Save The Children India (Vipla Foundation)

Save The Children India (Vipla Foundation) focuses on preventing exploitation and all other forms of discrimination of vulnerable children and women to empower them to lead a life of dignity, self-respect, and independence.

Major Interventions:

Education: The School Transformation Program (STP) operates across three key domains: Education, Protection, and Governance. It focuses on ensuring high-quality primary education by enhancing the capacity of the entire school ecosystem. Vipla actively works to establish a secure and dynamic learning environment in schools through the development of school management committees (SMCs), teacher training and mentoring, and engaging children in change maker sessions. This approach ensures the active involvement of children, parents, teachers, SMCs, and the broader community in both formulating and implementing the Child Protection Policy.

The Patang Remedial Education Program focuses on each child receiving primary education, addressing their actual level of learning and guiding them to their potential level through remedial support in school and community centres. This approach aids students in adapting to the pace of learning in regular classrooms, encouraging regular school attendance. Children from class II to VII gather to receive targeted teacher support, enhancing their literacy and numeracy skills.

Early Years Interventions: The Dhvani Early Intervention Centre specializes in providing diagnosis, pre and post-cochlear implant management, therapy, and support to hearing-impaired children. The center also collaborates with hospitals and their medical and radiological assessment teams to ensure comprehensive services for the children. It actively involves parents in creating a supportive environment at home post-treatment, with the goal of aiding the child's integration and success in mainstream schools and society.

Simultaneously, the Balwadi Program concentrates on pre-school education and remedial support to close learning gaps, preparing children for formal schooling. Vipla strives to enhance the capacity of community and government-run preschools, ultimately raising the quality standards of early childhood education in India. With an emphasis on teacher capacity building, it employs curriculum development, the creation of teaching-learning materials, intensive teacher training, and continuous mentoring. The aim is to empower teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective early childhood educators.

Inclusion & Women Empowerment: The NGO engages in supporting underprivileged children with disabilities, including hearing impairment and intellectual disabilities. Their efforts focus on detecting, treating, and establishing a secure learning environment for the growth and development of these children. It provides specialized education, offering smart classrooms, speech therapy rooms, a library, canteen, dining and play areas, and transportation services along with conducting a variety of extracurricular activities, employability skills training, health and nutrition care, and therapeutic programs. Vipla extends vocational skills training to women aged 18-30, aiming to enhance employment opportunities, particularly for those who have discontinued formal education. This initiative empowers women to lead independent and financially secure lives, thereby preventing gender-based violence against vulnerable women.