Send a Child in India to School for a Year

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Summary

Non Formal Education Centres provide children in remote tribal areas with access to quality education, in an interactive and joyful environment. Children are enabled to join mainstream schools. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Seva Mandir (SM) runs non-formal education (NFE) centres to cater to children from poor tribal families in 583 villages of Rajasthan. Access to education is limited because (a) it is locally unavailable (b) of domestic and economic pressures or (c) it has traditionally not been accorded value. SM involves local communities in the management of NFEs and trains local instructors. NFEs equip children with essential skills for coping with the challenges of contemporary life.

Activities

NFEs run in rooms donated by villagers (or rented). Children are taught by village young men/women the basic numeric & literacy skills. Besides 3Rs, good habits, creative activities, visits to city/zoo/library are also undertaken.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $70,944
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $29,056
Total Funding Goal: $100,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Enabling children to read and write independently with comprehension; Enabling marginalized tribal communities to experience alternative and meaningful education; empowering communities to demand quality education from the government.

Project Message

A reason why children in this region cannot attend school is that there is not enough 'push' in community/ family of the children & simultaneously no 'pull ' from Govt. schools.
- Priyanka Singh, Incharge- Education program

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Neelima Khetan,
Chief Executive
Dr Mohan Sinha Mehta Marg
Old Fatehpura
Udaipur, Rajasthan (INDIA) 313 004
India
+91-294-2450960
Email:

Project Sponsor

Manish Bapna

Organization

Seva Mandir
Seva Mandir Marg
Old Fatehpura
Udaipur, Rajasthan 313004
India
+91-294-2450960
http://www.sevamandir.org

Learn more about Seva Mandir and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Children.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 16, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 01, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

An update from the Schools Project

By Deepti Ameta - , October 16, 2008 01:23 PM



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