Happy Horizons Trust Annual Report 2017-2018

3Annual Report 2017-18
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4 Happy Horizons Trust
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© HAPPY HORIZONS TRUST
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CONTACT
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kshitiz@happyhorizons.org
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deep@happyhorizons.org
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VISION
“One day all schools will offer
quality education that focuses on the
overall development of the child.”
MISSION
“To create a systemic impact
through local changemakers
working closely with all stakeholders
to strengthen the primary school education.”

BASELINE SURVEY
If development programs are to lead to desired outcomes, their impact
on the ground should be regularly assessed.

While working in the education system people talk about the development of the
society, it is very important for an organization which works with school going stu-
dents to know the present state of their learnings in terms of knowledge and skills.
In order to measure the impact created through our program's intervention, so far
we have used the ASER (Annual Status of Education Report) survey tools for do-
ing the baseline survey. A baseline survey is one of the most important part of the
Measurement and Evaluation process.
A Baseline Survey gathers key information early in a project so that later judgments
can be made about the quality and development results achieved of the project.
Information on the reading level status is collected for the primary school children.
The students are tested on their basic Hindi and English reading and basic Maths.
Apart from the ASER matrix, we have designed our own matrix known as the Over-
all Development Matrix to test the overall development of the children.
This financial year we have started working with 29 schools across 10 Blocks of
Saharsa district of Bihar namely. We conducted the baseline survey in all our part-
ner schools with our new champions.
The results of the survey were eye-opening. We have been hearing about the lower
reading levels of the children across the country, it is really sad to witness similar
data points in rural Bihar when we conducted the surveys ourselves.
Here are some insights from the survey and the data points collected from the
classrooms.
• 92% of Class 1 students cannot identify the double-digit number.
• Only 6% of Class 2 students can read an English word.
Now looking at the data points above, the question arises, who is to be blamed for
this? We actually cannot blame anyone in particular but the system as a whole.
We as development practitioners are trying to bridge the gap between the govern-
ment scheme's and at the grass root level. In order to make our interventions im-
pactful, we need to know the ground realities which we obtained from this survey.
We hope to achieve better results after the implementation of our program when
we do our endline survey.

BASELINE SURVEY
Baseline Survey being conducted amongst Grade 1 students.
Baseline Survey being conducted amongst Grade 3 students.

Grade 2 Students being prompted to read a paragraph in Hindi.
Students ability to write a paragraph being assessed during the Baseline Survey.

CONTENTS
OUR BELIEFS 30
MAKING OF CHAMPIONS 12
TARGETS OF THE YEAR 34
CONTACT US 4
BASELINE SURVEY 6
Creating Systemic Impact 33
Digital & Internet Literacy Project 50
Soochak 44
Conferences 72
Project Jagriti 38
Staff Retreat 56
Career Awareness Seminar 53
Champions 14
Selection of new Champions 16
CONTENTS 10
Education for Development 32
Open Parent Championship Meeting 52
Learning Through Videos 48
Project Jigyasa 42
Institute : Champions Training Program 60
HAPPY HORIZONS TEAM 22
Core Team 26
Founders message 24
WORKING MODEL OF HHT 28
Operations and Coordination 27
HHT TIMELINE 20
PROJECT UPDATES 36
TEAM TRAINING & SKILL BUILDING 54

MAJOR EVENTS THIS YEAR 78
FINANCES & AUDITS 110
JOIN US 132
WELL-WISHERS 106
LESSONS FROM THE YEAR 118
APPENDIX 122
MEDIA MENTIONS 92
Chai Par Charcha Meet 2018 88
Note From Our Well-wishers 109
Oral Hygiene Awareness Campaign 84
5th Annual Day 80
Audit Report 112
The Journey Ahead 120
Appendix I 124
SUPPORTERS & PARTNERS 98
Workshop at World Book Fair 2018 86
Annual Day 2017 90
HHT 5th Anniversary 82
Income Tax Return 116
Social Media Collaterals 121
Appendix II 128
MONITORING AND EVALUATION TOOLS 74

MAKING OF
CHAMPIONS

CHAMPIONS
21st century education system of India suffers from 2 major
problems in education segment, first being low quality edu-
cation to the students in primary schools, and the other be-
ing the huge population of unguided youths.
The problem here arises that how might we create a strong
local system by which the youth can contribute back to the
society and also improve the quality of
education at primary levels.
Our answers to this problem is bringing a change to guide
and train the youth so that they become the key participants
in the development of the local ecosystem. We worked at
strengthening the local ecosystem, by creating local change
makers within the society.
CHAMPIONS are those local change makers
It is our vision that over the years we can put back into the
system more empowered and trained youth who have a
genuine interest in teaching and discharge their duty with
utmost dignity and think for the larger benefit of the society.
At the trust we take this as a responsibility to be able to
create more local employment.
Our work is unique for it looks at strengthening the lo-
cal ecosystem, by creating local change makers within the
society. These empowered youths become role models and
serve as inspiration for the others. For the youth who go
through our programs or are associated with our trust, we
provide mentoring towards higher education, entrepreneur-
ship and various other career options.
In short term, this results in a positive impact on the indi-
vidual and within the family, and in the longer run it helps
empowering the entire society.
"I wanted to be a tal-
ented girl who takes
decisions for herself.
I am from minority
where girls get very
less facilities to do
things on their own.
We were not allowed
to go out from home to
anywhere else easily.
But, these issues are
gone now after join-
ing this organization.
One of the purpose of
HHT is to uplift women
and help them in con-
fidence building. We
are having our annual
day in which its com-
pulsory for all cham-
pions to participate in
its cultural programs.
This is a wonderful
opportunity for us as
most of us did not
sing or dance before
this upcoming event
anywhere. Apart from
this, I enjoy conducting
the sessions of read-
ing, writing, storytell-
ing, art and craft etc
for the children of our
partner schools."
Neda Afreen
Champion

With our programs like RUKMANI DEVI SCHOLARSHIP
and YLDP, CHAMPIONS are aided to grow on personal and
professional levels, i.e confidence build up, skill building,
make them strive for academic excellence. And how they are
further working to change the age old education system in
India.
Monthly Champions Meeting are held at our Bihar Office,
where we discuss about the challenges faced by champions
at root levels.
"Initially when i used to
go to schools to con-
duct sessions, i would
be a bit afraid and
hesitant while talking
to children, i was un-
able to understand
the children, Whereas
now when i go conduct
the sessions, i am able
to do great storytelling
sessions. And when i
am about to leave the
children there ask me
to stay there only, it’s
such a sweet feeling."
Neha Kumari
Champion
02
01
31
11
No. Of
Champions
In
2012
No. Of
Blocks
In
2012
No. Of
Champions
In
2018
No. Of
Blocks
In
2018

