Child Protection India Project #49950

Education for 1000 slum children in Goa

by El Shaddai Charitable Trust

Project Report | Jan 19, 2023
Education, a battle towards poverty

By Julia Matthew | Managing Director

Slum school

Dear Friend,

El Shaddai aims to use education as a weapon to break through the cycle of poverty, creating opportunities for income, growth and sustainable development. Access to education and learning is nonexistent in any slum. Poor parents don't have enough resources to send their children to school and end up doing domestic chores or getting into rag-picking and other anti-social activities.

Our goal is to improve access and quality of education for children through enrollment of deprived children in schools and regular attendance, sponsoring their school fees, and providing uniforms, shoes, school supplies and educational materials. At present El, Shaddai is educating 500+ children in 2 districts and 5 major cities of Goa by running slum schools. Roopam, 12, lives with her parents and three siblings in the slums of Vasco. Her father is handicapped and her mother is a housemaid. Many years back, her family migrated from Karnataka to Goa in search of livelihood. She used to go to the village school to study, but after migration, she had to leave the school. She was always looking for an opportunity to study but could continue due to her family’s situation.

She was kept back to look after her younger siblings. The mother is the sole earner of the family and it was difficult for her to meet the needs of the 6 members and pay rent. She had no help from anyone. Besides being unaware of the importance of education, her parents didn't have any supporting documents necessary for her formal schooling either. So, Roopam always remained sad. One day our outreach worker happened to meet this girl and also convinced her parents how important education is. Then outreach workers started a slum school in the area where Roopam was staying so altogether we had 50 children who were attending the slum schooling in that area. These children were taught how to read and write and, we were preparing to enrol them in formal schools and we managed to do so. After school, these children come to our centre to attend tuition classes and even hot meals are served to them. Roopam not only got enrolled in the program but excelled in academics as well as in Art and dance.

This is one story of a girl who got the opportunity to start her schooling back, the same way we have so many stories to share. Our slum school teachers are working to help these children to continue their education whatever may be their situation. Roopam's parents are thankful for the Slum School Education program and vouch for this program to be a blessing in disguise for urban slum kids.

learning skills in English and Maths

Links:

https://childrescue.net/

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Sep 22, 2022
Education a must to every child

By Julia Matthew | Managing Director

Education key to success

We are truly grateful to all our donors, sponsors and supporters who remain committed to supporting us through this difficult times. We are happy to present the report on Education for 1000 slum children in Goa.

Achievement and motivation is really an important element of aspiration, efforts, and determination. “Education” is playing a vital role in our day to day life, which implies each child should have right to learn and achieve their successful future and for this El Shaddai Charitable Trust has stepped forward with several shelters, outreach staff workers, community centres where the children have no access to education, food or shelter.

“Education is all about widening our knowledge and absorbing the truth about life," taking this into consideration El Shaddai Charitable Trust managed to conduct slum schools in Goa and provided education for more than 1000 children. Currently, El Shaddai is running 24 Slum schools in Goa namely in Vasco, Margao, Calangute and Panjim. Children visit our shelters also where each child is brought up to read and write where they are lacking the learning confidence.

Some children are also enrolled in Formal Schools for further education. We firmly believe the main agenda for the children should be “goal orientated” rather than “certificate oriented” and providing them with school facilities like uniforms, school shoes, books, stationary, ration kit etc.

The children in the slums are taught numbers, letters, alphabets, yoga class and extra co-curricular activities. Outreach workers also distribute monthly ration, hygiene kits and cooked meals daily for the students with their families in slums. The outreach workers also conduct awareness programs for slum children and their families. Recently we organised a campaign where people from slums and children were vaccinated.

We will always show our appreciation to you and hope you will continue to support us to empower these little children through quality education. Thank you for always supporting the good cause and may the good Lord bless you all.

With best regards,

El Shaddai Charitable Trust

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Jun 6, 2022
Help a Journey from Childhood to Livelihood

By Julia Matthew | Managing Director

Dear Friends,

Greetings and good wishes to you from El Shaddai Charitable Trust,

Thank you very much for your kind and generous support to the children with us through this project for the last 2 years.

The great journey to end poverty for good begins with a child. Education truly is the key. Basic skills and self-esteem creates better future by tackling poverty in communities. Educate to fight poverty. Education is the first step to be given to children as the power to choose the way of life they want to lead. In El Shaddai, we understand that education gives us knowledge of the world around us and changes it into something better. It develops in us a perspective of looking at life. It helps children to build opinions and have points of view on things in life.

Access to education and learning is non-existent in any slum. There are estimated to be more than 18 million street children in India. Poor parents don't have enough resources to send their children to school and they end up doing domestic chores or get into rag-picking and other anti-social activities. Children deserve the right to an education regardless of their families' financial status, which is why we have set up a project to help raise funds for indigent child education in Goa.

At least 600 children are benefiting through this project in various slum schools conducted by our three day care centers. We are continuously providing mid day meals, education material and uniforms to the children. This project is benefitting the children from remote slums where no educational facilities are available.

All our staff members including academic and vocational trainers are skillfully teaching in both academic, vocational skills and life skills.

We humbly request you to kindly support again to this project to continue to operate schools and after school learning centers. Help us keep education alive, especially for children who cannot afford to pay for it.

Sincerely with gratitude

El Shaddai Charitable Trust

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