A day in the life of Bharat…
It is 6:00 am. Bharat wakes up. He looks around and finds his mother and her ‘partner' fast asleep. He tries to move about the only room where he and his mother live, very carefully. Because he knows that if he makes the slightest sound, his mother will wake up, and without asking him anything, she will just give him two tight slaps and lots of bad words. He reaches for his books and starts studying. Slowly and carefully turning pages. He feels extremely thirsty but doesn't dare to get a glass of water. Because the sound of water jug might just disturb his mother's sleep. After all, she has slept around 4:00 am, after attending to her last ‘customer'. Bharat's mother is a Commercial Sex Worker (CSW). She is an alcoholic too. Bharat is trying hard to concentrate on his studies, but even the soft sound of his books wakes up his mother and Bharat gets another dose of his daily beating! He doesn't complain. His mother's partner gets up and he too slaps him as hard as he can. They go back to bed. Bharat quietly goes back to study.
It is 10:00 am now. Bharat is starving. But he packs his school bag and heads for school. Bharat is a good student. In school, he tries to focus on his studies, but it's hard to focus with an empty stomach.
It is almost evening time. Bharat returns home. He is very hungry. His mother is at the door. She makes him go out and buy some snacks. Then, she and Bharat eat it. Mother does not even exchange a single word of warmth, instead abuses him whenever she can. Bharat is restless now. Because it is time for him to get out of the house as his mother may get a ‘customer' any time. He is too tired and exhausted. But he has no choice. He is out on the streets… waiting to go home and sleep when it is the ‘right' time.
At the moment Ekalavya Nyasa takes care and looks after 100 children. There are three centres (Somwar Peth, Shukrawar Peth & Dhayari) where these projects are carried out. We would like to appoint people to handle these projects and the workload. We will be highly obliged if you can help by paying the remuneration of certain posts.
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Down the memory lane the journey of Ekalavya Nyasa arouses reminiscences of the children from so many deprived strata of the society. Ekalavya Nyasa has its origin in Aamhi Yuva - an NGO based in Mumbai. It all started when Renu Gavaskar, a young enthusiast noticed children (all boys) between the age group of 12 to 18 years requesting her from behind the bars to come to their institution. The institution was David Sassoon Industrial School, Matunga, Mumbai. At that time the children were called delinquent kids. Currently, the word Delinquent is prohibited in the book of law. A most positive change in the world of children.
When Renu Gavaskar entered the institution a new world was open to her which she aptly calls as her Vidyapeeth (University). David Sassoon showed her the way to go ahead in this field. She continued going there for a span of 20 years. At the same time she started visiting many corporation schools in the area as well as all the seven branches (including David Sassoon) of the Children's Aid Society. She fondly remembers that during those days so many young groups joined her. Aamhi Yuva, an NGO, was established to create a better world for the little ones.
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रेणू गावसकर या ज्येष्ठ मराठी लेखिका आणि समाजसेविका. वंचित मुलांच्या विकासासाठी त्यांनी केलेले कार्य अनन्यसाधारण असे आहे. त्यांच्या ध्यासातून उभी राहिली 'एकलव्य न्यास' ही संस्था. या माहितीपटाच्या माध्यमातून, मुलांचे भवितव्य घडविणाऱ्या या संस्थेचा संघर्षमय प्रवास टिपण्याचा हा एक छोटासा प्रयत्न. अनेकांची आयुष्य सावरणारा, घडवणारा हा प्रवास अनेकांना प्रेरणा देत राहील.
A film by IPH Pune - Mental Health For All
मुलांचे शिक्षण, त्यांचे अधिकार, त्यांचे संगोपन याविषयी समाजातील प्रत्येकाने जागरूक असले पाहिजे,कारण मुले ही राष्ट्राची संपत्ती आहे.
आई -वडील, समाज आणि परिस्थितीने नाकारलेल्या मुलांना फक्त अन्न, वस्त्र, निवारा न देता त्यासोबत शिक्षण, माया, मनोधैर्य या सर्व बाजू समृद्ध करण्याची जबाबदारी 'एकलव्य आणि बाल शिक्षण न्यास' या माध्यमातून पूर्ण करणाऱ्या समाजसेविका व लेखिका 'रेणूताई गावसकर' यांच्या व्रताबद्दल 'Aakar Studio' च्या माध्यमातून आज आपण जाणून घेत आहोत.
