My Story

I am Vedha Sitlani, I founded the Women Leadership Club at Dubai American Academy in September 2019 with the aim of using myposition of privilege to help empower promising young girls. I am motivated by the aim of giving as many girls as I can the same opportunities that I have access to. I hope that potential contributors are just as driven to give young girls everywhere the ability to have an education, healthcare, and more to change the world. Why donate through charity :the girl : 1) We ensure that we will provide regular updates from the girls to you and are happy to facilitate calls whenever mutually convenient! 2) We're completely transparent! : Receipts from your payments will be emailed to you, ensuring that your payments have been processed and for the right purposes. You can also go to the Our Work page to see all our documents. 3) 100 percent of the proceeds collected will go directly into the girl's education Our partner : We are supporting the Navprerna Initiative: Children hold hands with Children! Our mission is to sponsor all girls studying in this school. The school uses infrastructure of Navrachana School- Sama, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. http://navprerna.navrachana.edu.in/index.html http://navrachana.ac.in/index.html Vision and Mission of Navprerna : 1) It's a program affiliated to the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), New Delhi. 2) Provides holistic and quality education using the same infrastructure as that of Navrachana School, Sama- classrooms, labs, playgrounds, art, music rooms, dining hall, etc 3) Offers a wholesome and filling midday snack is provided before they begin class. 4) Offers classes from Nursery to Class X, in the gujarati medium from 2 to 5.30 pm. 5) vocational training is available from 11 am to 2 pm 6) Has qualified teachers, and Navrachana alumni, students of Navrachana School, parents as well as volunteers also pitch in to teach, conduct health check-ups, take the children out to picnics and educational trips. 7) Provides uniforms, shoes, socks, school bag, books and stationery. 8) Focuses on health, good hygiene-awareness, and personality development 9) Charges a token fee of 50 per month(less than usd 1) per child. Brief history of Navprerna : Navprerna is a simple idea that has taken root and flowered in the last 20 years, and we believe has changed the lives of many children. In the year 2002 students of the Social Service Club of Navrachana School decided to engage with the children from nearby hutment colonies by inviting them to the School every Thursday. It was an exercise in empathy and sharing, to eat a snack together, share stories, discuss hygiene, improve literacy and such like; very soon the members of the club realized that coming to Navrachana once a week was the highlight in the lives of these children. During the interaction with the School Management one of the Navrachana students spontaneously remarked- “Maam, most of our visiting friends cannot write beyond their names in Gujarati, can they not come to Navrachana every day and learn like we do”. The result was Navprerna. It was started, with funding from Navrachana Education Society and academic and infrastructural support from Navrachana School- Sama on Children’s Day, November 14, 2002. Leadership of Navprerna : Raksha Sisodia, is head of Navprerna. She is winner of the Asian Education Award 2020 for contribution to the Education Community. The Asian Education Awards 2020 recognises organisations and educationists who are the best in their fields and have redefined, reimagined and refined the education process. Ms. Raksha's contribution to the education in general and her leadership of Navprerna in particular, has impacted the lives of numerous children in the most positive way possible.