It's lunch time for the children
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Smile Foundation, following its mission of
making a difference in the lives of the under-privileged children
in the outreach of the country, has supported and joined hands
with Parijat Academy in Assam for an Integrated Education
and Health Care Project for the rural children.
About the Project
In order to reach out to the under privileged
children in the wetlands of Deepor Beel (area prone to frequent
flood and migratory birds), Smile Foundation along with Parijat
Academy has initiated a project titled “Promoting Children’s
Education & Health in Wetlands of Deepor Beel”.
The project would be run in Pamohi Village in Kamrup district
of Assam state, in the North East region of India.
The project aims to establish 6 Non-Formal
Education Centres (NFE) covering 200-250 underprivileged tribal
children in a year, with 30-35 children in different group,
intimately mainstreaming them into formal schools.
The proposed area is a wetland prone to floods
and is composed of tribals of Assam. Owing to the frequent
floods cultivation of crops is not very feasible there and
people earn their living through production and selling of
home made rice beer. There is also lack of health care facility
in the area which is very necessary especially for the children.
The literacy rate is very low and intervention in the area
is a necessity for the upliftment and development of the needy
population.
Mr.
Satya Narayan (left), Project Associate (Smile East Region) outside the centre during a quarterly visit |
About the Partner
Parijat Academy is a school for underprivileged
children in a village named Pamohi in the district of Kamrup
in Assam, close to Deepor Beel Wetland. It was established
in the year 2003 as a non religious, non profit school covering
9 tribal villages.
The organization is being funded for its
activities by a group of individuals as well as ASHA for Education
& Association for India's Development (AID).
Major Components of the Pogramme
• Education Centre
The total number of children to be covered
through the education center is 200-250 teaching them Assamese,
Hindi, English etc. The centre would also organize sessions/
group discussions with the community/ parents on issues like
eradication of child labour, literacy and the right of every
child to go to school.
• Health Care Facilities
The project would have quarterly health check
up for all the children including even those who are not studying
in the centre. It would also cater to the womenfolk of the
nearby slums and give them preventive, curative and referral
services.
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A routine health check up camp in progress |
Major Objectives of the Project
• Ensure basic quality education to
the disadvantaged children up till class I-VII
• To promote health status of the children and women
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