Educating 400 Children in 8 Slums in Delhi/Gurgaon

Eleven-year-old Adil is a resident of Hoti Camp, primarily a locality in Southwest Delhi of migrant laborers and marginalized communities who came to Delhi for better subsistence. Adil’s family includes four siblings: his laborer father, a charwoman mother, and invalid grandparents. The family originally hails from Gannour in Uttar Pradesh. Adil was a regular school-going boy before lockdown. He used to attend the government primary school in his locality. He dropped out of school, like many other unfortunate kids of India during lockdown, owing to insufficient resources for online education. During this time, his father, the family's sole breadwinner, lost his regular permanent job at a welding factory and had to take recourse to daily wage-earning labor jobs to sustain his family. Education was a farfetched thing for the children.

Adil wants to study and become a respectable service holder with a good job, which will incur a good salary. He does not want to become a laborer like his father and elder brother. He and his family were worried about him dropping out of School. During this time, the Education On Wheels (EOW) bus of Sukarya started going to Hoti camp as a new location. Teachers of EOW, while conducting surveys on marginalized populations in the area to locate their potential students, interacted with Adil’s family. Adil was immediately enrolled for the session of 2023-2024 for the remedial classes. The entire family was pleased as now Adil can study regularly. He is very interested in getting educated and attends all the courses on the EOW bus regularly with the utmost attention. Adil is thankful to EOW for giving him a second chance to study and open new horizons. 

Activities planned and achieved for this Quarter at a glance: -

Classes on Non-formal education - 188

Classes on remedial education - 188

Enrollment of students  - 450

Monthly Parents Teacher Meeting - 24

Awareness generation on WASH component - 24

Computer Classes - 24

Best Practices during this quarter: -

• Exploring new locations based on community surveys, situational analysis, community needs assessments, and fundamental developmental indicators.
• Enrollment of new students from both dropout and non-formal backgrounds. 
• Rigorous following of WASH components in the class
• Celebrated Holi in this quarter, ascertaining all-inclusivity.

Plan for Next Quarter: -

• Capacity building of the all-EOW team.
• Follow-up & coordination with students.
• Complete Registration for OBE.
• Strengthening of Home visits and follow-up mechanism.
• Regular follow-up with EOW students.
• Celebration of International Plastic Bag Ban Day, Yoga Day, Environment Day, and Independence Day.

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• facebook page of Sukarya
• LinkedIn Page of Sukarya
• Twitter Handle of Sukarya