Tapovan Education Foundation

Project Brief: Non Formal school for children of migrant workers run by Tapovan Education Foundation
Project Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers (description)
Primary Focus: children of migrant workers (description)

Secondary Focus: children from slums

Area: Urban
Supporting Chapter Contact: Munich
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Mehar Singh
Project Partner(s): Uday Gosain
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , 18B, Shipra Sun City, Indirapuram, Gaziabad,,Noida,
Uttar Pradesh  201010
Tel: 0120 2912219
Stewarding Chapter: Munich
Mar 2006MunichEUR 5000
Apr 2004MunichEUR 1900

Total = $7760.361

Tapovan India schools are non formal, primary level schools that are generally run right there in the community, from where the children belong. The infrastructure consists of shades of mat and khar (a kind of dried grass) resting on bamboos, or small huts, called ‘Jhuggi’. They are maintained ‘clean and green’ by the children themselves with the help of their teachers. The schools run for 4 hours daily Mon-Sat at any convenient shift (morning or evening) as per the requirement of the community (like working children can come only in the evening shift).Currently the number of children in the school is around 70.
Asha Munich supported one year expense of one of school of Tapovan which they started in Feb 2004 after commitment from Asha Munich members in Jan 2004.
Tapovan India Schools are designed to serve the children belonging to weaker economic sections. These schools will facilitate the development and growth of a child’s mental, physical, emotional and spiritual faculties by imparting quality education and to help them realize their talents and potentials so that they lead a happy and meaningful life.
Registered with the Sub-registrar IV, Ghaziabad, U.P., with registration no 1641 dated 27/12/03