CULP - Centre for Unfolding Learning Potentials
CULP aims to ensure quality education for marginalized children, improve pedagogic processes in schools, mobilize communities to support girl child education, and develop life skills & SRHR of adolescents.
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About
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Headquarters
Jaipur, Rajasthan
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Since
2001
CULP was set-up by educationists and social activists dedicated to bring about positive social change via designed interventions and affirmative actio Read moren in the domain of education, health and development and was incorporated under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act of 1958 in 2001 with a vision towards a learning and democratic society and mission to make learning unfold and develop in an environment of mutuality and discovery, and its key objective is to bring positive change in society towards equitable and inclusive education, Child Rights, social and gender equity, life skills including adolescent and young women’s sexual and reproductive health and hygiene, with focus on marginalized rural communities. Key Thematic Areas: CULP focuses on Quality Education and Child Protection; Gender Equality & Women Empowerment; Skill Training & Youth Development; Women and Child Health; Studies, and Networking & Advocacy for Policy Reformation. CULP is also working for ending child, early and forced marriage & Gender-Based Violence; women sexual health (MHHM) and well-being in rural Rajasthan through awareness campaigns and health camps along with skill training to young women in rural Rajasthan. CULP’s journey begins with Pehchan project collaborated with the District Administration for ensuring contextualized quality education to out-of-school girls in rural Rajasthan in 2002. This has been a flagship program which created ‘a Model for Educating and Mainstreaming of Out-of-School Adolescent Girls’ of marginalized communities inhabiting difficult geographies of rural Rajasthan. CULP has submitted ‘A Curriculum Package of Bridge course (Special training under RtE Act 2009)’ for the target group to the state government which has been used by SSA for developing the material for entire state as a course for special training under RtE Act. Subsequently, the initiative was scaled-up with new interventions such as vocational skill training, Adolescent health including SRHR, life skills, social protection schemes, child labour and protection, and it has reached to 14.85 lakh, benefitting about 4.8 lakh children and youth (70% girls) in 7 districts of Rajasthan. The operating area consists of interior habitations of marginalized social groups & tribal communities, characterized by semi-arid, scattered population, socially excluded with livelihood depending on daily-wage labour work, small land-holding & small jobs like vending. CULP has worked to stop child labour and migration in southern Rajasthan (Banswara) through improving the quality of education and effective compliance of provisions of RtE Act, strengthening the community-based organizations and ICDS activities in the Anganwadis in Tonk, Banswara and Dausa districts. CULP as a professional organization provides technical support other educational programs of the Government and grass root NGOs (supported by UNICEF, INGOs) in different districts), viz. DIET Dungarpur for creating child-friendly schools in the district , TAD department for teachers education to strengthen the Maabari Centres in tribal dominated habitations of 11 districts, SSA / Samagra Shiksha for developing curriculum for bridge course and training of SMCs and improving the learning levels of students in 12 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas in Banswara and Pratapgarh districts. As a credible research organization CULP has conducted more than 50 research studies and action researches (sponsored by Government, NCERT, UN Agencies, INGOs, Universities etc) on various aspects of development and social issues to understand the ground realities of impact on the lives of people. CULP has been implementing its programs at grassroot level in three districts viz. Jaipur, Dausa and Tonk in Rajasthan and its activities were suspended in Banswara and Pratapgarh due to lack of funding support since July 2021 but still tribal region is our focus area and would like to continue our interventions there. At present CULP is working in 215 villages of 4 blocks of Tonk & Dausa districts and urban slums in Jaipur city of Rajasthan.
Issue
1. Social and gender discrimination. 2. Quality Education to children of the socially excluded communities in difficult geographies. 3. Access of quality public health services to the people of the marginalized communities 4. Child Labour and Migration / trafficking. 5. Malnutrition among both children and women of socially excluded and economically vulnerable communities in difficult geographies. 6. Gender-Based Violence (GBV). 7. Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM). 8. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) & Menstrual Health & Hygiene (MHM).
