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Teach
India project
The Times of India started
a project called Teach and since October 2008, SIDART cooperates with
this project. Teach India is a project which has the intention to bring
together local NGOs and volunteers which want to help underprivileged
children. The aim of the project is to establish a platform of
volunteers who are willing to teach children a few hours a week
(non-formal primary education). The duration of the initiative is a
minimum of 3 months but it can be extended if the NGO and the volunteers
are willing to.
By means of advertisements, the Times of India managed to find
a lot of volunteers who are willing to teach the children. The
orientation session for volunteers took place on 25th and 26th July 2009
in the office of the Times of India in Jaipur. SIDART has now set up
five Learning Centers within Jaipur which provide lessons to the
children. The teachers are not really teachers; they are ‘normal people’
who would like to spent time to help underprivileged children. The
people are doctors, housewives, students; a very divers group of people.
Learning
centers are all located in different locations, reaching different kind
of children. Some of the Learning Centers aim at reaching children from
low-paid families such as servants. These children attend governmental
schools but since the quality of these schools is very poor, the
educational level of the children is low. Other centers are located in
the slum of Jawahar Nagar and Kachchi Basti. The children who attend
these centers do not receive any education and are living in very bad
conditions. For them, the Learning Centers serves as the place where
they receive any knowledge and information.
If you would like to
cooperate with this project or would like to have more information,
please feel free to contact us!
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