The Funding Report 2013-14

About Isha Vidhya Matriculation Schools Isha Vidhya’s schools make high quality education accessible and affordable to rural children from

underprivileged families. The holistic, activity-based approach nurtures children’s development beyond just academics, ensuring that students realize their full potential and learn in a joyful manner.

Today there are 9 rural schools in the districts of Coimbatore, Erode, Nagercoil, Tuticorin, Villipuram, Salem, Cuddalore and Dharmpuri in Tamilnadu and in Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh. The first 7 currently have classes from Kindergarten to Std. 9, while the Chittoor School has from LKG to Std. 5 and Dharmapuri from LKG to Std. 6.

Many children are first generation learners in their families. The scholarship support provided to needy students has enabled them to access such quality education. English is the medium of instruction in the schools. The school uses several methodologies; activity based learning tools & digital content to teach English

& the other subjects, thus augmenting the regular curriculum. Facilities include Science, Math & Computer Labs, Digital Classrooms, Library & Sports facilities. All-round development is emphasized through sports, yoga, arts & crafts, environmental awareness,

health & hygiene, nutritious noon meals, etc. Total student strength combined in all schools is 5200, (with 46% girl students) of whom 2743 (56%)

are supported on full scholarships while the remaining pay a nominal fee. The scholarships cover tuition, notebooks and textbooks. There are presently 267 teachers and 191 staff in all.

The student teacher ratio is quite low at 19.4:1, since special attention is given to slow learners. School buses owned by the schools augment hired vans for providing necessary transport. Highly subsidized nutritious noon-meals are provided.

New Initiative - Government School Adoption Project

In Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Tirupur and Salem districts 33 Govt. schools have been taken up for various initiatives aimed at improving quality of education in these schools. Isha Vidhya’s experience is being utilized to impact methodology and teaching environment. Interventions in Government Schools include: 1. Hiring teachers to reduce the student-teacher ratio 2. Hiring teachers for special teaching to slow-learners to mainstream them, 3. English language program 4. Infusing hitherto neglected aspects like sports, yoga, arts and crafts, and health and hygiene. In 2013-14, we also piloted two other initiatives which were well received and highly appreciated. Bridge Course was aimed to improve the basic skills of slow learning students in 9th standard from 267

schools who will be appearing for Public exams next year in Salem district. Teacher Training Programs in Cuddalore and Vilupuram districts for about 150 Headmasters and

teachers in schools that were not adopted by Isha Vidhya to train and motivate them on resource utilization and various other aspects.

On the strength of these pilots, two additional initiatives are proposed to be expanded in 2014-15 as follows: 1. Basic training for teachers to maintain discipline without physical punishment, motivating children,

lesson planning, access and use of classroom educational aids and digital content. 2. After School Tuition Programs for the rural children.

This is likely to result in several thousands of children benefitting from the transformation that is achieved by a meaningful education.

Pictorial Journey through Isha Vidhya Schools

Isha Vidhya, Perumapalayam Clean Corridors – Ground Floor

Silence please – Library Learning by interest –Our classroom

Play & Sports Facilities

Sports is a key element of development of a child. Its importance can never be overstated. Giving our school children these facilities is therefore a key priority.

Computer Aided Learning Lab Computer-based education is an integral part of the curriculum from first standard upwards.

Math Lab Math concepts are understood better when children get to use the materials in the Math Lab.

Arts and Craft activities

Yoga Sessions

Summary of Total Fund Utilization (2013-2014) Description of Expense Amount (Rs.) Equiv. Amount (US$)

Fixed Assets Addition 37,744,863 754,897.3 Operational Expense of Isha Vidhya Schools 67,754,358 1,355,087 Govt.Schools Adoption Project Expenses 5,356,362 107,127.2

Total 105,499,221 2,109,984 Expense Incurred on Fixed Assets 2013-14

Sl No. Fixed Assets -Head wise Breakup

All Amounts in Indian Rupees (Rs.)