Action
CULP implements projects through: 1. Bridge Course / Learning Centres (small schools called Pehchanshalas) for ensuring access to quality elementary education for out-of-school children, especially girls for their mainstreaming. 2. Compensatory Education Centres for providing Academic support to the girls who are either found low performing at secondary level and are at risk of failure in public examination and drop-out at secondary level (10 class). 3. Hand-holding Academic support to teachers for improving teaching-learning processes in mainstream schools. 4. Life skills Camps with adolescents and young women for improving their health and hygienic behaviour and inculcating skills and confidence to take their life decisions. 5. Vocational Training Courses for developing employability skills of young women of economically vulnerable communities. 6. Health awareness and check-up camps for children, girls, women and aged people in remote areas where quality public health facilities are not accessible to the target population. 7. Community level Awareness and check-up through campaign mode such as Cancer and anaemia awareness; and haemoglobin and blood sugar tests, BP. 8. Financial Literacy (including Banking and Saving) and Entrepreneurship awareness camps with rural adolescents and young women 9. Technical support to both the government and NGO programs in education of the children of marginalized communities through effective compliance of the provisions of RtE Act. 10. Formation and Strengthening of People's forums (such Youth, Women, CSOs) for impacting at policy level and systemic changes through collectivization of the key stakeholders. 11. Research / studies for understanding the ground realities on diverse issues which impact the lives of the people and developing relevant data base for developing the project proposal.
Cause Area
Impact
CULP has reached over 30 lakh people and benefited 15 lakh people directly in all age group of the marginalized communities across the state of Rajasthan during last more than two decades. About 4 lakh out-of-school children (80% girls) have been imparted age-appropriate learning competencies and they were subsequently mainstreamed for completion of their school education. The target population has been reached out through diverse types of interventions related to education, skill development and health 20 blocks of 8 districts in Rajasthan. The impact of CULP’s work has been recognized by philanthropic organizations, funding partners and the government. Some notable awards and accolades are: Dasra Girl Power Award 2014; India NGO Award 2015; Certificates of Appreciation by EdelGive Foundation; RSCPR, UNICEF and ActionAid (2017), and Commonwealth (CASTME) Award (2018 & 2019 & 2021); Accreditation by Guide Star India (2015 & 2019), Credibility Alliance (2017) & finalist of WISE Award 2021 by Qatar Foundation. A Case Study of Pehchan Project titled ‘Contextualization of Primary Education in Small Remote Schools of Rajasthan’ published in a book titled ‘Triggering Success: Innovative Interventions to Promote Educational Access in India’ by Harvard University South Asia Institute (HUSAI) AND Tata Trusts (2016) , Video film documented by UNFPA and articles in periodicals. Girls Not Brides (GNB) Rajasthan State Partnership (an alliance) of 35 NGOs with GNB Global for ending Child Marriage. The Secretary (Dr. O. P. Kulhari) of CULP co-chaired it in the state for a period of 3 years (January 2021 to January 2024. Recently, Dr. Kulhari has been elected as a chairperson. Now, CULP will have the State Secretariat of the GNB State Partnership for the next tenure of two years from April 2024 to March 2026. Commonwealth (CMW) 8.7 Network (a Global Network) for ending Modern Slavery. Recently (2023) has joined as a principal member and Dr. O. P. Kulhari, Secretary of CULP has been selected a member of a Working Group on Communication and Capacity Building in its Annual General Body Meet for a tenure of two years.
Vision & Mission
Vision: ‘Towards learning and democratic society’ and Mission: ‘To make learning unfold and develop in an environment of mutuality and discovery'.
