Balwari and Bal Sanskar

The Balwari program has been a motivation for the people in Sewa Bastis since its inception. Along with the wide-ranging development of the children, this program has also helped in the advancement of the people in the Sewa Bastis; for instance, informing women, boosting their self-confidence of women, and increasing the interest of girls in education, and completing one work while leaving children in Balwaris. 

As a part of the educational program, Sewa Bharti runs many educational projects, such as Sewa Dham Residential School, Gopal Dham Residential School, Senior Secondary School, and hundreds of Balwari centers across Delhi, wherein the children have imparted the values of Indian culture, besides primary education. These children come from underprivileged colonies and their parents send the children with high hopes and dreams in their eyes, that, these children will get the benefit of education and learn good values, which will help them become better citizens in life. They will become enlightened individuals and learn the importance of education and good values in life. Thus, it is very important to inculcate the habit of practicing good values at a very tender age. These Balwari’s are doing exceptionally good work of making the children understand the importance of studying and education.

Sewa Bharti’s focus is to raise the status of Balwari’s to a level, where, not only poor people, but even parents of middle class send their children to these Balwari’s. The idea is to decrease the rich-poor divide as much as possible and bring the children of all social strata together, so that it paves the way for a just and equitable society.

The impact of these Balwari’s has been manifold. Due to the Balwari’s, children diverted their propensities toward education. Women, who otherwise have to look after the children by sparing time out of their work time, now can drop their children in Balwaris and accomplish a major part of their important tasks with undivided concentration. 

Many teachers have adopted many innovative methods of teaching by going to the Balwaris, so as to make it more easy and comprehensible. They have become a source of inspiration for other girls to go for education. 

These Balwari’s are spread across a room of 150-200 square feet, and in order to give a comfortable environment to the children, the centres need to be renovated and beautified so that it attracts more and more children. 

The Balwari centres need to be whitewashed, and equipped with a LED TV and also video player, (so that children can learn by watching videos), foldable tables and mats, and fitted with sound, doors and a clean flooring layout. The supporting toolkit for children would include text/story/poetry books, drawing pencils, crayons, blocks, quizzes and puzzles. Depending on the size of the rooms we will also require swings in or outside the Balwaris. 

There will be a teacher and one governess in each Balwari, who will look after the children’s personal hygiene and cleanliness. While, the teacher will be responsible for creating awareness among the people in the bastis, so that more and more parents send their children to these Balwari’s. The performance of the teachers will be suitably reciprocated. 

Sewa Bharti’s focus is to raise the status of Balwari’s to a level, where, not only poor people, but even parents of the middle class send their children to these Balwari’s. The idea is to decrease the rich-poor divide as much as possible and bring the children of all social strata together so that it paves the way for a just and equitable society.

In this regard, we would require the help of everyone in society, and we are hopeful that we would be extended support in this noble cause of bridging the rich-poor divide and giving a good life to the children from poor families.