Dfend’s objective has been to make its Program accessible to 100% of school & college girls, specially the ones that otherwise would remain devoid of such critical life-skills. That means, our Programs are free for government schools.
We still have to cover the trainer costs, and make sure that we have spending enough time with the students to truly make a difference in their lives. We’ve worked hard to create a super-optimized delivery model, minimizing our cost / student.
Here’s how the financials work today:
- # of Students / batch in a school = 100-250 (average = 180)
- # of Sessions / batch = 6
- Each Session requires – 1 Senior trainer + 1 Supporting (junior) trainer
- Cost / trainer per session (including commute cost): Senior trainer – 1000. Junior trainer – 500.
- Training Cost per batch = Rs. 9000
- Training Cost per Student = Rs. 50 only!
- Other Cost per Student (e.g. Certificate printing) = Rs. 15.
- Total Cost per Student = Rs. 65.
Costs that are already covered through various partnerships and corporate support:
- All misc office costs (working space, systems, printing etc.) – sponsored by Ecosystem Ventures
- All certficates being supported separately
Remaining cost per student being supported through corporates / donations : only Rs. 50 / student.