Donor History
Donors which supported CULP programs during last five years:
1. EdelGive Foundation;
2. UNICEF;
3. Tata Trusts;
4. Desai Foundation;
5. Triton Hotels and Resorts Pvt Ltd
Programs
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Aspire for Empowering Adolescent Girls and Women
CULP has been implementing the ‘ASPIRE PROGRAM’, in Tonk and Dausa districts in rural Rajasthan since January 2021. Goal: The over-arching goal of the project is to create enabling social environment for Girls and Women to Lead a Dignified and Healthy Life with their full potential. The project focuses on the activities are: 1. Health Awareness and Check-up Camps. 2. Vocational training: Skill Training Program has been launched by CULP under ASPIRE project for training in computer as well as in Sewing to adolescent girls and young women. 3. Banking and Saving Awareness among rural women; 4. Entrepreneurship Skill Trainings to Young women. 5. Primary Health and Hygiene Education to school children and adolescent girls.
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Heroes for Humanity
Heroes for Humanity (HfH)’ program which was initiated in August 2021 in the locations where CULP works. Key program components: 1. Health awareness sessions with local population especially with women, adolescent girls and boys 2. Baseline survey of 30487 HHs in 150 villages of 2 districts with the objective to assess the status of COVID vaccination, education, employment, required legal documents to access the benefit of various social schemes etc. 3. Developing IEC material / Posters which are being used for Health Awareness programs among adolescents and women in the community.4. Menstrual Hygiene awareness 5. Help Desk (Social Welfare Schemes). 5. Cancer and Anaemia awareness and haemoglobin tests.
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Pehchan Project for Educating Out-Of-School Adolescent Girls
The innovative and collaborative flagship project ‘Pehchan’ was initiated for Educating Out-of-School Children, especially Adolescent Girls (9 to 18 years) of socio-economically most marginalized communities & their mainstreaming in formal schools in two blocks of Jaipur district in July 2002. Subsequently, the project was scaled up in 17 blocks of six districts (Jaipur, Tonk, Jhalawar, Banswara, Pratapgarh and Dungarpur), reached out and benefitted to more than two and half lakh children (75% girls). The efforts have been made to bring these children in mainstream schools, through alternative education and supporting them to complete school level education.
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Prajwala Project for Learning Enhancement of Out-Of-School Girls Enrolled With Kasturba Gandhi Balika Residential Schools
Project Prajwala was conceptualized which aims at comprehensive development of KGBVs in which education is one of the central components. CULP acts as the implementing agency of the program in the Banswara and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan whereas that Bodh Shiksha Samiti acts as a technical support institution and nodal agency for the Prajwala program in partnership between the state government and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) foundation. The broad objective of the project was to strengthen the KGBVs to ensure quality primary literacy and numeracy skills to all its girls at the foundation level thereby facilitating autonomy for studying the upper primary (6 to 8) grades.
Currently, the interventions under this project have been suspended due to the non-availability of the funding, and intend to restart the project activities if funding resources are made available. -
Pre-primary Nutrition, Education and Rahat program
.. Pre-primary Nutrition, Education and Rahat Program for 150 Children and their families of socially excluded and economically most vulnerable communities (Banjara) in 3 habitations of Dausa district funded by Jiv Daya Foundation from March 2024_Long-term Partnership
(i) Nutrition for 6 working days in a week: Food items per child
One Biscuit packet containing 6 biscuit pieces; & 150 ml milk
(ii) Uniform to children: items per child in a year
1st time: One T-Shirt; One Half Paint; One pair of Shoes; One pair of Shocks
2nd time (suited for winter season): one full sleeves shirt, woolen sweeter, full-paint, shocks and shoes
(iii) Ration Kit distribution to 85 poor families
26 Kg. Wheat / Rice; 4 Kg. Black Gram (Channa)
Total 30 Kg per family
(iv) Pre-primary education material to children 3 to 6 yrs.
(v) 25 Solar Lanterns for families without electricity connection.
(vi) Addl. support to the people suffering by Eye-ailments, & require operation, & second, by Cancer for their free treatment.
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Addressing Child, Early and Forced Marriage through youth engagement and collectivization
StateProject for addressing CEFM supported by GNB: Global Partnership. CULP houses its state secretariat since Jan. 2024 , and developed a project for two years with 35 NGOs & Agreement signed between GNB Global and CULP (1 Nov. 24) for 20 dist.