SELECTION OF NEW CHAMPIONS
We at Happy Horizons Trust believe that youths especially
girls have a great potential to be able to make a difference.
All these youths need a platform, support, mentoring and
guidance. Through our Youth Leadership Development Pro-
gram (YLDP), we aim to empower 30 Youths.
These 30 Youths will be recruited from 10 blocks of Saharsa
region of Bihar, namely:
• Kahara,
• Mahishi,
• Nauhatta,
• Satar Kataiya,
• Patarghat,
• Salkhua,
• Sonbarsa,
• Saur Bazar,
• Banma Iathari,
• Simri Bakhtiyarpur.
We have a 6 step Selection Process for YLDP program
which is divided into 3 different phases.
• Phase 1- Writing and Reading
• Phase 2- PublicSpeaking(Extempore)andGroupDiscussion
• Phase 3- Personal Interview and Parent's Interview
It takes an immense energy and dedication to visit the dif-
ferent blocks everyday to carry on the processes at a ground
level.
It was a great learning experience for the team to know
about the mindsets of the parents towards their children and
the society. Many of them were very curious to know more
about the work at Happy Horizons Trust and support us.
Here are a few pictures from the field visit during the entire
selection process.

Phase 1: Vinay and Vatsala at one of the schools telling about HHT & YLDP.
Phase 3: Vinay and Vatsala at one of Champions residence for parents interview.

CHAMPIONS
Neha Kumari
Simri Bakhtiyarpur
Juhi Kumari
Mahisi
Sapna Kumari
Kahara
Mausam Kumari
Sonbarsa Raj
Priyanka kumari
Karaha
Poonam
Patharghat
Anchal rani
Nauhatta
Juli Kumari
Ghelaadh, Mathani
Prtibha Kumari
Sattar Kataiya Kahara
Roshani Kumari
Nauhatta
Radha Kumari
Mahisi
Neha Kumari
Paharpur
Komal Kumari
Simri Bakhtiyarpur
Ankita kumari
Kahara
Sneha Bharrti
Sonbarsa raj
Farhana Parween
Simri Bakhtiyarpur

Rajlakshmi
Mahisi
Reshami Fatma
Simri Bakhtiyarpur
Varsha Kumari
Kahara
Lusi Kumari
Salkhua
Fiza Perween
Simri Bakhtiyarpur
Roshani Kumari
Salkhua
Sabnam Kumari
Sour Bazar
Jyoti Kumari
Banmaitahri
Neda Afreen
Simri Bakhtiyarpur
Pallavi Kumari
Mahisi
Kajal Kumari
Patraghat
Ladali Kumari
Gailadh
Puja Kumari
Sattar Kataiya
Neha Kumari
Gailadh
Jyoti Kumari
Simri Bakhtiyarpur

TIMELINE
2012 -18HHT
2012 2013 2014 2015
• HHT Started
with Deepika
and Gudia
as our 1st
Champions.
• Started Open
Parents
Meeting.
• Started Health
Awareness
Education camp.
• StartedDigital
Literacy
& Internet
Awareness
Course.
• Book Design
Workshop
(Project
Jigyasa) held
for the first time.
• Learning through
Videos Proejct
in collaboration
with Children
Film Society.
• Started
operations
in Paharpur
(Different
panchayat).
• Registered as a
Trust.
• First Career
Awareness
Seminar held.

2016 2017 20192018
• Expanded
to MATHAI
(different
district).
• Expanded
LTV project to
6 Districts
(Reaching
out to 25000
students).
• Participated
in Social
Entrepreneur
& Enterprise
(IIT Kanpur).
• Received 80G &
12A certifcates.
• Received
(Pratham
Books') Library
in a classroom
grant.
• Wipro Seeding
Fellowship
secured.
• Selected for
WEE fellowship
(IIT Delhi).
• Collaboration
with Teach for
India through
TFIx Fellowship.
• Permission to
work across
Saharsa
district.
• Started
Soochak
(Teachers
Training
Program).
• Poster Making
Workshop at
World Book Fair.
• Collaboration
with Kelly School
of Business
(Indiana
University).
• First Staff
Retreat
(Rishikesh).
• First Champions
Excursion (Agra).
• Started Regular
Volunteer Meet
ups at Delhi &
Bangalore.
• Typography
Workshop at
World Book Fair.
• Conducted
Baseline Survey.
• Launched
Institute
(Resident training
program).
• Team of 30+
Champions.
• Completed 5 yrs
of HHT.
* 2018 Data till 30 April
only.

HAPPY HORIZONS
TEAM

FOUNDER’S MESSAGE
Vatsala, Co-founder of Happy Horizons Trust receiving the DST Grant Award by the Director
of IIT Delhi for her work.
Kshitiz Anand, CEO and Founder of Happy Horizons Trust receiving
the Young Entrepreneur Award by Shri Sushil Kumar Modi Ji.

The more we work in Education, the more we realise the complexity of the problem. It
is overwhelming at times, and there is always a desire to do a lot more. It has been
a year of immense learning for all of us at the Happy Horizons Trust. We have been
through a wonderful ride, and are fortunate to have a great team.
The year was special because we got through lot of mentoring and guidance
through an incubation program. Selection to the Teach For India’s TFIx incubation
program was a good validation of the work we had been doing. Getting to collaborate
with one of best non-profits in India working in the domain of education is hugely
inspiring to all of us. TFIx’s interventions has helped us get a lot of clarity on our
program design, budgeting, defining organization values and key strategies.
We were thrilled, when we were selected to the Wipro Seeding Fellowship program,
and be a part of the Wipro Applying Thought in Schools (WATIS) program. Through
their support we are able to engage better with the teachers and drive our Teacher
Training and Leadership Development Program, Soochak in Bihar. Last year we
reach out to around 200 teachers. It allowed us to get a deeper understanding of
the challenges in education from the teacher’s perspective.
Our collaboration with Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business had students
from one of the top 20 Business school in US work as consultants with HHT. They
helped us with defining the marketing and the financial strategies.
Our collaboration with the Saharsa District Magistrate office and the District Edu-
cation Office, gave us a lot more confidence. It also provides an opportunity for us
to lead education reform efforts in these areas. Our reaching out to every block in
Saharsa district gave us a much better understanding of the socio-economic-cul-
tural-political landscape of the region.
The year end came with a couple of awards. We were recognized by the Gov-
ernment of Bihar, at the Young Entrepreneurs Summit organised by the Bi-
har Entrepreneurs Association at Patna. We are in immense gratitude to
Shri Sushil Modi ji, Deputy CM of Bihar for the award bestowed upon us.
We also won the Special Jury Award by the Department of Science and Technology
(DST), Government of India, through the WEE (Women Entrepreneurs and Em-
powerment) program hosted at IIT Delhi.
We are now a 45 persons strong team and scale comes with own set of challenges.
We will remain humble, learn from our mistakes and execute our vision with an
immense amount of passion and gratitude. In the journey, we will celebrate our
successes and stand by each other in tough times.
Vatsala & Kshitiz

