Drop Out Children

Study Classes

Book Reading

Computer Courses

Child to Child

Other Activities

The number of children covered under these projects is approximately 486, for the slum-based projects, and 4,500 for the municipal schools.

1. Kindergarten

A recreational kindergarten for those 3 to 5 years of age, for underprivileged children who would otherwise have no access to any kind of teaching.

2. Drop Out Children

Giving non-formal education to out-of-school and drop out children ages 6-18 years in order to integrate them back into the Municipal schools.

3. Study Classes

Supportive educational study classes for the primary school children enrolled in Municipal schools in 1rst and 2nd grade. These children come from illiterate families cannot help them with their studies or homework. The volunteer teachers help them every day after school to keep up with the lessons.

4. Book Reading

Book reading opportunities are conducted in urban communities as well as in Municipal schools. Storybooks are borrowed from the library and distributed by various volunteer children in the community, who are paid for their efforts. This teaches the children responsibility as well as giving the opportunity to those who would not normally be able to get books.

5. Computer Courses

Providing training and computer classes to the local  teachers, who will be able to use the training for keeping the school records and the children's progress reports.

6. Child to Child

Child to Child program is conducted with slum children. The children in 1rst grade are taught by older children who get paid, plus receive educational training for teaching. This is very helpful as it relies on local resources and is a benefit for the older children to learn teaching skills.

 

 

7. Food and Clothing

Providing food and clothing is a new effort of ours. Up until now the children have been coming to school and taught by the "Doorstep" teachers for 6 months, without any extras given to them except the teaching. Now that we have gotten involved in their projects we would like to help them set up a better class environment. We are working with the little funding we have but we would like to do more. We have already gotten 1 class which is around 20 children, new uniform sets for both the boys and girls. We also have started giving 1 meal a day to one of the poorer classes so that the children will be able to concentrate more on their schooling instead of their empty stomach.

 

7. Other Activities

Other activities include arts and crafts, celebration of festivals, arranging picnics, educational visits to museums and other sites, participating in fun fairs, helping children obtain age certificates, arranging school admissions for children and annual gatherings.

Helping with classes
Michelle, one of the volunteers looking at the children's school work.

Supportive classes
These are support classes for the children who have a hard time picking up the basic reading and writing skills at school.

Student from slum project
One of the student from the slum project. All they have at the moment is chalk and chalkboard, but they do a lot with the little they have.

School for the slum children
This group is comprised of all slum children. They live in cardboard huts next to the railroad. Here they are showing off their writing skills.

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