Sahajpath

     

Sahajpath is a community-based education sponsorship programme. It works to retain children in formal schools, at least till the secondary level. Children are provided with tuition, recreation, health services (provisional and definitive treatment), evening meal, school uniform, study

material, school bags, school fees, etc. to ensure that they

don’t drop out of school. 

The target beneficiaries are children who have some parental support but not enough for them to continue their education.

Sahajpath works in three municipal areas from North 24 Parganas covering more than 700 children and nine remote villages in South 24 Parganas covering about 2,000 children.

Strategy
Most children benefitted by Sahajpath are first-generation school goers. Hence, family counselling is a very important component of the project. OFFER also interacts with school teachers and related authorities so that the school atmosphere is made friendlier for our target children. Continuous research on innovative teaching methods, training, and real-life implementation are all a part of our activities.

The local administration has been very supportive of the project. Their suggestions are welcome as part of reviewing the project strategy and implementation.

Case Study
Mamata Naru is a 10-year-old girl from an agricultural family. Her father has meagre income, barely enough for two square meals a day for their family of five. She was on the verge of dropping out of Class V when OFFER intervened through Sahajpath.

Later, we found out that Mamata suffered from vernacular septal defect, which is a serious heart condition. There was no way her family could have borne the expenses of treatment. OFFER arranged the girl’s heart surgery in one of the best hospitals in Kolkata.

Mamata is fine now and eager to continue her education. She plans to be a doctor after completing her plus twelve.

 

 

 
 

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