SAMPARC COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM

SAMPARC always faced a big challenge in the rural part to bring children to the school. Thus SAMPARC developed counselling wing by keeping qualified persons from Psychology and social work to handle the issues. The main work that SAMPARC did is confidence building at the community level. The approach followed in other parts of India in Rajasthan, West Bengal to strengthen community education support program where mostly children are getting benefit through the program. In Rajasthan the villages and slum areas which were covered were children belonged to socially underprivileged community. Similarly in West Bengal all centres were selected where socially and economically poor children are getting benefit of the program. In some places for the education of children SAMPARC even supported the family through livelihood project so that family could sustain and support children to continue education. 

Community Education Support Program Rajasthan-  the project was started for children of stone quarry workers in village Gangani, in Jodhpur. 60 Poor and needy children are supported.

 Community Education Support Program, West Bengal- 289 children receive education support and 140 children receive Computer Literacy support in West Bengal and following are the details of beneficiaries-

a)     At District Hooghly, 60 children from poor tribal families from village Rahimpur and Gultia receive education support.

b)     At District South 24 Parganas, 169 children from poor rural community from village Dhananjaypur, Mandir Bazar, Bahir Kancholi, and Kashi Nagar receive education support.

c)     At Kolkata City 60 children from Behala slum receive education support.

d)     140 rural poor children receive training in computers at Kashi Nagar.

e)     Under SAMPARC Shanti Project in Haridevpur Kolkata 90 children are supported.

SAMPARC Shanti Project Haridevpur, Kolkata: Associazion Shanti Onlus Corp and Associazione Umanitaria Lucagrisol are the partners of SAMPARC Shanti Haridevpur Kolkata Special Education Support Project. The important aspect of the program is that most needy 92 children of the Haridevpur slums, Kolkata -82, are taken care of by the project by teachers and other supporting officials.

Community Education Support Program, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - 48 children from Jr.Kg to 9th std are receiving education support and a tutor is teaching the children. The Beneficiaries under this program are from very poor situation. Their parents work as daily wage labor or rickshaw-puller or domestic helpers or land-less farmers who work in others farms. Because of poverty, education of the children is badly neglected. To help the children SAMPARC provides tutorial support. Children attend Government run schools and SAMPARC tutor teaches the children all subjects in the class. The purpose of starting this project in Varnasi is to reach more underprivileged children and help them to attend school and complete their education. SAMPARC is receiving encouraging response and the children are showing good progress.

The impact of the project has tremendous help for the families belonging to poor financial and economic conditions and also is helping children to attend school regularly.