Address: Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT), Jolly Grant, Dehra Dun, UP, INDIA.

Director: Ms. Maithili, HIHT, UP

Background:Founded in 1991as a rural outreach of a multifaceted hospital complex, 25 km from Dehra Dun.

Demographics:
RDI serves 650 villages. Project area is Garhwal, which consists of 3 lakh individuals spread across 4 districts of Tehri, Uttarkashi, Pauri and Dehra Dun.

Project Details:

Activities:

Literacy programs:
NFE: This consists of a batch of 30 students each. 10 such centers will be started. This will be in the villages where children are not going to regular schools. The teachers for this will be trained on site for 7 days. There will be one teacher per center.

Project-Based Education (PBE): Here modules and kits are developed in different topics related with science, math and social science. This is to supplement the education given in schools. Emphasis is more on learning in a practical way

Technical Education (Training): To impart the skills needed to earn a living Total : 80 children.

Functional Literacy: Functional litercy means that a person is educated to the extent that he/she can carry out the basic economic transactions as opening, signing bank accounts, carrying out the daily transactions etc. Total: 200 adults.

Program for adolescents: To conduct self-management and self-awareness programs for 100 adolescents through 10 peer groups.

Mobile Library: The villages lie deep in the mountains and the rough terrain compounds the inaccessibility. The mobile library would take the literary resources...magazines, newspapers, and textbooks to the villages. Total: 5 mobile units

Non Formal Education (for 300 children):	Rs 4,70,000
Project Based Education (for 250 children):	Rs 1,94,000
Adolescent Program (for 100 adolescents):	Rs 1,34,000
Technical Training (for 80 children):	Rs 3,20,000
Functional literacy (for 200 adults)	Rs 20,000
Scholarships (for 5 students):	Rs 1,20,000
Mobile Libraries (targetting 10 villages):	Rs 70,000
Grand Total:	Rs 13,28,000
(1$=Rs 45)	29,511