Program Design - Parivaar

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Redeeming Childhood - Sculpting Future

Our Staff: Parivaar “Seva-vratis”

Seva-vratis, our staff, are a deeply committed group of people and have shown tremendous dedication to the Organisation’s mission.

Seva-vratis – many of whom have been with Parivaar’s Founder since the inital stages – become a deep part of the organization’s history and memory. We can therefore say each one of them is an essential piece of Parivaar, not only crucial in the present state of operations but critically important for the actualization of Parivaar’s continued growth and future goals. It is only with such highly dedicated, capable and life-long devoted workers that we are able to take a long-term view of our work.

Our residential care giving addresses every aspect of a child’s life: his/her lodging, food, clothing, education, medical care, physical fitness, sports and recreation, civic virtues, and character-building

The diet at Parivaar has been designed by keeping in mind the nutrional needs of the children. Both the sevavratees and the kids eat the same healthy, balanced meals and snacks. Parivaar has water purifiers located throughout both campuses so access to clean, fresh water is available at all times.

Parivaar has a team of several medical personnel, living on both campuses, allowing for 24-hour medical care. For any medical consultation the children are taken to some hospitals where we have a long standing relationship. An ambulance is stationed 24 hours at each campus and is used to meet any exigencies.

Beyond Academics

Cultural Events: On Parivaar’s annual calendar there are several days of cultural celebrations in which every member of the Parivaar community – from children and sevavratees participates. There are songs and dances, plays, speeches, readings and much more.

One important feature of Parivaar’s model is the participation of both teachers and children in all facets of extra-academic activities. Sports activities are engaged in regularly. During winter – locally, the cricket season – weekly matches are held between Parivaar and teams from local youth clubs. Occasionally, night matches under lights are conducted, complete with band and music, and the whole Parivaar community – comes out to cheer our team on. Kids at Parivaar also have access to a football (soccer) field, a volleyball court, and table tennis. Additionally, every year we hold our Track & Field Competition. It takes place over 7 days in the last week of December, and has about 120 different track and field events for children and staff.

Indoor games like Chess and Carrom are very popular among our children. Children’s movies and inspirational and educational films and sporting events are also shown regularly.

Our libraries have books for children in three languages – Bengali, English and Hindi. Newspapers in both English and Bengali come daily to both the boys and girls campuses where children are encouraged to read them.

Festivals: Celebrations during Durga Puja, Diwali, Holi,Christmas, Eid, Saraswati Puja, and birthdays of important national figures and freedom-fighters are observed every year, along with national festivals like Independence Day and Republic Day. On these occasions, talks and discussions are conducted in order to help the children understand the deeper meaning of these special days.

Excursions: As frequently as possible we take the children on excursions to places like book fair, museums, art galleries, exhibitions, libraries, theaters and planetarium, as well as to pandal viewing during the days of Durga Puja celebration.

Skilling / Employability Programs

Over last few years the senior batches (post-Higher Secondary and University level Under-Graduation) underwent a number of Skill and Employability Programs. In the past our children have undergone Skill Programs in areas like Hospitality, Nursing, Paramedical, IT and BPO, Sales, Beauty & Wellness, Electronics & Home Appliances, Computer Hardware & Networking etc. More than 400 boys and girls have been gainfully employed from amongst our earliest batches into organised sector.

Stream	Boys	Girls
Post-Secondary Skill and Employability Programs
Aviation	1	1
Hospitality services	19	12
BPO	1	14
Electronics and Home appliances	4	0
Nursing	0	2
Sales	0	2
IT Services	1	3
	26	24