Saath Charitable trust

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Saath Charitable Trust is a non-governmental organization headquartered in Ahmedabad, India. It was

established in 1989 and has a presence in 5 Indian states. As of 2020, the foundation reaches around
5,00,0000 individuals of the community.
The Saath Charitable Trust was founded by Mr. Rajendra Joshi who is currently the Managing Trustee of
the organisation.
Saath closely works with the deprived communities and empowers the socially
marginalized by providing them livelihood services, and imparting skills leading to
employment, health and education facilities. Saath focuses on livelihood services,
child rights, human rights, young girls’ education, skill development and other
community services.

Table of Contents:-
1.1 History.............................................................................................................................................1
2.1 Theory of change.........................................................................................................................2
3.1 Funders & Partners..................................................................................................................2
4.1 Policies................................................................................................................................3
5.1 Programs; Aids & Campaigns..........................................................................................4
6.1 Awards & Recognitions...............................................................................................9
7.1 Internship & Volunteering Programmes.................................................................10
8.1 Innovations.........................................................................................................10

1.1 History
Saath was established by Mr. Rajendra Joshi in 1989, they began as a Charitable Trust
that pioneered in rejuvenating underprivileged slums and vulnerable neighbourhoods
into self-sustaining and developed communities by its Integrated Community
Development Programme changing the environment of urban slums.

Over the last thirty one years Saath has served many slum residents, refugees,
minorities, girls, women, young people, and disadvantaged persons in the country of
Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra (Mumbai), and has been affecting the lives of
more than fifteen lakhs Indian in the past three decades.

When Saath moves ahead in the process of increasing the oppressed with its allies, it
continues to extend its reach of the communities it represents.

2.1 Theory of change

Saath will be able to empower two lakh families with their lives, jobs, financial
inclusion, community leadership, and training through its 31 years of experience of
working with the communities, market and creative approach focused on needs across
multiple sectors by December 2020. Saath's success includes increasing the capacity
of its team members and community leaders, leveraging technology for quality
control, cost efficiencies, transparency, extending its existing scope, building up
interconnections and raising new funds through innovative strategies and new sources.

3.1 Funders & Partners

The organization's primary source of income is from contributions provided by
individuals and other organisations. Organizations which are funders in the trust are:-
a) MC (Mobile Creches)
b) Quest Alliance
c) AIF (American Indian Foundation)
d) Smile Foundation
e) Godrej saloni
f) Gruh Finance limited
g) INTAS
h) NIVEA
 i) afp
j) The British Asean Trust
k) CII
l) CAF India
m) Ford
n) Empower
o) TATA
p) globalgiving
q) GiveIndia

4.1 Policies
The Saath Policies and Practices are a working terminology that was collectively
adopted to make the organisation's functioning smooth and also to fulfil the
employees ' ambitions to meet their social obligations. This includes a human
resources management system, organizational procedures, and rules and regulations.

List of policies: -

1. Personnel Policy
2. Authorisation Policy and Procedure
3. Purchase Policy
4. Loan Policy
5. Provisional Advances
6. Annual Increment, Performance Appraisal, Grade and Scale
7. SOP Recruitment
8. Travel Rules for Outstation
9. Use of own vehicle rate
10.Insurance Policy
11.Consultancy Policy
12.Child Protection Policy
13.Anti – Sexual Harassment Policy
 14.Gender Policy
15.Single Woman Allowance
16.Conflict of Interest Policy
17.Saath Finance Protocol
18.Investment Policy
19.Board Rotation Policy
20.Managing Trustee’s Role

5.1 Programs ; Aids & Campaigns

Saath has been working continuosly for providing people with basic ammenties and
opportunities they lack due to adequate means. Saath has broaden up their functions,
they not only provide services to childrens or poors but help peoples in getting
employment, getting all sanitation facililities, etc. They have divided their functions
into several sectors on which they are working:-

Education, Health & Sanitation

Source: - https://saath.org/programs/education-health-and-sanitation/child-friendly-spaces-cfs/

