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Neem School (NS) is a project, which is a part of the WhiteSwan Foundation Indian non-profit organisation. We impart Value Education through our Neem Schools’, in slums across Delhi, Gurgaon / NCR and other metros, for urban slum children and school drop-outs is WCGs focus in 2015-16. The focus is on injecting human and moral values in 3-15 year old, developing good citizenship, facilitating personal hygiene and driving community service, as well as on creating ‘UNIVERSALLY CONSCIOUS CITIZENS’, for a fast inclusion into the society. Neem Schools are created with an objective to address the value gaps among the children (3 years to 15 years) living in Urban Slums and children of construction workers who are vulnerable to acquire negative values and follow wrong path, since the value- gene is neither coming from their parents (due to daily fight for their sustenance) nor from government school teachers (moral science no longer taught in schools, even if it is, it is not graded, hence least interest!). The slum children therefore who are highly prone to mimicking the crimes they see on TV and mobile phones can turn into serious threats to the society. Hence, timely hand-holding and facilitating them in imbibing the right human and moral values will help them to choose positive direction in their formative years of life.

Hence there is a need for inculcating values among children at the very initial stage for equipping them with a thought process that is value driven. Also Value Education would help in reducing juvenile crimes to a substantial level in long term.

Neem schools impart Value education at their colonies with least infrastructure (under a Neem tree). Very simple and highly effective experiential learning methodology is followed which works on Multiple Intelligence (MI)i.e. one of world’s best teaching IB methodologies. CAS along with MI help us in addressing each child’s individual learning needs. The contents and methods are specially designed using existing behavior and psychological models and frameworks. Since these classes are held in front of their parents, in the center of the slum, under a ‘Neem Tree’ Knowledge, Skills and Values acquired by these slum children, are immediately transferred to their parents and other children in the colony. This way they start contributing as Value Multiplier from the beginning.

The ‘Neem School’model is primarily based on volunteerism. “Value Initiators’ as we call our Volunteers according to their availability and interest can pursue either mentorship or as volunteers for facilitating and coordinating the schools. Highly researched syllabus driving linkages between gaps in various values and resultant types of crime is developed and day wise Lesson Plans created for easy understanding and facilitation by our ‘Value Initiators’ (Volunteers). These projects have been specifically developed keeping the corporate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in view, under Section 135 & Schedule 7 of New Companies Act 2013. You can also book one-two Neem Schools in slums in Delhi/NCR, under your CSR head.