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Education, Health and special Care for Needy Children of Delhi Slums
Number of beneficiaries at present : 120
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About the Partner Health and Care Society, a registered NGO, came into existence in 1997. Started by a lady with golden heart, Dr. Ira Dash Rajguru, who decided to take care of hundreds of deprived children (born to poor parents) rather than raising children herself! Of course, born to a rich father and married to a senior executive working with a large multi-national Company, both, has been a distinctly positive influence with catalytic effect on the Lady in pursuing matter close to her heart. The money was solely contributed from her personal earnings from the high-profile job she holds in a multi-national IT Company as Advisor-Human Resource for South East Asia. Health and Care Society works in the areas of Child Education, Health Care, Environment, Women Empowerment and Vocational Training. About the Project
NFE Centre The Non-Formal Education (NFE) Center covers around 30-40 non-school going children, providing Basic Education between class I – III. Remedial Education Centre The Remedial Education Centre covers around 20-25 school-going children from class IV onwards. Subjects covered include English, Hindi, Maths and Moral Science. Bridge Course Center
Health Care Facilities Health care, along with nutritional supplement programme, is integrated with the project. Health check-up in the education centres as well as regular camps are organized by involving trained physicians and staff. The children also get awareness on basic health and hygiene. Extra curricular activities such as painting, poetry recitation, story telling, physical training and games etc are also organized every Saturday for children with the aim of installing confidence in them. Special sessions for personality development and communication skill are also held regularly so as to help the children grow up more equipped. Besides the cultural activities, sports competition and health camps organised on monthly basis, paper bag and cloth bag making, and beautician courses are also held in the society. Adult education classes for women are held three times a week. Special sessions are also organized from time to time wherein experts from outside including Doordarshan (television channel) are invited to deliver lectures. A host of special camps are organized wherein specialized health care (ENT, Pediatric, eye care and cataract) check-ups and treatment are provided. Special Focus
Smile Foundation and Health and Care Society have not only given a ray of hope to the needy children but also vowed to make them grow as complete and successful individuals. |
The
integrated project titled ‘Education, Health & Nutrition
Support Programme’ caters to about 100 deprived yet needy
children with the project site functioning in two shifts a day.
The project situated at Shri Ram Slum Camp in Dhaula Kuan, south
of Delhi, had starting with a dozen children initially. One shift
in the morning is for small children who are under pre-school education.
These children are taught basic education and efforts are made for
their enrollment in the government schools at the later stage. In
the second shift in the afternoon, children from junior classes
who are school-goers come for assistance in their studies. Also
those children found weak in morning (batch) class come for extra
help and attention so that they could cope up and compete with others.
During this period, children are also helped in completing their
homework. Efforts are also made to motivate children and their parents
to continue schooling. 
The
Bridge Course Centers have been established to provide assistance
to around 25 dropouts to continue their studies through correspondence
courses.