EDUCATION - SHIKSHA THI SANSKAR
Program location: BHAVNAGAR
Purpose: To Save children from Labour and Educate
Beneficiaries: Slum Children
Project Status: Ongoing
Sponsored by:
The Shiksha thi
sanskar initiative aims to support the holistic development of children aged 4
to 18 years, residing near Khedutvas and slums of Bhavnagar. It provides
additional education, cultural awareness, and vocational training to empower
these children and the women in the community to lead self-sufficient and
dignified lives.
Program name:
shiksha thi sanskar
Program
location: khedutvas, Bhavnagar
Started: 2008
Purpose: to provide educational
support to slum children
Beneficiaries: poor children living
in extreme poverty and a devastated social environment
Project status: ongoing program
Project Requirement (500 Student)
Year 2022-23
Location & Target Population :
Khedutvas Bhavnagar
Children Population: 20,000 (below 18
year)
Student Enrolled for 2022-23
509 Children
Aged between 4 years to 18 years
Sneha Foundation Research and Study
Many children discontinue education
as parents cant afford expenses, so children either waste their time wandering around or join illegal activities to earn odd jobs. Further, as
they grow older it becomes the biggest challenge to society. It leads to an increase
in the crime rate and social disturbance if not supported by the organization.
Sneha Foundation
council these children and encourages to join our organization. These children
would first join us for education. We encourage and provide all learning tools
and try to help them remove any obstacles that they are facing during this
early age.
Challenges:
As you read
this, many children living in slums struggle to access education and have
limited opportunities for learning. They often have to work to provide for
themselves and their families, and lack access to basic healthcare. The cost of
school supplies like books and paper is prohibitively expensive, and they may
not have access to additional materials or resources to practice their reading
and writing. They miss out on the benefits of a full education, as regular
school is not enough for them and they lack exposure to society.
Solutions:
At Sneha
Foundation, we strive to alleviate the burden on families living in poverty by
providing food kits so that their children do not have to work to support them.
We also offer regular medical check-ups to help children stay healthy and
strong, and conduct monthly discussions on healthy habits at our center. Our
education program includes providing education kits with necessary supplies
like notebooks and writing materials to children to ensure they can make the
most of their learning opportunities. We recognize that children with higher
potentials require more resources for their overall development and therefore
we have a library that provides children access to books and other references
for study and reading about the social and cultural values of India. We also
provide evening classes for all subjects to help children learn and understand
better. Sneha Foundation allows children to participate in special celebrations
hosted by well-known organizations and people of Bhavnagar and organizes study
trips to places of cultural and historical significance. Our goal is to support
the overall development of children and we invite you to visit us and join us
in this noble cause of serving society.
Impact:
Since its inception, children have
developed their skills and joined further study. Now started working in various
companies and earning and living with dignity.
