Project Brief: Asha NYC/NJ is supporting a Bridge School Project "Pragathiki Baata - Way to Progress" run by Mahila Action of Vishakapatnam. The goal of the project is to help children get back to mainstream schools. This project supports 50 children/year.
Project Type: Special Needs (description)
Primary Focus: children from slums (description)

Secondary Focus: to go to formal school

Area: Tribal
Supporting Chapter Contact:
NYC/NJ

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: SATHEESH AVVARU
Co-Steward: Sudhakar Ravuri
Project Partner(s): Swarna Kumari
Project Address: Mahila Action
D.NO.31-32-48, DABA GARDENS
VISAKHAPATNAM, Andhra Pradesh 530020
Tel: 08912559500
Stewarding Chapter: NYC/NJ

Mahila Action will concentrate on working in 3 major slums in Visakhapatnam. These are Kobbarithota, Kallupakalu, and Rangireejiveedhi. Each slum nearly has a population of 10000 to 12000 people.
The aims of the project are as follows:

• Ensuring primary education to children and creating awareness about the child rights.
• Save young girls from child labor and see that they enjoy rightful childhood.
• The children to partner with other children and form child friendly communities to understand community priorities and education systems.
• To develop communities and make them responsible for preparing concrete action plans to empower the children.
• Established children clubs in each targeted slum area and enroll every child as a member.
• Due to poverty, dissolution of traditional families and the growing number of AIDS orphans, children are forced to become primary, even sole bread winners for whole families. To create awareness among the society and to avoid child labour in the society.
1. Special campaigns are organized during admission months to motivate children to go to schools.
2. Give special attention to children who are withdrawn from child labor and motivate them to join schools.
3. Track and identify children whose education is interrupted by relocation and support them to continue their education
4. Information system should develop to effectively monitor and stop child labour, (network systems should develop between education institutions, concerned officials, and public servants)