What We Do
School of life specializes in delivering Custom made Programs for different interest groups in our society and for different kind of organisations as well.
Broadly classifying School of life has developed programs for Corporates and Eductional Institutes.
For CORPORATES School of life works around themes of Gender Sensitization, Code of Conduct and Sexual Harassment at Workplace with reference to the POSH act 2013.
For Eductional Institutes School of Life works with all stakeholders Educators, Parents and Children – in and around themes of Child Safety and Protection stemming from Healthy ideas of Sexuality and Growing Up.
All of our programs are developed over time and our dynamic to the changes around us.
Training in Hayatpur Govt. school, Gurgaon
School of Life team conducting a comprehensive sexuality program with students of Hayatpur Govt School Gurgaon
The curriculum covers topics of growth, puberty and development, menstrual hygiene, safety from child sexual abuse, cyber safety, gender sanitization and equality, developing healthy body image, building emotional resilience, concepts of consent as well as safety from sexually transmitted diseases.
Programs conducted in age-appropriate messaging and through the interactive methodology
In recent years School of life has made impeccable efforts to change the community’s outlook on social taboos like; Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment.
Our goal has been to bring light on such issues of the society.
In this fight for social justice we have done several community outreach programs, our work with other NGOs, Government schools and LCC is a reflection of our ideal society we aim to build.
We have also partnered with the Government of Haryana for spreading our outreach to Government schools in Haryana, starting out with Gurgaon.
Our Work For Others
School of life, has done numerous programs and workshops as Pro- Bono over the years to make our efforts do further good. Here’s a list of Pro-Bono sessions we conducted over the years:
- Smile Foundation
- Presidium
- Gunjan Foundation
- Neev NGO
- Maharishi Vidyalaya
- The Lotus Foundation
- Shiksha Kendre
- Sansheel Foundation
The aim of our Pro-Bono sessions, is to spread awareness to more and more children so that we convert our work and bring much needed change in how we live. School of life is now open to donations in the pursuit to reach to more children in the less privileged communities.
Over the years School of Life has assisted numerous organizations with building and reviewing their policies for maintaining an orderly work environment.
Our experienced team specializes in providing policies both in Child Safety and Protection and Policies promoting a Gender Conducive Environment in Corporates along with POSH Policies.
Several of our team members aid organizations by being empanalled on their Safety or Internal Complaints Committee.
Our work focuses on building safe and healthy work environment while ensuring smooth and productive functionality.
Ambar Vidyadhara : A Primary School
Established under the aegis of School of life
foundation
In March , 2021 School of Life Foundation, launched a grass root project : “Ambar Vidyadhara” a Primary School for the less privileged . In its first academic year , the school commenced with classes for Nursery, KG and Grade 1 effective April 07 , 2021 . Additional classes will be added in subsequent years
The genesis
Ambar has been put together by a group of like-minded learning enthusiasts driven by a desire to support and partner with aspirational parents to provide their children with a joyful quality schooling experience.
The pandemic has created massive pockets of unemployment and reduced incomes across all segments of our society . The hardest hit , however have been those in the unorganized sector . Especially their preprimary children who have spent the entire year without any structured offline or online schooling . As we commence with the new academic year , the ability to balance their meagre incomes with mounting living expenses is a daily struggle for this section of the population . In this scenario providing an apt schooling foundation for their children seems a distant dream . . Available schooling options especially elementary classes do not adequately deliver focused and engaging learning to students and they do have a fee demand which parents just cannot fulfill . Thus, even after completing class 5 ; many of the children are barely able to read , write or solve problems
The First Ambar school is designed to provide engaging , holistic , experiential learning in a in a clean , safe hygienic environment at the sixth element school premises at b block , south city phase 1
Our teaching staff , curriculum and learning aids have been carefully selected to deliver a comprehensive academic and non-academic rigor based on principles of development psychology .
Our mission : Provide an enriching learning opportunity to the less privileged in. a comparable public-school environment
Our vision : provide a low cost , structured , engaging and value-based learning experience to every child so that she /he is able to achieve best in class language , creative , social, emotional and physical , benchmarks .
