Shishukunj Day Care School, Bal Kelavani Mandir, Bagasara
Shishukunj has collaborated with Bal Kelavani Mandir, Bagasara not only to provide education to the children of the nomadic communities of Bagasara, but to implement life skills, morals and values from which they can gain independence and confidence for their own future – learning to take responsibility for their future and in which direction they want it to go. The endeavor seeks to emphasize that through education the families can break out of the vicious cycle of financial instability and explore avenues with more potential.
The Day Care School for Slum Children was established in 2013 and caters to the children from the migrant Saraniya, Luhariya and Devipujak communities residing in the periphery of the small town of Bagasara. It aims to:
- Bring children to Shishukunj Day Care Centre from their homes
- Provide a creative, fun approach to education
- Impart Health Awareness and hygiene implemented – increasing child self- sufficiency.
- Introduce computer and music skills to the children
- Constantly explore new ways to educate the children
- Help them to get into main stream education system
Every day, the children arrive at the campus by 8:30 am and spend the whole day engaging in activity based learning. The full day provides a positive atmosphere whereby the children are under good influences which they can carry as life lessons.
Till date, over 80 children from these communities have been enrolled in the Day Care School. Thirteen boys, who are in the upper-primary levels, have been admitted to residential schools (ashramshalas) since 2015.
Keeping in mind the need of the hour, a hostel for boys has been started on an experimental basis in the campus so that their parents’ migration doesn’t affect their studies.
Dhanvantri School Bhuj
In the past years, Shishukunj has been associated with Dhanvantri School for various projects, mentioned below:
- Funding for transportation expenses for school bus
- Funding for installation of solar water heater
- Sponsored hearing aid for five children
- Support in construction of Meditation Hall
At present, Shishukunj is associated with Dhanvantri School for pre-vocational training of hearing and intellectually impaired children studying in the school. The project aims to help children build on life skills and prepare them for performance in vocations as per their abilities. It will serve as a proactive step towards making them self-sufficient, build confidence and self-esteem.
The courses include tailoring, bandhej (tying cloth in a specific design as a part of bandhni), block printing and drawing and mehendi classes. Alumni of the school, who are hearing impaired, have been appointed as trainers for these courses by Shishukunj International Foundation. Fifty seven students of Class – 3 to Class – 8 are benefiting from the programme that has commenced from July, 2015.
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Happy Faces School- Bhuj
Happy Faces School is managed by Vidhya Education and Charitable Trust. The school was established as pre-primary school in the year 2010 with an objective to support child welfare through activity based learning and value based education.
Happy Faces School is a school for all, where children are accepted without any discrimination. Differently abled (physically, slow learners, autistic, downs syndrome) are comfortably and happily studying in the school. The school is also conscious about early diagnosis of these problems. Counseling and referral services are also provided by the trust to these children and parents. Love, care, affection, individual attention and knowledge without burden are base of education approach in the school which creates an atmosphere of better teaching-learning process.
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