Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra - ( Formal School)

I am Setu, I was born on 24-02-2003 and live at www.mysetu.org. During my initial years I was trying to find my feet and in 2007 I started endeavouring to Enable the Growth of Children and Youth, Empowerment of Girl child / Women and Caring for Human Health. To know more what I do visit on a regular basis https://www.facebook.com/mysetu.org/ .

In the year 2007, I started grooming “Out of School” children at my grooming centres across Delhi and NCR. Over 700 children we admitted into various schools in 2008 for formal education. I also decided to pick up 60 Girls for a Special Education Scholarship till they complete their school education. In 2008, I moved from Grooming into Formal education as I found this model more sustainable as it ensured continuous and quality education to Unserved Children. My school in Nithari Village Noida is now 8 Years old and I have 294 children getting educated in 2 shifts with all facilities required for good Education. This year we achieved a new Milestone " 100% result for Setu in Class 10 CBSE Board Exams".

A proud moment for all of us at Setu, all the 16 students who appeared for the 10th CBSE Boards cleared their examination. 4 students scored a CGPA of above 8 and the balance 12 a CGPA of over 7. Congratulations to all the Parents, Mentor Parents ( Sponsors), Students and the Teachers of Setu. Great Job Team Setu

 Currently I am focusing on NCR area, Empowering thru Education at my school in Nithari Village Noida and Empowering thru Skilling and Employability (Primarily the Girl Child and Women) at my Skill Centres In Noida. I also love to conduct General Health Camps, Dental Care Camps , Eye Care camps and Blood Donation Camps to help the Under-served along with Workshops on Prevention of Child Abuse and Sexual Harassment at Work Place across NCR.

 My Dream is to work with like-minded people and Corporates to fulfil their and my aspiration of Empowering the Under-served thereby leading to achievement of my Mission – “Skill and Empower the Un-served”.

 All this could not have happened without the support of my corporate and individual volunteers who come over regularly and my Corporate partners. In case you feel you can work with me or want to join me as a volunteer write to me at  contact@mysetu.org  or call be at 9958914533 or 9810060329.

 Thanking you for your Support

Dear Reader,

This New Year started with new achievements which also brings in new challenges for us. We started a new Multi Skill centre at Sadarpur, Sector-45, Noida. The centre shall cater to Women Empowerment and offer courses which shall be available to all types of women - illiterate, semi-literate and literate. Currently courses in Basic IT Skills and Sewing Skills are being offered. This initiative is being supported by Metlife GOSC under their Saksham and the Setu Women Empowerment and Employability Program (SWEEP).

Mr. Manpreet Singh and Mr. Arvind Jena Vice President formally launched the Setu Multi Skill Centre at Sadarpur Colony Noida. Also present were Ms Richa Sethi, Ms. Rachna Singhal Ms Nidhi Varma and Mr Abbas Rizvi CSR representatives, Mr Ravi Kaul and Vidya Vishwanathan Trustees of Setu, Mrs Indira Kaul - Advisor Setu, Ms Jyotsna Srivastava - Program Director Setu along with employees of Metlife and Setu.

There were many First this Quarter namely, the first batch of Setu class 10^th students appeared for their board exams held in March 2016. Also the setup of the in house kitchen facility for our students which started on 14^th Jan 2016 with preparing sweet for the children. Now on a regular basis we are providing food supplement to our school students. Thanks to our Donors who want to stay anonymous and helped us in setting up the kitchen for providing materials for the meal supplement.

 At the Blood donation camps during the last quarter a total 260 units were collected from different blood donation camps. We are thankful to corporate donors for helping us by donating bloods.

School and Student Activities

 Road Safety Campaign - Our students are brand ambassadors of Road Safety campaign of PVR. In the academic session 2015-16 students had undergone many trainings and workshops on this. The motto for the year was “Alert today Alive tomorrow”, to achieve the motto they focused on use of helmet.  During the final  presentation our students addressed students of various schools in Noida thru a workshop which included skit and open ended discussion with them.

 Republic day celebration - Our STUDENTS ALONG WITH esteemed Guests, volunteers, parents and our trustees were invited participated in a small but very lively function. Enthralling show by Setu students mesmerises the audience followed by distribution of sweets and gifts arranged by employees of Birlasoft, Eros Labs, Xavient Technologies, Dell and Octane.

 Holi celebration -  School students celebrated Holi and this year the  students of the Skill center also joined the function and not only as an audience but they also participated in the event. Children performed cultural program based on Holi.   

 Health Camps – During the last three months we were able to organise a couple of Health Camps health camps with the support of Partners Max India Foundation as well as Saket City Hospital Delhi. At Sadarpur Multu Skill Center a General health camp was organised for students .

At Nithari center for the first time we organised a health camp for parents and the residents of the Village. Total 212 parents were examined and were given medicines based on Diagnosis. The Saket City Hospital, Delhi  helped us in doing the camp. They also helped in organising camp for school students.

Our Advisor Mr. Arun Aggarwal, organised an adventure camp for Class 6^th and 7^th students with one teacher to Gurgaon on 10^th Jan 2016.  It was a full day camp where children participated in different activities. They had experienced something new which they will remember throughout their lives.

 In the month of February our students participated in inter school competition organised by Moser Baer Trust wherein our students won a lot of prizes.

During this quarter Mayoor students along with their teacher visited twice our school to share knowledge and learn together with their science and social studies subject teachers.

At our Skill Centres ,  guest lecture session were organised for IT students on presentation skills. Our volunteer Saurabh motivated students to perform well and how to improve their presentation skills.

 Some of Our IT students went for a study tour to Dr Willmar Schwabe. They interacted with HR Head and the IT head and a had guided tour of the organisation. They got a chance to visit whole plant where they learnt about Manufacturing processes and administration.

 On 11^th March 63 students were handed over certificates on successfully completing the Step course. In total 120 students completed the IT course in last financial year and 61 of them are placed into entry level jobs..

 Volunteers at School: Our volunteering activity continued during the quarter. Karan from Octane regularly interacted with our school students and Mr. Joshi and Mr. Chopra conduct moral education sessions for our middle school students on every Saturday. Another group of volunteers taught Origami to our students which was a new activity for our students.