Creche and Day Care Centres

🌟 Health Camp for Children & Parents at Construction Sites: Awareness on Health, Nutrition, and Immunization 🌟

Door Step School Foundation, Pune, in partnership with Azim Premji Foundation, has been working for the health and nutrition of children at construction sites, brick kilns, and sugarcane factories through its “Creche and Day Care Centres.”

On February 14th and 15th, 2025, health camps were conducted at two construction sites in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area by a dedicated team of doctors and nurses from the Department of Paediatrics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital, and Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune.

👩‍⚕️ Medical Checkups & Key Interventions: ✔ Parents were advised on proper nutrition, including home-cooked meals, fruits, dairy, and essential supplements. ✔ 98 children and 67 parents received medical checkups across both days. ✔ Children with acute health issues were identified, and parents were guided on necessary treatments. ✔ Common ailments like cold, fever, and cough were addressed with prescribed medications. ✔ Special awareness sessions were conducted on thyroid, cervical cancer, and adolescent health for girls aged 9-15 years. ✔ Special cases like thyroid disorders and past medical conditions were addressed with appropriate recommendations.

🏗 Community & Stakeholder Support: ✅ Builders facilitated logistics, ensuring parents were given time to attend. ✅ DSS staff, teachers, and supervisors motivated the parents to attend.

Our sincere thanks to Dr. Shailaja Mane and her dedicated team of doctors and nurses from the Department of Paediatrics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital, and Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune, for their time and efforts in conducting this camp. Their commitment to children's health and parental awareness is truly commendable. 🙏

Together, we continue our journey towards healthier communities and empowered families! 🌱✨

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DSSF Founder Prof Rajani Paranjpe received the award

 

The Early Childhood Association (ECA) and Association for Preparatory Education and Research (APER) were formed with the goal- ‘Let Childhood Be the Right of Every Child, Everywhere’. It is a non-profit Association, with members pan-India, including preschools, teachers, educators, institutes, NGOs, and corporates.

Keeping in mind Door Step School Foundation’s unstinting efforts towards preparatory years education and quality, Door Step School Foundation (DSSF) was unanimously selected by the National and Core Committee of Association for Preparatory Education and Research (APER) for Most Committed NGO Working for Preparatory Years Award.

DSSF Founder Prof Rajani Paranjpe received the award at the ceremony held on 15th of February 2025 at Lodha Oakwood School, Wadala, Mumbai.

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Weekly Reading Circle - 15

In this week's Weekly Reading Circle at Door Step School Foundation, we read and engage with the paper "Emergent Literacy (अंकुरित साक्षरता)" by  Shuchi Sinha, Akhila Pydah and Shailaja Menon. 

This Practitioner Brief is part of a series brought out by the Early Literacy Initiative anchored by the Azim Premji School of Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. 

The discussion following the article reading focused on key questions and ideas, including:

1. What is emergent literacy, and how does it differ from other literacy approaches?

2. How can different perspectives on emergent literacy support children's learning processes?

3. How do structured teaching methods sometimes hinder children's learning, and how does emergent literacy, which allows children to learn through their own experiences, provide a more effective alternative?

4. How can we better understand children's learning processes and design tools and structures that align with their natural development?

https://anuvadasampada.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/2635/