Sponsor residential care for education of a tribal girl by Rajasthan Bal Kalyan Samiti

We use several indicators to measure the impact and success of our work to ensure that children growing up in our hostels benefit from the education and healthcare services.This time, the second wave of Corona spread rapidly and the situation in India has been extremely challenging. This year, there have been Corona positive cases in the project area.The school reopened to older students from classes 6 to 12 for about 4 months, by Indian legislation. It was wonderful to see that after about 10 months’ girls are going to school. But the school has remained closed for younger girls, again in compliance with Indian legislation. We are committed to providing necessities as part of residential care and ensuring that girls staying at hostels can continue learning outside their normal classroom environment, while the school remains closed. We connect them with the school's online education programme, their online classes supported through laptops, and smartphones. There are regular storytime sessions taking place in Hostel’s library. Library books are being enjoyed by girls. Other enrichment activities over the past few months have included debating, essay writing and drawing competitions with prizes for winning entries, indoor sports like badminton, Frisbee, local games are played by girls every day and morning Yoga classes. All the festivals are celebrated with girls. Recently girls celebrated 15th August, Janmashtmi and Ganesh Chaturthi. Girls are provided with new casual uniforms and shoes. Girls birthdays are being celebrated at hostel.

Due to corona, the girls living in the hostel have to take extra care, there is always a fear that the girls may not get corona. Special care is taken on their health. Every month doctor's visit is done and a general check-up of girls is done. Due to Corona exposure visits are not taking place. Our next plan is to call an external person for regular yoga so that the girls can be given good yoga classes, as well as planning to organize certified computer and sewing classes for the girls so that their professional skills increase.

Usha is an orphan girl, she lives with her grandparents. She has been studying in the hostel of the institution for a long time. Currently studying in class 11th. After the death of Usha's parents in a road accident, she felt alone and preferred to be alone. She often misses her parents. Despite facing so many difficulties and challenges, she kept her spirits up. She studies diligently, here her time with her friends is well spent, she does not feel the lack of family in the hostel. Right now she has secured 75% in the 10th examination and for this excellent performance, she was also given Gargi Award by the government. This award is given to those girls who score above 75% in the board examination.

We have been continually adapting our education and healthcare programmes, to ensure safe provision of vital support during the ongoing pandemic. This is a time of greater vulnerability for children. By working hard to ensure all girls have regular contact with us, we have been able to monitor their health and well being whilst supporting them to continue learning. It is not viable for children in this community to learn remotely using digital devices, not least as most families do not have access to technology, or indeed electricity, at home. So we provide them all possible facilities in our hostels. As schools are remain close we provide them tuition in hostel, we arrange online classes through different devices, reading and learning materials provided in hostel.

Program Update

Rajasthan Bal Kalyan Samiti started their education programme for girls in 1985 with 17 students in one school. Today they run seven schools, which cater to students from Grade 1 to Grade 12. These schools are all located in tribal populated areas of Jhadol and Kotra in Udaipur District, among the most deprived and under developed areas of Rajasthan. Girls residing in the hostel go home in summer vacations and on festivals like Diwali and Holi. Girls studying here are between 5 to 17 years. Girls are provided breakfast, lunch, evening tea with biscuit, fruits or toast and dinner. The school and hostel are on same campus so girls come to the hostel for lunch during school days. Typically breakfast is at 8.00 AM. One of Upma, Poha, Dalia is served. Lunch is at 12.30 PM and consists of Rice, dal, rotis and vegetables while dinner is at 7.00 p.m. and usually the girls have dal or vegetables with rotis

Story from the field

Kisni is a 10 year old studying in Class I. She has 1 sisters.She is from Badgoan village of Girva block of Udaipur district. Kisni’s father is no more and her mother is labourer. So there is no one to take care of her at home. She didnt study at all. She has less interest in Study. Here at Rajasthan bal Kalyan Samiti deve;lop a interest in study by Samrt Classes and Digital Learning. Now she is more interested in styudying.
Rajasthan Bal Kalyan Samiti is doing overall development of tribal Girls
Children came from tribal background where the literacy and hygiene levels are too low. They were very shy, introvert and unhygienic at the time of admission. But with our great effort and children support to lift themselves in society the tremendous modification are seen like talking in English, maintaining hygienic, Extrovert, Competitive towards participation and many more.
The Additional Classes:-

1. Special Meditation classes


2. Yoga classes


3. Special classes for weak students


4. Spoken English Classes


5. Educational TV Channels


6. Dancing Classes


7. Dramas are conducted


8. Computer classes


9. Cooking Classes
   Festivals Celebration, Diwali Celebration, Holi Celebration, Janamastmi Celebration, Navratri Celebration, Christmas Celebration, New Year Celebration, Children’s Day Celebration