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Digambarpur Angikar - Preprimary Education

Project Brief: Pre-primary education for infants (3-6 yrs) of socially excluded communities
Project Type: Pre-Primary (description)
Primary Focus: children from slums (description)

Secondary Focus: children of dalits/tribals

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: San Francisco

Project Contacts

Status: current / ongoing
Project Steward: Andrew Shapiro
Project Partner(s): Swapan Mandal
Other Contacts: Amy Hinesley
Project Address: , Digambarpur, Via Kashinagar ,P.S. Dholahat,Patharpratima,
WEST BENGAL 743349
Tel: 011 91 3324283363
Stewarding Chapter: San Francisco

Funding History

Sep 2023	Cornell	USD 5593
Aug 2023	San Francisco	USD 24538
Sep 2022	San Francisco	USD 25161
Jul 2022	Cornell	USD 4092
Dec 2021	San Francisco	USD 19681
Oct 2021	Cornell	USD 2628
Oct 2021	Cornell	USD 6892
Jun 2021	San Francisco	USD 5147
Jun 2021	Cornell	USD 6851
Nov 2020	San Francisco	USD 10382
Aug 2020	Cornell	USD 1236
Jul 2020	Cornell	USD 4513
Jul 2020	Cornell	USD 11705
Jul 2020	San Francisco	USD 8360
Jun 2020	San Francisco	USD 10245
Jun 2020	Cornell	USD 2934
May 2020	Cornell	USD 5061
May 2020	San Francisco	USD 10589
Dec 2019	San Francisco	USD 2701
Sep 2019	San Francisco	USD 20164
Aug 2019	Cornell	USD 3593
Aug 2019	Cornell	USD 13059
Aug 2018	San Francisco	USD 28776
Jun 2018	Cornell	USD 4083
Dec 2017	Cornell	USD 2569
Oct 2017	Cornell	USD 5017
Jun 2017	San Francisco	USD 35815
Nov 2016	San Francisco	USD 28928
Jul 2016	Cornell	USD 7041
Dec 2015	San Francisco	USD 13751
Nov 2015	San Francisco	USD 28792
Jun 2015	Cornell	USD 5117
Jun 2015	San Francisco	USD 13270
May 2014	San Francisco	USD 11296

Total = $389580

Project Description

The organization undertakes several initiatives to serve local individuals, groups and communities.

Asha SF will fund/is funding them for the operation of a pre-primary school for infants (ages 3 - 6 years)

The teaching techniques and main curriculum are mentioned below:

1. Learning through games and use of attractive visuals, picture books, posters, educational games for developing oral language and vocabulary development.
2. Learning in joyful child friendly environment ï¿½ story telling, singing songs and rhymes etc
3. Elementary education with an environment of love and care
4. Learning language and basic numerical lessons through playing, using toys and pictures;
5. Developing behavior and character building of children from the very beginning inculcating sense of manners, discipline, honesty;
6. Encouraging children to take part in cultural activities, games and sports, drawing and painting;
7. Education on care of personal hygiene;

Project Goals

The aims of our organization:
ï¿½ To reach out poorest and underprivileged section of the society for self-reliance.
ï¿½ To provide ongoing support to the target group people through efficient and readily available management information system.
ï¿½ To empower marginalized communities, disabled, older persons through social and economic development.
ï¿½ To offer opportunities of personal growth and development with skill enhancement by providing technical and vocational skill.
ï¿½ To create a strong awareness among the local people to solve their local problems through ensuring local resource mobilization.
ï¿½ To emphasis on women and childrenï¿½s empowerment by establishing their rights.
ï¿½ To stop discriminating factor based on caste, creed, sex, clan and colour.

Organization Description

Digambarpur Angikar was established in year 2000 by a group of dedicated social activities of Sundarban region with a view to undertake relief and rehabilitation as well as development initiatives for empowerment of women and children and other vulnerable sections of socio-economically backward SC/ST/OBC/Minority communities. Since inception, the organisation has been involved in the rural development and social action programmes for establishing women and child rights, education, health and sanitation, livelihood development and environment conservation in the Sundarban region.

The organization mainly runs the following programs:

1. Angikar Kishalaya Niketan, a Primary level education centre for 100 students at Digambarpur, Patharpratima, South 24 Parganas
2. Four Creches for 100 babies at Digambarpur GP, South 24 Parganas.

Additonal funds are being requested for the operation of a pre-primary school for infants (ages 3 - 6 years)

Additional Information

mobile no 9830568630

Project Documents