Our Activities

Aims And Objectives :

To render voluntary service for the welfare and development of common people both in rural and urban areas, irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, language, sex or other discriminating factors.

To provide a common platform for social, educational, economic, political, legal and environmental advancement of people in need. To assist poor and disadvantaged people particularly women, disabled and children to understand their potential and to self develop through their voluntary action. To organize people into like-minded group etc., to exercise collective planning and action. To profess and undertake sustainable agriculture development activities involving organic farming methods and specially help small and marginal farmers.

To assist the people in need to undertake improved animal husbandry, cottage and small scale industries and co-operative ventures to enhance their economic condition and to effect sustainable development. To assist women and men to form self help groups with savings and credit activities and to promote rural banking in villages. To establish and run care homes/boarding homes for orphan children aged people, widows, destitute and deserted women and children. To develop the languages in Kannada and etc, agriculture, computer concept technology and etc. To run meditation and yoga training centers, computer training centers and study centers. To undertake and promote rural community health programs in deserving villages. To develop required infrastructure, buildings and other assets necessary to carry out the objects of this trust. To print and publish books, pamphlets, leaflets, magazines, periodicals, journals etc., on the activities, development and other common issues pertaining the objects of the trust and distribute them free or at cost to public.

What do we do to achieve our Mission?

Going by our motto “The next step…”

We have several levels of intervention to meet the WHO (World Health Organization) model. What follows is a summary of the same.

Education :

Providing all the educational needs of our children-Once we accept a child in our Trust their fees, books, stationery items, school bags, school uniforms including shoes and socks are borne by us. Children can study whatever field they want and we support them till they are gainfully employed.

Building independent study skills-Children are required to come to our Resource Centre at least thrice a week when volunteers give them individual attention to improve their basic study techniques. Tests are conducted to gauge their level of absorption. They also go to advanced computer coaching classes to keep abreast of the IT boom.

Streamlining education to suit the children’s native abilities-In some cases we have noticed that the children find it difficult to cope with mainstream curriculum. They end up failing in class exams thus leading to a further lowering of self-esteem and problem behavior. Hence, we identify the special talents of such children be it art or painting and transfer them to the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). They get special coaching in their talents and we hope to get them suitable jobs that focus on these trained talents.

Health Care :

Informing the children about hygiene and giving them practical tips on keeping their environment disease-free ensures physical wellness. We give the mothers a home-made porridge mix that has all the vital nutrients and vitamins that growing children need.

We consciously take preventive measures so that our children do not contract any fatal illness. We have so far been able to administer the following vaccines to the children sponsored up to last year: Hepatitis B, MMR (mumps, measles and rubella) and Typhus. We regularly provide de-worming medicines to the children. Several medical specialists have given free check-ups to the children. So far we have been able to provide ENT and ophthalmic check-ups and taken care of any defects and problems in these areas.

The methodology includes games, artwork, group discussions and formal classes. This has led togreater introspection and teamwork among the children. These day's disciplinary actions at the Resource Centre are dealt through group discussions where our children themselves analyze the problem and suggest ways of handling the issues. In these sessions the children understand the value of taking responsibility for their mistakes, giving and receiving feedback. Such discussions are live demonstrations of the knowledge and practice of Life Skills. These efforts will make our children socially competent for life in mainstream society.

Mentoring :

The senior children of the trust volunteer for 2 hours every week to coach the younger children. This process gradually moulds them to be responsible leaders capable of making decisions and leading a young team. The younger children, who are motivated and inspired by the hard work of their seniors, consider the latter as their role models. They bond beautifully and create an extended family.

Bridging the gap :

The rising number of NGOs in India, especially for the underprivileged, clearly indicates that Indians have started looking for more effective ways to help the government achieve economic-socio-cultural progress of all the sections of our population. The average middle class Indian now contributes time, money and energy to bridge the gap between the privileged and the have-nots of society. volunteers include leading software companies and individuals.

SHALOM CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL TRUST can be called a Community Participatory. Teachers, doctors, housewives, retired professionals, engineers to name a few. Some of their activities in the Trust include: teaching, playing games, artwork, inculcating library skills, organizing picnics and outings. These like -minded people have created some unbelievably happy memories for our children. They accompanied our children to various places of educational/ recreational interest. These outings are necessary not only to create happy memories for our children but also to expose them to various job opportunities available in India today. Since our mission statement is to support the children till they are gainfully employed these excursions enable the children to choose jobs that interest them and match their skill set.

Our Team :

Volunteering :

Since all the children are first generation literates, our volunteers build their study skills. We do not do the children’s homework; instead every volunteer helps the children to develop the knack of remembering historical facts, memorizing mathematical tables, or applying grammatical rules or mathematical theorems to exercises or sums.

The Way Of Action :

SHALOM CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL TRUST is run only due to volunteers engagement. Our volunteers have made a significant impact to community development, through their prosocial actions. They have been channels sharing their volunteering stories. They have set an example to others in their community and raise awareness around volunteering. Our volunteers create an environment that will encourage more people to volunteer.

Teach Art and Craft, fashion jeweler, fancy candles and eco-friendly bags.

Help in the Administration of the Trust: Maintain files, clean and arrange books in our Library and help with our DBMS.

Tech- Savvy Volunteers maintain our computers.

If you just want to be with children ….. Please join us.

Organize Sports.