Srijan Bachpan

An innovative programme imparts intensive life skills training using unique community based and children led method. Learning of children from vulnerable communities of urban slums and tribal villages by first-hand experience of running actual bank like financial cooperative, organising sports activities and conduct of health based trainings and activities on regular basis including life coaching on various aspects of interpersonal skills and sensitisation of children on various socio-economic-civic issues is transforming the children of slums and tribal villages into socially aware, aspirational, disciplined and confident individual. Practice of actual financial management at such tender age is preparing them to be ready to break their generational shackles of poverty once they become an adult. About 8700 marginalised children from 11 urban slums and tribal villages been the part of this endeavour so far.

Secondly, more than a dozen of our children, who got supported and trained in this program, after attaining adolescence, have become change agents, and are leading the initiative in their communities to ensure that every child in their area goes to school, every child especially girl is protected and other child protection issues of children. Education have now started being placed at 'Gram Sabha' or community meeting by them formally and regularly, which was not a community issue before Pratigya's intervention. These change agents have taken remarkable initiatives including coaching their community children during holidays. One of the many initiatives on education and health by these change agents especially during corona pandemic various, is mentioned in the link.