Impact
Jayesh now has the support he needs to grow.
Jayesh is a young boy from a poor family in Mumbai. His mother abandoned him when he was two. He lived with his father and grandmother.
His father and grandmother were both alcoholics who fought constantly and did not look after him. The neglect and unhealthy environment started to impact Jayesh. There was no one to cook for him or groom him. So he went to school hungry and disheveled.
The problems at home also made him a distracted boy. The environment he grew up in confused him and left him feeling angry and rebellious. He disobeyed instructions and did not like to participate in class.
When The Akanksha Foundation began to manage his school, Jayesh received personal attention. He began to stay after school to read and practice English. With love and support, he even grew confident enough to face the challenges at home.
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Program Description
The Akanksha Foundation works to impact the lives of children from low-income communities, enabling them to maximize their potential and transform their lives. The organization addresses non-formal education through the
Akanksha center and formal education by initiating school reform through 'The School Project'. Kids enrolled in school are from 3.5 years onwards through 4 schools in Mumbai. They have adopted 13 English-medium municipal schools - 9 in Mumbai & 4 in Pune. Akanksha began with a simple idea to give less privileged children a place where to come and enjoy their childhood. Currently, Akanksha reaches out to over 4,000 children through these two models.
With the formal school dropout rate of Akanksha enrolled slum children being under 5%, with 75% of their alumni going to college, the organization is clearly making an impact. Donate to this program to help kids from slums to break the cycle of poverty through education.
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The Akanksha Foundation
Program Updates
Program Updates
5 August, 2020
The life of Laxmi Nagar Mumbai Public School
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The life of Laxmi Nagar Mumbai Public School
Academic Achievement: As part of its initiative to track and analyse performance, the school has put in place a data driven tracker system with a comprehensive framework to analyse the academic achievement of students. The tracker allows to analyse a range of focus areas which include analysis of subject-wise performance of students, teaching methodologies and skills. A gradewise analysis is conducted to identify trends which is shared with all teachers.
Youth Development: The school conducts a range of extra-curricular classes for its students which includes Kathak, Violin classes, Yoga and singing. The school had participated in ‘Balak Utsav’ and performed a play on Shivaji Maharaj. The school won the first prize for their performance and a standing ovation from the judges and the audience. Under The Apprentice Project (TAP), students of Grades 5 and 6 have access to a range of clubs like dramatics, dance, art and music. Students get to choose one of the 8 interest clubs from the 4 verticals of Visual arts, Performance arts (Dance, Drama, Music, and Public Speaking), Sports (Ultimate Frisbee), or Technical arts (Coding and Electronics). The students choose to be part of the club based on their interests. TAP helps enable exposure and opportunities based on the student’s passion.
Community Engagement:The school had mothers participating in most of the events and meetings, the participation of fathers has always been low. Keeping this in mind, the school undertook an initiative and organized an event on Father’s Day to encourage father’s interest and also to strengthen their bond with their children. This was taken further and a cricket tournament is organized every month, post which the father’s meet over ‘chai-cutta’. These meetings are used as an opportunity for rapport building and to initiate informal discussions with the fathers. As a result, parent meetings has also witnessed the number of fathers’ participation increasing this quarter.
22 July, 2019
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Program Update
The school implemented practices that allowed students to collaborate with each other. One such activity – Think, Share, Pair has been successful in getting the students to work in groups and also present their learnings to the rest of the class. This practice is used in almost every class and lessons are planned in a way that integrates and encourages collaboration. An example of this practice was seen when the Science teacher introduced a lesson on the importance of vitamins for our body. Students had to work in groups and present to the rest of the class their learnings in the form of skits.
Story from the field
Naheeda's story is an inspiration to everyone. She comes from a very difficult background and grew up in a very conservative family. With very little socio-emotional support and money, Naheeda has managed to create a successful livelihood for herself and her family. Naheeda is an Akanksha Alumni and has been a teacher since the past 10 years. Recently, she applied via School Leadership Academy and got selected as the Assistant School Leader at our Shindewadi Mumbai Public School.
| What is the expected total number of beneficiaries in this program for FY18-19? | 503 |
| What is the number of beneficiaries/ benefits provided in this program, Year-To-Date | 503 |
| Village/City/State where project is located | Mumbai |
| Total Budget for the project for FY18-19 | 20016096 |
| Total Expenses for the project YTD | 18224102 |
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