School Initiatives

Improving the Learning Environment

FIDA activities aimed at socio-economic empowerment of the underprivileged sections of society were initiated at the Wadeshwar Government Secondary Ashramshala in Maval Taluka, Pune District. It is a government school addressing the educational needs of around 400 adivasi kids and children of migrant labourers serving Stds I-X. Although it is a government aided school, it lacks even basic amenities like a library, medical facilities, proper toilet blocks, adequate living space, adequate lighting in the dormitories and even regular water supply.

Objective

To enhance the leaning value, efforts are made to improve the learning environment at the school through various initiatives.

Library

A library is being set up at the school to inculcate the habit of reading among students. In addition to secondhand books, new books in the areas of maths, science, history, geography and literature are donated to the school every year.

Sports

To encourage regular sports at the school, FIDA has provided sports equipment like table tennis tables, volleyballs, nets, cricketing kits, badminton and TT racquets , shuttle corks,  footballs, skipping ropes, air filling machine for the balls as well as indoor games like carom boards and chess sets .

Study material

Preparatory study material in all subjects is distributed to the tenth standard students to help them in their preparation for the State Board exams.

Teachers training Program

FIDA networked with Vidnyanvahini, a non governmental organization for the conduct of teachers training programs for teachers from the Wadeshwar Ashramshala.

Career Counseling

Career Counseling sessions are organized for students from Std VIII-X to expose them to the various career opportunities in various fields like Medicine, Engineering, Nursing, Information Technology, Teaching and Civil Services amongst others.

Health and Hygiene

Health and Hygiene are an integral component of activities through FIDA. Health camps organized for students of the Wadeshwar Ashramshala, help in assessing the overall health and sanitation at the school and in initiating corrective measures wherever required. Children are supplied with slippers to get them into the habit of wearing footwear as they suffer from skin infections on account of roaming around barefoot, especially in the rainy season. To control the wide spread incidence of scabies noticed amongst 90 % of the children, the school is provided with medicines like Benzene Hexachloride (Gamma Scab ). Toothbrushes, toothpastes and soaps are provided to the students to encourage better personal hygiene. Students are also given additional supplements like vitamin syrups and deworming capsules.