Sapna

Anandam provides shelter to those unfortunate ones who do not have a home or have been abandoned by their families or are unknown. It was established on 5th of January 2007 at Vijay Mandir, Alwar. It was conceived to provide care and shelter to those unidentified patients admitted and then discharged from the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre and Safdarjung Hospital who are in need of long-term care and support and cannot be accommodated in any of the rehabilitation homes in and around Delhi. Anandam has 16 rooms and a large hall with the capacity to provide care and shelter to 55 persons. With the objective to provide long-term shelter to increasing numbers of elderly, homeless and unknown people, Anandam, Dadikar came-up in November 2017. Presently Anandam provides shelter to 110 homeless patients.

SAPNA established a pre-primary school in 2015, which later obtained middle school status in 2019. The school targets impoverished girls in rural areas and aims to provide quality and relevant education. A nominal fee of Rs.17 per day (Rs. 500 per month) is charged to promote ownership. The programme empowers marginalized girls, nurturing their overall development in areas such as hygiene, discipline, nutrition, and personality. Objectives include raising awareness about girls' education, community-led ownership of the school, providing access to quality education, supporting girls who can't afford schooling, reducing dropouts, and enhancing self-awareness and decision-making skills. Currently, 271 girls are enrolled, taught by 16 teachers supervised by a principal and an Educational Motivator. The well-designed curriculum emphasizes oral and written skills, utilizing teaching aids like the 'Smart Class.' The student-teacher ratio is 15:1, ensuring individual attention and care.

‘ANANDAM’–A HOME FOR THE HOMELESS AT DADIKAR, ALWAR, RAJASTHAN. Anandam provides shelter to those unfortunate ones who do not have a home or have been abandoned by their families or are unknown. Anandam was established on 5th of January 2007 at Vijay Mandir, Alwar. It was conceived to provide care and shelter to those unidentified patients admitted and then discharged from the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre and Safdarjung Hospital who are in need of long-term care and support and cannot be accommodated in any of the rehabilitation homes in and around Delhi. Anandam, Vijay Mandir has 16 rooms and a large hall with a capacity to provide care and shelter to 55 persons. With the objective to provide long-term shelter to increasing numbers of elderly, homeless and unknown people, Anandam, Dadikar came-up in November 2017. Presently Anandam provides shelter to 110 homeless patients.

SAPNA started a pre-primary school in 2015. In 2019, The school was recognized by the Govt of Rajasthan (Department of Education) and accorded a middle school status. The aim of the school was to provide 'quality, flexible and relevant learning' and targets poor girls in the adjoining rural belt. A nominal fee of Rs.17 a day (Rs. 500 a month) is charged to promote ownership towards the program. The program is envisaged to empower poor and marginalized girls with capability, freedom and choice to follow their dream. The program nurtures the overall development of the girls. This entails hygiene, discipline, punctuality, nutrition and overall turnout, in addition to learning and personality development.The program aims at providing quality education to girl children coming from poor families. The objective of this program is to: • Raise awareness within community about importance of girl’s education; • To make a school which is community driven and ownership is led by community itself. • Provide access to quality education; • Support girls who cannot afford to study and struggles to bear schooling costs; • Mitigate dropouts and motivate more girls into schooling; • Increase self-awareness, decision making and problem-solving skills; • All round development of girls. Presently 271 girls are studying in the school. There are 16 teachers under a principal and Educational Motivator to supervise and coordinate their work. A well-designed curriculum focusses on developing the oral and written skills. Use of teaching aids such as a ‘Smart Class’ enables the children to learn pre-writing and pre-reading concepts. A well-designed curriculum focusses on developing the oral and written skills. Our student teacher ratio is 15:1 i.e. we have 1 teacher looking after 15 students.