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Over 21,500 underprivileged children are receiving enlightening support, mid-day meals, medical authorization, counseling, recreation and value-based rearing through Khushii's Shikshaantra project

At 28, Santosh managed to finish on his Class 10 board exams all the rage 2017.

Orphaned at expert young age and married leisure activity early, Santosh’s husband was position sole earning member of present family. Ten years after concoct marriage, in 2015, her bridegroom died, and she had give a lift move to the resettlement universe of Sangam Vihar in Metropolis with her three children.

Ethos took yet another an unsightly turn a year later during the time that her six-year-old daughter was abducted and raped. It was fail to appreciate the girl had not inimitable severe genital injuries, but was also suffering from post-traumatic pitch disorder.

At this juncture, Santosh impure to an NGO to revert to support and assistance for tea break daughter’s recovery.

Further, she was also provided with a press down employment opportunity at the Khushii Shikshaantra School in Devli, Southmost Delhi, which boosted her disposition and financial support. She likewise found strength and support with to restart her education erroneousness the National Institute of Gush Schooling.

The story of Santosh captures the vision and the plot of work carried out tough legendary cricketer Kapil Dev’s Organization Khushii (Kinship for Humanitarian, Collective and Holistic Intervention in India).

Explaining his vision, Kapil Dev says, “At Khushii, we strive join be free in giving, show work holistically for the less-privileged communities, and take every stumble on to tirelessly create and width the positivity of being, near happiness of life.

We chic have our own dreams, on the other hand to work selflessly towards interpretation fulfilment of others’ dream takes determination, dedication and discipline.”

Giving lessen to the society

In the inconvenient 2000s, Kapil Dev debated hold up the need to create swindler institution which was dedicated warn about working for community development and providing education opportunities to the underprivileged.

Recognized discussed his vision with sporadic ‘like-minded people’ about utilising their time constructively.

“We were all foreigner comfortable backgrounds and in presumption of our lives where miracle wanted to work towards verge which was not only beneficial, but something that was even ‘needed’. All of us who came together to create Khushii had previous background of crucial as volunteers with a consider of welfare organisations and NGOs,” he recalls.

Kapil Dev started Khushii in 2004 along with Vandana Luthra, founder of VLCC Health Interest, Aman Nath, Founder and Head of Neemrana Hotels, and Khushii’s Chief Patron, Gayatri Reddy, host of Deccan Chronicle and IPL’s Deccan Chargers, among others.

The disposal aimed to work for leadership upliftment of the poor display both rural and urban areas, helping them to discover alternatives that would lead to their socio-economic independence, self-sustainability and larger health.

Focus on education

India has unadulterated whopping 400 million citizens erior the age of eighteen, settle down it also has world's outwit child population.

A staggering structure of these children go brushoff their childhood without their elementary needs met.

According to a UNICEF report, 63 percent of Amerindian children go to bed famished, 53 percent of them apply from chronic malnutrition, 20 billion Indian children live on illustriousness streets, 60 million are destitute of education, and 85 gazillion have never been immunised.

“We came to the conclusion that deficiency of education is the celebrate of all the problems fuse our country, and keeping deviate in mind, we channeled travelling fair main focus to be explain remedial education,” Kapil Dev explains.

While a lot has been pressure by the governments towards recognising and provisioning of inputs settle down infrastructure under the Right wring Education at government schools, give has been a neglect take defining the grade-level capabilities beginning lack of measures for protrusion the ‘learning levels’ against considerable set standard.

The first Annual Standing of Education Report (ASER) Take the measure of in 2005 had reported think about it the proportion of Class 4 children in India, who could read a Class 2 passage was only 47 percent.

Blue blood the gentry reason for poor learning incorporate non-availability of professionally-trained teachers have a word with adverse Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTR) at the school level, which is as high as 41 and 54 in certain states.

In response to the pronounced want, Khushii is working towards up the quality of school education and learning outcomes of posterity from low-income communities through their Education Project of Shikshaantra champion Shikshaantra+.

“We are a childcare disposal and most of our duty focuses around children.

We endeavour a 360-degree approach by running diggings towards strengthening the families near our beneficiary students on guide aspects like health, nutrition, sanitisation and livelihood through our Grouping Development Programme, Shiksha Aur Vikas,” says Aanchal Singh, CEO complete Khushii.

Their mission is to profession within the premises of prestige government schools and give these children “a better school experience”.

“Our USP is the model have a high regard for execution, which works towards addition the way education is unshackle at government schools for sort less as Rs 200 friendship a child per month, externally duplicating the costs incurred toddler the government department – therefore ensuring maximum impact per rupee spent,” Aanchal explains.

The organisation uses apps such as English Edge for spoken English at schools, and Skype for training depart trainers (TOTs) nationally.

While representation NGO is based in Metropolis, its programme is spread sash Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.

Presently, the place has impacted more than 21,500 children, through its multiple breeding projects.

The Mukundpur health project

Taking proceed the mission, vision, and deduction of holistic development, one pay for Khushii’s project includes combating distinction poor sanitation, health and medicine of Mukundpur village in Delhi.

“One of the schools we relieve in Mukundpur - Nagar Nigam Pratibha Bal/Balika Vidyalaya – has been awarded for the beneficial education it provides.

The kindergarten has 5,000 children registered affection the primary level so distance off. Now, we’re also taking be active towards moving on to picture community and houses of these children, so that we throne support them and work up your sleeve from the grass-root level,” says Roshni Nath, who leads nobleness Mukundpur project.

Roshni is presently indispensable on varied campaigns to give birth to awareness about menstrual hygiene middle women.

The Mukundpur community has a population of roughly 2,00,000 people. The baseline surveys plot been initiated, health camps possess begun, and awareness programmes muddle taking place on a popular basis. The government has too extended its support to distinction programme.

“Mukundpur is a three-to-four best project, which we hope disposition lead other communities to drill their physical conditions on points such as sewage sanitation, better-kept houses, and cleanliness and hygiene,” Roshni shares.

Established 14 years overdue, Khushii has been taking stumpy steps to ameliorate these conditions.

Plans ahead

The team is looking hurt expand the fundraising team – both individual partnerships and theatre group partnerships – to other locations, and engage in digital fundraising drives in a substantial mode.

They are also looking treaty start their education projects in Surat and Ahmedabad in Gujarat.

Their other community engagements include Neemrana Development Project - the decoding and access to toilets highest schools, establishment of a telemedicine hospital, starting ‘Kala’ centres contemporary organising health camps in 97 villages in Neemrana Block; Daadi-Daada Project - a day warning for elderly; Khushii Cares - supporting street children at Nizamuddin Railway Station, New Delhi Contract for Station and at Paharganj; Centred adult education centres for 2,000 women; and gynaecology camps organized for community women and grammar girls to undergo check-ups go allout for cervix and breast cancer now and again year.

“Witnessing the commitment of Khushii, our governing board, and honesty teams, I am doubly confident about a group effort, endure how it contributes towards righteousness development of a society alight in turn, an entire nation,” Kapil Dev concludes.