Registered office : Piya Apartments, Kanaklata Path, Lachitnagar, Guwahati-781007, Assam, India Phone : 0361-2456837, Fax : 0361-2380027 Email : societyashadeep@yahoo.com Website : www.ashadeepindia.org Registered under Societies Registration Act No. RS/KAM/240/C/385 of 1996-1997 Registered under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act No. 020780056 Registered under National Trust No. 0306/MR-MD/2003 dated 11/3/2003 Accredited Member of Credibility Alliance Donations exempted from Income tax Under Sections 12(A) & 80(G) of IT Act 1961 Name and Address of Bankers 1. State Bank of India, West Guwahati Branch, Bharalumukh, Guwahati 2. ICICI Bank, Bhangagarh, Guwahati 3. Axis Bank Ltd., Chibber House, G.S. Road, Guwahati Name and Address of Auditor Parthasarathy Choudhury & Associates F/90, Gurdwara Building Anup Chanda Land, Police Bazar Shillong 793001, Meghalaya Name and Phone numbers of Contact Persons 1. MUKUL CHANDRA GOSWAMI, Secretary Ph : +919435043308 2. DR. ANJANA GOSWAMI, Director Ph : +919864077861 Vision To achieve a life of better quality for persons with mental disorders and their families. Mission To initiate and strengthen Mental Health Interventions in the North Eastern states of India.
Current Projects / Activities of Ashadeep Locations of various facilities initiated by Ashadeep Sl. No. Centre Address 1 Day Rehabilitation Centre HNo. 291, Jatia, By Lane opposite Sarala Residential Complex, Kahilipara Road, Dispur, Guwahati. Pin 781006, Phone & Fax : 0361-2380027 2 Navachetana (Transit Care) Naamghar Path, Panjabari, Guwahati-781037 3 Navachetana (Rehab) House No. 78, Bishnu Nagar, Panjabari, Guwahati - 781037 4 Roshmi, Half Way Home Doya Bandhu Bhawan, Bilpaar Road, Rehabari, Guwahati 5 Psychiatric Outdoor Clinic (OPD) Medi Safe, Below Ulubari Fly Over, Ulubari Chariali, Guwahati 6 Ability The Ashadeep Shop Subham Swaraj Sadan, Opposite HP Petrol Pump, Chachal, VIP Road, Guwahati 7 8 Paritranam Tele Counselling for stress and emotional distress (995-447-1111) Resource Centre on Mental Health 3B Piya Apartments. Kanaklata Path, Lachit Nagar, Guwahati - 781007 3B Piya Apartments. Kanaklata Path, Lachit Nagar, Guwahati - 781007 1
Brief History of Ashadeep To remove a vacuum in the area of Psychiatric Rehabilitation in the State of Assam, Ashadeep was formed by a few Family care-givers in the year 1996. At that point of time, access to psychiatric treatment was available in one third of the total districts of the State. The situation has improved marginally, with just over half the total 29 districts having access to Psychiatric treatment facilities. Ashadeep s journey in this area from the year 1996, can be broadly divided into two major phases, the first being from inception to the year 2005, second is from year 2005 to year 2012. FIRST PHASE (1996-2005) During the initial years of the first phase, Ashadeep s rehabilitation service facilities, both in Day Care and residential settings was limited to the city of Guwahati only. The Day Rehabilitation centre at Guwahati was developed to address the needs of persons disabled through mental illness and also mental retardation and associated developmental disorders. Vocational training with an emphasis on income generating activities was a major component of the rehabilitation process at this centre. Residential rehabilitation was provided through Roshmi, the Half Way Home, which was created specifically to address the needs of women with mental illness. From the year 2000, venturing out to adjoining districts, where Psychiatric Care was not available, Ashadeep initiated monthly mental health camps in partnership with local groups. These outreach programmes led to the establishment of two Day Rehabilitation Centres at the outreach locations Khetri and Morigaon. At the end of the first phase, in the context of the overall mental health scenario of Assam, it could be said that Ashadeep had managed to introduce specific concepts of Psycho-social rehabilitation in the State. Being the only agency involved in this specific activity, the rehabilitation services could touch only those in and around Guwahati. The needs of the marginalized sections of the population, both economically and geographically could hardly be addressed. SECOND PHASE (2005-2012) Primary Psychiatric treatment is obviously a prerequisite to the secondary level psychological and social rehabilitation interventions. Even in the year 2005, access to Psychiatric care was available in less than half the districts of the Assam. Further, even in the city of Guwahati, the poorer sections found it very difficult to access Psychiatric treatment, and there was no system both in the Governmental or Nongovernmental sectors to help the homeless mentally ill. Guwahati, being the major terminus for most rail and road traffic of the region, had a substantial population of wandering mentally ill people. In this context, it had become necessary for Ashadeep to take a more holistic view and provide a more comprehensive set of interventions starting from the primary Psychiatric treatment to the Psycho social rehabilitation needs of the two marginalized groups of people mentioned above. The Rehabilitation programme for homeless women with mental illnesses of the streets of Guwahati was initiated in 2005 with support from Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai. The prime objective of this project Navachetana was to intervene with the women in an appropriate 2
