Ashraya Foundation for Children

This programme is the outcome of a need-based evaluation that was conducted in 2019 with Ashraya's parents, educators, kids, and dropout students to analyse the community's needs, evaluate Ashraya's progress, and develop a long-term plan. The most important lesson was that local government schools and reasonably priced private schools did not provide our community's youngsters with holistic development. In these schools, academics were the only focus, and our community's context was not taught. Following extensive study and discussion, Ashraya decided to use the National Institute of Open Schooling, India's Open Basic Education model. This gave us the freedom to design our curriculum, putting a strong emphasis on the social and cultural background of the community.

Ashraya's Residential Programme arranges for boarding school education at neighbouring residential schools for a small number of orphaned and abandoned youngsters. Our Residential Programme staff provides extra care (counselling, medical attention, clothing and personal things, weekend visits, etc.) and a social support structure to enable each child to grow, develop, and experience love and care, even though the school takes care of their daily requirements.