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How will Deenabandhu select projects for funding?
How will Deenabandhu monitor projects?
Can I visit a Deenabandhu Project?
How will Deenabandhu select projects for funding?
Deenabandhu's project selection philosophy is based on the fundamental principle
of maximizing the impact of every contribution. Every project funded by
Deenabandhu needs to fit in with the mission and vision of Deenabandhu. The
project should not discriminate based on gender, caste, race, religion or
language and should be a non-political, not-for profit organization. Apart from
the above mandatory qualities expected out of every project, the project
selection team has a set of qualitative criteria which will ensure the
effectiveness of the project in accomplishing its goals. Deenabandhu makes a
concerted effort to select small to medium-sized projects. Deenabandhu believes
that ultimately the community should become a part of the solution and therefore
looks for projects which reflect that approach. Our monitors, who are stationed
in India conduct in-depth research and analysis on each proposed project along
with our volunteers before making a final recommendation for funding. Every
project goes through several iterations of questions and answers between the
selection team and the project manager. The competence of the organization
requesting funding is established through annual audited reports, reference
checks, pre-funding evaluations performed during volunteer visits, in addition
to critical appraisal of their detailed project proposal. For further details on
our project selection criteria, you can send an email to projects@Deenabandhu.org.
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How will Deenabandhu monitor projects?
Deenabandhu plans to use uses two means to monitor
projects: 1) project visits done by our board members in India, 2) volunteer
visits and extensive communication with the projects. Our full time monitoring
staff in India and U.S.A will make regular project visits and document every
visit in a detailed project visit report. In addition, volunteers from outside
India (UK, USA, Singapore, and Middle East) will visit the projects for an in
person review during their visits to India. These efforts will be combined to
ensure the quality of the project. All donors are welcome to visit the project
sites and see themselves how their donations are making a difference to the
lives of underpriviledged children.
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Can I visit a Deenabandhu Project?
Yes! Deenabandhu encourages donors and volunteers to visit projects. Please
visit our Visit a Project page and send us an email with the requested details.
Deenabandhu values your feedback from your projects visit and will utilize that
as part of the project monitoring reports.
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For details of
our existing projects, please go to
Current Events page.
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