manner and re-integrate them with their families. Psychiatric and other medical treatment and care; Psychological and other social rehabilitation services were provided at the three Navachetana residential facilities by a team of qualified personnel. In the last seven years 395 homeless women with mental illnesses have been admitted to our facilities, out of which 350 women have been re-integrated with their families. Further, it has been possible to provide follow-up support in terms of treatment, counseling and free medicine supply to 51% of the re-integrated women. A weekly Outdoor Clinic located at Guwahati has been very useful to maintain continuation of treatment of reintegrated residents of Navachetana. Income/livelihood generation is a major outcome of the rehabilitation processes of the different groups of people. A permanent sale outlet Ability the Ashadeep shop was set up at Guwahati in 2011 with support from Give India. All articles produced at our Sheltered Workshop and other rehabilitation settings are sold through this outlet. To create access to Psychiatric interventions in districts where such services were not available, an Outreach Programme was initiated from the year 2006. In partnership with a local NGO or Government PHC/CHC, regular monthly mental health camps were held at 9 locations, each for a period of 12 to 18 months. The partner NGOs were provided with the requisite training and support to continue with the work after our departure. So far 130 monthly Mental Health Camps have been held in 9 locations (12-18 camps in each location) covering 1863 patients through 6822 interventions. 5 NGOs and 2 Govt. health centres have been empowered to provide Mental Health interventions in the Outreach locations. Our interventions had been able to touch the user groups and immediate stakeholders like family caregiver groups. However, in order to sensitize the community at large and cater to some of the social issues which affect mental well being awareness programmes and trainings/workshops were conducted at various levels such as police stations, schools, colleges, etc. In addition, a telephonic helpline named Paritranam was initiated through which counseling is being provided for almost every aspect of mental health. The Resource Centre played an active role in terms of advocacy with the Government and gradually Ashadeep has become more and more involved with the Government in terms of planning of policy and action plan for the well being of homeless persons with mental illness. A concrete outcome of this interaction has been the sanction of a grant of Rupees One Crore by the Social Welfare department of the Assam Government for setting up of a Rehabilitation Home for Homeless men with mental illnesses at the P.L. Home campus of the Government at Bamunigaon, Boko. 3
From the Secretary s Desk The year 2011-12 was a significant one for Ashadeep with certain developments taking place which will have some major future bearings. Recently a survey was conducted by Ashadeep to ascertain the details of homeless persons with mental illnesses wandering on the streets of Guwahati. This study conducted under directives from the Social Welfare department of the Assam Government revealed that at that point of time there were 101 such individuals wandering on the streets which consisted of 86 men and 15 women. A finding, which underlines the positive outcome of the efforts of Ashadeep in rehabilitating homeless women with mental illnesses of the city, in the last few years. A fact, which has perhaps, not gone un-noticed by the Government Authorities. The Social Welfare department of Assam has taken the initiative in providing the infrastructure and the funds required to replicate our efforts with women through Navachetana, to intervene with homeless men in similar condition. This acknowledgement of the Government for the Ashadeep model of rehabilitation of homeless persons with mental illness also vindicates our belief that advocacy through work instead of mere campaigning can produce far greater results. All our achievements have been made possible by the dedication and hard work put forth by each staff member and encouraging involvement of the members of Ashadeep s executive committee. I also extend thanks and gratitude to all our donors and well wishers who relentlessly supported us in our endeavor. Finally, I must acknowledge the invaluable support and mentoring provided by Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust which has been a major pillar of our progress. Guwahati Mukul Chandra Goswami 20 September 2012 Secretary 4
