SWAYAM

“ It takes a village to raise a child” is an old  African proverb which in a true sense implies  to each  child more so for children living in a vulnerable and deprived community where access to health , education and nutritional requirements is still not their basic right but a luxury. They live each day with a hope to get through the day. Right from a tender age each child is conditioned by their family to survive all odds of abuse, violence, exploitation. This leaves them with no option to understand themselves, their needs,hopes and dreams. In such circumstances most of the children become vulnerable, lose their hope, a chance to hear out their unexplored dreams and talent.

Every child needs a safe environment and positive reinforcement to explore themselves to develop holistically physically, emotionally, socially and mentally.  In most of the families in the slum communities surviving each day is the constant battle. Importance of education is the last priority. There are constant challenges of lack of support, lack of access to education,more so during pandemic wherein digital divide is a major concern and challenge faced leading to lack of interest towards education or increase in drop outs.

Over the last 21 years,  we at Sparsha CharitableTrust firmly believe that every child is unique and has own temperament, talent and learning style. With a mission to provide a quality education for each child along with a conducive and safe environment,we have over the years touched upon more than 25000 children and their families from various marginalized communities in the city of Mumbai. Our programs are designed in a way that parents' involvement and participation plays an equal role in enhancing each child’s progress. In the initial years of our intervention, the concept of parents involvement was not accepted much by many parents.We have been able to break through the barrier and involve the parents in each child’s life journey by conducting various awareness programs on positive parenting and the impact of a positive nurturing and environment around the child. Over the years, this has paved the way for our children to explore their unexplored talents, skills through various platforms provided to them. Each child involved in our Program is constantly made to believe that each one is unique,cared ,loved and talented and has the right to live their dreams in spite of all the hardship and challenges. We value individual needs and each child follows a unique path in learning to develop into a unique individual able to sustain themselves against all odds and strive towards their dreams.

1..Ensure school regularity among students by creating interest in the various subjects and also through various sports, cultural and team bonding activities.

2.Identification of academically weaker students and helping them to understand the subjects better through personalized attention.

3. To equip teachers to deliver high quality classroom learning through continuous teacher professional development courses, strengthening blended approach teaching and other required support. 

4.Ensuring that the students perform well in their board examinations and also

helping them with their future career path.

5. Impart life skills for overall psycho-social development and introduce students to different career opportunities and connect them to relevant vocational courses as applicable.