Illuminating Futures: Enabling children

Summary

To educate and empower the children in slums and rural areas of Puducherry by offering evening remedial classes, counseling, awareness and community-sensitizing programs.

Challenge

The children born into poverty are affected by a variety of societal issues which prevent them from achieving their goals. The factors such as unemployment and alcoholism within the family, single parenthood, neglect and abandonment makes children to become laborers either during or after school. The female children are forced to take care of her siblings or at worst case; they are made to indulge in prostitution. The illiteracy of parents will not help in any way supporting the child for their education. The poor infrastructure in their homes does not provide the child good learning experience.

Solution

The Evening school helps the children through remedial classes and experiential learning. Frequent conduct awareness programs related to physical, psychological and social issues faced by children are run by the school. Counseling and Guidance support is provided along with the regular classes. The children are fortunate to have a structured school atmosphere and helps to have their time more productive.

Long-Term Impact

As the children are the future generation of our nation, investment of time and resources are wise. The school will support the children to have ovr all development.

Updates

The classes for this academic year started in June. The children were offered school supplies. Regular orientation programs apart from their regular lessons are also being conducted.

Resources

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