Street Smart
Street Smart works with slum and street children who rag pick and beg for a living. The original focus of this project was art therapy and basic literacy.
The scope and depth of this project has increased many folds since the beginning of the program. Currently, approximately 650 children attend Street Smart programme across eight learning centers in Dehradun. Our aim is to bring children into literacy and mainstream them into schools.
Learning centers
| Street Smart Projects | Number of Children |
|---|---|
| MLC ISBT | 201 |
| Education Cart Nagar Nigam | 98 |
| Street Smart – GPS Chukkuwala 2 | 83 |
| Street Smart – ISBT | 82 |
| Street-Smart-Early Learning Center – Givindgarh | 72 |
| MLC Labour Department | 72 |
| MLC Raipur | 55 |
| MLC Prem Nagar | 46 |
| Street Smart – Haven GPS Shastri Nagar | 43 |
| MLC GMS Road | 25 |
| Education Cart Prem Nagar | 24 |
| MLC Kabadi Bazar | 24 |
| TOTAL | 907 |
Street Smart provides:
- Bus transportation to and from slums to our centers
- Basic literacy, bridge course for mainstreaming
- Computer education
- Music classes
- Clothing
- Nutrition ranging from meals to fruit & milk
- Medical attention
- Vocational Training
- Counselling
Extensive teacher training has been done in order engage these children and bring them into education.
