Sponsor events celebrations for poor kids living in slums

Roshan is 6 years old child. He lives in a slum in Sagarpur. Both his parents work as daily wage laborers. They work long hours and struggle to make ends meet. Roshan goes to a nearby Govt. school. **His parents though illiterate want the best for Roshan and want him to be educated and have a good future.** However, their work does not give them enough time with Roshan. They are also not literate so cannot help him with his school requirements. **On the advice of well-wishers, they enrolled him in the Parivartan Shiksha Kendra, Sagarpur.** Sarthak Prayas made sure that his needs were taken care of. Roshan made overall good changes since he started attending the center. He is a brilliant child who needs more focus on his studying methods. The center is working to help his concentration. At this age, he remembers multiplication tables till 25 and is very sincere in studies. He is also active in co-curricular activities. **Sarthak Prayas not only help him in studies but also keep his childhood alive by celebrating his birthday and give him other such small joys.** Without this support, Roshan could have found his studies very hard. With no help, children like him are at risk of dropping out of school. **You can also help little children like Roshan enjoy little joys that they deserve. You can donate so that organizations like Sarthak Prayas can continue to help the overall development. You can give with confidence because every program listed is [GIVEASSURED](https://www.giveindia.org/giveassured).**

Sarthak Prayas run centers to support students studying in Govt. schools and living in urban slums of Delhi/NCR. One unit of donations to this program will cover the cost of the snacks and birthday celebration, reimbursement of tutors' travel and story books for a child. Sarthak Prayas works with students in the areas of Punjabi Bagh, Vasant Kunj & Gurgaon or in sponsored centers in Rohini, Shalimar Bagh, for their overall improvement in studies, attitude, communication, and hygiene. The centers operate from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm, Monday to Saturday from various places. Children from classes 3 to 8 attend the centers. The centers help the children in their homework, teach them spoken English, impart positive attitude towards life and make them aware about the importance of hygiene. The kids are also given food which motivates them to attend the center regularly. 'Build a Foundation' is one of the programs where Sarthak Prayas provides free remedial education to kids of slum areas of Delhi/NCR. There are presently 40 kids studying in the remedial education center. The students receive stationery items and books every month. They are also provided refreshments every day. Sarthak Prayas hoped to raise funds to open more and more centers to help more children across the areas of Delhi. When you donate to this program, you give students from underprivileged backgrounds little joys like birthday celebrations and storybooks which they often are deprived of.

Sarthak Prayas was established in the year 2003 with aim to help the underprivileged of New Delhi in the area of health and education. The programs are spread across different slum areas in the city. Two of their major interventions are in the field of education as well as elderly. Under education, Sarthak Prayas runs remedial education centers where students from government schools attend classes every day to improve their knowledge. The centres help students complete their homework and revise lessons of the day. They also impart life skills and teach them how to deal with real life situations. The organisation runs eight centers in Delhi/NCR with 40 students studying in each center. Since the children are from an impoverished background, the organisation also supplements their nutrition with packed food every day after the class. In addition to this, as part of recreation for the children, the centres also celebrate children's birthdays every month. During the celebrations, children cut cake and the teachers distribute gifts. Each day the students attend sessions for approximately 90 minutes. Their other program focuses on people at the other end of the age spectrum, the underprivileged elderly. The premise behind this is that the elderly have struggled all their life for food, shelter and livelihood. They have now reached an age where their bodies don't allow them to work a lot and their economic conditions do not allow their families to be able to take care of them either.Sarthak Prayas visits the slums and identifies elderly people who were unable to take care of themselves. As a part of their intervention, they provide dry ration on a monthly basis for a one person's need. They also provide quarterly clothing and toiletries. The material is distributed in designated locations near their slums every month. Apart from the above two programs, they also run a telephonic helpline centre for people who require blood transfusions. Sarthak Prayas tries to fulfil requests raised within 2 hours. Finally, they also organise awareness camps at public places and schools on the dangers of Global warming. Till now, they run such camps for more 1000 students in the Delhi/ NCR region.