Transparency Dashboard [Updated 31st October 2022]
We started operations in June of 2022 with a handful of children, and over the last few months, we have seen children work together and build collaboration and communication as key strengths. We are now seeing groups setting up to do projects, and children take the lead to teach skills to each other. Students have learned the art of speaking, presenting their ideas, and thinking about solutions using critical thinking.
Our focus at the start was on only 4C's (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, and Critical Thinking), and now we are adding more skills from the 21st Century Skills.
In November, our focus is on specific skills, and we will monthly be working on one more of the 21st Century Skills. We are adding Media as a skill for November 2022, where we are encouraging students to use new-age media such as Youtube, Video Recording, and Editing to tell their Stories and STEM Skills that they work on.
We had a slow month for raising funds, and since the start of our operations, this is amongst our slowest months, pushing our operations back. Our Team is now on its feet, raising funds and working on the launch of our second nook.
This is our 3rd Transparency Report, and as we move along, we are making changes to how the report is presented from the feedback we hear from donors.
MakersBox Foundation is Transparent in its Fund Raise and Fund Spend. We ensure that 90% of our funds are used to impact beneficiaries, focusing on administrative expenses at less than 10% of all funds raised.
Number of Nooks
1
(150 Days of Operations)
Children Impacted
138
(150 days of Operations)
Average Spend Per Month
46K
(150 Days of Operations)
Children Trained Last Month
30
(October 2022)
Fund Flow Details
This Graph shows a representation of Funds Raised, and Spent till the date of Report
Total Funds raised
487K
Spend Till Date
233K
Children Impacted
138
To Do Lists
How is the Money Spent
Breakup of Spend
Donor Sources
Engaging Projects
A Lot of the projects this month in October 2022, focussed on Diwali which is a big festival in India. The children across our Nook built lights, interactive installations, and projects related to diwali, including some artwork to beautify their spaces. Our Intention across October 2022, stayed on enabling our students to be able to present their ideas, speak about them and to explore a creative way of solving problems.
| Icon | Project | Project Members |
|---|---|---|
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Handmade Guitar using Makey Makey interfaced with Scratch and Soundplant | Vedant (6th Std), Bhavishya (7th Std), Radhe (4th Std) |
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Building diwali lights using scrap bottles and LED's | Ankit (6th Std), Umang (6th Std), Amarjeet (6th Std) |
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Buliding Rockets and talking about Rocket launches - using waste paper rolls | Ayush (4th Std), Zaynab (5th Std) |
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Making a toy money spinning gun (inspired by social media) | Ayush (4th Std), Radhe (4th Std) |
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Smart Irrigation System with Arduino | Kanhaiya (8th Std), Vedant (6th Std), Harsh (8th Std) |
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Paper craft based Tree shaped lamp with LED's | Kashish (7th std), Bhavishya (7th Std), Ankit (7th Std) |
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Various lamps for Diwali (Table, Hanging) | Himanshi (7th Std), Nidhi (7th Std), Ayush (4th Std) |
4C's - Skills Developed
Communication
85
Collaboration
90
Critical Thinking
73
Creativity
48
Current & Future Outlook
- A Fundraiser Event that was planned for december, is being postponed to January 2023.
- Identification for Second Nook location is completed, and we should look at Second Nook now in Q1 of 2023, due to slow raising of funds.
- We continue to look for a Face to Face Fund raiser, and are also now hiring for Additional Facilitator for the Second Nook
- MakersBox Foundation is looking for connects with CSR, Corporate, and Philanthropists for raising funds, and is seeking help
Fund Flow Statement
- While we have reserves to ensure that our operations are not hampered till December 2022, we need to work harder on fundriase for the next few months