CORE TEAM
MEMBERS
Vatsala
President & Head of
Operations
Rakesh Ranjan
CSR Relations &
Project Management
Kshitiz Anand
Managing Trustee &
Strategy
Manish Pathak
Strategy & Finance
Ruchi Anand
Education, Training &
Partnerships
Deeptanshu Pandey
Marketing &
Communication
OUR TEAM

OPERATIONS &
COORDINATION
Vinay Kumar
Manager Bihar
Operations
Sonu Kumar
Manager Bihar
Operations
Chandni Modi
Champions
Operations Bihar
Sweety
Project
coordinator
Aakriti
Project
coordinator
Ritu Raj
Volunteer
Puja Raj
Volunteer
coordinator
Nidhi Kumari
Volunteer

FELLOWSHIP STRUCTURE
WITH DETAILS
1. SELECTION
Select high school girls by
assessing:
• Reading Ability
• Writing skills
• Extempore Public Speaking
• Group Discussion
• Personal Interview
• Parent’s Interview
4. TRAINING
• Regular trainings from experts
• Mentoring from senior cham-
pions
• Personality building
• Outstation tour for exposure
• Training about working in
development space
5. ASSESSMENT
Assessing student and champion
outcomes
• Student are assessed on
their progress towards overall
development
• Champions are assessed every
six months using Development
& Leadership Matrix
6. GRADUATION
• Rewarded certificate of com-
pletion
• Assistance with further studies
• Career guidance
• Connect with schools for
employment opportunities
3. ACTIVITIES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mapped onto these age appropriate
development parameters
• Language
• Cognitive
• Motor skills
• Personal, Social, Emotional
• Creative
2. COMMITMENT
• Sign up for 3 year fellowship
• Training
• Career Guidance post Fellowship
• Given a monthly scholarship of
Rs 1500 (Year1),
Rs 2000 (Year2),
Rs 2500 (Year3).

OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF
CHILD
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Self expression,
• Articulation,
• Building Vocabulary,
• Through Story Telling,
• Picture Talks,
• Conversations
PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Understanding self,
• Interaction with others,
• Learning together,
• Social Awareness,
• Developing independence,
• Respecting differences
MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
• Developing motor skills
through hands on activities
such as
• Painting
• Crafts,
• Coloring,
• Making puppets,
• Outdoor games, etc.
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
• Reasoning,
• Memorizing
• Problem solving,
• Thinking through Puzzles,
• Games,
• Concept Based Activities
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
• Expressing Ideas
• Through questioning,
• Imagining,
• Critical Thinking,
• Predicting,
• Inferencing,
• And creating

OUR BELIEFS

OUR BELIEFS
EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
The low quality of graduates today is a result of a weak
Primary school education. It is difficult to think of building
on a weak foundation, for then it is just trying to play catch-
up and damage control. A lot of efforts need to be put into
improving the quality of education in the primary schools.
At the same time, we have an immensely energetic youth
waiting to get guidance and mentoring to drive change in
society. Our theory of change proposes to guide the youth
with a Youth Leadership Development Program. A key part
of their responsibility is to strengthen the primary school
education system, through carefully designed intervention
programs that emphasize on activity based learning, story-
telling, participatory learning, arts and crafts activity. These
are critical inputs to the child’s learning that is often missing
in the schools today.
So, we have two clearly identified problems. One is the low
quality of education in primary schools and other is the
unguided youth. The theory of change started with this very
simple question. “How might we create a strong local sys-
tem by which the youth can contribute back to the society
and improve the quality of education?” We cannot further
compromise on the quality of education in schools. Till a few
years ago, the problem was the enrollment. But now that it
has been solved, the biggest problem facing us social en-
trepreneurs working in education is that of quality. Better
educated people would mean better employment and bet-
ter upbringing of the families.
Our work is unique for it looks at strengthening the local
ecosystem, by creating local change makers within the
society. These empowered youths become role models and
serve as inspiration for the others. For the youth who go
through our programs or are associated with our trust, we
provide mentoring towards higher education, entrepreneurship
and various other career options. In the short term, this re-
sults in a positive impact within the family and in the long
term within the society.

CREATING SYSTEMIC IMPACT
Our mission is to use Design, Technology and Creativity to
improve the quality of education in schools in India and bring
about a systemic change!
Our larger vision is towards whole school transformations.
But in order to do that, we need to break that down into mul-
tiple smaller projects, that work in harmony. We have identi-
fied the different components of the system and the role they
play.
We spent considerable time in understanding the problem
space from the perspective of the different stakeholders
(students, teachers, parents, government, development or-
ganizations) and how we can engage them to bring out the
systemic change.
We are currently working on strengthening the primary
school education through a Youth Leadership Development
Program in the form of a 3 year fellowship. In the long run,
post fellowship the empowered youths are later inculcated
back into the system as trained teachers and entrepreneurs.
It is important to work on multiple smaller projects to think of
the systemic change. The challenge with working with wick-
ed problems is that there is no one problem. The Kosi region
of Bihar is flood-prone every year. Once a hotbed for Polio in
India, it’s a place for other health challenges like malnutrition
and high infant mortality. It has amongst the lowest literacy
rates and is home to extremely backward class communi-
ties, where early child marriage is a normal thing and women
become grandmothers by 40. Almost every household has
someone living outside the state in search of livelihood, for
not much opportunities for local employment exists. Add to
this that the state has had a history of bad law and order due
to polity that is driven by caste based politics.
When you put these together, you get a social fabric that is
immensely complicated to work with. This complex social
fabric offers immense challenges to work towards creating
any substantial impact.

Recruit 30 Champions
in the Saharsa
district of Bihar.
Establish agreements
with at least 30
partner schools
in the district of
Saharsa, Bihar.
Design and implement
the institute
to the detail
keeping in mind
all the stakeholders.
Have a proactive
plan in place
for the post fellowship
engagement of the
Champions.

PROJECT UPDATES

PROJECT JAGRITI
AIM OF THE PROJECT:
• To enhance the quality of education in primary schools
through interventions in the existing education system.
• To motivate children to attend schools regularly.
• To complete education to a basic level and not drop off
at an early age.
• To impart education outside the books.
• To use alternative learning methods and creative
learning.
• To emphasize on increasing student reading levels,
writing abilities, active motor-skills and increased self-
confidence.
• The use the power of storytelling to inspire and motivate.
The word Jagriti (Hindi) means Awakening. The project
earlier called the Pick Me, Click Me, Educate Me Project,
aims to do just this. It allows the students to understand the
different aspects of education, resulting in increased moti-
vation amongst them.
Started in the year 2012 this project is an endeavor to
improve the quality of education and life in Rural Bihar.
The emphasis of this project is towards using activity based
learning’s (like book reading sessions, Story-telling, and
confidence building games, learning with art and craft) and
social engagement with the children, towards improved
motivation towards education.
The goal is to visit schools across different parts of Bihar
& impart education outside the books, related to life skills,
creative skills, basic health and career counseling.
The sessions
in the schools are conducted by the Champions, who are
selected under the Youth Leadership Development Program.
11Blocks
2Districts
31Champions
8Schools
OUR
REACH

YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
A story narration in progress during one of the Jagriti Session.
School children being motivated to recite a poem in class by a Champion.

