Donate for Child Education: Help Build a Secure Future for Children in India
Let us build a nation of educated children together through education donation
Childhood is considered the best time in a person’s life since it is a time when we are carefree, secure, and content. However, many children who are not in school do not have joyful childhoods. Children drop out of school for different reasons, such as difficult socioeconomic situations or a lack of awareness in areas where education is not valued.
Children who attend school not only have a pleasant present and a future filled with dignity, but they also have a safe place to express themselves, learn, grow, and connect with others. Dropouts are frequently forced into child marriages, child labour, or become the victims of child trafficking.
Through its various programmes, Bal Raksha Bharat has been assisting children from challenging backgrounds to complete their education in the hope of a better life and a brighter future. Currently, we are directly educating more than 10 Million children across 15 Indian states and 3 Union Territories.
These young champions have persevered and are still dreaming and working hard despite all the obstacles. With your help, we can ignite their aspirations through accessible, high-quality education. Do your bit and donate for education today to guarantee a joyful and secure childhood for children in need.
Donate money online to Child Education and help India have a better future.
Together, let’s use online donation for education in India to create a country of educated youth.
Realising one’s greatest potential, creating a just and equitable society, and advancing national progress all depends on education.
Why Donate For Child Education?
From the age of three when they start to develop early learning skills until the age of eighteen, when their schooling ends, every child, regardless of identity or background, should have access to high-quality learning opportunities.
A donation for child education can help bridge this gap and ensure every child gets a fair chance for a better future.
Since 2004, Bal Raksha Bharat (also known as Save the Children) has facilitated the education of numerous children through education donations, state-level programmes, and national policy lobbying. Charity for education is at the heart of our mission.To meet the educational needs of children, we provide a safe, fair, and inclusive learning environment for children aged 3 to 18. With donations for schooling that will help them grow upto be productive and engaged adults.
We share the Government of India’s perspective that, by offering access to quality education to every child through initiatives like child education donation, we can make India a global knowledge superpower while also fostering an education system rooted in Indian culture that directly contributes to transforming India, or Bharat, into an equitable and vibrant knowledge society over the long term.
Donate for child education to support underprivileged children in India.
Over the years, we have created several innovative, sustainable,and scalable solutions in concurrence with the policies of the Government of India that help us continue sharing the gift of education with underprivileged children through education donation.
Here, take a look at our key pillars of building a solid foundation for children!
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Early Childhood Care and Education (The foundation of learning)
Over 80% of a child’s cumulative brain development occurs before age 6, indicating the critical importance of appropriate care and stimulation of the brain in the early years to ensure healthy brain development and growth. Strong investment in ECCE has the potential to give all young children such access, enabling them to participate and flourish in the educational system throughout their lives. Bal Raksha Bharat, through its programmatic interventions and support for donation for poor child education, is closely working with the government to enhance early learning of children.
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Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (An Urgent & Necessary Prerequisite to Learning)
The ability to read and write, and perform basic operations with numbers, is a necessary foundation and an indispensable prerequisite for all future schooling and lifelong learning. However, various government as well as non-governmental surveys indicate that we are currently in a learning crisis: a large proportion of children are enrolled in primary grades, and attaining foundational literacy and numeracy for all children is an urgent mission. We are working with the 3-8 age group in Anganwadi Centres to support children in transitioning to the primary level with school readiness skills. For the 6-8 age group, we work with schools to further strengthen foundational literacy and numeracy skills of children. Your support to donate for child education can make a significant impact on addressing this crisis.
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Equitable and Inclusive Education: Learning for AllRevised 3rd para: Education is the single greatest tool for achieving social justice and equality. Inclusive and equitable education – an essential goal in its own right – is also critical to achieving an inclusive and equitable society. While the Indian education system and successive government policies have made steady progress towards bridging gender discrimination and social category gaps in all levels of school education, significant disparities remain – especially at the elementary level. At Bal Raksha Bharat, we bring in programmatic interventions and emphasize the importance of education donation to provide an inclusive and equitable environment in which every child thrives and no child loses any opportunity to learn.
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Holistic, Integrated, Enjoyable, and Engaging learning processAs per the National Education Policy 2020, the curricular and pedagogical structure of school education will be reconfigured to make it responsive and relevant to the developmental needs and interests of learners at different stages of their development, corresponding to the age ranges of 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and 14-18 years, respectively. Working on the same, Bal Raksha Bharat is working with children, teachers, and the government to ensure that education will not only mean cognitive development but also building character and creating holistic and well-rounded individuals equipped with the key 21st-century skills. Your support through donation for education in India plays a crucial role in making these advancements possible.
