Name: Development Through Education (DEED)
Contact Person: Mr.S.Sreekant
Contact Details
Address:
Development Through Education (DEED)
H.D.Kote Road , Hunsur-571105
Mysore District, Karnataka
Phone: 08222-252127 (O), 252002 (R)
Mob: 9448135256
E-mail:
deedhun@rediffmail.com
deedhun@yahoo.com
Background
Development through Education (DEED) was founded in 1980, 1st September locally by Dr.Gerry Pais and S.Sreekant. Dr.Gerry Pais, lived in France for ten years. He came to India in 1974 and worked with Brothers to All Men India (BAM) a French supported group in Calcutta and Madhya Pradesh. Later on he moved to his native State Karnataka to initiate a project in the tribal area of Hunsur in Mysore District in 1978. S.Sreekant, a professionally qualified social worker joined him in 1979. Both along with other interested local persons registered DEED in 1980 at Hunsur. Dr.Gerry Pais worked as Director of DEED till 1990 and since 1991 S.Sreekant is the Project Director.
Sreekant has done his Social Development course in Navascotia, Canada in 1986. DEED has general body, governing body and a team of staff.
Vision
Quality life with dignity for adivasis.
Mission
Ensure quality and relevant education to adivasi children, livelihood education for youths, women education and empowerment and inclusive education for differently abled persons living in and around Nagarahole National Park by 2007.
Area of Operation
|
State |
District |
Blocks/ Mandals |
Number of villages |
|
Karnataka |
Mysore |
H.D.Kote and Hunsur blocks |
34 tribal villages |
Sectors
- Community organisation
- Mobilising government resources
- Lobbying and advocacy
- Human rights and tribal forest rights
- Sustainable agriculture
- Local self governance
Sources of Funding
|
Project name |
Source of funding |
Main activities |
|
Tribal alternate education programme |
Aide et Action, Chennai |
Quality education for tribal
children, additional curriculum, integration of
other learning spaces and leveraging of government
resources for education |
|
Food security and livelihood for
tribals |
EU and TDH(G)IP, Bangalore |
Social education and trainings on
livelihood, food security activities, health care,
leadership, child rights and women empowerment
economic development, agriculture, horticulture and
agro forestry, trees rising |
|
Creche- 10 units |
Central Social Welfare
Board |
Pre-primary education and health care and nutrition |
Development Thinking and Strategy of the Organisation
- Education is a key to development
- Education plays an important role in empowerment
- Empowerment leads fulfillment of needs and aspiration
- Achievement of aspiration leads to development
Strategies
- Ensure Pre primary education, adoption of government schools to create child friendly school atmosphere, improve teaching and learning processes and impart life oriented education
- Community organisation - mobilising tribal masses, promoting local leadership, lobbying and advocacy and leveraging government resources
- Organising women into self help groups for empowerment.
- Livelihood education and cultural promotion for tribal youth
- Self governance and forest rights for sustainable development
- Inclusive education for differently abled persons
- Food security and livelihood
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