SNAPSHOTS OF THE JAGRITI SESSION
Students are motivated to recite new words, poems e.t.c during the sessions.
Story narration, poem reading are our prime activity during the sessions.

Students are encouraged to speak up, ask more questions during the sessions.
With each smiling face and a positive result, we are motivated to work harder then before .

PROJECT JIGYASA
PROJECT FOCUS & ACTIVITIES
AIM OF THE PROJECT
• To make learning a fun process. To motivate children to
attend schools regularly.
• To help children learn through activities inspired by the
rich history of crafts in India.
• To enhance the imagination capacities amongst the
children.
• To help children feel confident of presenting a self-
created, written and illustrated book to an audience.
• The re-emphasize power of storytelling.
The word Jigyasa (Hindi) means the curiosity to know
things. Since last year we expanded the outreach of this
project to also focus on enhancing the student’s motor skills.
The students have low motor skills due to stunted growth
and malnutrition during their first 5 years of upbringing. As
a result, there is a possibility of enhancing the creative side
of the person as well. Art and Craft activities are an integral
part of this workshops.
Project Jigyasa started in year 2015 with an aim to intro-
duce storytelling, character building, and book designing
as a learning mechanism among students. The workshop
encourages the children to think creatively, use sketches/
illustrations to convey the story, improve their self-confi-
dence and public speaking and encourage working in teams
and participate in group discussions.
The project allows us to bring smiles to children, and have a
long lasting impression on the children, for something that
they will cherish forever.
Drawing and illustrations
Story Conceptualization
Teamwork
Presentation Skills

SKILL BUILDING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN
Students made a greeting card during Jigyasa session.
School children made illustration of a story narrated in class.

SOOCHAK
AIM OF THE PROJECT:
through interventions in the existing
education system.
at an early age.
learning.
• To emphasize on increasing student reading levels, writ-
ing abilities, active motor-skills and increased self-con-
fidence.
• The use the power of storytelling to inspire and motivate.
To educate is to lead young minds. We need educators who
believes in the potential of each child. India has a shortage
of around 1.4 million teachers. Around 6000 schools in India
do not have a teacher at all! One of the drawbacks we have
observed is the low quality of teaching that exists across
schools. The problems could be related to multiple things.
From lack of interest to overburden of administrative work
to disinterested students. However, it is the imperative of
the teacher to ensure that learning happens in the best pos-
sible manner.
Our Teacher Training & Leadership Development program
is aimed at enhancing the capacity of the teachers in the
schools. The program is delivered through a series of train-
ing and workshop working closely with the school manage-
ment across different schools (both rural and urban) in In-
dia. The program gives a better understanding of the social,
economic and cultural aspects of education by means of
holistic development of teachers while imparting education.
The modules are designed to provide a 360 degree training
to the teachers in schools to enhance their teaching skills
and make them better at leadership.
2Schools
90Teachers
2Workshop
In R.V.S.S.
4Workshop
In T.P.S
OUR
REACH

TEACHERS TRAINING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Soochak session at R.V.S.S lectured by Kshitiz in progress.
Teachers taking a closer look at different ideas shared by others.

SNAPSHOTS OF SOOCHAK SESSION
Interacting with the teachers during the sessions is also part of the program.
With the help of new technologies, teachers are encouraged to do well in class.

A presentation being given at Tagore Public School by Kshitiz & Vatsala.
A group photo with all the members at the end of Soochak session at R.V.S.S

LEARNING THROUGH VIDEOS
AIM OF THE PROJECT:
through interventions in the existing education system.
at an early age.
learning.
• To emphasize on increasing student reading levels, writ-
ing abilities, active motor-skills and increased self-con-
fidence.
• To use the power of storytelling to inspire and motivate.
As proponents of alternative learning, we strongly believe in
the power of learning through videos and other media.
We Started in 2015 and screened our first movie on 2015
May 22, The projections are done using a laptop and a pro-
jector.
The project had an outreach of over 26000 students till date.
As a part of the project,
106 screenings of different films happened
Across 6 different districts in Bihar
• Saharsa,
• Supaul,
• Madhepura,
• Purnea,
• Katihar,
• Khagaria
13Schools
106Screenings
5179Students
OUR
REACH

MINI FILM FESTIVAL ACROSS BIHAR
Overhead projectors are used to showcase the movies to school chidren.
School children keenly watching the movie during the LTV session.

AIM OF THE PROJECT:
• To leverage digital tools & technology for better learning
opportunities and experiences.
• To ensure that the youth are able to use the power of
Internet for education, utilities, knowledge about jobs,
employment, and commerce amongst other things.
• The Aim also stretches to support local business to think
about Enterprise led development.
A program to empower the youth with the understanding
of technology and its usages. We seek to create a program
that enables children and youth to understand technology,
its powers and avenues for accessing information, materi-
als for education and ability to do tasks online, and a larger
goal of empowering them to bring positive change in the
society.
The program is run at a nominal fees to cover the cost for
the running of the center.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Basic Fundamentals of Computers
History of Computers & Types of Network
Windows Operating System
Basics of Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Introduction to Internet and Browsers
Understanding Search Engines (Google)
Netiquettes, Surfing with an understanding of Security
Emails: From id to message creation & usage
Accessing Social sites (Facebook, Twitter etc.)
Communication Tools: Chatting, Video Conferencing (Skype)
Utilities: Ticket Booking, Payment of bills
Government sites and RTI
Online Shopping/form submission for examinations
Money Transfer, Net Banking
Use of Internet through Mobile, Internet on Tablet device
Introduction to Online Education and MOOCs
Google Drive
DIGITAL LITERACY & INTERNET AWARENESS
35Students
OUR
REACH

COMPUTER & INTERNET AWARENESS PROGRAM
The newly build computer center under Digital literacy & Internet Awareness program in function.
Students posing with the participation certificate after completing the course.

OPEN PARENT CHAMPIONS MEETINGS
Open Parents Champions Meetings make us aware of the opinion of all the stakeholders involved,
it also helps us understand the parents in a better way.
Parents being addresed by Rajshri Didi during one of the Open Parent Champions Meeting.

CAREER AWARENESS SEMINAR
Career Awareness Seminar in progress at one of the school in Simri Bakhtiyarpur district.
Kshitiz with young students during one of the such seminars.