6.1. Project was formally launched in GNB GB (Jaipur, 24 July 24).
6.2. 16-day Activism against Violence against Women and Girls was organized in 20 districts (25 Nov. to 10 Dec.24).
6.3. Networking activities: Consultation / Capacity Building Workshops / Other Events
2-day workshop on Gender Perspective Building with members, by PLD & GNB Raj. SP (Jaipur, 4 & 5 July 24).
3-day workshop on GTA & Social Norm Shifting for addressing CEFM, (New Delhi 16-18 Sept 24)
2 senior social champions nominated by CULP in MBALP (Nairobi, July 24 and & Nepal, Dec. 24) & 2 online sessions.
National level advocacy workshop on status of implementation RtE Act (N.Delhi Apr. 24).
FCRA compliances – online sessions by CPA & GNB secretariat & Asia Team (N=50) .
Impact Metrics
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Benefitted About 4 Lakh People (In All Age Groups) but 70 Percent of Them Were Children, Girls, Women and Aged-Persons Through Education, Nutrition, Health, Vocational Courses and Awareness Programs in 250 Villages of Five Blocks in Two Districts (Viz. Dausa and Tonk) During Last Four Years In
Program Name
Aspire project for empowering women
Year-wise Metrics- 2022-23 40000
- 2023-24 55000
- 2024-25 50000
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Employability Skills to 5000 Adolescent Girls and Young Women of Marginalized Communities by Organizing 14 Skill Training Camps in Four Blocks of Two Districts During Last Three Years.
Program Name
Vocational Skill development program
Year-wise Metrics- 2022-23 1200
- 2023-24 1500
- 2024-25 1500
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Humanitarian Assistance to 10000 Families of Poor Community (Ration and Hygiene Kits) During Covid-19 Pandemic in 200 Villages of Two Districts
Program Name
Heroes for Humanity (HfH) Program
Year-wise Metrics- 2020-21 10000
- 2021-22 10000
- 2022-23 200
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One Lakh People Were Benefitted Through Covid-19 Vaccination Awareness Campaign and Camps in Urban Slums of Jaipur City
Program Name
Vaccination Camps
Year-wise Metrics- 2021-22 50000
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Mainstreaming of 500 School Dropped-Out Adolescent Girls and Young Women Through Rajasthan Open School Board Examination in Pratapgarh District
Program Name
Learning Centres for dropped-out adolescent girls and young women
Year-wise Metrics- 2024-25 500
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10000 Anaemia Awareness and Haemoglobin Tests in 100 Villages of Two Districts
Program Name
Anaemia Mitigation Project (AMP)
Year-wise Metrics- 2024-25 10000
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30000 Adolescent Girls and Young Women Have Been Oriented for Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management
Program Name
SRHR Program
Year-wise Metrics- 2022-23 10000
- 2023-24 10000
- 2024-25 10000
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Direct Project Beneficiaries: Imparted Age-Appropriate Learning Competencies to 4.5 Lakhs Out -Of-School Children (80% Girls) and 60Percent of Them Joined Mainstream Schools and Completed Class 12 in 20 Blocks of Eight Districts in Rajasthan Since 2002. During Last Three Years, About 10000 Adolescent Girls Were Benefitted Through Bridge Courses, Vocational Education, Life Skills and Srhr Camps and Entrepreneurship Trainings in Two Districts.
Program Name
Pehchan Project for educating out-of-school adolescent girls
Year-wise Metrics- 2021-22 3500
- 2023-24 2500
- 2024-25 2000
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Directly Benefitted 150 Children (Aged 6 Month to 6 Years) and About 200 Families of Socially Excluded and Economically Most Vulnerable Community in Three Habitations of One Block in Dausa District During Last One Year
Program Name
Pre-primary nutrition, education and Rahat program
Year-wise Metrics- 2024-25 650
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Directly Benefitted 50000 People in All Age Groups by Organizing Health Awareness and Check-Up Camps (Viz. General Health, Gynaecological, Paediatric, Ent, Eye, Cancer Detection, Blood Sugar and Haemoglobin Tests, Bp Measurement, Etc and Bal Health Melas in Five Blocks of Two Disticts During Last Three Years.
