Children Toy Foundation ( CTF ) Activities

Yesterday , I spent 2 hours at L.A. Municipal School , Shivaji Park , visiting a STATIC TOY LIBRARY project , organized by CTF

Vandana ( CTF Project Coordinator ) provided following info re CTF projects , all over India :

TYPES   OF   GAMES ( Learned through playing of relevant Game Toys )

·         Strategy Games

·         Dice “

·         Fun “

·         Action “

·         Educative “

·         Maths “

·         Creative “

·         Science “

·         IQ Puzzle “

·         Jigsaw Puzzle “

·         Books ( To be read by Teachers / to be read by children ) > Also played out as Dramas

·         Puppets

·         Video CDs for Children Films ( Library has 2 TV sets )

Some are individual-player games and quite a few are Group Games

Apart from Library-based toys / games , Vandana and her assistants ( Ranjana + Pragati ) , also conduct some 50 types of OUTDOOR GAMES in the school compound . These games DO NOT need any equipment

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PHYSICAL FACILITIES ( provided by the School ) :

Room = 20 feet by 15 feet ( I also saw another 2 rooms with CTF Toy Library logos / write ups )

Toy Cabinets = 6 ( open shelves ).  I will email photos later

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GAME SUPERVISORS / TRAINERS :

There are 5 girls ( Min 12^th Std pass / Ocassionally those doing D.Ed - Diploma in Education )

Salary = Basic  Rs 9000 pm + Rs 800 for conveyance + Rs 400 for cleaning – rearranging of toys /  sweeping of floors / Water filter etc

Although full salary is paid , during the first year on job , these trainers are under “ training “ themselves while helping an older employee

Teachers’ salaries are paid by CTF ( sponsored by Companies under CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility – legal obligation )

Current Sponsors include : HDFC / L&T / VIBHA – USA / etc

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SCHOOL DATA :

This School has Jr Kg to 7^th Standard , with a total of 600 students

Each STANDARD ( Grade ) gets 4 Toy-Library-Periods per week

Daily , Library conducts 5 PERIODS ( approx. 1 hour each ) , starting at 10:30 am till 4:45 pm

Lunch Break …. 12:30 to 1:15

Tea Break :  3:15 to 3:45 pm

Library Cleaning :  9:15 am to 10:15 am ( by teachers themselves )

Arranging for next day :  4:45 pm to 5:00 pm

During my visit , two classes got conducted , with children sitting on floor and playing Scrabble etc

COST :

·          Toys for 3-5 year old Children…………. Rs 50,000/-

·          Toys for 6-14 year old Children……….  Rs 50,000/-

·         Transporting to Vadis ( approx. ),,,,,    Rs     5,000/-

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·         TOTAL………………………………………….Rs 105,000 / -

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TRAINING  COST :

CTF will depute 2 trainers to Vadia for a period of 4 / 5 days and train our ( selected / designated ) teachers in the proper arrangement / maintenance of toys and how to conduct the PERIODS . For this , CTF will charge us Rs 25,000

We will have to bear  the cost of to / from train fare ( from Mumbai – Vadia ) , arrange accommodation and food in Vadia

IMPORTANT  NOTE :

CTF has already set up such a STATIC ( School based ) TOY LIBRARY in Nagar Palika Prathmik School , Vadodara ( called KHEL VIGYAN project )

Dinesh may want to talk to Rajvi to visit and submit her findings , especially what the Children , the Parents and the Principal thinks of this project

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MOBILE  LIBRARY PROJECTS :

Although we are not interested in this project , broad details are as under :

ONE TIME  CAPITAL COST :

·         Van + Refurbishing + Painting + Insu+RTO + Octroi =  Rs 19 lakhs

·         Toys…………………………………………………………………….. =           Rs 1.25 lakhs

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                                                 TOTAL………………………………… Rs 20.5 lakhs

RECURRING  EXPENSES :

Staff Salaries…………………………………………. Approx Rs 50,000 pm ( 4 Staff + 1 Driver )

Other Expenses……………………………………………………Rs 50,000 pm

              TOTAL                                            Rs 1 LAKH per month

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CTF are currently managing some 12 such MOBILE VAN LIBRARIES , all over India

These vans go around 20 villages in close proximity ( so that they do not need to spend much time on the road ) , at one village per day

Even driver is trained to conduct games !

Each van carries 4 teachers in addition to the driver

CTF has a tie-up with some or other school , in each village being visited, whose  local staff take care of local “ organizing “ with the villagers

These MOBILE LIBRARIES are sponsored by Companies under their CSR obligation

With Regards,

hemen  parekh 

www.hemenparekh.in 

hcp@RecruitGuru.com 

( M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08