Project FTE
Freedom Through Education
We understand that the need for schools and community development initiatives are often within interiors and away from Tier 1 or Tier 2 cities. Therefore, we often identify, evaluate, execute and complete projects hundreds of Kilometers away from cities.
Round Table India has built 7890 Classrooms in 3347 Projects impacting 8.67 million children
Even after 65 years of independence, millions of Indian children have never, ever been to school. Illiteracy is a self-fulfilling curse that perpetuates the chain of poverty, degradation, and child labor. To reach out to this group of underprivileged children, since the year 1996, Round Table India across the country started adopting projects aimed at providing quality school infrastructure, and then in 1998 the National Project of Round Table India “Freedom Through Education” was formalised, in pursuit of educating underprivileged children.
Round Table India’s focus on building infrastructure is aimed at promoting Education for Posterity and hence Round Table India has put in colossal efforts to build FTE School Blocks across the nation.
What exactly do we do?
We identify schools for the underprivileged that are operating from dilapidated or open structures; schools that have land available but little resources to take up big-ticket expenditures like Construction. It is here that Round Table India steps in and builds school blocks with amenities across India to help such efforts and hands over newly constructed quality school blocks to the school administration.
Following are some basic necessities we provide under Project FTE:
- Build Quality School Buildings
- Deep Tube-wells for Sanitation
- Build Toilets
- Lights & Fans
- Classroom Furniture
- Science Laboratories
- Filtered Drinking Water System
- Library Rooms
- Computer Rooms
GEOGRAPHICAL REACH
- Round Table India is spread across 90+ Cities & Towns as Tabling Centers. New Centers are added each year
- Round Table India is spread across 90+ Cities & Towns as Tabling Centers. New Centers are added each year
- We understand that the need for schools and community development initiatives are often within interiors and away from Tier 1 or Tier 2 cities. Therefore, we often identify, evaluate, execute and complete projects hundreds of Kilometers away from cities.
- Round Table India is hence equipped with its expertise, systems and resources to undertake projects at any location within India as driven by the needs of a Donor or the Community.
- Round Table India has over the last decade achieved an average growth rate of 24%. This in itself is an indicator of the rate at which this organisation is impacting its communities.
- Comparing Total Impact of a Contribution towards education can be misleading. Donations of a single pencil, or providing a classroom, both create an impact. Round Table India’s approach has been to contribute in field of infrastructure, that has long term gains as compared to short term benefits of donating perishables.
- Additionally, the Impact of building infrastructure is clearly measurable & verifiable.
- The indirect impact of creating a quality infrastructure for education within an underprivileged community is far reaching and cannot be quantified.
- The Charitable Activities of Round Table India are carried through its Registered (U/s 80G IT Act & FCRA) Trust “RTI Trust”.
- The Admin activities are funded through contribution received from Tabler’s and Misc Income under “RTI”. Hence the Trust is operated at a Zero Overhead Cost, ensuring donations are utilised entirely for FTE Projects.
- Treasury operations of both accounts (Admin & Charity) are maintained separately and audited each year.
- Audited accounts are published each year as part of the Annual Report of Round Table India which can be made available on request to donors.
- Round Table India maintains compliance of all FCRA regulations for receipt and use of International Funds.
BRANDING, OWNERSHIP AND DONOR ENGAGEMENT
- Schools Built by Round Table India often consist of Donors from Corporate, Government, NGO & International Organisations. In such case the school is always branded appropriately with the Donor’s Name prominently displayed externally across the block and internally on the Donor Plaque.
- Standardised Donor templates are made available to ensure branding continuity & uniformity.
- Agreements are signed with school’s Trust on building ownership of same to dually display branding & prevent misuse.
- Donors are encouraged to engage themselves in manner of their choosing. Corporate donors often do the same through their employees. Creating opportunities to interact vide visits; recurring programs, weekend training (if in vicinity), festival celebrations, short trips, chief guests at inaugurations & Annual Days are normally a regular feature of donor engagement module.
WORKING RELATIONSHIP
- This proposal envisages a partnership between Round Table India and you to build School Blocks for underprivileged children and/or provide amenities to improve the quality of education.
- The roadmap/extent & pace of moving ahead can be adopted in mutual agreement.
IN A NUTSHELL
Round Table India is uniquely positioned with its strengths and expertise to partner with your CSR Programs in the field of education. The impact is measurable and truly making a difference to the schools and students who receive the benefits. The opportunity to synergise with passion and Service through Fellowship can translate into extraordinary results, having long-term influence on education in India.
Round Table India’s Zero Overhead Model coupled with its scale, resources, experience and talented resources in its members and their own professional experience will take your contribution to its farthest reach. We assure that the contribution will be utilised without deduction of any admin expenses or otherwise.
Moreover, Round Table India will further STRIVE TO AUGMENT the contribution with not only availing Tablers’ resources but also the Tablers’ time and efforts in implementation that comes complimentary with the collaboration.
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