Program Features
- Limited sections . Not more than 15 children per section
- Comprehensive curriculum and Timetable covering languages , Arithmetic, EVS , Art , sculpture and Design , music & dance , PE , Values , Current affairs and projects .
- Subsidized fee per child @ 500 Rs per month . Scholarships for academic and regular attendance .Annual charges @ 1000 / year
- 5 day working . Tuesday to Sat . Sunday and Monday off.
- Timings until July .Tuesday to Friday : 2.15 pm to 5.30 pm for Nursery and KG . 2.15 pm to 6.00 for class 1 to Class 5 . Saturday 8.30 am to 2 pm for all .
- No uniforms in the first year of operation. Only uniform guidance so that parents and children are not under undue financial pressure
- School provided Mid-Day healthy snack
- School enabled Annual Medical and Medical insurance cover for all children enrolled in the program
- Compulsory parent guidance and training to ensure learning environment at home
We are looking for Volunteers.
You show your belief in the child to enhance his/her life adaptability .
We simply cannot do this without your help, and the best way to help us is to work with us!
You can volunteer for a particular subject or as a class teacher .
Email us at [email protected]
Sponsors
The actual minimal cost of running the program in the way it is designed is approximately 5000 per child per month . This includes the salaries of teaching , non-teaching and contractual staff , rentals including repair and maintenance , cost of learning aids , equipment , events and stationery
Sponsor Suite
1. Sponsor a child : pay for the monthly cost ( @ 4500 per child ) . As a child sponsor , You would be the child’s mentor and need to be involve in her day to day progress
2. Sponsor the annual medical examination @ 500 per child per year
3. Sponsor mid-day meals @ 100 Rs per child per week or 400 Rs per month
4. Sponsor purchase and replacement of learning aids/ play equipment /music equipment @ 1000 Rs per child
5. Sponsor computer and technology lab
6. Music/PE labs /Language Labs
7. Sponsor an event
8. Sponser stationery and books @ Rs 2000 per child
About School of Life
Aimed at creating an Abuse-Free World for Children & Empowering Women, School of Life (SoL) Foundation has been working vigorously for the cause since 2012. In 2015, School of Life Foundation was formally established as a registered trust under the Indian Trust Act.
SoL Foundation is a determined and dedicated team of lawyers, psychologists, behavioural specialists and communicators, who strive to create awareness and support on pertinent issues such as Child Sexual Abuse, Gender Equality, diversity Sexuality Education and Prevention of addictions among adolescents, Sexual Harassment Safety at Workplace, Menstrual Hygiene Sensitization and Cyber-safety. We train people to develop critical life skills, behavioural postures as well as understand their legal rights and responsibilities with respect to child and women safety.
In nearly a decade long fight to create safer and responsible communities, SoL Foundation have positively touched over 1,00,000 lives across various socio-economic backgrounds.
Ambar Vidhyadhara is our recent grass roots initiative for providing enriching primary school experience to children of the less priveleged community.
SoL Mission:
Empowering an individual means empowering a community, believing in that premise, the SoL Foundation is working to empower children and adults across communities to Learn, Innovate, Flourish and Thrive (LIFE)
SoL Vision:
Create a safe, discrimination & violence-free world for adults and children by imparting the right skills & attitudes.
Our Programs
1. Educate about Child Sexual Abuse and its prevention.
2. Gender Equality and Diversity – Encouraging a gender diverse workforce
3. Sexual Harassment -Promoting a healthy harassment-free work environment.
4. Imparting knowledge on Sexual education is vital for healthy growth among children and teenagers.
5. Safer School – School of life, is consistently working to provide children with safer school environments and helping parents in reassuring safety of their children.
6. Primary School Program for the EWS –
Most of our domestic staff and workers in the organised sector struggle to provide apt schooling for their wards. Available schooling options especially elementary classes do not adequately deliver focused and engaging learning. Thus even after Completing class 5; many of the children are barely able to read, write or solve Problems
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