Jnana Prabodhini - Padsare - Prachiti

Project Brief: Padsare is a mono crop area and the children constitute the first generation of children studying. Govt. schools are in a bad shape and private schools are too far off for this area.
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: vocational training (description)

Secondary Focus: dropouts

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: Silicon Valley
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward:
Project Partner(s):
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , Prachiti, C/o Jnana Prabodhini,510, Sadashiv Peth,,Velhe taluk,
MAHARASHTRA  411030
Tel: 91-20-432691
Stewarding Chapter: Silicon Valley
Dec 2001Silicon ValleyUSD 2400
Dec 1999SeattleUSD 4300
Dec 1998Silicon ValleyUSD 2000
Dec 1998SeattleUSD 2500
Dec 1997SeattleUSD 4932

Total = $16132

Padsare is a mono crop area and the children constitute the first generation of children studying. Govt. schools are in a bad shape and private schools are too far off for this area.
Prachiti is a daughter organization of Jnana Prabodhini. The parent organization runs a lot of projects including one school in Pune (which is considered to be one of the best in the city), 2 more schools in Pune, a rural development scheme based on the development of a valley, a medical care scheme for villages around Pune etc...
Prachiti was started in Aug. 1990. The group is active in many colleges of Pune and its main aims are:

Orient college students towards careers in social development.
Execute projects with the help of college students and full time workers to improve the ability of students & their perpectives and insights.
Establish development models in various agroclimatic and cultural situations.
Activities of the group include:
School in Padsare, a tribal village in Konkan, Maharashtra since 1991 (this project).
5 schools of 5 months duration for displaced children of sugar field workers since 1992 (Sakharshala).
Study, self-help and personality development camps for childreni in an orphanage.
Supplemental education, tutoring and cultural activities in a slum in Pune.
Camps, study tours and discussions/lectures to orient college youth towards social development in conjunction with their careers.