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Taking the Road Less Travelled: The Story of Pehchaan The Street School

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.” –Robert Frost The closing lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken captures an immense message about individual choice, and the transformative power of forging one’s own path. This metaphor rings especially true when one ponders upon the life-changing work of Pehchaan The Street School, an organisation that empowers underprivileged children to break free from the shackles of marginalisation and walk the road toward education, and opportunity, roads often not taken by those born into hardship. A Guiding Torch Amidst Shadows Founded with the vision to bring free education to children living in disadvantaged communities, Pehchaan The Street School recognises the devastating educational gap that exists in urban India. In a society where economic disparity often determines the arc of one’s life, children from disadvantaged backgrounds are too frequently denied even their basic ri...
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The Magic of the First Lesson

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  The Magic of the First Lesson Why Education Must Reach Every Child There are moments when a child, for the first time lifts his pencil, eyes wide with curiosity, learns his very first lesson. In that very moment a portal to a new world opens up for him. A world previously closed, unseen, or unreachable.  The magic of the first lesson is not merely about learning the alphabet or counting to ten. It is about the silent, stunning realisation that one’s voice matters, that one’s mind has the power to grasp, to build, to create. In a world where millions of children still grow up without access to basic education, organisations like Pehchaan The Street School become the weavers of this first spell. Through their tireless efforts, the first lesson is delivered with books and chalk, with hope, dignity, and the promise of possibility. And that promise must reach every child for in that first lesson lies the foundation of a just and compassionate society. The First Lesson: A New Begi...
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Challenges of Street Education and How Pehchaan The Street School is Overcoming Them

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Challenges of Street Education and How Pehchaan The Street School is Overcoming Them Introduction Street education is one of the most heartfelt yet difficult paths to creating social change. It doesn’t take place in conventional classrooms but in open areas or in slum areas. The students are underprivileged children—resilient, bright-eyed, and burdened by poverty and survival. For the children, education can seem more than just a social right but an impossible dream.  According to EAG (2024) In India, only about 46.5% of five-year-old are enrolled in early childhood education and care (ECEC) programs. Lakhs of children live and grow up in underprivileged areas. With little to no access to formal schooling, they are often forced into child labour, many have to work from a very young age to sustain their livelihood. For children from such disadvantaged backgrounds education can bring a grain of hope to move towards a better future.  Let’s read how one of the NGOs situated in Ne...
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The Impact of Youth Volunteering for Social Progress

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The Impact of Youth Volunteering for Social Progress Introduction: The Power of One Small Act In the middle of a bustling crowd a young girl looking confused and stranded, clutching a notebook and a pencil, keen to learn and study but has no school to attend. Then imagine another young approaching the girl, perhaps someone like you or me crouching in front of her, assisting her issues, teaching her the first few alphabets. That one simple moment sowed by a stranger will remain spirited within her forever. That one act of giving now has the power to change her life. The act of volunteering reforms the connection from each individual to a marginal society. The power of youth volunteering links the giver to the ones that might never have someone to believe in them. For such a generous act of social service as educating the underprivileged children from disadvantaged backgrounds the youth volunteering for progression has the ability to change lives. The service of volunteering can spark a ...
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