Project Brief: The Parner Project serves 125 children in 5 tribal hamlets of the Bhil and the Thakkar indigenous tribes. The preschools are located in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
Project Type: Pre-Primary (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)

Secondary Focus: to go to formal school

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Minnesota

Status: CURRENT
Project Steward: Rushil Khadilkar
Co-Steward: Sahana Mangipudi
Project Partner(s): Ramesh Awasthi
Project Address: Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal - Parner Pre-schools for Tribal Children
41-46, Kubera Vihar B-1
Gadital, HADAPSAR
Pune, Maharashtra 411028
Tel: 91-20-2699-5625
Stewarding Chapter: Minnesota

Parner pre-schools is a project stewarded by <a> Asha for Education, Minnesota </a> and funded by <a> Asha for Education, Silicon Valley </a>. Asha for Education currently provides for the education of around 125 children of Bhil and Thakkar tribes in Ahmednagar district in Parner taluka.

+ 5 hamlets.
+ Around 125 children.
+ 1 teacher per school to lead interpretive / learning activities.
+ 1 assistant teacher/helper per school to persuade children to attend and to run creche services after school period is over.
+ 1 program coordinator to recruit and manage staff and to conduct ongoing awareness programs for + parents to foster demand for education.
+ 4 training sessions/year for each employee to develop skills