Over the years, we have faced a multitude of issues but undeterred,
we have devised several solutions that help us continue sharing the gift of education with underprivileged children and people.
Here, take a look.
Our Approach Was Two Way Round, We Educated Children Which Are The Future Of Tomorrow But Also The Elders Who Need Education In Day Today Life.
“Siksha Ki Raah” is a national level programme of DGVS, an NGO committed to provide basic education, shelter, food and healthcare to the unprivileged section of the society. DGVS addresses children’s critical needs by working with parents, teachers, Anganwadi workers, communities, district and state level governments as well as the children themselves.
We focus on changing behaviours and practices at the grassroots level and influencing public policy at a systemic level – thereby creating an ecosystem where children are made the nation’s priority. DGVS is committed to poor child education
believes that whether you are addressing healthcare, poverty, population control, unemployment or human rights, there’s no better place to start than in the corridors of education. Education is both the means as well as the end to a better life; means, because it empowers an individual to earn his/her livelihood and the end because it increases one’s awareness on a range of issues – from healthcare to appropriate social behaviour to understanding one’s rights, and in the process, evolve as a better citizen. It is DGVS’s action on education which works for education for the underprivileged children who are under difficult circumstances, such as child labour, children of poorest of the parents, children inflicted and affected with HIV/AIDS, street and runaway children, children with rare disabilities, disaster struck children and slum children. Special emphasis is given on girl education and women education, so that they and their families get empowered.
Since its inception in 1986, more than 1,00,000 underprivileged children have directly benefitted from the Mission Siksha Ki Raah.
SOLUTION IMPLEMENTED
What is important is to come up with a solution that takes care of the children in:
- Providing a safe and progressive environment
- Providing good quality education that enhances their confidence and skills too
- Creating an awareness of social and civic issues like gender and equipping them to tackle it
- Training them for skills that make them employable in future
- Making them know their SELF and teaching them to be sensitive towards others
For Elders DGVS Set Up Different Classrooms.
“Siksha Ki Chaupaal” With support from community mobilisers and volunteers who would help in the set up and teach elders, a total of 15500 elders are benefitted from the movement. When we work together, we can benefit the lives of even more elders and empower them with a quality education. Through workshops and various activities, awareness is generated amongst people and local communities about the importance of education. DGVS also conducts regular counselling sessions to encourage people to study. DGVS’s intensive ICT enabled literacy and numeracy programme enabling illiterate people to read, write and do simple arithmetic, using advanced learning and memory techniques. Within 56 days of highly instructive and entertaining 2-hour classes held locally in the village, the learner acquires sufficient literacy and numeracy skills to be able to read simple books, write letters, verify her shopping and banking transactions and go on to learn highly valuable job-related skills. Saving some two years and huge costs, which other teaching programs require, is demonstrably able to position its graduates to become vocal members of their families and effective leaders in their communities.
Literacy Program By District Literacy Committee: In the last decade the literacy level was quite poor not only in the district but also in the country, to improve the literacy level the GOl had been launched a number of literacy programme, in district Hamirpur, DGVS conducted the Adult Literacy Campaign in 75 GPs of Maudaha block and conducted a HHs Survey and identified 43000 non-literates, after the identification the organization started the learning programme through 4300 Volunteers, the assignment was successfully completed, and the appreciation report from Department of public Administration, Lucknow University Enclosed.
Through our project, we do the following:
- Provide good quality education that enhances their confidence, learning level and skills
- Make children a part of formal school, ensuring that they do not drop out and complete their education, especially girls. We have a girl: boys ratio of 50:50.
- Provide a safe and progressive environment within slums and villages.
- Meet psychological and physiological needs of children through clothes and food and counselling.
- Make them know their SELF and teach them to be sensitive towards others.
- Create an awareness of social and civic issues like gender and equipping them to tackle it.
- Train them for skills that make them employable in future.
Here is how DGVS has contributed to education.
- Educate the parents and communities that all children need education
- Make the learning a fun and rewarding experience for the disadvantaged children
- It offers an excellent environment for learning and makes children feel better to improve their knowledge and skills.