Educate 80 Tribal Children in India

When children participate in multiple activities, they get the opportunity to explore a range of interests and unlock passions they were never aware about.  

Tribes are the people with different way of living having their own culture, customs, language, religious belief etc, which make them different from other communities. The way of living influences the way the tribal children are in comparison to other children. These children due to lack of exposure are shy and restrict themselves from getting involved. These children thus lack skills such as leadership, communication, reading and writing skills, etc. This affects their personal, professional growth and thus leads to lack of interest in school due to not able to compete with other children and this further lead to school dropout.

With your generous support we were able to help 57 tribal children continue their education, Various activities were conducted to help them develop different skills.

Handwriting skill development program

50 tribal children actively participated in capacity building training which was conducted by Mr. Chandan Todankar, the expert in writing and drawing skills. It was very interesting and children loved the training programme. Through the interactive session children were guided on importance of good handwriting skills and also tips were given on how to improve the current writing and enhance creative writing skills. There were learning games also conducted with children during the sessions.

Art and drawing competition

57 children participated Art and drawing competition. Children took initiative in group activity on making useful materials from the waste and also participated in drawing competition.

Thanks for all your support.

Help us in upgrading the skills of these children through many more activities!

Ensuring access to formal education among children of migrant tribal community in Raigad district of Maharashtra 

The Muktashala a facility for tribals is ensures equitable access to formal elementary education for children between 6 to 14 years from migrant tribal families in the intervention area. It aims at minimizing dropout rate among children of migrant parents by providing a safe place for the child to live while their parents migrate. It also intends to ensure holistic development of the child by encouraging participation in various activities with special focus on health and nutrition.

Here are the highlights of the progress among children in the last academic year:

Academic improvement among children between 2^nd and 10^th std in 2017-18 year

There has been significant improvement among enrolled children after they were supported with after and before school academic support in Muktashala. 1.80 % children obtained A2 grade (score 81% -90% marks), 31.60 % children obtained B1 grade (score 71% -80% marks) and 38.60 % children obtained B2 with (score 61% -70% marks) and 10.53 children obtained C1 grade (score 51% to 60% marks). There has been a significant change in academic results among 50% of children. For these children it’s a great achievement since its far ahead than the national average of dropout rate which is 50% among tribal students in the 1^st to 10^th standard.

Reading improvement with understanding

A recent asessment of reading ability with understanding among 16 children in 1^st to 4^th standard in comparison to baseline RIP (Reading Improvement Program) assessment shows the following:

• Story: As compared to baseline, there were no students who was able to read story and understand the stories. But after RIP intervention, there was a significant improvement witnessed among children and 56.26% children are able to read and understand stories now. 

• Sentence: As compared to baseline, there were no students who was able to read the sentence but after RIP programme, 81.5 % children are able to read sentences.
• Word: At the time of baseline 75% children could read “Words” and in end line 100% children were able to read words.

• Academic_progress_among_children.pdf (PDF)