Donate for Child Education: Help Build a Brighter Future in India

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.

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.

Revised 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.

As 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.

Bal 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.