MY SCHOOL

MAY 2024 OCTOBER 2020

MY SCHOOL in Gurgaon

An Initiative of Soni Memorial Trust (12 A regd, 80G approval u/ IT Act) CSR-1 Darpan Listed

A pre-school, In Gurgaon, set up in Oct 2020 (by CA Rajiv Soni with 3 decades experience in teaching, training) for poorest-of-the-poor children- getting them off the streets, teaching and, grooming them for admission into regular school, bringing lasting changes in their lives; and, in the society.
From using a board on a stone wall in an open field to Internet based training under a tree to now teaching computers and Internet to these marginalised kids.
In three years, we have grown to 120+ enrolments (of which 60 children admitted to regular schools – in grades 3 to 6).

Children transferred to regular School and SRF Vidyalaya, Sector 40 with cost of Education at SRF Vidyalay

All services are Free of cost, and we have no external funding

The model is scalable and we seek corporate backing to:

* Play a role in expanding Digital India by enhancing digital literacy of millions of poor and deprived-of-opportunity kids; fostering a more inclusive and empowered society.

* Intensify social skills: Civility and civic sense, Good manners and behavior, Tolerance, Kindness, Discipline, Adaptability & Resilience, Patriotism, Truthfulness, Being respectful to elders and ladies.

* Spot and nurture talent in performing & creative arts and Entrepreneurship

* Fund the Phase II of designing Learning curriculum & thousands of Assessment questions. No two tests will ever be the same...and cheating will not be possible.

Short Film by N.S. Films Short Film by Vidya Deshpande

"This is Rajiv Soni from Gurgaon. A prominent Chartered Accountant and a teacher.
Now he is busy imparting free primary and secondary education to underprivileged children. In the outdoors." Aditya Raj Kapoor

2nd initiative starts Feb 2022
Encouraged by the success of getting the first three kids into a regular school 9 months later, we started our next initiative at Kanhaiye Gaon, Sector 45, Gurgaon. We are of the firm belief that education helps break the cycle of poverty.
These are real children with real dreams...and deserve an education that sees them treated with dignity and worth; one that will help them to fulfil their God-given potential, no matter their circumstances.
We also recognise that the level of vulnerability has risen significantly for children living in poverty since the onslaught of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

1st initiative Dec 2020 Gurgaon
"Just a very humble effort to add some literacy value to the extremely poor children of some farmers family...trying to get them to learn the alphabet and numbers. This itself may take me months."
"The human mind is the fundamental resource. When learning and teaching happen continuously without any barriers, everything improves. This is a small effort towards a farmer's family who I met quite by accident in Gurgaon few months ago, and who longed to learn. Learn anything- English, Math, Science... and so I started." Rajiv Soni

MY SCHOOL in Gurgaon An Initiative of Soni Memorial Trust (12 A regd, 80G approval u/ IT Act) CSR-1 Darpan Listed

MY SCHOOL in Gurgaon

An Initiative of Soni Memorial Trust (12 A regd, 80G approval u/ IT Act) CSR-1 Darpan Listed