Education is a Right!

A group of local Indian and foreign volunteers arranged through SAHAS, www.sahasforlife.org, are working with staff and students at the Nareshwadi campus to improve standards, living, health, education and recreation
Activities include:

• Tutoring sessions,
  
• arts and craft activities,
  
• skit and singing functions,
  
• counseling and
  
• caring

Fundraising is currently a major focus for developing a library, science lab, to hire staff, build an on campus health centre and structural improvements (extreme makeover!) to the the campus. Also, donations are used for specific student needs such as blankets, shoes, clothes and to buy toiletries.

An amazing group of students representing the local Warli tribe, Thane District and Mumbai. Diverse group of children, 1st to 10th standard eager to learn and experience life.

Welcome!

Nareshwadi Campus is home to nearly 500 students from the local Warli tribe and around the Mumbai area. A staff of 15 teachers & principals and professionals and students from Mumbai, KJ Somaiya, Vidya Vihar campus and local NGOs, ATMA Mumbai & SAHAS are working to improve living, academic and health standards for the students. Working toward overall improvement in quality of life.



Current Activities include -

Academic:

• Test prep courses for 10th standard students.
• Scholarship support for continuing education past 10th standard.
• Review courses to catch students up in problem subjects
• Teachers training from Somaiya Vidya Vihar to assess school and collaborate for improvement
  

Arts/Recreation:

• Visiting teachers providing cultural activities and promoting local culture thru
  Warli paintings, song, dance, skits, arts/crafts & games.
• Recent sport field constructed with volunteers introducing new activities to students, footbal, hockey and frisbee.
• Planning for visiting artist project mid 2007.

Health:

• Creation of School Health Team to be responsible for assessing, monitoring and ensuring student health.
  
• School wide health screening conducted by volunteers doctors from KJ Somaiya Medical Centre.
• Campus and communtiy scabies treatment program carried out with school volunteers as well as 30 foreign and KJ Somaiya NSS volunteer students.
  
• School Based Health Centre (SBHC) in development to provide comprehensive health services to students.
  
• Nutrition and supplement program initiated to improve student health.
• Overseas nurses and doctors offering voluntary services in developing school health system.
  

Infrastructure:

• New bathing and toilet facilities for residential students being built to meet WHO standards.
• 'Extreme Makeover' by Dutch construction group raising funds for prioritized projects and implementing in March 2007.
• Improvement of teacher/staff living facilities in works.

Always inviting interested individuals to visit the campus and community to observe and welcome their ideas on future projects.