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Promoting Early Childhood Care & Development (ECCD) and building school readiness
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THE NEED

Early childhood, defined as the period from birth to 8 years, is a time of remarkable growth with brain development at its peak. Early childhood care and development is therefore, more than preparation for primary school. It aims at the holistic development of a child’s social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs in order to build a solid and broad foundation for lifelong learning and well-being. In India, the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS) is mandated to deliver services such as health, nutrition, immunization and non-formal early education through an Anganwadi to children below six years of age. While being free and most accessible, the Anganwadis struggle to deliver the quality of services children need. The children therefore lack in foundational learning skills and school readiness.

SOLUTION

By working in partnership with the ICDS, Project Ankur leverages the vast connects of the government system and helps strengthen community structures for early childhood care and education.

Equipping centre with infrastructure needed for safety, hygiene and learning
Equipping centres with educational material
Assessment of health and nutrition status of children and growth monitoring
Health check-ups, medical referrals, follow up
Trained resources for educational support
Promoting learning through field trips and festivals
Capacity building of Anganwadi staff
Capacity building of parents
Formation of parent committees
Sharing of quarterly child progress cards
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BUILDING PARENT CAPACITY IN FINANCIAL LITERACY
Over 36 days, Financial Literacy trainings were conducted across 10 centres in the Ranchi district of Jarkhand. A total of 254 parents were sensitized to improve their awareness on financial health and financial literacy. The sessions aimed at help
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Building Parent Capacity in Financial Literacy

3rd May 2024

Over 36 days, Financial Literacy trainings were conducted across 10 centres in the Ranchi district of Jarkhand. A total of 254 parents were sensitized to improve their awareness on financial health and financial literacy. The sessions aimed at helping families and parents identify goals and strategies to support children’s upbringing, growth, and learning all from the standpoint of financial health. By the end of these sessions, parents were aware of the different ways to save their money, how they can create a budget for the family and work with that to manage their expenses. Another important lesson was how to borrow and what are the healthy ways to borrow.


TRANSFORMING ANGANWADI CENTRES INTO CONDUCIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS:
The Anganwadi Centres lack the basic amenities of water and sanitation in addition to this they are in such a dilapidated condition that parents are hesitant to send their children to the centres. In the 33 Anganwadi Centres UWM has worked on complet
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Transforming Anganwadi Centres into conducive learning environments:

3rd May 2024

The Anganwadi Centres lack the basic amenities of water and sanitation in addition to this they are in such a dilapidated condition that parents are hesitant to send their children to the centres. In the 33 Anganwadi Centres UWM has worked on completely transforming the centres by making them more attractive with wall murals that double as teaching learning materials. This has resulted in an increase the attendance of children by 12% . These children have now been regularly coming to the centre.


GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
We have seen major engagement of government stakeholders in the different districts in support of the Anganwadi Centres through the efforts of the United Way Mumbai (UWM) in collaboration in the Anganwadi Teacher. Awareness of the Ankur Project reac
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Government Stakeholder Engagement

3rd May 2024

We have seen major engagement of government stakeholders in the different districts in support of the Anganwadi Centres through the efforts of the United Way Mumbai (UWM) in collaboration in the Anganwadi Teacher. Awareness of the Ankur Project reached the District Welfare Officer (DWO), Khammam District.

As a result the local panchayats themselves supported some of the infrastructural requirements in the form of:
Construction of Toilets for some centres
  • Building a Water Tank for a centre
  • Provision of Electricity for some centres
  • Provision of Water Supply for some centres
  • Rebuilding of the ceiling for a centre
  • Reroofing of a centre to support the Solar unit being installed



MAKING CHILDREN SCHOOL READY
At UWM we follow the National Education Policy's (NEP’s) focus on holistic development, where our early childhood education program prioritizes five key domains: Physical and motor skills, Cognitive development Socio-emotional-ethica
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MAKING CHILDREN SCHOOL READY

3rd May 2024

At UWM we follow the National Education Policy's (NEP’s) focus on holistic development, where our early childhood education program prioritizes five key domains:
  • Physical and motor skills,
  • Cognitive development
  • Socio-emotional-ethical growth
  • Cultural and artistic expression
  • Communication and early literacy & numeracy
A variety of skill-building activities are conducted across these domains that have resulted in remarkable learning outcomes. These daily interventions have resulted in children achieving their developmental milestones and becoming school ready. We have seen an average of 50 % increase in children achieving their developmental milestones.

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