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“Let's enhance understanding of children’s connection to the street.”

Street Children and their learning space made using BALA technique at Aligarh Station.

Rag Dreams' Weavers connect youth mentors with children in street situations to help co-create an empathetic space where the children can dream fearlessly

Services

Our Vision

The 'Child- Rights Approach' as detailed under the UN General Comment No.21, recognizes children as rights-holders. It imagines children as capable agents in their own lives, who must be involved in decision making. Influenced by this ideology, we envision an empathetic society (as opposed to a sympathetic one) for street-connected children, by fostering passionate youth mentors with a curiosity to build understanding. Thus, 'Rag Dreams' ' stands for the dreams of children in street situations, which are aided into reality by our youth 'Weavers.'

 

Our Mission

RDWA focuses on changing behaviours and practices at the community level and influencing public policy at a systemic level – thereby creating an ecosystem where street children are made a priority. The youth mentors help implement tailored interventions to the street situations of each child, by collaboratively working with the children to bring change at the familial, community, public, and governance levels.

By 2030, as per United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we aim to provide quality education to all (SDG 4) and actively reduce inequalities within the community (SDG 10).

Our Programs

With particular focus on the development of '21st-century skills,' which are indisputably linked to achieving the UN SDGs, we run the following programs:

A mentors playing chess with their mentee street child.

Learning Mentorship

A 10 months Flagship program of RDWA, where the mentors go into the journey of understanding a child's street situations and developing supportive one-to-one relationships..

A Learning mentor works with children to address barriers in street situations

A RailVidya Fellow supporting street child in his initiative to protect his community from COVID

COVID Mentorship

 A sustainable and long-term approach towards addressing the debilitating impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on children living in street situations.

 

Mentors support children in making their localities safe from COVID-19.

A fellow having interactive session with street child.

Volunteer Program

The volunteer program is a structured program designed to connect youth volunteers with children and interact with them productively.

 

The program enables youth to empathetically understand the scenarios in which these children live.

COVID-19 Relief Campaign

Our Collaborators

Indian Railways logo
Peace first logo
Consortium for street children logo
Mothers touch school aligarh logo
Nayi Disha NGO logo
Bharat Scouts and Guides Logo
Gurti Foundation logo

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@Rag Dreams Weavers Association, 2019; Non-Profit Organization;

Registered under Section-8 of India Companies Act 2013; CIN: U80902UP2019NPL118848

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