Cuddalore Dharmapuri Erode Coimbatore Tuticorin Nagerkoil Vanavasi Villupuram Isha Vidhya Office

Total

1. Land 4,874,133 4,874,133

2. Classroom Blocks and Lab Construction 1,924,720 115,889 8,977,744 6,315,854 3,994,642 469,079 588,626 22,386,554

No. of Classrooms (9) (4) (4) (2) (19)

3. Other constructions (Compound Wall, Cycle stand, Security cabin, playground, Corridor) 139,900 37,620 46,105 223,625

4. Furniture & Fittings- Classrooms, Labs, Office (benches, cupboards, computer tables)

486,128 1,054,342 414,816 608,627 332,938 500,040 491,391 600,275 4,205 4,492,762

5. Computers and accessories 72,430 60,215 73,300 101,400 95,830 90,115 54,755 85,520 338,653 972,218 6. Solar panels and Power back up 180,000 180,000

7. Digital Classroom equipment, PA system, Photocopier and other Electronic equipment.

5,590 407,051 92,269 147,470 214,351 177,493 5,673 1,049,897

8. Science Lab Materials 3,229 7,850 28,564 28,790 28,065 28,065 28,065 27,866 180,494 9. Math Lab Materials 8,950 98,250 8,950 32,230 8,950 8,950 8,950 8,950 184,180 10. English Lab: Karadi Path Materials 31,802 77,596 29,372 32,282 30,812 29,372 29,492 28,712 289,440

11. Library Books & Learning Materials (DVDs, Montessori Material, Others) 63,400 3,560 330 48,654 115,944

12. School Bus 1,306,100 640,000 1,946,100 13. Kitchen Utensils & Equipment 18,383 2,897 2,662 23,942 14. Website Development 399,440 399,440

15. Sundry assets -Carpets, footwear stands, fire-extinguisher, School Bell, Construction approvals, power, etc.

11,444 250,417 3,675 24,175 16,850 3,675 6,698 109,200 426,134

Grand Total of Fixed Assets 1,944,056 4,086,638 674,566 10,761,359 6,977,099 9,739,668 1,309,005 1,400,974 851,498 37,744,863

Operational Expenses of 2013-14 for Isha Vidhya schools

Sl No. Operational Expenses -Head wise Breakup Total (Rs.)

1.

Salary 34,024,346

Teaching Staff 19,448,741

Non-teaching Staff 9,203,541

Staff & Labour Welfare 5,372,064

2.

School Maintenance (Building, Computer and Electrical Maintenance, School Nursery and Garden School repairs)

1,270,106

3. Electricity Charges 977,138

4. Functions and Events 1,066,611

5. Student Expenses(Uniform, Notebooks and stationeries) 6,923,371

6. Students Noon Meal 6,558,594

7. Students Transport 12,634,942

8. Admin Expenses (License, Audit Fees, Security Charges, Taxes & Misc expenses)

1,303,183

9. Telephone and Internet 611,028

10. Training & Development 830,084

11. Travel and Transport and Vehicle Maintenance 1,554,955

Grand total 67,754,358

Expenses incurred on Government School

Adoption Project 2013-2014

S. No. Expense Amount

(Rs.) 1 Educational aids 7,44,784

2 Equipment for English Lab 25,857

3 Traveling allowance 35,557 4 Staff Salary 42,70,421

5 Project promotion & Fund raising 7,350

6 Supervisory, admin and miscellaneous expense 2,72,393

Total 53,56,362

The above expenses have been funded by donations as follows:

S No. Source of Fund

India Overseas Total Rs. (in

millions) Equiv. USD USD

Equiv. Rs. (in

millions)

Rs. (in

millions) Equiv. USD

1

Corporate/Institutional Donors LIC Golden Jubilee Foundation, Yatra Foundation, IDBI Banl Ltd., Asha Education, Kosmix Marketing, etc

12.38 248000 11000 0.53 12.91 259000

2

Individual Donors (including donations received through ECS on a monthly basis)

22.18 447000 198000 9.92 32.1 645000

3

Donation Platforms 12.99 256000 1000 0.03 13.02 257000 Give India 11.69 234000 11.69 CAF India/ CAF America

