OTHER AKANKSHA PROGRAMS
- Medical Education project for parents and children, including routine check-ups and treatment for all the children
- General Awareness Programmes instructing the parents and children on aspects such as hygiene, sanitation and family planning
- Value Education and self-esteem
- Field Trips, outings and Summer Camps to encourage learning through recreation
- Computer Class
- Art for Akanksha
- Empowerment Programme
- Drama club
- Sports Programme
- Dance Class
The Mentor Program
The Mentor Program seeks to pair each Akanksha class 8-10 child with a corporate mentor. The mentor-mentee pair meet once a week to work on matching a child's aspirations with his or her skills and family reality. Mentors open the world of careers to mentees and guide them through the difficult adolescent phase. Mentees, in turn, offer mentors a meaningful insight into a different world, friendship and respect, and the ability to bring about positive change through service.
The Learning to Lead Program
The Learning to Lead Programme seeks to identify those children from Akanksha who have the potential for leadership and excellence and instill in them a sense of purpose and determination to succeed, by providing them with intensive academic and leadership opportunities. Through this, we believe that we would be creating role models who effect change in their lives and in the society in which they live.
The Social Leadership Program
The Social Leadership Programme, inspired by Gandhiji's words "Be the Change that you Wish to See in the World", encourages older Akanksha students and alumni to "Be the Change". Through a curriculum that focuses on giving them an understanding of social issues and builds social leadership values, this program helps them take the initiative to be the change agents in their communities. Students learn to bring about changes first in themselves, then in their families and homes and finally in their communities.
The Akanksha Alumni Program
The Alumni Program is a link that helps us to reach out to our alumni to help and support them with additional life skills even after they have graduated from Akanksha. The alumni students meet once a month and discuss career opportunities and other professional skill upgradation programmes. They also help each other and provide emotional and social support.We have around 100 alumni in our programme. Some of them also volunteer in other Akanksha activities.
Volunteers
Volunteers form the backbone of all Akanksha activities. Over 500 individuals annually volunteer their time at Akanksha. Volunteers are school and college students, housewives and professionals. The Akanksha volunteers add energy, creativity and compassion to each Akanksha centre.
Volunteers help in many ways such as:
- Assist in teaching the children at the Centres
- Help at the art class and other vocational training classes
- Collect and donate materials for the centres
- Conduct workshops for our kids
- Make worksheets and other educational aids for Akanksha
- Organise special events for the children
- Lend a hand with administrative tasks in the office
For every volunteer, Akanksha is a unique learning, giving as well as receiving experience.
For more information on careers and volunteering, visit
http://www.akanksha.org/careersandvolunteering.html
Sponsorships
You can be a part of our students' journey, by contributing towards any of the following:
Sponsor a child in a centre* Rs. 500/month
Sponsor a centre's stationary * Rs. 1000/month
Sponsor a centre's field trip * Rs. 2000
Sponsor a centre teacher * Rs. 6000/month
Sponsor a child in a school ** Rs. 1500/month
* Each Akanksha centre runs with 60 kids, 2 teachers and a social worker.
** Under the school project, Akanksha runs the entire municipal school, with the infrastructure being provided by the Municipal Corporation.
For more information, visit http://www.akanksha.org/donate.html
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