Project

Description

Shiksha Na Rue

After a gap of two years, schools have reopened. Watching children go back to school, meet their friends, share lunch and play together has been a moment to rejoice. But this is just one side of the fence. The pandemic affected every child, but some suffered more than others. Children from socio-economically weaker sections, tribal belts, remote rural areas and urban slums, became the worst sufferers. When the schools were shut, only about 28% of children living in rural areas and slums had access to digital learning. Education came to a halt for lakhs of children, who had already been struggling in the pre-pandemic world. Smile Foundation, through its ‘Shiksha Na Ruke’ initiative, has been helping children from difficult circumstances get back to school and restart their lives positively, and with hope. At present, we are directly providing education to over 100,000 children in 23 states of India. Despite all the odds, these young champions have not given up and continue to dream and work hard. With your support, we can fuel their dreams with accessible and quality education. Join hands with us to ensure a happy and safe childhood for all! Key Interventions Under Shiksha Na Ruke: 1. Primary and Secondary education for children. 2. Regular health check-ups & nutrition support. 3. Training and capacity building of teachers 4. Music, sports, life skills education to promote socio-emotional well being 5. Infrastructure development, STEM learning programmes with government schools 6. Digital literacy and learning access to rural & tribal children

MISSION EDUCATION - EVERY CHILD IN SCHOOL

Smile Foundation’s ECiS project not only focuses on brick and mortar, but also focuses on educating children as they are the building blocks of the nation by following a four-pronged approach to ensures equitable access to education. 1. Child centric 2. Teacher centric 3. Enabling learning environment 4. Community connect Smile Foundation strives for sustainability by following a two-fold approach- Social Venture Philanthropy and Outreach to address the Sustainable Development Goal 4 for Improving the Quality of Education among the disadvantaged population and empowering grassroots organizations. It is crucial to ensure quality education, equity, and inclusion in the education system as it represents key elements of the vision for SDG 4 and measuring progress to 2030. Smile Foundation has been running Every Child in School (ECiS) project, an initiative to ensure equitable access to quality education for underserved communities under its flagship program called Mission Education. It is a scalable intervention replicated in underserved and unreached communities in India through its pool of grassroots NGO implementing partners. These partners are in dire need of funding for providing continued education support to the children and ensuring their sustainability through capacity building for building their mind-set as well as skill set in fundraising. In order to enable, Smile Foundation is supporting and handholding 43 local NGO partners to maximize the impact on ground. In collaboration with Project supporting partners, Smile Foundation provides matching grant to NGO partners to sustain their efforts of making education available on a systematic and uninterrupted basis especially in remote areas.