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Education

Balee Sena’s Girl Education Program (GEP) .

 

Balee Sena’s Girl Education Program (GEP) has been working since a few years ago to ensure quality elementary education for children, especially girls and those from marginalized communities, to help them become the leaders and changemakers of the future. We see education as an imperative tool for girls to realize their maximum potential by gaining crucial skills and dispositions that set them on the path of social and economic empowerment. Our programmes and projects work through building learning ecosystems that are inclusive, gender-conscious, and safe for all. Our education initiatives work in accordance with the Right to Education Act (2009) and National Education Policy 2020.

We do emphasize female child education too. We support them to go to the schools and provide them with useful stationary and books required for it so that nothing ever comes as a barrier between them and their dreams. We are trying to get a quality education for the underprivileged students in the upcoming future by the means of teaching them by mentioning them properly and tutoring them too, in the upcoming future. By far, we have pursued at least 150-200 students from underprivileged classes in our mission of giving them basic requirements for basic education. We shall continue this and hoping to do better in the coming future. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”

Personal Safety Education Programme by Balee Sena.

Personal Safety Education Programme is a comprehensive model to empower children to prevent the risk of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) and seek support in case of violation. Balee Sena provides knowledge and skills to prevent instances of Child Sexual Abuse and to seek support if an incident occurs,

Balee Sena works with adult caregivers in the child’s ecosystem (school management, teachers, parents, support staff) to sensitize them and help them create a safe environment for children,

Balee Sena provides children a safe space for disclosure of sexual abuse/ sexual misbehavior Balee Sena works to heal all children who disclose. This life skill education module developed by Balee Sena which conducted in schools, communities, institutions with both boys and girls (age 4 years to 15) to provide them with knowledge and skills to prevent instances of CSA as well as to seek support when such an incident occurs. Balee Sena aims to reduce the risk factors that are likely to increase the chances of sexual abuse both online and offline by strengthening the protective factors. It is built on the core life skills of decision-making, problem-solving, critical thinking, interpersonal relationship, self-awareness, gender awareness, resilience, empathy building and de-stigmatization. Balee Sena supports children with counselling post disclosure and also works with children and adolescents who violate other children’s personal boundaries. The programme also works with adult caregivers, for example, parents, teachers and service staff so that they can create a safe environment for children and respond effectively in case of violations.

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   In the Short term :

  • There is an immediate increase in children’s knowledge and skills towards child sexual abuse: Post-session scores on knowledge and perceived skills, are consistently higher than pre-session scores assessed through pre- and post- tests conducted on a sample set of 10-20% children.

  • Disclosures of abuse by 3-8% children, most for the first time.

  • Therapeutic support provided to 100% of the children who disclose. 

  • Healing made possible through intervention for those who disclose.

  • Also, based on qualitative feedback received, there is increased and more positive communication with parents, increased confidence, alertness and self-esteem of children, and, teachers and parents are able to identify potential CSA cases based on children’s behavior change.  

In the Long term :

  • In an external evaluation, 60 out of 754 (8%) children reported incidents from the past 2 years, and, of these, 54 (90%) sought help from a trusted adult.

  • In another case study based evaluation, out of 31 children interviewed, 9 children (29%) disclosed unsafe experiences and all 9 (100%) demonstrated assertive and help-seeking behavior.

  • Knowledge retention: Knowledge retention is high and ranges from 92% to 69%, depending on the age of the child and the gap post implementation (i.e. the number of years after Arpan’s programme implementation). 

  • In younger children, children with a 1-year post implementation gap had the highest percentage retention (92.28 ± 5.95) as compared to children with a gap of 2-years (85.92 ± 11.89); the latter in turn indicated a higher average retention than the children with a gap of three years (82.56 ± 14.91).