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Transform Lives one school at a time

TRANSFORM LIVES ONE SCHOOL AT A TIME

The Transform Lives program provides schoolchildren access to drinking water, better sanitation facilities, a learning-conducive school environment, and digital and life skills awareness trainings. Parents, teachers, and children are encouraged to increase enrollment and reduce dropouts in rural government schools, especially for girl children. School Management Committees (SMCs) are provided with support and training to build their capacities for improved and sustained functioning of the school.

The Need
WASH (WATER AND SANITATION PROVISIONS) IN SCHOOLS
CAPACITY BUILDING OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES
digital and life skills awareness
SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION

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THE NEED

Most government schools in rural India do not have adequate resources or facilities to provide a safe and conducive learning environment to children. Schools are often found without drinking water, sanitary facilities are defunct or non-functional without access to water, and the school campus is poorly maintained. Many school management committees exist only on paper. SMC members are often unaware of their role and responsibilities and lack the skills to function as effective members. As a result, children are not inspired to attend school, and their parents are not motivated to send them. Without drinking water and toilet facilities, schoolchildren (especially girls) are forced to leave school premises in the middle of the school day, and often they do not return.

This lack of continuity and discipline demotivates teachers as well, which affects the quality of education and reaffirms parents’ doubts about the school—creating a vicious circle. The student attendance in these government schools is low compared to the total number of children in the village and further decreases day by day due to the lack of essential facilities and the unfavorable environment for quality education.

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WASH (WATER AND SANITATION PROVISIONS) IN SCHOOLS

Transform Lives focuses providing essential WASH facilities in government schools such as drinking water and toilet facilities. Creating a rooftop rainwater harvesting system in the school provides potable water to students for drinking and sanitation purposes, and a safe designated space with separate toilet facilities for boys and girls caters to hygiene and sanitation needs of schoolchildren.

CAPACITY BUILDING OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES

Transform Lives builds the capacities of school management committees (comprised of teachers and parents/guardians of schoolchildren) to sustain and better manage the functioning of their government school. Committee members are trained about their roles and responsibilities for refining the quality of education and improving and sustaining the school assets.

DIGITAL AND LIFE SKILLS AWARENESS

Transform Lives advocates Digital and Life Skills Awareness Trainings for schoolchildren and youth in alignment with the vision of National Digital Literacy Mission “to empower at least one person per household with crucial digital literacy skills by 2020.” This focus on bridging the divide between rural and urban children helps to develop social and emotional skills and increase children’s knowledge of good governance and their own role in the development of their village.

SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION

Transform Lives transforms the school environment into a safe and healthy space to provide learning-favorable surroundings for schoolchildren. The campus is modified to incorporate safety measures, add greening to school premises, and provide wall educational paintings to have an inspiring learning atmosphere for children. Play equipment is added where appropriate. Smart classrooms made in the form of innovative models improve school education and inspire children to stay in school.

407 villages covered

Transform Lives one school at a time

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