0.51 10000 1000 0.03 0.54 11000

Global Giving 0.78 12000 0.78

4

Fund-raising Events in India

13.28 266000 13.28 266000

Mumbai Marathon 9.44 189000 9.44 189000 Delhi Marathon 0.91 18000 0.91 18000 Chennai Marathon 1.28 26000 1.28 26000 Bangalore Marathon 0.18 4000 0.18 4000 Hyderabad Marathon 1.06 21000 1.06 21000 Auroville Marathon 0.17 3000 0.17 3000 Sale of paintings by Subbiah Siva

0.24 5000 0.24 5000

5

Fund-raising Events Overseas

63000 3.14 3.14 63000

Sevathon(San Francisco)

45000 2.23 2.23 45000

Dance Program by Radhe Jaggi in Malaysia

15000 0.76 0.76 15000

Boston Isaimazhai 3000 0.15 0.15 3000 Grand Total 60.43 1209000 273000 13.62 74.44 1490000

Major Corporate Donors We are deeply grateful to all our corporate partners for supporting Isha Vidhya in its endeavours. Our major corporate donors are mentioned below.

S No. Name Purpose

1. Give India Scholarship, Noon Meal Subsidy

2. LIC Golden Jubilee Foundation Classrooms(4)

3. Yatra Foundation Scholarship

4. IDBI Bank Ltd Classrooms(7)

5. Asha for Education Scholarship

6. Persatuan Isha Pulau Plnang Classrooms

7. Global Giving Infrastructure

8. Kosmix Marketing Scholarship

9. Charities Aid Foundation India Furniture

10. Hi Tech Systems And Services Ltd

Full Educational Support

11. ICICI Lombard Classrooms

12. India Infoline Infrastructure

13. Himedia Labs Infrastructure

14. Iris Infrastructure

15. Mahendra Brothers Infrastructure

16. All Cargo Infrastructure

17. BPCL Infrastructure

18. HPCL Infrastructure

19. GAIL Ltd Infrastrucutre

20. HP Computers

21. KSK Ventures Infrastructure

22. Central Warehousing Corporation

Library Furniture

23. Indraprastha Gas Ltd Infrastructure

24. Max Life Insurance Co Ltd

Full Educational Support

25. Mphasis Limited Computer Lab

26. Larsen And Toubro Limited And T.l Infrastructure

27. HDFC Bank Ltd Scholarship

28. Saryu Properties And Hotels Private Ltd

Infrastructure

29. Hitachi Metglass Infrastructure

30. Google Classroom

31. Ramani Anil Shah Charitable Foundation

Scholarship

32. Max India Foundation

Noon Meal Subsidy

33.

Sri Rameshwarlal Bhuwania And Smt. Mangala Devi Memorial Trust

Scholarship

34. Smt Jayalaxmi Vasantrai Doshi Charitable Trust

Infrastructure

35. Kad Industrial Solution Infrastructure

36. Bhogilal Leherchand Foundation Infrastructure

Major Individual donors

We wish to acknowledge and express our heartfelt gratitude to all our individual donors for their contributions and constant support. Donors who have donated more than Rs.1,00,000 have been mentioned below.

