All about Colorss

Reducing the number of school drop outs, brightening children’s lives with martial and creative arts, and teaching skills to poor women: some actions have a great potential of change. This is what Colorss Foundation believes in. This is what we do: use knowledge to transmit knowledge. Colorss Foundation has been operational since Sep 2008 having its presence in Baroda, Gujarat and Pune, Maharashtra.

By developing programs to improve disadvantaged groups’ lives, Colorss Foundation is doing its part.

1.    Project Enhance – 110 girls [Pune]

Underprivileged children face stress in many aspects of their lives: family, academics, health, and more. The situation is often worse in female children; because of social stigma, girls tend to be seen as inferior or even neglected, which leaves them with a sense of worthlessness and low self-esteem. The truth is, however, that they deserve much more than this.

How can we brighten these children’s lives? How can we empower these girls and foster their confidence? Thinking about this, Colorss Foundation has developed a program called Enhance. This project uses the benefits that Karate and Creative arts bring to reach a better life for these kids.

2.    Project ‘Colors of Life’ – 100 students [boys and girls – Pune, Baroda]

Observing government schools in India, we can face a bad reality: 50% of students drop out of school before the 8th standard. This is very worrying when we think about the importance of education, a key for the development of individuals and of the society. And this is the point when creating a program like Colors of Life. How this can be done? The students are given topics for creative writing –they are either encouraged to write in Marathi, Gujarati or Hindi. These topics are thereafter translated into English and published as an E-zine. 

The program works with brain stimulation games, workshops on life-skills and different issues, drawing, music and dance, creative arts, and PBL (project based learning) too.

3.    Project 'UrjAa' – igniting the fire within – 15 women in vocational training [Baroda]

Helping on the development of children is very important. However, we do not work just with children: Project UrjAa that attends to disadvantaged women is important as well. It intends to break the vicious cycle of poverty, in which these women do not have access to training and resources and, consequently, have little or no education. Then, they stay in poverty, and the same thing keeps happening.

            Only education can solve this problem. The children of their families are provided with needful education. Different workshops are conducted for these women and their families. Building up these women current skills and introducing new skills, we can empower them and impact positively their families. This is the basis of Project UrjAa: professionals, peers, community, awareness programs, and mentorships teach vocational skills to a group of women from the slums of Sanjay Nagar, New Sama Road, Baroda.

4.    Risachi - It is the research wing of Colorss Foundation, recently formed in early July 2012. Despite its recent inception, Risachi has successfully completed one major survey study involving 62 subjects and has three other major projects in different phases. The outcome of the research will involve designing novel strategies to improve the health of the underprivileged population.

5.  Aircel a+ a CSR initiative in partnership with Colorss Foundation – 480 students  [Pune, Maharashtra State]

480 students are in a+ Center in Pune. This is an Aircel CSR initiative to help bridge the digital divide in India. The initiative will help empower underprivileged children and adolescents with computer literacy and vocational training and provide them with employability skills. 

Thanking you,

For Love

Anand