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Women's Organisation in Rural Development (WORD)

Sector: Women
Sub Sector: Empowerment
Tax Deduction: 50% u/s 80G of The Income Tax Act, 1961
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% Spent on Beneficiaries

78%
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Year of Establishment : 1988
Registered Address : No. 240/86, Shanthi Nagar, Pothanur Post, P. Velur Taluk, Namakkal 638181, Tamil Nadu
Presence :
Website : https://www.mywordindia.org
Email : siva_word@hotmail.com
Telephone : +91 4268 220960
Donor Contact : Mr. Rajmohan / +91 9750922500 / mails@wordorg.net
Registered Under : The Indian Trust Act, 1882
Auditor : S. Sachidanandam
Bankers : Corporation Bank
Trustees/Directors/Managing Committee: : Dr. M. Kausalya - President, Mr. B. E. Venkatesan - Vice President, Ms. R. Sivakamavalli - Secretary, Ms. M. Renida Sarala - Trustee

Their programmes include:

  • Blooming Buds: This project addresses the exploitation and abuse issues of children, especially in brick kiln, poultry, and power loom industries. WORD currently runs a short stay residential home for children who have limited access to education. It also provides care and protection to exploited children or children in exploitative situations (eg. child marriage, child labourer). WORD follows cases referred to them by the Child Welfare Committee, Childline and Anti-Human Trafficking Police Wing of Namakkal.
  • Microscale CDM Biogas: WORD is one of the partners of the SCINDeA biogas coalition to implement a micro-scale domestic biogas Clean Development Mechanism project (CDM) in Namakkal district under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change with the support of Fair Climate Network. It aims at reducing fuel wood and kerosene usage.
  • SCINDeA Network Activities: The South Central India Network for Development Alternatives (SCINDeA) network covers (i) Empowerment of community through people’s participation and (ii) Participatory community based sanitation programme.
  • Women Empowerment: With the support of Tamil Nadu Women Corporation for Women Development Limited, the rural women, including the most backward castes like Dalits, are organized into Self Help Groups and given credit assistance. These groups provide training in leadership, entrepreneurial development, various income generation activities, and marketing strategies.
  • Special School for Child Labourers: WORD runs special schools for child labourers under the National Child Labour Elimination Programme, with financial assistance from the Government. These schools are run in areas where textile and power loom industries are concentrated. Educational and extra-curricular activities are conducted for five hours every work-day, and the children are provided with lunch.
  • Others: WORD conducts awareness campaigns on Environment (combating desertification, land degradation, and droughts), runs crèches for children of working and ailing mothers, and a Shelter Home for the aged. 
FY 2013 (₹) FY 2014 (₹) FY 2015 (₹)
Income
Government Sources 471,762 582,548 317,238
Foreign Sources 5,216,662 5,316,820 5,121,911
Institutional Sources - 52,534 24,500
General Donations 524,707 176,400 35,722
Sales/Fees 434,083 992,048 1,056,597
Interest/Dividend 195,020 68,800 101,572
Other Income - 3,380 -
Total Income (A) 6,842,235 7,192,530 6,657,540
 
Expenditure
Direct Program Activities 6,234,972 1,873,968 1,895,025
Program Staff Cost - 3,776,122 2,925,915
Travel Expenses - 394,706 348,413
Direct Program Expenses 6,234,972 5,650,090 4,820,940
Fund Raising Expenses - 40,134 16,250
General Staff Cost - 420,506 572,550
Overhead Expenses 576,154 639,335 816,244
Depreciation 14,956 41,782 51,688
Other Expenses/Transfers - 3,817 -
Total Expenditure (B) 6,826,082 7,190,370 6,626,085
 
Surplus / Deficit (A-B) 16,152 2,160 31,455
Assets
Fixed Assets 15,756,970 15,810,989 16,900,270
Current Assets 12,212,406 14,594,897 16,121,351
Cash And Bank 621,170 1,320,357 537,284
Total Current Assets 28,590,546 31,726,243 33,558,905
Investments - - -
Accumulated Deficits - - -
Total Assets 28,590,546 31,726,243 33,558,904
 
Liabilities
Trust Corpus - - -
General Funds 15,887,994 15,890,154 15,921,610
Earmarked Funds 11,951,327 13,422,077 16,073,793
Unutilized Grants 312,151 1,133,937 323,427
Total 28,151,472 30,446,168 32,318,829
Loans 39,000 271,800 192,800
Loans (From Members) - - -
Current Liabilities 400,075 1,008,275 1,047,275
Other Liabilities - - -
Total Liabilities 28,590,546 31,726,243 33,558,904
1) Income from Foreign Sources mainly includes grants from Terre des Hommes Netherlands, SCINDeA, and SAVE.
2) Sales/Fees include Self-Help Group service commission and charges.
3) Separate account for grants received and utilised is maintained and the balance is transfered to I&E account. However, we have incorporated grants utilised in the I&E account to standardise the financials.
4) In FY13, the NGO has provided overall amounts spent on various projects, but not a detailed breakdown.
5) Advertisement Expenses have been considered as Fund Raising Expenses.
6) In FY13, we have adjusted Rs6,098 in Current Assets to tally the Balance Sheet, since the audited Balance Sheet was not tallying.
7) Terre des Hommes-NL SHG Loan converted to revolving fund in FY13.
FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015
Beneficiary Details
Direct Beneficiaries (nos.) - - -
Indirect Beneficiaries (nos.) - - -
Average Cost per Direct Beneficiary (₹) - - -
Staff Details
No. of Staff - - -
Number of Consultants - - -
Number Of Volunteers - - -
Total - - -
Highest Paid Full-Time Staff (₹ p.a.) - - -
Lowest Paid Full-Time Staff (₹ p.a.) - - -
NGO Name Sector Sub Sector Location % Spent on Beneficiaries Income (₹) Expense (₹)
Purnima Mahila Bahuuddeshiya Sanstha Women Empowerment Maharashtra 99 97,784 89,116
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Men Against Violence & Abuse (MAVA) Women Preventing Violence Maharashtra 91 2,175,721 2,111,456
Women's Emancipation and Development Trust (WED Trust) Women Empowerment Tamil Nadu 84 2,198,600 2,405,406
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Women's Organisation in Rural Development (WORD) Women Empowerment Tamil Nadu 78 6,657,540 6,626,085
Voluntary Organization In Community Enterprises (VOICE) Women Home Maharashtra 69 3,941,837 4,791,616
Theni Mavatta Pengal Samuga Porulathara Munnetra Sangam Women Empowerment Tamil Nadu 64 366,893 337,740
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