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Safer School EnvironmentBal Raksha Bharat has adopted an all-hazards approach to keep children safe in and around school from natural and everyday hazards, and violence. It addresses the full spectrum of risks that children face in and around schools by adopting a ‘whole school’ approach, engaging stakeholders across all levels of the socioecological model (children, caregivers, teachers, school management, communities, civil society, and government authorities) to make both immediate and lasting improvements for children’s safety and protection. By supporting this initiative through donation for education, you contribute to mobilizing stakeholders for impactful, large-scale changes. Safe Schools programming has been adapted for both development and humanitarian contexts. We developed the Safe Back to School Guidelines for the safe return of children to schools post-pandemic, form and strengthen School Safety Committees, and conduct mock drills and hazard hunt exercises in schools.
India has made significant strides in literacy since independence (National Statistical Commission Survey calculates literacy to be 77.7% in 2017-18). The United Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20 for School Education in India records the total children enrolled in schools from primary to higher secondary at 25.57 crore as compared to 25.38 crore enrolment in 2020-21, registering an increase of 19.36 lakh children. However, 1.45% of children at the primary level and 12.61% at the secondary level drop out. Gender Parity Index (GPI) is 1.02 at the elementary level and 1.00 at the secondary level. Education donation plays a vital role in addressing these challenges by ensuring that more children stay in school and have access to quality learning opportunities.
Enhanced quality for accelerated learning support post the pandemic
The pandemic led to 92 per cent of children losing at least one specific language ability compared to their previous class. These abilities assist them in describing a picture or their experiences orally, reading familiar words, reading with comprehension,and writing simple sentences. Similarly, 82 percent of children, on average, have lost at least one specific mathematical ability from the previous year (Azim Premji Foundation Study, 2022). Bal Raksha Bharat equips schools with supplementary teaching and learning material through child education donation, creates a resource-rich environment, and supports children through Catch Up Clubs to attain grade-appropriate language and mathematics skills. The pandemic has been challenging for children, teachers, and caregivers alike, making it imperative to focus on socio-emotional learning for both adults (teachers and caregivers) and children. Recognizing the intrinsic link between learning and well-being, BalRaksha Bharat (also known as Save the Children) supports children and teachers'safe and sustained return to schools. We support adults and children to establish and maintain supportive relationships, feel and show empathy for others, manage emotions, and achieve personal and collective goals.
Quality lived and learning environment
Majority of government schools have near-universal lived facilities including 97 percent schools with girl’s toilet and drinking water facility. There are 83 percent schools with an electricity connection and 90 percent have handwashing facilities. 85 percent schools have libraries. We upgrade the learning environment in schools through low-cost quality teaching-learning material made from locally available resources. We set up smart classrooms and STEM laboratories to promote science and allied streams among children and especially girls.
Donate money online for girl child education and help us ensure every child gets the opportunity to learn.
HOW WE HELP INDIA’S CHILDREN LEARN BETTER WITH EDUCATION DONATION
HOW YOUR SUPPORT PUTS CHILDREN ON THE PATH OF LEARNING
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PROVIDE TEACHING-LEARNING MATERIAL
We provide learning kits and modules which can be used by parents to impart elementary level education to children. This helps in ensuring learning continuity if children have to drop out or during pandemic times.
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CHILD-FRIENDLY LEARNING
CENTRESWe set up and run Multi Activity Centres in various parts of India which cater to the learning needs of vulnerable children. These centres also provide vocational support to older children. At the same time, in several urban slums in metro cities, we operate Mobile Learning Centres – a bus transformed into a classroom, bringing education to the doorsteps of children in need.
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IMPROVE SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTUREWe work to improve the infrastructure of classrooms in schools, making them more attractive. This is done through renovating classrooms, making educational wall paintings, constructing toilets, stocking libraries with books and other such measures.
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BUILDING SMART CLASSROOMSThis intervention aims at improving learning outcomes through encouraging innovative technology-based pedagogy and enhance education at primary schools by maximising the utilisation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and STEM approach to provide an experiential learning to the students for understanding about the concepts on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. This is done by enhancing teacher capacities and creating child- and leaner-friendly environment for children
YOUR EDUCATION DONATIONS HAVE CHANGED MANY LIVES
Children have always been at the center of what we do and always will be. We ensure kids live, grow, and learn in a secure environment.
At Bal Raksha Bharat, we firmly believe that every child is conscious of their needs, capable of making decisions, and even capable of becoming a leader. Our training and engagement of young leaders as “Child Champions” to serve as messengers of change in their communities has been motivated by this conviction.
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