S No. Name

1. Aditya Jain

2. Manoj Patel

3. Balasubramanian Gopalan

4. Sowmya Sathyanarayanan

5. Bhaskar Srinivasan

6. Chitra Rajasekaran

7. Nirmala Bidani

8. Narayan Naik

9. Palaninathan Ravichandran

10. Sashi Njts

11. Narmadha Punithavelu

12. Kalpana Maniar

13. Chandur S Changrani

14. Sankararaman.r

15. Satwalekar M Deepak

16. Abhijit Satwalekar

17. Manju Sood

18. Ramu R

19. Sadashiv Rao

20. Sriram Raghavan

21. Sathyamoorthy S

22. Prashant Thakker

23. Jayganesh Jayaraman

24. Agarwal Nalini

25. Aparna Bavle

26. Kayalvizhi Sambandam

27. Samir Lal

28. Sanjay Chandiram

29. Vinayak Priya

30. Akbar Padamsee

31. Arun Menon

32. Chalat Balaraman Murali

33. Jyotindra Manibhai Trivedi

34. Narayanan K.T.V

35. Rajesh Swaminathan

36. Sathish.K.S Kumar

37. Srikanth Nagaraja

38. Subramanian Srinivasan

39. Subanithya Dhamotharan

40. Sudha Narayana Swamy

41. Vijaya Rathinavel

42. Vishal G.warke

43. Uday Marty

44. Jeganathan P

45. Rajasekhar V

46. Ramakrishnan

47. Prashant Jain

Highlights from our Monthly Newsletters 2013-2014

SCHOOL BUZZ

Science Exhibition @ Cuddalore School Isha Vidhya Cuddalore conducted a school level exhibition for which students created exhibits and models related to all subjects.

Guest Lecture by ISRO Scientists Sheeju Chandran and Vishwanath, scientists at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Trivandrum, visited Nagercoil school and held a guest lecture session for senior students.

State Level Science Exhibition After winning the 2nd prize in District level Science Exhibition, S M Abimanyu and Sooryababu R presented their model in the State level Science Exhibition, held at Thambaram.

National Children Science Congress After winning the District level NCSC competition, the students of Tuticorin School qualified for the State level competition which was held in Dec 2013.

Dharmapuri School shifts into its own building On 12th Sep, 2013, Isha Vidhya Infosys Matriculation School started operating from their own premises provided by Infosys Foundation.

Coimbatore School A classroom was inaugurated at Isha Vidhya Coimbatore school on 18th June 2013. Larsen and Tubro, the engineering giant sponsored this classroom.

Villupuram School Six new classrooms were inaugurated on 14th June 2013 at Isha Vidhya Agility Matriculation School, Villupuram. Agility Logistics Pvt. Ltd have sponsored construction of these classrooms.

Library Corner at Villupuram School Villupuram School Principal inaugurated a Library corner in KG classes which is a small book zone within a classroom populated with books created by teachers which are colourful and pictorial and appeal to young minds.

FUND RAISING

Global Giving Bonus Day We participated in the Global Giving Bonus Day, 12th Feb 2014. On this day, Global Giving was topping every donation by 30% until funds of $75,000 ran out. We ran a twitter campaign (@IshaVidhya) and also posted on facebook. Thanks to several supporters who actively participated by sharing the FB post and tweeting about us, we raised over $2,500.

‘Make a life’ Golf Jaunt Make a life Golf Jaunt had been conceived and designed to raise funds and increase awareness about education in rural India. Mumbai edition was held on Jan, 4th, at BPGC, Chembur where prominent businessmen and executives played golf with Sadhguru, founder Isha Vidhya. The participants loved the serene yet energy filled atmosphere created by the volunteers.

Siva Subbiah Raises fund by painting Siva Subbiah, CEO, United Designs, Hosur has many interests besides running a flourishing business. Having felt the need to make a contribution towards children in rural India, he decided to paint and raise fund by selling it. Siva succeeded in raising 2.4 lakh rupees by doing so. Samarpan by Radhe Jaggi A fund raising event had been conducted at Malaysia on September 10th, 2013 where dancer Radhe Jaggi performed pieces from an age old art form “Bharatanatyam”. The proceedings from the event where given to Isha Vidhya.

MARATHONS

TCS Bangalore Run 2013 Forty Isha Vidhya supporters ran in the TCS Bangalore World 10K Run on 19th May '13. The funds raised via Bangalore 2013 run would be used for the upcoming school in Dharmapuri.

Hyderabad Marathon 170 runners ran for Isha Vidhya, of whom 96 took on the 21km challenge. Amazingly, we had two 12-year-oldkids who ran 21km and also two below 10, who ran the 5 km race. Durai Murugan completed the 42km full marathon wearing Isha Vidhya t-shirt, a first for us in Hyderabad!

Delhi Marathon Isha Vidhya was the second largest NGO group in the ADHM2013 with 320 runners. This time thirty people participated in the 21 km category and over 35 girls from a school ran in our support. Mr. Srinivasan Raghavan, aged 63, completed 21 km in 2.50 hr. He is an inspiration to all!

