To help the running of the 10 classes in PCMC area, providing the salary for the teachers and the supervisor, procurement of educational material for the children.

SWADHAR is a registered organisation, established in Pune on 1st January 1995. It helps women in distress and organises many activities for the development of women and children such as, counselling centres, family life education and alternate education programme.

1. Aims and Objectives of SWADHAR:

- To help women, young girls and children develop their
potentials.

- To provide moral and emotional support to women who are
victims of domestic violence and atrocities.



2. Alternative School Programme: Akshardeep

Akshardeep is a programme initiated by Swadhar in 1998. The project is meant for providing basic education to children in the age group of 6-12. These children are either school dropouts or have never been to school for variuos reasons.

Broad Aims of Akshardeep:

To run Balwadis for the children of migrant laborers and families living in slums.

To run Non Formal Education centres for children of
migrant labourers and domestic workers.

One of the main aim of these NFE centres is to prepare these children for mainstream schools and getting them en-rolled there. Also, now they have started focussing on Balwadis and providing support classes to the children enrolled in regular schools to address the issue of drop-outs.