PROJECT PHOENIX LAUNCHED

 

PROJECT PHOENIX LAUNCHED

Come what may, education should not stop. This is the philosophy by which The Society for Door Step Schools (Door Step School/DSS), Pune has been planning all its projects and programs over the last 30+ years. The Covid-19 pandemic hit us and nothing remained the way it was. Each of us was directly affected by this. The most adverse impact was on young school-going children; the closure of schools led to complete loss of learning, especially for the underprivileged first generation learners who are our focus group.

To address the problem of learning loss on a war footing, Door Step School, Pune launched Project Phoenix on 25^th October 2021. The idea is to work in communities, in small groups -- following all Covid protocols -- to equip young children with basic reading, writing and numeracy skills before schools reopen in June 2022.

As a buildup to Project Phoenix, one team surveyed 6863 houses from 223 communities and identified 1934 children in the age group of 6 years to 12 years who were unable to read age appropriate text fluently. The children identified were administered the Reading Ability Test to gauge their learning levels. The other teams are in the process of surveying other communities across PMC, PCMC and Pune Rural.

On 25^th October 2021, 45 classes were launched impacting 615 children directly. All the identified children and more will be covered to achieve foundational literacy and numeracy skills by April 2022. This will be achieved by imparting the 120 hours engagement in online as well as offline modes.

HELP US REACH AS MANY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE IN MAHARASHTRA

Project PHOENIX:

GOAL: Lifelong Literacy And Numeracy for Every Child

TOTAL HOURS OF ENGAGEMENT: 120 hours PER CHILD

LANGUAGE: Marathi or Hindi

SCRIPT: Devanagri

SPONSORSHIP PER CHILD: INR 1500/- ($20)

IMPACT REPORT: Will be provided with learning outcomes per child at the end of 120 hours intervention

CONTACT DETAILS

Call: +91 7028014202                                                 Write to: pune@doorstepschool.org

Reading Activity at Nandur School

 On 9th October 2021, a loud reading activity was taken for children of sugarcane field workers from Nandur, Dound. The children gave their best according to their reading ability and were appreciated with claps as well as sweets given by Rohini Tai. For this program, DSS team first went to Nandur school. The school team felicitated DSS team members and requested them to start online classes for students lagging behind. The program went very well.

Our Student Prashik Won Bronze in a State-level Karate Competition

 Prashik Sudhakar Sarkate our student from the Parents' Participation in Children's Education (PPCE) Project, won a bronze medal in the state-level Karate competition organized by the Baramati Karate Association. Prashik's father works in the Khadi Machine Vasti in Charoli. Congratulations to Prashik and best wishes for his future.

In collaboration with Vichardhara Foundation, Nandurbar, we have started taking online classes for children in Adivasi Pada.

 The Society for Door Step Schools Pune, under their Nurturing and Networking program, has started online classes for students lagging behind in academics, from Adivasi Pada, Padalda Khurd, Taluka Shahada, district Nandurbar. This initiative has been taken up in collaboration with Vichardhara Foundation, Nandurbar. A youngster named Dinesh, staying in the same village has come forward to take the classes. He is 12th pass and works as a laborer. During his lunch break from 12 noon to 2 pm, he quickly has lunch and helps take classes between 12.30 and 1.30. Vichardhara Foundation has been provided with two computers out of which one is given for the classes in this village. For running these classes, Dinesh is taking great efforts. The chief of Vichardhara Foundation, Mr. Tatyaji Pawar is working for informing parents about the importance of these classes and urging them to send their children there. We appreciate Dinesh's dedication in conducting the classes and are very thankful to Mr. Pawar for his help.

Drawing and Coloring Activity for DSS Students

 Under the Grow With Books initiative by The Society for Door Step School, during the classes and in the home lending program, a drawing-coloring activity was conducted for children. Students from 5th to 8th grade drew and colored their pictures. Some of them drew pictures of corona. Kids from 1st to 4th grade were given printed pictures of corn, a flower vase, grapes, and Shri Krishna, for coloring. All the students participated with enthusiasm and their drawing and coloring were really good.

Our Student Vaishnavi Bansode's Speech Appreciated by Seena News

 Our student Vaishnavi Bansode took part in a digital speech competition organized on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. For this competition, participants had to send their speech videos to Seema News. From the several videos by different participants, Vaishnavi's speech video was selected as one of the best ones and Seena News has posted it on Youtube. Vaishnavi is from Hadapsar CLC. She is studying in grade 7 in Mahadji Shinde Primary School (Marathi medium). We are proud of her achievement. For her speech, visit: https://youtu.be/sSuPAZis-kM

Teachers' Day at PCMC School, Punavale⁩

On 29th September, 2021, Teachers' Day was celebrated at the PCMC School, Punavale in the afternoon session. 12 teachers attended this event.

On this occasion, we first thanked the teachers for helping us and said that we would appreciate if they continue supporting us. Then we discussed points like enrolling kids in school, letting us know if the parents do not respond and joining us for site visits.

On this the teachers said that they put their best effort in helping us but sometimes due to certain technical difficulties, they are unable to help, which we should understand.

The school team appreciated our work and felicitated our team members Nanda Bhagat and Supriya Chorghe.

Teachers Day at Municipality School, Borade Wadi

On 28th September, at the Municipality School Borade Wadi, Teachers' Day was celebrated under Parents' Participation in Children's Education (PPCE). For this, 13 teachers and 4 DSS staff members were present.

At this event, we told everyone about our work. All the teachers appreciated our work. There was a discussion with the purpose of strengthening our bond with the teachers and so that out-of-school children get good support from school.