Balghars was the primary campaign started back in 2004.Balghars are pre-schools that
provide a native and educational atmosphere for underprivileged children to study
ahead. The need for Balghar was to ensure that children have the right environment
and nutrition right from scratch for holistic growth and development. There is no
nutrition and a proper environment for children from urban slums who prepare for
school education.The course is designed with the aid of teachers and specialists by
children's psychologists. Teachers are kept informed periodically by refresher training
with the latest trends. These educators often regularly visit the homes of the students
to consider the child's history and monitor the progress of the parents. Parent–Teacher
meetings are also held on a regular basis for continuous reviews and for the resolution
of parent queries. The target group for Balghar effect are children aged between 3 and
5 years of age in the socio-economic segment of society. Since 2004, 2226 Children
have passed through Balghars and after passing they have been enrolled in formal
schools.

Children-Friendly spaces (CFS) is another campaign started by Saath in a view of

providing a safe atmosphere for children staff and children construction workers in
order to connect them to schools. CFS was started for Children of construction
workers who have a miserable childhood because of a host of factors, most notably
because they move from one building site to another. To add to the poverty suffering,
the migration issue does not allow construction workers children to be settled in one
place and enrol in formal education.In the slum areas, on the other hand, children
work for the sake of poor socio-economic conditions and a lack of sufficient education
means. The kids need alternative rooms for higher learning and schooling.There are
currently 8 CFS centres; three in the Ahmedabad slums and five on building sites. To
date, 4,211 children have enrolled in CFS and 372 children have been enrolled in the
formal schools.

Saath has other campaigns in this sector as well such as: -

a) Education support through scholarships
b) Parental support for girl education
c) Kishori & STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and maths) programme
d) Reproductive and child health project
e) Vestas (Women empowerment and growth monitoring)
f) MISAAL

Livelihoods
 Source: - https://saath.org/programs/livelihood/udaan/

Women @ work is a bold stride towards gender equity. Women @ work is working to
break the gender-based stereotypes and educate women in classes that are considered
untraditional. Although India is emerging as the world ' s fastest-growing economy,
some parts of society still regard women as only suitable for a certain kind of work.
Many professions are innately classified as "males only," and women are thus limited
to their job choices. It is important that we crack these social expectations, to
empower women holistically. Saath's Women@ Work was developed with the aim of
teaching young girls from the 18-25year age group micro-entrepreneurship and non-
conventional business skills. The goal of the program is not only to give young girls
financial support but is also to create a debate and therefore a shift in society
concerning their views and perceptions on the jobs that women should take on.So far,
Saath has trained 173 women under its Women @ Work programme.

Non-Traditional Trade (Total 40 girls trained)

 Electrician – 32 girls trained

 Mobile repairing – 5 girls trained
 Sewing Machine repairing 2 girls trained

Micro Entrepreneurship Training

 Ahmedabad – 80 girls trained

 Surat – 27 girls trained
 Rajkot – 20 girls trained
 Baroda – 27 girls trained

Udaan is a campaign ensuring sustainable livelihoods. Udaan is plan for

vocational training of urban slum children, employment in entry-level work
and training. Indian youth in the slums constitute both a neglected section and
an untapped capacity. The young people in towns and cities are not sufficiently
able to live in due to lack of higher education, skills, consciousness, and many
other reasons and are thus unemployed or underemployed with poor salaries. In
the manufacturing and service industry, there is a tremendous demand for
skilled jobs. Udaan–The aim of a program that focuses on the poor young
people is to bridge this gap in the supply of job opportunities for the poor. The
Udaan program was introduced in partnership with the State Government as a
continuation of Saath's flagship initiative, the Umeed, to provide the socially
and economically disadvantaged young people with skill education and short-
term courses. The targeted beneficiaries are young people aged between 18 and
35 who, because of social compulsions, have not been able to complete their
education. Through Udaan, Saath provides vocational training for young
people in the areas of: computer education, personal care and beauty parlour
services, retail management, etc., and puts them in different employment
sectors. Youths trained through Udaan are 53,775 and 39,986 among them
were placed. Udaan centres are currently operational in Ahmedabad, Baroda
and Nadiad.

