Asha for Education

Project Brief: KHEL - Knowledge Hub for Education and Learning - provides holistic education to children and youth belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged communities.
Project Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers (description)
Primary Focus: children from slums (description)

Secondary Focus: remedial education

Area: Urban
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Purdue

Status: CURRENT
Project Steward: Sameer Kulkarni
Co-Steward: Aditi Khot
Project Partner(s): Gautam Gauri
Project Address: Diksha Foundation - Khel Project
C-1, Shanti Vihar Colony, P.O. BV College
Ambedkar Path
Patna, Bihar 800014
Tel: 011 91 9204056412
Stewarding Chapter: Purdue

KHEL (Knowledge Hub for Education and Learning) envisions establishing open learning spaces for socially and economically disadvantaged children and youth. It is not limited to supporting the child with the acquisition of basic literacy but is also focused on holistic learning so that the child grows in a manner that enables her/him to maximise her/his potential.

Diksha envisions that every child and young person enrolled in KHEL centre would have the opportunity for holistic education which means that each learner would get access to academic opportunities, a chance for social and emotional development, so they become responsible and ethical global citizens.

Mission
1. To create Inclusive & vibrant learning spaces
2. To take measures that improve learning outcomes: academics and modern technology tools
3. To implement programmes that engage children and youth in community action, civic rights and responsibilities; Global citizenship
4. To enable children to become creative designers/developers of innovative solution through the use of technology

Goals
1. To provide holistic education and creating vibrant learning spaces for children and youth
2. Building inclusive communities with special focus on the rights of children.
3. Their enterprise is an intervention to create long-lasting and sustainable changes in the communities they work with by engaging youth and children.