Program Name
Health program
Year-wise Metrics- 2022-23 20000
- 2023-24 15000
- 2024-25 15000
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Reached Out to About 4.5 Lakh People Through Awareness Sessions at Community Level in About 200 Villages of Four Blocks of Two Districts
Program Name
Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship Program for Adolescents and Young women
Year-wise Metrics- 2022-23 150000
- 2023-24 150000
- 2024-25 150000
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50000 Children (0 to 6 Years) and Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in 1500 Anganwadis of Two Districts
Program Name
System Strengthening Through Transformation of Anganwadi Centres and Government Data Analytics.
Year-wise Metrics- 2022-23 25000
- 2023-24 25000
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Addressing Child, Early and Forced Marriage Through Youth Engagement and Collectivization of the Key Stakeholders
Program Name
Girls Not Brides Rajasthan State partnership
Year-wise Metrics- 2024-25 640
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5000 Adolescent Girls Young Women Trained in Three Block of Two Districts During Last Two Years
Program Name
Entrepreneurship Awareness Program
Year-wise Metrics- 2022-23 1500
- 2023-24 1500
- 2024-25 2000
Theory of Change
Considering change as an eternal factor, organization believes in acquiring necessary skills with the changing social, economic and legal environment .To create a just, equitable and sensitized society, there should be no gender and social discrimination as it hinders our social development and weakens the society as a whole. Every human being has innate potential for learning, including adolescent girls with proper environment and opportunities.
We believe that the transformation occurs when 'one plans with people' and 'not for them' to promote changes in attitudes and empowerment through collectivization. The vision of the organization as a long-term goal is helpful. Moreover, the necessary preconditions through collaborative social mobilization and collective ownership also need to be created. The frequent review and mid-course evaluations have to be integral part of successful transformation so that the outcome pathway is followed. The mid-course reviews have to be in the form of action learning with rational cause-effect relationship. Ensuring this strategy and following the process purity are essential for change and success. Making the intervention process-based by participatory monitoring and fine-tuning the actual outcomes or solution-provisions to reach the expected ones are core elements of felt positive change.
Milestones & Track Record
Key achievements include reaching 3791 direct and 12280 indirect beneficiaries in health check-up and skill development programs, and 420360 direct and 1939695 indirect beneficiaries through health, social security schemes and financial literacy awareness programs.
Leadership Team
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Mukesh K. Sharma
Block Program Coordinator - Niwai in Tonk district
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Ms. Mafiya Bano
Block Skill Development Coordinator and Trainer.
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Sudhir Upadhyay
Director - Programs
Demographics & Structure
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No. of Employees
21-50
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Strength of Governing Body
24
M&E
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Internal, External Assessors
Yes
Policies
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Ethics and Transparency Policies
Yes
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Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy
Yes
Political & Religious Declarations
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On Affiliation if any
No
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On Deployment Bias if any
No
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AAAJK0529J
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Registration ID
783/Jaipur/2000-2001
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VO ID / Darpan ID
RJ/2017/0165291
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12A
AAAJK0529JE20214
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80G
AAAJK0529JF20214
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FCRA
125560173
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CSR Registration Number
CSR00006811
Location
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Headquarters
602 (O), Vishwamitra Marg, Hanuman Nagar Extension, Khatipura, Jaipur, 302012
Directions
Other Details
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Parent Organisation
No
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Sister Organisation
No
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Type & Sub Type
Non-profit
Society
Website
Financial Details
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2021-22
IncomeRs.11,632,658ExpensesRs.11,639,084Admin ExpensesRs.4,532,817Program ExpensesRs.7,099,841Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2022-23
IncomeRs.11,523,802Admin ExpensesRs.1,116,416Program ExpensesRs.10,069,933Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2023-24
IncomeRs.10,788,227Admin ExpensesRs.576,406Program ExpensesRs.10,019,361Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it.