Residential Care Project for 100 Boys at Risk at Haranath High School under Sarba Siksha Mission:

Gana Unnayan Parshad has been running one Residential Unit in the Haranath High School for Boys at 78, Bag Bazer Street, Kolkata-700003 under the sponsorship of Sarba Shiksha Mission, Kolkata for the last 3 years by providing food, clothes, shoes, winter and casual garments, education, recreation, vocational training, medical check-up etc to the target groups – orphan, street children and other unprivileged , under privileged children who could not get access to school for continuation of their education. 100 such male children of 10-14 years have been enrolled in this residential care centre. Apart from all regular activities and services provided to these children, some specific activities as mentioned below were undertaken.
Major Activities organized during this span of time: - Celebration of Rabindra Jayanti at Haranath Residential unit on 9th May, 2015. - Sister Cyril and her team visited our Residential unit on 11th April, 2015. - A day long seminar on JJ Act was organized at this centre on 3rd July, 2015. - ‘Rathayatra Utsav’ was celebrated with active participation of all children on 11th July,2015. - Birth day of Haranath Thakur, Saraswati Puja, National Independence day, Teachers’ day, Republic Day, Netaji’s Birth day etc. were celebrated at this residential unit of Haranath High School. - A good number of inmates of this residential unit participated in a Drawing Competition organized by Teri, New Delhi on Save the Ganga at Nabajatak Girls High School. - The children of Haranath High School participated in a Talent Search contest organized by Parle-G on 20th December, 2015. - Japani Encefalytis Vaccine were given to all inmates of this unit on 11th February, 2016. -Besides, a day long annual picnic was organized for the students of Haranath Residential High School at Uluberia in Howrah district on 9th January, 2016 with the support of Jindal Foundation Trust. All children of this residential school participated in this picnic along with all staff & members associated with this project - Sister Syril and Jonny met all staff members of Haranath Residential School unit on the occasion of Annual Meeting held on 19th February, 2016 at Kolkata. - Annual Guardians meeting was organized on 27th February, 2016 in the presence of all staff and members of the organisation.