Sarvodaya Parivar Trust- Khadkee school for Tribal Children

Project Brief: Residential school in Khadkee a village in remote, tribal area on Gujarat-MH border. See p=161 for more details.
Project Type: Residential School (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)

Secondary Focus: dropouts

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Stanford
Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Salil Phadnis
Co-Steward: Shailen Mistry
Project Partner(s): Contact information unavailable
Project Address: Sarvodaya Parivar Trust- Khadkee school for Tribal Children
Pindval, Taluka: Dharampur, Jilla: Valsad
Gujarat
Gujarat 396050
Tel: c/o 02633-242-367
Stewarding Chapter: Stanford
Jan 2008NYC/NJUSD 10500
Oct 2007StanfordUSD 4000
Oct 2004StanfordUSD 3000

Total = $17500

We are funding the yearly expenses of staff salary and academic materials as listed in their budget for year 2003-2004, dated 20 June 2004.

Location: Khadkee, Gujarat (Gujarat/MH boarder)
Area (urban/rural): Remote tribal area in Dharampur Taluka in Gujarat where 99% population is tribal
Primary Focus: An opportunity for never enrolled/dropped out children to study and to enter the formal system
Project Type: Residential school, regular school for local children
# of Beneficiaries: Four villages including Khadkee. Khadkee has 103 families, 600 people. Plan to increase focus to villages in the interior. Current Condition of Beneficiaries: Currently children in villages near Khadkee and even youth are particularly disadvantaged in terms of exposure to formal schooling (Government schools and teachers, exist only on paper)

Successes/Impact Thus Far: Over the years they have educated some 200 children.
In 2003-2004 for example,
72 children studied in Khadkee
of which 36 were enrolled in formal schooling after pre-primary school.
8 enrolled in 3rd 4th grade formal school
7 joined the work force (farming)
21 continued at Khadkee in the informal system
In the current year, 74 children are enrolled, 30 for pre-primary training and 44 in the informal-school.

Post 2008, Asha NYC-NJ took over the funding of the Khadkee center as well and combined it with the funding of the Pindval center. See http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=161 for further details.