How can you help?

Volunteer Volunteering at Door Step School empowers you to bring in a

change in the lives of children who are underserved and also in

turn makes an impact in your own lives by seeing the smiles you

will manage to draw across the faces of these children.

Mail us at: volunteer-mumbai@doorstepschool.org

Contribute To make a difference through your contribution get in

touch with us or mail us on :

mumbai@doorstepschool.org

Mumbai Jagannath Shankarsheth Municipal School Bldg.,2nd floor,

Room No 54/55, Nana Chowk, Grant Road, Mumbai - 400

007 , Tel: +91-22-23826343/ 23859203

Email : mumbai@doorstepschool.org

Website: www.doorstepschool.org/mumbai

The Society for Door Step School is registered under Societies Registration Act, Reg. No.172-1989 G.B.B.S.D.

Public Trust Act Reg. No. F 13279(Mum.)

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976

DOOR STEP SCHOOL

Vision: To be an instrumental force that brings develop-

ment to children

Mission: All children deserve an education. An alarming

number of India’s urban poor still remain without an opportu-

nity to receive formal education.

Our mission at Door Step School is to bridge this divide, using

innovative programmes that will bring education to these chil-

dren and help them make the transition to literacy and a

brighter future.

Goal: Primary education for all children up to 14 years of

age.

History: Established in Mumbai in 1988, responding to a

massive need for literacy education in slums and corporation

schools. Door Step School built its program to address three

major needs : School enrollment, Education for those not in

school and Retention–to help those in school thrive and stay

in school. Expanding to Pune in 1993, we are constantly

evaluating the educational needs in the community and de-

velop strategies for addressing them. The organization im-

pacts the lives of over 1,00,000 children.

About Us

Success Stories

Hanumanta Deora

Hanumanta started his

studies with us in 1993, at

the age of nine. He was first

enrolled in our Non Formal

Education class and managed

his time with us while working

at the docks. He continued his

education and graduated

with a diploma from the In-

stitute of Hotel Management,

Catering Technology and Ap-

plied Nutrition in Mumbai.

He now works in New York at

the Carnival Cruise.

Subhash Mahato

Subhash began his learning with

us in 1993, when he was six

years old. At 16 years old,

Subhash completed his

Secondary School Certification

(SSC) with 81% and went on to

graduate from college with a

Bachelor of Science(Information

Technology). Subhash is the first

member of his family to receive

formal education. He is now 23

years old and works as a medical

representative with a Pharma

Company. His income supports

himself and his family.

Our Interventions

School Partnership Project The School Partnership Project is a form of direct interven-

tion with the student body of a formal school for making the

school a place conducive for learning.

Study Class:

Extra academic support for scholastically weak children to

enable them to learn and so prevent them from dropping

out.

Mental Health Project:

Counseling individuals and groups of children to help them

enhance their capacity to cope with a troubling familial issue,

a negative poor behavioral pattern, or a learning disability.

Reading Promotion:

Encouraging children to develop a healthy reading habit and

to explore language beyond text books.

Bus Service: Ensuring that school going children reach

school on time thus increasing regularity & decreasing the

dropout rate.

Other supportive extracurricular activities include workshops, excursions, library services and competitions.

School On Wheels The School on Wheels (SoW), a bus designed as a mobile

class room is an effective strategy to reach out to the most

unreached groups of out-of-school children i.e. street children

and pavement dwellers. It also acts as an emergency class

room where space is a constraint.

Non formal education classes are run on School on Wheels

and an attempt is made to mainstream the child once an ex-

pected level is achieved. Substance abuse and other health

related issues, social awareness, etc. are addressed along

with imparting literacy on School on Wheels.

In a day, 4 classes of 2.5 hours each are run catering to

approx. 25 out of school children per class per location.

Door Step School is a pioneer in initiating this project in Mum-

bai in the year 1998. Starting with 1 SoW in South Mumbai,

Door Step School currently runs 5 SoWs in different parts of

Mumbai. One bus travels to 4 locations in a day thus annually

reaching out to over 500 children.

The School Bus Service run through School on Wheels has

brought down drop out rate of BMC or formal school going

children and has helped in sustaining them in schools.

Our Interventions

Community Based Educational Programs

Door Step School programs address the needs and circum-

stances that prevent children from slum and pavement com-

munities from receiving education.

Balwadi: Offering developmentally appropriate preschool

education and preparing for schooling.

Non Formal Education Classes: Educating out of school

children

Study Class : Supporting the

learning process for first

generation school goers.

Computer Center: Using

computers to make learning fun

and enabling familiarity with

computers – a much needed

requisite in today’s technologi-

cally driven world.

Bal Samuha : Engaging with

Door Step School Alumni and

community youth to promote responsible citizenship.

Community Learning Center and Door-to-Door library :

Providing access to reading and audio visual material, and

engaging children in a variety of language building processes.

Training and Consultation :

Conducting training for different groups within organization,

offering support directly in the field and imparting professional

development training to other agencies on request.

Door Step School has successful to reached out more than

1,00,000 children.

Door Step School is currently working in 5 wards and 25

Municipal Schools in Mumbai.

More than 10,000 children were enrolled in formal schools.

The impact of 25 years work with 1 community is best seen in

second generation learners of the Banjara Community.

Bal Samuhas comprising of mostly of Door Step School alumni

are emerging in most of the communities and school we work

with .These young people over 1000 of them are developing

into leaders for their communities and are preparing them-

selves to deal with the issues that affect the community .

Over 100 and more alumni members have completed their

graduation and are now pursuing careers of their choice.

Our Impact