Project Pragathi

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Project Pragathi

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Donation Goal
$49,646
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Campaign Story

About the project

The project works in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. It has been observed that though the Anganwadi teachers are providing Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), currently, it can be better. The preschool readiness program is not being implemented due to lack of skills in Anganwadi workers, which needs to be addressed. Also, children are dropping out of school and moving towards child labor.

Making a difference

CRY America’s Project Pragathi is working to ensure quality education for children in the intervention area, reduction of child labor, formation of children collectives and developing life skills. The activities taken under the project are, ensuring admission of children above 3 years into the preschool program of Anganwadi, sensitizing parents of dropout children on the importance of education and encouraging teachers to visit families with child laborers, thus urging parents to send them back to school.

The Way Forward

● Identify 300 irregular children in schools and take measures to streamline them
● Sensitize parents of 200 dropout on the importance of education.
● Sensitize parents of 2325 school going girls on the importance of continuity of education
● Ensure re enrolment of 200 Drop out children
● Orient 63 Anganwadi teachers on Early Childhood Education program
● Identify and assist 3520 children to apply for social security entitlements.
● Encourage 70 teachers to visit families that have dropouts for re-enrollment
● Strengthen 75 Parents Monitoring Committee and develop school development plans
● Conduct 10 awareness programmes on child labor at community level.
● Ensure 70 children are removed from labor
● Involve 20 Community Based Organizations in mainstreaming the child labor.
● Avert/Stop 50 child marriages
● Conduct regular meetings with 136 Children and adolescent collectives
● Orient 500 parents on the importance of the Life Skills Modules
● Implement Year-II Life Skills Modules in Child collectives covering 1800 children

Project Impact

centers transformed into Model Anganwadi centers

174

drop out children re enrolled in school

Children removed from child labor

78

children removed from labor

Parents were sensitized on the importance of education

65

child marriages averted

centers transformed into Model Anganwadi centers

60

teachers trained on ECCE program

dropout children mainstreamed in school

213

children passed their 10th grade examinations

Parents were sensitized on the importance of education

137

meetings conducted with children and adolescent collectives

children in adolescent collectives covered in Bi annual Life skills sessions

2443

children covered-Life Skills Sessions

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Last year’s budget: $41,949

Current Year’s Approved Grant

Education$43,573

Administration$6,073

Total Budget$49,646

Fight Against Violation Of Child Rights

CRY America project Pragathi has been working with the Yanadi tribe since its inception. The team has observed increased child labor and dropouts since 2020 due to COVID. The project also observed that long-term child laborers have fewer chances of re-enrollment in schools and may continue in the vicious circle.

In 2022, the project also identified 82 cases of child marriage. When it came to girl child labor, the implications were more severe. Parents who sent their children to work often depended on their earnings, creating an extra burden on the children, and they could not cope with these responsibilities at a young age. Children lost their learning capacity, leisure for play, and recreation.

After noticing the problems, the team worked innovatively to resolve the issue. Awareness sessions and home visits were conducted towards a government scheme which provides financial assistance to families to educate their children. The team also collaborated with various stakeholders to re-enrol child laborers back in school.

In the past year, the project has successfully mainstreamed 116 dropouts, removed 28 children from labor and averted 64 child marriages.

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