Saksham Foundation

EDUCATION:

Education is the core to Saksham Foundation’s effort to supporting the community. Saksham Foundation believes that the Education is the platform for the youth of the country to expand socioeconomic mobility and gain employment in the country's high-tech economy. The country's large pool of highly educated and skilled individual’s further aid in expanding the economic growth of the nation Succeeding in life is not merely about intellect, it is also about emotional stability, values, attitudes, and social skills. As we face an uncertain and complex world, abilities such as communicating and cooperating with others, values and attitudes which enable us to operate in a multicultural world, higher-order thinking skills, as well as basic and advanced knowledge in various fields. Many educators, even in countries where schooling has mainly focused on developing the intellectual aspects of the child, are now turning to schools to take on a wider role in developing the whole child or focus on holistic development of children. While working towards the weaker, neglected section of the society, especially the Children, Saksham Foundation works through Whole Child or holistic development approach.

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT:

Growth of a child is directly proportionate to the strength of mother. Mothers of young children especially from low income areas like slums and tribal regions in India are often subjected to situations of social and economic hardship characterized by Low socio-economic status —low levels of literacy, educational attainment and training, and limited job skills. These socially and economically adverse circumstances experienced by mothers reflect a lack of their empowerment. In turn, these situations have a direct impact on mothers’ capacity to care adequately for their young children, and on their ability to place their children in quality, centre-based care. Saksham Foundation works towards empowering women by building their skills to earn income; promoting access and opportunities for women, building their confidence and encouraging to have more influence of decisions that affect their lives. These are done through training programmes for developing skill such as garment making, stitching, tailoring, fashion designing, Beauty and Parlor. Saksham Foundation run regular batches for women and girls on these courses. Saksham Foundation also imparts basic education to illiterate women and girls, helping them to become literate and undertake informed decision making for themselves and their children.

WORKSHOPS AND SESSIONS:

The centre holds classes for children in engaging and interactive manner, capacitating them for mainstream school. The centre also holds sessions on crucial topics conducted by teachers and staff of Saksham Foundation, experts from outside, celebrities etc. engaging and orienting children. Saksham Foundation works to prevent cases of child sexual abuse. The workshop aimed at sensitizing children to child abuse and orienting them to respond rightly. Saksham Foundation believes that it is important that children are kept abreast of current situation and capacitated accordingly. The training and workshops are therefore required to be undertaken through mediums that resonates best resonates with their age and understanding. One such workshop for increasing awareness about Child sexual abuse was held by Sksham Foundation. The program was organized by Saksham Foundation’s teachers and volunteers, aimed at educating Young children were educated on ‘right touch. There were 30 children who participated in this program including older students who were given detailed orientation on the topic.

TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING:

According to UNESCO, “Youth” is best understood as a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood’s independence and awareness of our interdependence as members of a community. India has the largest youth population in the world. Capacitating and training of youth is extremely crucial for the development of the economy as a whole. Training of youth in vocational skills is processes that enables and mobilizes a large number of people in India to take up outcome based skill training and become employable and earn their livelihood. Vocational education helps youth to acquire practical experience and learn modern methods of diverse vocations. Students become more aware of their skills and choose their careers wisely. It prepares students to take up highly rewarding jobs and help them become independent at young age. Saksham Foundation imparts free vocational training courses to students, enabling them to pursue careers which would help them earn and become independent. The courses run by Saksham Foundation have been selected and designed befitting the need of the industry.

HEALTH:

Health is the state of complete physical, mental and social well being, that allows an individual to flourish and realize his/her own potential. To ensure students are in good health, health checkup camps are conducted at regular intervals for the students of Saksham Foundation and their mothers. Various awareness generation sessions are also conducted. The camp organized by Saksham Foundation attended to 40 persons as part of general health check up camp. General health checkup camp was organized by Saksham Foundation for the men, women & children.

TRIBAL COMMUNITY:

Education, respect and healthy living is a dynamic process of development that is not just needed by the urban society but also by people from rural areas. Tribal Communities deserve as much as any other community. Saksham Foundation works towards uplifting these people from the shackles of illiteracy, poverty and unemployment. To Empower and Aware the tribal and rural communities Saksham Foundation has initiated to provide the support through training, documentation, advocacy and awareness on their rights and justice. The programmes include education, skill training, poverty elevation, protecting cultural heritage of the tribe. Saksham Foundation is running a programme for education and development of children from tribal communities.

AWARENESS:

Increasing legal knowledge about ones rights can empower people to lead dignified lives. In communities, increased awareness is key ingredient for positive behaviour change. Behaviour change enables groups of individuals to engage in participatory processes to define their needs and demand their rights. A collaborative, transformative action for generating awareness enables public and private dialogues to change behavior on a large scale, including norms and structural inequalities. Saksham Foundation engages in numerous awareness generation activities on issues of strategic importance for the community and nation.

SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN:

Saksham Foundation organized cleanliness the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan to align to “Swachata Abhiyaan”, Saksham Foundation conducted a workshop. This was followed by a rally involving the students and the staff of Saksham Foundation, where they cleaned the streets of the locality and spread awareness about the same. Children from Saksham Foundation participed in National Safai Karamchari Skill training to improve their skill.

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