“Preparatory Camps” are conducted by Door Step School to help children get interested in “school”, a concept they have never seen or experienced. These camps are conducted in temporary shelters set up closer to the communities. The teachers gather children from huts and shacks, and keep them engaged for two to three hours a day. […]
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Volunteers from Udaan-Pune visited construction sites in Bhumkar Vasti area of Hinjewadi. Huge constructions – residential, commercial, and industrial – are coming up in this side of the city. Almost all of these construction sites host large labour camps, where labourer families live with their children. The volunteers found 15 children who are of
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During survey of 6 to 8 years old children under Every Child Counts campaign, volunteers and field staff come across communities living in highly fragile environments. All elder members in the family are out earning, while children of very young age are often left to fend for themselves. There is even ignorance towards health and
Here is an excerpt from article published on edujesuit, the communication and participation tool of the Right to a Quality Education of the Global Ignatian Advocacy Network (GIAN) – “…There are several simple strategies which have been tried successfully by other organisations, for example: Every Child Counts (ECC), launched initially by Doorstep School in Pune,
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The ‘Every Child Counts’ citizens’ campaign initiated by Door Step School in Pune and PCMC is now expanding its reach to Nashik. Under guidance of Door Step School, the campaign team at Espalier Experimental School, Nashik has initiated survey of 6 to 7 years old children from migrant communities living in the Panchavati area of
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It was a very different experience for Wipro employees when children from Door Step School’s sites visited Wipro Campus on 29th April. The children along with DSS teachers reached the Wipro Campus at 10.30, on the dot. We organized a 1 hour coloring session for the Children. Our volunteers taught the children the technique of
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It was a usual mid summer hot afternoon in Pune on April 4th . We had planned to take some of our students to Joshi Railway museum and wondered whether we had done the right thing in asking the students to come all the way from far away places like Pirangut and Bhugaon Road.
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School, a Vadamalai Media Group’s Education Journal published interview with Mrs. Rajani Paranjpe, Founder of Door Step School, Pune. (Click on image to read)
