rupa Raman Cat-Si Le $100 $25 $250 1/11/2015 1/13/2015 12/31/2014 TOTAL = $985 Pavan Achanta = $2,500 (Dec 2016) VMWare matching = $2,500
Site visit Update Last site visit was done in Feb 2016. Next proposed visit is in August 2017. Regular updates and communications with Vani Subramanyam over phone FoC operates remotely and does not have school or establishment where students gather Small office in Pune with One admin secretary, Mrs. Swati Naiknaware In 2016 Asha funded 3 laptops and 2 overhead projectors to conduct workshops (1.4 lac INR). Funding used was from project specific donation
