Republic Day Celebration at Anuraj Sugar Factory, Yavat

 Republic Day 2022 was celebrated with great enthusiasm at our various centers, with different activities being conducted for the children. Here is a short account of the 26th January event at Yavat. At our classes at Anuraj Sugar Factory, Yavat, a reading program was conducted for our students on the occasion of Republic Day. This was conducted under the Networking and Nurturing Program for the children of those working on the sugarcane fields. It was great to see the kids' progress with reading skills and their confidence in reading on stage. Kudos to our students who take interest in learning and the volunteers and teachers who groom them.

Our Student Prabhu Chaldwadi Excelled at Boxing

Sports are a huge part of education. Prabhu Chalwadi who stays at Ambedakar Vasti, Dattawadi, Pune, is studying at our Dattawadi CLC in grade 5.

In the district level boxing tournaments held on 14th and 15th December 2021, Prabhu Chalwadi had taken part. He defeated Ishan Mahadik in boxing, and won the gold medal. Now, Prabhu is playing for the Cadet Group.

We are proud of this achievement of Prabhu Chalwadi and wish him all the best for his future tournaments.

Balika Din and Savitribai Phule Birth Anniversary Celebration

 January 3 marks the birth anniversary of the Indian educationalist and social reformer, Savitribai Phule. This day is also celebrated as Balika Din On the occasion of this important day, some activities were conducted at different centers of DSS. At Bhimshakti, Nagar, girls came dressed as Savitribai. At Fulenagar, girls came dressed up in sarees and gave information about Savitribai Phule. At Dhanori class, a program was organized in which girls enacted the words of Savitribai. The purpose of all these activities was to introduce our students to the inspiring life and work of Savitribai Phule.

Corporator Mr. Anand Rithe Meets Our Students

Children in the Dattawadi CLC Youth Group of The Society for Door Step School, got the opportunity to interact with Dattawadi Corporator Mr. Anand Rithe.

The children expressed their demands to him. He assured he would help them in all the ways he can, through projects that can be taken uo in his ward. He also said that he will provide all the help that is possible, to address all the difficulties the children may be facing.

The corporator had visited our centre earlier as well and he has always be cooperative and supported us as and when required.

Training for Parents for Teaching Children Effectively

 On 12th December, at the temporary and permanent settlements at the construction site of Moshi, 14 parents were trained on how to teach the alphabet to children. 12 parents and 2 children were present for this training. This activity was organized under the Parents' Participation in Children's Education (PPCE) program of DSS. The purpose of the training was to empower parents to teach children in an effective way. Parents liked this training program and took part in this with great enthusiasm and sincerity. They said that the training would help them teach their children in a better way. The training was conducted by Ms. Jyoti Kahar and Ms. Ranjita Padalkar of the Door Step School's Parivartan Training Centre. After this training, in the evening, Santosh Ade, a parent, experimented with teaching some kids in the neighborhood. We as a team are really happy that we are being able to promote education to not just children of the marginalized groups, but also their parents.

New Books in our Library

 Mr. Sagar Shende and his friends have provided books for the library for children who have learned to read. We have received 60 books which include famous storybooks like Hitopadesha, Panchatantra, among other moral storybooks as also some puzzle books and science experiment books. Children at Matrucchaya have completed their reading lessons and are able to read with fluency. These children are being trained under the Networking and Nurturing Program.

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