EVEN AFTER 72 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE THE FIGHT ISN’T OVER.
Barely 47% of children in class 5 could read a class 2 level text. Even after so many years of independence, we struggle to provide good education system to our children. We focus more on enrollment and dropout rates while not enough has been done to examine the quality of education.
INDIA'S REPORT CARD: PASHCHIM GAON
A small village in Uttar Pradesh is the true report card of India’s rural progress. It houses around 70 families, and struggles with open defecation, gender inequality, low farming income, and high dropout rate in education.
EDUCATION IS THE KEY
More than loans or start-up grants the village needs a better education system. We believe education can break the cycle of gender discrimination and give hope to the girls for the future.
THE GOOD HARVEST SCHOOL
AN AGRI-BASED PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
A girls’ school in a village focused to give exceptional educational opportunities for the less fortunate. Our aim is to transform the current education system in villages. Clearly we have different visions for a girl born in a city and a farmer’s daughter in a village. At The Good Harvest School, an all-girls' environment provides a wonderful opportunity for girls to explore who they are as young women without social pressure. We seek to establish strong bonds of connections between the girls, to open up and share their feelings and empathize with one another. We offer a comfortable learning atmosphere with strong female role models as their positive mentors, equipping our students to adapt to the ever changing demands of the world.
The Good Harvest School introduces agriculture in classrooms and promotes sustainable green education without any monetary benefits from its students.
BOOKS AND BEYOND
At The Good Harvest School, we are not limiting ourselves to the books. To bring a true change in the lives of our students we need to give them a safe and encouraging environment, not just at the school but inside their homes and in the neighborhood as well.
A. Good School
Our aim at the school is not to let fees come between village girls and good education. We intend to give our students the same opportunity as that of upper middle-class city children.
B. Good Parenting
In villages, a father spends marginally less time with his children, raising children is a mother’s role. On the other hand, it is a mother who passes on most of the gender inequalities among her children. We believe it is important for us to address such issues.
C. Good Community
One of the many ways we plan to serve the community is by organising social gatherings at the school premises. Farmers’ meet, open library for all, movie screening are some of the initiatives school will host on a regular basis.
FIRST AGRICULTURAL BASED PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Agriculture is not a male dominated field anymore. It is actually women who often outdo men. From selecting seeds, preparing and sowing to transplanting the seedlings, applying manure and then harvesting, winnowing and threshing, women work harder and longer on the field than men. Yet, we fail to recognize their hard work. The Good Harvest School is a small and a long-term effort to help young girls from the farming community to make right choices from the beginning.
The Good Harvest School is the first green school where girls get to learn regular subjects as well as extensive lessons on sustainable agriculture.
Seed Bank
The school is on a mission to save native seeds. We are collecting seeds from local farmers and encouraging them to maintain biodiversity in crops.
Agri-Curriculum
Mostly agricultural information is designed for adults. Our effort is to come-up with an age appropriate agriculture curriculum to make it easy for children to learn agriculture.
100% Self-Sustainability
By year 2022, our target is to be 100% self-sustainable. We are aiming to set up small scale agri-businesses that can help us run the school.
Female Farmers
In India and around the world, female farmers’ contribution in farming is not recognized and often under-paid. We support female farmers and empower them to minimize the discrimination.
Volunteer Program
We are dependent on our volunteers. From working on the field to teaching in a classroom we have plenty of opportunities for volunteers to make their stay meaningful.
100% Non-Profitable
The Good Harvest School is a charitable school. We are determined to give quality education to girls in the rural India regardless of caste, community, creed and religion.
We need you
According to a rough estimate, the amenities we want to provide here today, will take about 20 years to reach in this village if no such initiative is taken. But you can be the catalyst of change, so that the village children can have a fair chance to grow and learn.
