Education

To Chaitanya Sravanthi education forms one of its core concerns.

The organization considers education to be an effective empowerment tool.

If poverty means loss of hope, opportunities and not having choices education symbolizes hope and increase in choices.

Dr Shirin Rahman, the driving force behind the organization, says:

When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family.

The educational programs aim at

• Helping illiterate women learn how to read and write
• Encouraging these newly literate women to become volunteers to educate other women in their respective localities
• Increasing women’s awareness of their rights and responsibilities as citizens
• Identifying meritorious girl students from poor families for award of scholarships
• Providing non-formal education to adults and school dropouts
• Implementing programs of Pratham, a unique experiment started in the slums by a Mumbai-based NGO
• Implementing awareness camps to educate women on social issues such as domestic violence and dowry harassment