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Who
We Are:
Dhwani
Zaroorat is the only school in India that specialises in performing
arts educations for the poor, inclusive of basic academics, and
recognized by educational authorities.
OUR MISSION:
To
make high quality performing arts education accessible to a greater
number of children irrespective of economic background.
Founded in 2003
by Kathak maestros Vaswati Misra and Krishna Mohan Misra and their
cultural organisation, Dhwani, the school is located in Khanpur
Extension of South Delhi and is attended by 85 students (aged 6-18).
The children all come from the adjoining slums, from homes of rickshaw
pullers, domestic staff, unemployed poor and construction workers.
WHY PERFORMING
AND FINE ARTS?
Performing
and Fine arts training gives these children another vocation besides
academics, while serving as an effective, alternative and therapeutic
tool for integrating them into the mainstream. Unlike, most ‘academics-only’
schools for the poor, we have negligible truancy records.
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 The
School:
The
students are taught by a staff of 14 highly qualified, dedicated
performing arts and academic teachers. The school provides free
basic academic education up to 10th Std – (IGNOU certification),
books, uniforms, food, transport, medical check-ups and hostel facility.
THE
CHILDREN:
Our
children have taken to the training offered to them with great enthusiasm
and we have discovered some extraordinary creative potential in
a few of them. As a result of this they regularly perform along
side professional dancers of Dhwani's repertory and are invited
regularly to perform at events organised by various Ministries and
Departments of the Government, some corporations and cultural organisations
as well.
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How
You Can Help:
IF YOU
ARE AN INDIVIDUAL
Sponsor a child’s
education (Includes tuition, uniforms, food and hostel fee)
For a year: 11,500
Sponsor the
remuneration for a skilled teacher Per month: 12,000
Sponsor a special
lunch and afternoon event Per event: 5,000
Skill Donation
Accounts management / Marketing and PR support for running Zaroorat
or teach the kids a language
Sponsor an Event
Support an educational/recreational outing or special workshop
by an expert for the children
Contact
us for more information
IF
YOU ARE AN ORGANISATION
Infrastructure
Contribution: Currently, we need fans, power back-up, fridge
and coolers
Sponsor/Organise
a Zaroorat Concert Our children can perform for your company,
organization and friends
Your support
and encouragement is vital to the continuation of our work. We hope
to expand our school and make our facilities available to more and
more children in the future.
Upcoming
Events
The
students of Zaroorat will be presenting various short dance/theatrical
and musical productions through the Navraat and Durga Puja festivities:
October
5, 2008 8:00 pm
Durga
Puja Mela (Cooperative Puja)
K,
Block Chittaranjan Park
New
Delhi
October
5, 2008 – 9:00pm
Durga
Puja Mela
South
Extension – I
New
Delhi
October
6, 2008 – 8:30 pm
Dakshinayan
Puja
Greater
Kailash – II
(Opposite
Anupam Sweets, M- Block Market)
New
Delhi
October
7, 2008 - 10:00pm
Durga Puja Mela
K Block,
Chittaranjan Park
New Delhi
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Contact
us
For more
information or visits to the school contact:
Vaswati Misra
Founder/Director
Dhwani Zaroorat
I-1637, Chittaranjan Park
New Delhi 110019 India
Tele : +91 11 2627 0359 / 2627 8343.
Fax: +91 11 2627 0359
Mobile: +91 98 100 646 97
E-mail: vaswatimisra@yahoo.com
mail@dhwanidanceandmusic.org
www.dhwanidanceandmusic.org
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