Education

Providing educational support and nutritious meals to children in slum communities

The need

Our work

Life changing results

The need

Children living in slums are being forgotten and neglected. Due to the lack of confidence and/or importance placed on education, many little children never enter formal schools. Those who are interested in attending school often do not have the means financially, physically, or even emotionally.
Older children are either uninterested in learning and have never been educated or dropped out of formal schooling to work or look after younger siblings.
Uninformed and uneducated children are raised in poor living conditions with unhealthy lifestyles, causing them to remain in a vicious cycle of poverty. These children are often at high risk of being embroiled in a life of substance abuse and anti-social behaviour.

Our work

Our bus programme provides nutritious meals and non-formal education by going into different slum communities daily. With each class 45 mins in length, we are able to provide mobile classes every day of the week. These classes introduce education to children who have had no exposure to it earlier.
For older children we provide a bridging program and an Open Basic Education (OBE) preparatory program which helps them eventually re-enter formal education systems.
For little children we established the Beacon Learning Centres inside slum communities for children in Nursery, Junior and Senior kindergarten age groups. At graduation, these children are enrolled for further formal education in neighbouring schools.

Life changing results

Every weekday, our kitchens cook daily meals for children across our education programs. For many children, this is their only nutritious meal of the day.
Greater awareness for education has been raised within slum communities. In the past, we have been able to enroll an average of 250 children each year into formal and open schools to pursue higher education. Even children in the red light areas have been housed in safe shelters and enrolled into schools.
The Beacon Learning Centres inside the slum communities provide early childhood education to pre-primary children who otherwise may never enter formal education.

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Haliba’s story

Haliba Shaikh lives in Khalwa with her father, mother and brother.

At the age of just 4 years old, she was left to roam the streets of the city as her father worked diligently to provide for the family collecting rubbish, and her mother as a house maid. One day, as she was playing with the little she had, she saw the big yellow bus come around the corner. Children ran towards it with plates and the hope of a brighter future.

Curious and hopeful, the very next day she and her friend decided they wanted to explore the wonders of the bus.

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As soon as she stepped on to Vision Rescue bus, we saw how well she interacted in games, songs, and studies with the other children. Through the determination in both her parents, Haliba learnt at a young age the importance of hard work. She now comes to the bus regularly. One day, Haliba looked up to the teacher and said, “I want to be a teacher just like you”. She now dreams of empowering others who live on the streets by teaching songs. When you show someone they are of value, there is a ripple of change that takes place. Simply by the love, encouragement and respect the teachers have shown in their actions, Haliba knows she is of value. We believe that this young girl will become a great teacher.

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