TEAM TRAINING
AND SKILL-BUILDING

STAFF RETREAT
6th - 9th January
We wanted to start the year on a note of positivity and set
the expectations for the year(s) ahead. Positivity and being in
the right frame of mind is such an under valued trait in organi-
zations. Especially in the development sector where there are
more moments of frustration, a positive frame of mind can be
immensely helpful.
The event was planned in a way to have considerable learn-
ings from the team and also have moments to relax after a
hectic last year.
The days were planned with sessions on deep introspections
and a lot of sharing. The goal was to create a safe space,
where everyone could share comfortably and question each
other. The meet was planned over 4 days in Delhi and an out-
station trip to Rishikesh.
Rishikesh | HHT Team reflecting back on the year that went by.

DAY 1
Empathy, Gratitude and Introspection
When working in the development space, it is absolutely es-
sential that one is empathetic about the work. The cause with
which one is working becomes the driving force for everyone in
the team.
Day 1 started with a Reflection session on the past year that
went by and our learnings from it. The team was asked to
represent their feeling of the past year experience in 3 words/
phrases. The session was followed up by a Shoutout session,
where each team member was asked to share moments from
the past year that they would like to highlight. This was also to
portray an immense sense of gratitude for the other people we
are working with. This was followed by a session analysis of
the Self Assessment form that the team members were asked
to fill out before coming to the retreat. The session was led by
Deeptanshu, and it allowed the team to discuss on reporting,
followups in detail. To get a better understanding of what is
possible, we invited few class 7 and class 9 students from a
Teach for India classroom studying in a government school in
Kalkaji.
DAY 2
Teamwork , Effectiveness
By the end of day one the team was in a safe space where
sharing was happening. Day 2 of the retreat was dedicated
to teamwork and effectiveness. After a seven hour ride with
a couple of pit-stops in between, the team reached Rishikesh
and headed up north to the road towards Neelkanth. The plac-
es where we stayed were triple sharing cottages with attached
bathroom facilities. While they were not of the luxurious cate-
gory, it was still comfortable enough to make all of us happy!
There the team was engaged in team building activities and
playing some sports. The environment was truly conducive to
provide ample opportunities to reflect.
A session on planning and understanding urgent and import-
ant matrix was a good way to drive across the point on Effec-
tiveness. It was aimed to get the team to believe in the power
of setting goals, formulating a good plan to reach to the goal,
learning to say no to things and being void of distractions.

DAY 3
Connect with Nature & Trust
The morning sessions required each member to connect with
nature better, reflect on the days that had just gone by and
the company we had. Watching the flow of the clear waters,
reminded us to keep moving in tough times and not stagnate.
The simple exercise on trust building required all people to
close their eyes and follow the person in front and keep in
mind the person behind you. The walk was led by our CEO
Kshitiz Anand.
The team visited the Purkal Stree Shakti organisation in Purkal
village in Dehradun. The organization set up around 20 years
ago by G K Swamy and Chinni Swamy in a village Purkal near
Dehradun has been instrumental in empowering the local
women and families. Sandeep from Purkal Stree Skakti was
able to help us out in getting a better understanding of how
the organization has built the relations over the years.
The day ended with a travel back to Delhi.
DAY 4
Vision and Sense of Possibility Gratitude and
Introspection
The final day of the retreat was meant to make everyone be-
lieve further in the vision of the Happy Horizons Trust for the
coming year and years beyond.
The team visited the office of Leading Dots Consulting, where
Rakesh Ranjan, an advisor to Happy Horizons Trust is the CEO
and Founder.
The visit to this was to understand how to build an organiza-
tion and set a larger vision.
The retreat ended with a closed reflection on the past 4 days,
a show of support to each other by acknowledging the areas
of development and offering our strengths to each other.
STAFF RETREAT
You can read more
about the event by
scanning the QR code.

Rishikesh | Day 3: Trust building exercise led by our CEO Kshitiz.
Dehradun | Day 3: The team on day 3 at Purkal Stree Shakti organisation.

INSTITUTE : CHAMPIONS TRAINING PROGRAM
RESIDENTIAL TRAINING PROGRAM
Day 1 - 16th April 2018
The first day of the institute started with an opening circle
which was mainly to introduce each other and know more
about others. The champions, team members and the train-
ers introduced each other.
Each day of the institute was divided into 3 slots:
• In the first slot, the facilitator explained the champions
about the education ecosystem, challenges in an edu-
cation system, importance of the work Happy Horizons
Trust has been doing and the impact we have created in
the society.
• The second slot after lunch started with “Understanding
different Stakeholders and the importance to engage
with them”. They were also told about the Child Psychology,
Hygiene, Sanitation and Behavior.
• The third slot was taken by Puja Raj and explained about
Etiquettes, Grooming, Verbal Communication, Body Lan-
guage, Good Touch, Bad Touch and Girl Safety.
The society in which we live never talks about such issues,
parents believe that the children will automatically learn
with the experiences but talking about these issues helps a
child to be safe and aware about his/her body.
The day ended with a closing circle, chai pe charcha, activ-
ity based fun games and a movie, Hichki.
Here are the pictures of the first day at Institute.

Registration and enrollment during the Institute Training Program.
HHT Team along with Champions and parents, before opening of the Institute.

The second day of the institute started with a quick revision
of the training champions had experienced the previous
day. The second day was all about the sense of possibility.
We started with the colour yellow and what does the colour
stand for. Thereafter, we all did a “Yellow Hat Activity” in
small groups wherein the champions were asked to make a
hat/cap from a yellow chart paper.
Each team came up with some great ideas to make a cap.
With a catwalk they displayed their cap. It was a pure joy to
see these fellows live this experience.
After they got some idea about the sense of possibility, they
were given a bigger challenge. They were divided into 3
groups and were given a scenario that they need to collect
some amount which will be donated to the children who
cannot afford to buy stationery materials.
The groups along with the coordinators were sent to the
Railway Station, Super Market and Matsyagandha in Saharsa.
What surprised us was that in the span of an hour, they
collected around Rs. 4500. We were mind blown by their
energy and enthusiasm.
Post the activity the three groups shared their experiences.
The amount that they collected was used to purchase sta-
tionery materials such books, pencil, eraser, sharpener, pen,
copy and crayons. These materials were then distributed
among the students of the government school nearby on
tha last day of the institute.
Here are the pictures of the second day at Institute.

Day 2: Champions posing after the Yellow Hat group activity.
Day 2: Champions collecting money during one of the activity.

SNAPSHOTS FROM DAY 2 AT INSTITUTE
Vatsala along with Champions doing a ramp walk during Yellow Hat activity.
Champions posing with various type of Hats they made during the activity.

Champions with Aakriti, our Champions Coordinator.
Champions along with Kshitiz at the Institute.

