We began teaching in the month of January every Sundays with one Ekjaaite initially. The first place we decided to target were the slums of Jamrushi Nagar,Pathanwadi located in Malad (East), Mumbai. The children in that area go to municipality schools and hence their knowledge for English/Spoken English is very poor. Basics of English were taught and then slowly week aTer week the level was increased. By the end of January two more Ekjaaites Prateek Jainand Anshul Agrawal joined in. There were total three now, so teaching was even more fun.TheEkjaaites taught the mad way, it was teaching with tang of fun activities. ATer a few months, we cameup with a new place in Goregaon(East) again where thekids wentthrough thesame problem. Soon work began there and Sakshi Jainalsojoined as Ekjaaite, with the increase in the number of Ekjaaites there has been additional 2 places where we expanded. Al the children in the adjoining vicinity area have also joinedEnglish classes. We make it a point that along with English we nculcate general knowledge, maths, science andsocial manners inthechildren that wil helpthem developwithtime. In both the locations, Ekjaa Foundation took carethat allthe kids receive basic stationery requiredforlearning. There are plans to start Digital Literacy i.e.basic computer educationforthesame kids innearfuture.
The students of MMK college Bandra, SFIT Engineering college and LR Tewari Management College were engaged in the project.
Ekjaa Foundation
Location: Mumbai – Maharashtra Intervention: English
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