Education for 1000 slum children in Goa

Dear esteemed Friends,

This has been the crucial phase of the project as the COVID situation has improved and economic activities are coming back to normal. However, the third wave has not been ruled out, yet. taking into consideration all these presumptions and uncertainties, El Shaddai  has resumed with all safety measures and strategies to meet the educational requirements and safety of all children living in the streets and slums of Goa. 

The Slum Education has not stopped even during COVID-19. El Shaddai still continues to educate children in the slums where the children have no access to primary education, food or shelter. Every child has a desire to become something but due to the condition of the family the parents are not able to support the children with primary education. Not many families are able to send their children to school. The outreach workers from the shelters visit a number of  slums in Goa everyday and conduct classes for the children.

Currently El Shaddai is running 21 Slum schools in Goa namely Margao – 6 schools with 161 children, Calangute–8 schools with 177 children and in Panjim–7 schools with 144 children. The total numbers of children attending the slum schools are 482. Some children are also enrolled in Formal Schools for further education and are provided with school facilities like uniform, school shoes, books, stationary, etc.

The children in the slums are taught alphabets, numbers with play cards, rhymes and moral stories in an activity based learning where the children find it easier to understand and special attention is given to children who are slow learners, besides slum schooling they also distribute monthly ration and hygiene kits cooked meals daily for the students with their families in slums. The outreach workers also conduct Awareness Programs for slum children and their parents, Health Checkups, Dental Checkup and Vaccination programs for the safety of the people. The children are happy to attend classes every day in the slums as they are also provided with meals every day.

We will always show our appreciation to you and hope you will continue to support us to empower these little children through quality education. We also need your voice by introducing and sharing our projects with potential and latent donors to continue us. Thank you for always supporting the good cause and May the good Lord bless you all.

With best regards,

El Shaddai Charitable Trust