06 January, 2007

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.


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