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"Earlier I didn't have this feeling that I have to work in Punjab. But now I want to stay in Punjab and develop the program with these kids here."
Lovepreet, a young leader from Cohort 4, grew up in Fazilka, and he was planning to leave Punjab for better opportunities abroad. He wrote for an agricultural magazine, about villages and farmers he only knew from a distance. Around him, his peers were going abroad, and that seemed the next step. He came across the Joy of Learning program during Covid, where he heard about Sanjhi Sikhiya's fellowship - Punjab Youth Leaders Program. He took it only as a pause: a chance to know the people he wrote about, before he went. The fellowship let him choose a project of his own, and he chose to work with children with intellectual disabilities, children the system rarely stops to see. Somewhere in that work, the plan to leave India stopped being the plan. He completed his two year fellowship and today he earns over Rs 10 lakh a year where he is building his entrepreneurial skills to start his own organisation.
Lovepreet's story is Punjab's story. 60% of people leaving Punjab are 30 or younger, and 65% go abroad on employment visas. Our young leaders are finding a reason to stay. 86% choose to live and invest in Punjab, 75% now work in managerial roles, and their earnings are 40% higher than their fellowship stipend.
Our Story
Sanjhi Sikhiya (Learning Together) started in 2018 by in response to what Punjab was losing: its young people to drugs and migration, its schools to neglect, its talent to unemployment. Our belief is simple: Pind da School, Pind da Maan. The village school should be the pride of the village.
Seeing the extent of the crises in Punjab and the effort it would take to transform Punjab, our three co-founders, Ankit Chhabra, Ishpreet Kaur and Simranpreet Singh Oberoi, made a 30 year commitment towards working for Punjab through the Sanjhi Sikhiya model. This 30 year commitment has been the inspiration and motivation of Sanjhi Sikhiya's continous and dedicated efforts towards our goal. Today we make four connected investments in Punjab's next generation.
1. In children.
Tanveer, a Grade 3 student, was hesitant to take part in maths. Her teachers gave her extra time and hands-on activities, and her parents began practising maths with her for 30 minutes every day. At the Math Mela, she led a group of two Grade 1 children, explaining the games and helping them practise.
This happens when the village, parents and teachers all come forward for a child. Across 350 government primary schools, Grade 3 to 5 children who can read a Grade 2 text rose from 32% to 68% in two years.
2. In villages.
At Government Primary School, Rohti Mauran in Patiala, summer heat made it hard for children to sit and learn. At the Gram Sikhiya Sabha, the sarpanch spoke to NRIs from the village, who gave an AC. Two young panchayat members, Gurwinder Singh and Beant Singh, went door to door for the rest. By July the school had two ACs, and attendance improved.
Across our villages, 180+ panchayats have spent Rs 1.65 crore+ on their schools.
3. In girls who choose science.
Only 13.7% of Punjab students take Science in Classes 11 and 12, and 69% of girls in government schools name money as a barrier. Our STEM Collective reaches 4,000+ Class 10 students in 25 Patiala schools and walks with 100+ girls for four years, so that cost and doubt don't decide their future.
4. In young leaders who stay.
Rajveer, a Cohort 5 fellow, began making her own decisions and resisting decisions made for her. "I never stood up for myself before. During the fellowship, I realised I need to make decisions for my own life."
This Dasvandh Week, Dasvandh Network doubles the first $300 of your gift from Nov 13. Gifts are tripled Nov 21 to 22 and Dec 1 to 5, until match funds run out. Give $25 a month and fund a child's year in a transformed school, every month.
Pind da School, Pind da Maan. Invest now. Punjab compounds.
Give back where it began.
Your $25 gift: helps give one child a year in a transformed school
Your $200 gift: helps keep one girl in STEM for a year
Your $400 gift: helps keep a Young Leader in a village for a month
Your $5,100 gift: a Young Leader for a full year
Want to do more? Adopt a cluster of 10 schools (11,000)orsupport10YoungLeaders(51,000). Write to us and we'll share the full list.
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