Chennai Marathon Chennai has always supported Isha activities and they came forward again to participate in the Wipro Chennai Marathon 2013. 580 Isha Vidhya volunteers including 140 female runners, 34 children (less than 18 years of age) and 10 senior citizens (above 60 years) ran the Chennai Marathon in support of Isha Vidhya.

Mumbai Marathon On Jan 19th, over 150 Isha volunteers and 160 corporate employees of HPCL, BPCL, Mahendra Brothers, MyIris.com, India Infoline, ICICI Lombard, Himedia & All Cargo ran in the Mumbai marathon in support of Isha Vidhya. This was the fifth year Mumbai volunteers have been taking part in the Marathon.

Auroville Marathon 9th Feb 2014 was an unforgettable day for Cuddalore Isha Vidhya. Seventy three teachers, admin staff, drivers, ayamas and students, including the 60+ year old School Principal, participated in Auroville marathon held in Pondicherry. Isha Vidhya, with hundred and twenty three runners, stole the show.

Sevathon, San Francisco Isha Vidhya has been participating in Sevathon organized by ICC at San Francisco for past two years. Sevathon has allowed us to reach many folks in Bay Area and across US that enabled us to create awareness about Isha Vidhya and the kind of work that is being done in rural parts of India. The funds raised had been utilized to support scholarship for 100+ underprivileged rural kids spread across 9 schools in Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh. STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS

Art2012 Drawing Competition Art 2012, a national level drawing competition organized by Viveka Foundation, Namakkal, was held in Isha Vidhya Erode in Nov 2012 and 86 Isha Vidhya students from LKG to 8th standard participated.

Chess competition Isha Vidhya Nagercoil students participated in the chess competition held by Chess Academy of Nagercoil. Yogeswaran, a 4th standard student, was placed 7th.

Win in Volley Ball competition Eighth class students of Vanavasi School won the volley ball match organized by Rural Development Competition. They have qualified for the district level competition!

National Children's Science Competition Tuticorin students won the 1st prize in the district level competition of 'National Children's Science Congress' and were automatically selected for State level competition. Group of five students, Subhasini (8th std), Akash G. (8th std), Kanthimathi (6th std), Pravin Kumar (7th std) and Lavanya L. (7th std), presented a research on "Solar – an alternative source for cooking".

Impact Stories Rithika, scholarship student, shares about her life

A friend told my mother about Isha Vidhya and its scholarship program. Then we came to see this school. My mother helps in a book store in Dharmapuri town.

I am very happy and grateful to be in this school. I love coming to school every day, though it is a bit far. I am learning good habits. In my previous school they used to beat us for small mistakes but here teachers are very kind and they never beat us at all. I think I am really lucky to be here. The school has a Math lab, English lab, Computers, library and studying is like play. Seeing me, my brother too wants to come to Isha Vidhya. Even kids in my neighborhood are more willing to play with me now, as I go to a good school. I am so glad about it. I like science very much. I want to be an Aeronautical Engineer so that I earn more money and help children like me to study well. I like to play KHO-KHO. I have a good school, good teachers, good friends and hope for a good future.” Like Rithika, Isha Vidhya School is changing the lives of several other children who are here on full scholarships.

Rithika studies in Standard 6th in Isha Vidhya Infosys School. She travels 19 kms from her village every day to get to school. Prior to joining Isha Vidhya she studied in a Government school near her house. When asked her about new school (Isha Vidhya), she said, “Where I live, most of my friends study in private English medium schools. I could not do so earlier because my father could not afford it. He sells key chains and purses at the bus stand. I have an elder brother, Pradeep, who is studying in 8th Standard in my previous school, and we both help our father every day in the evening.