The first two days of the institute were more about Cham-
pions development, whereas the third and fourth days were
planned for the Children’s development. The day started
with a quick recap of what we learnt in the past days of
training.
The training started with the senior champions demon-
strating to the new champions the HHT way of engaging
classes. Experiences from classrooms were shared by the
senior champions and were taken positively by the newly
joining champions present in the session.
The senior champions conducted a storytelling and role
play session in the primary section which helped the new
champion to understand the way to engage the students
better. The champions were also explained about the Pho-
nics progression and were given some inputs on how to
manage the classroom and the children by our facilitator
Ruchi Anand.
Post lunch the champions were asked to create their own
story and plan out the ways to demonstrate the story in the
form of role play.
The champions formed a group of 5-6 members and as a
team they started working to form their own story. Each
group then demonstrated the story with role plays to en-
gage students better. These exercises were aimed at help-
ing the champions in learning classroom handling in a bet-
ter way.
The training session ended with a closing circle in which we
reflected back the days of training and the learning we have
done.
Here are the pictures of the third day at Institute.

Day 3: Our facilitator Ruchi Anand, giving inputs on how to manage the classroom and children.
Day 3: Champions making their own stories and depicting it to other champions and children.

As the routine was set for us we had a quick recap of the
previous day, things we have experienced and learned. The
fourth day was also the last day of the Institute where the
champions and the team members had mixed feelings and
emotions. Some were happy to go home and relax, whereas
many of them were sad as for them they had never got such
an exposure and opportunity to learn from outside world
with other fellows and mentors.
Do you remember the money champions had collected
during the Yellow Hat Activity? On the last day the team
members bought some stationeries such as pencils, eras-
ers, books, pens, crayons etc. for the students. These statio-
neries were distributed to the children of class 1 to 8 of that
school. The students were so excited and happy to see the
stationeries which they can use for their studies.
The session began with the inputs on classroom culture,
challenges in the classroom by our facilitator Ruchi Anand,
followed by Digital Literacy, Monitoring and Reporting by
our team members Sonu Kumar and Deeptanshu Pandey.
We made sure to complete our sessions an hour before the
parents arrive to pick up their daughters.
We planned the last hour for the closing circle to reflect back
on the things we learned, the activities we did and for the
cake cutting ceremony.
The team members shared their experiences of the journey
of completing the first Institute of Happy Horizons Trust. A
journey which has given us friends, mentors and a family
from which we had learned a lot and got to experience new
things.
The champions shared their thoughts on the feedback wall.
The tears on the champion faces spoke a lot as they were
about to say goodbye to their new friends. We the team at
Happy Horizons Trust will make sure that this is not the end
but just the beginning.

Day 4: Smiling faces of children with the stationaries we bought and distributed amongst them.
Day 4: The entire team after end of 4 days of training at the Institute.

SNAPSHOTS FROM DAY 4 AT INSTITUTE

CONFERENCES
Our Founder - Kshitiz Anand at Bihar Entrepreneurship Association giving a talk.
CSR Summit conducted by SPO India on 25th May 2017 at Hotel Shangri La’s Eros, New Delhi.
The main theme of the event was "Marching towards Sustainable Economy through CSR.

Vatsala along with WEE entrepreneurs & Dr. Ramgopal Rao, Director IIT Delhi.
World Book Fair 2018 Poster making workshop - Kshitiz narrating story of formation of the earth,
the evolution of mankind and the effect it brought on the environmental change.

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MONITORING AND
EVALUATION TOOLS

One of the most important things of
working in the development sectors is
to build robust tools that help with the
Monitoring and Evaluation of the work.
At the program level, the purpose of monitoring and evalua-
tion is to track implementation and outputs systematically,
and measure the effectiveness of programs. It helps determine
exactly when a program is on track and when changes may be
needed.
Monitoring is the regular observation and recording of activi-
ties taking place in a project or program. Especially in our case
when the team is split across two locations, it becomes all the
more critical to have a good monitoring system.
Over the past year we have build a good system of monitoring
to objectively evaluate the work done on the field by the team
members and the champions. Monitoring as a process allows
us to routinely gather information on all aspects of the project.
To monitor is to check on how project activities are progress-
ing. It is observation, systematic and purposeful observation.
We also need to constantly Evaluate the efforts being put in
by the team members. This allows us to get into a iterative
feedback loop that we use to constantly improve the program
design. It also allows us to give specific feedback to the individual
members, and identify the areas of development. These are
helpful in the better growth of the organization.

MAJOR EVENTS THIS
YEAR

5TH ANNUAL DAY
15th April 2018
We are so glad to announce that we celebrated our 5th year
Annual Day on 15th April 2018 at Kala Bhawan, Saharsa
with our 32 Champions and the team members.
This annual day celebration was completely led by champi-
ons wherein they took the initiative to prepare and perform.
The champions performed dance and songs on different
themes on the stage. They talked about education, modern
science, women empowerment, gender inequality, save the
girl child.
All of these performances were directed by our champion’s
coordinator, Aakriti and our co-founder, Vatsala.
Kshitiz talked about the work we are doing and the goals for
the next coming years. He also showed our newly launched
video “Champions of Hope” to the audience. Our new cham-
pions were welcomed by our Chief Guest, Shri Pranav Kumar
Ji, Accountant at DEO office.
Students from Tagore Public School also performed a beau-
tiful dance to create an awareness about the importance of
a girl child.
Many different stakeholders such as parents and teachers
also shared their viewpoints about the need for an initiative
like Youth Leadership Development Program for the better-
ment of the society especially the school going children and
the young girls.
We felicitated the champions with a fellow kit to ignite
their new beginning. The chief guest and the media per-
sons were also felicitated with a small memento.
Check out Champions of
hope video by scanning
the QR Code.

HHT Team posed together for a group photo at the end of Annual Day Celebration.
Champions performing at stage during the 5th annual day celebration.

5TH ANNIVERSARY AT BIHAR OFFICE
30th March 2018
We always believe in the joy of giving and celebrating with
our society. So at the accomplishment of 5 years of our
work we celebrated 5th anniversary with our champions
and employees at Bihar Office.
It is a proud feeling for us when we see the smiling faces on
our champions faces, with more confidence and leadership
skills.
We also extend this opportunity to say thank you to every-
one who has supported us in this journey.
We believe with your support we will bring a systemic im-
pact on the society that focuses on overall development of a
child and a community filled with empowered youth.
Here are some of the photos of celebration from Bihar office.
Kshitiz showing the 5 year journey of the Trust to the champions.

Cake cutting ceremony at our Bihar office during the celebration.
Vatsala sharing some light moments along with champions during the celebration.

ORAL HYGEINE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
30th March 2018
We organized a dental awareness campaign at our Bihar
office. The chief dentists who were involved in the campaign
were Dr. Prachi Anand and Dr.Dewanshu Kumar. The entire
campaign was organized by our Champions and our Manager,
Sonu Kumar.
The main objective of the campaign was to spread awareness
about oral hygiene and the importance of regular dental
check-up. We also explained the importance of dental and
health check-up followed by the ways to prevent the problems
related to dental health for both children and adults.
By organizing this campaign, our champions got an exposure
to organize an event at a larger scale and also interact with
the different stakeholders of the society.
Here are some of the photos from the event.
We organized a dental awareness campaign at our Bihar office.

