You can stop a child like Farheen from leaving school.
Farheen was 11 years old when her mother died from tuberculosis. Her father did not know how to look after her and her four siblings so he abandoned them. The children started to live with their grandmother.
Her grandmother lived in a slum and had no earning. She could not afford the education of five children and so Farheen had to leave school. The family was thinking of sending Farheen to work as a labourer to help earn some money. Over a short span of time, her world had crumbled in on her.
Empowering Minds noticed Farheen and decided to enroll her in their school. They counselled her grandmother and told her why it was important to send Farheen to school. They made sure that she had her grandmother's support to continue education.
They also gave her uniforms and books so that she had everything she would need to keep going to school. Today, Farheen enjoys school and is a bright student. She has the chance to build a different future for herself because of her education.
Poor children like Farheen can continue in school if their families have some financial help to ease their burden. You can make this difference for them by donating for their uniforms and school supplies. You can give with confidence because every program on our platform is GIVEASSURED.
By donating to this program
You will be sponsoring the benefits for different beneficiaries every month
What the beneficiary gets
Program Description
EMSRD designed a Sponsor-A-Child program for the school dropouts children in urban slums of Ghaziabad and Gorakhpur. The parents of the children come from a very poor background and do not have a steady income. The beneficiaries come from the destitute families whose earnings are Rs 3000-4000 per month and they work as rickshaw pullers, auto drivers etc.
The school is situated in the same locality where these children come from for easy access. The eligible beneficiaries are identified through surveys.The school runs both formal and non-formal classes. It also has a computer room and a library. Many times children discontinue school as they cannot afford the cost of uniforms, books and other supplies.
EMSRD provides school supplies to the children to avoid dropouts.A donation to this program can help in re-enrolling a child back into school and save their education.
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development
Program Updates
5 July, 2020
Celebrations for the Children's Cultural Festival
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Celebrations for the Children's Cultural Festival
Empowering Minds and it's Education Centre completed 10 Anniversary and it was decided to celebrate this by organising a first ever Children’s Cultural Festival, “Panchhi’ in Ghaziabad.The theme of the festival was Inclusive Education -ensuring that no child, however different from expectations and general norms, feels alienated and excluded. The festival had many sessions on Laughter Yoga, life skills, storytelling, Emotional Expressions through Creative Movement, Happiness Workshop, Good Touch - Bad Touch, Panel on Child Abuse poems, essay and slogan writing competitions, drwaing competitions for smaller children and Flower making workshop. It was a great platform to interact and mingle among children from the community and the public school children. The children enjoyed every moment and had lot of fun with learning.
23 May, 2019
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Program Update
Help a Child Stay in School is non-formal education program for out of school children. The children are provided all the facilities of a formal school during their stay at the centre. The major activities includes a well planned curriculum delivered by the trained teachers coming from the community itself. All national and religious festivals are celebrated, during the last quarter children celebrated Dusshera, Diwali, Christmas, Childrens Day at the event name Kilkari where they did lots of activities like flower making, puppet show and music therapy workshops. A life skill workshop was conducted at the centre to give the children a space to express themselves freely. They also participated in the International Children's Film festival and enjoyed Films from various countries with lot of play things and picture opportunities. In this quarter they also gave their first term exams and most of them did well. The children had gone for the exposure visit to various places. This gives a holistic experience of education to the children studying at the centre.
Story from the field
Amna's father expired when she was 5yrs old since then she has been living with her maternal grandmother who has a petty shop at home. And now this shop is also shut down by the Nagar Nigam. They are hand to mouth. Her mother was ousted from her grandparents’ house after her father died. She came to live with her mother and three children. Coming from the orthodox religious background, her mother was not allowed to go out and earn a living. She does odd jobs like bindi sticking, Bed cover stitching etc. Amna is a strong girl. She actively take participation in all the school activities like cultural, sports, and etc. She is good in studies so scores nice grades in tests and exams. She desires to become a teacher.
| What is the number of beneficiaries/ benefits provided in this program, Year-To-Date | 180 |
| Village/City/State where project is located | Arthala/Ghaziabad/UP |
| Total Budget for the project for FY18-19 | 1700000 |
| Total Expenses for the project YTD | 1500000 |
28 February, 2018
EMSRD students celebrate festivals with fervor
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In December, Christmas was celebrated with Santa Claus who visited the school and distributed gifts, chocolates and cake to the children. The children also sang carols and reveled in the spirit of Christmas.
In November, Children’s day was celebrated with sweets and food distribution, after which the children visited the Indira Priyadarshani Park where they spent some recreational time. The children also visited the Doll Museum and the Stupa for an exposure visit
In October, the children celebrated Diwali by decorating their classes, making colorful Rangoli, and singing and dancing to various melodies
On the occasion of Eid, a special assembly was held and the children were explained the significance of this festival. The whole school was repainted with different colors to make the classrooms more vibrant and interesting for learning. A computer room was added to the center with glass doors and windows.
