About NGO:

Light of Life Trust aims to transform lives of rural underprivileged communities through integrated, holistic and sustainable social models:

Project Anando - (Education): Initiated in 2005 with the belief that no child should be forced to drop out of school. It works through a 3E approach: Educate Empower and Equip for employability - supporting out of school children in the age group of 11 - 18 years to reinstate/sustain them in schools to complete basic education.

Project Jagruti - will provide a holistic approach for the creation of a community which can sustain itself with the emotional support of and interdependence on each other will have four verticals.

• Community centre (livelihood programmes)
• Children's Home
• Senior Citizen Home
• Medical Diagnostic center

Project Aangan - (Health): It will employ alternate healing therapies, give care and comfort to the terminally ill in a hospice and engage in research and development.

Fund Usage:

Project Anando : The holistic development of the CHILD, being the raison d'être for Project Anando, is the centre of all programmes under the project. As the Key Stakeholder the child plays an active part in his/her development and is an involved member throughout the process rather than being just a passive recipient. The child's family, school teachers, peer groups and the community are significant contributors to the child's development as a responsible individual and hence all major influencers in the child's life are significant groups with whom a number of intensive and ongoing programmes are conducted.

Project Anando supports children in the age group 11-18 years through its 3 E approach - (Educate, Empower and Equip for employability). We aim to uplift underprivileged rural children, by reinstating them in schools, empowering and equipping them with skills to live in the mainstream society. The Anando selection criterion - economically backward - orphan, single child, neglected child. Anando Programme, initiated in Karjat with 25 children, now reaches out to over 3413 children across 33 centres. The programme has successfully been replicated in 322 villages of Maharashtra.

Key Components of the Anando Programme includes:

" Distribution of Education linked material such as text books, stationary, uniforms and bags.
" Weekend workshops for personality development and building self confidence.
" Intensive counseling and ongoing home visits.
" Parent and community awareness and training sessions.
" Teaches and peer group meetings.
" SFSEP- Student Friendly Supplementary Education Programme addressing special needs in English and Mathematics.
" Anant music programme to soothe the mind.
" Mahachurcha and Sphurti programme to strengthen preparedness of Std. X students.
" Anando Plus for exploring avenues for career choices, higher education and enrolment in vocational guidance courses.

Impact:

14 year old Parag belongs to a poor family. All family members are aware of the need for education but cannot afford to educate the children. Parag is clever and result oriented boy. He wants to become an engineer in future. Parag was selected as the trust's beneficiary. When he started attending our summer vacation class, his development process started to flower. His communication skills were good already but in our workshop he developed his presentation skills. Parag's thought process is superior but he does not freely express himself.

The trust had conducted a workshop on effective communication and Parag was made a group leader in the workshop. He did a good presentation there. Parag's confidence level was very low prior to becoming a beneficiary of Light of Life Trust. After our intervention his stage daring increased and as a result he anchored the second half of the BalKala Mahotsav. Parag's leadership quality developed through this activity.

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http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo52_lolt.htm

Founded Year: 2002

Cause category: Education

Our Supporters

• Sujal Shroff