Preventing school dropout of 300 children in India

by Sahaara Charitable Society
Preventing school dropout of 300 children in India
Preventing school dropout of 300 children in India
Preventing school dropout of 300 children in India
Preventing school dropout of 300 children in India
Preventing school dropout of 300 children in India
Preventing school dropout of 300 children in India
Preventing school dropout of 300 children in India
Preventing school dropout of 300 children in India

Project Report | May 24, 2021
Preventing school dropout of 400 children in India

By Samy Joanes | Assistant Manager - Donor Documentation

 

Name of Project: Preventing school dropout of 400 children in India

 

Project Period: Ongoing

 

Reporting Period: 01st January to 31st March 2021

 

Specific Objectives of the Project:

  • The children in Government Homes and red-light areas gain academic, vocational and life skill education.

 

Achievements of the Project:

  • Online and Onsite Remedial education was conducted at the centres with social distancing and COVID safety guidelines.
  • Many deserving youths have received college and tuition fee support.
  • Children are remaining connected to their learning through personal calls from their teachers who also sent them worksheets and educational videos.

 

Number of beneficiaries: 275

 

Key Activities:

  • Early childhood Education
  • Remedial Education
  • Youth sessions
  • Awareness and Counselling to prevent school dropout
  • Awareness sessions and counseling about hygiene and WASH behaviours
  • Life skills training and access to vocational training courses

 

Challenges:

  • Classes were re-scheduled due to the changed time-table of a Government Home.
  • Access to the Government Homes is restricted by the Home authorities due to the second wave of COVID-19 in March 2021.

 

 

Sahaarabelievesthateverypersonhasadream,andourworkcentersaroundensuringthat vulnerable and marginalized persons can achieve their dream. Children living in Mumbai juvenile homes and red-light areas are some of the most marginalized children in Mumbai. Institutionalized and overlooked, these children are most often from highly poverty-stricken Government Homes and families+.

 

However, with the onset of COVID and schools closed early to curb the spread of the virus. Many parents of these children could not earn a living as many of them were daily wage workers. Sahaara reached out to them during this critical hour of need. Many families migrated back to their villages and hometowns. Despite these challenges, there were many who remained behind. These children upgraded their skills from regular learning to navigating online zoom calls for their learning. Regular counseling sessions also helped them keep a positive mindset in the middle of all the COVID challenges they faced.

 

Growing through Acceptance

 

Akash* is bright 10-year-old boy studying in Chembur Children’s Home (CCH), a government home for children in need of care and protection. He has shown considerable progress in his studies and has grown in confidence. However, this is not how someone would describe him a few years ago.

 

Akash was the only child in his family. His father worked in a building as a sweeper and his mother died when he was just 3 years old. After that, his father remarried to start his life afresh. However, Akash’s step-mother disliked him causing his father to admit him in CCH in 2017. Akash was 7 years old at the time

 

Sahaara conducts remedial education for children in government homes like CCH in order to help these children achieve grade level competency in school.

 

When Akash joined the Sahaara class, he was a very disturbed child as his father never came to meet him. Akash was struggling with a sense of rejection and loneliness. However, our teachers showed love and care towards him. In the initial stages, he was very poor in studies but our staff gave him special individual attention in our remedial class as well as in the special help class.

 

Through various fun and creative methods, the Sahaara teachers taught him and provided a safe-space for him to express himself. With this help, he started to perform well and became bright in studies. He is now in the 5th Grade and doing well almost reaching grade level competency.

 

His dream is to become a policeman someday!

 

*Name changed to protect identity.

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Sahaara Charitable Society

Location: Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra - India
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Sahaara Charitable Society
Rahul Thomas
Project Leader:
Rahul Thomas
Navi Mumbai , Maharashtra India

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