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Sl. Name & Designation Occupation Address Phone 1 Shri Bhaskar Barua President Formerly Secretary to Government of India House No. 3, 2 nd By-Lane, S.K. Baruah Road, Rukmini Nagar, Guwahati. 9435011862 2 Shri Mukul Chandra Goswami Secretary Retired Bank Employee 4 th Floor In-Built Residency, 9 Monalisa Path, Mother Teresa Road, Guwahati-24. 9435043308 3 Shri Vijoy Patir Treasurer Business Near Anganbari, West Silpukhuri Road, Guwahati 3. 9864091783 4 Dr. P. K. Thakuria Member Psychiatrist Government Press Road, Bamuni Maidam, Ghy-20 9864045108 5 Shri Ronojoy Sen Member Architect 4 th By-Lane, Tarun Nagar, Guwahati-5. 9435107827 6 Dr. Upala Baruah Member Lecturer, Cotton College 13, Bhayamama Path, R.G.B.Road, Guwahati-24. 9864047145 7 Dr. Jolly Baruah Member Associate Professor, Pandu College Chenikuthi, Guwahati 9864058137 8 Dr. Reeta Sharma Member Retired Vice Principal, Dispur College C/o Mr. A.C. Sharma Ashok Path, Jatia, Guwahati 781 006 9864053465 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS Sl.No. Meetings Held on Members present 1 14/06/2011 5 2 17/11/2011 6 3 12/03/2012 5 5
Major Grants received during the year 2011-12 Sl. No. Agency Purpose Amount 1 Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India For the Day Rehabilitation Centre at Guwahati 15,24,962/- 2 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Promotion of sports among the disabled in the year 2010-11 2,48,830/- 3 Social Welfare Department, Government of Assam 2,00,000/- 4 Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust For the project Navachetana (from August,2009) 30,28,000/- 5 Give India, Mumbai Towards Rehabilitation & Conveyance expenses at Day Care Centre, General expenses, Corpus Fund, Food & Medicine 3,74,363/- Expenses of Navachetana residents and Ashadeep Shop 6 SAVE, UK General Expenses 98,088/- 7 Hans Foundation, New Delhi For setting up of Paritranam Help Line 5,50,000/- 8 Sitaram Jindal Foundation, New Delhi Towards General Fund 25,000/- 9 Assam Foundation of North America Towards General Fund 74,488/- 10 SESTAA, Australia Towards printing of Resource Materials 24,980/- 11 The World Bank Group, Chennai Towards General Fund 11,884/- Sl. No. Overall Progress and Results Achieved in 2011-2012 Project / Activity No. of Beneficiaries in 2011-12 Progressive Total up to 31 st March, 2012 Supported by 1 Day Rehabilitation Centre 165 304 Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi 2 Roshmi Half-way-home 55 195 Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi 3 Navachetana Rehabilitation of Homeless women with mental disorders Total admissions Residents re-integrated with families 4 Free Psychiatric Outdoor Clinic (OPD) Number of new patients Total examinations 5 Mental Health Outreach Camps Number of camps conducted Number of patients Total examinations 6 Resource Centre Number of Training Programmes Number of Trainees 54 56 112 559 30 227 1163 19 265 372 329 668 2836 125 1865 6656 46 1112 7 Paritranam (995-447-1111) Tele counseling helpline Number of calls received 169 169 Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust,Mumbai Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust,Mumbai Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust,Mumbai Various sources Hans Foundation, New Delhi 6
Programme and Activity Information From being a mere service provider to taking up an all encompassing role in the field of mental health Ashadeep as an organization has come a long way and so has its programmes and activities. Today, the following groups of persons with mental health needs are being catered to. A. B. C. D. E. Children and Adults with intellectual disabilities Persons recovering from mental illnesses, living with families. Homeless women with mental illness. Marginalized sections of population, geographically or otherwise who do not have access to Psychiatric interventions. People of all age groups in need of emotional support through Tele Counseling. A. Children and Adults with intellectual disabilities who are provided with special education at our Day Rehabilitation Centre have excelled in various fields during the year. Sports - Students of Ashadeep participated in a National Coaching Camp on Football & Bocce organized by Special Olympics Bharat, Assam at BokaKhat from 24 th to 30 th April 2011. Seven Special Athletes took part in a National Coaching Camp on Athletics held at Jamshedpur from 7 13 th Nov, 2011 th Four Special Athletes took part in a National Coaching Camp on Basketball held at Shillong from 9 14 th Dec, 2011. One Special Athlete took part in National Games held at Chennai in the discipline of Badminton and won Gold medal in singles and Silver medal