Our Programs
Education
Over the past 27 years, SHWE has successfully established and is running 8 study centers in different parts of Uttar Pradesh. It was all made possible through the continuous efforts of the members of SHWE, the unflinching efforts of its founders and the consistent backing of donors. Our belief says that no child is weak or dull, it’s just a matter of opportunity and the right ecosystem to be able to perform and show enough confidence. Given a chance they perform beyond expectations. SHWE bridges the gap between out of school and Government school registered children. We provide a transition or a preparatory stage to parents and their out of school children. They are already low on confidence and high on finding earning excuses to support their families. SHWE steps in to ‘generate HOPE around education’; surveying, counseling, hand holding in the best way possible.
SHWE’s focus is not only to fix their educational journey but also to shape their personalities, with a single motive to ‘transform these children into productive members of society’.
Family Support
With the onset of COVID-19, SHWE became active. With the shutting down of all the Learning Centers, the admin team was converted into a ‘disaster management team’.
RATION KIT DISTRIBUTION When the whole atmosphere was scary and panicky, it was indeed a challenging task to come out of our homes and visit even our own relatives. It was indeed amazing to witness the enthusiasm amongst Students of Hamara School, who came out of their homes to serve the society. They enthusiastically volunteered in doing the survey and in delivering the timely Ration Kit door to door for around next 5-6 months of the lockdown.
The survey was done dividing the families into 4 major groups;
- Families of daily wagers, such as; rickshaw pullers, masons, wendors ets.
- Families with elders, ailing people, children, pregnant ladies etc.
- Families where the bread earner is stuck somewhere else due to lockdown.
- Families or individuals who are in need but wont come forward and ask for help due to shame or inhibition.
In search of bread and butter, parents were forced to withdraw their children from school and send them to work as unskilled laborers. The Society faced an immediate threat of dropouts in all its schools. Many parents lost hope in education and made their children work in order to repay their debts. We started addressing this problem by:
- Doing a telephonic survey
- Counselling programs
- Teacher training and exchange program
- Free door to door distribution of course books
- Tracking and redistributing ration kits
Teacher’s Training
Teachers’ training programs have been a part of our yearly planning. We make sure to expose our teachers to new pedagogy and teaching techniques and train them to customize them to suit our students. During the pandemic SHWE was busy organizing teacher training in order to facilitate the teachers with different kinds of applications and gadgets and how to use them for online classes. Focus was on online teaching and their modes. We had Major Teachers’ Trainings which were conducted by UNICEF India, Resolv Corporation USA, Manappat Foundation, Gurushala and many teachers exchange programs were also conducted.
MAJOR TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAMS TILL NOW
- Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society (Azam Campus) Training – a 12 day extensive training program was arranged for the educators of Hamara School at Azam Campus, Pune. Educators were trained in Information and Communication Technology and English Language from 24th June till 6th July 2019.
- Blackdale School Training – 23 educators were trained in different topics in a two day training program on 24th and 25th June 2019.
- The Society for Human Welfare & Education, Aligarh in collaboration with the Community Outreach initiatives of Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh organised a two days training programme for the teachers of Hamara School on 28th and 29th January, 2020. The topic of the workshop was Teacher’s Effectiveness in Classroom.
4. RESOLV CORPORATION, BOSTON, USA & MANAPPAT FOUNDATION
Date: July 08, 2020 to July 14, 2020 Topic: Managing the Changing Trends in Education and Society
- Effects of COVID-19 on the Education sector in India – Mr Hasan Kabir, Director, IOStar Info Tech Pvt Ltd., New Delhi.
- Ensuring Health and Safety in School’s Operations – Prof Seema Hakim, Dr. Uzma Firdaus, Dr. Ummul Baneen (JNMC, AMU)
- Teaching Methodology: Multiple Intelligence Theory – Mr. Udayan Salim Bannerjee, NIS SPARTA & TRACOM Professional, New Delhi.
- Redefining School Leadership Roles – Prof. Parvaiz Talib, DBA, AMU Crisis Management in Schools – Dr. Asif Ali Syed, Assoc Prof, DBA, AMU
- Socio-Psychological Perspective of COVID-19 – Ms. Wajiha Khan, Educational Consultant
- Developing and Maintaining Resilience and Adaaptability Among Students – Dr. Sherin Shervani, Director Angel Global School, Content developer for Collins India.
- Developing Communication Skills in the times of COVID-19. – Ms. Areeba Shabbir, PhD Scholar, English Department, AMU
- Directions for Transformation: Teaching in 4th Industrial Revolution – Dr. Khurram Nisar, Assistant Prof, Physical Education, AMU, Commonwealth Scholar.
5.GURUSHALA
Date: December 19, 2020
Topic: How to use Gurushala Training Portal and Online Content Before this training our teachers have earned free certificates from Gurushala on Creating Video Content, Stress Management, Hygiene, Classroom Management, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Language & Mathematics, Online Assessments etc.
6. UNICEF
India Date: December 13, 2020 to December 15, 2020
Topic: Training on Foundational Learning Trainer: Dr. Mahendra Kumar Dwivedi. (Consultant, SSA Lucknow, UNICEF)
This training was done to strengthen and streamline the basic concepts of teaching language and mathematics in the initial years of learning. Teachers gained practical in hand experience to design activities to support foundational concepts.
3) Participate –
- a) Career with SHWE – similar to volunteer example where candidates can upload their resume and answer basic questions that we will add later.
- b) Volunteer (https://www.aligsociety.org/volunteer)
c) Visit – similar form with name of the visitor, organization name, reason, remark, feedback etc
Our Timeline
1997
Hamara Study Center-Main Branch
- Mallah ka Nagla, Aligarh, U.P.
2016
Vision Study Center-MAN
- Maulana Azad Nagar, Aligarh, U.P.
2017
Hamara Study Center-Shehanshabad
- Shehanshabad, Aligarh, U.P.
2018
Vision Study Center-NB
- Nishat Bagh, Aligarh, U.P.
2020
Hamara Study Center-Jalalpur
- Jalalpur, Aligarh, U.P.
2022
Equals Study Center-Roravar
- Roravar, Shahjamal, Aligarh, U.P.
2022
Equals Study Center-Tanda
- Tanda, U.P.
2023
Equals Study Center-Gorakhpur
- Gorakhpur, U.P.
