Back to school program for 150 poor children

Final Report: VDC started this Child Learning Centres in September 2019 and completed in August 2020. During the COVID 19 period, we are unable to conduct the Child Learning Centres (CLCs). Still the schools are not open for primimary and middle classes and going online classes. Only the higher classes are open. Along with other activities, our volunteers are paying visits to few students home and guiding them to continue their education. Due to the prolonging of COVID 19, our volunteers’ are guding the students and their parents in preventing activities and other safety measures. We are forced to change our goal post from education to awareness building and relief activities on prevention of COVID-19 among children and their parents. We created awareness on the importance of using face mask, hand wash, social distancing and importance of using sanitaizers. VDC provided them with three-layer fabric masks prepared by our experienced women tailors of our women Self Help Groups (SHGs) at free of cost. VDC also collected donations in cash and in-kind and distributed rice, groceries, and vegetables to the families of our target children families. We are continuing the mobile counseling for students and their parents. VDC advised the parents to provide nutrient food to improve their immune system of children during their stay at home and make the children enjoy the family life with their family members. The other form of virus spreading is another threat to the community. Still people are not turned to normal life. Still they need awareness of various threats. We continue our services in the villages. On this critical situation, VDC once again expresses its gratitude to those donors who contributed a lot to make our program objectives to get materialized.