in doubles from 17 th 23 rd Feb,2012. th Cultural activities Students of Ashadeep participated in a Dance programme at Rabindra Bhavan organized by Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Assam on 20 th May, 2011. Bihu Dance performed by the students of Ashadeep at Rabindra Bhawan organized by Karunadhara on 29 th Apr, 2012. rd On 3 December 2011, on the occasion of Disability Day Students of Ashadeep took part in An Exhibition at Bishnu Nirmala Bhawan organized by Karunadhara. An Art Competition organized by Social Welfare Dept. at Kalakshetra. An Art Competition organized by Science Museum at Science Museum. Students of Ashadeep participated in an Art Competition on the occasion of Science Day celebrated at Science Museum on 28 th February 2012. th Students of Ashadeep participated in the 18 Anniversary of Science Museum on 16 th March 2012. The highlights of the year 2011-12 are - Four Special Athletes received State level Sports Scholarship from Government of Assam. One Poem and one painting done by students of Ashadeep were published in a book named Ami Aparajeyo published by Karunadhara. 7
B. Rehabilitation of Persons recovering from mental illnesses living with their families are intervened with at the Day Rehabilitation Centre and in residential settings at Roshmi the Half Way Home for women. Apart from counseling and other rehabilitation interventions, special emphasis is given on vocational skills development and livelihood generation opportunities in Sheltered Workshop to this target group. The articles produced such as Handloom materials, File covers, Jute items, decorative candles, Pillows and block printed clothing etc. are sold through Ability the Ashadeep Shop located at Sixth Mile, Guwahati. A part of the income from this Shop goes as incentives to those involved in the production. This intervention in addition to generating livelihood plays a major role in preventing relapses in case of the mentally ill, through a structured schedule of occupational activity. C. Rehabilitation of Homeless Women with Mental illness of the streets of Guwahati is being carried out in three Shelter homes, - Navachetana (Transit Care), Navachetana (Rehab) and Roshmi (Half way home). The women rescued from the streets are first admitted in Navachetana (Transit Care) for initial care and psychiatric interventions. When the mental status of the woman has improved and she attains a certain level of functionality, she is shifted to one of the other two homes for intensive rehabilitation inputs and vocational training. The readiness of the shifting and also discharge is gauged by Growth Chart a tool developed in-house to monitor the level of functionality. When the woman attains the final score of the Growth Chart and her home address is verified to some extent, she is discharged and re-integrated with her family. This entire process takes about 3-6 months on an average. Over 80% of the women have been reintegrated with their families. Further, it has been possible to maintain follow-up care for over 50% of the ex-residents of Navachetana. The entire rehabilitation process is depicted in the following Flow Chart. 8
Day Rehabilitation Centre: ANNUAL DAY CELEBRATION A scene from a Dance Drama Bogoli Boga Phoot Di Ja directed by renowned dramatist Sri Prabin Saikia President and Secretary of Ashadeep on stage with some of the participants Various academic and physical activities undertaken at Day Rehabilitation Centre Vocational Training and Production at Sheltered Workshop
Residential Rehabilitation Homes Residential Rehabilitation Homes Smiles galore at the Navachetana (Transit Care) home Watching their fellow countrymen perform at the 2012 Olympics Residential Rehabilitation Homes Reintegration Cognitive retraining exercise at Navachetana (Rehab) Resident whose home could not be traced mainstreamed into Seneh an old age home Reintegration Reintegration Welcomed back with open arms re-integration with family Re-integration is an arduous process
Outreach Mental Health Camp Outreach Camp at Lumding (Nagaon district) in association with Ghoroa An Outreach Camp at Abhayapuri CHC (Bongaigaon district) in May 2012 Resource Centre Activities Orientation Programme on Positive Mental to school students Workshop on Early Identification and Early Intervention for Children with Autism PARITRANAM Tele-Counseling Helpline Inauguration of the Tele-counseling Helpline by Honorable Minister of Social Welfare, Government of Assam Sri Akon Bora
