Hand in Hand Presentation at British Business Group Chennai Monthly Meet - Part 1. Hand in Hand is one of India's best known Micro Finance Companies.

1. Introducing Hand in Hand India
January 2014

2. Agenda
1. Brief Introduction – Hand in Hand India
2. Organizational Architecture
3. Linkage with UN Millennium Development Goals
4. Our Goals
5. Milestones
6. A Grassroots’ NGO with a global orientation
7. Global expansion by Hand in Hand India
8. Awards & Recognitions
9. Our Way of Working
10. Some major projects
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3. Brief Introduction – Hand in Hand India
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A public charitable trust serving in 8
States in India and 7 countries
across 3 continents
Vision: To alleviate poverty through
job
creation
and
integrated
community development
We work through a 5 pillar
programme as seen
5 year target: Creating 1.3 million
jobs by 2013-14. The target was
achieved a year ahead of schedule
as per study conducted by M-Cril, an
independent rating agency). Current
target : 5 million jobs by 2020
Are privileged to handle major
projects under aegis of UNDP,
UNICEF, World Bank, SIDA, AIT,
ADB, NABARD, Govt. of India, to
name just a few.
We also handle CSR projects of
numerous Corporates, mainly MNCs
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• 5 Pillar programme

4. Five Pillars towards an Integrated Approach
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5. Village Uplift Programme
A five pillar integrated programme:
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6. Organizational Architecture
The following organisations form the architecture of the trust:
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Hand In Hand India
Socio Economic & Education Development (SEED) Trust
Hand in Hand Micro Finance Pvt. Ltd.
Hand in Hand Inclusive Development Services Ltd.
Helping Hand Trust
Belstar Investment & Finance Pvt .Ltd
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7. Evolution
 Hand in Hand
Emerged in
Kancheepuram
district of Tamil
Nadu
 Evening schools
for dropout children
1998
 Solid waste management programme
begun
 Hand in Hand goes to Afghanistan
 Hand in Hand goes to
South Africa
2005
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2002
 Hand in Hand
was registered
as a Trust
2004
 Outstanding Annual Report Award
 Best NGO in Villupuram for the year
 Solid waste mgmt. programme in
Mamallapurm
 Operations started in Maharashtra
 Received Best NGO Award from
NABARD for SHG-Bank Linkage
programme
 500 Child Friendly Panchayats
2007
2006
2011
2009
2008
2010
 Hand in Hand expanded to Sri Lanka & Kenya
 Crisp Bakery, an enterprise started by a HIH
 Hand in Hand expands to Odisha &
SHG, receives Best Enterprise Award
Maharashtra
 Microfinance Programme launched
 First Residential School set up
 First Transit School started
 Acquired NBFC (Belstar)
 Hand in Hand goes to Brazil
 Reaches 200,000 enterprises
 "A" grade for the year 2011-12 Tamil Nadu
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2012
Corporation for Development of Women
Limited
Manimegala i Award for the Best SHG
Hand in Hand wins the UNEP's World
Environment Day Challenge 2012
Operations started Maharashtra & UP

8. Linkage with UN Millennium Development Goals
MDG 1
End Poverty and
Hunger
Integrated five pillar
approach
MDG 7
Environmental
Sustainability
NRM & SWM
projects
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MDG 2
Universal Education
Child Labour
Eradication
Programme
MDG 3
Gender Equality
Self Help Group &
MF
MDG 8
Global
Partnership
Partnering with
national &
international
organisations
MDGs 4,5 & 6
Child & Maternal
Health,
Health Pillar

9. Our 5 year Goal – achieved in 4 years
To create 1.3 million jobs by 2013-14
 This was a five year goal taken up by Hand in Hand in 2008-09.
 The figure represented 10% of the population of Tamil Nadu at the
time of commencement of the programme who were Below Poverty
Line
 The target was surpassed in Feb 2013, one year ahead of
schedule as per evaluation & study conducted by M-Cril
On 1st November 2013,
we have created 1.438 million jobs
 Our current target : 5 million jobs by 2020
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11. A Grassroots’ NGO with a global orientation
Thrust on professional management with international benchmarking:
• Leadership team:
– Erudite and highly experienced
– Drawn from all walks of life and professions to create a mosaic of talent
– Many senior leaders have served in various advisory capacities in international bodies,
including UNO and have rounded and global experience
– The Chairman & Managing Trustee has been felicitated by the US Congress in
recognition of her contribution
• 2,171 employees with 61.6% women, support of 54,383 volunteers
• Close integration with Hand in Hand – International & Hand in Hand - Sweden
• Aligned with various international bodies as “World Vision”, “Cherie Blair Foundation”, “Asian
Institute of Technology” and others
• Supporting in CSR activities of various reputed global organizations eg, Salcomp,
Flextronics, Apollo Tyres, BNP Paribas, Sutherland Global, Camfill Farr, NOKIA, VOLVO
etc.
• Our standards of working – indicators:
(a) Auditors : M/s PKF Sridhar & Santhanam
(b) Strategy Plan : With support of KPMG
• Fully structured Monitoring & Evaluation team
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12. A Grassroots’ NGO with a global
A Grassroots’
orientation NGO with a global orientation
Thrust on learning & education
• GLIP : Global Leadership Internship Programme
• Biannual programme which primarily targets postgraduate students in
economics, development, management or financial disciplines.
• Attracts students from reputed universities as Stanford, London School of
Economics, Stockholm School of Economics and India Institute of
Technologies
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Hand in Hand’s Social Entrepreneurship Programme was conducted in India from
22-26 August 2011 with support of Professors from Harvard Business School.
54 participants / 19 countries
Course combined the Harvard Business School’s case study approach with
the on-the-ground expertise of Hand in Hand India
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13. Spread to other parts of the globe
From One
district in
India
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To Eight
States in India
To 11 Countries
across the world

