PVCHR: Work of PVCHR and Jan Mitra Nyas on education (2017-2019)

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Work of PVCHR and Jan Mitra Nyas on education (2017-2019)

Following ongoing programs and activities related to education of children and adolescences under strategic plan of Jan Mitra Nyas/PVCHR have been implemented to fulfill its vision and mission:

Direct service delivery:

1. Providing duniyabi talim (Education for life) and Integrated Approach to Technology in Education (ITE) to 5271 children (2298 Male and 2973 Female) in 20 Madarsa of Bazardiha and Lohta of Varanasi district.

2. Ms. Parul Sharma, NRI built the capacities of 120 adolescence girls on the issue of human rights, gender, education and health in four days perspective building workshop 5^th June, 2017 – 8^th June, 2017 in Baghwanala, Varanasi

3. Started human rights education for class 6 to class 8 in 50 Governments and Primary school in Varanasi district.

4. Provided 7000 books and other requisite things for establishing library in 20 Madarsa.

5. Awarding scholarship to 130 girls and 2 boys from most marginalized communities to continue their further higher studies with support from Parul Sharma, Helma Ritscher and Raj Dulari Foundation.

6. Dance with color: On 18^th February, 2018 PVCHR in joint collaboration of Kalagan Foundation and Benaras School of Fine Art organized “Dance with color with support from Sir Dorabji Tata Trust”. The motive behind organizing the program was to strengthen child participation, motivating creative and creative expression in children. In this therapy 155 children of the marginalized communities residing in urban slum (Baghwanala and Bazardiha) of Varanasi participated. Through this workshop children learned the importance of the colour and how it affects the person mood, physical and mental health.

7. Running non – formal education center for providing education to 78 children (39 male and 39 female) of marginalized children.

In joint collaboration with the Government:

· Jan Mitra Nyas/People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights actively participated as NGO partner in the Uttar Pradesh Government program Community Action to end Violence Against Children (CAVACH) campaign for protection of girls. Child. In the training JMN in joint collaboration of Uttar Pradesh Police, UNICEF, Woman Welfare Department built the capacities of 70,278 students (6 years to 12 years old students:26145 and Student above 13 Years:44,133) in 177 primary, secondary schools, Inter college and Madarsas from 1^st July – 14^th August, 2019 in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh.

· In the CAVACH process District Magistrate of Varanasi selected Ms. Shruti Nagvanshi and Mr. Mangla Prasad for building the capacity of teachers of Badagaon, Pindra and Harhua block of Varanasi district.

· Built the capacities of children in 10 primary schools on hand washing and prevention from the communicable diseases in joint collaboration of ANM and school teachers.

· Built the capacity of the local resident for the formation of School Management Committee in Varanasi, Allahabad, Sonbhadra, and Ambedkar Nagar districts of Uttar Pradesh.

· In 22 Kishori Hamjholi (adolescence group), a group of 596 adolescent girls were informed about menstruation, personal hygiene, adolescent health, and nutrition through IC material, group work, discussion and play. Kishori Swasthya and Poshan Mela, (Adolescence Health and Nutrition Fair) focused on the need to eat a balanced diet. In a documentary screened at the Mela, the Menstrupedia explained ‘good touch’ and ‘bad touch’, and quiz contest was also organised. The girls who gave the right answer were awarded sanitary napkins.

Advocacy, Research and Lobby:

JMN/PVCHR was the part of the report They Say We’re Dirty" Denying an Education to India’s Marginalized on the exclusion of children from marginalised groups from accessing education in India. https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/04/22/they-say-were-dirty/denying-education-indias-marginalized
On the complain Government school open in Belwa of Varanasi district and Raup Ghasia Basti, Robertsganj Sonbhadra district.
On 26^th June, 2019 met with Ms. Rita Bahuguna, Minister, Women and Child Development for providing free/subsidized sanitary pads to the girls of Marginalized communities and install vending pad machine in schools.
Acted as resource center for building the capacities of adolescence of other organization, doing research on grass root reality of Government school in Bihar and giving training to the teachers of Government Schools in Gujarat.