Programs Activities

Foundation Activities:

Conduct activities and get engaged in Social Development Programs such as Education and Research Programs and Activities, Healthcare Programs and Activities, Environmental Programs and Activities etc.

Year 1-3 Focus:

Lack of funding and teachers training is evident in poor quality of education in Indian Rural Areas. A study of 188 government-run primary schools in India found that 59% of the schools had no drinking water and 89% had no toilets. A study on teachers by Kremer etc. found that only about half schools were teaching, during unannounced visits to a nationally representative sample of government primary schools in India. To address this issue on emergency basis initially we are focusing on working with existing schools that need immediate attention.

READ initially has planned to work with existing rural area schools that are failing and need immediate attention. READ year 1 focus is to work with an existing school with students where the quality of education and infrastructure is very poor and future of these kids is in danger. We plan to work with all stake holders (Students, Teachers, parents etc.) of this school in rural area to improve an infrastructure, establish a frame work for an efficient day to day operation, train staff, teachers and parents to deliver better quality education.

READ has identified interactions and activities with following two schools:
Pindarda School (Gujarat, India)
Rajpura School – “Mari Shala” (Gujarat, India)

Both school remained poorly funded, lacks basic infrastructure and trained staff since its inception years.

Fact Sheet:


	1.	Most parents of this villages (Pindarda and Rajpura) are construction or farm labors and did not get privilege getting basic education.
	2.	Most parents do not own (or have possession of) land to earn living out of agriculture. Typically both parent work in the fields or at construction site in near by city as non skilled labor worker earning about +/-$2-3 daily wage each. This is not enough to feed a family of 5-6 and at the same time provide enough means to educate kids.
	3.	Elder kid often if boy ends up going to farm or construction site doing some labor work rather than going to school. And if it is a girl she ends up at home taking care of younger brothers/sisters and does not go to school.
	4.	Land for this school has been granted by government but other financial support to build and maintain proper infrastructure, train and hire proper staff and teachers etc is lacking. Thus children study in open ground in very difficult situation in harsh summer & monsoon etc.

Current Activities

Rajpura- "Mari Shala" (On Going Activities)

Global Warming – “Dhartimata Ne Avyo Tav”

To teach issues such as Environment and Global Warming issues a project/workshop was conducted by Binduben and Partheshbha. This report is out come of a group activity. All work is done by students under instruction of Binduben.

Learning by Doing

Group Projects - Performing Art participation etc is evident as an effective way of learning/teaching in many activities.

Mobile School- "Bhaibandh" (On Going Activities)

Manilal Shah, Partheshbhai and Binduben Initiative

To reach out in remote rural areas and bring access to education where it is needed in the efficient way and maximize utilization of a facility a concept of Mobile School – Project called “Bhaibandh” was initiated by Manilal Shah and Partheshbhai.

Bhaibandh (A Friend in English) is a Gujarati word

Pidarda School (On Going Activities)

READ, Bhanubhai and Manjula Shah Initiative

Power of Networking

READ Meeting/s

READ along with Organizations such as CEE and members, Volunteers and village community meet regularly at actual rural locations to understand issues and formulate best way to spend resources to achieve desired results.

A School for future - A Concept for Today

READ and CEE initiative