V-CARE Social Service Centre of Delhi Jesuit Province is committed to its mission of walking with the poor, vulnerable, excluded, marginalized and humanly impoverished and it aims at improving the life of this people through informal education particularly in Jahangirpuri, Delhi.
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world”, Nelson Mandela said it. Therefore, V-CARE focuses on the basic and quality education of the children, and provides skills-training and organizes life-orientation programs for the youth. V-CARE undertakes specific activities for integrated and holistic development of the slum poor children and youth at Jahangirpuri and surrounding areas. The following are the on-going programs.
Remedial Education: A total of 407 remedial students are regularly attending classes in our centres. We have two batches for each class and each teacher takes class in two shifts i.e. first batch for the boys in the morning and second batch for the girls in the afternoon. The children, who have enrolled their names in our centre are rag-pickers and are government school going children. We have more girls’ children than boys. They are taught and personal cares and guidance are given. We also organize every month various activities, such as, literary competition, drawing competition, quiz competition, singing competition, diya decoration etc. to encourage them.
The number of children enrolled in V–Care programs
Computer Class for Remedial Students: Children from class 6 to 10 get opportunity to learn computer education like any other privileged children who are studying in formal schools. Our aim is to make the children more creative, communicative by providing them basic knowledge of the computer.
Smart Class: First time Smart Class has been introduced to the slum children at our centre. It’s a new way of giving information and knowledge. It’s a new phenomenon for our children. We have realized that Smart classes have made learning easy, attractive, influential and enjoyable. It has to be upgraded.
We have set up a small library in one of the class rooms. It consists of stories, poems, general knowledge etc. though it’s a small but it helps the student to spend more time in the centre and complete their study/home work.
SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMMES:
V-CARE offers vocational courses such as computer course, typing, beauty culture, Mehandi, tailoring and Spoken English. These vocational training classes are held regularly at the centre. Our aim is to help the students to get a government job, private job, part-time job, seasonal job or to start their own carrier by using the skills they gain in our centre, so that they earn their livelihood and become self-sufficient. In 2021-2022, 656 trainees enrolled their names for various courses.
Number of trainees who have enrolled their names at V-Care in 2021-2022
Celebrations of Important Days: Celebrations are very important in our lives. Celebrations are occasions that give opportunities for the children and the youth to show their talents and to get recognition and approval in the society. They build up their self-esteem and confidence. V-CARE organizes programmes like Independence Day, Environment Day, Girl Child Day, Literacy Day, Children’s Day, Observation of Constitution Day, Diwali Celebration, Christmas Celebration, Republic Day, Women’s Day, etc. V-CARE also organizes exposure programs for the children, the youth and for the women every year.