This project is mainly conducted for children in the age group of 3-16 years belonging to migrant families living in slums located on the periphery of the city.

Our indoor and outdoor school was established because of the population of migrant labourers are increasing day by day, which has been the situation in Goa since the last few years. The direct negative impact of this migrant situation has effected children who are in their schooling age. They have to drop out of their schools for 4-5 months every year as their families migrate to different locations every few months.

Most of the migrants are from far away regions of Southern & Northern India (eg., Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Kolkata etc). This migrant community sets up camps on the outskirts of cities and live there for almost a year depending on the various odd jobs they can find. The longer they stay back, the longer the children do not get the opportunity to go to school. And the children end up working at a very tender age to gain extra income for their families. Therefore, the main objective of this project is to encourage these migrant children to focus on their education by giving them the opportunity to continue their learning with us.

Despite the fact that there is a public school already in the vicinity, it has not helped the education of the children in the migrant communities for various reasons such as,

• The community’s understanding that education is less important
• The distance to the school (5km), where the children find it difficult to walk as there are no local transportation provided by the public school
• Financial constraints
• The migratory tradition of the community
  
  

To overcome these issues and to make education accessible to these underprivileged population, we have come up with an alternative and have taken the initiative to run a community school at the village, where the education is free of cost and the school is at a walking distance from their homes.

Our main concern is the realization of sustainable peace and development in which the children, youth, women, adults, and elders are involved in positive activities that will ensure socio-economic welfare in this village. The vision is to educate and inspire the younger generation who are not fortunate enough to be trained or even to go to school because of their backgrounds.

Activities at the School: You will be involved in various activities such as

• Provide regular basic education for migrated children in the age group of 5 to 14
• Develop infrastructure in the village such as better access roads, build toilets, construct a rainwater harvesting system, and setting up libraries
• Conduct workshops and training to make kitchen gardens, teaching health, hygiene habits and nutrition
• Conduct environmental camps to spread the awareness of household waste management
• Classes for kindergarten children during the day as their parents go to work. Organizing summer camps during the summer vacations of April and May.
• Conduct sports coaching camps in football for the children of the community
  
  

Our outreach school educates underprivileged children from slums, whose parents cannot afford to send them to school. The teaching sessions take place in the mornings and afternoons where the participants interact with the children using games and activities to teach them and help them understand the importance of education and developing skills.