Jay Shakuntala Welfare Foundation
About JSWF
Jay Shakuntala Welfare Foundation (JSWF) is a non-profit institution working in the rural areas of Chhattisgarh, furthering education among ethnic children, young adults & women.
JSWF’s initiatives to facilitate education are completely funded by patrons and the socially conscious people like you! We are led by a small team of young, talented & local women.
Your contributions directly help the tribal communities with books, financial assistance for education & other educational assets!
Ms Bhagwati Baghel, Secretary JSWF
We provide assistance & hand-on care directly to the tribal families in need.
With deep knowledge in ethnography & anthropology, JSWF brings their experience in tribal family counseling, supplemental education, vocational trainings & workshops with the right tools to assist the children, women & the families.
We have the expertise & tools to provide supplemental education & elementary healthcare to the disabled & special needs children of the tribal communities.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth
Chanakya
JSWF Focus Areas
Jay Shakuntala Welfare Foundation (JSWF) provides grass root educational services to the rural-tribal communities of India.
They partner with local school districts for rural-tribal development to create basic educational facilities, rehabilitation programs for the handicapped & elementary education for the children & young adults.
Jay Shakuntala Welfare Foundation is a non-profit non-governmental institution dedicated to facilitating education & learning within the ethnic communities & tribal people of Eastern India.
Working one child, one mother at a time building trust & confidence with our communities to pave the way for better character-building education and livelihood.
Our community library programs brings books & educational materials to tribal & ethnic families & children in remote areas who do not have the facilities to attend regular schools. We also serve severely disadvantaged families & their children with financial assistance to further their education.
In addition, Jay Shakuntala Welfare Foundation also conducts numerous vocational trainings for the youth and adults of the tribal communities to train & prepare them for mainstream jobs in manufacturing, agriculture, handicrafts & other small industries.
Jay Shakuntala Welfare Foundation runs numerous programs directly with the tribal children & young adults, with highly qualified teachers providing personal guidance & hands on assistance to kids through class room teaching.
Education Scholarships
Scholarships for the education young adults: building a strong educational foundation in the youth & children is the best way to create strong, ethical & moral humans in the society. This scholarship program provides a monetary assistance to the talented youth of the tribal communities who are unable to pursue their education due to financial constraints.
Our educators are working directly with the tribal families & their children to bring elementary education focused on languages, conversational skills, elementary mathematics, science, literature & arts & crafts.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education
Martin Luther King Jr.
Your donations provide annual financial support & scholarships to the deserving youth of the indigenous communities to complete their secondary education & pursue their under graduate diploma & degree courses.
This program also supports supplementary education for the tribal children & is bringing in the best techniques & library facilities to the rural tribal children & the youth of Chhattisgarh.
Vocational Trainings for Career Development
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
Maimonides
The Jay Shakuntala Welfare Foundation also carries out numerous short term social awareness, educational and vocational trainings directly with the families and communities.
Most of the funding for these tribal welfare work comes from compassionate donors and individual sponsors.
Click here to read of other successfully completed grass roots programs aimed at tribal welfare, women’s health, education for children and young adults and vocational training for adults.