The following Charts depict some of the achievements with regard to Homeless women with mental illness during the last year. Total Rescue / Admission = 54 No of women reintegrated in various locations Observation of the above chart clearly indicates the increased involvement of Police and Other Organizations in the rescue process which is 33 (61%) against the direct rescue by Ashadeep, i.e. 8 (15% only). This is perhaps an outcome of the awareness created in the community by Ashadeep s work in this area. It is obvious from the above diagram that a majority of the women who have been intervened with were from Assam. The map below indicates the location of the homes of the re-integrated women. Geographical spread of reintegrated cases Follow up of 160 re-integrated women are being maintained in the following manner Attended OPD = 102 Home visits by social workers = 14 Over phone & Medicine supply by post = 37 Attended Out Reach = 7 12
Follow up trend through usage of various medium CASE STUDY Technology helps in locating the Family of homeless woman Malasiya, aged about 45 years, was walking precariously on the divider of one of the busiest roads of Guwahati, totally oblivious to the fast moving traf ic on both sides of her. Though initially she was not responding to the overtures of the Rescue Team she gradually agreed to accompany them to the Navachetana Transit Care home on 2 nd June 2010. Symptoms present at that time were auditory hallucination, disorientation, wandering attitude, selfmuttering etc. Immediately her clinical interventions were started. But, perhaps because of the acute symptoms, her recovery from the positive symptoms took nearly nine months compared to the average stay of three months at the transit care facility. For the post cjlinical rehabilitation interventions, she was shifted to Roshmi (Group home) on the 30 th March 2011. During the Counselling sessions though she revealed that she was from Sitamarhi in Bihar and also talked of her husband and six children, she was not able to give speci ic details of their location and identity. But like all other residents, she was eager to return to her family, thus creating pressure on the re-integration team. Someday in February 2012, one of Ashadeep s Social Worker while browsing in Google noticed that there is an NGO named Harijaan Mahila Evam Bal Vikash Sangathan from Sitamarhi, working on Women Empowerment. After going through their website, a phone number was found and immediately a phone call was made. It was the Asstistant Director (Raghabendra Rajesh) who received the call. His response was very positive and he requested the Social Worker to email Malasiya s photograph with the details. A few more communications through phone and email enabled Mr. Raghabendra to locate Malasiya s family at Sitamarhi within two days. On 18/02/2012, Mr. Raghabendra made a phone call to the Social Worker who was on his way to an Outreach Mental Health Camp, and said that Malasiya s family has been found and they are sitting in front of him. After talking to the family members, it was found that they were desperately in search of her for the last two years since she had been missing. They also told that they will visit Ashadeep to take her back at the earliest. Finally on 22/02/2012, her husband and nephew came to Roshmi (Group Home). As per their information abut the onset of her illness - some years back she went to visit Baba Dham near Sultanganj (Jharkhand) with other villagers. But she got lost from the group and after 15 days the local police found her wandering on the streets and she was handed over to the family. As the days passed by, she started showing symptoms like aggressiveness & violent behavior and wandering attitude. Malasiya even assaulted her husband with a dagger. But no intervention had was sought. Again, one day she came out of home and this time they found her in Delhi after about 30 days. But after 40 days of bringing her back home, she again wandered out of the village and was missing since then. Malasiya boarded the train for her journey back to Sitamarhi from Guwahati with her husband on 22/02/2012. 13
D. Marginalized sections of population, geographically or otherwise who do not have access to Psychiatric interventions To create access to Psychiatric Care and Rehabilitation Interventions in remote areas of the State where such services are not available, Ashadeep has been conducting monthly Mental Health Outreach Camps in collaboration with local NGOs since October 2006. Ashadeep conducts about 18-20 monthly camps in one location where psychiatric interventions with medication are provided free of cost. During this period, Ashadeep also facilitates capacity building of the partner NGO, so that the psychiatric and other interventions are continued with even after Ashadeep withdraws from that location. Details of Outreach Programme during the year 2011-2012 are shown in the following table : Outreach programme Sl. No. 1 2 3 4 Camp Location Period of Camp Kumarikata Apr 11 Jul 11 And Nov 11 Chandrapur Apr 11 Mar 12 Abhayapuri Apr 11 Mar 12 Lumding Feb 12 Mar 12 District Partner Organisation No. of Camps No. of Patients Baksa Bosco Reach Out 5 45 Panikhaity Mini PHC, Kamrup (Metro) Government of Assam Abhayapuri CHC, Bongai-gaon Government of Assam 11 8 11 147 Total Attendance Nagaon Ghorua 2 11 20 330 57 674 TOTAL 29 211 1081 