Pratha foundation is one of grass root level & NGO among several best Indian NGOs. This NGO was formed to educate each and every child, who is under below poverty line ,which includes nutrition as well as health.
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2. About US
• Pratha foundation is a voluntary
organization (VO), Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO), working for the
holistic development of poorer
communities focusing on care for
elderly, destitute women and
underprivileged children.
• Working in the rural & urban slums for
the last 2 years.
• Collaborating with foreign donor
agencies, corporate, national donor
agencies both governmental and non-
governmental towards making
meaningful interventions for the cause
of poor and needy sections of the
society.
5. Child Development
• More than 400,000 Indian babies
die every year from preventable
causes within 24 hours of their
birth.
• Targets underprivileged children
who don’t have basic resources to
sustain themselves.
• Carrying child development
activities all over India.
6. Education
• Mission Education is a national level
program from pratha Foundation which
focuses on basic education for
underprivileged children and youth.
• Educational initiatives includes:
Crèche [0-3 yrs],
Pre-school [3-6 yrs],
Non Formal Education [6-14 yrs
non-school going]
Remedial Education [6-14 yrs
school going],
Bridge Course [14-18 yrs drop-outs],
Functional Literacy [18-45 yrs
women]
Family Life Education for adolescent
girls.
7. Health Care
• Indian urban areas have less
than 4% of government primary
health care facilities.
• Pratha Foundation has initiated
the Pratha on Wheels program.
• unique mobile hospital program
that seeks to address problems
of mobility, accessibility and
availability of primary health
care with a special focus on
children and women, in urban
slums and remote rural areas.
8. Providing Food
• Pratha program embraced the
vision that “No child in India shall
be deprived of education
because of hunger“.
• Working towards tackling
classroom hunger in association
with the Government on the format
of Public Private Partnership.
• There has been an upward surge
in school enrolment and
attendance of the children after
mid-day meal Program.