The UNICEF Anandshala Project

UNICEF is an active partner in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the National Programme for Universal Elementary Education, which aims to provide quality education for children between the ages of 6 and 14 years by 2010.

UNICEF has been working in the remote villages of Valsad district with an objective to ensure that all children complete five years of school and have access to good quality education. After many years research on child development, they selected 3 main subjects for the tribal children of Valsad.

1) Cleanliness & Hygiene
2) Girls Education
3) HIV / AIDS

In order to achieve the goals and make the project a success, UNICEF has joined their hands with the expertise of Darpana Academy. Darpana’s experts trained three volunteers from Valsad on developmental issues.

Folk plays are the ideal medium to reach the society and covey the message of development.

To make folk plays more interesting with the necessary elements, Darpana trained 3 volunteers from Valsad.

There were deputations from UNICEF also to supervise the training / workshop held in Darpana.

This has become a movement in the interior areas of Valsad district for community development.