By Chirag Sutar | Communications Coordinator
Monitoring OSCAR’s growth
Mumbai-based NGO OSCAR celebrated its 5th Annual Day on February 23, 2015. In many ways, this event showcased why OSCAR's unique model of reducing dropout rates by engaging children in sports is such a big success!
OSCAR has come a long way from the time it started. According to Atma’s Baseline Survey, as of 2015, OSCAR is reaching out to 1750 children in Mumbai. OSCAR’s quality of program has improved significantly and it is not just about children but also about engaging parents in the process. At their Annual Day, this was evident.
Owing to their growing scale, Atma has decided to support OSCAR with new Monitoring & Evaluating tools. Antoine Dewatripont, an Atma Associate with a Masters in Economics (Analysis & Research) from ULB University, Brussel was leading this project.
OSCAR’s program has significantly helped children living in the slums understand the important of hygiene, physical fitness and the importance of staying in school until a high literacy level is achieved.
Going forward, it is going to be easy for OSCAR to monitor their goals and successes!
Mann’s new 'Employment Cell'
As of 2015, Atma Partner Mann is working on 45 children with multiple intellectual disorders. Many of who come from challenging economic backgrounds and cannot afford paying for special education services.
Mann is taking its services a step forward by providing training to children who are capable so that they get an opportunity to be independent. It is making an attempt to either help students find employment in other industries or at the Mann centre where students learn how to make unique handcrafted products. And so far, it has been successful at both!
In the past few months Mann has had series of exhibitions where ‘Mann-Made’ products were sold. And one of the students, Deepak, was able to find a training opportunity at a well-known fashion designer's studio.
With the new employment cell, chances of students getting employed have increased. Also, good Samaritans who are willing to help are able to reach out to children who have a genuine need.
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