Skip to main content

SAHAY is back..!

MSC archived stories - March 31, 2024

I do not know how they did it... website is back up running once again with new breath of life – http://sahaywb.in

 

Immensely proud Agency Director, Kolkata turning the challenge into a meaningful pursuit of "cluster operation" – youtu.be/JQiWK7ON6bM

 

What that means in terms of Community Center model remains to be seen, like will the Central office at Hazra Community Center and the Youth Resource Center be the focal points of CI-Kolkata?

 

Well done staff... a sigh of relief!

Comments

  1. chelaka29 March 2025 at 14:58

    Yes, Chelaka, “Well done staff… a sigh of relief!” There are two wonderful videos on the site. The first highlights The Youth Resource Center in Kolkata and the second, an explanation of how they developed the Cluster Site model in rural areas (edit, although as of 5/27/2024, Google Maps has changed their description of Children International SAHAY Hooghly Cluster Office to “Permanently Closed”.) There are many scenes of what environment looks like and of admirable youth and staff engaged with Children International. Please watch!!!

    March 31, 2024

    ReplyDelete
  2. chelaka29 March 2025 at 14:58

    I loved the 3 questions displayed on plaque in Youth Lounge at the YRC – What barriers and limitations will you overcome? – What impact will you make? – How will you help others achieve their goals?

    March 31, 2024

    ReplyDelete
  3. chelaka29 March 2025 at 14:59

    Thanks for the heads-up, Chelaka! This looks like a brand-new website for Sahay, but I note a connection to Children International in the email address at the top of the page. It remains to be seen how the change will affect the sponsor-child relationship. Hopefully all our sponsored children are still in the program. The website refers to Sahay's focus on children up to the age of ... 24. I can't wait to hear CI's official announcement!

    April 1, 2024

    ReplyDelete
  4. chelaka29 March 2025 at 14:59

    We’re as thrilled as you that the Kolkata website is up and running. Please note that we are currently still in the test phase, and we won’t have any additional information until the end of April. The situation remains fluid, but we are hopeful! All India sponsors: stay tuned for the update at the end of the month. As always, thank you for your patience!

    April 1, 2024

    ReplyDelete
  5. chelaka29 March 2025 at 14:59

    @Elemay: Website address hasn't changed but a revamp. While it was down about a week ago the site URL taken over by a different company, so was just about to delete it from my favourites but wanted to have a final look over the weekend. It was a complete surprise to me, how Sahay made it through and then able to recover the same URL. (btw, SAHAY is acronym for "Social Action to Help All Young") Regarding age 24, I remember discussing it in 2019, to do with CI post impact assessment of the program – [www.children.org/MySocialCenter/messageboard/!content/Make-a-Difference/data-driven-programs#uPAMyQM5R2e4y_8AAKKRFw]

    April 1, 2024

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Question to Tim Bachta – VP, IT

MSC archived stories - April 13, 2024 With system changes happening at CI, you may want to read this... www.hso.com/blog/ai-for-non-profits-how-your-organization-can-implement-ai-solutions-without-breaking-the-bank#the-children-international-story It says, by 2025, CI hopes to have no data centers or VMs and be 100% cloud-hosted and cloud-native. Ex military man, Mr Bachta's driving CI into "No VMs" world is very concerning. Virtual Machines are cloud based, so allow staff to work from anywhere. Getting rid of VMs means AI (Artificial intelligence) will dominate future of CI operation. What that means for child-sponsor relationship? Well, 3 weeks ago I asked my Juliana… "You used to handwrite letters and draw pictures for me but how do you find the new way of communication?" She replied… "While I enjoy digital communication, I do miss the personal touch of handwritten letters." Our digital letters will be scanned and edited by AI before passing onto ch...
38 comments
Read more

Can you guess the odd one out?

MSC archived stories -  April 5, 2020   You may have noticed this that sometimes children draw pictures in their letters, which correspond with what they wrote, and other times just random drawing or coloring. This week, Ana and Mairani who are twice/half each other’s age and go to the same CC wrote about their lives and drew pictures for me. Irrespective of the writings in Spanish, including English translation, I can see their state of mind and the connection they so lovingly want to establish through drawing medium.  (images saved to My Media)                         In 4hrs from Guadalajara going to the beach is a few days picnic for one family. She tells me how pretty the sound of waves crashing on the shore, and so nice and soft the shining sand and beautiful shells on the beach. It seems like they had a boat ride too! Girl hoping to get full marks at year-end exam! Decorative Christmas tree, but it wasn’t ...
25 comments
Read more

Value for Money with EG

MSC archived stories - March 5, 2022 CI 2021 Annual Report (concise) just came out at the February end. 82% - Program cost 18% - Running cost I pondered on something which I thought sharing with you. That is, the 10% service charge on Extra Gift donations we make over $100. For example, $110 will result the child/family receiving $99 to spend on. However, if I want to give the child $100 + (10% to CI) = $110, my contribution will remain the same yet the family receives more! This sounds like the latter approach better serves the beneficiaries financially than the former and could be seeing as justification for supporting struggling families earning less than $3 per day. But in another context, you may argue that cost of providing services is mutually exclusive from value of goods. It's like buying a book versus paying a teacher to teach it to a child. So, organizations like CI have adopted the policy of charging a fixed 10% of donated amount, which I think compared to the last year...
20 comments
Read more