By Seema Sharma | Trustee
Dear supporters
The new year brings us immense hope and energy. Once again I am delighted to provide an updated on the work taking place with Toybank, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have.
The pandemic has and continues to deprive 188 million at-risk Indian children’s happy and safe spaces of learning and play. Toybank has been delivering its hybrid Play2Learn program to 60,000+ children across 12 districts in Maharashtra and 4 states and 1 Union Territory in India. The program guides and supports 13,695 caregivers through 581 support groups.
Throughout 2021, we’ve seen noteworthy resilience in the ways our children tackled hardships and roadblocks to learn and play and the Toyback team continue to review their programmes to make education and self-development accessible in new ways.
Leena Kamble, teacher from ZPPS Lokhandisawargaon, Play2Learn Center in Beed district explains:
“It has helped me bond with them, overcome language difficulties, teach them despite their restlessness, inattentiveness or disinterest in studies. Children may not do something from textbooks but if I ask them to do the same thing through an activity, they readily do it.”
We continue to depend on donations to support our children at Toybank and look forward to having you as our fundraising partners this year. We would also like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for the faith and backing our supporters have had in our work.
With 2022 here and our rejuvenated spirit to continue our efforts towards making play a reality in the lives of our children, we wish you a safe and resilient 2022!
Seema Sharma
Founder and Trustee, Child Action
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