“Ragbags to Schoolbags”
Know us
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Focus on education and adding significance to the lives of children
living in slums and villages (mainly beggars, rag pickers and nomads)
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Not for profit venture based in Lucknow
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Young committed team that strongly believes in
change through education
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Dream of a society where each child can benefit from
Right To Education
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Registered Society with 12A and 80G (Income Tax Exemption)
Significance of the Project
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Poverty in UP exceeds that of the 26 poorest African countries (*MPI by Oxford University and Human Development
Initiative with UNDP)
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U.P. has one of the lowest literacy rates in India (*Govt of India Bureau 2012)
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Literacy rate in U.P. is 56.2% (*Census of India 2011)
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Despite being the state capital, there are about 793 slums just in Lucknow (*Government data 2010)
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Slum population as % of urban population in Lucknow is 40.2% (*Times of India 2013)
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Lack of education makes children vulnerable to crime, injustice and social evil
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Opportunities of education and good lifestyle can help children live a dignified life
Goals and Objectives
Vision: To strive to improve the quality of life of children
Objectives:
– Reach out to children who cannot afford quality education and take them beyond ‘just
being literate’
– Set up Supportive After School Model in the heart of their residence
– Improve the rate and level of learning by providing them classes daily
– Focus on holistic development
– Participation in early childhood
– Stress on the education of Girls
– Work on comprehensive education with importance to
• English, Mathematics, Computer
• Personality improvement (stress on etiquette/manners), Ethics, Sports, Arts
• Hygiene and Health
– Regular counselling of children
Modus Operandi
Survey of the slum to
identify non-school
going children
Divide the children into two:
Tenderfeet (basic) and
Advancers (one level above
basic)
Set up Open Study Centre,
Run classes six days a week
post school hours
Focus on holistic
development of the
children
Get them admitted
to mainstream
schools
How does Sarthak model handle the challenges
Handling school issue
• Concentrated focus on improving learning skills
• Gain confidence and work on their personality
• Pre-school preparedness
Handling home issue
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Children get a learning environment after school
Regularity in classes is maintained as it is in the heart of their residence
Easier to interact with children and parents after class and counsel them
Special focus on the education of girls
Handling non-school goers issue
• Develop an interest in studies
• Get them enrolled to schools
• Deal with school dropouts
Impact of Sarthak Model
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Average percentage attendance of children in our classes more than 90%
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Pre-school children acquire a minimum standard of pre-primary education
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Children in higher grades acquire knowledge grade appropriate
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80-85% of our children get enrolled in schools
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Children explore their creative skills, their rate of learning improves, their confidence level
goes up
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More girls being able to continue their education
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Children move towards becoming self-reliant
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General improvement in quality of life
– Hygiene they follow
– Behavioural approach
– Basic appearance and dressing
Journey so far (01st April 2013 to Date)
Strength of students
• Initially began with 6-10 kids under tree shade
• Now cater to more than 400 kids with 4 centers
• Transforming rag pickers and beggars into school going kids
Change in approach
• Convinced some families not to put their children into labour
Learning progression
• Not being able to identify alphabet – started conversing in
broken sentences
• Immense growth in confidence level and rate of learning of kids
Satisfaction index
• Parents now envision a future for their children
• Regular counselling and guidance has helped children improve
their quality of life
Glimpse of our kids
Anjali Bansal
Before- Out of school
Now- In Class-1
Arun Bansal
Before- Out of school
Now- In Class-1
Anshika Rawat
Before- Out of school
Now- In Class-1
Abhishek Bansal
Before- Child Labor
Now- In Class-2
Pooja Tharu
Before- Govt. school
Now- In Class-10
Ritika Rawat
Before- Out of school
Now- In Class-2
Nasra Siddique
Before- Out of school
Now- In Class-1
Alisha Rawat
Before- Out of school
Now- In Class-2
Events & Activities
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Annual events:
Showcase of talent of kids through dancing and singing on various
themes
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Happy Feet:
Morning activity for kids doing running followed by Yoga and Zumba
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Wish Tree:
Fulfill the wishes(stationery, games, books) of kids through a wish tree
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Recreational Activities:
Sports, Cultural and Painting activities for the kids
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Bekar se Saakar
Collect used items like clothes, shoes, bags and provide it to needy
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Health Camp
For better health of kids and their parents
Future Plans
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Establish Twenty Open Study Centers in the next three years
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Get children who are not going to school admitted to mainstream school
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Provide skill-building training to teenage girls and boys
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Bank Fixed Deposits for education of girls who show potential
We seek your support to…
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Sponsor our annual project of setting up eight centres
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Sponsor the centres (stationery for kids ,rent, teacher’s
salary, projector)
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Sponsor the mainstream school education of children
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Providing stationery to the centres
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Provide basic necessities of the centres like
whitewash/display boards/ fittings
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Volunteer at the centres / during events
Supporters
In media
Happy Feet@ Lohia Park
Wish Tree@ Harzratganj
Koshish@Sonari Study Center
Annual Event-Udaan
Sarthak Family
Thank you 
Please take out time to visit our website
www.sarthakfoundation.org
www.facebook.com/SarthakFoundation
+91-9984031039
[email protected]