Apni Shala
Builds social and emotional learning and school mental health initiatives for children and youth in partnership with municipal and low-income schools
- Bronze Certified 2023
- 80G
- 12A
- CSR-1
About
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Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra
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Since
2013
Apni Shala intends to promote social and emotional learning(SEL) besides normal academics in low-income schools. It runs multiple initiatives to creat Read moree emotional well-being in school children. Its working model is aligned with the CASEL model offered by Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, USA. This model has been adjusted to cater to the children of India through including stories, mindfulness, diversity and inclusion and imparting knowledge by the medium of construction rather than just gaining passive information. It operates many initiatives such as school SEL, SEL shala, diversity shala, the learning centre, youth project to create awareness about social and emotional wellbeing. It operated communities of well-being during the peak of the pandemic where social and emotional well-being sessions were conducted online for adults, children and teenagers. It conducts SELebrating Inclusion Summits which focusses on inclusion of SEL in systems, build a community which practices SEL and promotes well-being.
Action
Apni Shala designs and delivers SEL programs in partnership with schools and non-profit organizations, using experiential learning methods like art, drama, games, and community work to nurture social and emotional skills in children.
Demographies Served
Cause Area
Impact
As of 2022-23, 87% of students showed improvement in at least one SEL competency, and the organization has engaged over 10,500 children across 40 schools and organizations in Mumbai since its inception.
Vision & Mission
Apni Shala's vision is to build social and emotional competencies among individuals to constructively engage with society and have harmonious coexistence, while its mission is to increase access to Social-Emotional Learning for the larger community.
Programs
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SEL Programmes
Grounded in the principles of play-based and experiential learning, the Year Long SEL follows a Grade-specific curriculum the 5 core areas of Social Emotional Learning. We partner with a wide cohort of municipal schools and non-profit organizations to create a platform where children can easily access SEL education throughout the year.
Growing since the day of our inception, this programme has been implemented in over 30 schools in the L and M wards of Mumbai.
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Khoj School
Khoj is Apni Shala's SEL-Integrated School Initiative, currently operating at a Limbuni Baug Mumbai Public School in Mumbai, India. Khoj uses a holistic educational model that centers students' psychosocial wellbeing to educate and heal and incorporates counselling, mindfulness and inclusion practices to help empower its students and their families.
Central to its commitment to education is the view that when it comes to teaching a student, it cannot happen in isolation, but through a harmonious and healthy ecosystem that revolves around the student’s wellbeing.
Khoj aims to become a model school in the given context. With a curricular focus on students’ wellbeing and development, the school’s design is informed by students’ lived realities and continually strives to build an inclusive and compassionate ecosystem where all students can thrive.
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Apni Shala Fellowship
The Apni Shala fellowship envisions an ever-widening circle of caring, compassionate youth inspired to integrate mental wellbeing education in schools, while growing to be more reflective, compassionate and empowered individuals.
The fellowship aims to create joyful, practice based learning journeys that construct ripple effects in the school systems as fellows simultaneously complete their own journeys of learning.
The Apni Shala Fellowship is a one-year full-time, paid fellowship programme for graduates (or advanced learners) from any discipline, on their own journey of exploration and discovery who aspire to impact the way children learn while pursuing their own learning. -
SELebrating Inclusion Summit
Apni Shala and Ummeed come together once again to advocate for Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Inclusion and to create a platform to bring all stakeholders in the world of social emotional learning and inclusion together. The SELebrating Inclusion Summit is envisioned to be an annual SEL and inclusion gathering of organizations, policy makers, schools, educational institutions, families, educators and any individuals working towards making the education system more inclusive, safe and focused on the wellbeing of those accessing it.
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Educators' Personal & Professional Development (training)
A variety of training and capacity building initiatives such as SEL Shala, Diversity Shala, and organisation-specific training programs.
Impact Metrics
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% of Students Reporting Growth on at Least 1 of the 5Sel Compencies
Program Name
SEL Programmes
Year-wise Metrics- 2021-22 71
- 2022-23 87
Milestones & Track Record
Apni Shala launched its own learning center called Khoj in 2017, which was shortlisted among the top 10 schools for the World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration in 2022.
Leadership Team
Demographics & Structure
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No. of Employees
51-100
M&E
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Internal, External Assessors
No
Policies
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Ethics and Transparency Policies
No
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Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy
No
Political & Religious Declarations
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On Affiliation if any
No
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On Deployment Bias if any
No
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AAETA0041P
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Registration ID
E-29950(M)
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12A
AAETA0041PE2021401
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80G
AAETA0041PF2021401
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FCRA
Not Available
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CSR Registration Number
CSR00001931
Location
Other Details
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Type & Sub Type
Non-profit
Trust
Website
Financial Details
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2020-21
IncomeRs.10,256,672ExpensesRs.8,229,434Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2021-22
IncomeRs.12,789,736ExpensesRs.9,785,762Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2022-23
IncomeRs.17,300,000ExpensesRs.18,100,000Admin ExpensesRs.2,600,000Program ExpensesRs.15,500,000Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2023-24
IncomeRs.20,145,014ExpensesRs.24,621,683Admin ExpensesRs.2,238,334Program ExpensesRs.22,383,349Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it.