Education India Project #39837

Education can end exploitation of 1000 children

by El Shaddai Charitable Trust

Project Report | Jan 12, 2022
Help us empower and educate the deserving children

By Julia Matthew | Managing Director

Dear Patrons,

From all of us here in El Shaddai we wish you and your family Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May the New Year bring to you lots of love, laughter, and joy.

We are happy to share with you that we have opened our El Shaddai Academy again after a long gap, and after seeing a very tough and unprecedented time. Though the time was tough but the hopes were high, we can now see the happiness on the faces of children. Our Teachers are also very happy seeing the children coming back to the school.

El Shaddai Academy currently caters to 228 children with 93 girls and 135 boys. The school helps in bringing a change in their lifestyle by giving an access to the education they deserve. The teachers encourage the children to learn by following a child centred approach and involving in play way method. The training on teaching methods and handling the children were also conducted for the teachers. The same has been continued to ensure that children will continue to be motivated to learn.

As far as COVID protocol is concerned children, staff, teachers and the visitors are ensured to wear mask all the time, sanitize, check their body temperature, and maintain social distancing. We have ensured safety from spreading COVID 19. Our school is also offering online class platform for the children who are not able to avail the regular class facilities.

General medical check-up was held by Public Health department, Siolim for all the children of El Shaddai. After the check-up, the doctors asked some of the children who had health issues to come to their centre the next day for proper treatment and care. Some of the higher class students and the teachers were given Covid Vaccination. This medical check-up has proved very beneficial for all our children and the teachers especially during the critical time.

Children had their second assessment and the open day also was held for the parents and in charges to know about their child’s performance. The children are focusing on reading, writing, and general knowledge. The school is planning to focus more on academic growth towards proficiency in English, Maths and communication skills along with general knowledge. Teachers are also adapting to the strategies of creative learning by educating themselves through the available school resources thereby keeping the child engaged in studies and other activities throughout the day. Teachers are meeting the child’s individual needs by assessing them at intellectual level, personality, motivation, skills, interests, study habits, self-esteem and the teacher-student relationship.

Extra-curricular and after school activities for the children are mentioned below:

Dance, music classes and football practice are held on daily basis for both boys and girls. Apart from this Table Tennis, Chess, Control Cricket, and Basketball are also conducted.

Poem recitation competition was held for Junior and Sub Junior category

Speech competition on Goan fighters was held for seniors on the occasion of Goa Liberation day

In the month of December children had red day and Christmas celebration focusing on significance red color and Christmas theme. Children also practiced carols during the season.

Thank you for your ongoing support towards empowering and educating underprivileged children in Goa. You are truly making a difference for these children with your generous support. Please share this with your contacts and invite them to consider supporting this ongoing project.

Making a monthly donation is the most effective way to help the children get their education, but every dollar donated makes a difference! If you are not yet a recurring donor and would like to sign up for a recurring donation go here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at infogoa@childrescue.net With great appreciation,

El Shaddai Charitable Trust

children playing Chess

Girls playing Basket ball

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Sep 17, 2021
Education is an essential right for children

By Julia Matthew | Managing Director

Dear friends,

Since the outbreak in March 2020 COVID-19 has caused disorder across the world and education has been hit hard. Education is an essential right for children and is a priority. We are glad to report that we were able to conduct regular physical classes in batches for our children since June 2021. The school reopened on 21^st June 2021. The school marked the first day with all the new normal operations like sanitization and social distancing and are being practiced every day. All our children who are residing in our residential homes were very excited, to begin with, their school activities again.

Regular classes were held for the children along with all the extracurricular activities like music, dance, singing, football, indoor and outdoor games. Till date, the same mode of teaching, physical classes, and same is being continued. In order to impact the child’s academic achievements, the teachers took the initiative of bridging the gap the children had during the pandemic, by revising the basic concepts and relearning the same for few weeks. This was possible because of the generous help and support that was given by donors and supporters like you. Currently, there are 189 children with 115 boys and 74 girls.

The children answered their first assessment on August 25^th and the majority of them have done fairly well in their assessments. The school will ensure the children have the best chance for a happier childhood

Your continued support will help us to reach out to more children across the country and the state of Goa. We will continue to keep you updated about the school in the following months.

If you would like to regularly engage in this Endeavour and project, we encourage you to start a monthly recurring donation for a small amount, which will go a long way in giving them a bright future.

If you would like to know anything more about El Shaddai or the work that we are doing please feel free to contact us on +91 9370712173 or you can drop us a mail at infogoa@childrescue.net

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Jun 1, 2021
Updated School report - 11th February - May 2021

By Julia Matthew Kurian | Managing Director

Education at home

Dear wonderful Supporters,

I hope this report finds you helpful!!!

The COVID 19 pandemic has battered the education systems around the world. When the pandemic hit, hundreds of children were at home as the schools were closed down. Our country first only was struggling to give access to basic education but the onset made it worse.

The children present in our homes, shelters, and centres were provided with regular classes in different batches keeping in mind the COVID 19 protocols. The children were taught through telephone calls, messages and videos so that they could continue with their normal education.

With your help, we were able to reach out to more than a thousand children providing basic education with the view of uplifting their families and convincing the parents about the importance of education.

In this second wave, to continue with the education your help is needed. We offer basic education to underprivileged children to help vulnerable families. The children at present are on a summer break and El Shaddai wants to restart the school in a better mode through the virtual learning and mobile enabling the children to experience “Back to school”

We are trying to ensure that in this lockdown the parents and children survive in this crisis by helping them with the meals and provision along with much-needed education providing a better future. Your contribution can help bring a child’s dream to life by giving the child a chance to enjoy the education.

We are really grateful to you all for being a part of the El Shaddai family. Thank you to all sponsors, donors, and supporters who have been supporting this cause. We were able to reach our target because of your continuous support.

If you would like to regularly engage in this endeavour and project, we encourage you to start a monthly recurring donation for a small amount, which will go a long way in giving them a bright future.

Best regards,

El Shaddai

Offline videos

Center Learning

Education to families

Group learning

Individual learning

Offline class

Outdoor education

Slum School Students

Science Class

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