The document summarizes an initiative by Satya Bharti School in Nareda Khurd village, Rajasthan to address illiteracy among women in the local community. Students and teachers organized awareness campaigns including street plays and meetings to educate villagers about the importance of education. As a result, over 80 women learned to write their names in Hindi. Both the community and participating students and teachers felt empowered and motivated to continue such efforts to drive social change.

1. To make woman literate Our story of Change from Satya Bharti School,Nareda Khurd , Alwar, Rajasthan , Bharti Foundation The change we plan to bring about in the community : To make woman literate

2. Bharti Foundation Bharti Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Bharti Group Companies. The Foundation aims to help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential. Satya Bharti School Program The Satya Bharti School Program is the flagship program of Bharti Foundation. It aims to deliver free quality education to underprivileged children, with special focus on the girl child across rural India. The program goal is to establish 500 Primary and 50 Senior Schools reaching out to over 200,000 students The promise of this large scale program, through its operation, is to create a replicable, scalable and holistic model of quality education in rural India Present Operational Status: Number of Schools Operational: 236 States of Operation: Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & Tamil Nadu Number of Students Enrolled: Over 30,000 Introduction

3. Geographical Location: Nareda Khurd is situated approx. 30 km from NH-8 and District office of Bharti Foundation. The nearest Sr. Sec. School is in village Doomroli which is approx. 4-5 km. There is no public transportation facility so that people have to walk or travel by own conveyance from the main bus station Kadipuri,which is approx. 12 km from the village. The Nearest Health Centre is Kaysa which is approx. 8-9 km. The nearest Police station is Mandhan which is approx. 28 km from the village. The nearest market is Narnaul which is approx. 14 km from the village Drinking water facility provided by government and constructed water supply tank, apart from this Hand pumps and bore wells are other source of water. The main occupation of villagers are agriculture, Government servant and working as Daily Laborers. The Total Population of Village is 980. The village is well connected with Electricity. About the Community

4. Cultural Background The villagers belongs to Hindu Community . Dominant cast is Yadav. They followed the all Hindu rituals and festivals The dressing style of community is long white Kurta & Dhoti / Pant & Shirt, for men and women dressing style is Ghagra & Odhni. They are the followers of all Hindu God & Goddess. Village women always in long veil and it ’ s a part of their culture. About the Community

5. There are lots of problem in the village but illiteracy is one of the major problem among women. No body is able to write their name and they are using the thumb impression while signing any documents. We ‘Felt’:

6. Illiteracy and ignorance is found as the main cause. Our kids decided to make a remarkable change to initiate step against illiteracy, in this community by counselling individuals, groups along with the nukad natak planned by them. We ‘Imagined’:

7. Organised a meeting with community people to make them understand about the initiative of Satya Bharti School. Organised the rally against illiteracy in community. Make them aware about importance of Education. Daily we held classes for the community and educated them in small groups. Conducted Street play in different location of community on importance of Education. We ‘Did’:

8. We ‘Did’:

9. More than 80 community women are able to write their name in Hindi. Make community people literate. People understand the importance of education and its benefits in their life. They feel self dependent and confident. They are more curious to learn new things, and they want to make their children educated. Impact on Community:

10. Understand the felt need of community and work on it which gives new learning to them . Children feel proud to be a part of this campaign and become change agents in the community. Staff members gained the confidence to deal with community problems which is totally different from daily class room teaching. They are curious to do such activity in near future and willing to do something different from their daily routine work. Impact on Us:

11. The teachers realise that they have done something special which make real difference in the life of community people. The community people feel that they can learn even at the age of 50 also. Experience of Community Members & Teachers:

12. We will be in touch with community people and adopt the policy of reach one teach one. We will monitor their progress on weekly basis and call them in Parents Teachers meeting so that we can discuss with them. We will try to identify other community problem and prepare the action plan for the same. The Road Ahead….. (in the next 3 months)

13. Students Participating in the Contest: Name of Mentor Teacher: Ravi Santoria # State District School No. of Students Participating Name of Student Class Rajasthan Alwar SBGUPS Nareda Khurd 10 Suryakant VII Ravi VII Sonu Kumari VII Priya VI Mansingh VII Anjali VI Sonali V Deepika V Karamveer VII Sonu VI

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