Other campaigns by Saath in this sector are: -

a) Business gym
b) Rweaves (Protecting artisans& Traditional arts)
c) Urmila (Not maids, but home managers; housewives)
d) Beauty & wellness
e) Livelihood Resource centre
f) Nirman (Skill enhancement for construction workers)
g) Youthforce
Urban Governance

Source: - https://saath.org/programs/urban-governance/samaveshi-shehar/

Samaveshi Shehar is a project to rehabilitate and resettle slum residents in Surat

city's railway districts. Samaveshi Shehar is seeking to educate these slums
residents and struggle with legal assistance to promote their rights to live in places
they deserve. The focus groups for the project are towns and populations living in
settlement settlements and slum areas, including informally-related urban poor
workers. Samaveshi Shehar works for 620 households in the Slumps on the
railways in Milindnagar, Utkalnagar, Shantinagar and Ashoknagar.

Urban resource centre is another campaign by Saath. The principal goal of Urban
Resource Centres (URCs) is to bridge the gap between government organizations
and citizens living in Ahmedabad Slums by providing help in the area’s ties,
certification and government schemes, livelihoods, and financial inclusion. In the
slum areas of Gujarat, URCs crossed 27,000 households. The city of Ahmedabad
and the middle is divided into 3 Urban Resource Centres.

In September 2016 the Financial Inclusions initiative was launched in Jaipur to

encourage household ownership through financial and legal awareness. The main
thing is to make the families aware and inspire them to handle their finances
wisely and to make them aware of their financial status in relation to a home.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) are working as part of this
initiative. 2 400 people were linked to various identification documents and
services in these two cities. There were 166 families buying or constructing
affordable houses.

Housing & Shelter

Source: - http://saath.org/programs/gmrc/

Housing resource centres are a movement against unlawful and illicit expulsions,
relocations, or accommodation, which are less suitable.It is not uncommon today
for thousands to be displaced from slums and lowlands by a construction project.
Often this search for development neglects the displaced who are losing their land,
shelter, and livelihoods. In the last 15 years, there has been a substantial rise in
infrastructure sector in Gujarat, which has led to the mass evictions and
resettlement of residents from the slums. Saath is a strong supporter of neglected
cultures. Via its several projects Saath ensures the proper relocation and
rehabilitation of the displaced communities. This helps the victims of forced
evictions and unnecessary unfair relocation schemes.

Saath believes housing is a fundamental right of every citizen. It supports a

holistic approach to housing rights that allows for socioeconomic equality and
growth. This initiative builds recognition of the housing rights of the slum
populations and reorganizes illegal evictions, which take place without warning
and without compulsory relocation projects. For accountability and transparency,
Saath establishes channels of continuous communication with government
institutions. In Ahmedabad, Surat, and Rajkot, Saath has been working with over
5,000 families at resettled housing sites. Several organizations are part of the
network: Lok-hit–Rajkot, Samata Charitable Trust–Surat, Prayas, Pathey Trust,
Mahila Housing Trust, Janvika, and CEPT university researchers.

Ahmedabad Metro is Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar city, fast transit system in Gujarat,

India. It is being designed for the realization of all metro projects in Gujarat by
Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited, a special vehicle corporation founded in
2018. (Formerly known as Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) Co. Metro
Connect Express. Limited). Limited). The Mega train project is going to provide
the public with safe, fast, and eco-friendly mass rail transport services at an
affordable rate, while at the same time catalysing dense and orderly urban areas
that benefit people who travel from Gandhinagar to Ahmedabad on a daily basis.
By now on, 10 Ahmedabad areas were secured. Inclusion in the Resettlement
Action Plan (RAP) was identified and verified by 647 families.

