Diya Ghar

District

Bangalore

Bangalore Rural

Chennai

States

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Diya Ghar provides a holistic Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme for children of migrant worker families, integrating Montessori-based preschool education, nutrition, healthcare, childcare, parent engagement, and after-school academic support. Since its inception in 2016, the programme has served over 8,000+ children across 20+ migrant communities in Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, and Chennai Urban, Tamil Nadu. By addressing children's educational, nutritional, health, and developmental needs, Diya Ghar helps build a strong foundation for school readiness and lifelong well-being. Progress is monitored through child assessment sheets, Google-based tracking systems, baseline assessments, and end-of-year analyses, enabling the organization to measure outcomes and continuously improve its impact. Through this work, Diya Ghar aims to serve 5,000 children per day by 2028.

District

Bangalore

Bangalore Rural

States

Karnataka

Since the Pandemic forced the closure of all schools, we had to switch to a community-based strategy for our in-school Montessori instruction. This required us to start filming video classes and provide every child with a learning kit that contained lap desks, seating mats, stationery, and other supplies. We produce parenting videos in addition to the instructional videos, explaining how parents may help their children learn the material. These parents are deeply engaged in their children's educational pursuits for the first time. Furthermore, under the direction of our teachers, we have selected and trained Community Champions who instruct our kids in these neighbourhoods. Both our kids and their parents are still learning and developing today.