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Far too many children in India do not attend school. Many of them are living in rural and urban slums. They are given a new chance of education with the Academy for Working Children
These marginalized children are left out of Government Schemes and educational programs, some because their families do not have legal documents, others because there families are too poor and too disorganized to participate in them. For these children Humana People to People India has established the project called “Academy for Working Children”. The academy gives the enrolled children 3 hours of education every day. Apart from education, they need to gain self-confidence and develop hope that they can move towards a better future.
The first Academy for working children was established in Behror, Rajasthan in November 2005 by some of the students of the first team from the Training Centre for Global Development in Behror. The Project had during this year, established 5 academies with a total of 196 students studying there. Two Academies were established in Behror town and 3 just outside town limits. One in Keshwana, one in the Bricks company Jagwas and the last in the Katputali slum. Last year 48 children were admitted in local schools after having studied in Academy for working children for two years. It was a rewarding experience to see these children when they started in their new schools. To ensure that the children are not dropping out of the school again, the Academy still supports them in an after-school tuition system.
In terms of economical development Gurgaon, Haryana is one of the fastest developing areas in India. However all the construction work that is required to build infrastructure has led to a gigantic influx of migrant laborers. Thousands of people have migrated to this area from all over the country and are now living in the surrounding slums and overcrowded villages. Many children are not attending school. In September 2007, Humana People to People India established the first of 5 planned Academies in Gurgaon in Chakarpur village. Now this Academy has 92 students. 34 of them have already been helped to enrol in Government School.
Academy for Working children Neemrana, Rajasthan was established in March 2007 and has 2 Academies near brick factories. One of the Academies is in a building constructed by teachers and parents with financial support from a brick company. Many of the migrant workers travel to their home state during the rainy season, when the kilns are closed. These Academies have therefore about 50% new students after the rainy season. Since January 2008 the academy has provided the students a mid-day meal. Knowledge of sanitation and good health are provided to the students as well as to their parents.

This Academy for Working Children was started in November 2007 and is situated in Jaipur the capital of Rajasthan. It has 2 academies in the very large Manoharapura Slum situated in the outskirts of the city. There are 173 children enrolled here. During the year many activities have been conducted both for the parents and the children . A big sports event was held here. In May 2008 the project organized a health check-up, where a total of 173 children was examined and 115 children were treated. It was identified that most of the diseases came from lack of water, of which both the availability and the quality is very poor. In a very short span of time this Academy for Working Children has grown from 1 to 2. It is situated in Maharajpur in Uttar Pradash on the Eastern border of Delhi. There are four large slums in the area. Due to the surrounding industrial areas there is a regular flow of migrant workers from Bihar, Bengal and Nepal. Therefore here, many of the children do not speak Hindi, which is the local language. Additionally many families lack proper identification papers and do not even possess ration cards, which prevents them from being able to access the government schemes that are available to them. A total of 153 children are enrolled in 2 Academies.
This Academy for Working Children was started in November 2007 and is situated in Jaipur the capital of Rajasthan. It has 2 academies in the very large Manoharapura Slum situated in the outskirts of the city. There are 173 children enrolled here. During the year many activities have been conducted both for the parents and the children. A big sports event was held here. In May 2008 the project organized a health check-up, where a total of 173 children was examined and 115 children were treated. It was identified that most of the diseases came from lack of water, of which both the availability and the quality is very poor.
In a very short span of time this Academy for Working Children has grown from 1 to 2. It is situated in Maharajpur in Uttar Pradash on the Eastern border of Delhi. There are four large slums in the area. Due to the surrounding industrial areas there is a regular flow of migrant workers from Bihar, Bengal and Nepal. Therefore here, many of the children do not speak Hindi, which is the local language. Additionally many families lack proper identification papers and do not even possess ration cards, which prevents them from being able to access the government schemes that are available to them. A total of 153 children are enrolled in 2 Academies.
Some of the main achievements in 2007-08 in the 5 projects:

• 868 students enrolled in Academy for Working Children.

• 77 parent-teacher meetings held

• 15 teacher’s workshops were organized

• 15 open house sessions were organized

• 348 children were taught about life skills.

• 1456 children participated at the sports and cultural programs that were organized

• 206 children were enrolled into the formal system of education

• 605 children received health services

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