Support Quality Early Childhood Care & Education

In India, a majority of the population, particularly of the lower socio-economic strata, only have access to early childhood education imparted by the government through the Zilla Parishad Aanganwadis. The Aanganwadi centres have various elements that they focus on: health, vaccination, maternal health, adolescent health, pre-primary education etc. Pre-primary education only serves as one aspect of a larger agenda, thereby diluting the focus of the early childhood education intervention. The programs at Vipla Foundation have gone through a big transition as the Pandemic put forth challenges. The primary goals through the quarter were to support parent engagement through whatsapp group mechanisms and strengthening the teacher child and parent relationship through the course of time. The Telephonic assessment was conducted to get an understanding on need based approach to supplement the distribution of online age appropriate content through the geographies of Mumbai, Pune and New Delhi. This was done in a regular manner and was supplemented with follow up processes for each teacher mentor set. This involved close monitoring and evaluation. Umang (Parent manual) was distributed in regional languages to engage and equip parents to understand Early Childhood Development from a different lense and put in efforts to work towards creating a positive prepared environment at home for holistic development of young children. With the generous support from funders like you, we urge you to show your continued support to these childrens. We continue to aid thousands of such children in India achieve their dreams.