Outreach Partners developed since 2005 Outreach partners in various locations Sl. No. Location / District Name of Organization 1 Sipajhar / Darrang SATRA 2 Rowmari / Chirang the ant 3 Kokrajhar / Kokrajhar NERSWN 4 Kumarikata / Baksa Bosco Reach Out 5 Mangaldoi / Darrang Namaskaram 6 Chandrapur / Kamrup Panikhaity Mini PHC 7 Abhayapuri / Bongaigaon Abhayapuri CHC 8 Lumding / Nagaon Ghorua Creating access to the urban marginalized population needing mental health care is the primary objective of the Free Outdoor Service (OPD) located at Ulubari, near the Railway Station of Guwahati city. In addition to serving the needs of the lower economic groups and mentally ill inmates of different shelter homes, this provision has become the focal point of continuing treatment of Navachetana residents who have been reunited with their families, and also of discontinued Outreach locations. Details of OPD, Guwahati during the year 2011-12 Sl. No. Month No. of No. of Patients Reviews 1 April 2011 4 43 2 May 2011 16 39 3 June 2011 2 39 4 July 2011 11 41 5 August 2011 3 23 6 September 2011 9 20 7 October 2011 5 31 Sl. No. Month No. of Patients No. of Reviews 8 November 2011 15 34 9 December 2011 14 42 10 January 2012 13 52 11 February 2012 4 39 12 March 2012 16 44 TOTALS 112 447 14
Distribution of patients since the year 2006 E. PARITRANAM Tele Counseling Help Line (995-447-1111) Anxiety or stress related problems can affect anyone at any age which arises from emotion. The effects can be mild or severe, creating extreme emotional and psychological problems. If these problems are left unresolved, they can affect a person s daily choices and functioning and ultimately, can manifest into serious psychological disorders with lasting effects and sometimes drastic consequences such as suicide. Just as we need help to heal the physical effects of trauma, we also need help to heal the emotional wounds. PARITRANAM helpline provides free and confidential emotional support for the depressed and suicidal. The help-line address needs of all age groups and all kinds of people with mental health issues and is attended by qualified counselors. This Help Line was inaugurated by Minister of Social Welfare Sri Akon Bora in January 2012 which is being supported by The Hans Foundation, New Delhi for a period of 1 year and the Telephone connection has been donated by Bharti Airtel Ltd., Guwahati. 169 calls have been received during January 2012 to March 2012. Trends of callers with problems are shown in the following table : Sl. No. PROBLEMS % ages i) Primary support group problems 26% ii) Other psychological problems 25% iii) Sexual problems 11% vi) Problems related to social environment and self-adjustment 11% v) Regarding information about ASHADEEP 8% vi) Mental and Behavioral Disorders 5% vii) Educational /Academic problems 4% viii) Addiction/Substance abuse problems 3% xi) Unusual calls/unique/ Outstanding calls 3% x) Economic problems 2% xi) Occupational problems 1% TOTAL 100% Percentage distribution of calls received Resource Centre The prime objectives of the Resource Centre are : Sensitization, Orientation & Training, Research & Documentation and Advocacy on the issues of mental health. 15
During the year, 18 Sensitization and Orientation Programmes were conducted where 284 persons received training on various mental health issues. The details are as follows: Sensitization and orientation programmes organized in 2011-12 Sl. No. Date Description Place Resource persons No. of participants 1 14/04/2011 Swabalambi: CBR Workers Swabalambi Centre: Sonapur, Kamrup Dr. Anjana Goswami, Rashmi Kaman, Rohini Patir 9 2 16/03/2011 Care Givers of Persons with Mental Illness, Tongla Auxilium Convent, Tongla, BTAD Rashmi Kaman, Joseph Sangma 24 3 18/05/2011 Family Couselling Ashadeep head office Rashmi Kaman 3 4 24/05/2011 Interns of ICFAI Tripura University, Agartala Ashadeep Head office Rashmi Kaman, Rohini Patir 12 5 27/05/2011 Staff members of State Home for Women, Jalukbari State Home for Women, Jalukbari Rashmi Kaman, Rohini Patir 22 6 6/7/2011 Orientation for the Interns of Action Aid International, Assam Ashadeep Head office Rashmi Kaman 2 7 26/08/2011 Students of St. Stephens High School St. Stephens High School, Guwahati Dipjyoti Tanti & Snigdha Ghosh 37 8 7/9/2011 MSW students of Mizoram University Ashadeep Head office Mukul Ch. Goswami, Dipjyoti Tanti 23 9 11/9/2011 Child Development Project Officers NIPCCID, Jayanagar, Khanapara Dr. Anjana Goswami 22 10 19/09/2011 to 21/09/2011 MSW students of Martin Luther Christian University, Tura Campus Meghalaya Day Care Rehabilitation Centre & Head Office, Ashadeep Dr. Anjana Goswami, Snigdha Ghosh 2 11 29/09/2011 Family Care-Givers of Childrens with Mental Retardations & Developmental Disorders, Chirang The Ant, Chirang Mantu Nath & Ranjit Borah 25 12 29/09/2011 Training Programme for ANM of Kokrajhar District R.N.B Civil Hospital, Kokrajhar Dipjyoti Tanti 23 13 12/10/2011 1 day Training programme for workers of Bosco Reach Out Bosco Reach Out, Ulubari Dr. Anjana Goswami & Dipjyoti Tanti 30 14 22/10/11 Orientation Programme for teachers & students of Faculty H.S. School Roshmi half way Home Snigdha & Plabita 33 15 10/1/2012 BSc Nursing students of Army Nursing School, Bassistha NC (TC) Snigdha Ghosh 38 16 2/2/2012 Orientation for the MSW students of IGNOU, Cotton College Ashadeep Head office Dipjyoti Tanti 2 17 17/02/2012 Orientation for the MSW students of NEF Ashadeep Head office Rima Baruah & Joseph Sangma 9 18 7/3/2012 Orientation for the MSW students of IGNOU, Cotton College Ashadeep Head office Joseph Sangma 6 16
