VSS Baran
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Total Amount Donated
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Donation Goal
$24,517
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Target Goal
Campaign Story
About the project
The Sahariya tribe of Baran district in Rajasthan primarily depends on agriculture for their livelihood. However, extreme poverty, low awareness levels, lack of nearby senior secondary schools, and poor school infrastructure often force children to drop out of school, leading to early marriages or child labor. In addition, substance abuse is a widespread issue affecting men, women, youth, and adolescents within the community.
Making a difference
CRY America’s Project VSS in Baran works to bridge the gap by ensuring access to education through school enrollments and re-enrollments. Key activities include identifying vulnerable children, integrating child laborers into mainstream schools, upgrading existing school infrastructures along with establishment of new ones, and encouraging enrollment in Open State School (NIOS) where nearby schools are inaccessible. Additionally, the project focuses on forming Children’s Collectives and Girls’ Collectives to raise awareness about child marriage and child labor, empowering young individuals to advocate for their rights.
The Way Forward
● Strengthen 20 School Management Committees with 250 members to address education-related issues across 20 villages
● Conduct support classes in 5 Child Activity Centers (CACs) for 250 children, ensuring they receive Teaching Learning Materials
● Retain 4,025 children aged 6–14 years in school
● Enroll 15 children aged 15–18 years who have dropped out in open schooling
● Re-enroll 126 children who had dropped out and enroll 119 first-time learners in formal schools
● Support the upgrade of 1 primary school to an upper primary school and the establishment of a new primary school, benefiting 65–80 children
● Conduct Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sessions in 10 schools
● Strengthen 20 Village Child Protection Committees to reduce instances of child labor and child marriage
● Rescue 150 children from child labor and reintegrate them into formal schooling
● Ensure access to scholarships for 300 children
● Provide counseling sessions to 22 married couples on delaying pregnancy
● Train 1,200 adolescents in leadership, vocational, and employability skills
● Introduce a period diary to encourage menstrual tracking among 1,200 adolescent girls, reducing dropout rates and promoting menstrual hygiene practices
● Conduct Life Skills training in 20 schools, along with WASH sessions in 3 hostels and 10 schools
Project Impact
3,514
Children aged 6–18 years enrolled in school
86
Dropped out children re-enrolled in school
203
Children passed their Grade 10 and Grade 12 board exams
1,000
Children benefited from the appointment of 12 new teachers across 9 schools
640
Community members connected to government programs for employment opportunities
50
Children attended digital learning sessions at Child Activity Centers (CACs)
216
Child marriages prevented
65
Children prevented from migrating for child labor and were reintegrated with their families
280
Adolescents participated in the Adolescent Collective
1,105
Children trained through Life Skills sessions
280
Adolescent girls received bicycles
425
Children sensitized on substance abuse issues
Last year’s disbursed grant for Jan ‘25 to Dec ‘25: $19,274
This year’s approved budget for Jan ‘26 to Dec ‘26:
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