Dr. Prachi Anand giving presentation regarding Oral Hygiene and Dental Awareness.
Oral Hygiene Awareness camp witnessed a healthy no. of participation.

WORKSHOP AT WORLD BOOK FAIR 2018
14th January 2018
We always believe in the power of storytelling and activity
based learning of a child.
We got an opportunity to organize a workshop on 14th Jan-
uary at New Delhi World Book Fair 2018 held at Pragati
Maidan. As the theme of the event was ‘Environment and
Climate Change’, this time we brought “Storytelling and
Poster Making Workshop using recyclable materials”. We
were amazed to see the energy and excitement of the par-
ticipants.
Our CEO Kshitiz Anand narrated a story on the formation of
the earth, the evolution of mankind and the effect it brought
on the environmental change.
The story was followed by the poster making workshop
wherein the students were asked to make a poster in differ-
ent groups using the materials they were provided.
Each group conceptualized the story to bring their thoughts
on Saving the earth and they ended up creating awareness
posters in just 20 minutes.
We would like to thank National Book Trust, India for giving
us the opportunity to be a part of World Book Fair and or-
ganize a workshop.
We would also like to thank the participants and the team
from Project Sunshine (NGO) for being an active audience.
A special thanks to our volunteers who believed and helped
us in the workshop to make it a success.
Here are some of the photos from the workshop.

One of the effective Poster made by the students in just 20 minutes.
Students along with HHT team posing for a group photo after the Poster Making workshop.

CHAI PAR CHARCHA MEET 2018
6TH JANUARY 2018
CHAI PAR CHARCHA
As we work in education, one thing that we wanted every
person in the organization to be completely aligned with is
the notion of the child at the center of everything we do.
We organized a ‘Chai par Charcha’ session with a few invit-
ed guests, to get a better understanding of what excellent
education would look like. The team from HHT shared their
experiences of working in tough socio-economical-cultur-
al-political environments such as Bihar.
To get a better understanding of what is possible, we invit-
ed few class 7 and class 9 and students from a Teach for
India classroom studying in a government school in Kalkaji.
The event had a couple of Teach for India fellows, few peo-
ple from the corporates, a few designers and students.
The girls from the government school demonstrated im-
mense leadership in confidently presenting themselves in
the event. We were amazed by their confidence, and also
hopeful of the future possibilities if the students are given
the right opportunities to learn and grow.
The girls led an origami session for the attendees where
they taught others to make a butterfly from a piece of paper.
Invited guests spoke about the challenges in the education
sector and applauded the efforts being put in by organiza-
tions who are working to improve the conditions.
The session ended with a beautiful note by one of the
students, just like a butterfly the students should be given
freedom and they can fly to do amazing things.
You can read more
about the event by
scanning the QR code.

At the end of the session everyone made paper butterflies.
Deeptanshu addressing the gathering during the Chai par Charcha session.

ANNUAL DAY 2017
Diya ceremony marking the beginning of event.
School children performing on stage during the event.

Champions performing on stage during the event.
Group photo after the conclusion of Annual Day 2017.

MEDIA
MENTIONS

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SUPPORTERS &
PARTNERS

SUPPORTERS & PARTNERS
Wipro Foundation
Happy Horizons Trust is supported through the Wipro
Applying Thought in Schools (WATIS) program for its
Teacher Training and Leadership Development Program.
The founders Kshitiz and Vatsala are Wipro Seeding Fellows.
Women Entrepreneurship & Empowerment
The WEE Foundation supports Women Entrepreneurs
through capacity building and grants. The program is run
in coordination with IIT Delhi. Our Co-Founder Vatsala
was selected to this program.
Bihar Entrepreneurship Association
The Bihar Entrepreneurs Association provides help with
accessing network within Bihar, to engage with various
stakeholders and work collectively to enhance the quality
of education schools.
QOS Technology
We are thankful to QOS for providing financial support
to Happy Horizons Trust to support the Youth Leadership
Development and Skill Building Program.
Ramkrishna Tapovan, Mangalore
We are thankful to Ramkrishna Tapovan, for providing
financial support to Empower Rural Girls in Bihar, through
the Youth Leadership Development Program.

Teach for India
Happy Horizons Trust was selected to be a part of the
inaugural cohort of Teach for India's education incubation
program TFIx to launch a fellowship in rural Bihar. TFI
provided knowledge support towards organization build-
ing and launching a powerful fellowship.
Magnus Plywood
We are thankful to Magnus Plywood, in Khanna, Punjab,
for providing financial support for the operational expenses
of Happy Horizons Trust and the empowerment of girls
in Rural Bihar.
Pratham Books
Happy Horizons Trust was a recipient of the Library in a
Classroom Grant that provides books of different reading
levels to schools. We also leverage the Donate-a-Book
platform to crowd-fund books for the different schools.
Department of Science & Technology
Happy Horizons Trust was the recipient of the Special
Jury Award and grant from the Department of Science and
Technology, Government of India, for promoting techno-
logical awareness and usage amongst youth and stu-
dents in rural Bihar.
U V Patel Foundation
We are thankful to U V Patel Foundation, Pune, for provid-
ing financial support to Empower Rural Girls in Bihar,
through the Youth Leadership Development Program
and improve the quality of education in primary schools.

Teach For India X
Happy Horizons Trust was selected to the inaugural batch
of the TFIx incubation program launched by Teach For India
to support education entrepreneurs and launch a fellowship
in their region of work.
The vision we all worked with is that One day all children will
get a good education. During the course of the incubation,
the team was constantly coached by the team from Teach
for India. The program comprised of learning circles every
quarter, apart from the webinars. These learning circles and
webinars were immensely helpful for us, for it allowed us to
build the base for a better organization working in the devel-
opment sector. Visits by the Teach for India staff to our offices
in Delhi and Bihar allowed the whole team to be aligned with
the larger vision. A big take away from the whole incubation
was the building of the organization culture. At the end of
the incubation period, we launched the fellowship for 30 new
champions, covering all the 10 blocks of the Saharsa district.
Wipro Seeding Fellowship
The founders of Happy Horizons Trust were selected to the
3rd cohort of the Wipro Seeding Program fellowship, run by
the Wipro Foundation, Bangalore.
The program puts us in touch with many other education
entrepreneurs who are working in different parts of the
country, addressing different issues in education.
The program also provides mentoring and a basic stipend
to the fellows to continue to address the issues in educa-
tion. Through the Wipro Seeding Program, Happy Horizons
Trust seeks specific inputs on building its Teacher Training
and Leadership Development Program.

Kshitiz along with other TFIx Fellowship First Cohort
Kshitiz & Vatsala part of third Cohort of Wipro Seeding Fellowship.

