| EARLY EDUCATION Though the children of India have gained the constitutional right to education, pre-schoolers are still to be included in the free education programme. Experience shows that slum toddlers do not lead a privileged life in the arms of caring parents. They are often left to their own device and even used as child labour.Some are physically abused, tied to charpoys while their mothers go to work. Others are left to uncaring elders and learn aggressive behaviour and bad language. By the time they reach school, they are unsocial difficult children who find it extremely difficult to adjust to a set pattern and routine. Our early intervention programme is above all aimed at giving toddlers and pre-schoolers the right to babyhood in a safe environment. Access to toys, games and other stimulating activities enable the child to develop required skills. Social skills have to be learnt at an early stage. Our early intervention programme lays emphasis on teaching toddlers how to play together, share and take the first step towards living together. Govindpuri creche Our flagship early education outreach is perhaps our most up market activity. Though it is housed today in its own premisses on the first floor of our building and boasts of its own bathroom,it began like everything else in project why, in a tiny veranda with a handful of kids and went through its pig park and under the tent days. However today its a well run project, divided into three sections. Emphasis is laid on developing the child's creative side and on proving that learning can be fun! It is also a place where one can see a greater cross section of society from the poorest of the poor to second and third generation learners. For more information Click HERE
The Prep Class As soon as the children are 3+ and have s pent some time in our creche, they move to our prep class where they learn pre-school skills in order to prepare them for admission in regular school. Every year over 20 children get admitted to regular school.For more information Click HERE
Foster care programme This was by far our more ambitious programme. We are at present running a trial version for one year. It will then dovetail into Planet Why. It aims at giving children from extremely deprived homes
a chance at better future, and a home to those who never had one or who may lose it once their parents pass on. At present we have three young adults with disabilities living there
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