6.1 Awards & Recognitions

Saath has won various awards due to their campaigns and aids they provide to
underprivileged people and society. The Awards which Saath received are: -

a) GuideStar awards & Transparency award, 2016 (Platinum seal)

b) Credibility Alliance, 2016-21
c) India NGO award 2014-15, in medium category
d) Citi Micro Enterprise Award 2013, in category of ‘Innovative livelihood
Promoter of the year’
e) India NGO award 2010 & 2011, in western region
f) Edelgive Social Innovation Honors 2011, for Urmila Home Manager
programme
g) Indian Social Entrepreneur 2009 by Schwab Foundation, UNDP and CII
h) Ashoka Fellowship, September, 2008
i) The Nagrikta Puraskar in 2004 by Ahmedabad Management association
j) CAF recognition
k) Community leadership experience
 l) Karamveer Puraskar
m) Resource Alliance

7.1 Internship & Volunteering Programmes

Saath has a constant influx of volunteers, interns, students, and fellows. Practices and
voluntary research are available all year round and you can apply applications to the
students at any time by completing your internship form and submitting it to
rdc@saath.org.

Saath has assisted interns with different backgrounds such as management, law,
technology, architecture, social sciences, trade and more. Saath works in a number of
thematic areas, enabling us to provide the interns with a variety of tasks that suit their
interests.

All the interns / volunteers undergo a short interview to learn their abilities and suit
the programmes. Each intern / volunteer who comes to Saath receives full guidance
and meets people from all programs and has a designated supervisor, a clear
working profile or a brief study and the support at all levels of the programme.

Saath has partnership with some reputed institutions from which they receive
interns every year. Some of those reputed institutions are: -

 Nirma University, Ahmedabad

 Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
 Utrecht University, Netherlands,
 United Nations Student Association, Maastricht University, Netherlands
 Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Ahmedabad
 Symbiosis Institute of Communications, Pune
 Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad
 SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR)
  Duke University, USA

8.1 Innovations
The innovations outline the new initiatives launched by Saath and the future ones that
are in planning and designing mode.

Mehnat Manzil

Mehnat Manzil is the Working Museum which celebrates the lives of those working in
the informal sector, shedding light on the realities of migration, livelihood, and
infrastructure.Mehnat Manzil aims to create an area that expresses this rich and
confusing reality. Where people in the informal domain can hear and celebrate their
own stories, and also learn how life is shaped by wider societal structures and
mechanisms. In contrast, the privileged space in which people are aware of these
issues can understand how crucial the contribution that informal work contributes to
society is.Where they can see the complexity of the issues and spread preformed and
deceptive ideas about their existence.
This museum is an art, artefact, and testimony series. You will be able to hear
countless tales of incredible human good will and energy, motivated acts of collective
action and ground-breaking creativity while walking through the museum.

Women Drivers

The project is designed to train women to provide meaningful jobs. The initiative
identifies and provides instruction in the driving of cars to women from low socio-
economic backgrounds and gives them job opportunities. The program will enable
socially excluded women in society to move from the margins to the mainstream
economy by preparing and placing women drivers as professional drivers.
The women receive enterprise training to start their own businesses if they want to
start after completing their training.

Integrated services for Migrants

Saath runs Child Friendly Spaces courses for builders and Nirman construction
workers ' training programme. The Integrated Project will combine the elements of the
two projects mentioned above with additional components to provide a complete
solution for migrant workers coming to work at the construction sites. The project
would pick a building site with at least 50-100 staff and prepare them for the
upgrading of their skills and the resulting salary rise. Education classes will only be
run for child workers at sites that provide them with a safe and secure environment
while parents are at work.Education and nutrition support will be provided to children.
Construction staff will also be advised and assisted by the Saath Urban Resource
Centres, regarding health and regulations that should be followed during work. The
owner of the construction site will provide space for the running of the training and
classes, and a nominal training fee will be charged for the workers as well as part of
the project costs.

9.1 Link to official website

https://saath.org/

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