Ten camps, and the students who come back to teach

The first holiday coaching camp ran in May and June 2019. The first Diwali batch followed that year. By April 2023 we had held the tenth camp: 90 students from 11 schools, with Apasarjanam Foundation in Vikramgad.

Students attending a class at the 2019 camp
A volunteer teacher working through problems with students
Students studying together in a circle

In the SSC results that June, 3 students scored above 90% and 39 scored distinction. The work has since grown into a two-year residential programme for Class 11 and 12 science, alongside the holiday batches. About 200 students a year, from 20 schools.

Students in a yoga session at camp
Girls studying together on the residence balcony
Girls at a session in the camp hall, with a teacher on the screen

Alumni in engineering, pharmacy and science now come back to teach the batch they once sat in. That is the point of a saarthi: to walk beside someone until they can lead.

A teacher sitting with students and guiding their written work
Teachers taking a class at the blackboard in a tribal school
Teachers guiding students seated on the floor during a class

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