STEM Education for At-Risk Children in India

First of all, we want to thank all of our donors and supporters.  It is truly you who are making the difference. Without funding for our programs, we would not be able to provide life changing programs to the vulnerable children we serve. We have a current goal of $40,000 to fully fund this program and right now we are just $11,000 shy of our goal. We absolutely believe that we can meet our goal, hundreds of children depend on it.

Who are the children we want to bring the Mobile Play and Learning to? They are children living in India’s orphanages, institutions and impoverished slums. These children are ignored by their local communities, face gender and class discrimination, live isolated lives and, these are children deprived of play, learning and nurturing connections with adults and mentors. The results are devastating; early and forced marriage, forced labor, homelessness, and trafficking into the sex trade.

We have solutions. Through the Mobile Play and Learning platform, children engage in STEM and arts activities which develops their critical thinking, problem solving and ability to collaborate and leadership skills. Age appropriate workshops stimulate an actual love of learning and a desire to further educational and future employment goals. This program also provides marginalized children the invaluable opportunity to become connected with mentoring adults, which has been shown to be one the most important predictors of a positive future.

The Mobile Play and Learning Center has been bringing educational workshops to children from age 5 to 18 over the past 18 months and the feedback is just incredible. 5 girls in grades 9^th and 10^th standard who have participating since the start have shared that they had not thought about going beyond the 10^th grade, but they now realize that they could go on to college. They are now talking about wanting to study to become a teacher, an architect, and to have a career in business. They are utilizing resources opened-up to them by our team of facilitators and mentors.  Younger children are learning to work together on projects that truly interest them. They are developing problem solving skills and working with their hands. They are proud of their work and love the connections to their workshop leaders.    

The goal on my end is to ensure that we can continue to bring our Mobile Play and Learning workshops on a regular basis to the children who have begun this journey with us and to be able to visit new locations and change the lives of many, many more children who need this opportunity to thrive! This is where you come in by making a donation and sharing our story.

Next month we will offer a week-long camp and begin a couple of new partnerships with some incredible organizations.

Stay tuned for our next update!!

Jenny