Dr. Anjana Goswami, Director, Resource Centre presented Ashadeep s work in a seminar titled Building Partnership for Global Mental Health Alliance for Mental Knowledge Transfer which was organized by the United Nations University UNU-IGH in Malaysia on the 21 st, 22 nd & 23 rd of November 2011. The presentation made by Dr Anjana, the only NGO representative in this forum was very well received by those present. A one day workshop on Early Identification and Early Intervention for Children with Autism in association with Com-DEALL Trust, Bangalore was held on 19 th December 2011. Advocacy with Assam Government had led to the formation of a Consultative Committee through a Government Notification to develop services and policies for meaningful rehabilitation of persons with mental illness in the state of Assam. Headed by the Commissioner Social Welfare, this group includes representatives from all relevant stake-holders both from the Government and Civil society. A direct impact of Ashadeep s work with homeless mentally ill women has been the involvement of the Social Welfare department of the Assam Government in developing similar facilities for men. AWARDS & RECOGNITION Ashadeep s work with homeless women with mental illnesses has been acknowledged by various bodies and the following awards have been presented to the organization in the last year: 1. 2. In February 2012, Ashadeep was jointly awarded the first prize by The EdelGive Foundation, Mumbai under its Social innovation honours under the category Health & Well Being and received a cheque of Rs. 5 lakhs, a trophy and a certificate. The other 3 categories were Education. Economic Security and Livelihoods and Rights and Representation. Winner of all the 4 categories were selected amongst over 240 NGOs. Dr Anjana Goswami was honoured by the National Women s Commission at a function held at New Delhi in March 2012 for her services towards women and children. Future Projects As touched upon in earlier sections, the Social Welfare department of the Government of Assam is providing the land and also the funding support to set up a Rehabilitation Home for homeless men with mental illness. This proposed facility will accommodate 40 men, who will be intervened with using the Navachetana model that has been successfully implemented with women in similar circumstances. The project shall be located at the P.L. Home Campus, Social Welfare Department, Assam Government, Bamunigaon, Boko. The other major initiative of Ashadeep in the coming years would be in setting up of the Ashadeep Institute of Mental Health which would include a Psychiatric Hospital in addition to the existing residential rehabilitation services. This would perhaps materialize because of an unbelievable commitment of an individual who has decided to construct an infrastructure and give it to Ashadeep on a long term lease. We expect this complex to be ready by the end of 2014. 17
Financial Information Staff Strength Type of Staff Male Female Total Paid Full Time 10 11 21 Paid Part Time 1 0 1 Paid Contract Staff 11 19 30 Paid Consultant 2 1 3 TOTAL 24 31 55 Unpaid Volunteers 1 5 6 Distribution of Staff According To Salary Levels (for all full time/part time/contract/ consultant/other staff) Slab of gross monthly salary (in `) plus benefits paid to staff Male Staff Female Staff Total Staff <5000 13 22 35 5001-10000 5 8 12 10001-25000 3 1 4 25001-50000 >50000 TOTAL STAFF 21 31 52 The salary and benefits of the NGO Head, the highest paid staff member and the lowest paid staff member Head of the Organisation : Mukul Chandra Goswami, Secretary /Director (Programme) ` 18,000 per month Highest paid: Director (Resource Centre) ` 23,500 per month Lowest paid : Attendants of the Day Rehabilitation Centre ` 2,000 per month Remuneration paid to Executive Committee Members in the year 2011-12: Sl. No. NAME & DESIGNATION AMOUNT (`) 1 Shri Bhaskar Barua, President ZERO 2 Shri Mukul Chandra Goswami, Secretary ` 1,94,400/- 3 Shri Vijoy Patir, Treasurer ZERO 4 Shri Ronojoy Sen, Member ZERO 5 Dr. P.K. Thakuria, Member ` 2,40,000/- 6 Dr. Upala Baruah, Member ZERO 7 Dr. Reeta Sharma, Member ZERO 8 Dr. Jolly Baruah, Member ZERO NOTE: Remunerations paid to Shri Mukul Chandra Goswami towards his full time involvement as Director (Programme) and to Dr. P.K. Thakuria towards his consultancy services. Amount Reimbursed to Board Members in the year 2011-12 for the following items: 1 International Travel nil 2 Domestic Travel for Mukul Chandra Goswami, Secretary ` 25,259 3 Local Conveyance nil 4 Entertainment Expenses nil 5 Others nil Travel Total cost of national travel by all Staff and Board Members during the year : ` 65,540/- Total cost of international travel by all Staff and Board Members during the year : Nil 18
