EDUCATION
The condition of marginalized children is worrisome as they don’t even have access to basic needs like stationery, notebooks etc. that can at least boost their morale towards education. Despite having capabilities, living in adverse conditions lowers their sense of belonging and hence lack or interest in education. They are not able to sustain in a school for a longer period of time because of the non availability of basic pre-requisites. Lack of skilled teachers and basic infrastructure is other cause of concern which hinders the growth of poor children.
Identifying the problem areas that hinder the growth of these children in terms of education and well-being and extending support even in small way can make a great difference to their lives. Learning Space foundation is focused to help the needy students and schools where there is a lack of basic resources. Working towards providing a better learning environment for children in whichever way possible is something we try to do with support from our donors.
OBJECTIVES
- Reduction in school drop-outs due to lack of basic requisites like notebooks, stationery etc.
- Sponsor Vidya Volunteers where Student Teacher ratio is huge
- Organize extra-curricular activities for overall development of children
- Support schools with basic infrastructure
- Conduct capacity building workshops for teachers and staff of schools and shelter homes
Projects
STEM Project Implementation
The best way to make children learn is to make learning fun. And all students deserve equal access to high quality education.
Academic Support
Education is not a privilege. Education is a basic human right. Education can secure a child’s future while transforming their community.
Village Learning Spaces
Digital deprivation in challenging times of Covid 19 increased the learning gap between haves and have nots. Village Learning Spaces is an attempt to bridge this gap.
Co & Extra-curricular activities
Education along with co-curricular and extra-curricular activities goes a long way in building a holistic personality of a student by expanding their interests and building leadership skills.
Capacity Building Workshops for Teachers
Effective teachers are constantly learning. Capacity building workshops help them bring out their best and inspire them to take things from a fresh perspective.
Community Service projects by Student Volunteers
We rise by lifting others. These projects help students to see themselves as members of community, learn about their responsibility to the world and create a sense of self-worth.
STEM Project Implementation
UWH Signature Program for Rainbow Homes
This collaborative project by United Way of Hyderabad, Bodhaguru and Learning Space helped around 1200 children belonging to 16 Rainbow Homes and SnehaGhars become proficient in Math and Science skills at their level best, and become equally competent with other children going to private schools in academic years 2014-16.Learning Space was the training and implementation partner for this project and took care of teacher training, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of project activities.
Aqriti project in Nampally and Khairatabad mandals
This collaborative project by United Way of Hyderabad, Bodhaguru and Learning Space aimed at strengthening Maths and Science concept, extend exposure through science labs, science and math fairs and filed trips, provide career guidance, develop leadership skills, reward excellence and increase community ownership by strengthening the School Management Committees.Learning Space was the training and implementation partner for this project and took care of teacher training, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in 2017-18.
Academic Support
Journey of education starts with a pencil and a notebook and strengthens with infrastructure and optimum Teacher-to-Student Ratio. We adopt government schools and provide basic facilities like drinking water, sports equipment, lab equipment, teaching/learning material, school building infrastructure, additional teachers, uniforms or books to the students. Our team surveys schools to understand their requirements and fulfils them in the order of their priority and the donations received. Donors can sponsor entire project or donations can be pooled with other donations to fund the project. Projects are implemented in the name of donor.
We also support education of needy students by paying their school/college fee, buying books, school bags, uniforms or any other basic necessities. With the support from our donors, we supported 12 poor students with their fee payment worth Rs 1,70,000 so far.
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Village Learning Spaces
Village Learning Spaces are started to bridge the learning gap due to digital deprivation in extraordinarily challenging times of Covid 19. Due to the ongoing pandemic, many children are missing schools. Though online classes are happening, not every child is able to afford this. Especially in rural and tribal areas, there is a huge gap. So, to make sure children refresh their knowledge as well as learn basic literacy and numeracy skills, they need to spend at least a couple of hours in learning. With this aim and with help from Aalambana Foundation and Around29 Digital Media Solutions, we launched Village Learning Spaces at two villages – Kondapuram and Taniperthy in Mulugu district on 11 Nov, 2020. It was a 3-month program to help 75 students with basic literacy and numeracy skills. We provided text books, note books and other stationery and appointed teachers to help children. The classes were conducted with limited number of children by following the social distancing guidelines.
Co & Extra Curricular Activities
We organize co and extracurricular activities for the students to promote positive self-concept and sense of achievement in them.
- We conducted mandal-level elocution competitions to students of high schools in Nampally and Khairatabad mandals in Hyderabad in Jan 2018. About 750 students of 24 high schools of these mandals participated in the competition.
- We conducted a drawing competition on National Girl Child Day in Jan 2019 at 5 government primary and high schools. 300 children participated in the competition.
- We support sports events of a few schools on special days such as Independence Day, Republic Day, School annual day etc.
Capacity Building Workshops for Teachers
Teachers have one of the most demanding vocations in the world and in order to fulfill their important roles with excellence, they need training, motivation as well as regular mental and emotional rejuvenation. We conduct workshops, organize training and building capacities of local communities, school management committees, teachers and Anganwadi workers (pre-primary government educators). Our Capacity Building workshops are created to bring out the best in the teachers, help them scale their impact and inspire them to take things from a fresh perspective. These workshops enhance the efficacy of teachers for improving the quality of teaching. SWOT analysis, lesson planning for active learning, effective classroom management, presentation skills, digital literacy, technology aided education, lifelong learning, inclusion, empathy etc. are some of the important topics covered. We design these workshops based on the requirement of specific institutions and provide customized sessions. So far we trained about 400 teachers from government schools of Nampally and Khairatabad mandals, Rainbow Homes and Snehghars, and a few Anganwadis in Hyderabad.
Community service projects by volunteers
To increase one’s awareness and understanding of another’s situation, community service projects are taken up. Connecting students of corporate schools with the orphanages did miracles and it was a great learning experience for all of them. Below are a few projects taken up by student volunteers during their summer breaks.
- Teaching Math, Science and English to 30 girls of classes 5 to 10 from Balatejassu Rainbow Home, Secunderabad.
- Organizing a musical fundraising event to support an orphanage
- Teaching Piano to15 high school girls from Amanvedika Rainbow Home in Musheerabad.
- Teaching self-defense to 25 girls from Balatejassu Rainbow Home, Secunderabad