Helping children from less privileged communities through project Vivek Vidya of Deepak Foundation
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1000
Books Goal -
316
Books Received -
0
Days to go
Know more about us
Who we are
Deepak Foundation first began in 1982, Deepak Foundation conceptualized a unique Project Vivek Vidya, a Mobile Education Service that caters to less privileged communities with limited access to quality reading materials in rural, tribal, and urban communities. It is designed not only to ensure exposure to quality reading materials through library-support but also to develop children’s reading levels and other learning competencies that are crucial for success in academics across language and mathematics. The focus of the program is to build competencies that support children so that they do not drop out of school. Project Vivek Vidya, thus aims to equip children with the necessary competencies to read and write with understanding, think critically and creatively and develop social and emotional competencies and listen and speak with confidence. The project was piloted in 12 communities of Nandesari area of Baroda district from Gujarat.
Our work and its impact
Key Interventions of Deepak Foundation
• Enroll 6-14-year-old children with support from parents to participate in the program,
• Provide learning material at doorsteps through Mobile vehicle,
• Organize learning sessions on languages through storytelling, reading, and creative ways of narrating stories, math, and other relevant activities to develop various competencies,
• Create opportunities for children to showcase their talents during special events and festivals,
• Plan and conduct remedial sessions to support children to improve their reading (local language and English), writing, and arithmetic competencies,
• Organize awareness campaigns on select themes or topics on child education and development using a variety of tools and methods like street plays, folk theatre shows, etc,
• Engage parents in participative group learning exercises,
• Involve school teachers and govt. officials in planning activities that complement learning and assists in comprehensive learning outcomes,
• Monitor lending and borrowing services of books twice a month(every 15-days),
• Conduct regular home visits to counsel children/ parents
How we will utilise these books
We have been using Pratham Books for the last three years, which helped us improve the reading skill of our children. Currently, we look forward to adding books to our existing library. With an aim to encourage and inculcate the habit of reading among rural children, we plan to equip these villages with libraries. The funds will be utilized to procure books for our Project Vivek Vidya program.
Supporters
| Anonymous | ₹10,000 |
| Anonymous | ₹206 |
| Anonymous | ₹500 |
| Anonymous | ₹100 |
| Akhil . | ₹5,000 |
| Name | Donate Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Cipla-DAB JoC Campaign | ₹10,000 | March 15, 2021 |
| Vaishali Sethi | ₹206 | February 24, 2021 |
| Suchi Bhatt | ₹500 | February 22, 2021 |
| Trupti Shetty | ₹100 | February 22, 2021 |
| Akhil . | ₹5,000 | February 22, 2021 |