Abridged Balance Sheet As On 31 st March 2012 Particulars 2011-12 2010-11 Assets AMOUNT % AMOUNT % Fixed Assets 91355.09 3% 122567.23 4% Investment 300000.00 9% 300000.00 10% Deposits and Advances 87493.00 3% 65000.00 2% Current Assets 3010418.26 86% 2665201.04 85% Income and Expenditure A/c Balance Total 3489266.35 100% 3152768.27 100% Liabilities Corpus/Endowment Funds(s) 943843.08 27% 658033.43 21% Capital Reserve 353952.27 10% 353952.27 11% Earmarked Funds 1761285.00 50% 2160327.00 69% Loans / Borrowings 0.00 0% 0.00 0% Current liabilities and provisions 430186.00 12% 786563.24 25% Income and Expenditure A/c Balance 0% -806107.67-26% Total 3489266.35 100% 3152768.27 100% Abridged Income and Expenditure Account As On 31 st March 2012 Particulars 2011-12 2010-11 Income AMOUNT % AMOUNT % Self generated funds 2080584.00 26% 843376.00 14% Indian sources 5553991.55 69% 4977129.00 82% International sources 380122.09 5% 281090.11 5% Total 8014697.64 100% 6101595.11 100% Expenditure Programme expenditure 6263914.95 91% 6283836.04 91% Management expenditure 486992.00 7% 316922.60 5% Other expenditure 164589.14 2% 306944.14 4% Total 6915496.09 100% 6907702.78 100% Surplus/ Deficit 1099201.55-806107.67 Abridged Receipts and Payments Account As On 31 st March 2012 Particulars 2011-12 2010-11 Receipts AMOUNT % AMOUNT % Opening Balance : Cash and Bank 2133424.04 21% 838626.33 9.07% Self generated funds 1347326.00 13.27% 729851.00 7.90% Indian sources 5847057.32 57.57% 6570082.00 71.07% International sources 755338.09 7.44% 686557.11 7.43% Secured loans 0.00 0.00% 0.00 0.00% Other receipts 72869.00 0.72% 419350.00 4.54% Total 10156014.45 100% 9244466.44 100% Payments Programme Expenditure 6545572.37 64.45% 5777266.00 62.49% Management Expenditure 436756.82 4.30% 342367.60 3.70% Other Expenditure 39622.00 0.39% 144036.80 1.56% Fixed Assets purchased 92145.00 0.91% 41360.00 0.45% Loan repaid 0.00% 29315.00 0.32% Investments 0.00% 200000.00 2.16% Advance to staff 49500.00 0.49% 171230.00 1.85% Closing Balance : Cash and Bank 2992418.26 29.46% 2538891.04 27.46% Total 10156014.45 100% 9244466.44 100% Parthasarathy Choudhury Chartered Accountant Bhaskar Barua President Place : Shillong Mukul Ch. Goswami Secretary Place : Guwahati Date : 19 th June 2012 Date : 20 th June 2012 19
Acknowledgements The Ashadeep family is grateful to the following individuals and organisations for their support to the cause of Ashadeep: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. Department of Health, Government of Assam Department of Social Welfare, Government of Assam Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai. Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai. GiveIndia, Mumbai Sitaram Jindal Foundation, New Delhi Hans Foundation, New Delhi Delegation of European Union to India The Banyan, Chennai. The L.G.B. Regional Institute for Mental Health, Tezpur. National Institute for Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad. SEPPA Gives, Guwahati SATRA, Sipajhar Seneh. A home for elderly women the ant, Bongaigaon North East Research & Social Work Networking, Kokrajhar Gold, Guwahati St. Stephens School, Guwahati South Asia Voluntary Enterprise (SAVE), United Kingdom. India League, United Kingdom Assam Foundation of North America SESTAA, Australia Special Olympics Bharat ( Assam Chapter) Dr. Kamini Arandhara, United Kingdom Mr. Ajit Narayan Deb Kachari, Rehabari, Guwahati. Dr. Pranab Kumar Baruah, Guwahati. Mrs. Jul Sharma and Dr. Jagadish Sharma, United Kingdom. Mrs. Krishna Baruah, Rukmininagar, (Dispur) Guwahati. Mr. Vishal Solanki, IAS, Guwahati Mr. Ananta Senapati, U.S.A All individual donors who have made contributions towards the organization during the year. Members of the Print & Audio-Visual Media. We welcome all our donors, well wishers and any individual to visit all our centres and projects. We sincerely treasure your views and suggestions, which will positively help us improve our work and encourage us to carry on regardless of what lies ahead. 20
A sight we want to remove from the streets of Guwahati in the coming years
Dr. Anjana Goswami being honoured by Smt. Mamata Sharma, Chairperson, National Women s Commission for her services towards women and children Chandana Sharma receiving award on behalf of Ashadeep from eminent actor and social activist Sri Rahul Bose as a Joint winner of Edelgive Social Innovation Honours 2012 in the category Health & Well Being