Interview held on Doordarshan Sahyadri Channel for the program 'Umaludya Kalyana (उमलू द्या कळ्यांना)'
Apr. 12, 2016
To encourage the dropouts to continue their education and provide them with alternate career options
Ekalavya Nyasa has focused its attention on the children of
"Anything can wait, but the needs of the child; because his tomorrow depends upon his today".
The child is the most precious gift of the world. A bright future of the child is a cherished dream of every cultured society. A child is the future of the society as he/she grows into the basic element of the society i.e. citizen and builds foundation of the society by creating a family. A strong family is the building block of healthy society. Family is a starting unit where child imbibes values, civic sense and social responsibility. It is the family that trains a child to be an essential element in the future society.
A family catering to the needs of a child provides:
How many children are blessed with such a family in our country? How many children can satiate at least basic needs of their life? What happens to the children who don't have proper family to support? With the change in population dynamics are we not creating social imbalances and inequalities in the future society?
The questions are unending and the answers are disturbing!
…but Ekalavya Nyasa believes that We Can Make a Difference!
By Creating a healthy environment for a deprived child based on dignity, respect and opportunity to grow.
Eklavya Nyasa believes the child to be the center of the society and advocates the way of enlightening the child through education. Educational development is the basic objective of the Nyasa and the consequent schemes revolve around it. In short, Eklavya Nyasa looks at social & psychological problems and tries to solve them through educational vision. The activity of the Nyasa got itself rooted in Pune in the year 1999 while in 2002 it was registered as a trust. Primarily the Nyasa started working with the children of commercial sex workers. The child always feels that Home is the best institution. Nyasa decided to rehabilitate the child in his home itself.
The Nyasa believes that the aforesaid challenges could be partially overcome. The diagnosis of the above social problem is ignorance and treatment is Educure!
It has adopted a singular mission of educating these children. Everyone at Nyasa trusts that to educate is to bring out the best in the child and develop the potential to its best.
The Nyasa differentiates between teaching and learning. Learning starts with assimilation. So the education here is made more assimilative.
The Nyasa philosophy states that school should be a bridge between family and child. The efforts are made to sensitize parents to the needs of their children, seek their participation and overcome the hurdles of ill-equipped parenting. The Nyasa extends its activities beyond the four walls of schools and assists the parents in understanding their children better.
The Nyasa educates its students by various methods besides the formal process of learning. The techniques used are story telling, creativity (self-reliance & self-motivation), language development etc. The foundation of education is based on Interaction and Communication. With a special emphasis on curative education methods, Nyasa makes extensive use of drawing as well as music therapies. Nyasa considers play therapy to be of equal importance.
Please go through the pages What We Do, Future Plans and About Ekalavya Nyasa to learn more about us.
"एकलव्य बाल शिक्षण व आरोग्य न्यास" या स्वयंसेवी संस्थेला कोणतेही शासकीय अनुदान नाही. समाजातील दानशूर व्यक्ती व काही संस्था यांच्या मदतीमुळे संस्था चालते. सकाळ माध्यम समूहाच्या "सोशल फॉर ॲक्शन" या डिजिटल क्राउड फंडिंगच्या प्लॅटफॉर्मवर "एकलव्य बाल शिक्षण व आरोग्य न्यास" च्या उपक्रमाची माहिती मिळेल. समाजातील दानशूर व्यक्ती, माहिती-तंत्रज्ञान कंपन्या, सीएसआर कंपन्या व परदेशी-भारतीय नागरिक https://socialforaction.com या वेबसाईटला भेट देऊन "एकलव्य बाल शिक्षण व आरोग्य न्यास" या संस्थेअंतर्गत चालविण्यात येणाऱ्या उपक्रमाची माहिती घेऊन डोनेट नाऊ या बटन वर क्लिक करून थेट वेबसाईटद्वारे देणगी देऊ शकतात. या क्राउड फंडिंगद्वारे देणगी देणाऱ्या प्रत्येक देणगीदारास देणगीची पावती व ८० जी हे प्राप्तिकरात ५० टक्के सवलतीचे प्रमाणपत्र मिळेल.
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