Aiswarya. R shares about the impact of Isha’s Govt. School intervention on her life: I do not know to read Tamil. Divya Teacher from Isha remedial class taught me how to read Tamil. She taught me very clearly and also helped me to improve my handwriting. In Maths subject I knew only addition and subtraction. But after I joined in Isha remedial class, I learnt maths very thoroughly. Isha teachers taught me the difficult words in English too. My teacher sits next to me and teaches me in easy method and I understand whatever the teacher teaches me. I like teacher Divya very much. She is very beautiful, caring and kind hearted. There are so many words in Tamil and English which I did not know but now I have learnt those through the Isha teacher. All the teachers are very nice. R. Aiswarya IX-C Athiyamankottai Girls Higher Secondary School

GSAP Remedial Classes

Government Higher Secondary School, Madampatti

Government Higher Secondary School, Sundakamuthur

Current Funding Requirements

The requirement of funds for 2014-15 are summarised below:

S No. Description Amount (Rs.)

Equiv. Amount(USD)

Equiv. Amount(GBP)

1 Infrastructure Requirements for all Isha Vidhya schools. 8,83,28,739 1,766,575 1,177,717

2 Student Sponsorships 4,78,50,000 957,000 718,000

3 Govt. School Adoption Program (40 schools) 1,30,00,000 260,000 173,333

Total 149,178,739 2,983,575 2,069,050

Salient aspects of the above requirements are given below:

Student Sponsorship Requirements

Student Sponsorships

S.No. Description

(Amt. Reqd. Per Child Per Year)

Numbers Required

Amount (Rs.)

Equiv. Amount

(in USD)

Equiv. Amount

(in GBP)

1 Full Educational Support

(Rs.20000/$480/GBP 300) 500 1,00,00,000 2,40,000 1,50,000

2 Scholarship (Rs.10000/$240/GBP150) 2750 2,75,00,000 6,60,000 4,12,500

3 Transport Subsidy (Rs.5250/$130/GBP 80) 200 10,50,000 26,000 16,000

4 Food Subsidy (Rs.3000/ $72 /GBP 45) 3100 93,00,000 2,23,200 139,500

5. Govt. School Adoption (33 existing + 7 new schools) 1,30,00,000 2,36,364 1,73,333

Total 6,08,50,000 13,75,564 8,91,333

Infrastructure Fund Requirements

S.No. Description

All Amounts in Indian Rupees (in Lakhs)

Equiv. USD

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Coim

bato

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Erod

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Nag

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Tutic

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Villu

pura

m

Cudd

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Sale

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Total

1 Class rooms 41.93 6.99 41.93 27.96 41.93 55.91 55.91 55.91 328.48 656960

(Quantity) (6) (1) (6) (4) (6) (8) (8) (8) (47) (47)

2 Classroom Furniture

8.79 5.02 5.02 3.77 5.02 6.28 6.28 6.28 46.44 92880

3 Compound Wall 1.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 3.00 1.50 2.50 1.00 13.00 26000

4 Common Area Construction

2.75 - 13.54 11.71 8.13 15.37 15.37 14.71 81.58 163160

5 Noon meal Kitchen

5.50 - - - - - - - 5.50 11000

6 Kitchen requirements

3.40 - - - - - - - 3.40 6800

7 Computer Lab Equipment

0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 2.40 4800

8 Science Lab 0.30 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 2.16 4320

9 Math Lab 0.41 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 1.95 3900

10 Arts & Craft 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.66 1320

11 English Lab: Karadi Path

0.46 0.48 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 3.69 7380

12 Learning Materials (DVDs, Montessori Material, Etc)

2.49 2.34 2.34 2.34 2.34 2.34 2.34 3.14 19.66 39320

13 Library Books 0.20 0.60 0.08 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 3.88 7760

14 School Bus 66.00 33.00 49.50 66.00 33.00 49.50 16.50 33.00 346.50 693000

15 Photocopier 0.45 - - - 0.45 - - - 0.90 1800

16 Cycle Stand 1.50 1.50 1.50 - 1.50 - - 1.50 7.50 15000

17 Green Nursery requirements

0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 2.00 4000

18 Sports requirements

0.96 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.96 7.68 15360

Total 136.77 53.00 118.45 115.91 98.51 134.03 102.03 118.67 877.37 1754740

We seek your continued support for this current year.

Thank you for making it happen!