14. Global expansion by Hand in Hand India
Meeting with
Advisor to
President,
Sri Lanka
MoU with AIT, Bangkok.
Meeting with PACT, Myanmar.
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CDRT Local partner in Cambodia.
Meeting with ADB, Manila,
Philippines

15. Awards & Recognitions
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16. Mamallapuram Bio gas project : emerged as Runners” Up
BBC World Challenge Contest – November 2011
Mamallapuram Town Panchayat and Hand in Hand’s
waste-to-energy (biogas) project in Mammallapuram in
Tamil Nadu,
has emerged as
Runners Up
in BBC’s Down To Business World Challenge Series –
from among 640 entries across the globe
The only 1 from India which made it to the top
An editorial initiative by
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17. UNEP Award in August 2012
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Initiative conducted under United
Nations Environment Programme
(U.N.E.P.) for celebrating World
Environment Day (W.E.D)
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570 volunteers created a colourful
Rangoli carpet measuring 10,000 sq.ft
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HiH has been awarded in the category
of “Most Creative, Unique and Fun”.
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The Rangoli depicted 10
environmental themes, aimed to
encourage and create environment
awareness

18. A flagship CSR initiative : Village Uplift Program
(VUP)
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The Village Uplift
Programme (VUP), also
referred as the
Sustainable Smart
Village (SSV)
Programme is a flagship
initiative of HiH India
Total no. of VUPs = 171
This is a 3 year project:
– 6 months : Surveys and
preparation
– 2 years :
Implementation
– 6 months : Withdraw
after completing Social
Audit
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19. A flagship CSR initiative : Citizens’ Centre Enterprises
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A CCE is typically a kiosk equipped
with
computers,
net access,
Fax / photocopier,
public telephone,
IT training facility
Services provided:
Browsing, internet access, egovernance
IT training, e-learning
Photoshop, photocopying
Desk top publishing
Basic banking services, insurance
Forms for Govt schemes
Public telephone, mobile recharge
Matrimonial / astrological services
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20. A flagship CSR initiative : Skill Building : SHG
SHG Formation
SHG Capacity
Building
Training is a must before
any loan from HiH
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Scaled up Micro Enterprises
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-Impact on SHG women:
-Increase in income & assets
-Incremental income invested for
children’s education
- Reduction in vulnerability

21. A flagship CSR initiative : Skill Building
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Skill / Vocational Trainings are conducted
to support CSR initiatives of various
Corporate Houses
Imparted to equip the people for jobs or set
up their own enterprises
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Tailoring, Embroidery, Saree Weaving,
Crafts
IT, Cell phone / laptop / appliances repair,
Food / beverage
Agriculture / horticulture, Dairy
Women given Vocational training : 65,833
Women given Literacy training : 158,559
People given E-literacy training : 476,397

22. Our Approach
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We work closely with and in
complete cooperation with all
stakeholders
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We do not create parallel structures
but strengthen Govt programmes
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We promote sustainability and
participation of the society
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We involve the community and
create local ownership
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23. Strategies
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24. Methodology
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25. Our professionalism
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Due importance accorded to impact assessment and external evaluations
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We have a robust internal Monitoring & Evaluation Team and all data as
presented goes into several rounds of checking
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Contemporary financial practices are followed.
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Due importance being accorded to Internal & External Financial Audit. We
conform to International Standards of Auditing 800 and 4400
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Non-financial audit - Impact assessment study for certain large funded projects are
done
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We are privileged to receive the guidance of institutions as S R Batliboi & Co.,
Deloitte, KPMG etc. in various perspectives
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Certification of external agencies
 Crisil – Mfr4 for our Micro finance program
 Mcril Study for 1.3 mn jobs created
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26. Some major projects
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Traidkraft, UK
Turbo – Energy (TVS Group, Chennai) : Bio-gas
Ford Motor Corporation : Maternal health of tribal women in remote
areas
Asian Development Bank: Skills training for women in Madhya
Pradesh
Apollo Tyres : Healthcare
British Business Group, Chennai
Auro Mira Energy : Healthcare
Salcomp : Healthcare, Skill building & Nutrition
Voxtra Foundation, Norway: Job creation and women’s
empowerment
VOLVO, Sweden : Village Uplift program
FMO, The Netherlands: Training and skills development of women
in dairy farming & vegetable cultivation
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27. Visitors from around the globe
A few of our distinguished visitors
Mr Peter Sadvik
Mr Andrew Jackson,
Knowledge Economy
(Counselor),
British High Commission
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Mr Matt Damon in our
Kancheepuram office

28. THANK YOU
Visit us at www.hihindia.org
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