Education
Education is a powerful tool to drive change in communities. Our aim is to invest in initiatives that deliver high-quality, inclusive education and promote learning opportunities for all, focusing on underserved youth in rural areas.
Improving School Infrastructure
To sensitize the students and community to personal hygiene, a sanitation complex with a handwashing facility will be established at the Government High Schools.
In addition, toilet blocks will be refurbished in government schools. In order to provide access to safe and clean drinking water, RO water systems were to be installed in Government schools.
Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Learning – Experiential Science Learning Explore, Play And Learn (EPL)
In the wake of the health risk posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, a blended learning model will be facilitated. Our implementation partner, a foundation, was quick to adapt to the situation at hand and transformation to outreach from a physical mode of instruction to online education to minimize the health risks without compromising student learning.
The EPL program is a digital e-learning platform to cater to the needs of students in rural areas and enhance their self-learning and exploration skills. With the principle of accessibility in mind, this program encouraged students to learn and explore through household materials and real-life scenarios.
Upon reopening of schools, a Mobile Science Unit, equipped with more than 100 science models, provided hands-on face-to-face learning opportunities to the students in small batches with necessary protective measures in place.
This initiative benefits students in government schools by providing virtual and face-to-face interactions. In addition, virtual training programs were to be conducted for the teachers to refresh their teaching methods and shift to a more child-centric approach, thus enhancing positive behavioral change in young students.
Digital Summer Workshops
In this initiative, children will take part in workshops in arts and crafts, low-cost model building and other activities through WhatsApp groups. The purpose was to keep them engaged in learning activities, help them discover interests and enhance their independence, self-confidence and self-sufficiency.
Balvikasa
To facilitate the teachers’ professional development and refine their STEM skills while adopting new approaches to learning assessment, we held virtual capacity building sessions via Google Classroom.
Career Guidance
This program, conducted virtually, supported the students of grades nine and ten to understand their personalities and aptitudes and their interests to choose the right stream to pursue their career aspirations.
Child Health Activists Mentoring & Promoting Health in Society (CHAMPS)
CHAMPS is a program that nurtures a generation of empowered change-makers by fostering social responsibility
The expert team will train students equipped with blood pressure (BP) monitors to screen for high blood pressure, students improve health-seeking behavior and promote healthy lifestyles in their communities to prevent the early onset of hypertension and associated cardiovascular ailments. Interactive visual aids are being used to deliver engaging lessons. Repeated training ensured the proper use of the BP monitor and understanding of BP screening and hypertension concepts.