Partnership with Indiana University
We at Happy Horizons Trust recently hosted the students from
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University as consultants in
Delhi as a part of the Globase India Program. There were two
teams working with us that are Marketing and Finance.
The Marketing team helped us out with different strategies
to increase our presence by building a strong foundation. The
Finance team helped us with the ways for sustainable bud-
geting and revenue generation strategies.
They worked on the project for three months (Jan - March)
and finally, they presented their work on 9th March at Globase
India office in Delhi.
We are fortunate to have so many more people believe in our
vision for education in India.
WEE foundation
Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment (WEE) is a first
of its kind social national initiative by IIT Delhi to strengthen
women Eco system. WEE has been founded under the vision
of IIT Delhi Director: Prof V. Ramgopal Rao and is supported
by Department of Science and Technology, Government of
India. WEE intends to focus and ignite a fire amongst women
from a college going student to a middle aged housewife to
embrace entrepreneurship as a viable, fulfilling career op-
tion.
Our Co-Founder Vatsala was amongst the 30 entrepreneurs
selected for this program, She got the chance to enhance
her sales, marketing & networking skills on behalf of Happy
Horizons Trust.
A grant of 1 Lakh INR was awarded by Department of
Science and Technology, Government of India to Vatsala, it
will be invested in various projects undertaken by HHT.

Kelley School of Business, Indiana University students presenting their reports at IU Gateway office.
Our co-founder Vatsala recieveing WEE foundation award at IIT Delhi.

WELL - WISHERS

THANK YOU WELL - WISHERS!

NOTE FROM OUR WELL - WISHERS
Ashok Sharma,
CTO, (QOS Technology)
We are extremely happy to be associated with Happy Horizon Trust. They are doing some-
thing which is very close to our moto of utilizing unorthodox ways of teaching through
which we can enhance the learning capabilites of young minds of India. Happy Horizon is
doing some really ground breaking stuffs for the most needy students in rural India.
Vatsala & Kshitiz are heroes in a true sense and we wish them all the success. We encour-
age other individuals or organisations to get associated with Happy Horizon Trust & sup-
port them in whatever why one can. The level of transparency this trust has maintained is
truly a benchmark for others to follow.
Ajit Chouhan
Creating a meaningful education system remains one of the biggest challenges & an op-
portunity at the same time to transform the social fabric in developing regions of the world.
I’ve no doubt that ideals of human dignity, self-development, pride and courage need
strong educational foundation.
It has been a pleasure being part of the Happy Horizon team as they strive to bring an
impact in the space of rural education in Bihar. The mission and resilience the team has
displayed over the years under leadership of Kshitiz Anand has helped in seeding the foun-
dation of a transformative education system. It’s a journey of thousand miles and each
destination that this team has scaled has created an impact in lives of its students & teachers.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams said Eleanor Roos-
evelt.
I’m committed to be part of the team as they scale and expand the ambitious dream to
change the world in a small way… Best wishes to the HHT team!
Rakesh Ranjan
It has been now almost more than 3 years of my association with HHT, what started with
just a conversation about the status of education in Bihar has now taken a shape of deep
involvement in planning strategies for HHT’s activities and growth. Through the years, we
have faced the hard hitting realities of working in social sector, wide ranges of problems
from fund raising to creating awareness of our programs. I have been involved in endless
discussions in planning and working out strategies, lucky to attend twice Annual meet at
Simri our ground zero. The energy and the enthusiasm our champions show, is just so com-
pelling for us to setup new new benchmarks everytime.
It has been so enriching experience to work with the HHT team, Kshitiz and Vatsala are
more like family members to me now. Though the times are challenging, but we are surely
moving towards our goal step by step.
Manish Pathak
Girl empowerment through education is closest to my heart and I am living that dream
through HHT. What is most satisfying after 5 years of my HHT association is when parents
of these under privileged kids come and narrate their transformational stories. HHT is not
just educating these young kids, but bringing a much needed societal change in rural India.
I wish and exhort more helping hands to this HHTian movement.

FINANCE & AUDITS

AUDIT REPORT AY 2017-18

INCOME TAX RETURN AY 2017-18
Happy horizons trust has the necessary 80G & 12 A certification.

LESSONS FROM
THE YEAR

The dream that we had envisioned over 6 years ago is now blossomed into an
organization that is a family of 45 people. In the coming year we foresee that this
will grow. We want to impact further lives through our work.
The past year has been full of challenges, but immensely satisfying. Above anything
else, there has been a lot of learning. With all these learning, we are at a very interesting
point in the organization history.
We have lying ahead of us an immense opportunity to empower more youth, and
engage with all the different stakeholders. The support we have been receiving
so far from the local bodies is nothing short of inspiring. It also brings immense
responsibility.
Our close collaborations with the DM office and the District Education office is
going to be crucial in the days to come as we launch our programs at the district
level. While there is always a pressure to scale, we do want to ensure that our
interventions are valued and appreciated, for we put in a lot of hard work into it. At
the end of the day, the only aspiration we have is that the students benefit from it.
Over the coming years, we wish to find more people and organizations to collabo-
rate with. We are always looking for knowledge and financial support to do things
better.
The year also got us immense publicity in terms of articles that was written about
our work and the new education paradigm we are creating. We are hopeful that
we can continue to write more and share all our learnings so that others can benefit
from it as well. With every share, we developed new relations with people and they
became our supporters. We hope to continue this in the days to come.
The coming year 2018-19 promises to be more exciting for all of us. With more
employees and a larger team to lead there will be more set of variables to think
about. We are now a 45 persons strong team and scale comes with own set of
challenges.
When you work in the domain of education, there is always the question of doing
something, whose impact is not immediate and it’s known only after many years.
This hope of a brighter future with better quality of education for children is what
drives us. We seek all your blessings and guidance in the journey ahead.
THE JOURNEY AHEAD

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APPENDIX

APPENDIX I
CHAMPIONS ACTIVITY RECORD 2017-18

APPENDIX II
Soochak - Teacher Training Program
Champions Monthly Meet

HHT team members with students from Indiana University.
Jagriti Session.

APPENDIX II
Movie Screening - LTV Sessions
Movie Screening - LTV Sessions

Jagriti Session
To all the happiness we spread...

Volunteer:
We welcome volunteers from around the world, who are hav-
ing a strong connect with the cause that we support. You could
be engaged on location or remotely and should have a strong
desire to learn. join us in our endeavor to improve the quality
of education in schools in India!
Come join us!
Donate:
No endeavour is possible without the gracious contributions
from individuals and organizations. We welcome individual
donations as well as can work to be your CSR partner. Help
us in our mission to bring quality education to the children in
schools today!
Do your bit !
JOIN US
Advocate:
Write about us and our efforts in publications and blogs and be
a voice of the team which works with dedication and a sense
of passion to make a change.
Be a changemaker!
Collaborate:
We are looking forward to collaborate with both individuals
and organisation and work towards a shared vision, where
every child is motivated and we provide quality education. We
are always looking to partner with like-minded individuals
and organisations.
Together we can!

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